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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Chiharu Totani, Aichi-ken, JP;
Akihiro Misawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Oba, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Arakawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinya Watanabe, Seto, JP;
Chiharu Totani, Aichi-ken, JP;
Akihiro Misawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Oba, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Arakawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinya Watanabe, Seto, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A lighting device for a vehicle includes: a light source; a light guide member that has a light-introducing part provided in a back surface side through which the light of the light source is introduced and finally emits the light from a front surface side; a part near the light-introducing part being thicker than an edge part of the light guide member, a plurality of reflecting parts and connecting parts being alternately formed continuously toward a direction separate from the light-introducing part in the back surface side, the reflecting parts respectively reflecting on interfaces the introduced light reaching there to form the light in the direction of the front surface of the light guide member; and a housing that is connected to a position between the edge part of the back surface of the light guide member and the light-introducing part and attached to the back surface side of the light guide member to house the light source.