Attachable vehicle accent lamp
AssigneeOsram Sylvania Inc.
InventorJason Lessard
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Abstract
An accent lamp (10) having a solid state light source (4), such as LEDs, is attachable to a rear surface of an automotive headlamp (40) opposite the light-generating capsule (44). Accent lamp (10) has first retaining member (20), such as a clamp, formed above printed circuit board (8) on which LED (4) is mounted. Headlamp base (60) defines light passageway (45), formed as a light guide (42), extending from outermost peripheral surface (63) to an upper surface (61) on which lamp capsule (44) is retained. Accent lamp (10) is readily detachably mounted to headlamp (40), preferably by resilient first and second retaining members (20, 24), and, when mounted, can be biased to promote optical coupling of light source (4) to light guide (42).
Claims20
An accent lamp (10) removably attachable to an automotive headlamp (40) having a headlamp base (60) carrying a headlamp capsule (44), the headlamp base (60) having a light passageway (45) opening at an underside (63) of the headlamp (40) at a light entrance window, the accent lamp (10) comprising:
- a base (2);
- a solid state light source (4) disposed on a mounting surface (8) attached to the base (2), the solid state light source (4) arranged to emit light in a principal direction (P) away from the mounting surface (8);
- a first retaining member (20) disposed on and formed integral with the base (2) and being adapted to attach and selectively detach to a first portion of the headlamp base (60), the first retaining member (20) being disposed at a height, as seen in a direction extending along the principal direction (P), above the mounting surface (2), the first retaining member (20) being resiliently biased relative the mounting surface (8);
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- a lens (6) disposed on the base (2) and optically coupled to the solid state light source (4), the lens defining a mounting seat configured to receive in biased relation the headlamp light entrance window when the headlamp is retained by the first retaining member (20),
- whereby the lens is urged to mechanically and optically couple to the headlamp being received at the first retaining member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.