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Bicycle lighting systems and methods

  • US 9,527,540 B2
  • Filed: 02/11/2016
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting system for a wheel of a vehicle, the lighting system comprising:

  • a plurality of light emitting elements configured to statically couple to the wheel;

    a controller coupled to the light emitting elements 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;

    an electrical connector connecting the controller to the light emitting elements;

    an induction element electromagnetically connected to the light emitting elements; and

    an electromagnetic element electromagnetically connected to the light emitting elements, the electromagnetic element configured to translate relative to the induction element, and the electromagnetic element configured to produce a current at the induction element.

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