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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Mehran Niksimaee, Orchard Lake Village, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, White Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/52 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/2611 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2661 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60Q 1/444 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/52 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/10 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of illuminating a vehicle rack includes detecting a crash status of a vehicle; detecting an occupancy status of the vehicle; illuminating a light source positioned within a groove of the vehicle rack in a first illumination state; and altering the illumination of the light source to a second illumination state based on a change in the occupancy status of the vehicle.