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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);

Annette Lynn Huebner, White Lake, MI (US);

Keith Hoelscher, Northville, MI (US);

Craig Willbanks, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/54 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/001 (2013.01); G03B 17/54 (2013.01); G03B 21/145 (2013.01); G03B 21/2033 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/15 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1531 (2019.05); B60K 2370/188 (2019.05); B60K 2370/21 (2019.05); B60K 2370/29 (2019.05); B60K 2370/33 (2019.05); B60K 2370/333 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); B60R 2300/207 (2013.01);
Abstract

An illumination assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The illumination assembly may employ a projection assembly that may be disposed within a housing extending from a portion of a vehicle. A window is disposed on the vehicle and may be optically coupled with the projection assembly. A luminescent structure may be disposed within the window and is excited by the projection assembly. A controller may be configured to activate the projection assembly to selectively illuminate indicia on the window.


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