Vehicle wheel assembly external illumination lamp
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Ali Ammar
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Abstract
A vehicle tire pressure indicator and tire illumination assembly is provided. The assembly includes a light source located on the body of a vehicle near the wheel well and oriented to direct light onto a wheel assembly having a tire. A tire pressure indicator detects air inflation pressure of the tire. The light source illuminates the wheel assembly with a desired color to indicate a tire pressure status based on the detected tire pressure. In addition, the light source may be illuminated to provide puddle lamp and area lighting and turn signal indication.
Claims20
A vehicle wheel illumination assembly comprising:
- a light source located on a vehicle body and arranged to illuminate a wheel assembly of the vehicle with a first color light to indicate a tire pressure status, wherein the light source illuminates a wheel and tire of the wheel assembly and ground proximate to the tire to enable servicing of the tire with a different color light.
A vehicle tire pressure indicator assembly comprising:
- a light source located on a body of a vehicle;
- and
- a tire pressure detector for detecting air inflation pressure of a tire on a wheel assembly of the vehicle, wherein the light source illuminates the wheel assembly with light to indicate a tire pressure status based on the detected tire pressure and illuminates the tire and ground pro nate to the tire to enable servicing of the tire.
A method of illuminating a vehicle tire comprising:
- arranging a light source on a body of the vehicle to illuminate a wheel assembly comprising a tire;
- detecting tire inflation pressure of the tire;
- determining a tire pressure status based on the detected tire inflation pressure;
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- activating the light source to illuminate light on the wheel assembly to indicate the tire pressure status with a first color light and to illuminate the ground proximate the tire to aid in servicing the tire with a different color light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.