Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Ken Nishioka

Yuji Noritake

A rear combination lamp is configured to include a door-side lamp portion, which has a first LED, a first housing, and a first lens, and a fender-side lamp portion, which has a second LED, a second housing, and a second lens. The door-side lamp portion and the fender-side lamp portion are disposed adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction. Moreover, a second lamp-side reflector that reflects toward the second lens the light emitted from the second LED is disposed between the second housing and the second lens. Part of the second lamp-side reflector is configured as an interstitial reflecting portion that reflects the light emitted from the second LED between the first lens and the second lens.

Vehicle lamp structure

A rear combination lamp is structured to include: a door side lamp portion having a first LED, a first housing and a first lens; and a fender side lamp portion having a second LED, a second housing and a second lens. Further, a first lamp side leg portion is provided at the first lens. Moreover, a second lamp side leg portion that extends along the first lamp side leg portion, and an extending portion that extends toward the door side lamp portion side from a second housing side end portion of the second lamp side leg portion, are provided at the second lens. A distal end of this extending portion is disposed further toward the door side lamp portion side than the first lamp side leg portion, and the distal end of the extending portion is fixed to the second housing.

It is provided a vehicle rear lamp structure that can effectively utilize light that is illuminated from a light source. A door side lamp portion of a rear combination lamp has a housing that supports an incandescent bulb for a back lamp, and a lens that covers the incandescent bulb for the back lamp by being fixed to the housing, and transmits light illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp. Further, a garnish is mounted to the door side lamp portion. A surface at the lens side of the garnish reflects light, that is illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp, toward a vehicle rear side. Due thereto, light illuminated from the incandescent bulb for the back lamp can be utilized effectively.

Growing community of inventors

Okazaki, Japan

Ken Nishioka