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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Toru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutaka Tezuka, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutaka Tezuka, Tokyo, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp unit has a plurality of projection lenses configured to project light from at least one light source. The plurality of projection lenses is configured and arranged such that each of the projection lenses includes an outer peripheral portion that faces and extends along the outer peripheral portion of an adjacent one of the projection lenses. The outer peripheral portion of each of the projection lenses touches or lies close to the outer peripheral portion of the adjacent one of the projection lenses such that light emitting areas of the plurality of projection lenses as a whole are visually recognized as a single light emitting area.