US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Oct. 20 for "Lighting control system for mitigating exterior light failures" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,047, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Lighting control system for mitigating exterior light failures" was invented by Thiago Laserra Lima (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Matthew John Van Vleet (Ferndale, Mich.) and Sitaram Emani (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system includes at least two indicating lights each supporting primary and secondary lighting functions. The at least two indicating lights are selected from a group consisting of a turn signal light, a brake light, and a reverse light. A diagnostic module determines when a first one of the at least two indicat...