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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Westland, MI (US);
Juergen Koehler, Cologne, DE;
Michael Shawn Watterworth, Brighton, MI (US);
Bhavani Thota, Novi, MI (US);
Linh Ngoc Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a lift gate that is operable between a closed position and an open position, and a lamp assembly. The lamp assembly includes a housing coupled to the lift gate and having a backing with a reflective surface, a light source that is coupled to the housing and configured to emit light, and a lid that is operably coupled to the housing. The lid includes a reflective interior surface and reflective exterior surface that is opposite the reflective interior surface. The lid is operable between an open position, wherein the reflective surface of the backing is exposed, and a closed position.