Patent ID: 7270454

Claim:
A vehicular lamp comprising a light-emitting element disposed to face forward on an optical axis extending longitudinally with respect to the lamp and a translucent member disposed to cover the light-emitting element from its front side, wherein said translucent member is comprised of: a direct light control portion provided at a central region of said translucent member which is located close to said optical axis, said direct light control portion allowing light, which is from said light-emitting element and has impinged on said translucent member, to emit forward from a front face of the translucent member; and a reflected light control portion provided at a peripheral region of said translucent member which is located around said central region, said reflected light control portion allows light, which is from said light-emitting element and has impinged on said translucent member, to turn into parallel light that travels forward through internal reflection on a rear face of the translucent member and further allows the parallel light to emit forward from said front face of said translucent member; and wherein said translucent member is formed with a peripheral-region incidence plane and a central-region incidence plane, said peripheral-region incidence plane, which allows incidence of light from said light-emitting element toward said peripheral region, has a surface that is substantially spherical in shape and a center of said spherical surface is located at a light-emitting center of said light-emitting element, and said central-region incidence plane, which allows incidence of light from said light-emitting element toward said central region, has a shape of a flat surface.