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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
James B. Anderson, Cookeville, TN (US);
Stephen A. Bynum, Cookeville, TN (US);
James B. Anderson, Cookeville, TN (US);
Stephen A. Bynum, Cookeville, TN (US);
Federal-Mogul Ignition Company, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting assembly for a vehicle, and in particular, an interior lighting assembly having a reduced profile using solid state illuminators is provided along with a method of construction thereof. The assembly includes a housing; a lens attached to the housing; a printed circuit board disposed between the housing and the lens; at least one light source attached in operable electrical communication to the printed circuit board; and a light blade. The light blade has opposite sides disposed between the printed circuit board and the lens. One of the sides has a first configuration of optics and the other of the sides has a second configuration of optics, wherein the first and second configurations of optics are different from one another.