Vehicular headlamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Ishida, Syoji Yoshida, Masao Okawa
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Abstract
In a headlamp providing a predetermined light distribution pattern by combining illumination light beams that are respectively emitted from a plurality of light source units LU1 to LU4 each of which using a light emitting element as the light source, at least one of the plurality of light source units being a light source unit that forms a hot zone in the light distribution pattern, the lamp center being provided within a light emission area of the light source unit LU1 that forms the hot zone, and a center mark CM that indicates the lamp center being provided on the front cover of the lamp.
Claims14
A vehicular headlamp comprising a plurality of light source units having respectively a light emitting element as a light source thereof and being configured so as to provide a predetermined light distribution pattern by combining illumination light beams respectively emitted from said plurality of light source units, wherein:
- at least one of said plurality of light source units forms a hot zone in said light distribution pattern;
- a lamp center is provided within a light emission area of said at least one of said plurality of light source units that forms said hot zone;
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- said vehicular headlamp is further provided with a center mark indicative of said lamp center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.