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

Claim 19:
20. A vehicular rear window assembly comprising:
a window panel comprising an inner glass panel and an outer glass panel laminated together;
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 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 is toward the cabin of the vehicle and the outer glass panel is exterior of the vehicle;
wherein the lighting device is disposed between the inner glass panel and the outer glass panel, and wherein 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 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 circuit element is between the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources;
wherein 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;
wherein 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; and
wherein the lighting device is disposed within the window panel at an upper region of the window panel, and wherein at least some light sources of the plurality of second light sources of the lighting device are electrically powered responsive to actuation of a user actuatable input of the vehicle.