IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,856
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,856 · App. 18/794,225 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Vehicle lamp having a lens with a functional layer and a color layer

Inventors: Jong Ryoul Park (Auburn Hills, MI); Michael Luketich (Auburn Hills, MI); Arun Kumar Pesala (Auburn Hills, MI)
Assignee: SL Corporation
F21S43/255F21S43/331F21S43/50F21S43/601F21W2104/00F21Y2113/30
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Patent No.
US 12,435,856
App. No.
18/794,225
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle lamp, which reflects light of a predetermined color using ambient light and emits light of a predetermined pattern using internal light, includes: a light source that emits light; a lens disposed in a light emission path of the light source; and a main film attached to the lens. The main film includes: a color layer that reflects ambient light in a predetermined color; and a functional layer that selectively transmits the light emitted from the light source.

Claims (61)

1. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a light source that emits light;

a lens disposed in a light emission path of the light source; and

a main film attached to the lens,

wherein the main film includes:

a color layer that reflects ambient light in a predetermined color; and

a functional layer that selectively transmits the light emitted from the light source, and

wherein the functional layer selectively transmits the light from the light source therethrough using a piezoelectric method.

2. The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the lens is disposed between the light source and the main film.

3. The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , further comprising:

a color conversion layer that converts the light emitted from the light source into a predetermined color,

wherein color of the light that has passed through the color conversion layer and the color layer is substantially white.

4. The vehicle lamp of claim 3 , wherein the functional layer is disposed between the color layer and the color conversion layer.

5. The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the main film further includes a pattern layer that transmits the light from the light source in a predetermined pattern, and

wherein the pattern layer is disposed between the light source and the functional layer and includes:

a light-blocking portion that blocks light; and

a light-transmitting portion that transmits light in a predetermined pattern.

6. The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the functional layer reflects some of the ambient light and transmits some of the light emitted from the light source.

7. The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the main film further includes a correction layer that corrects color of the light emitted from the light source.

8. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a light source that emits light;

a lens disposed in a light emission path of the light source; and

a main film attached to the lens,

wherein the main film includes:

a color layer that reflects ambient light in a predetermined color; and

a functional layer that selectively transmits the light emitted from the light source, and

wherein the functional layer includes:

an ultraviolet (UV) blocking layer that blocks UV light; and

a UV activating layer, in which a transmittance for visible light through the UV activating layer is changed in response to ultraviolet light being incident thereto.

9. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein the light source includes:

a first light source that emits visible light; and

a second light source that emits ultraviolet light.

10. The vehicle lamp of claim 9 , wherein the UV activating layer transmits the visible light from the first light source in response to the UV light from the second light source being incident, and blocks the visible light from the first light source in response to the UV light from the second light source not being incident.

11. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein the UV activating layer is disposed between the UV blocking layer and the light source.

12. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein the lens is disposed between the light source and the main film.

13. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , further comprising:

a color conversion layer that converts the light emitted from the light source into a predetermined color,

wherein color of the light that has passed through the color conversion layer and the color layer is substantially white.

14. The vehicle lamp of claim 13 , wherein the functional layer is disposed between the color layer and the color conversion layer.

15. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein the main film further includes a pattern layer that transmits the light from the light source in a predetermined pattern, and

wherein the pattern layer is disposed between the light source and the functional layer and includes:

a light-blocking portion that blocks light; and

a light-transmitting portion that transmits light in a predetermined pattern.

16. The vehicle lamp of claim 8 , wherein the functional layer reflects some of the ambient light and transmits some of the light emitted from the light source.

17. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a light source that emits light;

a lens disposed in a light emission path of the light source;

a main film attached to the lens; and

an auxiliary film attached to the lens on a side where the main film is not attached,

wherein the main film includes a color layer that reflects ambient light in a predetermined color, and

wherein the auxiliary film includes:

a guide layer that guides the light from the light source; and

a reflective layer that reflects the light guided along the guide layer toward a direction of the main film.

18. The vehicle lamp of claim 17 , further comprising:

a color filter disposed between the light source and the guide layer for converting the light emitted from the light source into a predetermined color,

wherein color of the light that has passed through the color filter and the color layer is substantially white.

19. The vehicle lamp of claim 17 , wherein the lens is disposed between the light source and the main film.

20. The vehicle lamp of claim 17 , wherein the main film further includes a pattern layer that transmits the light from the light source in a predetermined pattern, and

wherein the pattern layer is disposed between the light source and the functional layer and includes:

a light-blocking portion that blocks light; and

a light-transmitting portion that transmits light in a predetermined pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: PARK, JONG RYOUL; LUKETICH, MICHAEL; PESALA, ARUN KUMAR
To: SL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068181/0781 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63580195 · Sep 1, 2023
Related Publication 20250075873A1 · Mar 6, 2025
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