Vehicle interior lighting assembly with flexible LED sheet
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Hagihara, Antonio Emilio Sanchez Aguilar
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Abstract
A vehicle interior lighting assembly includes a housing configured to contain lighting components, a lens through which light may be projected from the housing, and a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the lens. At least one of the one or more LEDs is disposed on the second, smaller portion of the flexible sheet.
Claims13
A vehicle interior lighting assembly, comprising:
- a housing configured to contain lighting components;
- a lens through which light may be projected from the housing;
- and
- a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs);
- wherein the flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the lens;
- and
- wherein at least one of the one or more LEDs is disposed on the second, smaller portion of the flexible sheet;
- wherein the one or more reflective components are movable to augment light projected from the lighting assembly.
A vehicle interior lighting system, comprising:
- a first vehicle interior lighting assembly including:
- a lens through which light may be projected;
- and
- a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged to project light through the lens;
- wherein the flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the lens;
- and
- wherein at least one of the one or more LEDs is disposed on the second, smaller portion of the flexible sheet;
- and
- a controller including a device processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by the processor to control operation of the lighting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.