Patent ID: 8007149

Claim:
A vehicle lighting assembly comprising: a light source configured to emit light rays used at least for forming a target light distribution; a light guiding member made of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the light guiding member including a plurality of individual reflective light emitting surfaces configured to be illuminated with light rays entering the light guiding member from the light source and another reflective light emitting surface configured to be illuminated with parallel light rays entering the light guiding member; and a reflector having a first reflective surface configured to reflect primary light rays emitted from the light source for use in forming the target light distribution and a second reflective surface configured to adjust at least a portion of leak light rays which are not for use in forming the target light distribution so that the leak light rays are made parallel with each other, wherein the light guiding member includes: a plate light guiding portion extending in a predetermined direction; an incident light guiding portion provided along one end of the plate light guiding portion, the incident light guiding portion configured to receive light rays from the light source; and a reflective surface provided between the plate light guiding portion and the incident light guiding portion, the reflective surface configured to reflect light rays entering the incident light guiding portion towards the plate light guiding portion, wherein the individual reflective light emitting surfaces are provided on the plate light guiding portion and extend in a direction crossing the predetermined direction, and are configured to be illuminated with light rays reflected by the reflective surface provided between the plate light guiding portion and the incident light guiding portion, and wherein the another reflective light emitting surface is disposed along an opposite end of the plate light guiding portion as compared to the incident light guiding portion, and is configured to be illuminated with the parallel light rays reflected by the reflective surface located between the plate light guiding portion and the incident light guiding portion.