Vehicle lamp
AssigneeIchikoh Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMasaya Ohkodo, Hirotaka Ochiai
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing with an open end covered with an outer lens and having first and second areas defined on the same plane. A plurality of reflectors is disposed in the first area of the housing and has respective open ends directed toward the lens, and a step is disposed in the second area of the housing. A plurality of light sources is fixedly supported with the step in the second area in association with the reflectors. A plurality of light guides include incident portions fixedly attached to the step in close proximately to the light sources and emitting portions located at substantially centers of the reflectors in front areas thereof to guide lights emitted from the light sources to the associated reflectors.
Claims4
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a housing including first and second areas substantially aligned in the same plane and having an open end covered with a lens;
- a step disposed in the second area of the housing;
- a plurality of reflectors disposed in the first area of the housing and having respective open ends directed to the open end of the housing;
- a plurality of light sources disposed in the second area and fixedly supported on the step in correlation with respective ones of the plurality of reflectors;
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- a plurality of light guides extending from the first area toward the second area and including incident portions fixedly attached to the step in close proximity to respective ones of the plurality of light sources, and emitting portions extending from the incident portions with end surfaces terminating at substantially in a front of centers of respective ones of the plurality of reflectors to cause lights emitted from the plurality of light sources to be guided to respective ones of the plurality of reflectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.