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US 12,607,320 B2Granted
High efficiency light guide
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorLinsheng Chen
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Abstract
A light guide comprises a center body portion that extends along a center axis and which has a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces. A first leg portion extends away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extends away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
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- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
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- wherein the first leg portion and the second leg portion comprise straight cylindrical bodies that extend in a direction perpendicular to the center axis and are longer than the center body portion.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise surfaces that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled surface, a second angled surface, and a third angled surface;
- wherein the first angled surface faces the second angled surface;
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- wherein the third angled surface faces a common side of the first angled surface and the second angled surface.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise surfaces that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled surface, a second angled surface, and a third angled surface;
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- wherein the first angled surface and the second angled surface include prisms and pillow lenses.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise surfaces that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled surface, a second angled surface, and a third angled surface;
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- wherein the center body portion comprises a cylindrical body that is narrower at the first end than at the opposite second end, and wherein edges of the first angled surface, the second angled surface, and the third angled surface converge together at the second end of the center body portion.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise surfaces that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled surface, a second angled surface, and a third angled surface;
- wherein the first leg portion is associated with a rear side of the first angled surface and the second leg portion is associated with a rear side of the second angled surface;
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- wherein the third angled surface is positioned between the first leg portion and the second leg portion.
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An assembly comprising:
- a CHMSL having a circuit board comprising two circuit board portions connected by a narrow strip;
- a light source positioned at the narrow strip;
- a light guide having a center axis aligned with the light source, wherein the light guide comprises a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces to direct light to illuminate the two circuit board portions and the narrow strip;
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- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled planar surface on a first wedge shaped body, a second angled planar surface on a second wedge shaped body, and a third angled planar surface that each face different directions and that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis.
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An assembly comprising:
- a CHMSL having a circuit board comprising two circuit board portions connected by a narrow strip;
- a light source positioned at the narrow strip;
- a light guide having a center axis aligned with the light source, wherein the light guide comprises a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces to direct light to illuminate the two circuit board portions and the narrow strip;
- wherein the light guide comprises a cylindrical center body portion extending along the center axis and having a first end associated with the light source and an opposite end associated with the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- wherein the light guide includes a first leg portion extending away from the cylindrical center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the cylindrical center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled surface, a second angled surface, and a third angled surface that each face different directions and that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis;
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- wherein the light guide comprises a first wedge shaped body that includes the first angled surface and a second wedge shaped body that includes the second angled surface, and wherein the first leg portion is associated with a rear side of the first wedge shaped body and the second leg portion is associated with a rear side of the second wedge shaped body.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a single LED on a narrow strip that connects two circuit board portions of a CHMSL;
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- aligning a light guide with the single LED, wherein the light guide comprises a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces that direct light to illuminate the two circuit board portions and the narrow strip, and wherein the light guide comprises a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with the single LED and an opposite second end associated with the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces, and wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled planar surface on a first wedge shaped body, a second angled planar surface on a second wedge shaped body, and a third angled planar surface that each face different directions and that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis.
An assembly comprising:
- a CHMSL having a circuit board comprising two circuit board portions connected by a narrow strip;
- a light source positioned at the narrow strip;
- a light guide having a center axis aligned with the light source, wherein the light guide comprises a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces to direct light to illuminate the two circuit board portions and the narrow strip;
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- wherein the light guide comprises a center body portion and includes a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction, and wherein the first leg portion and the second leg portion comprise straight cylindrical bodies that extend in a direction perpendicular to the center axis and are longer than the center body portion.
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A light guide, comprising:
- a center body portion extending along a center axis and having a first end associated with a light source and an opposite second end associated with a plurality of non-coplanar surfaces;
- a first leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a first direction and a second leg portion extending away from the center body portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction;
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- wherein the plurality of non-coplanar surfaces comprise at least a first angled planar surface on a first wedge shaped body, a second angled planar surface on a second wedge shaped body, and a third angled planar surface that each face different directions and that each extend at an oblique angle relative to the center axis.
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