Patent ID: 8480253
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lighting system comprising: a housing defining an interior volume with at least one opening at an end thereof, the housing being elongated in a length direction; a bracket adapted for mounting to a vehicle and defining a channel in which the housing is closely accommodated, the channel having an open side, the bracket, channel and open side all being elongated in the length direction, the open side defining an open side plane; a circuit board arranged within the housing, the circuit board being elongated in the length direction, a mounting surface of the circuit board defining a circuit board plane, the circuit board plane being perpendicular to the open side plane; and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted to the mounting surface of the circuit board within the housing and oriented parallel to the circuit board plane to transmit light out of the open side of the channel.