Patent · US Expired

Rear facing light bar

US5988839A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
5References
22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1998
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60Q1/30
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rear facing light bar for a passenger vehicle comprises a housing shaped to define a rearwardly directed roof extension which increases in depth in the downstream direction. The housing is permanently attached to the vehicle and supports, behind an outer lens, a linear array of individually controllable lights which are rearwardly directed.

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