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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Koji Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takahira, Osaka, JP;
David Montgomery, Oxford, GB;
James Suckling, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Koji Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takahira, Osaka, JP;
David Montgomery, Oxford, GB;
James Suckling, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/04 (2006.01); F21V 13/08 (2006.01); F21V 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A headlamp of an embodiment of this invention includes a laser element, a light emitting section, and a parabolic mirror. A part of the parabolic mirror is provided so as to face an upper surface of the light emitting section, which upper surface has a larger area than that of a side surface of the light emitting section. The light emitting section emits fluorescence in such a manner that distribution of the fluorescence corresponds to the Lambertian distribution.