US 12,365,285 B1Granted

Vehicle ambient light system with overlapped light assemblies

AssigneeFca US LLC

InventorsMatthew R Kappel, Fernando M Garza Villarreal

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Abstract

An assembly for a vehicle includes first and second interior trim components with a gap or seam between them, and first and second lighting assemblies. The first lighting assembly includes a first light source and a first light receptacle into which light is emitted from the first light source and from which light is emitted onto the first interior trim component. The second lighting assembly includes a second light source and a second light receptacle into which light is emitted from the second light source and from which light is emitted onto the second interior trim component. The first light receptacle overlaps the second light receptacle and light from one or both of the first light receptacle and the second light receptacle is emitted onto the first interior trim component, the gap and the second interior trim component.

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Dependent claims

An assembly for a vehicle, comprising:

a first interior trim component;
a second interior trim component located adjacent to the first interior trim component with a gap or seam between the second interior trim component and the first interior trim component;
a first lighting assembly associated with the first interior trim component, the first lighting assembly including a first light source and a first light receptacle into which light is emitted from the first light source and from which light is emitted onto the first interior trim component;
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a second lighting assembly associated with the second interior trim component, the second lighting assembly including a second light source and a second light receptacle into which light is emitted from the second light source and from which light is emitted onto the second interior trim component, wherein, the first light receptacle overlaps the second light receptacle and light from one or both of the first light receptacle and the second light receptacle is emitted onto the first interior trim component, the gap and the second interior trim component.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.