Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle light and vehicle equipped with vehicle light
- Patent Title (中): 车灯和车辆配备车灯
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Application No.: US14454067Application Date: 2014-08-07
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Publication No.: US09303838B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Ogata , Tomoyuki Nakano , Yasufumi Shirakawa , Hiro Aoki , Toshifumi Tanaka , Yuki Nishida , Kazuki Masuda
- Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-174260 20130826
- Main IPC: F21V9/00
- IPC: F21V9/00 ; F21S8/10 ; B60Q1/28 ; B60Q1/00 ; B60Q1/26 ; B60Q1/38

Abstract:
A vehicle light installed in a vehicle includes: a main case having a front opening; first and second light guides that are disposed in the main case; light sources that emit light into the first and second light guides; and a translucent cover fitted to cover the opening of the main case. The first light guide is rod-shaped and includes a first extended section extending from the inboard side of the first light guide relative to the vehicle width direction toward the outboard side of the first light guide relative to the same and a second extended section that continues from the first extended section, curves back inwardly, and extends to the inboard side, and the second light guide is plate-shaped and disposed so as to pass in front of or behind the portion of the first light guide that curves back.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150055361A1 VEHICLE LIGHT AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE LIGHT Public/Granted day:2015-02-26
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