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Granted Patent B2
US 11,858,410 · App. 17/437,322 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Vehicular lamp and vehicle

Inventor: Yuta Maruyama (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
B60Q1/0023F21S41/32G01S7/03
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Patent No.
US 11,858,410
App. No.
17/437,322
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A front left lamp includes a housing, an outer cover which covers an opening of the housing, a lighting unit disposed in a space formed by the housing and the outer cover, and a corner cube reflector, which is configured to increase radar radio wave reflectance and is disposed to face the housing.

Claims (19)

1. A vehicular lamp comprising:

a member configured to increase radar radio wave reflectance;

a housing;

an outer cover covering an opening of the housing; and

a lighting unit disposed in a space formed by the housing and the outer cover,

wherein

the member is at least one of the outer cover and the housing, and

a thickness D of at least one of the outer cover and the housing is defined by a following equation

D= ¼×λ/ε r 1/2 ×(2 n+ 1)

here, λ is a wavelength of a radar radio wave, ε r is relative permittivity of at least one of the outer cover and the housing, and n is an integer of zero or more.

2. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 ,

wherein the member is at least one metal member disposed to face the housing.

3. The vehicular lamp according to claim 2 , wherein

the metal member is disposed in the space.

4. The vehicular lamp according to claim 2 , wherein

the metal member is configured as a corner cube reflector.

5. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

when the wavelength λ of the radar radio wave is 3.92 mm and the relative permittivity is 2.7, the thickness D is set to 0.59 mm×(2n+1).

6. A vehicle which includes the vehicular lamp according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: MARUYAMA, YUTA
To: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-042663 · Mar 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220176869A1 · Jun 9, 2022