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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1995
Hideyuki Kato, Nishio, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
Visibility of a distant area illuminated by a headlamp of a vehicle having a centralized light source type is improved. The headlamp for the vehicle include a light source, an optical cable emitting an incident light from the light source, lens bodies forming the incident light from the optical cable into a desired light distribution and irradiating the incident light ahead of the vehicle. The lens bodies have lens-shaped outgoing light surfaces where focal points are located in the vicinity of the incident light surfaces of the lens bodies, and the lens bodies have reflective surfaces R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 reflecting the incident light toward an outgoing light surfaces. The light axis X of the optical cable is tilted by a predetermined angle .alpha. with respect to the reflective surfaces R.sub.1 and R.sub.2.