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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Reinhard Pusch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Keith R. Kwasny, Northville, MI (US);
John F. Nathan, Highland Township, MI (US);
Reinhard Pusch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Keith R. Kwasny, Northville, MI (US);
John F. Nathan, Highland Township, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle inlet is disclosed for use in charging a battery of an electric vehicle or a hybrid-electric vehicle. The vehicle inlet includes a housing, a luminance engine having at least one light emitting diode, and a luminance member configured for attachment to the housing and for cooperation with the luminance engine. The luminance member is adapted for illumination by the at least one light emitting diode of the luminance engine based on an ambient light level having a value less than a threshold for a predetermined time period.