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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Colby Darlage, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Brant Potter, Seymour, IN (US);
Damien Cabanne, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Drew Haywood, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Jean Sebastien Delfosse, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Gaurav Bhutani, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Valeo North America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A light system comprising: (a) one or more bezels; (b) an internal lens located within and in communication with the one or more bezels, wherein the internal lens has a height; and (c) a light source that directs light from the light system to a location outside of a vehicle that is configured to house the light system, wherein some of the light is directed to the location outside of the vehicle directly through the internal lens; wherein the one or more bezels include a reflector surface located outside of the height of the internal lens and some of the light from the light source is redirected by the internal lens to the reflector surface of the one or more bezels so that the light is redirected outside of the height of the internal lens to the location outside of the vehicle.