Vehicle lighting assembly with stepped dimming

A lighting assembly for illuminating a vehicle interior, the lighting assembly comprising:

• a printed circuit board having a first end and a second end with an electrically conductive pattern extending between the first end and the second end;
• a first plurality of electrical terminals connected to the electrically conductive pattern to couple the lighting assembly to a source of electricity;
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• a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in a plurality of rows on the printed circuit board, the light emitting diodes in each row being electrically connected in series between two of the plurality of electrical terminals, wherein application of electricity to selected ones of the plurality of electrical terminals causes illumination of different combinations of the plurality of rows of light emitting diodes which results in the lighting assembly producing different light intensity levels in the vehicle interior.

A lighting assembly for illuminating a vehicle interior, the lighting assembly comprising:

• an elongated housing adapted to be mounted in the vehicle interior;
• a printed circuit board supported by the housing and having a first end and a second end with an electrically conductive pattern extending between the first end and the second end;
• a first plurality of electrical terminals connected to the electrically conductive pattern to couple the lighting assembly to a source of electricity;
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• a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in a plurality of rows on the printed circuit board, each row being divided into groups of light emitting diodes electrically connected in series with the groups in a given row electrically connected in parallel between two of the plurality of electrical terminals, wherein application of electricity to selected ones of the plurality of electrical terminals causes illumination of different combinations of the plurality of rows of light emitting diodes which results in the lighting assembly producing different light intensity levels in the vehicle interior.