Patent ID: 11885469
Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle lamp, comprising:
a lamp housing having an opening;
a light-transmissive outer cover that covers the opening in the lamp housing and defines a lamp chamber therebetween;
a light guide arranged in the lamp chamber having an elongate body extending in a longitudinal direction, the elongate body having a light transmission portion and a reflective track protruding from the light transmission portion; and
a light source positioned adjacent at least one end of the light guide,
wherein the light guide has a plurality of reflective elements formed along the reflective track and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, each reflective element having a center segment and a pair of edge segments each oriented at a spread angle from the center segment toward the light transmission portion, thereby increasing a spread of light output in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.