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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/002 (2013.01); B60Q 3/004 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0289 (2013.01); G02B 6/001 (2013.01); G02B 6/0038 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a linear lighting device which includes an elongated light guide, a light source disposed at an end in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and a case accommodating the light guide and the light source. In the linear lighting device, the light guide has a plurality of grooves arranged in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and has a stepped cutout at the other end on an opposite side from the end, and a protruding portion protruding into the cutout is formed on an inner surface of the case which faces the cutout.