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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Linsheng Chen, Novi, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Steven J. Antilla, Brighton, MI (US);
Tom Xu, Nanjing, CN;
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle window assembly is provided herein and includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and an interlayer therebetween. A light-producing assembly is disposed in the interlayer and includes light sources disposed to emit light toward the inner layer, an optical film configured to collimate light emitted by the light sources, and a variable-transparency switchable glazing configured to vary the transmittance of the light emitted from the light sources based on user-supplied input.