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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Akihiro Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle reflector can include a plurality of retroreflection elements including a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and a third reflection surface which are adjacently disposed to form a corner portion of a substantially regular hexahedron. The first reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle αwith respect to a reference axis. The second reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle αwith respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The third reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle αwith respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° in an opposite direction from the second reflection surface about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The angle α, angle αand angle αcan be set to satisfy a relation of −αor −α