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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wei Xu, Nanjing, CN;
Yun Shin Lee, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Daniel Howard Weckstein, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Howell, MI (US);
Todd Jared Konet, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21L 4/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 3/35 (2017.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21L 4/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); B60Q 1/302 (2013.01); B60Q 3/35 (2017.02); B60Q 1/00 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a motor vehicle component having a receiver and a portable utility light that is releasably held in that receiver. The portable utility light includes a housing having a lens and an external reflector and a light source held in the housing. A method of providing a motor vehicle with a multi function light source is also disclosed.