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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Paul Tyll, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jason Nantais, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chris Prisby, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Tom Schumacher, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Paul Tyll, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jason Nantais, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chris Prisby, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Tom Schumacher, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An exterior auxiliary lighting system is provided including a light source for generating a beam of visible light, the light source having an aperture through which the beam of light is projected. A cover can be detachably connected to the light source to overlay at least a portion of the aperture. A sensor is provided for detecting whether the cover is attached to the light source. A switch responsive to an output signal from the sensor is adapted to selectively decouple the light source from a power supply when the sensor detects that the cover is attached to the light source.