Vehicle Lamp Housing Layout for Concealed Optics and Light Spread
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle lamps lack designability due to the visibility of light-emitting elements and lenses, which can make the vehicle lamp appear conspicuous and unattractive.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle lamp design where light-emitting elements are arranged to emit light biasedly in specific directions, with a lens configuration that directs light through a housing with smaller openings, maintaining light distribution while reducing visibility of internal components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If light-emitting elements and lenses are made visible in the vehicle lamp, then the light distribution function is achieved, but the aesthetic appeal and designability deteriorate due to conspicuous internal components
Solution Approach 1:
A housing structure is introduced as an intermediary component between the light-emitting elements/lenses and the external environment. The housing includes light-transmitting portions that allow light to pass through while concealing the internal optical components, thereby mediating between the functional requirement of light distribution and the aesthetic requirement of hidden components.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing employs light-transmitting portions with specific optical properties that allow light to pass through while maintaining a sleek, concealed appearance. These portions act as flexible optical interfaces that transmit light effectively while hiding the internal structure, improving overall aesthetic appeal.
2Shape
If the housing openings are reduced to minimize visibility of internal components, then aesthetic appeal improves, but light transmission efficiency may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The housing design optimizes parameters such as the size, shape, and material properties of the light-transmitting portions. By carefully adjusting these parameters, the housing achieves a balance where openings are sufficiently small to conceal internal components aesthetically while remaining large enough and optimally positioned to maintain effective light transmission efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Improves the aesthetic appeal of vehicle lamps by minimizing the visibility of internal components while maintaining effective light distribution patterns.
Implementation Method 1
a lens that transmits light emitted from each of the plurality of light-emitting elements
Data Source
AI summary
The vehicle lamp includes: multiple light-emitting elements; a lens that transmits light emitted from each of the multiple light-emitting elements; and a housing that passes through the light that transmitted through the lens; where the multiple light-emitting elements include one first light-emitting element disposed on a left end side when mounted on a vehicle, and one second light-emitting element disposed on a right end side when mounted on the vehicle; where a first light emitted from the first light-emitting element and transmitted through the lens passes through the housing so as to spread biasedly in a rightward direction with respect to a front-rear direction when mounted on the vehicle; and where a second light emitted from the second light-emitting element and transmitted through the lens passes through the housing so as to spread biasedly in a leftward direction with respect to the front-rear direction when mounted on the vehicle.