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Third brake lamp employing optical fibers

US5111183A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1991
Grant dateMay 5, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F9/305
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A third brake lamp employing optical fibers, in which when braking, a lamp emits light which goes through a color board rotarily driven by a motor, the light being focused on a grouped end of the optical fibers and conducted to the other end of the optical fibers to form a warning picture or characters with multiple colors.

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