Light-emitting emblem
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuto Arai, Hirotaka Fukui
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Abstract
A light-emitting emblem includes a light-emitting element as a light source, a housing that houses the light-emitting element and includes an opening, and a cover. The cover includes an emblem on a surface thereof and a light-emitting portion on the surface to allow light emitted from the light-emitting element to be extracted therethrough. The cover is attached to the housing so as to cover the opening. Also included is a first rib on the housing and/or a second rib on the cover, the first rib extending from the housing toward the cover, and the second rib extending from the cover toward the housing.
Claims2
A light-emitting emblem, comprising:
- a light-emitting element as a light source;
- a housing that houses the light-emitting element and comprises an opening;
- a cover comprising an emblem on a surface thereof and a light-emitting portion on the surface to allow light emitted from the light-emitting element to be extracted therethrough, the cover being attached to the housing so as to cover the opening;
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- at least one of a first rib on the housing and a second rib on the cover, the first rib extending from the housing toward the cover, and the second rib extending from the cover toward the housing,
- wherein the cover is joined to the housing at an end of the opening,
- wherein the light-emitting element is mounted on a printed circuit board,
- wherein a surface of the printed circuit board on which the light-emitting element is mounted faces a bottom portion of the housing, and
- wherein light emitted from the light-emitting element and reflected by an inner surface of the housing and the printed circuit board is extracted through the light-emitting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.