DE69205858T2 - Verbessertes zentralisiertes Beleuchtungssystem für Kraftfahrzeuge. - Google Patents

Verbessertes zentralisiertes Beleuchtungssystem für Kraftfahrzeuge.

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DE69205858T2
DE69205858T2 DE69205858T DE69205858T DE69205858T2 DE 69205858 T2 DE69205858 T2 DE 69205858T2 DE 69205858 T DE69205858 T DE 69205858T DE 69205858 T DE69205858 T DE 69205858T DE 69205858 T2 DE69205858 T2 DE 69205858T2
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automobiles
lighting system
centralized lighting
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John Martin Davenport
Richard Lowell Hansler
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General Electric Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/0001—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • G02B6/0005—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings specially adapted for lighting devices or systems the light guides being of the fibre type
    • G02B6/0006—Coupling light into the fibre
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S41/24—Light guides

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)
DE69205858T 1991-02-25 1992-02-19 Verbessertes zentralisiertes Beleuchtungssystem für Kraftfahrzeuge. Expired - Lifetime DE69205858T2 (de)

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US07/661,029 US5222793A (en) 1991-02-25 1991-02-25 Remote vehicle lighting system

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US (1) US5222793A (de)
EP (1) EP0501669B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH0677401B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69205858T2 (de)

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JPH0677401B2 (ja) 1994-09-28
US5222793A (en) 1993-06-29
EP0501669A3 (en) 1992-09-30
DE69205858D1 (de) 1995-12-14
EP0501669B1 (de) 1995-11-08
JPH0581902A (ja) 1993-04-02

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