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US 8,944,653 B2Granted
Vehicle lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakehiko Tajima, Akinori Matsumoto
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp is provided with: a projection lens; a light source; a reflector that reflects light from the light source to the projection lens; and a shade member. A shade member includes an opening, and a portion of an inner peripheral edge of the opening is defined by an upper edge of a shading part for shielding a portion of the light reflected on the reflector. A side end portion of a reflection surface of the reflector penetrates the opening of the shade member and extends forward beyond the shading part.
Claims3
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a projection lens;
- a light source disposed at a rear side of a rear focal point of the projection lens;
- a reflector that reflects light from the light source to the projection lens;
- a shade member being made of a plate-shaped member, the shade member being disposed along a vertical plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the light source, and the shade member comprising a shading part;
- the shading part includes an upper edge passing through the rear focal point of the projection lens or a vicinity of the rear focal point and shields a portion of the light reflected on the reflector;
- the shade member further comprising an opening, wherein the upper edge of the shading part is formed as a part of an inner peripheral edge of the opening of the shade member, and wherein a side end portion of a reflection surface of the reflector penetrates through the opening of the shade member to extend forward beyond the shading part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.