Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting device for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆照明装置
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Application No.: US12000197Application Date: 2007-12-10
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Publication No.: US07883249B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Chiharu Totani , Akihiro Misawa , Tatsuya Oba , Tetsuya Arakawa , Shinya Watanabe
- Applicant: Chiharu Totani , Akihiro Misawa , Tatsuya Oba , Tetsuya Arakawa , Shinya Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi-ken
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2006-333382 20061211; JP2007-001874 20070110
- Main IPC: F21V8/00
- IPC: F21V8/00

Abstract:
A lighting device for a vehicle includes: a light source; a light guide member that has a light-introducing part provided in a back surface side through which the light of the light source is introduced and finally emits the light from a front surface side; a part near the light-introducing part being thicker than an edge part of the light guide member, a plurality of reflecting parts and connecting parts being alternately formed continuously toward a direction separate from the light-introducing part in the back surface side, the reflecting parts respectively reflecting on interfaces the introduced light reaching there to form the light in the direction of the front surface of the light guide member; and a housing that is connected to a position between the edge part of the back surface of the light guide member and the light-introducing part and attached to the back surface side of the light guide member to house the light source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080180967A1 Lighting device for vehicle Public/Granted day:2008-07-31
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