Vehicle lamp
A vehicle lamp includes a light source, and a light guide body, wherein the light guide body has a first light guide section disposed to have one surface facing the light source, and a second light guide section formed to protrude from a second end surface and a third end surface of the first light guide section, the first light guide section includes an incidence section, a first reflective section provided on a surface facing the incidence section, a second reflective section and a third reflective section provided on an end surface that constitutes a profile of the first light guide section.
1. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a light source; and
a light guide body configured to guide light from the light source,
wherein the light guide body has a first light guide section disposed to have one surface facing the light source, and a second light guide section formed to protrude from an end surface that constitutes a profile of the first light guide section toward a side opposite to a side facing the light source,
the first light guide section includes an incidence section formed on the one surface, a first reflective section provided on a surface facing the incidence section, a second reflective section and a third reflective section provided on the end surface,
the second reflective section is formed on a first end surface that is a part of the end surface of the first light guide section and that is located at an end surface of the first light guide section disposed at a region different from a region where the second light guide section is protruding,
the third reflective section is formed on a second end surface and a third end surface that are a part of the end surface of the first light guide section and that are located at the region the second light guide section is protruding,
the first end surface is disposed between the second end surface and the third end surface,
the second light guide section is provided in a plate shape extending from the first light guide section toward a light emitted direction from the light source and includes a first light emission section provided on an end part of the second light guide section at a front side of the light emitted direction,
the second reflective section includes a reflective surface that internally reflects a part of the light emitted from the light source, which is reflected at the first reflective section after entering inside of the first light guide section from the incidence section, toward at least one of the second end surface and the third end surface,
the third reflective section includes a reflective surface that internally reflects a part of the light emitted from the light source, which is reflected at the first reflective section after entering inside of the first light guide section from the incidence section, toward the first light emission section through inside of the second light guide section,
the first light emission section serves as a light emitting surface,
the second reflective section has a first step section including a plurality of inclined surfaces configured to reflect some of the light that enters the first end surface toward the second end surface, and a second step section including a plurality of inclined surfaces configured to reflect some of the light entering the first end surface toward the third end surface,
the second reflective section has a shape in which a distance between the first step section and the second end surface and a distance between the second step section and the third end surface are gradually decreased in a direction from the incidence section toward the first end surface, and
the second light guide section has a shape in which distances between the second end surface and the first light emission section and the third end surface and the light emission section are gradually decreased in the direction from the incidence section toward the first end surface.
2. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the distance is adjusted such that optical path lengths of the light guided from the incidence section to the first light emission section are substantially equal.
3. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of reflection cuts are formed on the first light emission section.
4. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the second light guide section has a shape in which distances between the second end surface and the first light emission section and the third end surface and the light emission section are gradually decreased in the direction from the incidence section toward the first end surface.
5. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the second light guide section is disposed above and below the light source in a front view of the vehicle lamp.
6. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a light source; and
a light guide body configured to guide light from the light source,
wherein the light guide body has a first light guide section disposed to have one surface facing the light source, and a second light guide section formed to protrude from an end surface that constitutes a profile of the first light guide section toward a side opposite to a side facing the light source,
the first light guide section includes an incidence section formed on the one surface, a first reflective section provided on a surface facing the incidence section, a second reflective section and a third reflective section provided on the end surface,
the second reflective section is formed on a first end surface that is a part of the end surface of the first light guide section and that is located at an end surface of the first light guide section disposed at a region different from a region where the second light guide section is protruding,
the third reflective section is formed on a second end surface and a third end surface that are a part of the end surface of the first light guide section and that are located at the region where the second light guide section is protruding,
the first end surface is disposed between the second end surface and the third end surface,
the second light guide section is provided in a plate shape extending from the first light guide section toward a light emitted direction from the light source and includes a first light emission section provided on an end part of the second light guide section at a front side of the light emitted direction,
the second reflective section includes a reflective surface that internally reflects a part of the light emitted from the light source, which is reflected at the first reflective section after entering inside of the first light guide section from the incidence section, toward at least one of the second end surface and the third end surface,
the third reflective section includes a reflective surface that internally reflects a part of the light emitted from the light source, which is reflected at the first reflective section after entering inside of the first light guide section from the incidence section, toward the first light emission section through an inside of the second light guide section,
the first light emission section serves as a light emitting surface,
the light guide body further comprises a third light guide section formed to protrude from an end surface consisting the profile of the first light guide section toward the side opposite to the side facing the light source, and a fourth reflective section provided at the end surface of the first light guide section,
the fourth reflective section is formed at a position different from where the first end surface is formed and is formed at a fourth end surface located at a region where the third light guide section is protruding,
the third light guide section is formed in a plate shape extending from the first light guide section toward a light emitted direction from the light source and includes a second light emission section provided on an end part of the third light guide section at the front side of the light emitted direction,
the second light guide section and the third light guide section are integrally formed, and
the first light emission section and the second light emission section forms a continuous light emitting surface.
7. The vehicle lamp according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of reflection cuts are formed on the second light emission section.
8. The vehicle lamp according to claim 6 , wherein the second light guide section is disposed above and below the light source in a front view of the vehicle lamp.
9. The vehicle lamp according to claim 8 , wherein the third light guide section is disposed at a side of the light source in the front view of the vehicle lamp.