US 8,011,806 B2Granted

Lighting fixture using strip-shaped luminous body

AssigneeStanley Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorsKazuya Shiraishi, Hiroto Anzai, Nao Nakano

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Abstract

According to a lighting fixture of an aspect of the present invention, only by holding the first and second strip-shaped luminous bodies on the strip-shaped luminous body holding device with the first and second strip-shaped luminous bodies being curved into a predetermined shape, the plurality of point light sources of the first strip-shaped luminous body and the plurality of point light sources of the second strip-shaped luminous body can be mounted at predetermined positions in appropriate postures (for example, such positions and postures as to illuminate a predetermined area of the front of the lighting fixture) at once. That is, each of the point light sources can be stereoscopically disposed at a predetermined position in an appropriate posture in a most expeditious manner. Also, the lighting fixture of novel visual quality capable of producing a stereoscopic effect by the real image can be provided.

A lighting fixture using a strip-shaped luminous body comprising:

a first strip-shaped luminous body which is a strip-shaped member formed of a material having flexibility, and has a plurality of point light sources disposed in a longitudinal direction thereof;
a second strip-shaped luminous body which is a strip-shaped member formed of a material having flexibility, and has a plurality of point light sources disposed in a longitudinal direction thereof;
and
a strip-shaped luminous body holding device which holds the first strip-shaped luminous body on a near side as viewed from a front of the lighting fixture with the first strip-shaped luminous body being curved into a predetermined shape, and holds the second strip-shaped luminous body on a far side as viewed from the front of the lighting fixture with the second strip-shaped luminous body being curved into a predetermined shape,
wherein the strip-shaped luminous body holding device comprises:
a first strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve which is a curved surface disposed on the near side as viewed from the front of the lighting fixture, and to which the first strip-shaped luminous body is fixed;
and
a second strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve which is a curved surface disposed on the far side as viewed from the front of the lighting fixture, and to which the second strip-shaped luminous body is fixed,
wherein the first strip-shaped luminous body is wound and fixed on the first strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve with a surface on an opposite side from a surface on which the plurality of point light sources are disposed being in substantial surface contact with the first strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve, and
wherein the second strip-shaped luminous body is wound and fixed on the second strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve with a surface on a side on which the plurality of point light sources are disposed being in substantial surface contact with the second strip-shaped luminous body fixing curve.

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Application

12/356,626Filed 21 Jan 2009

Priority

JP 2008-01274623 Jan 2008

Published

US 2009/0190351 A130 Jul 2009

Granted

6 Sep 2011

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Classification12 codes

B60Q 1/2696
The devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic: mounting of devices using LEDs
B60Q 1/0041
Spatial arrangement: of several lamps in relation to each other
B60Q 3/78
Characterised by the purpose: for generating luminous strips, e.g. for marking trim component edges
F21S 4/20
Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources: with light sources held by or within elongate supports

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Claims16