Patent ID: 7559679

Claim:
A vehicle light apparatus comprising: a lamp bulb having an optical axis; an inner reflector for reflecting light from the lamp bulb toward an opening in the inner reflector; and an outer lens attached to the opening in the inner reflector to cover the lamp bulb, wherein a reflecting area having a lower light transmission rate than the outer lens is provided in a part opposite to the lamp bulb, wherein the optical axis of the lamp bulb passes through the reflecting area, light transmission areas having a higher light transmission rate than the reflecting area are provided on the reflecting area, wherein the optical axis of the lamp bulb does not pass through the light transmission areas, a tail lens is disposed inside the outer lens, and the reflecting area and the light transmission areas are formed on the tail lens, at least a portion of the outer lens and a portion of the tail lens extend generally parallel to each other, upper halves of the portions of the outer lens and tail lens extend obliquely upward and away from the lamp bulb, lower halves of the portions of the outer lens and tail lens extend vertically, and only the lower half of the portion of the tail lens has the reflecting area, the inner reflector extends obliquely generally in a same direction as the upper halves to cover an upper portion of the lamp bulb, the upper halves allow indirect light beams reflected by the inner reflector to pass therethrough more than direct light beams from the lamp bulb, and the lower halves allow the direct light beams from the lamp bulb to pass therethrough more than the indirect beams reflected by the inner reflector.