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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takamasa Yamada, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Chaza, Nisshin, JP;
Shingo Okahara, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsutaka Sakoh, Nagakute, JP;
Hideo Kanamori, Chiryu, JP;
Atsuhiko Ito, Miyoshi, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An illumination apparatus includes a woven fabric in which optical fibers are woven as a constituent yarn and a light source. The illumination apparatus makes light delivered from the light source incident upon the end surfaces on one end side of the optical fibers and emits the light at least from the end surfaces on the other end side of the optical fibers for illumination. The other end side of the optical fibers is exposed from the woven fabric to constitute exposed parts, and the end parts of a plurality of the exposed parts on the other end side are supported by an end part support to form emitting parts which emit light from the light source. On the end part support, the end parts of the exposed parts on the other end side are individually supported such that their respective end surfaces are aligned on the same plane.