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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Winfried Moell, Laubach, DE;
Inventor:
Winfried Moell, Laubach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The cockpit module of a vehicle has a cup holder which has an opening for receiving a drinking vessel, and an illumination device for illuminating the cup holder. The cockpit module also has a printed circuit board on which the illumination device is arranged. A motion sensor is preferably provided which recognizes an object approaching the opening of the cup holder and the state of occupation of the cup holder, so that the illumination device can be controlled in a definable manner as a function of the occupation and if an object approaches.