Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illuminated instrument panel storage compartment
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Application No.: US14684973Application Date: 2015-04-13
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Publication No.: US10041650B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Scott Holmes Dunham , Kathleen M. Parlow , Cornel Lewis Gardner
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60Q3/68
- IPC: B60Q3/68 ; F21V9/30 ; F21V9/16 ; H05B37/02 ; B60Q3/66 ; B60Q3/225 ; B60Q3/217 ; B60Q3/80

Abstract:
An illuminated storage assembly disposed within a vehicle is provided herein. The illuminated storage assembly includes a housing defining a storage compartment laterally extending into an instrument panel. A cover is operably coupled to the housing to support the cover between open and closed positions. A light source is disposed within the illuminated storage assembly and is configured to illuminate a feature of the illuminated storage assembly based on the position of the cover.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150217683A1 ILLUMINATED INSTRUMENT PANEL STORAGE COMPARTMENT Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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