Turn signal lamp for a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoshi Kogo, Hayato Ohashi
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Abstract
A turn signal lamp for a vehicle is provided having an improved appearance. In a front blinker including a lamp housing, an LED provided on the lamp housing, a reflector for reflecting light from the LED, and a lens fitted into an opening of the lamp housing, a reflector has a concave curved surface which functions as a reflecting surface and the LED is located in an area invisible from a direction in which light is reflected by the curved surface so that the LED is invisible through the lens from outside the front blinker.
Claims20
A turn signal lamp for a vehicle, the turn signal lamp comprising:
- a lamp housing comprising:
- a hollow main body having an opening formed therein and having an interior surface defining a reflector which is configured and arranged to reflect light during operation of the lamp;
- a plurality of tubular LED holders integrally formed with said main body of said housing and extending outwardly thereon;
- plural LEDs provided on the lamp housing, each of said LEDs comprising an illuminating portion, wherein each of said LED holders is provided with a respective one of said LEDs;
- and
- a lens fitted into the opening of the lamp housing, wherein:
- the reflector comprises a plurality of concave curved surfaces which function as reflecting surfaces, and
- the LEDs are disposed on the lamp housing at a location where the illuminating portion of each LED is concealed when the lamp is viewed from a direction in which light is reflected by the plurality of concave curved surfaces.
A turn signal lamp for a vehicle, the turn signal lamp comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening formed therein;
- plural LEDs supported on the lamp housing;
- a plurality of tubular LED holders, wherein each of said LED holders is provided with a respective one of said LEDs, each of said LEDs comprising an illuminating portion;
- a reflector housed in the lamp housing, wherein said reflector reflects light from the LEDs, the reflector comprising at least one curved reflecting surface;
- and
- a lens fitted into the opening of the lamp housing, wherein:
- the LEDs are disposed on the lamp housing at a location where the illuminating portion of each LED is concealed when the lamp is viewed from a direction in which light is reflected by the at least one curved reflecting surface.
A turn signal lamp for a vehicle, the turn signal lamp comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening formed therein and having a hollow space formed therein defining an interior;
- a lens fitted into the opening of the lamp housing;
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- a plurality of LEDs provided on and operatively attached to the lamp housing;
- said lamp housing comprising:
- a reflector formed in the interior of said lamp housing, said reflector comprising a plurality of concave curved surfaces configured and arranged to reflect light from the LEDs during operation of the lamp;
- a plurality of substantially parallel tubular LED holders for the respective LEDs, each of the LED holders having at least one supporting aperture formed in an upper end thereof and a through hole extending downwardly from said supporting aperture;
- wherein the LEDs are respectively disposed on the upper ends of said LED holders adjacent said supporting apertures of the LED holders;
- and
- wherein the LEDs are disposed on the lamp housing such that the LEDs are concealed when the lamp is viewed from a direction in which light is reflected by the plurality of concave curved surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.