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US 2002/0054494 A1Published application
Lamp device for vehicle and meter case
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorMinoru Ishiharada
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AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorMinoru Ishiharada
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A vehicle 10, comprising running boards 11 located on the underside of doors 12 and 13, respectively, a light apparatus, and a meter case having a light transmitting tube which is low in weight, excellent in durability, and also capable of easily repairing a light source, wherein the light transmitting tube 1 is installed along the side edge of the running boards 11, one end of the light transmitting tube 1 is connected to a light source unit 16 located in a cabin of the vehicle 10 at the rearmost thereof and, when a light emitting element emits light, light is radiated from the side peripheral surface of the light transmitting tube 1 at the side edges of the running board 11 and the side edges of the running boards 11 looks luminous if they flash; a stop lamp part 120 and a meter case main body 210 also utilizing the light emission of the light transmitting tube.
A vehicle being equipped with a light-emitting apparatus at an underside of an entrance thereof, wherein the light-emitting apparatus has a light transmitting tube which emits light from its circumferential surface, and a light source which is installed at one end of the light transmitting tube.
A lamp device for a vehicle having a body including a transparent part, and a light-emitting apparatus installed at the back of the transparent part of the body,
A meter case which has a body having a transparent part and a lighting system installed at the back of the body, wherein the lighting system has a light transmitting tube which emits a light from its circumferential surface, and a light source installed at one end of the light transmitting tube.
A meter case which has a main body having a transparent part, a light-transfer board installed at the back of the main body and a lighting system for directing a light to the edge of the light-transfer board, wherein the lighting system has a light transmitting tube which emits a light from its circumferential surface, a light source installed at one end of the light transmitting tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.