US 12,215,835 B2
Headlight module and headlight device
Tomohide Morimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Masashige Suwa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/286,368
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016311
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/224408, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200745 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 41/365 (2018.01); F21S 41/148 (2018.01); F21W 102/135 (2018.01)
CPC F21S 41/365 (2018.01) [F21S 41/148 (2018.01); F21W 2102/135 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headlight module comprising:
a light source to emit light; and
a light guide projection optical element including
an incidence surface to condense the light, thereby forming a first light,
a first reflecting surface to reflect partial light as part of the first light, thereby forming light in a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line from light other than the partial light, and
a second reflecting surface inclined with respect to an optical axis of the light source so as to be farther from the optical axis as a distance from the light source along the optical axis increases,
wherein the second reflecting surface forms light in a second light distribution pattern by reflecting second light formed of the partial light reflected by the first reflecting surface and adds the light in the second light distribution pattern to the light in the first light distribution pattern,
the first reflecting surface includes a cutoff line formation part that forms the cutoff line by not reflecting the light other than the partial light, and
the partial light is reflected at a position on the first reflecting surface different from the cutoff line formation part.