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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Belleville, MI (US);
Xiaolu Chen, Saline, MI (US);
Edwin Mitchell Sayers, Saline, MI (US);
Amir P. Fallahi, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Belleville, MI (US);
Xiaolu Chen, Saline, MI (US);
Edwin Mitchell Sayers, Saline, MI (US);
Amir P. Fallahi, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting system and a method for providing a lighting pattern are disclosed, wherein the lighting system and method minimize non-uniform color and intensity in the lighting pattern, offers unique styling features, and provides design flexibility for the LED package and associated heatsinking devices. The lighting system including a light source, a first light bending device disposed adjacent the light source and adapted to receive light rays emitted from the light source and direct the light rays in a first desired lighting pattern, and a second light bending device disposed around the first light bending device, wherein the optical device is adapted to receive the directed light rays from the first light bending device and direct the light rays in a second desired lighting pattern.