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Light guide module with adjustable contour surface illumination

US9010982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 2011
Grant dateApr 21, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0028
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light guide module with adjustable lighting of a contour surface is composed of light sources and a light guide. The light guide is composed of a primary part, a Y-shaped branch, and a secondary part with a contour surface. The supporting surface of the Y-shaped branch of the light guide is composed of a system of directional optical elements, is of prismatic shape, conical shape, or a combination thereof, and has a vertex on the optical axis of the primary part of the light guide.

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