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Illuminating device for automotive front grille

  • US 4,816,968 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1987
  • Issued: 03/28/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An illuminating device provided in the vicinity of automotive headlamps, comprising:

  • a front panel formed by molding a light transmissible material, said front panel having a display portion and a step pattern having a lens-like cross section formed in the rear surface of said front panel;

    an inner lens provided behind said front panel with a predetermined interval therebetween, said inner lens having upwardly slanting sawtooth-like step reflecting structures formed on the front surface of said inner lens and having light-converging structures formed on the rear surface of said inner lens;

    a light directing plate formed by molding a light transmissible material and provided behind the rear surface of said inner lens, said light directing plate having a reflecting surface formed on the rear surface thereof; and

    light source means provided in a recess in said light directing plate.

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