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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Motomura, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp is provided which includes a toroidal lenswhich extends into an arc shape so as to surround a light sourcefrom a front side thereof. By adopting this configuration, light emitted from the light sourceis allowed to emanate from the toroidal lensas it is as diffuse light in a horizontal plane in which the toroidal lensextends, while the light is allowed to emanate from the toroidal lensas parallel light in a vertical plane. Furthermore, a front surfaceAa of a central portionA of the toroidal lensin the direction in which the toroidal lensextends into the arc shape is formed so as to be displaced rearwards relative to an imaginary extensional plane Cfrom front surfacesBa of general portionsB which are situated at both sides of the central portionA.