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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2012
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inner lens for use in a vehicle light can be configured to sufficiently enhance aesthetic features, decorative features, unpredictable features, etc., without adversely affecting the formation of the main light distribution. The inner lens can include a main body portion having a main surface that faces towards the reflecting surface of the reflector, and a plurality of independent convex projections formed on the main surface of the main body portion at an area corresponding to the reflecting surface. The light emitted from the light source and that reaches the projections can enter the projections and the main body portion and then be reflected and/or refracted by the projections and the main body portion so as to be directed to a direction diagonally forward of the vehicle light as light that does not contribute to the formation of the main light distribution.