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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nichole A. Verwys, Marysville, OH (US);
Philip Z. Teano, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Zachary Segraves, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas G. Kracker, Marysville, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A luminescent feature on a vehicle and a method for installing the same on a vehicle includes a transparent window panel positioned on the vehicle, a conductive material extending along at least a portion of a perimeter of the window panel and at least one electroluminescent pigment strip. The window panel has an interior surface and an exterior surface. Each at least one electroluminescent pigment strip has a first end portion in electrical contact with the conductive material at a first location along the perimeter of the window panel and a second end portion in electrical contact with the conductive material at a second location on the perimeter of the window panel that is spaced apart from the first location.