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US 10,240,737 B2Granted
Vehicle light assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stephen Kenneth Helwig
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Abstract
A light assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The light assembly includes a housing and a lens. A light source is disposed between the housing and lens. A bulb shield is disposed between the light source and the lens. A peripheral portion of the bulb shield has a first optical transmittance and a central region of the bulb shield has a second optical transmittance.
Claims20
A light assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing and a lens;
- a light source disposed between the housing and lens;
- and
- a bulb shield mounted to the housing by a support structure and disposed in a spaced relationship between the light source and the lens, wherein a peripheral portion of the bulb shield has a first optical transmittance and a central region of the bulb shield has a second optical transmittance.
1 more element
A light assembly, comprising:
- a housing and a lens;
- a light source disposed between the housing and lens;
- a bulb shield disposed proximately to the light source and in a spaced relationship between the light source and the lens, wherein the bulb shield is light transmissive;
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- a luminescent structure disposed on the bulb shield configured to luminesce in response to receiving light from the light source.
2 more elements
A light assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing and a lens;
- a light source disposed between the housing and lens;
- a bulb shield disposed in a spaced relationship between the light source and the lens such that the bulb shield and the light source define a first gap and the bulb shield and the lens define a second gap, wherein the bulb shield is light transmissive;
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- a light transmissive support structure integrally formed with the bulb shield.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.