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Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,074 · App. 15/675,187 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Illumination device

Inventors: Yusuke Kasaba (Shizuoka, JP); Takashi Hori (Shizuoka, JP); Teruaki Yamamoto (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
G01S17/023B60Q1/0023B60Q1/0483B60Q1/302F21V23/0457G01S7/4813G01S17/42G01S17/88G01S17/936B60R2011/0094G01S7/4972
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,120,074
App. No.
15/675,187
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination device to be mounted on a vehicle, includes a light source; a sensor configured to acquire information outside the vehicle based on invisible light; and a cover including a first portion covering the light source and a second portion covering the sensor. The second portion has a lower visible light transmittance than the first portion.

Claims (17)

1. An illumination device to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

a light source;

a sensor configured to acquire information outside the vehicle based on invisible light; and

a cover including a first portion covering the light source and a second portion covering the sensor,

wherein the sensor is configured to receive light through a part of the second portion that has a lower visible light transmittance than the first portion.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is installed on the cover.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are integrally molded.

4. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a LiDAR sensor.

5. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover includes a third portion disposed to face a front and rear direction of the vehicle and a fourth portion disposed to face a left and right direction of the vehicle, and

wherein the second portion is located at a side end portion of the fourth portion remote from the third portion.

6. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover includes a third portion disposed to face a front and rear direction of the vehicle and a fourth portion disposed to face a left and right direction of the vehicle, and

wherein the second portion is located at a side end portion of the third portion remote from the fourth portion.

7. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover includes a third portion disposed to face a front and rear direction of the vehicle and a fourth portion disposed to face a left and right direction of the vehicle, and

wherein the second portion is located at an upper end portion of the third portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: KASABA, YUSUKE; HORI, TAKASHI; YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043666/0638 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-158727 · Aug 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180045826A1 · Feb 15, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,681,171