Apparatus and method for phosphor LED based signal lighting

A method of producing a vehicle light, the method comprising:

• supporting a white light source that consists of at least one a white light light emitting diode (LED) and that has a color temperature that is no greater than 2950K and a color rendering index that is greater than 75 with on a circuit board supported by a fixture body;
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• disposing a manipulator that is formed of an AMECA approved material for generating an illumination output over the white light source so that light emitted from the vehicle light has a color temperature value and a color rendering index value that are different than a color temperature and a color rendering index of light emitted by the white light LED and satisfy a vehicle marker visibility standard that is not satisfied by light emitted from the white light source;
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• extending a pair of conductors that are configured to electrically connect to the white light source through the body such that the pair of conductors are configured to electrically connect the illumination device to a power system of a vehicle such that the at least one white light source, the manipulator, and circuit board are sealed within the body such that an output of the white light source is directed toward the manipulator that is formed of the AMECA approved material.

A method of forming a vehicle indicator light, the method comprising:

• disposing a white light emitting solid state lighting (SSL) device having a color rendering index (CRI) value that is at least 75 and a color temperature that is no greater than 2950K proximate a manipulator that is formed of an AMECA approved material and that filters the spectrum of light emitted from the white light SSL device so that light emitted to atmosphere from the vehicle indicator light and attributable only to energization of the white light emitting solid state lighting (SSL) device has chromaticity coordinates that satisfy a regulatory requirement and are different than chromaticity coordinates of light emitted by the white light SSL device prior to passage of the light through the manipulator;
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• supporting the white light emitting SSL device a circuit board that is supported by a body;
• electrically connecting a pair of conductors to the white light emitting SSL and extending the conductors beyond the body such that the pair of conductors are configured to electrically connect the vehicle indicator light to a power system of a vehicle such that the white light emitting SSL, the manipulator, and the circuit board are sealed within the body such that the white light emitting SSL is directed toward the manipulator that is formed of the AMECA approved material.

An illumination device for vehicles, the illumination device comprising:

• a body;
• at least one White light emitting diode (LED) having a color temperature no greater than 2950K and that is supported by a circuit board that is supported by the body;
• a pair of conductors electrically connected to the white light LED and extending beyond the body, the pair of conductors being configured to electrically connect the illumination device to a power system of a vehicle such that the at least one white light LED, an internal color-filtering lens, an external lens and circuit board are sealed within the body such that the white light LED is directed toward the internal color-filtering lens and then onto the external lens that is secured to or integrated with the body and wherein both the internal color-filtering lens and the external lens are formed of AMECA approved materials;
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• wherein the external lens is disposed over the color filtered white light LED and wherein light emitted by the white light LED is filtered by the internal color-filtering lens such that light emitted to atmosphere from the illumination device has a different chromaticity than a chromaticity of light emitted by the White light LED and satisfies one of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 (FMVSS 108), European Standard regulation UNECE R48, the ABYC A16 standard, and the ISO proposed Performance and Testing of LED Navigation Lights.

A vehicle marker light assembly comprising:

• at least one light assembly attached to a vehicle and configured to provide an illuminated indication as to motion of the vehicle, wherein the light assembly further comprises:
• at least one white light source consisting of at least one white light light emitting diode (LED) having a color temperature of less than 2950K wherein the at least one white light LED is supported by a circuit board that is supported by a body and the vehicle marker light assembly includes a pair of conductors that are electrically connected to the white light LED and extend beyond the body and are configured to electrically connect the illumination device to a power system of a vehicle;
• a lens associated with each of the at least one white light source and formed of a material identified in an AMECA publication of “Acceptable Plastics for Optical Lenses and Reflex Reflectors Used on Motor Vehicles” to generate either of a red light output or an amber light output that satisfies at least one of the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)108 and European Standard regulation UNECE R48, the ABYC A16 standard, and the ISO proposed Performance and Testing of LED Navigation Lights when the respective at least one white light source is energized and such that the at least one white light LED, the lens, and circuit board are sealed within the body such that the white light LED is directed toward lens that is formed of a material identified in an AMECA publication of “Acceptable Plastics for Qptical Lenses and Reflex Reflectors Used on Motor Vehicles”.