Patent ID: 7968789

Claim:
An apparatus for providing energy in a vehicle comprising: a light source which produces wide spectrum white light, including eye-safe and fire-safe light; a cable through which the eye-safe and fire-safe light from the light source is transported, the cable includes a plurality of plastic optical fibers, each fiber having a tip, the cable includes a sheath disposed about the fibers; a coupling box in which the light source is disposed and in which the fiber tips are mounted to receive at least one watt of white light, the light source producing at least enough light so that each fiber receives at least one watt of white light, each fiber carries at least 1 watt of white light; and an avionics box to which the cable is connected that is powered by the light transported by the cable, the avionics box includes at least one solar cell in communication with the cable that receives the white light from the cable and converts it into DC.