IP Library Granted Patent US 12,460,784
Granted Patent B2
US 12,460,784 · App. 18/759,834 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Vehicle lamp

Inventors: Hyeok Woo Oh (Gyeongsan-si, KR); Da Il Kang (Gyeongsan-si, KR)
Assignee: SL Corporation
F21S41/285F21S41/43
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Patent No.
US 12,460,784
App. No.
18/759,834
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle lamp for forms an optimal beam pattern via a plurality of lamp modules arranged in at least one direction, and each of the plurality of lamp modules includes a light source unit that generates light, a light path adjusting unit, which guides and adjusts a path of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit, through which the light guided by the light path adjusting unit passes to form a beam pattern. The lens unit includes a plurality of incident lenses and a plurality of exit lenses, through which light incident on each of the plurality of incident lenses is emitted.

Claims (23)

1 . A vehicle lamp for forming a beam pattern via a plurality of lamp modules arranged in at least one direction, wherein each of the plurality of lamp modules includes:

a light source unit that generates light;

a light path adjusting unit that guides and adjusts a path of the light generated from the light source unit; and

a lens unit, through which the light guided by the light path adjusting unit passes to form the beam pattern,

wherein the lens unit includes:

a plurality of incident lenses; and

a plurality of exit lenses, through which light incident on each of the plurality of incident lenses is emitted,

wherein the light path adjusting unit includes a first optical lens, which is disposed in front of the light source unit, and a second optical lens, which is disposed in front of the first optical lens,

wherein the second optical lens includes:

an incident portion, on which the light emitted from the first optical lens is incident; and

an exit portion, through which the light incident on the incident portion is emitted and which includes a plurality of exit surfaces, and

wherein a center of a first exit surface among the plurality of exit surfaces is vertically spaced apart from centers of a first incident lens among the plurality of incident lenses and a first exit lens among the plurality of exit lenses that correspond to the first exit surface.

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

an incident portion, on which the light is incident from the light source unit and which has a substantially flat shape; and

an exit portion, through which the light incident on the incident portion is emitted and which has a convex shape.

3 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the incident portion has a convex shape that protrudes rearward.

4 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of exit surfaces has a shape that is inclined downwardly toward front.

5 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the light emitted from the plurality of exit surfaces proceeds obliquely downward toward front.

6 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the centers of the first incident lens and the first exit lens are disposed below the center of the first exit surface.

7 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the centers of the first incident lens and the first exit lens are vertically spaced apart.

8 . The vehicle lamp of claim 7 , wherein the center of the first exit lens is disposed below the center of the first incident lens.

9 . The vehicle lamp of claim 1 , wherein the lens unit further includes a transmission member, which transmits light incident on each of the plurality of incident lenses to the plurality of exit lenses, and

wherein the transmission member includes a plurality of shielding surfaces, with front ends thereof disposed at or near rear focus of the respective exit lenses.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2024
From: OH, HYEOK WOO; KANG, DA IL
To: SL CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0097274 · Jul 26, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250035280A1 · Jan 30, 2025
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