Patent attributes
The disclosed subject matter includes light sources that have a high luminous flux and a favorable bright distribution, and includes vehicle lamps that have both a favorable light distribution pattern and a capability of being miniaturized by using the LED light sources. The light source can include a base board, a reflector having a cavity with a slender rectangular opening, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting chips located in a line in the cavity, and an encapsulating resin in the cavity. At least one chip among the plurality of semiconductor light emitting chips can be located on a central bottom portion of the cavity. The cavity can have one slant angle in a direction of a short side that is smaller than another slant angle. The vehicle lamp can include the light source, a shield plate, an optical lens, and reflectors that are selected according to a kind and/or design of a vehicle lamp.
