Patent ID: 9182095
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: F21S,G02B

Abstract:
1. A support for optical light guide of a lighting and/or signaling device for a vehicle, comprising a longitudinal enclosure able to receive said optical light guide, wherein said optical light guide has a longitudinal direction and a cross section forming a closed general outline; said optical light guide being made of a transparent material able to form a diopter with its environment and able to transmit and guide rays of light by multiple reflection off said diopter; said optical light guide comprising at least one visible portion with means able to reflect transversally some of the rays passing along it so as to cause them to leave said optical light guide; wherein said optical light guide comprises at least one longitudinal rib on said at least one visible portion of said optical light guide, projecting from a general outline, said at least one longitudinal rib being intended to collaborate with a support so that said optical light guide can be attached to said support; said support comprises retaining means for holding said optical light guide in said longitudinal enclosure able to collaborate with said at least one longitudinal rib of said optical light guide; wherein said longitudinal enclosure has a generally U-shaped cross section defining an opening for receiving said at least one longitudinal rib and that corresponds to a direction in which said optical light guide is inserted into said longitudinal enclosure; and wherein said support comprises at least one supportive surface that forms a ridge on said longitudinal enclosure that generally opposes said retaining means, said at least one supportive surface engaging said optical light guide to secure said optical light guide in said longitudinal enclosure.