Patent ID: 8690405
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lighting unit having at least a first optical axis and a second optical axis extending in a front-to-rear direction of a vehicle body, the vehicle lighting unit comprising: a projection lens including a first lens portion disposed on the first optical axis and having a first front lens surface and a first rear lens surface, and a rear-side focal point, and a second lens portion disposed on at least one of a right side and a left side of the first lens portion and on the second optical axis and having a second front lens surface and a second rear lens surface, and a rear-side focal point; a first optical unit disposed behind the first lens portion; and a second optical unit disposed behind the second lens portion, wherein the first front lens surface and the second front lens surface are formed as a single continuous convex lens surface without any step, the first optical unit includes, the second optical unit is configured to provide light passing through the second lens portion to form a prescribed light distribution pattern in the illumination direction.