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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Eric J. Hanson, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Marcey Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Susan M. Labounty, Payne, OH (US);
Greg C. Miller, Rochester, MI (US);
Erik C. Wilson, Decatur, IN (US);
George C. A. Mccowan, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Joe F. Denatale, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kim Hemme, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Eric J. Hanson, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Marcey Collins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Susan M. LaBounty, Payne, OH (US);
Greg C. Miller, Rochester, MI (US);
Erik C. Wilson, Decatur, IN (US);
George C. A. McCowan, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Joe F. DeNatale, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Kim Hemme, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure sets forth a composite headlight assembly which increases the visibility and sight afforded to the driver of a vocational truck using such a composite lighting assembly. A composite lighting assembly includes a low beam light and a high beam light, as well as a turn signal and a parking light within one composite housing. As the overall size of the housing is limited by the size of the grill of the vehicle, the present disclosure increases the visibility and sight afforded to the driver by taking advantage of the untapped space within known composite headlight assemblies. More specifically, the turn signal and parking light may include a downwardly depending trapezoidal appendage increasing the overall area of the turn signal and parking light by at least ten percent.