US 11,807,391 B2
Retractable lighting systems and autoretraction methods
Vivek Ashok Joshi, Bangalore (IN); Abhijit Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN); Craig Giffen, Urbana, OH (US); Gokul Murugesan, Bangalore (IN); Sunit Kumar Saxena, Urbana, OH (US); and William Tyson, III, Urbana, OH (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,225.
Claims priority of application No. 202111024152 (IN), filed on May 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380062 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 47/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 47/02 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2692 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a lighting arrangement associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining a current speed of the vehicle when the lighting arrangement is in an extended state; and
when the current speed is greater than a threshold when the lighting arrangement is in the extended state:
verifying one or more illumination elements associated with the lighting arrangement are in a deactivated state; and
after verifying the one or more illumination elements are in the deactivated state, automatically signaling an actuation arrangement associated with the lighting arrangement to transition the lighting arrangement from the extended state to a retracted state.