US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 13 for "Convertible vehicle lighting assembly having printed electronics applied to top of vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,136, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Convertible vehicle lighting assembly having printed electronics applied to top of vehicle" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), David D. Friske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.) and Michael Joseph Niksa (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible vehicle lighting assembly includes a top of a convertible vehicle. The top is configured to be transitioned between a closed position and an open position relative to a body of the convertible vehicle. Printed electronics are applied to the top. A lighting device is mounted to the top....