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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2003
Ronald L. Steen, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kyle P Lucas, Clawson, MI (US);
Richard A. Dymond, Metamora, MI (US);
Charles D. Mckittrick, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ronald L. Steen, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kyle P Lucas, Clawson, MI (US);
Richard A. Dymond, Metamora, MI (US);
Charles D. McKittrick, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A center high mounted stop lamp () including a plurality of LEDs () mounted on a printed circuit board (). TIR lenses () are employed to focus the light from the LEDs () to give an even lighting appearance. The TIR lenses () include a prism () for directing the light in a desired direction. The circuit board () and lenses () are mounted in a housing () so that each LED () includes a separate lens () configured relative thereto to provide the desired collection and reflectance of the light. The housing () includes a plurality of posts () that extend through openings () in the circuit board () and the lenses () to align the LEDs () to the lenses () relative to the housing ().