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US 9,429,292 B2Granted
Lamp assembly for vehicle
AssigneeSL Corporation
InventorsKook Young Choi, Kwan Ho Lim
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Abstract
The lamp assembly for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light source unit configured to irradiate light, and a lens unit configured to emit the light from the light source unit toward the outside of the lamp assembly. More specifically, the lens unit includes a non-circular-shaped lens on which a light intensity adjusting portion, which adjusts intensity of the light emitted in a lateral side direction, is formed.
Claims6
A lamp assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a light source unit configured to irradiate light;
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- a lens unit having a non-circular-shaped lens configured to emit the light from the light source unit toward an outside of the lamp assembly,
- wherein the lens unit includes a light intensity adjusting portion formed on a lateral side of the lens unit, such that low intensity light passing through the light intensity adjusting portion emitted in a lateral side direction and high intensity light passing through a portion of the lens unit on which the light intensity adjusting portion is not formed is emitted in a front side direction, and
- wherein the light intensity adjusting portion includes a knurling structure formed at a side of the lens unit,
- wherein the knurling structure includes a first end that extends in a linear arrangement along an edge of the lens unit and a second end that forms an arc shape on a sidewall of the lens unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.