Stop lamp for vehicles

• US 6,764,210 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2002
• Issued: 07/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Ichikoh Industries Limited (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Akiyama, Kiyohiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Ward, John Anthony
• Application Number:
  US10/196,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20030016543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 340/464, 340/468, 340/475, 340/479, 340/815.45, 362/249, 362/800, 362/541, 362/542, 362/499, 362/503
• US Class Current: 362/541
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/302 mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window

Abstract

A stop lamp for a vehicle comprises a substrate, a plurality of LED chips, at least one connecting wire and a cover made. The substrate has a plurality of openings and a surface that faces towards a panel of a rear window of the vehicle. The substrate has an arrangement for fixing to an inner surface of the panel. One LED chip is arranged in each opening on the substrate. The connecting wires are arranged on the substrate and electrically connect the LED chips to one another and to a voltage source. The cover is transparent and provided to protect the LED chips.

Claims

1. A stop lamp for a vehicle comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of openings passing completely through the substrate, an arrangement for fixing to an inner surface of a panel of a rear window of the vehicle, and a surface that faces towards the panel;

a plurality of LED chips arranged in an array on the surface of the substrate;

at least one connecting wire arranged on the substrate and which electrically connects the LED chips to one another; and

a plurality of cover members, each made of transparent synthetic resin and each covering a respective one of the LED chips.

2. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein the openings are provided in an array and the substrate is a thin plate that is bendable and flexible along two-dimensions.

3. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein the openings are provided in an array, the substrate is a grid-like thin plate that is bendable and flexible along three-dimensions.

4. The stop lamp according to claim 3, wherein each LED chip is arranged at an intersection of the grids.

5. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein each of the openings has a length and breadth of ten millimeters, and a width of a bridge between adjacent openings is four millimeters.

6. The stop lamp according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the substrate is 0.2 to 0.9 millimeters.

7. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein the arrangement for fixing to an inner surface of a panel of a rear window is a double-sided adhesive tape.

8. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein each of the cover cover members dome shaped.

9. The stop lamp according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of glass epoxy resin, and the LED chips are each made of epoxy resin.

10. A stop lamp for a vehicle comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of openings, an arrangement for fixing to an inner surface of a panel of a rear window of the vehicle, and a surface that faces towards the panel, wherein rear visibilty through the openings is provided when the arrangement is fixed to the inner surface of the panel;

a plurality of LED chips arranged in an array on the surface of the substrate; and

at least one connecting wire arranged on the substrate and which electrically connects the LED chips to one another.