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Granted Patent B2
US 12,123,562 · App. 18/495,443 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Vehicle light fixture

Inventors: Yasuhiro Okubo (Isehara, JP); Yasufumi Suzuki (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
F21S41/143B60Q1/381F21S41/25F21S45/47B60Q2400/50F21W2102/10
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Patent No.
US 12,123,562
App. No.
18/495,443
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle light fixture comprising:

a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution: and

a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution, wherein,

illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a signal of the vehicle,

the second light distribution illuminator is illuminated in conjunction with the illumination of the first light distribution illuminator,

a maximum luminous intensity of the second light distribution is lower than a maximum luminous intensity of the first light distribution.

2. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution has a light-dark boundary line.

3. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution illuminator lights up in conjunction with the first light distribution illuminator at the same timing in response to the signal from the vehicle.

4. The vehicle light fixture of claim 3 , wherein

a first light distribution by the first light distribution illuminator and a second light distribution by the second light distribution illuminator are emitted as a single light pattern.

5. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution illuminator that emits the second light distribution of a geometric shape including a rectangular shape, a trapezoidal shape, or a shape of arrow, or a character.

6. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution illuminator includes a replaceable filter.

7. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution illuminator emits the second light distribution to an area below an area illuminated by the first light distribution illuminator.

8. The vehicle light fixture of claim 1 , wherein

the second light distribution illuminator emits the second light distribution on an area within a range of 15 to 150 degrees, inclusive, relative to the left and right of a vertical line indicating the center of the vehicle.

Priority Claims (3)
JP 2019-064077 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
JP 2019-108404 · Jun 11, 2019 · national
JP 2019-142106 · Aug 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17598714
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