Patent ID: 9689547
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F21S,F21W

Claim:
1. A lamp unit to be mounted on a vehicle, the lamp unit comprising: a light source; a projection lens that is disposed so that light emitted from the light source passes through the projection lens; and a shade that is disposed in rear of the projection lens so as to block a part of the light emitted from the light source, wherein an optical axis of the lamp unit extends in a front and rear direction of the lamp unit, the shade comprises an upper edge disposed along the optical axis, the projection lens includes the shade and the projection lens are disposed so that (i) a part of light projecting an edge of the shade as a peripheral edge of a light distribution pattern passes through the first region and (ii) another part of the light projecting the edge of the shade passes through the second region and the second region is completely disposed in a lower half portion of the projection lens with respect to a front view of the lamp unit, the second region being disposed below the upper edge of the shade in an upper and lower direction with respect to the front view of the lamp unit, the upper and lower direction being perpendicular to the optical axis.