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US 11,325,528 B2Granted
Rear turn lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuichi Miyashita, Masashi Yamazaki, Toshikazu Tomono, Shinji Ohta
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Abstract
A rear turn lamp has a structure formed of divided components, i.e., a first lamp unit provided to a fixed portion of a vehicle body and a second lamp unit provided to a movable portion of the vehicle body. The first lamp unit is provided with a controller. A first lighting circuit turns on multiple first light sources. A second lighting circuit turns on multiple second light sources.
Claims8
A rear turn lamp having a divided structure comprising:
- a first lamp unit provided to a fixed portion of a vehicle body;
- a second lamp unit provided to a movable portion of the vehicle body,
- wherein the first lamp unit includes,
- at least one first light source,
- a first lighting circuit structured to turn on the at least one first light source, and
- a controller which is a microcontroller separate from the first lighting circuit and structured to control the first lighting circuit based on a turn-on instruction from a vehicle,
- and wherein the second lamp unit includes,
- a plurality of second light sources, and
- a second lighting circuit structured to turn on the plurality of second light sources based on a signal supplied from the first lighting circuit, and wherein only the first lamp unit includes a microcontroller.
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