Auxiliary stop lamps

• US 5,103,382 A
• Filed: 11/13/1990
• Issued: 04/07/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Kondo, Toshiyuki, Waki, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/614,003
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 362/61, 362/80, 362/80.1, 362/285, 362/287, 362/288, 362/306, 362/372, 362/249, 362/250, 362/252, 362/800, 362/427, 362/428, 362/223, 362/369
• US Class Current: 362/503
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/302 mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

The present invention relates to an auxiliary stop lamp which is mounted internally of a rear window of a vehicle so as to illuminate the back of the vehicle, characterized in that the auxiliary stop lamp comprises a cylindrical housing in teh form of a transparent flexible member having opening at both ends thereof, side lids mounted on the respective openings of the housing, said side lids each having a base plate mounting portion on the inner surface side of the housing, and an LED mounting base plate formed from a flexible member mounted on the base plate mounting portion of the side lid.

Claims

1. An auxiliary stop lamp which is mounted internally of a rear window so as to illuminate the back of a vehicle, said auxiliary stop lamp comprises a cylindrical housing in the form of a transparent flexible member having openings at both ends thereof, side lids mounted on said respective openings of the housing, said lids each having a base plate mounting portion on the inner surface side of the housing, and an LED mounting base plate formed from a flexible member mounted on said base plate mounting portion of said side lids, said LED mounting base plate being axially rotatable within said cylindrical housing adaptable to direct the light emitted from LEDs, mounted on said LED mounting base plate, horizontally through the rear window of the vehicle.

2. An auxiliary stop lamp according to claim 1, further comprising a mounting leg formed on the outer diameter of said housing at each end of said housing and a plurality of vibration preventing members, each said vibration preventing member comprising a substantially C-shaped support member, whose outer diameter is in contact with the inner diameter of said housing and whose inner diameter is configured to receive said LED mounting base plate, and wherein each said side lid comprises a hollow short cylinder located coaxial with and mounted on the inner diameter of said housing, each lid projecting externally from the housing to form a knob and wherein the internal portion of said base plate mounting portion includes a slit which extends through the base plate mounting portion.