Title:
VEHICULAR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/039051
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This vehicular lighting equipment provided on a vehicle (100), which is capable of travelling around a corner by tilting the vehicle body toward the turning direction, comprises a light source, an optical member by which the light emitted from the light source is directed forward from the lighting equipment to form a predetermined light distribution pattern (PL), and a control unit for adjusting the predetermined light distribution pattern (PL) according to the tilted state of the vehicle body. The control unit is configured to adjust a predetermined light distribution pattern (PL2) such that in a light distribution pattern (PL1) corresponding to when the vehicle body is tilted, no light is irradiated in a region located outside the light distribution pattern (PL) corresponding to when the vehicle body is in the vertical state.
Inventors:
HARADA HIROYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/022376
Publication Date:
February 28, 2019
Filing Date:
June 12, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOITO MFG CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
F21S41/60; F21S41/663; F21S41/675; F21W107/17; F21Y115/30
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2014038177A1 | 2014-03-13 | |||
| WO2015022848A1 | 2015-02-19 |
Foreign References:
| JPH09277974A | 1997-10-28 | |||
| JP2006131212A | 2006-05-25 | |||
| JP2016203653A | 2016-12-08 | |||
| JP2017100500A | 2017-06-08 | |||
| JP2017161187A | 2017-09-14 | |||
| JP2017161188A | 2017-09-14 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3674601A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIN-EI PATENT FIRM, P.C. (JP)
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