Illuminator for vehicle

An illuminator for a vehicle, the illuminator comprising:

• a light-source unit configured to emit illuminating light with a light-emitting diode serving as a light source;
• a reflective member configured to generate reflected light by reflecting the illuminating light;
• a shade configured to block a first beam of the illuminating light and a second beam of the reflected light;
• a projection lens configured to cast the illuminating light and the reflected light toward a vehicle front side of the vehicle;
• and
• an outer-lens member comprising a light-transmissive part and a slat, the light-transmissive part being configured to transmit the illuminating light and the reflected light toward the vehicle front side, the slat having a flat plate shape whose thicknesswise direction coincides with a vehicle top-bottom direction of the vehicle and extending in a vehicle widthwise direction of the vehicle,
• wherein the shade is disposed to reach such a height as to block the first beam of the illuminating light and the second beam of the reflected light and to allow a third beam of the illuminating light other than the first beam and a fourth beam of the reflected light other than the second beam to be cast onto a vehicle-lower-side surface of the slat, the first beam and the second beam being angled toward a vehicle upper front side, and
• wherein the slat comprises:
• a slope inclining toward a vehicle lower side while extending toward the vehicle front side;
• a reflective layer disposed at a vehicle-upper-side surface of the slat;
• and
• a heat-absorbing layer disposed at the vehicle-lower-side surface of the slat.