Lighting fixture for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorYoshiaki Nakaya
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Abstract
A vehicle lighting fixture includes: a light source; an outer lens disposed in front of the light source; a heat sink thermally connected to the light source; and an air blower having air blowing openings behind the light source. The heat sink includes: a base portion extending outward, relative to the light source, in an intersection direction intersecting with an optical axis of the light source; and a heat dissipation portion extending longitudinally from an outer portion of the base portion in the intersection direction, dissipating heat to the air blown from the air blowing openings, and directing the air to the outer lens.
Claims7
A vehicle lighting fixture comprising:
- a light source;
- an outer lens disposed in front of the light source;
- a heat sink thermally connected to the light source;
- and an air blower having an air blowing portion behind the light source, wherein
- the heat sink includes:
- a base portion extending radially outward relative to the light source, in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the light source;
- and
- a heat dissipation portion extending from a radially outer portion of the base portion in a direction parallel with the optical axis, dissipating heat to air blown from the air blowing portion, and directing the air to the outer lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.