Vehicle lighting assembly and light guiding lens for use in vehicle lighting assembly

A vehicle lighting assembly having a forward illumination direction, including a projector type headlight section and a reflector type headlight section provided adjacent to the projector type headlight section, the reflector type headlight section comprising:

• a light source having an optical axis disposed downward so that the optical axis is aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the illumination direction;
• a reflector provided below the light source, the reflector having a main reflection section and a second reflection section, the main reflection section configured to reflect light rays emitted from the light source and substantially in the optical axis direction toward the illumination direction to form a desired light distribution, the second reflection section configured to reflect light rays emitted from the light source and substantially in directions other than the optical axis direction toward a predetermined direction as parallel light rays;
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• a light guiding member provided adjacent to the light source and in the illumination direction, the light guiding member being integrally composed of:
• an incident light guiding portion facing towards the light source and configured to receive at least one of light rays emitted from the light source directly and parallel light rays reflected by the second reflection section;
• a plate light guiding portion extending in a predetermined direction with respect to the incident light guiding portion;
• a first reflective surface provided between the incident light guiding portion and the plate light guiding portion and configured to guide light rays from the incident light guiding portion towards the plate light guiding portion;
• a plurality of individual reflective light emitting surfaces provided in the plate light guiding portion and configured to reflect at least a portion of the light from the first reflective surface towards the illumination direction;
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• a second reflective surface serving as another reflective light emitting surface provided in the plate light guiding portion at an end of the plate light guiding portion and spaced from the first reflective surface, the another reflective light emitting surface configured to be illuminated with the light rays reflected from the first reflective surface and to reflect the light rays in the illumination direction.

A light guiding lens for use in a vehicle lighting assembly, comprising:

• a plate light guiding portion extending in a predetermined direction;
• an incident light guiding portion provided along one end of the plate light guiding portion, the incident light guiding portion configured to receive light rays from a light source;
• a reflective surface provided between the plate light guiding portion and the incident light guiding portion, the reflective surface configured to reflect the light rays entering the incident light guiding portion towards the plate light guiding portion;
• a plurality of individual reflective light emitting surfaces provided on the plate light guiding portion and extending in a direction crossing the predetermined direction, the individual reflective light emitting surfaces configured to be illuminated with light rays reflected by the reflective surface provided between the plate light guiding portion and the incident light guiding portion;
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• another reflective light emitting surface provided along an opposite end of the plate light guiding portion as compared to the incident light guiding portion, the another reflective light emitting surface configured to be illuminated with at least a portion of the light rays reflected by the reflective surface.