Vehicle lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025189092-A1
Application number	US-202418969477-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 5, 2024
Priority date	Dec 11, 2023
Publication date	Jun 12, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle lamp includes a light source unit that includes at least one light source and generates light; an optical path adjustment unit that adjusts a path of the light incident from the light source unit to allow the light to become substantially parallel with an optical axis of the optical path adjustment unit; and an optical unit that transmits at least some of the light emitted by the optical path adjustment unit to form a predetermined beam pattern. The optical unit includes a plurality of incident lenses and a plurality of exit lenses corresponding to the plurality of incident lenses. In particular, a ratio of at least one lens parameter between a first pair of incident and exit lenses is different from a ratio of the at least one lens parameter between a second pair of incident and exit lenses.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle lamp comprising at least one lamp module, wherein the at least one lamp module comprises:
a light source unit that includes at least one light source and generates light; an optical path adjustment unit that adjusts a path of the light emitted from the light source unit; and an optical unit that transmits at least some of the light emitted from the optical path adjustment unit to form a predetermined beam pattern, wherein the optical unit includes a plurality of incident lenses and a plurality of exit lenses corresponding to one another, and wherein a ratio of at least one lens parameter between a corresponding pair of exit lens and incident lens among the plurality of exit lenses and the plurality of incident lenses is different from a ratio of the at least one lens parameter between at least one other corresponding pair of exit lens and incident lens among the plurality of exit lenses and the plurality of incident lenses.

2 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lens parameter includes at least one of curvature or diameter.

3 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein a focal distance of at least some incident lenses among the plurality of incident lenses is greater than a focal distance of corresponding exit lenses among the plurality of exit lenses.

4 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of incident lenses include a first incident lens and a second incident lens,
wherein the plurality of exit lenses include a first exit lens and a second exit lens that correspond to the first incident lens and the second incident lens, respectively, and wherein a ratio of a focal distance of the first exit lens to a focal distance of the first incident lens differs from a ratio of a focal distance of the second exit lens to a focal distance of a second incident lens.

5 . The vehicle lamp of claim 4 , wherein a ratio of a focal distance of at least some exit lenses, among the plurality of exit lenses, to a focal distance of corresponding incident lenses, among the plurality of incident lenses, gradually increases or decreases going from one side to the other in at least one direction across the optical unit.

6 . The vehicle lamp of claim 4 , wherein either the plurality of incident lenses or the plurality of exit lenses have an equal focal distance.

7 . The vehicle lamp of claim 4 , wherein a focus of the first incident lens and a focus of the first exit lens are formed at a same location, and
wherein a focus of the second incident lens and a focus of the second exit lens are formed at different locations.

8 . The vehicle lamp of claim 7 , wherein a ratio of a respective focal distance of at least some exit lenses, among the plurality of exit lenses, to a respective focal distance of corresponding incident lenses, among the plurality of incident lenses, is equal to or less than the ratio of the focal distance of the first exit lens to the focal distance of the first incident lens.

9 . The vehicle lamp of claim 4 , wherein the first incident lens and the second incident lens have different curvatures, thereby exhibiting different focal distances.

10 . The vehicle lamp of claim 4 , wherein the first exit lens and the second exit lens have different curvatures, thereby exhibiting different focal distances.

11 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of incident lenses include a first incident lens and a second incident lens,
wherein the plurality of exit lenses include a first exit lens and a second exit lens that correspond to the first incident lens and the second incident lens, respectively, and wherein a ratio of a diameter of the first exit lens to a diameter of the first incident lens differs from a ratio of a diameter of the second exit lens to a diameter of the second incident lens.

12 . The vehicle lamp of claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a diameter of at least some exit lenses, among the plurality of exit lenses, to a diameter of corresponding incident lenses, among the plurality of incident lenses, gradually increases or decreases going from one side to the other in at least one direction across the optical unit.

13 . The vehicle lamp of claim 11 , wherein either the plurality of incident lenses or the plurality of exit lenses have an equal diameter.

14 . The vehicle lamp of claim 11 , wherein the first incident lens and the first exit lens have an equal diameter, and
wherein the second incident lens and the second exit lens have different diameters.

15 . The vehicle lamp of claim 14 , wherein a ratio of a diameter of an exit lens among the plurality of exit lenses to a diameter of a corresponding incident lens among the plurality of incident lenses is equal to or greater than a ratio of the diameter of the first exit lens to the diameter of the first incident lens.

16 . The vehicle lamp of claim 11 , wherein the first incident lens and the second incident lens have different diameters.

17 . The vehicle lamp of claim 11 , wherein the first exit lens and the second exit lens have different diameters.

18 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of exit lenses is formed with a greater height in an up-down direction than a width in a left-right direction.

19 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the optical unit further includes a plurality of shields that block some of light from proceeding toward the plurality of exit lenses.

20 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the optical unit is formed to be tilted to allow one side thereof to be positioned more forward relative to the other side thereof in at least one direction.

Assignees

• Sl Corp

Inventors

• Kim Hyeongdo
• Lee Minseop

Classifications

• F21Y2115/30

  Semiconductor lasers · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21W2107/10

  for land vehicles · CPC title

• F21W2103/55

  Daytime running lights [DRL] · CPC title

• F21W2103/45

  Reversing lights · CPC title