Vehicle lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazunori Natsume, Hiroya Koizumi
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources, and a light guide plate configured to emit light to the front side of the lamp from a second surface facing a first surface by internally reflecting light, which is emitted from the respective light sources, by a plurality of reflective elements formed on the first surface after causing the light to enter the light guide plate from a rear end face of the light guide plate. The light guide plate is curved to the first surface and gradually becomes thinner toward the front side. The reflective elements are disposed at a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction and extend in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction.
Claims4
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a plurality of light sources;
- and
- a light guide plate arranged to emit light to the front side of the lamp from a second surface facing a first surface by internally reflecting light, which is emitted from the respective light sources, by a plurality of reflective elements on the first surface after causing the light to enter the light guide plate from a rear end face of the light guide plate,
- wherein the light guide plate is curved to the first surface and gradually becomes thinner toward the front side, and
- the plurality of reflective elements are disposed at a predetermined interval in a longitudinal direction and extend in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.