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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
David Arthur Wade, Plymouth, 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); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/0216 (2013.01); B60Q 3/008 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0293 (2013.01); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting system for a vehicle opening is provided herein. The lighting system includes a seal disposed around a periphery of an opening in the body of a vehicle. A light source is disposed on a portion of the seal. The light source may implement a thin design, thereby helping to fit the light source into small package spaces of the vehicle. A first photoluminescent structure is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by at least a portion of the light sources.