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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Satoshi Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lighting assembly is provided which uses a light guiding lens without a dedicated light source. The vehicle lighting assembly can include: a light source configured to emit light rays used at least for forming a target light distribution; a light guiding member made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the light guiding member including a plurality of individual reflective light emitting surfaces configured to be illuminated with light rays entering the light guiding member from the light source, the light guiding member including another reflective light emitting surface configured to be illuminated with parallel light rays entering the light guiding member; and a reflector having a first reflective surface configured to reflect light rays emitted from the light source for use in forming the target light distribution and a second reflective surface configured to adjust a leak portion of light rays that are not for use in forming the target light distribution so that the leak portion of light rays are made parallel with each other.