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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Adrian Nania, Rochester, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Westland, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Spencer Monroe Dinkins, III, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/208 (2017.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/53 (2017.01); B60Q 3/74 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); B60Q 3/62 (2017.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/208 (2017.02); B60Q 3/53 (2017.02); B60Q 3/62 (2017.02); B60Q 3/74 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); F21V 23/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/001 (2013.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
A lighting system for a vehicle passenger includes, among other things, a light emitting conduit disposed about at least a portion of an opening through a vehicle roof. The light emitting conduit includes a push-through retainer that is insertable through an aperture in a vehicle structure to hold the light emitting conduit relative to the vehicle structure.