# US 2019/0170312 A1 · Lamp for vehicle and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0170312 A1 - Document ID: US20190170312A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/210,720 - Filed: 2018-12-05 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-05 - Assignees: ZKW Group GmbH - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Shinwoo YOON; Yongkyo KIM; Hankyu CHO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170312A1 ## CPC - F21S 41/153: arranged in a matrix - F21S 41/255: Lenses with a front view of circular or truncated circular outline - B60Q 1/115: by electric means {(details of the electric drive components, e.g. motors, shafts, ball joints B60Q1/076)} - B60Q 1/12: due to steering position - B60Q 1/20: Fog lights - F21S 41/33: Multi-surface reflectors, e.g. reflectors with facets or reflectors with portions of different curvature - F21S 43/14: Light emitting diodes [LED] - F21W 2102/30: Fog lights - F21W 2103/20: Direction indicator lights - F21Y 2107/10: on concave supports or substrates, e.g. on the inner side of bowl-shaped supports - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips that are arranged in one or more patterns and that are configured to generate light, where the array module has a shape that is concave in a first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lamp for a vehicle, comprising: an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips that are arranged in one or more patterns and that are configured to generate light, the array module having a shape that is concave in a first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lamp according to claim 1, further comprising a bracket having a shape that is concave in the first direction corresponding to the shape of the array module, wherein the array module is configured to be bonded to a concave surface of the bracket. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lamp according to claim 1, further comprising a lens configured to change an optical path of light generated by the array module, the lens having at least one convex surface that is convex in a second direction opposite to the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lamp according to claim 3, wherein a cross-sectional length of the lens is less than a cross-sectional length of the array module. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The lamp according to claim 3, wherein the array module is configured to generate light and to converge light toward the lens. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lamp according to claim 1, wherein the array module further comprises a plurality of subarray modules. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The lamp according to claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules comprises at least one region having a width that increases in a direction from a center of the array module toward a periphery of the array module in a state in which the array module is arranged in one plane. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lamp according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules comprises, in the state in which the array module is arranged in one plane: a first side that extends from the center of the array module to the periphery of the array module; and a second side that contacts the first side at the center of the array module and that extends from the center of the array module to the periphery of the array module, and wherein the first side and the second side define a predetermined angle about the center of the array module. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The lamp according to claim 7, wherein an interval between the plurality of subarray modules increases from the center of the array module toward the periphery of the array module in the state in which the array module is arranged in one plane. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The lamp according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules has a fan shape, wherein the plurality of subarray modules are configured to couple to one another, and wherein an interval between the plurality of subarray modules increases in a direction from a center of the fan shape toward an arc of the fan shape in a state in which the plurality of subarray modules are spaced apart from one another. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The lamp according to claim 7, further comprising a lens configured to change an optical path of light generated by the array module, wherein the array module has a 3D shape in which the plurality of subarray modules are arranged, and wherein a distance from a periphery of the plurality of subarray modules to an optical axis of the lens is greater than a distance from a center of the plurality of subarray modules to the optical axis of the lens. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lamp according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules is configured to bend in one or more directions with respect to the optical axis of the lens. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The lamp according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules comprises a plurality of unit arrays, and wherein each of the plurality of unit arrays has at least one of a triangle shape, a rectangle shape, or a hexagon shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The lamp according to claim 1, wherein the array module is configured to output light in an amount corresponding to an intensity of light output from a head lamp of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 A vehicle comprising: one or more wheels; a power source configured to drive the one or more wheels; and a lamp mounted to the vehicle, wherein the lamp comprises an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips, the array module having a shape that is concave in a first direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the lamp further comprises a bracket having a shape that is concave in the first direction, and wherein the array module is configured to couple to a concave surface of the bracket. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the lamp further comprises a lens configured to change an optical path of light generated by the array module, the lens having at least one convex surface that is convex in a second direction opposite to the first direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle according to claim 17, wherein a cross-sectional length of the lens is less than a cross-sectional length of the array module. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The vehicle according to claim 15, wherein the array module further comprises a plurality of subarray modules, and wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules comprises at least one region having a width that increases in a direction from a center of the array module toward a periphery of the array module in a state in which the array module is arranged in one plane. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of subarray modules comprises, in the state in which the array module is arranged in one plane: a first side that extends from the center of the array module to the periphery of the array module; and a second side that contacts the first side at the center of the array module and that extends from the center of the array module to the periphery of the array module, and wherein the first side and the second side define a predetermined angle about the center of the array module.