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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Linsheng Chen, Novi, MI (US);
Arun Kumar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Teodecki, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Michael Bryan VanBelle, Canton, MI (US);
Udayakumar Ramasami, Novi, MI (US);
Gary Henige, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle lamp assembly includes a light source that emits light, a side marker lamp having a lens, and a frustum reflector that guides light from the light source to the lens of the side marker lamp. A vehicle lighting method includes emitting light from a light source into a frustum reflector, redirecting the light within the frustum reflector, and illuminating a side marker lamp using the light redirected within the frustum reflector.