Vehicle illumination assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSleiman N. Abdelnour, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Stephen Kenneth Helwig
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Abstract
A vehicle side marker is provided herein. The side marker may include a translucent lens having a texture thereon. A substrate may be attached to the lens. A first photoluminescent structure and a second photoluminescent structure are disposed between an exterior surface of the lens and the substrate. The first and second photoluminescent structures are configured to luminesce in response to excitation by a light source. The first photoluminescent structure may include a long persistent photoluminescent material therein.
Claims14
A vehicle side marker, comprising:
- a substrate having an edge attached to a lens, the substrate defining a cavity;
- a first photoluminescent structure on an elongated member that is operably coupled with the lens proximate the cavity and configured to luminesce in response to receiving an excitation light emitted by a light source;
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- a light guide having a varied thickness with a first end disposed in the cavity between the substrate and the lens and a second end extending outwardly of the edge, forming a gap between the substrate and the lens to accept the excitation light therethrough.
A vehicle illumination assembly, comprising:
- a substrate having a rim and a body;
- a lens having a first side coupled to a first edge of the rim and extending substantially parallel to the body of the substrate forming a gap between the substrate and the lens;
- a light guide having a varied thickness disposed in the gap formed between the lens and the substrate and extending outward of the rim on a second edge;
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- a photoluminescent structure disposed between the lens and substrate and configured to luminesce in response to excitation light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.