Vehicle light

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11815239-B2
Application number	US-202017613119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2020
Priority date	May 24, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a vehicular lamp that forms a light distribution pattern for traveling having a lower end portion overlapping an upper end portion of a light distribution pattern for passing and is downsized with a simple configuration. The vehicular lamp includes a projection lens that projects light emitted from a first light source to form the light distribution pattern for passing and projects light emitted from a second light source to form the light distribution pattern for traveling. A lower lens part and an upper lens part are set in the projection lens about a lens axis as a center, a lower focus is set on the lens axis in the lower lens part, and an upper focus shorter in focal length than the lower focus is set on the lens axis in the upper lens part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicular lamp comprising a projection lens projecting light emitted from a first light source to form a light distribution pattern for passing, and projecting light emitted from a second light source to form a light distribution pattern for traveling,
wherein a lower lens part and an upper lens part are set in the projection lens about a lens axis as a center,
wherein a lower focus is set on the lens axis in the lower lens part,
wherein an upper focus shorter in focal length than the lower focus is set on the lens axis in the upper lens part,
wherein a gradual change lens part joining the lower lens part and the upper lens part is set in the projection lens, and
wherein the gradual change lens part continuously changes a focal length from the lower focus to the upper focus.

2. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the projection lens is plane-symmetrically formed with respect to a vertical plane including the lens axis and the gradual change lens part is provided as a pair in a width direction orthogonal to the vertical plane.

3. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the upper lens part is set to be larger in curvature of a light exit face or a light entrance face in a radial direction from the lens axis than the lower lens part.

4. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitted from the first light source passes through the lower focus from above the lens axis and enters the lower lens part, and
wherein the light emitted from the second light source passes through the upper focus from below the lens axis and enters the upper lens part.

5. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a first reflector reflecting the light emitted from the first light source to the lower focus and a second reflector reflecting the light emitted from the second light source to the upper focus,
wherein the first light source and the second light source are provided in an identical plane below the lens axis, and
wherein the second reflector is provided below the lens axis and closer to the projection lens than the first light source.

6. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a first reflector reflecting the light emitted from the first light source to the lower focus and a second reflector reflecting the light emitted from the second light source to the upper focus,
wherein the first light source and the first reflector are provided on an upper side of a parallel mounting part provided on the lens axis and along the lens axis, and
wherein the second light source and the second reflector are provided on a lower side of the parallel mounting part.

7. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a first reflector reflecting the light emitted from the first light source to the lower focus and a second reflector reflecting the light emitted from the second light source to the upper focus,
wherein the first light source is provided above the lens axis on an orthogonal mounting part extending orthogonally to the lens axis,
wherein the second light source is provided below the lens axis on the orthogonal mounting part,
wherein the first reflector is provided above the lens axis, and
wherein the second reflector is provided below the lens axis.

Assignees

• Ichikoh Industries Ltd

Inventors

• Imamura Hiroya
• Muto Takashi
• Suzuki Eiji

Classifications

• F21S41/255 Primary

  Lenses with a front view of circular or truncated circular outline · CPC title

• F21S41/148 Primary

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

• F21S41/265

  Composite lenses; Lenses with a patch-like shape · CPC title

• F21S41/365

  successively reflecting the light · CPC title

• F21W2102/13

  for high-beam region or low-beam region · CPC title