Vehicle light system with illuminating exhaust
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, James J. Surman
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Abstract
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a photoluminescent portion disposed on a surface of a vehicle exhaust system component. The illumination apparatus further includes a light source located proximate the component. The light source is configured to emit light at a first wavelength directed toward the photoluminescent portion. The photoluminescent portion is configured to convert the first wavelength to at least a second wavelength to illuminate the exhaust system component and/or an area proximate the vehicle exhaust system.
Claims20
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle exhaust system comprising:
- a photoluminescent portion disposed on a component of the vehicle exhaust system;
- and
- a light source separately located proximate the component configured to emit light at a first wavelength directed toward the photoluminescent portion, wherein the photoluminescent portion is configured to convert the first wavelength to a second wavelength.
An illumination system for a vehicle exhaust system comprising:
- first and second photoluminescent portions disposed on an exhaust system component;
- and
- a light source separately located proximate the first and second photoluminescent portions configured to emit light at a first wavelength, wherein the photoluminescent portions are configured to convert the first wavelength to at least a second wavelength.
A method for illuminating a surface beneath a vehicle comprising:
- activating a light source;
- directing light at a first wavelength from the light source toward a photoluminescent portion separately disposed on a portion of the exhaust system;
- converting light at the first wavelength to a second wavelength with the photoluminescent portion;
- and
- illuminating an area proximate the exhaust system with the light at the second wavelength.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.