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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Wei Xu, Nanjing, CN;
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Westland, MI (US);
Gary D. Mullen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew Anthony Majkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/046 (2013.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.02); B60Q 3/51 (2017.02); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01);
Abstract
An illuminated vehicle floor mat retention assembly is provided. The illuminated vehicle floor mat retention assembly includes a fastener configured to fasten a floor mat onto a vehicle floor, a light transmissive window provided in the fastener, and a light source located proximate to the fastener for generating light to be output through the light transmissive window.