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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Chi LI, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Chi Li, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle interior panel is provided that includes an interior panel substrate defining an aperture for a light source to extend through the interior panel substrate, a lens attached to the interior panel substrate, wherein the lens extends over at least a portion of the aperture for the light source, an at least partially transparent material that extends over the lens, and a plurality of positioning holes defined by the interior panel substrate, such that at least a portion of the plurality of positioning holes are configured to correspond to a plurality of positioning pins of an interior panel mold.