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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew Majkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 3/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/0209 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0279 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0283 (2013.01); B60Q 3/044 (2013.01); B60Q 2500/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle dome lighting system is provided and includes a headliner and a photoluminescent structure coupled to the headliner. At least one excitation source is operable to emit at least one inputted electromagnetic radiation for exciting an associated area of the photoluminescent structure to produce at least one outputted electromagnetic radiation.