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Granted Patent B2
US 12,553,585 · App. 18/998,553 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Vehicle lamp

Inventor: Masateru Hayashi (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
F21S41/36F21S41/147F21S41/26F21S41/265F21S41/39F21S41/663F21W2102/155F21W2102/19F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 12,553,585
App. No.
18/998,553
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle lamp includes a first reflector portion forming a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line by light from a first light source, a second reflector portion forming a second light distribution pattern forming at least a part of a low-beam light distribution pattern by light from a second light source, and a third reflector portion forming a third light distribution pattern by light from a third light source. The first reflector portion and the second reflector portion are provided adjacent to each other in a width direction on an attachment surface of an attachment member, and the third reflector portion is provided between the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in the width direction and on the front side of the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion on the attachment surface.

Claims (20)

1 . A vehicle lamp comprising:

a first reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a first light source, irradiates a front of a vehicle, and forms a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line:

a second reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a second light source and that forms a second light distribution pattern larger than the first light distribution pattern in front of the vehicle:

a third reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a third light source and that forms a third light distribution pattern on a side of the first light distribution pattern or the second light distribution pattern; and

an attachment member to which the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source are attached on an attachment surface, wherein

the second light distribution pattern is formed simultaneously with the first light distribution pattern and thereby forms at least a part of a low-beam light distribution pattern,

the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion are provided on the attachment surface in such a way as to be adjacent to each other in a width direction of the vehicle, and

the third reflector portion is provided on the attachment surface between the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in the width direction and in a front side of the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

2 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflector portion is provided further inward than the second reflector portion in the width direction.

3 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

the first reflector portion has a first axis line along the front-rear direction; and

the third reflector portion has a third axis line inclined outward at an angle between 40 degrees and 80 degrees with respect to the front-rear direction.

4 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the third reflector portion is disposed such that the third light source is positioned on a front side of the first reflector portion in the front-rear direction.

5 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein

the third reflector portion has a light-source-side cutout portion provided on a second light source side, and has an opposite-side cutout portion provided on a side opposite to the second light source side across a third axis line of the third reflector portion, and

the opposite-side cutout portion is cut out to be smaller than the light-source-side cutout portion.

6 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth reflector portion that reflects light emitted from a fourth light source and that forms a fourth light distribution pattern that is larger than the first light distribution pattern and smaller than the second light distribution pattern in front of the vehicle, wherein

the fourth reflector portion is provided adjacent to the first reflector portion in the width direction.

7 . The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , further comprising a projection lens that projects light from the first reflector portion, the second reflector portion, and the third reflector portion, wherein

the projection lens includes a first lens portion that collects the light from the first reflector portion, a second lens portion that diffuses the light from the second reflector portion, and a third lens portion that diffuses the light from the third reflector portion, and the first lens portion, the second lens portion, and the third lens portion are adjacent to each other in sequence from an inner side of the projection lens in the width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: HAYASHI, MASATERU
To: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070009/0210 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-122173 · Jul 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20260029101A1 · Jan 29, 2026
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