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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Desity Traffic Ind Co., Ltd., Tainan, TW;
Chun-Chieh Wang, Tainan, TW;
Desity Traffic Ind Co., Ltd., Tainan, TW;
Abstract
An illuminated running board for a vehicle includes a light guide plate, a panel, and a luminous module. A plurality of convex portions is formed on a top surface of the light guide plate, and a plurality of optic pattern portions is formed on a bottom surface of the light guide plate. A groove is formed in the bottom surface of the light guide plate and spaced from the optic pattern portions. The panel mounted on the top surface of the light guide plate has a plurality of through-holes, each of which is penetrated by one of the convex portions. The luminous module installed in the groove includes a plurality of luminous elements which are not opposite to the convex portions. Light rays from the luminous elements are conducted into the light guide plate, reflected to the optic pattern portions, and projected upward from the convex portions.