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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Kazuhisa Sakashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Sakashita, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a semiconductor light source disposed on an optical axis of the vehicle lamp, a reflector having a plurality of reflective surfaces radially divided about the optical axis and boundary portions formed between two of the reflective surfaces adjacent to each other, and a lens cap that covers the front side of the light source. The lens cap includes a side lens portion that projects laterally emitted light from the light source toward the reflector. The laterally emitted light makes an angle with the optical axis that is at least a predetermined angle. The side lens portion is divided into at least two lens elements in a circumferential direction around the optical axis, and refracts the laterally emitted light so that the laterally emitted light avoids the boundary portions.
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