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Automotive vehicle exterior light flashing circuit

  • US 4,859,988 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1988
  • Issued: 08/22/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle lighting system comprising:

  • a first pair of lamps located at laterally spaced apart positions on a rearwardly facing portion of said vehicle, said lamps projecting visible light in a yellow spectrum, a red spectrum or both a red and a yellow spectrum when said lamps are energized;

    a second lamp means located on a rearwardly facing portion of said vehicle for projecting visible light in a white spectrum when said second lamp means is energized;

    a third lamp positioned laterally between said first pair of lamps on a rearwardly facing portion of said vehicle and projecting visible light in a red spectrum when said third lamp is energized;

    first control means selectively operable for energizing said first pair of lamps together and including means for energizing said third lamp;

    second control means selectively operable for energizing said second lamp means;

    flashing means selectively operable for energizing said first pair of lamps and said third lamp alternatingly with said second lamp means whereby, a hazard warning signal is produced that alternates between red or yellow or both to indicate danger and white to provide superior visibility; and

    wherein said third lamp is positioned vertically between said first pair of lamps, forming a triangle with said first pair of lamps.

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