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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
North American Lighting, Inc., Paris, IL (US);
Dean Bowles, Commerce, MI (US);
Panakalu Vangala, Wixom, MI (US);
Marc Bell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Pavan Venkannagari, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC., Paris, IL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle lamp is provided with a housing and a transparent lens connected to the housing to define a lamp chamber there between. A reflector is disposed in the lamp chamber for reflecting light through the lens. An electrical board is disposed in the lamp chamber and oriented in relative to the reflector. A light emitting diode (LED) is mounted to the electrical board for emitting light. A light shade is mounted to the electrical board at a mounting feature defined at a predetermined location relative to the LED to block light rays emitted by the LED. The shade is soldered to the electrical board at the predetermined orientation relative to the LED and the light shade does not contact the reflector.