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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Shannon Carloni, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Megan Lovejoy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Frederick A. Drapala, Canton, MI (US);
Latasha Nicole Smith, Belleville, MI (US);
Shannon Carloni, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Megan Lovejoy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Frederick A. Drapala, Canton, MI (US);
Latasha Nicole Smith, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle compartment has a housing defining a space and an access door pivotally coupled to the housing for pivoting between an open position and a closed position. Included is a light source for illuminating the space and a tilt switch provided on a circuit board coupled to the access door. The tilt switch is configured to have a first switch position when the access door is in the closed position and a second switch position when the access door is in the open position. The light source is activated when tilt switch is in the second switch position. The compartment may include a storage compartment, such as a glove box. The compartment may include an engine compartment.