Method and apparatus for an adaptable vehicle light fixture
AssigneeNacho LED LLC
InventorsPete Sibitzky, Stephen Adams, Brad LaMarche
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for an adaptable vehicle light mount is provided. A recess created within an interior of a heat sink fin array of the vehicle light allows associated mounting hardware to be embedded within the recess. A physical offset between the vehicle light and the associated vehicle may therefore be minimized to provide a shallower mounting profile. A tube may be incorporated into the recess so as to allow one or more vehicle lights to be mounted to a single mount point on a vehicle where the tube and associated mounting hardware are incorporated and function as part of the heat reducing components of the vehicle light.
Claims20
A vehicle light mounted to a vehicle, comprising:
- a heat sink array having a recess disposed along a first axis within an interior of the vehicle light, the recess having a first radius;
- a first clamp section disposed within the recess, the first clamp section having a second radius;
- a tube disposed within the first clamp section, the tube having a third radius;
- and
- a second clamp section coupled to the first clamp section and the tube, the second clamp section having a fourth radius.
A lighting system, comprising:
- a vehicle;
- and
- one or more vehicle lights mounted to the vehicle, each of the one or more vehicle lights including,
- a heat sink array having a recess disposed along a first length of a first axis of the vehicle light, the recess being disposed within an interior of the heat sink array;
- a first clamp section disposed within the interior of the recess;
- and
- a second clamp section coupled to the first clamp section.
A method of mounting at least one light to a vehicle, comprising:
- disposing a recess within a heat sink fin array of the at least one light, the recess extending along a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the at least one light;
- disposing a mount component within an interior defined by the recess;
- and
- mounting the at least one light to the vehicle via the mount component, wherein the optical axis of the at least one light may be adjusted while the at least one light is mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.