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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arun Kumar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Albert Ekladyous, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Bruce Preston Williams, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A lighting module is provided that includes a single-piece lens having an input surface including a plurality of near-field lens elements, and an exit surface, each element having a different focal length. The lighting module also includes light-emitting diode (LED) source positioned to direct incident light through the input surface. Further, the elements are configured to shape the light from the input surface into a collimated light pattern emanating from the exit surface containing at least 60% of the incident light.