Patent ID: 8764258
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: F21S

Abstract:
1. An inner lens for use in a vehicle light having a light source, a reflector that has a reflecting surface configured to reflect light from the light source by the reflecting surface, a transparent inner lens and a transparent outer lens configured to allow the reflected light to pass therethrough and to be projected forward with a prescribed main light distribution in front of the vehicle light, the inner lens comprising: a main body portion having a main surface configured to face towards the reflecting surface of the reflector; and a plurality of independent convex projections formed on the main surface of the main body portion at an area corresponding to the reflecting surface, wherein light emitted from the light source during operation of the light source and which reaches the projections enters the projections and the main body portion and is then at least one of reflected and refracted by the projections so as to be directed to a direction diagonally forward of the vehicle light and forms light not contributing to formation of the main light distribution.