Vehicular lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroya Koizumi
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Abstract
A vehicular lamp including, in a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body having a front opening and a transparent front cover attached to the front opening, a semiconductor light-emitting element; and an inner lens positioned forward of the semiconductor light-emitting element. The inner lens includes a first light control portion for diffusing light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a horizontal direction; and second light control portions respectively positioned on left and right sides of the first light control portion, each of which have a reflective surface for reflecting the light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a predetermined direction.
Claims20
A vehicular lamp comprising:
- in a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body having a front opening and a transparent front cover attached to the front opening, a semiconductor light-emitting element;
- and
- an inner lens positioned forward of the semiconductor light-emitting element,
- wherein the inner lens comprises:
- a first light control portion for diffusing light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a horizontal direction;
- and
- second light control portions respectively positioned on left and right sides of the first light control portion, each of which have a reflective surface for reflecting the light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a predetermined direction.
A method of manufacturing a vehicular lamp comprising:
- disposing, in a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body having a front opening and a transparent front cover attached to the front opening, a semiconductor light-emitting element;
- and
- positioning an inner lens forward of the semiconductor light-emitting element,
- wherein the inner lens comprises:
- a first light control portion for diffusing light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a horizontal direction;
- and
- second light control portions respectively positioned on left and right sides of the first light control portion, each of which have a reflective surface for reflecting the light from the semiconductor light-emitting element in a predetermined direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.