Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical unit
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Application No.: US17434951Application Date: 2020-02-20
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Publication No.: US11435051B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Kenta Mukojima
- Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-041268 20190307
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/006788 WO 20200220
- International Announcement: WO2020/179471 WO 20200910
- Main IPC: F21S41/151
- IPC: F21S41/151 ; F21V13/04 ; F21S41/43 ; F21S41/265 ; F21S41/47 ; F21S43/40 ; F21V5/00

Abstract:
Provided is an optical unit capable of preventing unintended light distribution and having a small assembly error while using a plurality of light sources and a plurality of lenses. An optical unit (10) includes: a plurality of light sources (26); a plurality of first lenses (30) integrally formed, respectively arranged to correspond to each of the light sources (26), condensing light from the corresponding light sources (26), and forming corresponding light source images on a predetermined virtual plane; a second lens (12) projecting projected images of the light source images forward; and a light-shielding member (31) extending between two adjacent first lenses (30) in the first lenses (30), and shielding light passing through one first lens (30) so as not to enter the other first lens (30), in which the light-shielding member (31) and the first lenses (30) are integrally formed by two-color molding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220170607A1 OPTICAL UNIT Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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