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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Aaron B. Johnson, Allen Park, MI (US);
Luciano Lukacs, Plymouth, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fascia and an emblem mounted or molded to the fascia, where the emblem includes a plurality of quantum dots. The apparatus also includes an energy source to excite the quantum dots. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing an emblem with a plurality of quantum dots, mounting or molding the emblem to a fascia, and selectively exciting the quantum dots to illuminate the emblem.