Vehicle headlight lens

- Ford
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 2 is a top down plan view of the left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 3 is a bottom up plan view of the left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view of the left vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 7 is an alternative embodiment of the vehicle headlight lens illustrated in FIGS. 1-6, FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of a right vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 8 is a top down plan view of the right vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 9 is a bottom up plan view of the right vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of the right vehicle headlight lens;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the right vehicle headlight lens; and,

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the right vehicle headlight lens.

The vehicle headlight lens is designed to blend with surfaces of adjacent vehicle panels. To the extent that any feature lines are illustrated, they are intended to illustrate the crest and valley of the feature and are not necessarily sharp bends in the part. Shading is used to illustrate the curvature of the part and not color.

The phantom lines are not a part of the claimed invention.

Claims

The ornamental design for a vehicle headlight lens, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D532912
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 1, 2005
Date of Patent: Nov 28, 2006
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, MI)
Inventors: David Mahoney (Orchard Lake, MI), Patrick Quinn (White Lake, MI)
Primary Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson
Attorney: Damian Porcari
Application Number: 29/243,876
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