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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Westland, MI (US);
Steven J. Antilla, Brighton, MI (US);
Jason Robert Emrich, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Christopher Craft, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Linsheng Chen, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/60 (2017.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60Q 3/82 (2017.01); F21V 5/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/76 (2017.01); F21V 14/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/85 (2017.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/60 (2017.02); B60Q 3/74 (2017.02); B60Q 3/76 (2017.02); B60Q 3/82 (2017.02); B60Q 3/85 (2017.02); F21V 5/04 (2013.01); F21V 14/04 (2013.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01);
Abstract
A vehicle light assembly is provided that includes a light source, a deformable inner lens operatively coupled to the light source, and a movable outer lens configured to deform the inner lens, wherein in a first position the inner lens has a first shape and in a second position the inner lens is deformed to a second shape to change the beam pattern.