Lighting system for vehicles
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Abstract
A lighting system for use in the interior cabin of a vehicle comprises a vehicle accessory comprising a non-incandescent solid-state light source. The non-incandescent solid-state light source provides illumination of less than about 10 lux at a target location within the interior cabin of the vehicle when the non-incandescent solid-state light source passes a current of less than about 100 mA whenever the battery/ignition electrical power system of the vehicle is switched on. Preferably, the non-incandescent solid-state light source comprises a light emitting diode. An electrical resistor may be connected in series with the light emitting diode. The target location illuminated by the light source may include at least one of a shift lever console, a floor console, or other locations within the vehicle interior cabin.
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176 Claims
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1-83. -83. (Canceled)
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84. A lighting system suitable for use in the interior cabin of a vehicle comprising:
a vehicle accessory at a location in the interior cabin of a vehicle, said vehicle accessory comprising a non-incandescent solid-state light source, said non-incandescent solid-state light source providing illumination of less than about 10 lux at a target location within the interior cabin of the vehicle when said non-incandescent solid-state light source passes a current of less than about 100 mA, said non-incandescent solid-state light source providing said illumination of less than about 10 lux and passing said current of less than about 100 mA whenever the battery/ignition electrical power system of the vehicle is switched on. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114)
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115. A lighting system suitable for use in the interior cabin of a vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle accessory at a location in the interior cabin of a vehicle, said vehicle accessory comprising a non-incandescent solid-state light source, said non-incandescent solid-state light source providing illumination of less than about 10 lux at a target location within the interior cabin of the vehicle when said non-incandescent solid-state light source passes a current of less than about 100 mA; and
wherein said vehicle accessory includes a bottom portion and wherein said non-incandescent solid-state light source is configured so as to emit light downwardly from said bottom portion. - View Dependent Claims (116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145)
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146. A lighting system suitable for use in the interior cabin of a vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle accessory at a location in the interior cabin of a vehicle, said vehicle accessory comprising a non-incandescent solid-state light source, said non-incandescent solid-state light source providing illumination of less than about 10 lux at a target location within the interior cabin of the vehicle when said non-incandescent solid-state light source passes a current of less than about 100 mA; and
wherein said target location comprises at least one of an instrument panel area of the vehicle and a console area of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176)
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