Vehicular lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroya Koizumi, Kenji Nobuhara, Kazunori Natsume
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Abstract
A vehicular lamp includes a body that opens forward; an outer cover attached to the body so as to cover the opening; a first light source disposed within a lamp chamber formed from the body and the outer cover; an optical member that reflects first light source light from the first light source forward; a second light source disposed within the lamp chamber; and a light guide in which an end portion thereof receives second light source light from the second light source and an extended side surface thereof radiates forward at least a portion of the second light source light. The light guide is provided at a position that does not block a light component that forms a main light distribution of the first light source light.
Claims20
A vehicular lamp comprising:
- a body that opens forward;
- an outer cover attached to the body so as to cover the opening;
- a first light source disposed within a lamp chamber formed from the body and the outer cover;
- an optical member that reflects first light source light from the first light source forward;
- a second light source disposed within the lamp chamber;
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- a light guide in which an end portion thereof receives second light source light from the second light source and an extended side surface thereof radiates forward at least a portion of the second light source light,
- wherein the light guide is provided at a position that does not block a light component that forms a main light distribution of the first light source light.
A method of manufacturing a vehicular lamp comprising:
- attaching an outer cover attached to a body that opens forward so as to cover the opening;
- disposing a first light source within a lamp chamber formed from the body and the outer cover;
- arranging an optical member to reflect first light source light from the first light source forward;
- disposing a second light source within the lamp chamber;
- and
- providing a light guide in which an end portion thereof receives second light source light from the second light source and an extended side surface thereof radiates forward at least a portion of the second light source light,
- wherein the light guide is provided at a position that does not block a light component that forms a main light distribution of the first light source light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.