Vehicle rear lighting assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stephen Kenneth Helwig
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Abstract
A backup lamp is provided herein. The backup lamp includes a housing and a lens. A plurality of light sources is disposed in upper and lower positions of the housing. The plurality of light sources in the upper position are angularly offset from the plurality of light sources in the lower position. A plurality of reflectors surround each light source and have a focal axis that is offset from each of the remaining reflectors. A controller is configured to selectively illuminate the light sources in a plurality of illumination patterns.
Claims18
A vehicle backup lamp, comprising:
- upper position light sources angularly offset from lower position light sources, the upper and lower position light sources disposed within a housing;
- reflectors surrounding the upper and lower position light sources and having a focal axis offset from each remaining reflector;
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- a controller configured to selectively illuminate the lower position light sources when a vehicle is below a predefined speed with the upper position light sources illuminated.
A vehicle lamp, comprising:
- a plurality of light sources disposed within a housing and configured to emit light through a lens;
- a plurality of reflectors, wherein each of the plurality of light sources is operably coupled with an independent reflector that is angularly offset from the remaining reflectors;
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- a controller configured to selectively illuminate a first illumination pattern when a vehicle is below a predefined speed and a second illumination pattern when the vehicle is above the predefined speed, the second illumination pattern extending further rearward than the first illumination pattern.
A vehicle lamp, comprising:
- a housing and a lens;
- lower row light sources disposed below upper row light sources and aimed downwardly of the upper row light sources;
- a plurality of reflectors angularly offset from one another surrounding the upper and lower light sources;
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- an incline sensor, wherein the upper and lower row light sources are selectively illuminated when a vehicle is disposed on an incline surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.