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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jody Conley, New Boston, MI (US);
Gary Edward Henige, Northville, MI (US);
Manpreet Bansal, Brampton, CA;
Martin D. Lopez, Jr., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, according to one example includes, among other things, a first panel with a first alignment feature, a first lamp installed on the first panel, a second panel adjacent the first panel and including a second alignment feature, and a second lamp installed on the second panel. A lift system moves the first and second lamps to respectively engage the first and second alignment features and align the first and second lamps. A method according to one example includes, among other things, a step of aligning the first and second lamps with each other by independently moving the first and second lamps to respectively engage the first and second alignment features.