US 11,940,116 B2
Vehicle lamp
Koji Nishihata, Isehara (JP)
Assigned to Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara (JP)
Appl. No. 18/000,263
Filed by Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Isehara (JP)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/020038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241644, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-094788 (JP), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220970 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 43/19 (2018.01); F21S 43/247 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 43/195 (2018.01) [F21S 43/247 (2018.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a fixed-side unit that is disposed in a fixing part of a vehicle having the fixing part and a movable part, and emits light; and
a movable-side unit that is disposed in the movable part with a gap between the fixed-side unit and the movable-side unit, and emits light, wherein
the fixed-side unit has:
a first light source;
a first light guide body that guides light of the first light source; and
a first outer lens having a first front surface part covering a front surface side of the first light guide body when the vehicle lamp is mounted on the vehicle, and a first leg part covering a side surface on the gap side of the first light guide body,
the movable-side unit has:
a second light source; and
a second light guide body that guides light of the second light source; and
a second outer lens having a second front surface part covering a front surface side of the second light guide body when the vehicle lamp is mounted on the vehicle, and a second leg part covering a side surface on the gap side of the second light guide body,
the second leg part has a light control surface which is provided in a part of the second leg part, faces the second light guide body and forms a lighting area on a front surface of the second leg part, and
the light control surface is arranged to effect control such that light emitted from at least one of the first light source and the second light source and incident on the light control surface is internally reflected by a surface on a gap side of the second leg part and then passes through inside of the second leg part to be emitted from the front surface of the second leg part.