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US4958263:
Centralized lighting system employing a high brightness light source
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Davenport, John M.; Lyndhurst, OH
Finch, William W.; Richmond Heights, OH
Hansler, Richard L.; Pepper Pike, OH
Nagle, Richard C.; Euclid, OH
White, Ronald S.; Mentor, OH
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| Assignee: |
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
1990-09-18
/ 1988-11-02
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| Application Number: |
US1988000266129
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B60Q 1/00;
B60Q 3/00;
F21S 2/00;
F21S 8/10;
F21V 8/00;
G02B 6/032;
G02B 6/04;
G02B 6/42;
H01J 61/02;
IPC-7:
F21V 7/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
G02B6/032; B60Q1/00B; B60Q3/00L2; G02B6/00L4; G02B6/04; G02B6/42C3R; G02B6/42L; H01J61/02C; T01J61/86;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
362/511;
362/255;
362/263;
362/554;
362/558;
Original:
362/032;
362/061;
362/074;
362/255;
362/263;
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| Field of Search: |
362/032,261,262,331,255,61,74,263
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| Priority Number: |
| 1988-11-02 |
US1988000266129 |
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| Abstract: |
A centralized lighting system particularly suited for aerodynamically styled vehicles is disclosed. The centralized lighting system employes a pressurized lamp preferably of a metal halide having quartz light guides merged into portions of its outer surface. The portions of the metal halide lamp that are not merged with the light guides may be coated with a diffusive reflective coating that substantially prevents light from being transmitted through the coating so that all of the light generated by the metal halide lamp is directed into and transmittd by the light guides. The transmitted light of the light guide is distributed throughout vehicle to supply the forward, rearward, and interior illumination needs of the vehicle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
McMahon, John P. ;
Corwin, Stanley C. ;
Jacob, Fred ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Husar, Stephen F.;
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| Designated Country: |
DE FR GB NL
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First Claim:
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What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:
1. A light source for vehicles comprising;
- (a) an envelope formed of a light transmissive material and containing light generating means, and
- (b) light guide means formed of a light transmissive material and merged onto the outer surface of said envelope without substantially altering the shape of said envelope and without substantially extending into said envelope,
- said light guide means having parameters that are selected to provide forward, rearward or interior illumination for said vehicle developed by said light generating means.
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