Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automotive lamp
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Application No.: US15037141Application Date: 2014-11-20
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Publication No.: US10222530B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Nicola Schiccheri , Alessandro Buzzurro
- Applicant: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Venaria Reale
- Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Automotive Lighting Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Venaria Reale
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Priority: ITTV2013A0190 20131120
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/066204 WO 20141120
- International Announcement: WO2015/075668 WO 20150528
- Main IPC: F21S43/239
- IPC: F21S43/239 ; F21V8/00 ; F21V23/00 ; F21V23/04 ; G02B27/30 ; F21S43/14 ; F21S43/243 ; F21S43/249 ; F21Y101/00 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
An automotive light is provided that includes a light-guide plate extending inside the rear body of the light remaining substantially parallel to the light reference optical axis close up to the front lenticular hemi-shell of the light with its front side edge facing the strip-shaped transparent or semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular hemi-shell, and a linear-extending light source directing emitted light towards the inside of the light-guide plate through the rear side edge of the same light-guide plate. The rear side edge of the light-guide plate includes a serrated profile with teeth substantially triangular in shape oriented so that a first inclined edge of the tooth is arranged locally substantially perpendicular to the optical reference axis. The light source includes a row of spaced LEDs facing the rear side edge, each LED facing a respective tooth of the rear side edge so as to direct/project emitted light through the first inclined edge of the tooth. The lighting assembly also includes a series of optical collimators interposed between a diode and a corresponding tooth of the rear side edge of the light-guide plate to deflect light rays towards the corresponding inclined edge of the tooth and collimating the rays in a direction substantially parallel to a collimation axis substantially coplanar to the light-guide plate and inclined with respect to the optical reference axis of the light by greater than 0°.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273731A1 Automotive Lamp Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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