Patent ID: 8596841
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lamp comprising: a lens disposed on an optical axis of the vehicle lamp, the optical axis extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle lamp, the lens comprising a convex lens portion and a first concave lens portion, the first concave lens portion having a front focal point in front of the lens with respect to the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle lamp; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed to a rear side of the lens with respect to the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle lamp and around the optical axis in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of reflectors corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements, each of the reflectors being disposed between a corresponding one of the light emitting elements and the optical axis, wherein each of the reflectors comprises a reflecting surface which reflects light from the corresponding one of the light emitting elements toward the concave lens portion, wherein a sectional shape of the reflecting surface, taken along a plane including a light emitting center of the corresponding one of the light emitting elements and the optical axis, is an elliptical shape having a first focal point in a vicinity of the light emitting center of the corresponding one of the light emitting elements and a second focal point in front of the concave lens portion, and wherein the plurality of reflectors are arranged to share the same second focal point; the first concave lens portion being formed as a recess in a front surface of the convex lens portion.