Vehicle lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12553585-B2
Application number	US-202318998553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2023
Priority date	Jul 29, 2022
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

The vehicle lamp includes a first reflector portion forming a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line by light from a first light source, a second reflector portion forming a second light distribution pattern forming at least a part of a low-beam light distribution pattern by light from a second light source, and a third reflector portion forming a third light distribution pattern by light from a third light source. The first reflector portion and the second reflector portion are provided adjacent to each other in a width direction on an attachment surface of an attachment member, and the third reflector portion is provided between the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in the width direction and on the front side of the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion on the attachment surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A vehicle lamp comprising:
a first reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a first light source, irradiates a front of a vehicle, and forms a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line: a second reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a second light source and that forms a second light distribution pattern larger than the first light distribution pattern in front of the vehicle: a third reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a third light source and that forms a third light distribution pattern on a side of the first light distribution pattern or the second light distribution pattern; and an attachment member to which the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source are attached on an attachment surface, wherein the second light distribution pattern is formed simultaneously with the first light distribution pattern and thereby forms at least a part of a low-beam light distribution pattern, the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion are provided on the attachment surface in such a way as to be adjacent to each other in a width direction of the vehicle, and the third reflector portion is provided on the attachment surface between the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in the width direction and in a front side of the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

2 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector portion is provided further inward than the second reflector portion in the width direction.

3 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the first reflector portion has a first axis line along the front-rear direction; and the third reflector portion has a third axis line inclined outward at an angle between 40 degrees and 80 degrees with respect to the front-rear direction.

4 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the third reflector portion is disposed such that the third light source is positioned on a front side of the first reflector portion in the front-rear direction.

5 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the third reflector portion has a light-source-side cutout portion provided on a second light source side, and has an opposite-side cutout portion provided on a side opposite to the second light source side across a third axis line of the third reflector portion, and the opposite-side cutout portion is cut out to be smaller than the light-source-side cutout portion.

6 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a fourth light source and that forms a fourth light distribution pattern that is larger than the first light distribution pattern and smaller than the second light distribution pattern in front of the vehicle, wherein
the fourth reflector portion is provided adjacent to the first reflector portion in the width direction.

7 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , further comprising a projection lens that projects light from the first reflector portion, the second reflector portion, and the third reflector portion, wherein
the projection lens includes a first lens portion that collects the light from the first reflector portion, a second lens portion that diffuses the light from the second reflector portion, and a third lens portion that diffuses the light from the third reflector portion, and the first lens portion, the second lens portion, and the third lens portion are adjacent to each other in sequence from an inner side of the projection lens in the width direction.

Assignees

• Ichikoh Industries Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Masateru

Classifications

• F21S41/50

  characterised by aesthetic components not otherwise provided for, e.g. decorative trim, partition walls or covers · CPC title

• F21S41/39

  Attachment thereof (achieving variable light distribution by movable reflectors F21S41/675) · CPC title

• F21W2102/19

  for curves · CPC title

• F21S41/147

  the main emission direction of the LED being angled to the optical axis of the illuminating device · CPC title

• F21S41/265

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