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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Christopher Charles Hunt, Livonia, MI (US);
Chad Hoover, Washington, MI (US);
Doug H. Randlett, Metamora, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle illumination apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an emitting layer comprising a plurality of printed light sources and configured to conform to an outer surface of a panel. The apparatus further comprises a reflective layer disposed on an interior surface of the emitting layer and a surface layer configured to seal an outer surface of the apparatus. A controller is configured to selectively activate the light sources to reveal a symbol defined by the emitting layer.