	US 11,680,693 B2
	Rear lamp module for vehicle and rear combination lamp having same
Jin-Pyo Park, Seoul (KR); and Won-San Na, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to AMOSENSE CO., LTD, Cheonan-si (KR)
Appl. No. 16/968,550
Filed by AMOSENSE CO., LTD, Cheonan-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/000756 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/156387, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0015878 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0041078 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F21S 43/239 (2018.01); F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); F21S 43/20 (2018.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/30 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01)

CPC F21S 43/239 (2018.01) [B60Q 1/0088 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2607 (2013.01); B60Q 1/30 (2013.01); F21S 43/245 (2018.01); F21S 43/26 (2018.01); F21S 43/31 (2018.01); B60Q 1/2696 (2013.01); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60Q 1/44 (2013.01)]

6 Claims

1. A rear combination lamp installed on a vehicle, the rear combination lamp for the vehicle comprising:

a first rear lamp module which is installed on a side portion of a rear of the vehicle; and

a second rear lamp module which is installed on a back door located at the rear of the vehicle and disposed adjacent to the first rear lamp module,

wherein the first rear lamp module comprises:

a main light source which generates light emitted from the first rear lamp module; and

a sub-light source which generates the light provided toward the second rear lamp module, and

wherein the second rear lamp module comprises:

a light reception unit which receives light from the sub-light source;

a light switching unit which switches a progressing direction of the light received by the light reception unit to output the light to the outside; and

a storage unit which stores the light switching unit,

wherein the light switching unit comprises,

a light guiding member which guides the light received by the light reception unit to the outside;

a reflective member having a reflective surface facing the light guiding member;

a diffusion member which overlaps the light guiding member and diffuses the light guided by the light guiding member; and

a light collecting sheet disposed between a cover unit of the rear combination lamp and the diffusion member to collect the light emitted from the diffusion member in a front direction,

wherein the light guiding member, the reflective member and the diffusion member are formed in a plate shape, and the light guiding member is disposed between the reflective member and the diffusion member,

wherein a plurality of light guiding patterns are defined on a rear surface of the light guiding member, and are arranged according to the progressing direction of the light incident through the incident surface of the light guiding member,

wherein the plurality of light guiding patterns switch the progressing direction of the light incident through the incident surface of the light guiding member to an emission surface of the light guiding member,

wherein the storage unit is partitioned into a first sub-lighting area, a second sub-lighting area and a third sub-lighting area by a first partition wall and a second partition wall,

wherein each of the first sub-lighting area, the second sub-lighting area and the third sub-lighting area stores a light switching unit,

wherein the light reception unit comprises a sidewall which is coupled to one side adjacent to the sub-light source of the storage unit,

wherein an opening through which the light passes is defined in the sidewall,

wherein the light reception unit comprise a lens plate coupled to the sidewall and a plurality of lenses arranged on the lens plate, and

wherein the plurality of lenses are inserted and disposed inside the storage unit through the opening of the storage unit to dispose between the sub-light source and the light switching unit.