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US 6,579,000 B2Granted
Chameleon signal lens
OwnerNicolae Radu Sevastianinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a lens. The light transmitting portion of the lens comprises a plurality of fiber optic strands arranged parallel to each other in a side-by-side manner, forming a planar layer. The fiber optic strands are also inclined at an angle to a surface of the lens. This defeats any reflection from the interior of the lens face or surface when so needed. In operation, when the light source is illuminated, the lens is then lit, displaying the color of the light source or of the color of the strands.
Claims18
A signal lens system comprising:
- an outer body panel having a colored exterior surface, a portion of said panel having a plurality of openings defined therethrough, said openings being spaced from each other with sections of the colored exterior surface of the panel extending between adjacent ones of the openings;
- a plurality of light transmitting elements having outer ends disposed in said openings such that outer surfaces of the light transmitting elements are substantially flush with the colored exterior surface of said panel;
- a light source disposed inwardly of said panel such that when the light source is activated, light projected from said light source enters inner ends of said light transmitting elements is transmitted to the outer surfaces of the light transmitting elements, and is projected from the outer surfaces;
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- said light transmitting elements being rendered substantially invisible against the colored exterior surface of the panel when viewed from outside the panel and when the elements are not transmitting light from the light source.
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A signal lens system comprising:
- an outer body panel having a colored exterior surface, a portion of said panel having a plurality of openings defined therethrough, said openings being spaced from each other with sections of the colored exterior surface of the panel extending between adjacent ones of the openings;
- a plurality of light transmitting elements having outer ends disposed in said openings, said outer ends of the light transmitting elements having a central axes that are inclined non-perpendicularly to said panel;
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- a light source disposed inwardly of said panel such that when said light source is activated, light projected from said light source enters inner ends of said light transmitting elements is transmitted to the outer surfaces of the light transmitting elements, and is projected from the outer surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.