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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1989
Mark J Mayer, Lisle, IL (US);
Charles D Lemme, Tucson, AZ (US);
Blazer International, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A fog lamp reflector includes a reflector body having a reflector surface made up of a series of paraboloid strips arranged side by side along a lateral direction. Each of the strips defines a respective focus, and all of the focuses coincide at a selected point in space. The strips are aimed at multiple converging directions to laterally disperse reflected light originating at the selected point, and each of the strips defines a respective focal length. The focal lengths of strips progressively farther from the center are progressively greater. The focuses are selected such that adjacent strips are matched in position and the reflector surface is substantially continuous. The reflector surface has a second derivative of lateral displacement with respect to axial displacement which is substantially continuous throughout the reflector surface to provide a visually smooth appearance.