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US 10,502,379 B2Granted
Vehicle lighting fixture
AssigneeStanley Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuhiko Kono, Shinji Yamagata
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Abstract
A vehicle lighting fixture can suppress the generation of uneven luminance regions. The vehicle lighting fixture can include two light sources arranged side by side on right and left sides, two reflecting portions configured to reflect light from the two light sources, respectively, and a shading portion configured to shield part of light reflected by the two reflecting portions. The shading portion includes left and right side portions inclined from its inside portion to its outside portion downward.
Claims17
A vehicle lighting fixture comprising:
- two light sources arranged side by side on right and left sides;
- two reflecting portions configured to reflect light from the two light sources, respectively;
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- a shading portion configured to shield part of light reflected by the two reflecting portions, the shading portion including a front portion and a top surface portion, the top surface portion including a flat center portion and left and right side portions inclined sideward from an inside portion thereof to an outside portion thereof downward, wherein
- each of the reflecting portions extends sideward and then forward to form a sideward portion configured to surround the shading portion,
- the front portion and the center portion thereof shield part of light reflected by the corresponding reflecting portions corresponding to the respective two light sources, and
- the inclined left and right side portions face to the corresponding sideward portions of the reflecting portions so that the left and right side portions diffuse the light reflected by noncorresponding reflecting portions to the two light sources.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.