ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,471, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Illuminable badge assembly of motor vehicle" was invented by Anthony Nicholas Aquilina (Royal Oak, Mich.), Segundo Baldovino (Novi, Mich.) and Rashaun Phinisee (Ypsilanti Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle may include, among other things, a badge assembly including a lens and a light source selectively activatable to direct light through the lens. The motor vehicle may further include a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a level of ambient light, and a controller configured to issue a command to act...