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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Aaron Bradley Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/46 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/37 (2020.01); F21Y 113/13 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/46 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/37 (2020.01); B60Q 2400/20 (2013.01); F21Y 2113/13 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
A vehicle taillight assembly is provided that includes a housing having a light transmissive lens, a brake light located in the housing, a strobe light located in the housing and a controller activating the strobe light to strobe when the brake light is activated. The strobe light may also be activated when a turn signal light or reverse light is activated. The strobe light has a light source illuminating light onto a light pipe.