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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ketan K. Desai, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Li Yan, Troy, MI (US);
David A. Brown, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Sleiman N. Abdelnour, Macomb, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A headlight assembly including an upper static bending light and a lower static bending light. The upper and lower static bending lights are provided on an inner wall of a headlight assembly that defines an opening. The inner wall of the assembly is inboard of the high-beam headlights. The upper and lower static bending lights are controlled by a controller that responds to inputs corresponding to the speed of the vehicle, angle of the steering wheel, and actuation of a turn signal actuator.