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Vehicle lighting device using led light source

  • US 6,530,683 B1
  • Filed: 07/19/2000
  • Issued: 03/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle lighting device, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a plurality of light guides extending in radial fashion from substantially a center part of the housing, each light guide extending along a respective longitudinal direction, a surface of each of which has a reflective region with a reflecting means along its respective longitudinal direction, and a transmissive region in which the reflecting means is not provided, the transmissive region facing in a forward direction and the reflective region facing in a rearward direction opposite to the forward direction;

    a reflector within the housing, disposed to the rear of the light guides and in opposition to the reflective regions; and

    a plurality of LED light sources, one end of each LED light source in proximity to a respective light guide of the plurality of light guides;

    wherein the light guides include a plurality of first and second light guides disposed alternately, and each of the first light guides is mutually adjacent to a respective second light guide, and wherein the reflecting means provided on one of the first light guides has a width providing a light-emission range corresponding to the mutual distance between two second light guides adjacent to the one first light guide.

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