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US 2009/0021954 A1Published application
Light coupled detachable stern anchor and navigation light for boats
OwnerJohn Joseph Burkeinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method that improves the usable life and reliability of detachable stem lights for boats. It replaces electrical energy coupling by light energy coupling, thereby eliminating electrical contact corrosion problems.
Claims36
1) A marine stern light system for a boat, comprising:
- a base mounted to or within a boat structure to which a removable optical conduit mounts;
- a connection to an electrical power source;
- a means to convert the supplied electrical power to a form required by the optical source;
- an optical source, as part of the base, which converts electrical power to light and projects said light into the removable optical conduit, when said optical conduit is installed;
- a detachable optical conduit (pole) of application appropriate diameter, which has a proximal end which fits securely in the base, but is easily removed from the base, a middle portion of a length required by the application, that when installed, conducts the base optical source light within itself,
- and a mechanism to redirect and emit the light conducted within the optical conduit out of the distal end.
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