Vehicle headlamp device
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsKenshin Katami, Shunichi Nakamura
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Abstract
A vehicle headlamp device to be applied to a vehicle includes a light source and a lens. The light source configured to emit illumination light. The illumination light is to pass through the lens. The lens includes an illumination light converging portion configured to, when a part of the illumination light passes through the illumination light converging portion, converge the part of the illumination light. The illumination light converging portion is provided in a region through which high-beam illumination light emitted from the light source passes. The illumination light converged by the illumination light converging portion is used as marking light at an optical axis adjustment that is performed during manufacturing of the vehicle.
Claims11
A vehicle headlamp device to be applied to a vehicle, the vehicle headlamp device comprising:
- a light source configured to emit illumination light;
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- a lens through which the illumination light is to pass,
- wherein the lens comprises an illumination light converging portion configured to, when a part of the illumination light passes through the illumination light converging portion, converge the part of the illumination light,
- wherein the illumination light converging portion is provided in a region through which high-beam illumination light emitted from the light source passes, and
- wherein the illumination light converged by the illumination light converging portion illuminates within a first area, the first area is smaller than a second area that is illuminated by the high-beam illumination light, the first area is located within the second area and is located outside a third area that is illuminated by low-beam illumination light emitted from the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.