GB2274508A - Upper brake light - Google Patents

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GB2274508A
GB2274508A GB9401320A GB9401320A GB2274508A GB 2274508 A GB2274508 A GB 2274508A GB 9401320 A GB9401320 A GB 9401320A GB 9401320 A GB9401320 A GB 9401320A GB 2274508 A GB2274508 A GB 2274508A
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Ronald Allan Proctor
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/30—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces
    • B60Q1/302—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S43/255—Filters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S43/26—Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/20—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
    • F21S43/27—Attachment thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
    • F21S43/30—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by reflectors
    • F21S43/37—Attachment thereof
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V14/00—Controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements
    • F21V14/04—Controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements by movement of reflectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V14/00—Controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements
    • F21V14/06—Controlling the distribution of the light emitted by adjustment of elements by movement of refractors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2103/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for signalling purposes
    • F21W2103/35—Brake lights

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Abstract

An upper brake light of the kind installed on or adjacent to the rear windows of cars and other road vehicles with a view to giving increased warning to a following driver that the vehicle with the upper brake light is being braked, is provided with a body or casing (10) for the bulb assembly (11) and a red lens or red cover (28), in which, for the purpose of ensuring that the light beam is directed substantially horizontally from the car irrespective of the slant of the rear window of the vehicle, the body or casing and/or the red lens or red cover is adapted to remain stationary while at least part of optical means is rotatable or is otherwise movable. <IMAGE>

Description

Utter Brake Light This invention relates to upper brake lights of the kind installed on or adjacent to the back windows of cars and other road vehicles with a view to giving increased warning to a following driver that a car is braking.
It is already known for such upper brake lights to b provided with a body or casing for the bulb assembly and a red lens, the body or casing being mounted for rotation so as to bring the bulb assembly and the red lens into a position where the light beam is directed substantially horizontally from the car irrespective of the slant of the rear window of the vehicle.
The aim of the present invention is to improve on this form of upper brake light by allowing the body or casing to remain stationary but to provide rotatable optical means in order to provide a light output in accordance with modern vehicle standards.
Two examples of an upper brake light in accordance with the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of upper brake light in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a vertical section through the upper brake light shown in Figure 1; Figure 3 is a perspective view of the red cover for the light casing; Figure 4 is a perspective view of the body or casing of a second upper brake light in accordance with the invention; Figure 5 is a vertical section similar to Figure 2 through the upper brake light shown in Figure 4; and Figure 6 is a perspective view of the assembly which is fitted in and on the body or casing shown in Figure 4.
The upper brake light shown in Figures 1 to 3 is intended to be mounted on or adjacent the rear window of a car or other road vehicle having a rear window. Thus, it may be attached by adhesive means (not shown) or it may be mounted on a part of the vehicle itself immediately adjacent the window. It comprises a casing 10 in the form of a trough open at one side 12. Within the casing there is a bulb assembly 14 which supports a light bulb 16 and which also carries an optical lens 18 serving to magnify the light falling on the rear of the lens from the bulb 16. As will be seen from Figure 2, the lens support 20 forms part of the bulb assembly 14. Suitable electric conduit means - including a contact post 22 - are provided for supplying electric current to the bulb in the usual way.
A portion of the bulb assembly adjacent one of the end walls 24 of the casing 10 is connected through an appropriate hole in that end wall to a knob 26 or other suitable means for rotating the bulb assembly 14 about a horizontal axis within the casing 10. By this means, the bulb 16 and the optical lens 18 can both be rotated together, i.e., in synchronism with each other, so as to bring them into a position where the light beam is directed substantially horizontally to the rear of the vehicle.
The trough-like casing 10 has its open side 12 closed by a red lens or transparent red cover 28 which is fastened to the casing and remains stationary at all times. In other words, the upper brake light of the present invention is different from those constructions where a red cover or red lens rotates in unison with a rotatable casing or other enclosing body.
The advantage of the upper brake light of the present invention is that the casing 10 can be securely mounted in a fixed position in a vehicle and does not have to have its position changed in order to ensure that the light beam is projected to the rear of the vehicle substantially horizontally.
In short, the only rotatable part of the upper brake light is the bulb assembly 14 and the optical lens 18 attached thereto.
In a modification of the upper brake light shown in the drawing, the optical lens 18 is replaced by a reflector located behind the bulb so as to have the same effect as a lens. Here again, the reflector will be attached to the bulb assembly 14 by a support similar to that shown at 20 so that the reflector rotates in unison with the bulb assembly.
It is advantageous from the manufacturing point of view for the bulb assembly and the optical lens or reflector to be made in one piece, but it is possible for the lens or reflector to be a separate part which is mounted for rotation, with the bulb assembly remaining stationary. Equally, the axis of rotation of the lens or reflector does not have to coincide with the axis of the bulb as in the drawing but can be displaced from that axis. The essential point is that the optical lens or reflector should be rotatable within the casing 10 so that the lens or reflector can be brought into a position to ensure that the light beam projects substantially horizontally irrespective of the mounting angle of the casing or the slant of the vehicle rear window with which the upper brake light is being used.
In a further modification of the invention shown in Figures 4 to 6, the optical lens 18 or reflector 18a, together with the bulb assembly 11, may be attached to the red cover or red lens 28 and rotated in relation to, or pivoted about, the said red cover or red lens. In such circumstances, the troughlike casing 10 has its open side 12 attached to the red cover or red lens and acts only as a cover to prevent extraneous light being put out in directions other than that which is intended to go through the red cover or red lens.

Claims (7)

1. An upper brake light for installation on or adjacent to the back window of a car or other road vehicle for the purpose of giving increased warning to a following driver that the vehicle having the upper brake light is being braked, the upper brake light having a body or casing for a bulb assembly and a red lens or red cover, in which the body or casing and/or the red lens or red cover is adapted to be held stationary in or on the vehicle but is provided with rotatable, or otherwise movable, optical means.
2. An upper brake light according to claim 1, in which the body or casing and/or the red lens or red cover is attachable to a vehicle window by adhesive means or is mountable on a part of the vehicle itself immediately adjacent the window.
3. An upper brake light according to claim 1 or claim 2, in which the body or casing is in the form of a trough open at one side, the trough-like casing having its open side closed by the red lens or red cover.
4. An upper brake light according to any preceding claim having a bulb assembly which supports a light bulb and which also carries an optical lens or a reflector serving to magnify the light from the bulb, a portion of the bulb assembly being connected to means outside the body or casing for rotating or otherwise moving at least part of the bulb assembly within the body or casing.
5. An upper brake light according to any preceding claim, in which the bulb assembly and the optical lens or reflector are made in one piece.
6. An upper brake light according to claim 1 substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 1 to 3 or Figures 4 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
7. A vehicle provided with an upper brake light as claimed in any preceding claim.
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DE19531404A1 (en) * 1995-08-26 1997-02-27 Hella Kg Hueck & Co Vehicle light, in particular additional brake light
EP1739346A1 (en) * 2005-06-30 2007-01-03 Valeo Vision Fog lamp with projection lens
WO2022179988A1 (en) * 2021-02-24 2022-09-01 Valeo Vision Light-emitting device, vehicle lamp and vehicle

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GB2096235A (en) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-13 Westfaelische Metall Industrie Device for controlling the illumination range of headlamps
US4602320A (en) * 1985-02-21 1986-07-22 Redondo Investment Limited Adjustable safety lamp for vehicle windows
US4654757A (en) * 1985-10-29 1987-03-31 Creative Design Technologies, Ltd. Adjustable auxiliary vehicle light

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GB2096235A (en) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-13 Westfaelische Metall Industrie Device for controlling the illumination range of headlamps
US4602320A (en) * 1985-02-21 1986-07-22 Redondo Investment Limited Adjustable safety lamp for vehicle windows
US4654757A (en) * 1985-10-29 1987-03-31 Creative Design Technologies, Ltd. Adjustable auxiliary vehicle light

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19531404A1 (en) * 1995-08-26 1997-02-27 Hella Kg Hueck & Co Vehicle light, in particular additional brake light
EP1739346A1 (en) * 2005-06-30 2007-01-03 Valeo Vision Fog lamp with projection lens
WO2022179988A1 (en) * 2021-02-24 2022-09-01 Valeo Vision Light-emitting device, vehicle lamp and vehicle

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