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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Tom F. Boettger, Dearborn, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
David C. Allen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting assembly of a vehicle is provided herein including a windshield and an electroluminescent member sealed within the windshield and configured to illuminate in response to applied electrical power. A reflector is optically coupled to the electroluminescent member and is configured to enhance the brightness thereof. A fit is coupled to the windshield and is positioned to at least partially conceal the electroluminescent member from a driver of the vehicle.