Vehicle Lamp
AssigneeStanley Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroo Oyama, Takashi Akutagawa, Yoshifumi Kawaguchi, Go Adachi
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AssigneeStanley Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroo Oyama, Takashi Akutagawa, Yoshifumi Kawaguchi, Go Adachi
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A vehicle lamp can include a tube-like lamp element that has an aperture, a reflector having a focus located approximately at the aperture, and a front lens. The lamp can be disposed in a vehicle body space that has a small width from the front view and a small depth from a side view of the vehicle body. A blind or shade is not necessary to cover non-aesthetic portions of the lamp. The lamp can be tube-like in shape and can include an optical system that has at least two ellipse group reflecting surfaces that are combined to form a multi-reflex optical system. An aperture can be formed by the reflecting surfaces to allow light rays to be guided outside of the lamp. A light source is preferably located on a common first focus of the at least two ellipse group reflecting surfaces. One of the ellipse group reflecting surfaces can have a longer focal distance than, and a different longitudinal direction from, those of other ellipse group reflecting surface(s). An inner reflecting surface portion can be provided on a first of the ellipse group reflecting surfaces for directing light rays, which were traveling towards a second focus of a second of the ellipse group reflecting surfaces, towards the second focus of the first ellipse group reflecting surface(s), thereby forming a complex second focus of the lamp. The aperture is preferably located around the complex second focus.
A lamp having a multi-reflex optical system, comprising:
A lamp having at least two lamp elements with a multi-reflex optical system, comprising:
A vehicle lamp having a multi-reflex system, comprising:
A vehicle lamp having a multi-reflex optical system, comprising:
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