Lighting assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Thorsten Warwel, Harry Lobo, David A. Brown
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Abstract
A lighting assembly for a vehicle includes a polymeric layer and a first conductive layer coupled to the polymeric layer. A first metallic foil defined a plurality of first foil apertures. A semiconductor layer includes a plurality of perovskites. A second conductive layer is coupled to the semiconductor layer. A second metallic foil defines a plurality of second foil apertures. The lighting assembly includes transparent overmold, extending through the plurality of first foil apertures, the first and second conductive layers, the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of second foil apertures to contact the polymeric layer.
Claims15
A lighting assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a polymeric layer;
- a first conductive layer coupled to the polymeric layer;
- a first metallic foil defining a plurality of first foil apertures;
- a semiconductor layer including a plurality of perovskites;
- a second conductive layer coupled to the semiconductor layer;
- a second metallic foil defining a plurality of second foil apertures;
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- a transparent overmold extending through the plurality of first foil apertures, the first and second conductive layers, the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of second foil apertures to contact the polymeric layer at uniform intervals.
A vehicle lighting system, comprising:
- a vehicle control module configured to operate a vehicle in an autonomous driving state;
- a controller configured to activate a light source in response to the autonomous driving state;
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- a lighting assembly forming a strip, wherein an electrical connection contacts the strip in a single location, and wherein the lighting assembly comprises:
- a polymeric layer;
- a semiconductor layer configured to emit light, wherein the semiconductor layer is positioned between first and second conductive layers;
- a metallic foil defining a plurality of foil apertures;
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- an overmold extending through the plurality of foil apertures, the semiconductor layer, and the first and second conductive layers to contact the polymeric layer.
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