Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lighting apparatus and automobile including the same
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Application No.: US15262622Application Date: 2016-09-12
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Publication No.: US09657912B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Yoshihiko Kanayama , Makoto Kai , Hiro Aoki , Tomoyuki Ogata
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-032686 20140224
- Main IPC: F21S8/10
- IPC: F21S8/10 ; F21V5/08 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
A lighting apparatus includes: a base that is open toward a front and includes a low beam light-distribution pattern forming component; a lens body disposed forward of the base; a first light-emitting device; and a second light-emitting device. Incident light is refracted in a lower portion of the lens body, and the incident light and exiting light travel in substantially same direction in an upper portion of the lens body. The first light-emitting device is disposed behind the lower portion of the lens body, the second light-emitting device is disposed further forward than the first light-emitting device and behind the upper portion of the lens body, and the low beam light-distribution pattern forming component is disposed in front of the first light-emitting device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160377249A1 LIGHTING APPARATUS AND AUTOMOBILE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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