# US 11,079,088 B2 · Lamp for vehicle

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- Number: US 11,079,088 B2
- Document ID: US11079088B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/822,886
- Filed: 2020-03-18
- Published: 2020-07-09
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-06
- Assignees: SL Corporation
- Applicants: SL Corporation
- Inventors: Jongwoon Kim; Nakjung Choi; Hyeongdo Kim; Kihae Shin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079088B2

## CPC

- F21S 41/265: Composite lenses; Lenses with a patch-like shape
- F21S 43/252: {Two or more successive light guides}
- B60Q 1/0011: {with light guides for distributing the light between several lighting or signalling devices}
- F21S 43/14: Light emitting diodes [LED]
- F21W 2102/135: the light having cut-off lines, i.e. clear borderlines between emitted regions and dark regions
- F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS

## Abstract

A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source part including a light source, a first lens part including a plurality of micro incidence lenses on which light generated from the light source part is incident, a second lens part including a plurality of micro emitting lenses each corresponding to each of the plurality of micro incidence lenses, and a shield part disposed between the first lens part and the second lens part. The shield part includes a plurality of shields configured to block some of the light incident from the plurality of micro incidence lenses on the plurality of micro emitting lenses. In particular, a light axis of the light source may be disposed to be spaced apart from a center line which connects centers of an incidence surface and an emitting surface of the first lens part in at least one of a side direction or a downward direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
a light source part including a light source;
a first lens part including a plurality of micro incidence lenses on which light generated from the light source part is incident;
a second lens part including a plurality of micro emitting lenses each corresponding to each of the plurality of micro incidence lenses; and
a shield part disposed between the first lens part and the second lens part, wherein the shield part includes a plurality of shields configured to block some of the light incident from the plurality of micro incidence lenses on the plurality of micro emitting lenses,
wherein a light axis of the light source is disposed to be spaced apart from a center line which connects centers of an incidence surface and an emitting surface of the first lens part in at least one of a side direction or a downward direction, and
wherein light emitted from each of the plurality of micro incidence lenses is incident on at least one of the micro emitting lenses that corresponds to each of the plurality of micro incidence lenses and a micro emitting lens adjacent to the at least one corresponding micro emitting lens.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein the center line of the first lens part is coincident with a center line which connects centers of an incidence surface and an emitting surface of the second lens part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein the light incident to the adjacent micro emitting lens extends a light irradiation range of the at least one corresponding micro emitting lens in a side direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein:
the light source part further includes a light guide part configured to adjust a light path to allow the light generated from the light source to proceed in parallel with the light axis of the light source; and
a center of the light guide part is disposed at the center line of the first lens part.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The lamp of claim 4, wherein the light guide part includes a collimator lens configured to convert the light generated from the light source to parallel light.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein some of the plurality of shields include shapes different from shapes of other shields among the plurality of shields to form different areas of the beam pattern.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of micro incidence lenses or the plurality of micro emitting lenses is a lens having a semi-cylindrical shape that extends in one direction.