Patent ID: 7556412

Claim:
A lighting assembly comprising: a lighting device comprising: a housing; a light emitting diode having a light emitting portion and upon activation emitting at least one wavelength, the light emitting portion being within said housing; a fiber optic bundle having a proximal end receiving light from the light emitting diode and a flattened distal portion having a cross-sectional array of layers of optical fibers defining a width; and a diffusion layer intermediate between the flattened distal portion of said fiber optic bundle and a direction of viewing; and a sill plate or badge having an aperture therethrough and overlying the flattened distal portion of said fiber optic bundle: said sill plate or badge secured to a substrate on a vehicle, wherein said substrate is on a location selected from the group consisting of: an instrument panel, kick plate, tailgate, rear fascia, deck lid, window, roll bar, hood, grille, door and engine cover.