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Exterior applique changeable stealth badging

A technology of signs and decals, which can be applied to illuminated signs, vehicle parts, and active visual advertisements, etc., and can solve problems such as unprofessional signs

Pending Publication Date: 2018-11-13
FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC
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The signs are unprofessional and hard to see at night

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[0041] The present disclosure details an exemplary apparatus and method for mounting at least one placard having one or more identifying indicia to a body member and illuminating the desired indicia based on driver or user input. These and other features are discussed in more detail in the following paragraphs of this detailed description.

[0042] Vehicles can be used for various services. Typically, vehicles can be used for different service companies and / or for different types of services, each with their own associated unique identification. It is important to be able to identify the current / active services provided by the vehicle. If the vehicle is operated by a different company that provides the same type of service, it is also important to additionally identify which service company is providing the current / active service. These types of vehicles currently have no effective way to identify a service provider that can be easily seen by a user requesting a particular s...

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An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, particularly includes a vehicle body member and at least one badge that identifies at least one service provider. The badge comprises an applique that is mounted to the vehicle body member. A control activates and deactivates illumination of the badge based on at least one of a driver or user input. A method according to anexemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes mounting at least one badge to a vehicle body member, the badge comprising an applique that includes one or more identification logos, and illuminating at least one identification logo based on at least one of a driver or user input.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to an exemplary apparatus and method that mounts at least one badge having one or more identifying indicia to a body member and illuminates the desired badge based on driver or user input. Background technique [0002] It is important for passengers to be able to easily identify the ride service vehicle that is coming to pick them up. Typically, ride-hailing providers use temporary signs to identify their vehicles associated with a particular ride-hailing service, such as Uber or Lyft. These temporary signs are typically made of paper or cardboard and are placed on the vehicle's side windows, rear window and / or windshield while the vehicle is actively providing rides. Then, remove the sign from the window when the vehicle is out of service. The signs are unprofessional and hard to see at night. Contents of the invention [0003] A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, inter alia,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B60Q1/56B60R13/00H04M1/72412H04M1/72457
CPCB60Q1/56B60R13/005B60R13/10G07B13/02G09F13/005G09F21/048G09F2013/222H04M1/72412H04M1/72457G09F13/044G09F13/0481G01S19/13G07C5/02G09F13/0413G09F13/22
Inventor 斯图尔特·C·萨尔特安妮特·琳恩·许布纳保罗·肯尼思·德洛克彼得罗·布托洛吉姆·J·苏尔曼
Owner FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC