Patent ID: 8513553
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: B60Q,E05B

Abstract:
1. A combination light and switch assembly for a panel of a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a circuit board having an LED contact and a latch contact, the latch contact configured to electrically couple to a latch of the panel; a LED joined to the LED contact, the LED configured to illuminate at least a portion of the panel; an actuator assembly moveable toward the circuit board so that the actuator assembly engages the latch contact to operate the latch of the panel when the latch contact is engaged by the actuator assembly, the actuator assembly disposed laterally inwardly of the LED; and a lens aligned with the LED and configured to direct light from the LED to the at least a portion of the panel, the lens extending away from the circuit board to a lens end surface that extends at least flush to an exterior surface of a housing, whereby the light from the LED is directed around a side of the actuator assembly and oriented past the side of the actuator assembly and toward the at least a portion of the panel.