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US 9,714,749 B1Granted
Illuminated vehicle grille assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Michael A. Musleh
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Abstract
A vehicle grille assembly is provided herein and includes a light-transmissive grille. At least one light guide is contained within the grille and a light source is configured to supply light to the at least one light guide to illuminate the grille.
Claims20
A vehicle grille assembly comprising:
- a light-transmissive grille of the vehicle having a photoluminescent portion;
- at least one light guide contained within the grille;
- and
- a light source configured to supply light to the at least one light guide to illuminate the grille by the photoluminescent portion.
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A vehicle grille assembly comprising:
- a light-transmissive grille of the vehicle having a photoluminescent portion;
- a plurality of light guides contained within the grille and optically coupled to the photoluminescent portion;
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- a light source configured to supply light to the plurality of light guides, wherein the photoluminescent portion luminesces in response to light excitation.
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A vehicle grille assembly comprising:
- a light-transmissive grille of the vehicle having a first and second photoluminescent portion;
- a plurality of light guides contained within the grille and optically coupled to the first and second photoluminescent portions;
- and
- a light source configured to supply light to the plurality of light guides, wherein the first and second photoluminescent portions luminesce in response to light excitation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.