A vehicle lighting unit (1, 5) can increase the light emission region of a light guiding lens (11) to improve the aesthetic feature as the lighting unit when emitting light. The vehicle lighting unit (1) can include an LED serving as a light source and a light guiding lens (11) configured to guide the light from the light emitting element (9) while totally reflect the light which are housed within a lighting chamber (4) defined by a housing (2) and an outer lens (3) that can cover an opening of the housing (2). The light guiding lens (11) has an aesthetic portion (11B) having a rear surface in part of which cuts (11b) are formed to cause the light to exit thereby. The aesthetic portion (11B) can further have a cut (11c) formed in a front surface (R2) where no cut is formed in the rear surface thereof.
VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT
FAHRZEUGBELEUCHTUNGSVORRICHTUNG
UNITÉ D'ÉCLAIRAGE DE VÉHICULE
2021-07-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / F21S Ortsfeste Leuchten , NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES / F21V FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF , Funktionsmerkmale oder Einzelheiten von Leuchten oder Beleuchtungssystemen / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS |