Lamp assembly
AssigneeRebo Lighting & Electronics, LLC
InventorsTodd D. Irgang, Orin C. Lenz, Jon C. Beattie
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Abstract
A lamp assembly for a vehicle configured to display a logo or other indicia in the form of a virtual image indicium. The lamp assembly includes a dark chamber having a mirror image indicium with an indicium light source associated with the dark chamber, and a light chamber having an associated primary light source. A transparent divider is configured to reflect the mirror image indicium when the indicium light source is illuminated to create the virtual image indicium that is perceivable by an observer.
Claims20
A lamp assembly, comprising:
- a dark chamber having a screen configured to display a mirror image indicium;
- a light chamber;
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- a divider located at least partially between the dark chamber and the light chamber, wherein the divider is configured to reflect the mirror image indicium when the screen is illuminated to create a virtual image indicium.
A lamp assembly, comprising:
- a dark chamber having a mirror image indicium and a wall having an opaque portion;
- an indicium light source associated with the dark chamber;
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- a divider located adjacent to the dark chamber, wherein the divider is configured to reflect the mirror image indicium when the indicium light source is illuminated to create a virtual image indicium.
A lamp assembly, comprising:
- a light chamber;
- a mirror image indicium;
- a wall having an opaque portion, wherein the opaque portion of the wall is situated at least partially around the mirror image indicium;
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- a divider configured to create a virtual image indicium from the mirror image indicium, wherein the divider is configured so that virtual image indicium appears, from a primary viewing direction of an observer, to be at least partially located in the light chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.