IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,849
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,849 · App. 18/770,180 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Lamp for vehicle

Inventor: Min Ji Jin (Yongin-Si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
F21S41/265F21S45/47F21W2102/135
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Patent No.
US 12,435,849
App. No.
18/770,180
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle. The lamp for a vehicle includes a first optical module that forms a first light distribution pattern, and including a first light source part and a first condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the first light source part, a second optical module that forms a second light distribution pattern, and including a second light source part and a second condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the second light source part, and a third optical module that forms a third light distribution pattern, and including a third light source part and a third condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the third light source part, the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module are arranged in a vertical direction.

Claims (49)

1. A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:

a first optical module configured to form a first light distribution pattern, and including a first light source and a first condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the first light source;

a second optical module configured to form a second light distribution pattern, and including a second light source and a second condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the second light source; and

a third optical module configured to form a third light distribution pattern, and including a third light source and a third condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the third light source,

wherein:

the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module are vertically arranged,

the first optical module includes a first shield provided after the first condensing lens to shield a portion of the light, and

the second optical module includes a second shield provided after the second condensing lens to shield a portion of the light, and

the first shield and the second shield include a cutoff area having a shape corresponding to a cutoff line of a low-beam pattern, and

wherein a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of the second condensing lens are different from each other.

2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein:

the first optical module further includes a first output lens configured to form the first light distribution pattern with the light emitted from the first light source,

the second optical module further includes a second output lens is configured to form the second light distribution pattern with the light emitted from the second light source, and

the third optical module further includes a third output lens configured to form the third light distribution pattern with the light emitted from the third light source.

3. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein:

the first light distribution pattern, the second light distribution pattern, and the third light distribution pattern have mutually different light distribution characteristics,

the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern form a low-beam light distribution pattern, and

the third light distribution pattern forms a high-bream light distribution pattern.

4. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein:

wherein a light input surface of the first condensing lens, the second condensing lens, and the third condensing lens, to which the light is input, are smaller than those of light output surfaces thereof from which the light is output.

5. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of the first condensing lens are the same.

6. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein:

the first optical module further includes a first heat dissipating part, on which the first light source is mounted, and which emits heat generated in the first light source,

the second optical module further includes a second heat dissipating part, on which the second light source is mounted, and which emits heat generated in the second light source,

the third optical module further includes a third heat dissipating part, on which the third light source is mounted, and which emits heat generated in the third light source, and

the first heat dissipating part, the second heat dissipating part, and the third heat dissipating part are disposed vertically and are integrally formed with each other.

7. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module of the lamp are arranged sequentially downwards.

8. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein:

the second optical module is disposed on a lower side of the first optical module,

the first optical module, second optical module and third optical module comprise, respectively, a plurality of first optical modules, a plurality of second optical modules, and a plurality of third optical modules, and

the plurality of third optical modules are disposed respectively between mutually adjacent first optical modules, between the first optical modules and the second optical modules, adjacent thereto, between mutually adjacent second optical modules, and below the second optical modules.

9. A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:

a first optical module configured to form a first light distribution pattern, and including a first light source and a first condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the first light source;

a second optical module configured to form a second light distribution pattern, and including a second light source and a second condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the second light source; and

a third optical module configured to form a third light distribution pattern, and including a third light source and a third condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the third light source,

wherein the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module are vertically arranged, and

wherein a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of the second condensing lens are different such that a defocusing degree of the light output from the second condensing lens in a horizontal direction is higher than a defocusing degree of the light output from the second condensing lens in a vertical direction.

10. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of at least one of the first condensing lens and the third condensing lens are different from each other such that a defocusing degree of the light output from the at least one of first condensing lens and the third condensing lens in the horizontal direction is higher than a defocusing degree of the light output from the at least one of first condensing lens and the third condensing lens in the vertical direction.

11. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein a horizontal curvature of a second output surface of the second condensing lens is larger than a vertical curvature of the second output surface thereof.

12. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein:

a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of the third condensing lens are the same as each other, and

a vertical focus and a horizontal focus of the first condensing lens are the same as each other.

13. A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:

a first optical module configured to form a first light distribution pattern, and including a first light source and a first condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the first light source;

a second optical module configured to form a second light distribution pattern, and including a second light source and a second condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the second light source; and

a third optical module configured to form a third light distribution pattern, and including a third light source and a third condensing lens configured to condense light emitted from the third light source,

wherein the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module are vertically arranged, and

wherein the third condensing lens defocuses the light input from the third light source and then outputs the defocused light to a front side of the third condensing lens, and

wherein a defocusing degree of the light output from the third condensing lens in a horizontal direction is higher than a defocusing degree of the light output from the third condensing lens in a vertical direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: JIN, MIN JI
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068293/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0118744 · Sep 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18071732 · Nov 30, 2022
Related Publication 20240360971A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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