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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Todd Jared Konet, Canton, 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 3/0293 (2013.01); B60Q 3/008 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0279 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0289 (2013.01); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 2500/10 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dome light assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The dome light assembly includes a headliner having a trough and a light-producing assembly arranged as a strip configured to be received in the trough. The light-producing assembly includes a plurality of light sources and a photoluminescent structure configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the plurality of light sources.