(19)
(11) EP 2 211 087 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.05.2012 Bulletin 2012/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.07.2010 Bulletin 2010/30

(21) Application number: 10151496.6

(22) Date of filing: 25.01.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F21S 8/10(2006.01)
F21Y 101/02(2006.01)
 F21V 5/00(2006.01)
F21W 101/14(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 MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 27.01.2009 JP 2009014908
02.06.2009 JP 2009132863

(71) Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Tokyo 108-8711 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sugiura, Tamaaki
    Shimizu-shi Shizuoka (JP)
  • Yuasa, Haruma
    Shimizu-shi Shizuoka (JP)
  • Nakada, Asami
    Shimizu-shi Shizuoka (JP)
  • Koizumi, Hiroya
    Shimizu-shi Shizuoka (JP)
  • Nobuhara, Kenji
    Shimizu-shi Shizuoka (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser 
Leopoldstrasse 4
80802 München
80802 München (DE)

   


(54) Vehicle lamp


(57) A vehicle lamp is provided with a light source (21) and a lens (31, 32, 31A, 32A). The lens (31, 32, 31A, 32A) is formed in a bowl shape having a central bottom (34a) faces to the light source (21). The lens (31, 32, 31A, 32A) is provided with a forward illuminating region (A0, A1, A2) and a sideward illuminating region (A3). The forward illuminating region (A0, A1, A2) is positioned on the bottom (34a) and a part (34c, 34d, 35d, 30c) of peripheral regions of the lens and configured to irradiate a part of a light from the light source (21) in a forward direction along an optical axis (Ox) of the lamp. The sideward illuminating region (A3) is positioned on an another part (35f, 35g, 35h, 37c) of the peripheral regions of the lens and configured to irradiate an another part of the light from the light source (21) in a sideward direction of the lamp.







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