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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, 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); F16H 63/42 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/68 (2017.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60K 20/02 (2006.01); B60K 20/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/42 (2013.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.02); B60Q 3/68 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60K 20/02 (2013.01); B60K 20/08 (2013.01); F16H 2063/423 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gear shifter indicator assembly is provided herein. The gear shifter assembly includes a light source disposed below a plurality of indicia. A position indicator is configured to move in concert with a shifter lever. The light source is disposed on the position indicator. A first photoluminescent structure is proximate the indicia and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light source.