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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2025
Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Access Corp., Niiza, JP;
Daiki Takahara, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yasuhiro Tamura, Niiza, JP;
Ryoichi Enoki, Niiza, JP;
Yuta Nakase, Niiza, JP;
Zhuqi Hu, Niiza, JP;
TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Access Corp., Niiza, JP;
Abstract
This lighting apparatus includes a linear light guide body that has a first side end into which light from a light source is introduced and a second side end positioned opposite to the first side end, and emits light in a linear shape by propagating the light introduced into the first side end toward the second side end, and a light shielding tube that has a covering portion attached to the linear light guide body to surround at least the second side end of the linear light guide body and a protruding portion integrally connected to the covering portion and protruding from the second side end of the linear light guide body, in which the protruding portion is configured to be able to be bent with respect to the covering portion to cover a second side end surface of the linear light guide body.