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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Chi LI, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Jeffrey Singer, Canton, MI (US);
Chi Li, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Denis Patrick Igoe, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle interior panel having a substrate with a receiving slot. A support lens is disposed in the receiving slot and includes a light source. A sensor is operably connected to the light source and disposed proximate the support lens. A connector operably links the sensor to the light source through the support lens. A decorative layer extends over the support lens and the sensor.