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Reduced package depth low-profile lamp with smoothly shaped lenses

  • US 5,779,341 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1996
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lighting system for an automotive vehicle having an optical axis, a longitudinal axis, a horizontal plane and a vertical plane perpendicular to said horizontal plane and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle, said lighting system comprising:

  • a light source emitting light; and

    a solid lens having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said first surface has a hyperbolic cross section through said optical axis having a substantially constant A/C ratio, wherein A is half a length of a major axis and C is a distance between a focal line and an axis of symmetry, and said second surface having a planar surface, wherein said planar surface is substantially perpendicular to said horizontal and vertical planes.

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