(19)
(11) EP 2 071 229 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/25

(21) Application number: 08168190.0

(22) Date of filing: 03.11.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F21S 8/10(2006.01)
F21W 101/10(2006.01)
 F21V 31/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 10.12.2007 JP 2007318865

(71) Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ito, Makoto
    Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka Shimizu-ku (JP)
  • Fukushima, Yoshiyuki
    Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka Shimizu-ku (JP)
  • Ogawa, Yasuhisa
    Shizuoka-shi Shizuoka Shimizu-ku (JP)

(74) Representative: Finnie, Peter John 
Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Vehicular headlamp


(57) To block an air flow turning at a terminal end section of an extension from between the extension and a lamp body in a rear section of a lamp chamber end section to blow on a cover, and prevent formation of dew on the cover in the rear section of the lamp chamber end section.
A vehicular headlamp (100) includes two lamp units (25) and (27) as projector-type lamp units and an extension (31) covering gaps among a lamp body (21) and the lamp units (25) and (27). A lamp chamber (22) has a lamp chamber end section (55) extending laterally with respect to the projector-type lamp unit (25) and rearward of a vehicle, and an air flow blocking section (57) that blocks air flowing in a rear section (55b) of the lamp chamber end section (55) from the lamp units (25) and (27) is provided between the extension (31) and the lamp body (21) in a front section (55a) of the lamp chamber end section (55).







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