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Light emitting panel assemblies and method of making same include one or more layers of woven fiber optic material having disruptions or bends at discrete locations along the length of the fibers to allow light to be emitted therefrom. Only selected areas of the disruptions or bends are coated with

Light emitting panel assemblies and method of making same include one or more layers of woven fiber optic material having disruptions or bends at discrete locations along the length of the fibers to allow light to be emitted therefrom. Only selected areas of the disruptions or bends are coated with a suitable coating material that has a refractive index that changes the attenuation of the light emitted from the selected areas. The coating material may be applied to the selected areas using one or more carrier members which become part of the panel. Alternatively, a non-permanent carrier such as a roller may be used to coat selected areas of the optical fiber disruptions or bends with the coating material after the weaving process.

대표청구항 ▼

A light emitting panel having one side and an other side opposite said one side comprising a plurality of optical fibers having bends at discrete locations along the length of said fibers to allow light to be emitted therefrom, and coating means applied only to selected areas of the outer surfaces o

A light emitting panel having one side and an other side opposite said one side comprising a plurality of optical fibers having bends at discrete locations along the length of said fibers to allow light to be emitted therefrom, and coating means applied only to selected areas of the outer surfaces of said bends, said coating means extending part way around the sides of said bends and having a refractive index that changes the attenuation of the light emitted from said selected areas.