IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,662,073
Granted Patent B2
US 11,662,073 · App. 17/539,028 · Granted May 30, 2023

Lamp for vehicle with different lenses

Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,662,073
App. No.
17/539,028
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lamp for a vehicle includes a first lamp module including a first light source part, and a first lens structure that forms a first light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the first light source part, and a second lamp module including a second light source part, and a second lens structure that forms a second light distribution pattern having characteristics that are different from those of the first light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the second light source part. The first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern overlap each other to form a low beam pattern. Shapes of input surfaces of the first lens structure and the second lens structure, to which the light is input, are different.

Claims (46)

1. A lamp for a vehicle with different lenses, comprising:

a first lamp module including a first light source part and a first lens structure configured to form a first light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the first light source part; and

a second lamp module including a second light source part and a second lens structure configured to form a second light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the second light source part, the second light distribution pattern having characteristics that are different from those of the first light distribution pattern, wherein the second lens structure includes,

a second body part disposed on a front side of the second light source part;

a second input surface provided on a surface of the second body part, to which the light irradiated from the second light source part is input, such that the light irradiated from the second light source part is input to the second body part; and

a second output surface provided on a surface of the second body part, from which the light input to the second body part is output, such that the light input to the second body part d body part,

wherein a horizontal shape of the second input surface, viewed from an upper side, is concavely curved in a direction that is opposite to a direction that faces the second light source part, or is flat, and a vertical shape of the second input surface, viewed from a lateral side, is convexly curved in the direction that faces the second light source part;

wherein the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern overlap each other to form a low beam pattern, and

wherein shapes of input surfaces of the first lens structure and the second lens structure are different.

2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first lens structure includes:

a first body part disposed on a front side of the first light source part;

a first input surface provided on a surface of the first body part, to which the light irradiated from the first light source part is input, such that the light irradiated from the first light source part is input to the first body part; and

a first output surface provided on a surface of the first body part, from which the light input to the first body part is output, such that the light input to the first body part is output to a front side of the first body part, and

wherein a horizontal shape of the first input surface, viewed from an upper side, and a vertical shape of the first input surface, viewed from a lateral side, are convexly curved in a direction that faces the first light source part.

3. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein the first body part includes a first recessed part having a shape that is curved toward a middle area of the first body part in an upward/downward direction.

4. The lamp of claim 3 , wherein the first recessed part shields the light that is output from the first light source part.

5. The lamp of claim 3 , wherein the first recessed part includes:

a first shielding layer formed on a surface of the first recessed part and being configured to shield a portion of the light input to the first body part, and

a first cutoff edge formed at an upper end of the first recessed part and being configured to form a cutoff line of the low beam pattern.

6. The lamp of claim 5 , wherein the first shielding layer extends to be inclined downwards in a direction that faces the first light source part as it goes from the first cutoff edge to a lower side, and is configured to shield the light input to a lower end of the first cutoff edge.

7. The lamp of claim 5 , wherein the first recessed part includes:

a first surface provided adjacent the first input surface; and

a second surface extending from the first surface and provided adjacent the first output surface,

wherein the first shielding layer is formed on the first surface, and

wherein the first cutoff edge is formed in an area in which the first surface and the second surface meet each other.

8. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein an upward/downward size of the first input surface is larger than or equal to an upward/downward size of the first output surface.

9. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the second body part includes a second recessed part having a shape that is curved toward a middle area of the second body part in an upward/downward direction.

10. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein the second recessed part shields the light that is output from the second light source part.

11. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein the second recessed part includes:

a second shielding layer formed on a surface of the second recessed part and being configured to shield a portion of the light input to the second body part; and

a second cutoff edge formed at an upper end of the second recessed part and being configured to form a cutoff line of the low beam pattern.

12. The lamp of claim 11 , wherein the second shielding layer extends to be inclined downwards in a direction that faces the second light source part as it goes from the second cutoff edge to a lower side, and is configured to shield the light input to a lower end of the second cutoff edge.

13. The lamp of claim 12 , wherein the second recessed part includes:

a third surface provided adjacent the second input surface; and

a fourth surface extending from the third surface and provided adjacent the second output surface,

wherein the second shielding layer is formed on the third surface, and

wherein the second cutoff edge is formed in an area, in which the third surface and the fourth surface meet each other.

14. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein an upward/downward size of the second input surface is larger than or equal to an upward/downward size of the second output surface.

15. The lamp of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of first lamp modules and a plurality of second modules.

16. The lamp of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of first lamp modules and the plurality of second lamp modules are alternately disposed along one direction.

17. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first light source part includes:

a first light source configured to generate light; and

a first collimator provided on a front side of the first light source and being configured to convert the light radiated from the first light source to parallel light that is parallel to an optical axis of the first lens structure to input the parallel light to the first lens structure.

18. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the second light source part includes:

a second light source configured to generate light; and

a second collimator provided on a front side of the second light source and being configured to convert the light radiated from the second light source to parallel light that is parallel to an optical axis of the second lens structure to input the parallel light to the second lens structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: LEE, HYUN SOO
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058253/0377 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0173769 · Dec 11, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0173770 · Dec 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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