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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Terrence Joseph Wilson, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/323 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0011 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A running board illumination system is provided for a motor vehicle. That running board illumination system includes a first illumination element and an optical lens for directing light emitted by the first illumination element onto a running board of the motor vehicle. That optical lens may further include a fluorescent coating to provide a passive marker light glow when the first illumination element is extinguished.