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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Christopher Anthony Danowski, Rochester, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James J. Surman, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 3/225 (2017.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); G03H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/225 (2017.02); B60N 3/101 (2013.01); G02B 5/18 (2013.01); G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G03H 1/0005 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0055 (2013.01); G03H 2223/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle cup holder includes a console substrate defining a cup well. A light source is positioned proximate the cup well. An insert is positioned within the cup well and defines a base wall and a side wall, wherein at least one of the base wall and the side wall defines a diffraction grating.