# US 12,111,030 B2 · Fastener for lamp and lamp including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,030 B2 - Document ID: US12111030B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/537,485 - Filed: 2023-12-12 - Published: 2024-06-13 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-13 - Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seong Keun Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111030B2 ## CPC - F21S 41/198: {Snap-fit attachments} - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS ## Abstract Disclosed is a fastener for a lamp, which is engaged with a pocket part provided in a bracket when being inserted into the pocket part in a first direction, including a first fastening part engaged with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part, and a second fastening part engaged with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fastener for a lamp, which is engaged with a pocket part provided in a bracket when inserted into the pocket part in a first direction, the fastener comprising: a first fastening part configured to engage with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part; and a second fastening part configured to engage with the pocket part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fastener of claim 1, wherein any one of a hole and a boss is formed in the first fastening part, and wherein another of the hole and the boss is formed in the second fastening part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fastener of claim 2, wherein a fastening hook boss that is a boss configured to engage with the pocket part is formed in the first fastening part, and wherein the fastening hook boss extends from an end of the first fastening part in the first direction, in a boss direction that is askew from the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The fastener of claim 3, wherein the fastener is positioned in a fastening introduction state, that is a state in which the fastening hook boss is disposed in an interior space of the pocket part, and wherein a restoring force is applied to the fastening hook boss in the boss direction when the fastener is in the fastening introduction state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fastener of claim 4, wherein the fastener is further positioned in a fastened state, in which the fastening hook boss is engaged with the pocket part, and wherein the fastening hook boss is configured to move with respect to the second fastening part in the boss direction by the restoring force when the fastener is changed from the fastening introduction state to the fastened state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The fastener of claim 2, wherein a fastening hole, into which the pocket part is inserted, is formed in the second fastening part, and the second fastening part includes a fastening/engaging part configured to engage with the pocket part when the pocket part is inserted into the fastening hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fastener of claim 6, wherein the fastener is positioned in an insertion progress state, in which a side of the pocket part in the second direction is disposed in the fastening hole, and wherein the fastening/engaging part is configured to press the side of the pocket part in the second direction in a direction that is askew from the second direction when the fastener is in the insertion progress state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The fastener of claim 6, wherein an inclined area that in configured to be inclined in the first direction so as to be inclined to an inside of the fastener is formed on the fastening/engaging part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The fastener of claim 6, wherein the second fastening part further includes a fastening body connected to the fastening/engaging part, and wherein the fastening/engaging part includes a first fastening/engaging part and a second fastening/engaging part that are symmetrical to each other with respect to the fastening body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fastener of claim 9, further comprising: a fastening shaft configured to be inserted into the fastening body along the first direction and fixed to the fastening body, wherein the fastening shaft includes: a shaft body configured to be inserted into the fastening body and surrounded by the fastening body; and a shaft head disposed at an end of the shaft body in the second direction, and wherein the shaft head is disposed on a side of the fastening body in the second direction. ### Claim 11 A lamp comprising: a bracket provided with a pocket part; and a fastener configured to engage with the pocket part provided in the bracket when being inserted into the pocket part in a first direction, wherein the pocket part includes a first pocket fastening part and a second pocket fastening part, which are configured to engage with the fastener, and wherein the fastener includes: a first fastening part configured to engage with the first pocket fastening part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part; and a second fastening part configured to engage with the second pocket fastening part such that the fastener is prevented from being moved with respect to the bracket in the first direction when the fastener is inserted into the pocket part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lamp of claim 11, wherein a fastening hook boss that is a boss configured to engage with the first pocket fastening part is formed in the first fastening part, and wherein an end of the first pocket fastening part in the first direction and an end of the fastening hook boss in the second direction face each other when the first pocket fastening part and the first fastening part are engaged with each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The lamp of claim 11, wherein a pocket hook boss that is a boss configured to engage with the second fastening part is formed in the second pocket fastening part, wherein a fastening hole, into which the second pocket fastening part is inserted, is formed in the second fastening part, and the second fastening part includes a fastening/engaging part configured to engage with the pocket hook boss when a pocket hook is inserted into the fastening hole, and wherein an end of the pocket hook boss in the first direction and an end of the fastening/engaging part in the second direction face each other when the second pocket fastening part and the second fastening part are engaged with each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The lamp of claim 11, wherein the pocket part further includes a pocket body, in which a pocket guide hole, into which the fastener is inserted, is formed, and wherein a width of the pocket guide hole becomes smaller as it goes in the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The lamp of claim 14, wherein the second fastening part includes a fastening body inserted into the pocket guide hole, wherein a guide boss extending in the first direction is formed on an outer surface of the fastening body, and wherein a pocket guide slit extending in the first direction and into which the guide boss is inserted when the fastening body is inserted into the pocket guide hole is formed on an inner surface of the pocket body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The lamp of claim 11, further comprising: a light emitting module configured to output light, wherein the fastener further includes: a fastening shaft fixed to the second fastening part; and a holder configured to connect the fastening shaft and the light emitting module. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The lamp of claim 16, wherein the fastening shaft includes a shaft head configured to connect to the holder, wherein the second fastening part is disposed on a side of the first fastening part in the second direction, and wherein the shaft head is disposed on a side of the second fastening part in the second direction.