US 12,276,394 B2
Homogeneous rear combination lamp without outer lens
Hans-Christoph Eckstein, Woodside, CA (US); Lingxuan Zhu, Fremont, CA (US); and Jaime Ivan Calderon Gonzalez, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed by Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,467.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/383,582, filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159377 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 43/27 (2018.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/235 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/241 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/247 (2018.01); F21S 43/50 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); F21W 103/10 (2018.01); F21W 103/20 (2018.01); F21W 103/35 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 43/27 (2018.01) [B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/241 (2018.01); F21S 43/243 (2018.01); F21S 43/247 (2018.01); F21S 43/253 (2024.05); F21S 43/51 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); F21W 2103/10 (2018.01); F21W 2103/20 (2018.01); F21W 2103/35 (2018.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rear combination lamp for a vehicle, the rear combination lamp comprising:
a first housing member that is opaque;
a first light source inside the first housing member;
a first lightguide abutting the first housing member and enclosing the first light source, a first taillight portion extending from the first lightguide;
a structural member that is opaque and abuts the first lightguide on an opposite side from the first housing member;
a second lightguide abutting the structural member on an opposite side from the first lightguide, a second taillight portion extending from the second lightguide;
a second housing member that is opaque and that abuts the second lightguide on an opposite side from the structural member; and
a second light source inside the second housing member, wherein the second lightguide encloses the second light source;
wherein the rear combination lamp forms a stack of components having a rearward joint and a forward joint, and wherein the rearward joint comprises the first housing member, the first lightguide, the structural member, the second lightguide, and the second housing member forming a first seal.