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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Vehicular lighting assemblies and headlamps with condenser lenses configured to prevent solar damage
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
John Matthew Teodecki, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular lighting assembly (and methods of making the same) that includes a parabolic reflector; a condenser lens comprising a non-planar rear surface; an outer lens; a bezel between the lenses; and a light source that emanates light that strikes the reflector and exits the assembly through the condenser lens and the outer lens. Further, the non-planar rear surface of the condenser lens refracts ambient light entering the condenser lens away from the bezel. In embodiments, the non-planar rear surface can comprise a convex or a concave surface.