Method for fabricating a bent perimeter light
AssigneeSloanled, Inc.
InventorsThomas Sloan, Bruce Quaal
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Abstract
A method for bending a perimeter light and a perimeter light for illuminating curved surfaces. One embodiment of a bending method according to the present invention comprises heating a perimeter light to make it pliable. A radius tool is then provided having a curved surface with a shape and radius for the desired bend in the perimeter light. The heated perimeter light is mounted to the radius tool curved surface. The perimeter light is then cooled and removed from the radius tool.
Claims16
A method for bending a perimeter light, comprising:
- heating a perimeter light a first time to make it pliable;
- providing a radius tool having a curved surface with a shape and radius for the desired bend in said perimeter light;
- mounting said heated perimeter light to said radius tool curved surface;
- cooling said perimeter light;
- and
- removing said perimeter light from said radius tool.
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A system for bending a perimeter light, comprising:
- a heater for heating a perimeter light to make it pliable;
- and
- a radius tool having a curved surface and a mechanism for holding the heated perimeter light to the curved surface while it cools.
The system of claim 37, wherein said heater for heating a perimeter light comprises an environmental chamber.
The system of claim 37, wherein said holding mechanism comprises straps integral to said radius tool and closable around said perimeter light to holding it to the curved surface.
The system of claim 37, further comprising a heater to heat said perimeter light a second time while being held to said curved surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.