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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
May. 03, 2000
Gen Maekawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobutaka Tezuka, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular lamp having an inner lens is described. In an implementation, an annular wall A surrounding an optic axis Ax of a reflector is formed on the inner lens disposed between am outer lens and a reflecting surface of the reflector . The inner lens is divided by the annular wall A into an internal zone B and an external zone C which may be different from each other in convex-concave lens shape. The internal zone B may be formed of a translucent lens, and a plurality of grid-type lens elements C may be formed over the entire rear surface of the external zone C. Thus, an observer viewing the interior of a lighting chamber from a location in front of the lamp will see that the internal zone B and the external zone C, which are divided by the annular wall A, are significantly different. The configuration of elements provides a vehicular lamp that is visually attractive.