Low profile illuminator
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1. A lighting System, including a remote light source comprising:
- an illuminator having a semi-paraboloidal reflector section having a focal axis and a focal point and a plurality of adjacent emitter sections each emitter section having at least one reflective facet;
a light guide for transmitting light from said remote light source to said illuminator;
a non-imaging optics concentrator attached to said light guide and positioned at the focal point of said semi-paraboloidal reflector section and inclined with respect to the focal axis of said semi-paraboloidal reflector section; and
said emitter sections aligned with adjacent emitter sections such that the facets of adjacent emitter sections are staggered whereby the light from each reflective facet is combined to form a beam pattern.
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Abstract
A illuminator for use on a vehicle utilizing light from a remote light source. A semi-paraboloidal reflector collects and collimates light from the remote light source which is transmitted to the semi-paraboloidal reflector through a light guide, such as a fiber optic light pipe. Light from the reflector is reflected outward through a plurality of reflective facets to form a light beam.
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1. A lighting System, including a remote light source comprising:
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an illuminator having a semi-paraboloidal reflector section having a focal axis and a focal point and a plurality of adjacent emitter sections each emitter section having at least one reflective facet; a light guide for transmitting light from said remote light source to said illuminator; a non-imaging optics concentrator attached to said light guide and positioned at the focal point of said semi-paraboloidal reflector section and inclined with respect to the focal axis of said semi-paraboloidal reflector section; and said emitter sections aligned with adjacent emitter sections such that the facets of adjacent emitter sections are staggered whereby the light from each reflective facet is combined to form a beam pattern.
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2. A lighting system for use with a remote light source comprising:
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a light guide for transmitting light from said remote light source; an illuminator, said illuminator receiving light from said remote light source via said light guide, said illuminator including a reflective surface which receives and collimates the light exiting said light guide and a plurality of planar sections, said planar sections having a front face and a rear face, said rear face including at least one reflective facet positioned oblique said collimated light for receiving and redirecting said light outward through said front face, said planar sections arranged in adjacent layers such that no two facets of adjacent layers are aligned in a direction perpendicular the collimated light. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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