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US 5,939,979 AGranted
Vehicle light system capable of displaying an illuminated symbol
AssigneeIntellectual Science and Technology Inc.
InventorHoward Hong-Dough Lee
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Abstract
A light system of a vehicle is made to comprise light cover means having at least one light-illuminable area for luminously displaying a symbol corresponding to a vehicle's trademark or a manufacturer's mark when the vehicle is initiated by a driver to perform an action such as braking, parking-signalling, hazard-signalling, turn-signalling, driving, reverse-driving, or door-opening. When implemented, the present invention economically and effectively vivifies the illumination appearance of a vehicle not only in the daylight but in the dark.
Claims11
A vehicle light system comprising:
- (a) power source means;
- (b) light-emitting means for emitting light rays when receiving electric power from said power source means;
- (c) power-supply control means for controlling the supply of said electric power to said light-emitting means, said power-supply control means being responsive to a driver-initiated vehicle action selected from the group consisting of braking, parking-signaling, hazard-signaling, turn-signaling, driving, reverse-driving, door-opening, and interior illuminating;
- (d) electric lines for connecting said power source means to said power-supply control means, and for connecting said power-supply control means to said light-emitting means, respectively;
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- (e) cover means disposed to cover said light-emitting means, said cover means comprising:
- a first area having a shape of a symbol, wherein said first area is formed of a light-illuminable material;
- a second area contiguous with said first area and defining a field region surrounded by said first area, wherein said second area is formed of a light-impenetrable material;
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- a third area contiguous with said first area and defining a background region surrounding said first area, wherein said third area is formed of said light-impenetrable material.
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A vehicle light system comprising:
- (a) power source means;
- (b) light-emitting means for emitting light rays when receiving electric power from said power source means;
- (c) power-supply control means for controlling the supply of said electric power to said light-emitting means, said power-supply control means being responsive to a driver-initiated vehicle action selected from the group consisting of braking, parking-signaling, hazard-signaling, turn-signaling, driving, reverse-driving, door-opening, and interior illuminating;
- (d) electric lines for connecting said power source means to said power-supply control means, and for connecting said power-supply control means to said light-emitting means, respectively;
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- (e) cover means disposed to cover said light-emitting means, said cover means comprising:
- a first area formed of a light-illuminable material in a shape of a symbol;
- a second area contiguous with said first area and defining a field region surrounded by said first area, wherein said second area is formed of a light-illuminable material having a color different from said first area;
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- a third area surrounding said first area so as to be an outer background of said symbol, wherein said third area is formed of a light-illuminable material.
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A vehicle light system comprising:
- power source means;
- light-emitting means for emitting light rays when receiving electric power from said power source means;
- power-supply control means for controlling the supply of said electric power to said light-emitting means, said power-supply control means being responsive to a driver-initiated vehicle action selected from the group consisting of braking, parking-signaling, hazard-signaling, turn-signaling, driving, reverse-driving, door-opening, and interior illuminating;
- electric lines for connecting said power source means to said power-supply control means, and for connecting said power-supply control means to said light-emitting means, respectively;
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- cover means disposed to cover said light-emitting means, said cover means comprising:
- a first area formed of a light-impenetrable material in a shape of a symbol;
- a second area contiguous with said symbol and defining a field within said symbol, said second area being formed of a light-illuminable material;
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- a third area surrounding said first area to define an outer background of said symbol, said third area being formed of a material selected from the group consisting of light-impenetrable materials and light-illuminable materials having a color different from said second area, so as to luminously display said field as a reverse image of said symbol when receiving the light rays emitted from said light-emitting means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.