Camouflaged composite military vehicle lamp

A composite lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle, comprising:

• a camouflaged lamp housing, wherein said lamp housing defines an interior space and includes a front cover having a clear lens and a plurality of second openings;
• a plurality of camouflaged diffusers separate from said clear lens;
• the plurality of camouflaged diffusers fully occupying and closing the plurality of second openings in the lamp housing;
• a camouflaged component arranged within said interior space and positioned behind said clear lens such that at least a portion of said component is at least slightly visible through said clear lens;
• a first LED arranged within said interior space and positioned to provide light through said clear lens substantially without light passing through said camouflaged diffuser;
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• a second LED arranged within said interior space and positioned to provide light through said diffuser substantially without light passing through said clear lens.

A composite lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle, comprising:

• a first lamp portion operable to indicate at least the presence, turning and stopping of the vehicle;
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• a second lamp portion operable to indicate at least the presence and stopping of the vehicle during nighttime convoy travel;
• wherein said first lamp portion includes at least a first colored LED mounted within a camouflaged lamp housing and a clear lens covering said first colored LED, wherein said first colored LED is operable to emit non-white light directed at the clear lens;
• wherein said second lamp portion includes a plurality of openings defined in the lamp housing, a plurality of second colored LEDs mounted within the camouflaged lamp housing and a plurality of camouflaged diffusers covering said second colored LEDs, and fully occupying and closing the plurality of openings, wherein said second colored LEDs are operable to emit non-white light directed at the diffuser.

A lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle, comprising:

• a camouflaged lamp housing having a camouflaged front cover piece, wherein said lamp housing defines an interior space and said front cover pieces defines a plurality of openings in communication with said interior space to provide blackout lighting;
• at least one camouflaged diffuser attached to said front cover piece to fully occupy and close said plurality of openings
• a circuit board arranged within said interior space of said lamp housing;
• a plurality of colored LEDs mounted on said circuit board and positioned to provide non-white light through said camouflaged diffuser;
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• at least one camouflaged visor attached to said front cover piece above said camouflaged diffuser to reduce the visibility of non-white light emitted from said colored LEDs from above the lamp assembly.

A method comprising,

• providing rear and front housing components of a lamp assembly to be mounted on a vehicle, wherein said front housing component defines a first larger hole and a plurality of second smaller holes, wherein said rear and front housing components are camouflaged;
• positioning a circuit board between said components, said circuit board having a first plurality and a second plurality of colored LEDs mounted thereto;
• attaching a clear lens to said front housing component such that said lens covers said first hole, wherein said first plurality of colored LEDs is positioned on said circuit board to emit non-white light directed at said clear lens;
• attaching a plurality of camouflaged diffusers to said front housing component such that said diffusers fully cover and close said plurality of second holes, wherein said second plurality of colored LEDs is positioned on said circuit board to emit non-white light directed at said diffusers;
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• connecting together said rear and front housing components to form the lamp assembly.

A method comprising, providing rear and front housing components of a lamp assembly to be mounted on a vehicle, wherein said front housing component defines a first hole, wherein said rear and front housing components are colored to match the camouflaged scheme of the vehicle;

• positioning a circuit board between said components, said circuit board having a first plurality and a second plurality of colored LEDs mounted thereto;
• attaching a clear lens to said front housing component such that said lens covers said first hole, wherein said first plurality of colored LEDs are positioned on said circuit board to emit non- white light directed at said clear lens;
• forming a plurality of diffusers in said front housing component, the front housing component having a plurality of openings, wherein said diffusers fully occupy and close said plurality of openings and wherein said diffusers are colored to match the color of said rear and front housing components, wherein said second plurality of colored LEDs are positioned on said circuit board to emit non-white light directed at said diffusers;
• and connecting together said rear and front housing components to form the lamp assembly.

A composite lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle, comprising:

• a camouflaged lamp housing including a front housing piece, wherein said lamp housing defines an interior space, wherein said front housing piece defines a first opening in communication with said interior space and a plurality of second openings separate from said first opening in communication with said interior space;
• a clear lens attached to said front housing component to occupy said first opening;
• a plurality of camouflaged diffusers attached to said front housing component at separate locations from said clear lens to fully occupy and close said plurality of second openings;
• a circuit board arranged within said interior space of said lamp housing;
• a first plurality of colored LEDs mounted on said circuit board and positioned to provide non-white light through said clear lens and substantially without passing through said camouflaged diffuser;
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• a second plurality of colored LEDs mounted on said circuit board and positioned to provide non-white light through said diffusers and substantially without passing through said clear lens;
• wherein said clear lens and said plurality of diffusers are non-overlapping within said front housing piece such that substantially no light from said first plurality of colored LEDs passes through said plurality of camouflaged diffusers and substantially no light from said second plurality of colored LEDs passes through said clear lens.

A composite lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle, comprising:

• a lamp housing including a front cover, wherein said lamp housing defines an interior space, wherein said front cover defines a first opening in communication with said interior space and a plurality of second openings separate from said first opening in communication with said interior space;
• a lens attached to said front cover to occupy said first opening;
• a plurality of diffusers attached to said front cover to occupy and fully close said plurality of second openings;
• a circuit board arranged within said interior space of said lamp housing;
• a first plurality of LEDs mounted on said circuit board and positioned to provide light through said lens;
• and a second plurality of LEDs mounted on said circuit board and positioned to provide light through said diffusers;
• wherein said lens and said diffusers are non-overlapping within said front cover such that substantially no light from said first plurality of LEDs passes through said diffusers and substantially no light from said second plurality of LEDs passes through said lens.