A unit has at least one light emitting diode (LED), a light-guiding lens in front of the LED, a downwardly inclined transparent window disposed in front of the light guiding lens, and light-shielding coatings disposed on a surface of the transparent window facing the light guiding lens, above and below the front face of the light-guiding lens. The light-guiding lens includes a light incident portion; a first reflecting surface for upwardly reflecting light from an upper half of the light incident portion; second reflecting surfaces for laterally reflecting light from a lower half of the light incident portion; third reflecting surfaces for upwardly reflecting light from the second reflecting surfaces; a fourth reflecting surface for forwardly reflecting the light from the first and third reflecting surfaces; and a light exiting surface for projecting light from the fourth reflecting surface forward.
Vehicle lighting unit having light guiding lens
2017-07-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F21V FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF , Funktionsmerkmale oder Einzelheiten von Leuchten oder Beleuchtungssystemen / 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 / F21Y Index-Schema in Verbindung mit den Unterklassen F21K, F21L, F21S und F21V, betreffend die Form oder die Art der Lichtquellen oder die Farbe des emittierten Lichts , INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS |
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