US 12,072,074 B2
Lamp for vehicle
Seunggyo Jung, Gyeongsan-si (KR); and Hyunjun Cho, Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Assigned to SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed by SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,646.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0162553 (KR), filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160551 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 41/265 (2018.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC F21S 41/265 (2018.01) [G02B 3/0037 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lamp for a vehicle comprising:
a light source unit that generates light; and
an optical unit disposed in front of the light source unit, wherein the optical unit includes an incident surface on which the light is incident from the light source unit and an emitting surface through which the light is transmitted to form a predetermined beam pattern,
wherein the incident surface of the optical unit includes a plurality of divided regions that are divided in a grid shape,
wherein the plurality of divided regions include at least a first divided region and a second divided region having different distances from a center line that connects centers of the optical unit and the light source unit,
wherein the first divided region and the second divided region are formed to have different inclination angles with respect to a vertical plane in at least one direction such that both of the first divided region of the incident surface and the second divided region of the incident surface refract the light to be substantially parallel with the center line,
wherein a distance from the center line to the second divided region is greater than a distance from the center line to the first divided region,
wherein an inclination angle of the second divided region is greater than an inclination angle of the first divided region with respect to the vertical plane,
wherein a distal end of the second divided region is disposed longitudinally more forward than a distal end of the first divided region, and
wherein a distal end of a third divided region, which is disposed on an opposite side from the second divided region with respect to the center line, and the distal end of the second divided region are disposed at a substantially same longitudinal position.