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Headlights with variably shaped optical elements

  • US 5,438,486 A
  • Filed: 07/20/1992
  • Issued: 08/01/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle headlight comprised of:

  • (a) a housing fixed to the body of a vehicle, said housing having a forward light exit aperture, a light source mounted within said housing, a reflector mounted within said housing, said reflector positioned to a rear of said housing for reflecting at least some of the light rays generated by said light source through said exit aperture;

    (b) a lens comprised of two transparent members, at least one of said transparent members being flexible, said transparent members and a rim defining a hollow chamber, said chamber being filled with a transparent liquid, said chamber having a port, said port being fluidly connected to an external means of adjusting the volume of said liquid in said chamber;

    (c) said lens covering said aperture, the periphery of said lens being positioned in contact with said housing by said rim, whereby at least some of said light rays pass through said chamber containing said liquid;

    (d) the improvement wherein said chamber contains at least one baffle, said baffle being supported by at least one said transparent member.

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