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The light emitting optical fiber assemblies include light emitting panels that employ a nonwoven geometric grid of light emitting optical fibers which can be arranged to permit air to pass through the panel or to define apertures providing access through the panel. Also, such nonwoven fiber grids ca

The light emitting optical fiber assemblies include light emitting panels that employ a nonwoven geometric grid of light emitting optical fibers which can be arranged to permit air to pass through the panel or to define apertures providing access through the panel. Also, such nonwoven fiber grids can be arranged to permit the panels to be cut or sectioned without losing all light emitting capability. Panels are provided which include the encapsulation of light emitting fibers in a light transmitting laminate, and the laminate is provided with light scattering formations which permit light to be emitted from the encapsulating layer. The panels and other light emitting units are provided with light or electromagnetic radiation from lightpipe harness assemblies which are designed to supply light to a plurality of use devices.

대표청구항 ▼

A light emitting panel assembly comprising supporting frame means having a front face and a rear face, a plurality of elongated light emitting fiber means mounted upon said supporting frame means and extending on the front face thereof, said light emitting fiber means being of the type which leak li

A light emitting panel assembly comprising supporting frame means having a front face and a rear face, a plurality of elongated light emitting fiber means mounted upon said supporting frame means and extending on the front face thereof, said light emitting fiber means being of the type which leak light traveling therethrough when said light emitting fibers are bent, and being mounted on said frame means in a manner such that there are no bends in those light emitting fiber means large enough to cause an undesirably high percentage of light to leak from said light emitting fiber means, said light emitting fiber means being operative to emit light along the length thereof, at least one of the ends of each of said plurality of elongated light emitting fiber means being bundled together with the ends of other light emitting fiber means to form a unitary bundle, said unitary bundle being positioned adjacent the rear face of said supporting frame means.