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US 7,753,541 B2Granted
Motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPao Chen, Derek Pai, Brian Ng, Arne Stoschek
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has an exterior coating. A fluorescing and/or phosphorescing substance is added to the exterior coating or forms a part of the exterior coating. The fluorescing and/or phosphorescing substance serves to emit light, in particular red, green and/or blue light, in a visible range upon irradiation by light in an invisible range.
Claims6
In combination with a motor vehicle, an exterior light comprising:
- an at least partially transparent cover, said at least partially transparent cover having a color that corresponds at least partially to a color of an exterior coating of the motor vehicle and including a fluorescing or phosphorescing substance for emitting light in a visible range upon irradiation by light in an invisible range;
- and
- a light source, assigned to said at least partially transparent cover, for emitting light substantially limited to a non-visible range;
- and
- wherein the exterior light is visible when said light source is switched on and substantially invisible when said light source is switched off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.