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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
David Héiden, Clarkston, MI (US);
Randy Johnson, White Lake, MI (US);
Sari Rezzo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sue Stein, Nashville, TN (US);
Kevin Thompson, Fairview, TN (US);
David Héiden, Clarkston, MI (US);
Randy Johnson, White Lake, MI (US);
Sari Rezzo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sue Stein, Nashville, TN (US);
Kevin Thompson, Fairview, TN (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a security vehicle lighting system. The system includes a rocker panel trim member arranged to conceal at least a portion of a vehicle rocker panel, the trim member having a lower wall portion having at least one aperture formed therein, the lower wall portion defining an interior surface and an opposing ground-facing surface and extending inboard toward the rocker panel, and at least one light member disposed between the rocker panel and the interior surface and adjacent the at least one aperture, wherein the at least one light member is mounted on the interior surface of the trim member and operable to illuminate a portion of the ground proximate the trim member.