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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1997
Mario Alejandro Campos, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Milan Cejnek, Novy Jicin, CZ;
Marek Olivik, Novy Jicin, CZ;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A tail lamp for use on an automotive vehicle with a large rake angle has a lens, a reflector, a source of light and a means for attachment of the tail light to the vehicle. The reflector has a pillowed reflective surface that is substantially vertically oriented and rearward facing, having a basic surface provided with a plurality of pillows. Each of the pillows has a set of corner control points defining the corners of said pillow, a set of edge control points defining the edges of said pillow and a set of interior control points. Each pillow also has a predetermined horizontal curvature angle from a tangent of the basic surface to a horizontal tangent of the pillowed surface and a predetermined vertical curvature angle from a tangent of the basic surface to a vertical tangent of the pillowed surface, measured at a corner control point of said pillow. The lens has a plurality of flutes on an interior surface thereof.