Indicator lamp for vehicle interior
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Kamiya, Hideki Kokubu, Yukiko Marui
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Abstract
The invention is an indicator lamp for warning signal to a person who approaches the vehicle to steal a vehicle. The indicator lamp includes a lamp unit including a light emitting diode (LED). The indicator lamp includes a light guide including an elongated portion and a cover portion. The elongated portion receives a light from the LED at one end and conveys the light to a light emitting end. The cover portion covers the LED of the lamp unit and is integrally formed with the elongated portion. The light guide connects with the lamp unit at the cover portion. The indicator lamp prevents rainwater from the top from entering the lamp unit.
Claims20
A vehicle lamp, comprising:
- a lamp unit including a light emitting diode (LED);
- and
- a light guide that conveys light emitted from the LED,
- wherein the light guide is shaped in a portion to cover at least a part of the lamp unit in a manner that prevents contaminations from entering the lamp unit.
A light guide for a vehicle lamp assembly having a lamp unit with at least one light emitting diode (LED), the light guide comprising:
- a first portion shaped to cover at least a portion of the lamp unit in a manner that prevents contaminations from entering the lamp unit;
- and
- a second portion shaped to convey light emitted from the at least one light emitting diode (LED) in the lamp unit to be light emitted from the vehicle lamp assembly.
A method of preventing contaminations from entering a lamp unit in a vehicle light, the lamp unit including a light emitting diode (LED), the method comprising:
- providing a light guide shaped in a portion to cover at least a part of the lamp unit in a manner that prevents contaminations from entering the lamp unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.