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US 12,655,958 B1Granted
Vehicle lamp assembly with a plurality of frustum reflectors
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorLinsheng Chen
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp assembly includes a light source that emits light, a lens of a vehicle lamp, and a reflector assembly having a plurality of frustum reflectors that guide light from the light source to the lens of the vehicle lamp. The frustrum reflectors can be provided within a single reflector assembly.
Claims19
A vehicle lamp assembly, comprising:
- a light source that emits light;
- a first inner lens of a vehicle lamp;
- a second inner lens of the vehicle lamp;
- a first reflector assembly having a first plurality of frustum reflectors that guide light from the light source to the first inner lens of the vehicle lamp;
- a second reflector assembly having a second plurality of frustum reflectors that guide light from the light source to the second inner lens of the vehicle lamp;
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- an outer lens of the vehicle lamp, the outer lens spanning over the first and second inner lenses, the first and second inner lenses disposed between the first and second pluralities of frustum reflectors and the outer lens.
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A vehicle lighting method, comprising:
- emitting light from at least one first light into a first plurality of frustum reflectors;
- reflecting light with the first plurality of frustum reflectors through a first inner lens of a vehicle lamp;
- emitting light from at least one second light into a second plurality of frustum reflectors;
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- reflecting light with the second plurality of frustum reflectors through a second inner lens of the vehicle lamp, the second inner lens spaced apart from the first inner lens such that there is a gap between the first inner lens and the second inner lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.