# US 10,502,386 B2 · Vehicle lamp

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- Number: US 10,502,386 B2
- Document ID: US10502386B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/270,403
- Filed: 2019-02-07
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-08
- Assignees: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shota Nishimura; Kazuma Kamioka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502386B2

## CPC

- F21S 41/68: by acting on screens
- F21S 41/143: the main emission direction of the LED being parallel to the optical axis of the illuminating device
- F21S 41/24: Light guides
- F21S 41/25: Projection lenses
- F21S 41/27: Thick lenses
- F21S 41/32: Optical layout thereof
- F21S 41/322: {the reflector using total internal reflection}
- F21S 41/43: characterised by the shape thereof
- F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS

## Abstract

A vehicle lamp comprising: a front lens body; a rear lens unit disposed behind the front lens body; and a light source that emits light to be irradiated forward after passing through the rear lens unit and the front lens body to form a low-beam light distribution pattern, wherein the rear lens unit includes an edge section that defines a cutoff line, and a reflection surface, the reflection surface internally reflects the light from the light source, the edge section includes a first edge part, a second edge part, and a third edge part connecting between the first edge part and the second edge part, the reflection surface includes a first reflection surface including the first edge part, a second reflection surface including the second edge part, and a third reflection surface including the third edge part, and the third reflection surface is inclined with respect to a reference axis.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle lamp comprising:
a front lens body;
a rear lens unit disposed behind the front lens body; and
a light source that is disposed behind the rear lens unit and emits light to be irradiated forward after passing through the rear lens unit and the front lens body in this order so as to form a low-beam light distribution pattern, wherein
the rear lens unit includes an edge section that defines a cutoff line of the low-beam light distribution pattern, and a reflection surface provided between the edge section and a rear end of the rear lens unit, the reflection surface internally reflects at least part of the light from the light source that has entered the rear lens unit,
the edge section includes a first edge part corresponding to a left cutoff line, a second edge part corresponding to a right cutoff line, and a third edge part corresponding to an oblique cutoff line connecting between the left cutoff line and the right cutoff line,
the reflection surface includes a first reflection surface including the first edge part, a second reflection surface including the second edge part, and a third reflection surface including the third edge part, and
the third reflection surface is inclined with respect to a reference axis extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 1, wherein
the third reflection surface is inclined with respect to the reference axis so that light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface travels in a direction other than to a light-exiting surface of the rear lens unit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein
the rear lens unit includes an additional light-exiting surface through which the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface exits.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein
the rear lens unit includes an additional reflection surface that internally reflects the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface, and
the additional reflection surface is configured as a reflection surface that internally reflects the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface in a direction such that the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface is internally reflected once or a plurality of times by the light-exiting surface of the rear lens unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein
the rear lens unit includes a light-blocking part that blocks the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 1, wherein
the third reflection surface is inclined with respect to the reference axis so that the light from the light source that has been internally reflected by the third reflection surface travels in a direction other than to the low-beam light distribution pattern.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle lamp according to claim 1, wherein
the rear lens unit is a lens unit that condenses the light from the light source that passes through the rear lens unit in a first direction, the front lens body is a lens unit that condenses the light from the rear lens unit that passes through the front lens body in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
at least one of a light-entering surface and a light-exiting surface of the front lens body is a cylindrical surface extending in the first direction.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The vehicular headlamp according to claim 1, wherein
the shade is arranged between the first entry surface of the first lens unit and the first exit surface of the first lens unit.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The vehicular headlamp according to claim 1, wherein
light from the light source entered the first lens unit is focused towards the shade.