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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiko Kanayama, Hyogo, JP;

Hiro Aoki, Osaka, JP;

Makoto Kai, Kyoto, JP;

Tomoyuki Ogata, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 8/10 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 1/18 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 48/328 (2013.01); B60Q 1/04 (2013.01); B60Q 1/18 (2013.01); F21S 48/1104 (2013.01); F21S 48/1154 (2013.01); F21S 48/1159 (2013.01); F21S 48/1225 (2013.01); F21S 48/1241 (2013.01); F21S 48/1258 (2013.01); F21S 48/145 (2013.01); F21S 48/1705 (2013.01); F21S 48/1747 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

A lighting apparatus for vehicle use that projects light forward includes: a base, a low beam lamp including a low beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a first high beam lamp including a first high beam light emitting device disposed on the base; a second high beam lamp including a second high beam light emitting device disposed on the base; and a lighting controller configured to turn on the low beam light emitting device, the first high beam light emitting device, and the second high beam light emitting device when high beams are turned on. A center of an area illuminated by the first high beam lamp and a center of an area illuminated by the second high beam lamp are horizontally spaced apart from each other.


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