Tilt switch and lighting assembly for a vehicle compartment

A vehicle compartment comprising:

• a housing defining a space;
• an access door pivotally coupled to the housing for pivoting between an open position and a closed position;
• a circuit board operatively coupled to the access door such that the circuit board pivots with the access door;
• a light source assembled to the circuit board for illuminating the space;
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• a tilt switch assembled to the circuit board and configured to have a first switch position when the access door is in the closed position and a second switch position when the access door is in the open position, wherein the light source is activated when the tilt switch is rotated by 25 to 35 degrees from the first switch position to the second switch position and is deactivated when the tilt switch is rotated less than 25 degrees to provide hysteresis.

A vehicle engine compartment comprising:

• a housing defining a space;
• a hood panel pivotally connected to the housing for pivoting between opened and closed positions;
• a circuit board mounted to the hood panel:
• a light source mounted to the circuit board for illuminating the engine compartment space;
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• a tilt switch mounted to the circuit board and configured to activate the light source when the hood panel is in the open position.