Paul D Tyll

US Patent:

7830247, Nov 9, 2010

Filed:

Apr 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/738894

Inventors:

Paul Tyll - Farmington Hills MI, US
Jason Nantais - Farmington Hills MI, US
Chris Prisby - Farmington Hills MI, US
Tom Schumacher - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc. - Farmington Hills MI

International Classification:

B60Q 1/26

US Classification:

340468, 340457, 340458, 340687, 362464, 362479, 362487, 362490, 362493

Abstract:

A system controls an auxiliary light for a vehicle. The system includes a cockpit button to activate the auxiliary light, a Hall sensor operable to detect the installation and removal of a magnetized cover for the auxiliary light; a warning indicator; and a controller. The controller activates the warning indicator in response to the output of the sensor and the on/off state of the cockpit button.

US Patent:

20080259618, Oct 23, 2008

Filed:

Apr 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/737364

Inventors:

Paul Tyll - Farmington Hills MI, US
Jason Nantais - Farmington Hills MI, US
Chris Prisby - Farmington Hills MI, US
Tom Schumacher - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. - Farmington Hills MI

International Classification:

B60Q 1/00

US Classification:

362464, 362546

Abstract:

An exterior auxiliary lighting system is provided including a light source for generating a beam of visible light, the light source having an aperture through which the beam of light is projected. A cover can be detachably connected to the light source to overlay at least a portion of the aperture. A sensor is provided for detecting whether the cover is attached to the light source. A switch responsive to an output signal from the sensor is adapted to selectively decouple the light source from a power supply when the sensor detects that the cover is attached to the light source.