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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2014
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Erik C. Nordstrom, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kris S. Sevel, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Stephen M. Cichy, Lapeer, MI (US);
Ryan A. Church, Oxford, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a plurality of lamps disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle, a user-actuatable hazard light control component (e.g. a turn-signal stalk) having a plurality of states, and a hazard lamp controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of lamps, the user-actuable hazard light control component, and the user-actuatable hazard light controller. The hazard lamp controller is configured to illuminate the plurality of lamps in accordance with a lighting pattern responsive to the state of the user-actuatable hazard light control component.