Patent ID: 6530683
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
A vehicle lighting device, comprising:a housing; a plurality of light guides extending in radial fashion from substantially a center part of the housing, each light guide extending along a respective longitudinal direction, a surface of each of which has a reflective region with a reflecting means along its respective longitudinal direction, and a transmissive region in which the reflecting means is not provided, the transmissive region facing in a forward direction and the reflective region facing in a rearward direction opposite to the forward direction; a reflector within the housing, disposed to the rear of the light guides and in opposition to the reflective regions; and a plurality of LED light sources, one end of each LED light source in proximity to a respective light guide of the plurality of light guides; wherein the light guides include a plurality of first and second light guides disposed alternately, and each of the first light guides is mutually adjacent to a respective second light guide, and wherein the reflecting means provided on one of the first light guides has a width providing a light-emission range corresponding to the mutual distance between two second light guides adjacent to the one first light guide.