Patent · US Expired

Reverse light blocking hologram for a center high mounted stoplight

US4966426A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateSep 29, 1989
Grant dateOct 30, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H1/2202
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rear window mounted stoplight assembly for a vehicle including stoplight illuminating apparatus for producing stoplight illumination, and a scatter blocking hologram adjacent the stoplight illuminating apparatus for preventing scattered stoplight illumination from being viewable by the vehicle operator. In a particular embodiment, the stoplight illumination apparatus includes an image volume hologram and a source of playback illumination.

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