| US 7,549,776 B2 | ||
| Scuff plate | ||
| Hideto Maeda, Aichi-ken (Japan); Daiichiro Kawashima, Aichi-ken (Japan); Tatsuo Ito, Aichi-ken (Japan); Tatsuya Oba, Aichi-ken (Japan); Mitsuru Kamikatano, Sakura (Japan); and Kohki Ishikawa, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-pref. (Japan); and Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/602,456. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-338882 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0133214 A1, Jun. 14, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 15/00 (2006.01); G09F 13/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 362—362 [362/364; 362/495; 362/620; 40/564] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A scuff plate having:
a luminous unit which has a prism-like shape formed to enable a transmission of light therethrough and of which one of side
surfaces forms a luminous surface;
a light source unit for emitting light to illuminate one of axial end faces of the luminous unit; and
a light guiding unit which has a plate-like shape adapted to transmit light therethrough and which is disposed to face the
luminous surface of the luminous unit on a side surface thereof, wherein
the light guiding unit has recessed portions, which are recessed from a rear of the light guiding unit,
at least one of the recessed portions has a luminous surface portion, which is inclined relative to a front surface thereof,
and
the recessed portions are aligned in a direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the luminous unit.
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