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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Scott Nave, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Pilutti, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chad Clement, Belleville, MI (US);
Udayakumar Ramasami, Novi, MI (US);
Sleiman N. Adelnour, Macomb, MI (US);
Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A supplemental vehicle lighting system that is responsive to a trailer backup assist system is provided. The system includes a rear vehicle fixture defining a keylock hole customarily used in conjunction with a corresponding keylock cylinder. A light assembly is provided in the place of a keylock cylinder and operably coupled to the keylock hole. The light assembly includes a housing having a barrel that is concentrically aligned with the keylock hole and includes a distal end and a proximal end. A lighting device is disposed inside the housing and operable to emit light through the barrel beginning from the proximal end. A lens is coupled to the distal end of the barrel and is disposed to at least partially coincide with the keylock hole, wherein the lens is configured to disperse light emitted from the lighting device to illuminate a rear vehicle area.