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LED-type vehicular lamp having improved light distribution

  • US 6,814,480 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2002
  • Issued: 11/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicular lamp comprising:

  • a plurality of LED light sources;

    a plurality of lenses for forming light from respective ones of said LED light sources into parallel light fluxes;

    a reflector for reflecting the parallel light fluxes from said lenses toward a front of said lamp; and

    a translucent cover provided on a front of said reflector, said lenses being arranged so that radiating directions of said parallel light fluxes are aligned with one another, said reflector being divided into sub-reflectors with one sub-reflector being provided for every area of said reflector which said parallel light fluxes from said respective lenses strike, and said sub-reflectors being arranged in a stepped configuration stepping rearward from a front end of said lamp toward a rear end of said lamp.

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