Vehicular headlamp having uniform appearance
First Claim
1. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
- a lamp body, a first lamp of a reflection type comprising a light source and a parabolic reflector and circular in shape when seen from the front of the headlamp, and second and third lamps of projection type, each of said second and third lamps comprising a light source, a substantially elliptic reflector, and a projection lens circular in shape when viewed from the front of the headlamp, said first, second and third lamps being horizontally arrayed within said lamp body, a transparent front cover disposed over a front opening in said lamp body, first, second and third profile lines, circular when viewed from the front, being formed on said front cover at positions corresponding respectively to said first, second and third lamps and respectively matching in configuration circumferential profiles of said reflector said projection lenses of said second and third lamps, whereby a horizontal array of said three profile lines appears on said front cover.
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Abstract
A vehicular headlamp which has a good uniformity of design and a good appearance when viewed from the front. A first lamp of the reflection type having a light source and a parabolic reflector circular when viewed from the front, and second and third lamps of the projection type having light sources, substantially elliptic reflectors, and projection lenses circular when viewed from the front, are horizontally arrayed. Profile lines, circular when seen from the front, are formed on a transparent front cover assembled over the front opening portion of the lamp body at positions corresponding to the three lamps and matching the circumferential profiles of the reflector or the projection lenses, whereby a horizontal array of the three profile lines appears in the front cover, providing the headlamp with a good uniformity of design.
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6 Claims
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1. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
- a lamp body, a first lamp of a reflection type comprising a light source and a parabolic reflector and circular in shape when seen from the front of the headlamp, and second and third lamps of projection type, each of said second and third lamps comprising a light source, a substantially elliptic reflector, and a projection lens circular in shape when viewed from the front of the headlamp, said first, second and third lamps being horizontally arrayed within said lamp body, a transparent front cover disposed over a front opening in said lamp body, first, second and third profile lines, circular when viewed from the front, being formed on said front cover at positions corresponding respectively to said first, second and third lamps and respectively matching in configuration circumferential profiles of said reflector said projection lenses of said second and third lamps, whereby a horizontal array of said three profile lines appears on said front cover.
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