ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,713, issued on April 22.
"Overhead ceiling lights for vehicles" was invented by Christian Nielsen (Palm Coast, Fla.), Jakub Gregor (Palm Coast, Fla.), Martin Suvak (Kosice, Slovak Republic) and Daniel Stenko (Kosice, Slovak Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead ceiling device for vehicles, such as airplanes. The device includes a faceplate, keypad, PCB, body, light module, and an outer mounting compression ring body. The faceplate includes lens for lights and holes for buttons. Keypad includes buttons that can protrude from the holes in the faceplate. The keypad is seated over the PCB, wherein the PCB includes indicator ...