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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2012
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Wheeler, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brenda Cucci, San Carlos, CA (US);
Adam S. Kilgore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daryl Zalan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a door handle assembly used in a vehicle door having an illumination module and illumination source that directs light in a first direction and a second direction using a pair of light pipes. The door handle from the door handle assembly includes a first illumination aperture oriented in the first direction and a second illumination aperture oriented in the second direction. As the illumination source generates light, the first light pipe receives a first portion of light and directs it toward a first illumination surface and the first illumination aperture in the first direction. By molding the second light pipe around the first light pipe, remaining light is captured from the illumination source as a second portion of light. The second portion of light reflects along the interior surfaces of the second light pipe towards the second illumination surface oriented in the second direction.