Vehicle badge
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Pietro Buttolo, Michael A. Musleh
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Abstract
A badge for a vehicle is provided herein. The badge includes a substrate attached to a housing having a viewable portion. A light directing member defining a first light tunnel and a second light tunnel is disposed rearwardly of the viewable portion. The first light tunnel has a different cross-sectional geometry than the second light tunnel. A first light source is operably coupled with the first light tunnel. A second light source is operably coupled with the second light tunnel. The viewable portion is configured to illuminate in a first color from the first light source and in a second color from the second light source on the viewable portion.
Claims14
A badge for a vehicle, comprising:
- a substrate attached to a housing of said badge, the housing having a viewable portion;
- a light directing member disposed within the housing and defining a first hollow light tunnel and a second hollow light tunnel disposed rearwardly of the viewable portion, the first light tunnel having a different cross-sectional geometry than the second light tunnel;
- a first light source operably coupled with the first light tunnel;
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- a second light source operably coupled with the second light tunnel, wherein the viewable portion is configured to illuminate in a first color from the first light source and in a second color from the second light source on the viewable portion.
A badge, comprising:
- a housing of said badge having a viewable portion;
- a light directing member having a top surface disposed rearwardly of the viewable portion;
- a first light source operably coupled with a first hollow light tunnel defined by the light directing member;
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- a second light source operably coupled with a second hollow light tunnel defined by the light directing member having a different cross-sectional geometry than the first light tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.