REDUCED PROFILE LAMP HAVING ENHANCED ILLUMINATION AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF

摘要

A lighting assembly (10) for a vehicle, and in particular, an interior lighting assembly having a reduced profile using solid state illuminators (20) is provided along with a method of construction thereof. The assembly (10) includes a housing (12); a lens (18) attached to the housing (12); a printed circuit board (14) disposed between the housing (12) and the lens (18); at least one light source (20) attached in operable electrical communication to the printed circuit board (14); and a light blade (16). The light blade (16) has opposite sides (40,42) disposed between the printed circuit board (14) and the lens (18). One of the sides (40) has a first configuration of optics and the other (42) of the sides has a second configuration of optics, wherein the first and second configurations of optics are different from one another.