Lamp assembly for a vehicle
AssigneeSMR Patents S.à.r.l.
InventorsSimon Belcher, Jay Dickson
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Abstract
A lamp assembly for a vehicle includes a housing, an outer lens partially covering the housing to define an enclosure between the housing and lens, a light emitting diode (LED) light source arranged in the enclosure, and a light guide forming part of the housing. The light guide may include a light receiving surface within the enclosure and a light emitting surface outside the enclosure so that light emitted from the LED light source is received by the light receiving surface of the light guide and directed toward the light emitting surface of the light guide and light is output from the light guide.
Claims12
A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a housing;
- an outer lens comprising an opaque inner portion and a light transmissive outer portion which partially covers the housing to define an enclosure between the housing and the outer lens;
- a light emitting diode (LED) light source arranged in the enclosure;
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- a light guide forming part of the housing, the light guide having a light receiving surface within the enclosure and a light emitting surface outside the enclosure so that light emitted from the LED light source is received by the light receiving surface of the light guide and directed toward the light emitting surface of the light guide, and light is output from the light guide;
- an elongated light pipe for guiding light from the LED sight source;
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- an elongated light emitting surface being housed within the enclosure,
- wherein the opaque inner portion of the outer lens comprises an elongated opening to allow light to transmit through the light transmissive outer portion by the elongated light pipe for guiding light from the LED ht source to the elongated light emitting surface, and the elongated light emitting surface is adjacent to the elongated opening of the inner portion.
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