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US 9,802,534 B1Granted
Illuminated vehicle compartment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Scott Low
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided herein that includes a pickup box defining a storage compartment therein. A liner is disposed on an exterior surface of the pickup box. A first luminescent structure is disposed within the liner and is configured to luminesce in response to receiving excitation light from a first light source.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a pickup box defining a storage compartment therein;
- a liner disposed on an exterior surface of the pickup box;
- and
- a first luminescent structure disposed within the liner and configured to luminesce in response to receiving excitation light from a first light source separately disposed from the liner.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a storage compartment of a pickup box;
- a first light source configured to emit light on a liner within the storage compartment;
- and
- first and second luminescent structures disposed within the storage compartment, wherein the first and second luminescent structures independently luminesce based on a wavelength of an excitation light received from the light source.
1 more element
A vehicle comprising:
- a pickup box defining a storage compartment therein;
- a light source configured to direct excitation light into the storage compartment;
- a liner disposed within the storage compartment;
- and
- a luminescent structure separately disposed from the light source on an upwardly extending surface of the storage compartment, wherein the luminescent structure luminesces in response to receiving excitation light from the light source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.