Accessory optical path translator
AssigneeEmergency Technology, Inc.
InventorsDouglas V. Baker, Bradley D. Miller
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Abstract
A lighting system for specialty lighting, which may be attached to a motor vehicle with a window (e.g., glass, plastic, etc.) that is light transmissive. The lighting system may include one or more light assemblies attached to the window in an interior of the vehicle. The lighting system may include an optical path translator to direct the light emitted out the window of the vehicle and limit the amount of light reflected into the cabin of the vehicle. The lighting system may provide concealed electrical connections for power, signal, and data, as well as concealment for one or more additional aspects of the lighting system.
Claims43
A lighting system for a vehicle, the lighting system comprising:
- a light assembly having a light element that generates light in response to application of power to the light element;
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- an optical translator disposable between the light assembly and a light transmissive element of the vehicle, the optical translator being in optical communication with the light element such that light from the light element is transmitted through the optical translator, the optical translator having an interface configured to contact the light transmissive element of the vehicle, the optical translator including a perimeter and an aperture disposed within the perimeter of the optical translator, the aperture arranged to permit transmission of light from the light element to the light transmissive element.
An optical translator for a lighting assembly of a vehicle, the lighting assembly having a light element, the optical translator comprising:
- an optical interface in optical communication with the light element of the lighting assembly;
- a window interface operable to conform to a surface of a window of the vehicle, wherein light received from the light element via the optical interface is directed to the window interface, wherein the window interface includes a perimeter and an aperture disposed within the perimeter of the window interface, the aperture arranged to permit transmission of light from the lighting assembly to the surface of the window;
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- whereby the optical translator is disposable between the window and the lighting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.