Patent ID: 8414135
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: F21V,F21W,G02B

Abstract:
1. A reflector for a vehicle comprising: a plurality of retroreflective elements configured to retroreflect incident light obliquely upward at a prescribed angle with respect to a reference axis that is a central axis of each of the plurality of retroreflective elements, wherein the light becomes incident on the retroreflective elements parallel to the reference axis arranged along a horizontal direction, the plurality of retroreflective elements each including: a first reflection surface which is inclined at a first inclination angle ANG a second reflection surface which is inclined at a second inclination angle ANG a third reflection surface which is inclined at a third inclination angle ANG wherein the first, second and third reflection surfaces are arranged in adjoining relation so as to substantially form corners of a cube, and the first inclination angle ANG ANG ANG ROT