MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517018786 A) filed by Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, Japan, on March 3, for 'vehicle lamp device.'

Inventor(s) include Uchida Jun.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a vehicle lamp device capable of efficiently emitting light from the entire area of an output surface of a light guide member. The vehicle lamp device comprises a light source and a light guide member 11. The light guide member 11 includes an input portion 17, an output wall 18, an intermediate light guide wall 19, a first reflection surface 20, and a second reflection surface 21. One end side in a vehicle front-rear direction of the output wall 18 constitutes an output surface. The first reflection surface 20 causes light entering the input portion 17 to be radially internally reflected as first parallel light travelling toward the other end side of the output wall 18. The second reflection surface 21 is defined into a plurality of face elements 21a by a plurality of step portions 22 having step portion ridge lines 22r extending in a direction intersecting with an outline of the output wall 18. The plurality of face elements 21a, which are disposed at positions spaced apart from the first reflection surface 20 in the vehicle width direction along the outline, are separated by the step portions 22, the step portion ridge lines 22r of which are inclined at a certain angle with respect to the outline when viewed in the vehicle front-rear direction."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 28, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/047314.

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