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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Haruhiko Iyoda, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaya Shido, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiro Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Toru Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); H05B 33/12 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); F21S 8/10 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); F21S 48/217 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H05B 33/0896 (2013.01); H05B 33/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a vehicle lamp that includes a first light emission unit and a second light emission unit including an organic EL element as a light source. The second light emission unit is turned on at a tail lamp on time. Both the first light emission unit and the second light emission unit are turned on at a stop lamp on time. The vehicle lamp further includes a light reduction unit configured to make light intensity of the second light emission unit at the stop lamp on time become lower than that at the tail lamp on time.