Vehicle lamp
A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources arranged along an up-down direction to generate light; and a plurality of light guiding lenses disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and integrally formed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources. In particular, each of the plurality of light guiding lenses includes: an incident portion onto which light emitted from a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is incident; an exit portion disposed in front of the incident portion to output the incident light; and a transmission portion that transmits at least a portion of the light incident on the incident portion to the exit portion. The exit portion is formed to be convex forward.
1 . A vehicle lamp comprising:
a plurality of light sources arranged along an up-down direction to generate light; and
a plurality of light guiding lenses disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and integrally formed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources,
wherein each of the plurality of light guiding lenses comprises:
an incident portion onto which light emitted from a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is incident;
an exit portion disposed in front of the incident portion to output the incident light; and
a transmission portion that transmits at least a portion of the light incident on the incident portion to the exit portion,
wherein the exit portion is formed to be convex forward, and
wherein a center line of the exit portion of at least one of the plurality of light guiding lenses is tilted with respect to a first reference line by a predetermined angle, the first reference line being parallel to a front-back direction and passing through a lateral central point of the plurality of light guiding lenses.
2 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein, for the plurality of light sources, optical axes are different from one another in a left-right direction and the up-down direction.
3 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources are slanted such that they are disposed more toward a left side or a right side going from top to bottom.
4 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the incident portion comprises:
a central surface that is centered on an optical axis of a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources;
a protruding surface formed to protrude from an edge of the central surface toward the corresponding light source; and
a reflective surface that reflects light incident on the protruding surface to allow the light to travel toward the exit portion.
5 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the exit portion of at least one of the plurality of light guiding lenses is formed such that the center line is tilted in a direction toward the first reference line.
6 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein a tilting direction of the center line of the exit portion varies according to a relative position of an optical axis of a corresponding light source with respect to the first reference line.
7 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein among the plurality of light guiding lenses, a light guiding lens that corresponds to a light source whose optical axis is disposed on a first side of the first reference line in the left-right direction and a light guiding lens that corresponds to a light source whose optical axis is disposed on a second side of the first reference line in the left-right direction are formed such that center lines of the exit portions thereof are tilted in opposite directions.
8 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of optical lenses, each allowing light output from a corresponding light guiding lens among the plurality of light guiding lenses to be transmitted therethrough to form a predetermined beam pattern.
9 . The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein an incident surface of at least one of the plurality of optical lenses is formed such that an up-down curvature thereof is tilted to either side of a vertical line in a left-right direction.
10 . The vehicle lamp of claim 9 , wherein a tilting direction of the up-down curvature of each of the plurality of optical lenses varies according to a direction in which an optical axis of a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is disposed with respect to a second reference line, the second reference line being parallel to the front-back direction and passing through a vertical central point of the plurality of light guiding lenses.
11 . The vehicle lamp of claim 10 , wherein among the plurality of optical lenses, an optical lens that corresponds to a light source whose optical axis is disposed above the second reference line and an optical lens that corresponds to a light source whose optical axis is disposed below the second reference line are formed such that up-down curvatures thereof are tilted in opposite directions with respect to the vertical line.
12 . The vehicle lamp of claim 9 , wherein a tilting direction of the up-down curvature of each of the plurality of optical lenses varies according to a direction in which an optical axis of a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is disposed with respect to the first reference line.
13 . The vehicle lamp of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of optical lenses is tilted to a side of the vertical line in a direction toward the first reference line.
14 . The vehicle lamp of claim 12 , wherein the tilting direction of the up-down curvature of each of the plurality of optical lenses varies according to an optical axis of a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources with respect to a second reference line, the second reference line being parallel to the front-back direction and passing through the vertical central point of the plurality of light guiding lenses.
15 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light guiding lenses comprise a first light guiding lens and a second light guiding lens disposed adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, and a shield hole is formed between the first light guiding lens and the second light guiding lens to block at least a portion of light incident on the first light guiding lens.
16 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein a lowermost light guiding lens among the plurality of light guiding lenses comprises a shield portion formed as a recess on a bottom surface to block at least a portion of light that is incident on the incident portion.
17 . A vehicle lamp comprising:
a plurality of light sources arranged along an up-down direction to generate light;
a plurality of light guiding lenses disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and integrally formed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources; and
a plurality of optical lenses, each allowing light output from a corresponding light guiding lens among the plurality of light guiding lenses to be transmitted therethrough to form a predetermined beam pattern,
wherein each of the plurality of light guiding lenses comprises:
an incident portion onto which light emitted from a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is incident;
an exit portion disposed in front of the incident portion to output the incident light; and
a transmission portion that transmits at least a portion of the light incident on the incident portion to the exit portion,
wherein the exit portion is formed to be convex forward, and
wherein an incident surface of at least one of the plurality of optical lenses is tilted sideways to either side of a vertical line.
18 . A vehicle lamp comprising:
a plurality of light sources arranged along an up-down direction to generate light; and
a plurality of light guiding lenses disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and integrally formed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of light sources,
wherein each of the plurality of light guiding lenses comprises:
an incident portion onto which light emitted from a corresponding light source among the plurality of light sources is incident;
an exit portion disposed in front of the incident portion to output the incident light; and
a transmission portion that transmits at least a portion of the light incident on the incident portion to the exit portion,
wherein the exit portion is formed to be convex forward, and
wherein orientation angles of optical axes of the plurality of light sources are different from one another in at least one of a left-right direction or the up-down direction.