Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illumination apparatus for vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 车辆照明装置
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Application No.: US13628034Application Date: 2012-09-26
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Publication No.: US08807807B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: David Wheeler , Brenda Cucci , Adam S. Kilgore , Daryl Zalan
- Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agent J. Richard Soderberg
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00 ; B60Q1/26 ; B60Q3/00 ; E05B65/12

Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure provide a door handle assembly used in a vehicle door having an illumination module and illumination source that directs light in a first direction and a second direction using a pair of light pipes. The door handle from the door handle assembly includes a first illumination aperture oriented in the first direction and a second illumination aperture oriented in the second direction. As the illumination source generates light, the first light pipe receives a first portion of light and directs it toward a first illumination surface and the first illumination aperture in the first direction. By molding the second light pipe around the first light pipe, remaining light is captured from the illumination source as a second portion of light. The second portion of light reflects along the interior surfaces of the second light pipe towards the second illumination surface oriented in the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140022811A1 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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