Lighting device for a vehicle and vehicle
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsToshifumi Higashi, Youji Furukubo, Takafumi Yamaguchi, Yuji Iino
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Abstract
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lighting device body that has a light source part and a housing body that supports the light source part, and a ventilation part-adjacent to the lighting device body and through which outside wind passes. The light source part has a light source element part that emits light and a heat release member that releases heat that is generated in the light source element part. The light source element part is inside of the housing body and the heat release member is exposed inside of the ventilation part.
Claims8
A lighting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a lighting device body that has a light source part and a housing body having a support member that supports the light source part;
- and
- a ventilation part adjacent to the lighting device body and through which outside wind passes, wherein
- the light source part has a light source element part that emits light and a heat release member that releases heat that is generated in the light source element part,
- the light source element part is inside of the housing body,
- the heat release member is fixed on the support member and exposed inside of the ventilation part,
- the heat release member has a protrusion part on a side of an upper surface thereof, the protrusion part having a convex shape, and
- the light source element part is attached to the protrusion part of the heat release member,
- wherein the heat release member is arranged in such a manner that a site other than the protrusion part contacts a lower surface of the support member and the heat release member and the support member are fixed by a fixation member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.