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Electric light switching arrangement for illuminating the interior of a motor vehicle

  • US 5,174,643 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1992
  • Issued: 12/29/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electric light switching arrangement for illuminating an interior of a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a sensor that is electrically connected to said light, with said sensor sensing an opening of at least one door of said vehicle that leads to said interior thereof and subsequently delivering a signal to a switching mechanism that then turns said light on for a predetermined period of time; and

    a transmitter disposed in said interior of said vehicle for generating an alternating field, wherein said sensor is responsive to a change of said alternating field resulting from said opening of at least one door of said vehicle.

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