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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Magna Exteriors Inc., Aurora, CA;
Daniel Vander Sluis, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Patrick Gerrity, Dearborn, MI (US);
Oliver Pace, Clarkston, MI (US);
MAGNA EXTERIORS, INC., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A seamless lighting arrangement for a vehicle panel. The vehicle panel has an inside surface and an outside surface. The vehicle panel has a light aperture extending from the inside surface of the vehicle panel to the outside surface of the vehicle panel. Connected to the inside surface of the vehicle panel is a bracket. The seamless lighting arrangement further includes a lens with a bracket connection portion that connects to the bracket and a transmission portion positioned within the light aperture of the vehicle panel. The lens further includes a light unit fixedly connected to the lens. The light unit has a projector port for emitting light from a light source. The light transmission portion of the lens has a light input surface region formed on an inside surface of the lens and a light output surface region formed on an outside surface of the lens.