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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Arun Kumar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Edward R. Golden, Pinckney, MI (US);
Bruce Preston Williams, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21S 43/13 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/251 (2018.01); F21S 43/241 (2018.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0011 (2013.01); F21S 43/13 (2018.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/241 (2018.01); F21S 43/251 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); G02B 6/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle exterior lighting system includes, among other things, a lens assembly, a light diffusing fiber enclosed within the lens assembly, a light source connected to a first portion of the light diffusing fiber, and a prismatic device connected to a second portion of the light diffusing fiber.