Hitachi, Ltd.

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Steve Darrell Miller

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake

Arun Kumar

Hiroaki Saeki

Atsushi Hohkita

Masahiro Soma

Harsha Badarinarayan

William T Harvey

Akira Inoue

Hiroshi Ono

Takashi Yoshizawa

Su-Wei Sung

A light guide is provided that includes a light chamber defined by isotropically luminant top, bottom, and back surfaces, and a front surface having a translucent lens. The light guide also includes a reflective diaphragm within the chamber that defines a top gap between the diaphragm and the top surface, and a bottom gap between the diaphragm and the bottom surface. The light guide further includes an LED light source located between the diaphragm and the back surface of the chamber. The light guide may also be configured with a front surface having a partially transmissive lens and no reflective diaphragm. A vehicle lighting assembly is also provided that includes a plurality of interconnected light chamber sections comprising light guides.

Vehicular light guides and assemblies with uniform illumination

A high pressure fuel pipe construction for an internal combustion engine, such as a direct injection engine. A conduit for the fuel is open at each end and a ball having a throughbore is slidably positioned over one end of the conduit. A reinforcing sleeve is positioned inside the end of the conduit so that the sleeve extends entirely through the ball. The sleeve, ball and the end of the conduit are then brazed together to attach the ball and conduit together. A double chamfer is provided at one end of the ball throughbore to facilitate inspection of the brazing quality. Additionally, a loop is formed in the conduit and a dampener is attached to the loop.

High pressure fuel pipe construction for an internal combustion engine

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