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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 03, 2016
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lighting fixture can be configured to two-dimensionally scan with laser light by an optical deflector to form a luminance distribution on a screen member and project the luminance distribution via a projector lens forward to form a predetermined light distribution pattern corresponding to the luminance distribution. The vehicle lighting fixture can prevent the laser light from being directly projected forward even if an optical deflector breaks down and the laser light is deflected in a particular direction by the faulty optical deflector. The vehicle lighting fixture can be configured to include: a light-shielding member configured to shield the laser light deflected in the particular direction by the faulty optical deflector. The light-shielding member is provided between the screen member and the projector lens in an optical path through which the laser light deflected in the particular direction by the faulty optical deflector passes.