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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Hidetaka Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Matsumaru, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetaka Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Matsumaru, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle light can project light beams through ring-shaped or arc-shaped light exiting surfaces, and among them the outermost and innermost light exiting surfaces are brighter than the others. The vehicle light can include a light emitting element having an optical axis and a light guide lens having an incidence surface on which light beams from the light emitting element at a certain angle (θ4 to θ5) impinge, reflection surfaces reflecting the light beams so that the light beams are parallel to each other, and light exiting surfaces configured to allow the reflected light beams to pass therethrough. In this vehicle light, light beams emitted at a certain angle (θ4 to θ4a where θ4<θ4a<θ5) can be projected through the farthest light exiting surface from the optical axis. The vehicle light can further include an incidence surface on which light beams emitted at a certain angle (θ2 to θ3 where θ2<θ3≦θ4) impinge, a reflecting surface reflecting the light beams from the incidence surface so that the light beams are parallel to each other, and a light exiting surface configured to allow the reflected light beams to pass therethrough.