Patent ID: 11858411
Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 26:
27. A method of manufacturing a vehicular rear window assembly, the method comprising:
providing an inner glass panel, an outer glass panel, and a lighting device comprising a plurality of light sources arranged on a circuit element, wherein the plurality of light sources comprises (i) a plurality of first light sources arranged on a first side of the circuit element, and (ii) a plurality of second light sources arranged on a second side of the circuit element opposite the first side;
wherein the circuit element is between the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources;
disposing an opaque layer at a surface of at least one selected from the group consisting of the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel along a perimeter region of the at least one selected from the group consisting of the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel;
forming a window panel by laminating the inner glass panel to the outer glass panel with the lighting device disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel, wherein, with the lighting device disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel, the first side of the circuit element faces the outer glass panel and the second side of the circuit element faces the inner glass panel;
wherein, with the lighting device disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel, the first side of the circuit element is between the second side of the circuit element and the outer glass panel, and wherein the second side of the circuit element is between the first side of the circuit element and the inner glass panel;
wherein the vehicular rear window assembly is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a vehicle, and wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the inner glass panel of the window panel is toward the cabin of the vehicle and the outer glass panel of the window panel is exterior of the vehicle;
wherein the lighting device is configured to be electrically connected to a wiring harness of the vehicle when the vehicular rear window assembly is disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle;
wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the plurality of first light sources, when electrically powered, emit light that is visible through the outer glass panel of the window panel so as to be viewable by a person viewing the vehicular rear window assembly from exterior and rearward of the vehicle; and
wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the plurality of second light sources, when electrically powered, emit light that is visible through the inner glass panel of the window panel so as to illuminate at least a portion of the cabin of the vehicle.