# US 12,000,557 B2 · Lamp for vehicle

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- Number: US 12,000,557 B2
- Document ID: US12000557B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/077,283
- Filed: 2022-12-08
- Published: 2023-10-19
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-19
- Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Min Ji Jin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000557B2

## CPC

- F21S 41/148: the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis
- F21S 41/33: Multi-surface reflectors, e.g. reflectors with facets or reflectors with portions of different curvature
- F21S 41/143: the main emission direction of the LED being parallel to the optical axis of the illuminating device
- F21S 41/151: arranged in one or more lines
- F21S 41/25: Projection lenses
- F21S 41/26: Elongated lenses
- F21S 41/285: {Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S41/24 - F21S41/2805}
- F21S 41/321: {the reflector being a surface of revolution or a planar surface, e.g. truncated}
- F21S 41/43: characterised by the shape thereof
- F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a lamp for a vehicle, and the lamp for the vehicle includes a light source device including a plurality of light sources, each of which emits light, a lens provided to emit light emitted from the light source device forward, and a reflector array including a plurality of reflectors provided to respectively correspond to the plurality of light sources so as to form a plurality of light distribution patterns by reflecting light irradiated from the plurality of light sources. The plurality of light distribution patterns are overlapped to form a low beam pattern.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
a light source device including a plurality of light sources configured to emit light;
a lens configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source device; and
a reflector array including a plurality of reflectors respectively disposed corresponding to the plurality of light sources, each reflector configured to reflect the light irradiated from a corresponding light source such that the reflector array outputs a plurality of light distribution patterns overlapping each other to form a low beam pattern,
wherein the plurality of lights sources includes first and second light sources, and the plurality of reflectors includes first and second reflectors respectively disposed corresponding to the first and second light sources,
wherein a first reflection distance between the first light source and the first reflector is different from a second reflection distance between the second light source and the second reflector, and
wherein a first light source distance between the first light source and a focal point of the lens is different from a second light source distance between the second light source and the focal point of the lens.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein:
the first light source is configured to irradiate first light having a first light distribution pattern,
the second light source is disposed farther from an optical axis of the light source device than the first light source is disposed and configured to irradiate second light having a second light distribution pattern,
the plurality of lights sources further includes a third light source disposed farther from the optical axis of the light source device than the second light source is disposed and configured to irradiate third light having a third light distribution pattern, and
the first, second and third light distribution patterns have respectively different light irradiation characteristics, and overlap each other to form the low beam pattern.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lamp of claim 2, wherein:
the first reflector is configured to reflect the first light irradiated from the first light source,
the second reflector is disposed farther from the optical axis of the light source device than the first reflector is disposed and configured to reflect the second light irradiated from the second light source, and
the plurality of reflectors further includes a third reflector disposed farther from the optical axis of the light source device than the second reflector disposed and configured to reflect the third light irradiated from the third light source.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The lamp of claim 3, wherein a third reflection distance between the third light source and the third reflector is less than the second reflection distance and greater than the first reflection distance.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The lamp of claim 3, wherein:
the second light source distance is less than the first light source distance, and
a third light source distance between the third light source and the focal point of the lens is greater than the second light source distance.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, further comprising a shield disposed at the focal point of the lens, positioned between the light source device and the lens, and configured to block a part of the light irradiated from the light source device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The lamp of claim 1, wherein the lens includes:
a first lens disposed in front of the light source device and tapered toward first and second lateral end portions of the first lens; and
a second lens disposed in front of the first lens and bent laterally.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein the first and second lenses collectively have a common focus.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein the first and second lenses have the same width.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein the second lens is disposed to be gradually closer to the light source device from a first lateral end portion to a second end portion of the second lens.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a horizontal curvature of an incident surface of the first lens is smaller than that of an emission surface of the first lens.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a vertical curvature of an incident surface of the first lens is greater than that of an emission surface of the first lens.

### Claim 13 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a horizontal curvature of an incident surface of the first lens is different from a vertical curvature of the incident surface of the first lens, and a horizontal curvature of an emission surface of the first lens is different from a vertical curvature of the emission surface of the first lens.

### Claim 14 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a horizontal curvature of an incident surface of the second lens is identical to that of an emission surface of the second lens, and a vertical curvature of the incident surface of the second lens is greater than that of the emission surface of the second lens.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The lamp of claim 14, wherein:
an upper surface of the second lens includes (1) a first upper gradient surface extending from an upper end portion of an incident surface of the second lens and inclined upwardly, and (2) a second upper gradient surface inclined downwardly from the first upper gradient surface toward an emission surface of the second lens, and
a lower surface of the second lens includes (1) a first lower gradient surface extending from a lower end portion of the incident surface of the second lens and inclined downwardly, and (2) a second lower gradient surface inclined upwardly from the first lower gradient surface toward the emission surface of the second lens.

### Claim 16 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a horizontal curvature of an incident surface of the second lens is different from a vertical curvature of the incident surface of the second lens, and a horizontal curvature of an emission surface of the second lens is different from a vertical curvature of the emission surface of the second lens.

### Claim 17 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a distance between an incident surface and an emission surface of the second lens is uniform.

### Claim 18 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein a first distance between an upper end of an emission surface of the second lens to a lower end of the emission surface of the second lens is less than a second distance respectively between (1) an upper end portion of each of an incident surface of the second lens, an emission surface of the first lens, and an incident surface of the first lens and (2) a lower end portion of each of the incident surface of the second lens, the emission surface of the first lens, and the incident surface of the first lens.

### Claim 19 (depends on 7)

The lamp of claim 7, wherein the first and second lenses include convex upper and lower surfaces.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The lamp of claim 19, wherein:
an upper surface of the first lens includes (1) a first upper inclined surface extending from an upper end portion of an incident surface of the first lens and inclined upwardly, (2) an upper horizontal surface horizontally extending from an end portion of the first upper inclined surface, and (3) a second upper inclined surface inclined downwardly from an end portion of the upper horizontal surface toward an emission surface of the first lens, and
a lower surface of the first lens includes (1) a first lower inclined surface extending from a lower end portion of the incident surface of the first lens and inclined downwardly, (2) a lower horizontal surface horizontally extending from an end portion of the first lower inclined surface, and (3) a second lower inclined surface inclined upwardly from the lower horizontal surface toward the emission surface of the first lens.