US 12,240,374 B2
Automotive light
Pierfrancesco Zilio, Tolmezzo (IT)
Assigned to Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.P.A. Con Socio Unico, Tolmezzo (IT)
Filed by Marelli Automotive Lighting Italy S.p.A. Con Socio Unico, Venaria Reale (IT)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,236.
Claims priority of application No. 21218317 (EP), filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211723 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21W 103/20 (2018.01); F21W 103/35 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 1/2696 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/247 (2022.05); B60Q 1/2603 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21W 2103/20 (2018.01); F21W 2103/35 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive light (1) comprising: a rear body (2) adapted to be fixed to the vehicle; a front half-shell (3) placed to close a mouth of said rear body (2); and at least a first lighting assembly (5) that is located inside the rear body (2) and is adapted to backlight a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell (3);
said automotive light (1) being characterized in that said first lighting assembly (5) comprises: a pair of light-guide bars (8) made of photoconductive material, which extend toward each other inside the rear body (2), while remaining both substantially grazing the front half-shell (3), and have respective proximal ends (8a) of the pair of light-guide bars (8) adjacent and aligned with each other; and a pair of electrically-powered light sources (9) that are located within the rear body (2), each adjacent to a distal end (8b) of a respective light-guide bar (8), and are oriented so as to direct the light produced into the body of the facing light-guide bar (8);
the proximal ends (8a) of said light-guide bars (8) being shaped so as to form respective plate-like heads (11) that are locally substantially coplanar to one another and are arranged inside the rear body (2) one spaced beside the other, so as to form/delimit therebetween a small transversal slot (12); each plate-like head (11) being arranged with a front face (11a) facing the front half-shell (3) and being structured so as to cause the light from said light sources (9) to come out of the same front face (11a).