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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond Scott Alvey, Utica, MI (US);
Ronald Patrick Brombach, Berkley, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340438 ; 340441 ; 340457 ;
Abstract
An interior lamp control using a microprocessor to monitor the ignition switch, door ajar switches, and vehicle speed deactivates the interior lamp if vehicle speed exceeds a speed threshold even though the state of the input switches otherwise indicates that the interior lamp should be illuminated. The lamp will not again illuminate until after the speed decreases below a lower speed threshold.