Lens and lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11774067-B2
Application number	US-202217669735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2022
Priority date	Aug 26, 2019
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A condenser lens includes an exit surface divided into a plurality of light controlling surfaces. The exit surface includes a first exit region and a second exit region. The first exit region includes a plurality of first light controlling surfaces arrayed in a predetermined direction. The second exit region is located side by side with the first exit region and includes a plurality of second light controlling surfaces arrayed in the predetermined direction. A border between adjacent first light controlling surfaces and a border between adjacent second light controlling surfaces are out of alignment in the predetermined direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lamp, comprising:
a light emitting element;
a lens for receiving light emitted from the light emitting element; and
a rotary reflector configured to rotate about an axis of rotation while reflecting light transmitted through the lens, wherein
the lens comprises an exit surface divided into a plurality of light controlling surfaces,
the exit surface includes
a first exit region in which a plurality of first light controlling surfaces of the plurality of light controlling surfaces are arrayed in a predetermined direction, and
a second exit region that is located side by side with the first exit region and in which a plurality of second light controlling surfaces of the plurality of light controlling surfaces are arrayed in the predetermined direction,

the lens is configured such that a border between adjacent two of the first light controlling surfaces and a border between adjacent two of the second light controlling surfaces are out of alignment in the predetermined direction, and
the rotary reflector is configured to reflect and scan a luminous pattern of the first exit region and the second exit region to form at least a part of a light distribution pattern.

2. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotary reflector is configured to scan the luminous pattern in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction in which the first light controlling surfaces and the second light controlling surfaces are arrayed.

3. The lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the plurality of light controlling surfaces is a third light controlling surface located in front of a light emitting surface of a corresponding light emitting element, and
the third light controlling surface is adjacent to both the first light controlling surfaces and the second light controlling surfaces.

4. The lamp according to claim 3 , wherein
the first light controlling surfaces and the second light controlling surfaces are configured to expand a luminous region of the lens by directing light emitted diagonally from the light emitting surface to the lens and causing the light to exit toward a front.

Assignees

• Koito Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mukojima Kenta

Classifications

• F21V13/06 Primary

  a reflector being rotatable · CPC title

• F21S41/675

  by moving reflectors · CPC title

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21V14/04 Primary

  by movement of reflectors {(in vehicle head lamps F21S41/675)} · CPC title

• F21S41/148 Primary

  the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis · CPC title