Patent ID: 11879606
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A flexible light assembly comprising:
a light strip that includes an elongate substrate, and light emitters supported on a first surface of the substrate and powered by a power supply via the substrate,
a reinforcing layer that is fixed to a second surface of the substrate, the reinforcing layer having a greater tensile strength than that of the substrate,
a jacket that provides a waterproof enclosure for the light strip and the reinforcing layer, at least a portion of the light strip being one of translucent or transparent, and
a superstructure that encloses the flexible light assembly, the superstructure including a first hollow segment and a second hollow segment that is serially connected to the first hollow segment via a hinge pin that extends in parallel to the width of the substrate, the second hollow segment being rotatable relative to the first hollow segment about the hinge pin, the assembly first end being disposed in the first hollow segment and the assembly second end being disposed in the second hollow segment,
wherein
the flexible light assembly is sufficiently flexible to permit a first end of the jacket to deflect relative to a second end of the jacket about an axis that is parallel to the first surface of the substrate such that the flexible light assembly can assume a radius of curvature in a range of 1.3 centimeters to 10.2 centimeters.