The following is a tabulation of some prior art that presently appears relevant:
This disclosure relates to a motor-vehicle headlight and more particularly to such headlights or spotlight employing more than one lighting sources; one using a main lighting device lamp in the center and another with more than one Light Emitting Diodes (hereafter, LED OR LED's). Still more as it relates to a headlight or as spotlight using multiple LED's.
Present day headlights offer many features to include ascetic design, safety and brighter illumination. The round and square headlight technology of vintage vehicles has not advanced to include these present day technologies. Vintage vehicle show car owners desire a more modern technology and retro headlight design to fit their vehicles. The object of this invention is to overcome drawbacks of Original Equipment Manufactured (hereafter, OEM) headlights by providing a brighter and more focused beam that also provides better side light and further distant illumination. in addition to an improved main lighting device lamp, another accentuating feature that provides added illumination and safety is the addition of daylight Running Lights (hereafter DRL). The DLR Feature employed is an ascetically pleasing design in the form of a ring characteristic, of a halo provided by introducing a Printed Circuit Board (hereafter, PCB) containing Surface mounted Device hereafter SMD) led's symmetrically spaced on a ring with LED's light illumination facing forward and outward from the headlight. This DLR is dual featured; first featured as additional lighting for driving when selected and the second feature as accent lighting when participating at a car show with the user ability to remotely choose an LED color shade that matches or contrast the color of their vehicle.
An object of the invention is to overcome some of the drawbacks relating to the compromise designs of prior art devices as described above.
The embodiments reside in the Single color or multiple color LED angel eyes halo headlight. A circular round motor-vehicle or non-motor-vehicle headlight enclosure 2 with a parabolic or non parabolic reflective base with a clear crystal glass lens 4 containing a main lighting device lamp 18 and containing a ring characteristic of a halo with more than one LED's 8 with light illumination facing forward and outward from the headlight through the clear glass lens.
A headlight enclosure with an area around the main lighting device lamp at the base and on the internal circumferential wall contains a PCB 8 containing more than one single color or multiple color SMD LED's symmetrically spaced and visibly facing forward and outward. PCB 8 is located on the inside of the headlight immediately behind the clear crystal glass lens 4. Extended from the PCB 8 are wires that extend from the base of the PCB 8 inside of the headlight to exit outside of the headlight with a rubber grommet to a connector 10.
A headlight enclosure allows for the interchangeability of a selection of lamps as the main lighting device lamp 18. The main lighting device lamp 18 is an independent lighting source then that of the PCB 8 SMD LED ring. The main lighting device lamp 18 uses the vehicle OEM wiring and switching systems to supply power.
The backside of the headlight includes a lamp receiving area in the form of a cylindrical base containing the headlight retention assembly where the lamp shade 6 is attached to the headlight and to also contain a lamp retaining spring 12 and lamp retaining spring clip 14 to tightly retain the main lighting device lamp 18 and the pliable rubber like boot 16 to cover and encapsulate headlight enclosure 2 and weather proof the headlight lamp receiving area.
Provides 50% more lighting over OEM headlights.
Provides additional lighting provided by the PCB 8 SMD LED's light illumination facing forward and outward from the headlight providing a switchable addition lighting system. This lighting system can be setup to provide additional lighting for safety. When this lighting is used as a Daylight Running Light (hereafter, DRL), which is employed on many new cars of this day, can provide noticeable lighting to other drivers in the prevention of vehicular accidents.
Includes a wireless transmitting device 22 to send signals remotely to a wireless receiving device and signal processing circuitry that then pass the signals via wire harness 28 to headlight enclosure 2 to PCB 8 SMD LED's on a ring characteristic of a halo for color selection, color intensity, turn on all LED's, turn off all LED's, and selectable modes of color patterns remotely based on a users choice. The wireless transmitting device 22 can be but not limited to a smart phone device with a user interface application, Blue Tooth transmitting device, Internet Packet (IP) addressable device, Infrared transmitting device and Radio Frequency (RF) transmitting device. The wireless transmitting device is powered by a battery source.
Includes a wireless receiving device 20 to receive and process remotely received signals with a signal processing circuitry to the SMD LED's on the PCB 8 ring characteristic of a halo for color selection, color intensity, turn on all LED's, turn off all LED's, and selectable modes of color patterns based on a users choice. The wireless receiving device 20 can be but not limited to a Blue Tooth receiving device, Internet Packet (IP) addressable receiving device, Infrared receiving device and Radio Frequency (RF) receiving device. The wireless receiving device and signal processing circuitry 20 is powered via wire to the vehicle battery source.
Includes a wiring harness 28 from the wireless receiving device and signal processing circuitry 20 to contain one or more connectors 10 connected directly to headlight enclosure 2.
SMD LED's emits a solid color of any color shade or of a multiple color of any color shade changeable from signals carried from a wiring harness 28 and then from the signals from the wireless receiving device and signal processing circuitry 20.
Allows is user the ability to choose to bypass by way of harness wire 10 the wireless transmitting device 22 and wireless receiving devices signal processing circuitry 20 to directly connect to OEM wiring for the single color LED headlight if the user wants the headlight color and intensity settings to be set to default settings.
Includes the latest in present day SMD LED's made in many types shapes, emitting radius, viewing angles and levels of brightness and illumination.
Referring now to the drawings with greater particularity, there is shown in
The Single color or multiple color LED angel eyes halo headlight and its embodiments are made of plastic, steel, glass, rubber and PCB but different materials can also be used. Although the descriptions above contain many specification, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments for example the headlight can be made in many different shapes and forms. The headlight enclosure and lens can be made into other shapes such as square, rectangle, oblong, oval, two piece or more, expandable and etc. The headlight enclosure and lens can be formed in many different types and forms. The PCB can conform to the same shape or form to fit the headlight enclosure. The headlight reflective base can be of many shapes and patterns or no pattern. The transmission and receiving device can be made of many different shapes, forms and materials. The Light Emitting Diodes (LED) includes the latest in present day LED technology can be made in many types, sizes, shapes, forms and materials, emitting radius, and levels of brightness and illumination. The lamp shade can be made of many different sizes, shapes, forms and materials. The rubber boot can be made in many pliable shapes, sizes forms and materials. Thus the scope of the embodiments should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalence rather than by the examples given.
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application No. 61/539,304, filed Sep. 26, 2011
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