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Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,201 · App. 16/642,246 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

License plate lamp unit and vehicle provided with license plate lamp unit

Inventors: Masayuki Kondo (Shizuoka, JP); Shigehiko Kazaoka (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B60S1/54B60Q1/56
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Patent No.
US 11,535,201
App. No.
16/642,246
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A license plate lamp unit which, with a simple structure, enables easy attachment of components to the rear of the vehicle and which can prevent relative displacement among components, and a vehicle equipped with the license plate lamp unit are provided. This license plate lamp unit is provided with: a license plate lamp ( 301 ) which irradiates light onto the license plate; a vehicle mounted camera ( 100 ) having a camera lens ( 101 A, 101 B); a nozzle 3 for discharging a cleaning medium towards the camera lens ( 101 A, 101 B); and an attachment member ( 310 ) supporting the license plate lamp ( 301 ), the vehicle mounted camera ( 100 ) and a nozzle ( 3 ).

Claims (17)

1. A license plate lamp unit comprising:

a license plate lamp having a light emission unit configured to irradiate light to a license plate;

a first camera unit having a first camera lens;

a second camera unit having a second camera lens

a delivery unit configured to deliver a cleaning medium;

a first nozzle configured to discharge the cleaning medium toward the first camera lens;

a second nozzle configured to discharge the cleaning medium toward the second camera lens;

a first pipe path configured to interconnect the delivery unit and the first nozzle; and

a second pipe path configured to interconnect the delivery unit and the second nozzle,

wherein the first camera unit, the second camera unit, the first nozzle, the second nozzle, and the license plate lamp are supported by a same base member, and

wherein in a state in which the license plate lamp unit is mounted to a vehicle,

the first camera unit satisfies a condition that the first camera lens is located at a rear of a rearmost end of the light emission unit in a rear direction of the vehicle and the first camera unit faces toward a substantial right rear of the vehicle, and

the second camera unit satisfies a condition that the second camera lens is located at the rear of the rearmost end of the light emission unit in the rear direction of the vehicle and the second camera unit faces to the rear of the vehicle in an obliquely downward direction.

2. A vehicle comprising the license plate lamp unit according to claim 1 .

3. The license plate lamp unit according to claim 1 , wherein in a state in which the license plate lamp unit is mounted to a vehicle, the first camera unit satisfies a condition that the first camera lens is located below a lower end of the light emission unit and the second camera unit satisfies a condition that the second camera lens is located below the lower end of the light emission unit.

4. The license plate lamp unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a door opening/closing part for opening and closing a rear door of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: KONDO, MASAYUKI; KAZAOKA, SHIGEHIKO
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052241/0859 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-165452 · Aug 30, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-185038 · Sep 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210070257A1 · Mar 11, 2021
Cited By (1)
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