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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2023
Applicant:

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gregory A. Huizen, Hudsonville, MI (US);

Kenneth C. Peterson, Ada, MI (US);

Mitchell J. Wesley, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Martin A. Hauff, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); F21W 103/20 (2018.01); F21W 103/25 (2018.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 113/13 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2665 (2013.01); B60Q 1/32 (2013.01); B60Q 1/381 (2022.05); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/237 (2018.01); F21S 43/249 (2018.01); B60Q 2400/40 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/40 (2022.05); F21W 2103/20 (2018.01); F21W 2103/25 (2018.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2113/13 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

A vehicular lighted exterior door handle system includes a lighted exterior door handle assembly and a light module disposed at the door handle assembly. The light module includes a circuit board having a plurality of illumination sources disposed thereat. Individual illumination sources of the plurality of illumination sources are electrically operable to emit light. When the individual illumination sources are electrically operated with the lighted exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the equipped vehicle, the light module emits light at least outboard away from the door of the equipped vehicle. With the lighted exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the equipped vehicle, the light module is operable to indicate a charge level of a battery of the equipped vehicle.


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