Legal Opinion
Wood v. Peerless Motor Car Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1935No. 6503PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, Circuit Judge.
Bill in equity for infringement of Wood patent 1,788,935 for vehicle headlight. The patented device consists of a plain paraboloid reflector, a two-filament lamp, and a prismatic lens.
The dual-filament lamp in combination with a parabolic reflector was old in the art. The rays from the upper filament, located above the focal point, were depressed when reflected from that portion of the reflector in the rear of the focal plane, and produced the passing beam. The lower filament produced the driving beam. However, errant rays were still reflected from the upper and lower…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- D'Arcy Spring Co. v. Marshall Ventilated Mattress Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
- Directoplate Corp. v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
- Dillon Pulley Co. v. McEachranCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
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