Patent ID: 9168864
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B60Q,F21S,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lighting assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a housing having an opening; a lens attached to said housing within said opening and with said housing surrounding a perimeter of said lens; a printed circuit board that includes a base portion and a pair of side portions that are spaced from one another on opposite sides of said base portion and extend generally transversely to said base portion and wherein each of said side portions is at least partially disposed between said housing and said lens; at least one light source mounted on each of said side portions of said printed circuit board; a light blade having opposite sides disposed between said printed circuit board and said lens, one of said sides having a first configuration of optics and the other of said sides having a second configuration of optics, said first and second configurations of optics being different; at least one actuator disposed on said printed circuit board for activating and deactivating said at least one light source; and wherein one of said first and second configurations of optics includes a plurality of discrete dimples spaced from one another and arranged such that a plurality of said discrete dimples have varying orientations and sizes from a central portion of said light blade to opposite end portions of said light blade.