US 12,480,638 B2
Lighting apparatus
Daiki Takahara, Tsurugashima (JP); Yasuhiro Tamura, Niiza (JP); Ryoichi Enoki, Niiza (JP); Yuta Nakase, Niiza (JP); and Zhuqi Hu, Niiza (JP)
Assigned to TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP); and Honda Access Corp., Niiza (JP)
Filed by TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP); and Honda Access Corp., Niiza (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/037,811.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-011760 (JP), filed on Jan. 30, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0243991 A1, Jul. 31, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 11/00 (2015.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 103/30 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 11/00 (2013.01) [F21V 2200/15 (2015.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 2103/30 (2016.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
a linear light guide body that has a first side end into which light from a light source is introduced and a second side end positioned opposite to the first side end, and emits light in a linear shape by propagating the light introduced into the first side end toward the second side end; and
a light shielding tube that has a covering portion attached to the linear light guide body to surround at least the second side end of the linear light guide body and a protruding portion integrally connected to the covering portion and protruding from the second side end of the linear light guide body,
wherein the protruding portion is configured to be able to be bent with respect to the covering portion to cover a second side end surface of the linear light guide body.