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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alec Dai, Nanjing, CN;
Kadin Zhang, Nanjing, CN;
Fernando Zhao, Nanjing, CN;
Jonas Liu, Nanjing, CN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A trunk lighting system of a vehicle with a vehicle ceiling, where the trunk lighting system includes a trunk floor panel positioned in a trunk of the vehicle and movable between a first position and a second position, the trunk floor panel being closer to the vehicle ceiling at the second position than at the first position. The trunk lighting system has a lighting device, and a switch connected to the lighting device and to trigger a second lighting output from the lighting device when the trunk floor is at the second position, the second lighting output being greater than a first lighting output from the lighting device when the trunk floor panel is at the first position.