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Bicycle lighting systems and methods

  • US 8,545,068 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2012
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hub for a bicycle wheel, the bicycle wheel including a plurality of light emitting elements that rotate with the bicycle wheel, the hub comprising:

  • a controller mounted to the hub that controls each of the light emitting elements to operate between;

    a lit mode wherein the light emitting element projects light radially outward of the wheel when the light emitting element is within an arcuate area defined from a reference point, the arcuate area having an arc length of less than 360 degrees; and

    a dim mode when the light emitting element is outside the arcuate area; and

    an electrical connector that connects the controller to the light emitting elements.

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