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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
David J. Jaworski, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mark Christian Aaron, Canton, MI (US);
William E. Crafts, Commerce, MI (US);
David J. Jaworski, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mark Christian Aaron, Canton, MI (US);
William E. Crafts, Commerce, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A digitally encoded vehicle lamp switch system provided that supplies signals for controlling the lighting functions of a vehicle. The lamp switch system includes a multi-position switch circuit having a plurality of contacts. The multi-position switch contacts selectively connect a plurality of circuit connections of a vehicle lamp control module microprocessor to ground or open circuit conditions to provide digitally encoded signals to the microprocessor to selectively illuminate the vehicle lamps.