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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.:

US 10464472 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016

Illumination assembly for a vehicle

Applicant:

Rebo Lighting & Electronics, Llc, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Todd Irgang, Saline, MI (US);

Orin Lenz, Canton, MI (US);

Jon Beattie, Trenton, MI (US);

Assignee:

REBO LIGHTING & ELECTRONICS, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

Reising Ethington, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Anh T Mai

Assistant Examiner:

Arman B Fallahkhair

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/22 (2006.01); B60Q 1/56 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 43/19 (2018.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/22 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); B60Q 1/56 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/19 (2018.01); F21S 43/195 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 43/315 (2018.01); G02B 6/002 (2013.01); G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); B60R 2300/103 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illumination assembly for a vehicle that includes a housing, a light source, and an illumination device with an optical body. The optical body includes: a first major surface; a second major surface; an edge surface; a first reflective feature that includes a recess with side walls; and a second reflective feature that includes a curved reflector. The light source is mounted adjacent the first major surface so as to oppose the first reflective feature. In operation, light emitted from the light source enters the optical body at the first major surface, reflects off of the first and second reflective features, and exits the optical body at the edge surface so as to illuminate an area of interest behind the vehicle.

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