Federal-mogul World Wide, Inc.

Federal-mogul Ignition Company

Stephen A Bynum

James Burr Anderson

Philip S Hall

James B Anderson, Jr

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

Reduced profile lamp having enhanced illumination and method of construction thereof

Front portion of a lamp module

A lighting assembly () is adjustable between flood and spot lighting conditions for selectively illuminating an interior passenger compartment in a motor vehicle. The assembly () includes a housing () which clamps to a supporting member, such as a headliner (), via a sleeve () interacting with a rotary cam lock (). An LED light source () is orbitally supported within the housing () for projecting light in a directionally adjustable manner. A lens () is disposed in the light path () and is moveable between an extended spot position for task lighting and a retracted flood position for general illumination within the interior compartment. A switch () is responsive to movement of the lens () into its spot position for automatically energizing the LED (). The switch () opens, thus de-energizing the LED () when the lens () is returned to its flood condition. A lighting control circuit (') is responsive to an override signal, such as from a door switch (&#x2032;), for independently activating the light source () when the lens () is in its flood position. The light source () is supported for orbital movement within the housing () by a gimbal mechanism which includes an inner gimbal () carried in a cross (). Pintals () establish intersecting perpendicular axis (A,B) to accomplish the orbital movement. A latch mechanism () cooperates with leaf springs () by controlling movement of the lens () between its flood and spot conditions by a repeated push impulse applied by the finger of an operator. The switch () is incorporated into the leaf springs ().

Lamp assembly having variable focus and directionality

A compact lamp assembly provides illumination for a vehicle interior, and generally includes a housing, a circuit board, and an LED that emits light through an opening in the housing. The front wall of the housing includes first and second installation features for installing the lamp assembly in a slot in a vehicle interior panel. The first installation feature has a flange connected to the housing by a neck portion that encircles the opening in the housing and that is designed to slide into the slot so that the housing is held in place on the panel by the flange. The second installation feature includes a pair of apertured extensions of the front wall that receive fasteners to hold the lamp assembly in place against the rear side of the panel.

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Cookeville, TN, United States of America

Stephen A Bynum