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Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);

Inventors:

Cameron Martus, Brownstown, IN (US);

Colby Darlage, Seymour, IN (US);

Todd Cleavenger, Seymour, IN (US);

Assignee:

Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21S 43/50 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/50 (2018.01);
Abstract

A light assembly for a vehicle including a light source that provides an incident light, a pair of bezels adjacent to the light source, and a light guide. The light guide has an entrance face that receives the incident light, an exit face from which the incident light exits the light guide, an outboard face that joins the entrance face and the exit face, an inboard face opposite to the outboard face, and a side cut that joins the inboard face to the exit face, wherein the side cut deviates the incident light to spread the exiting light between a maximum inboard angle and a maximum outboard angle.


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