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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Litke, Brighton, MI (US);
David L Edstrom, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Graham L Weeks, Holland, MI (US);
Douglas A Fischer, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Donnelly Overhead Systems LLC, Novi, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362490 ; 362488 ; 362543 ; 362802 ;
Abstract
A lamp assembly for an overhead console having a single lens that selectively operates multiple switches connected to multiple lamps to illuminate a desired area. The single lens has multiple push surfaces such that pressing a first push surface operates one lamp, pressing a second push surface operates another lamp and pressing a third surface operates both lamps simultaneously.