# US 11,898,714 B2 · Vehicle lamp optical assembly with primary and secondary optical units > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,714 B2 - Document ID: US11898714B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/928,430 - Filed: 2021-03-26 - Published: 2023-07-06 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-02 - Assignees: Hasco Vision Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hasco Vision Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Meng Li; Xiangqian Chen; Zhaoyu Chen; Ying Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898714B2 ## CPC - 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 41/151: arranged in one or more lines - F21S 41/255: Lenses with a front view of circular or truncated circular outline - F21S 41/26: Elongated lenses - F21S 41/265: Composite lenses; Lenses with a patch-like shape - F21S 41/322: {the reflector using total internal reflection} - F21S 41/43: characterised by the shape thereof - F21S 41/663: by switching light sources (by switching incandescent light sources F21S41/162) - 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 - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS ## Abstract A vehicle lamp optical assembly includes a primary optical unit having a plurality of primary optical units arranged side by side. The primary optical unit has a light entrance portion and a light guide portion. The light guide portion has a light entrance portion mounting surface and a primary light emission surface. The light entrance portion mounting surface has at least one light entrance portion. The light entrance portion is configured to enable incident light to be converged and emitted to the light guide portion, and the light guide portion is configured to guide the incident light to be emitted from the primary light emission surface; and a secondary optical unit. The secondary optical unit has a secondary light emission surface and a secondary light entrance surface corresponding to the primary light emission surface. The secondary light emission surface is a narrow and long smooth curved surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle lamp optical assembly, comprising: a primary optical unit or a primary optical unit group having a plurality of primary optical units arranged side by side, wherein the primary optical unit comprises a light entrance portion and a light guide portion, the light guide portion has a light entrance portion mounting surface and a primary light emission surface, the light entrance portion mounting surface is provided with at least one light entrance portion, the light entrance portion is configured to enable incident light to be converged and emitted to the light guide portion, and the light guide portion is configured to be capable of guiding the incident light to be emitted from the primary light emission surface; and a secondary optical unit, wherein the secondary optical unit has a secondary light emission surface and a secondary light entrance surface corresponding to the primary light emission surface, and the secondary light emission surface is a narrow and long smooth curved surface; and wherein the primary optical unit is a low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit, a low-beam widening primary optical unit or a high-beam primary optical unit, and the primary optical unit group comprises at least one or more of the low-beam inflection-point primary optical units, the low-beam widening primary optical units and the high-beam primary optical units. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light guide portions of the plurality of primary optical units in the primary optical unit group are connected into a whole, an auxiliary light source is provided on at least one side of the primary optical unit or the primary optical unit group in left-right direction of the light guide portion, and light emitted by the auxiliary light source enters from a side surface of the light guide portion and is emitted from the primary light emission surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 2, wherein a light converging structure is provided between the auxiliary light source and the light guide portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal sectional line of the secondary light emission surface is an arc line protruding forwards, and a transverse sectional line of the secondary light emission surface is a straight line or a curve extending in left-right direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light entrance portion is of a light converging cup structure, and an outer contour surface of the light entrance portion is a curved surface with a diameter gradually increased from rear to front. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guide portion is provided with a pattern structure or a plated film. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the primary optical unit group comprises a low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit, a low-beam widening primary optical unit, and a high-beam primary optical unit, and the low-beam widening primary optical unit is provided between the low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit and the high-beam primary optical unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light guide portion of the low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit is a low-beam light guide portion, the primary light emission surface of the low-beam light guide portion is a low-beam primary light emission surface, the secondary light entrance surface corresponding to the low-beam primary light emission surface comprises at least one low-beam secondary light entrance surface, the low-beam secondary light entrance surface is a curved surface protruding backwards, the low-beam secondary light entrance surfaces are in one-to-one correspondence to the light entrance portions, and a low-beam inflection-point cut-off line structure for forming a low-beam inflection-point cut-off line is provided on a front boundary of a lower surface of the low-beam light guide portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 8, wherein the low-beam inflection-point cut-off line structure comprises at least one left-hand-driving cut-off line structure, or at least one right-hand-driving cut-off line structure, or at least one left-hand-driving cut-off line structure and at least one right-hand-driving cut-off line structure, and the left-hand-driving cut-off line structures and the right-hand-driving cut-off line structures are in one-to-one correspondence to the light entrance portions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 9, wherein a III-region structure for forming a low-beam III-region light shape is provided at a lower portion of a front end of the low-beam light guide portion, the III-region structure, a lower surface of the low-beam light guide portion and a rear end of the low-beam light guide portion form an upwardly concave groove, and the low-beam inflection-point cut-off line structure is formed at a junction between the III-region structure and a top of the groove. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light guide portion of the low-beam widening primary optical unit is a low-beam widening light guide portion, the low-beam widening light guide portion and the secondary optical unit are connected into a whole, and a low-beam widening cut-off line structure for forming a low-beam widening cut-off line is provided on a lower surface of the low-beam widening light guide portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 11, wherein a III-region structure for forming a low-beam III-region light shape is provided at a lower portion of a front end of the low-beam widening light guide portion, the III-region structure, a lower surface of the low-beam widening light guide portion and a rear end of the low-beam widening light guide portion form an upwardly concave groove, and the low-beam widening cut-off line structure is formed at a junction between the III-region structure and a top of the groove. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the light guide portion of the high-beam primary optical unit is a high-beam light guide portion, the primary light emission surface of the high-beam light guide portion is a high-beam primary light emission surface, the secondary light entrance surface corresponding to the high-beam primary light emission surface comprises at least one high-beam secondary light entrance surface, the high-beam secondary light entrance surface is a curved surface protruding backwards, and the high-beam secondary light entrance surfaces are in one-to-one correspondence to the light entrance portions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1, wherein the primary optical unit is a low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit, a low-beam widening primary optical unit or a high-beam primary optical unit, and the primary optical unit group comprises at least one or more of the low-beam inflection-point primary optical units, the low-beam widening primary optical units and the high-beam primary optical units; the light guide portion of the low-beam inflection-point primary optical unit is a low-beam light guide portion, the light guide portion of the low-beam widening primary optical unit is a low-beam widening light guide portion, a III-region structure for forming a low-beam III-region light shape is provided at each of lower portions of front ends of the low-beam light guide portion and the low-beam widening light guide portion, and a concave-convex structure is provided on a III-region light entrance surface of the III-region structure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 14, wherein an auxiliary light source is provided on a side surface of the III-region structure of the low-beam light guide portion or the low-beam widening light guide portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A vehicle lamp module, comprising the vehicle lamp optical assembly according to claim 1 and at least one light source, wherein the light sources are in one-to-one correspondence to the light entrance portions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vehicle lamp module according to claim 16, wherein each of the light sources can be independently controlled to be turned on or off. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) A vehicle lamp, comprising the vehicle lamp module according to claim 16. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vehicle lamp according to claim 18, wherein each of the light sources can be independently controlled to be turned on or off.