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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Brett M. Kingstone, Orlando, FL (US);
SuperVision International, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic light bar and method of manufacturing the same wherein a plurality of spacers having grooves formed therein are wound on a spool as a fiber optic cable is guided around the spool. The spacers have a channel section formed therein which serves to collect the plurality of fiber optic cable strands. The spacers are cut to create an output surface having a plurality of fiber optic cable ends. A cap is attached over the channel and a solid state light source is provided at the input ends of the cables formed by cutting the cable bundle between opposed spacers. Four fiber optic light bar assemblies may be formed by attaching spacers on opposed sides of a winding spool.