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Automatic headlight dimmer system

  • US 3,177,397 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1960
  • Issued: 04/06/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIMMING VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS UPON THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER LIGHTED VEHICLE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION COMPRISING A LIGHT SENSITIVE ELEMENT HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LIGHT SENSITIVE AREA IN THE SHAPE OF A NARROW STRIP, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID STRIP BEING DISPOSED IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE, AND MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID ELEMENT FOR COLLECTING LIGHT FROM SAID APPROACHING VEHICLE AND DIRECTING IT ON SAID AREA IN A RECTANGULAR LIGHT PATTERN HAVING ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIA PARALLEL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID STRIP.

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