# US 2015/0103545 A1 · Vehicle lamp and method of manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0103545 A1 - Document ID: US20150103545A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/507,341 - Filed: 2014-10-06 - Published: 2015-04-16 - Earliest claimed: 2013-10-11 - Assignees: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shingo KATO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150103545A1 ## CPC - F21S 41/143: the main emission direction of the LED being parallel to the optical axis of the illuminating device - B22D 19/00: Casting in, on, or around objects which form part of the product (B22D23/04 takes precedence; alumino-thermic welding B23K23/00; coating by casting molten material on the substrate C23C6/00) - B22D 25/02: by its peculiarity of shape; of works of art {(cylinders, pistons B22D15/02)} - F21S 41/147: the main emission direction of the LED being angled to the optical axis of the illuminating device - F21S 41/148: the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis - F21S 41/19: Attachment of light sources or lamp holders (achieving variable light distribution by movable light sources F21S41/657) - F21S 41/192: {Details of lamp holders, terminals or connectors} - F21S 41/25: Projection lenses - F21S 41/255: Lenses with a front view of circular or truncated circular outline - F21S 41/295: {specially adapted to projection lenses} - F21S 41/321: {the reflector being a surface of revolution or a planar surface, e.g. truncated} - F21S 41/336: {with discontinuity at the junction between adjacent areas} - F21S 41/39: Attachment thereof (achieving variable light distribution by movable reflectors F21S41/675) - F21S 41/40: characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades - F21S 41/43: characterised by the shape thereof - F21S 41/68: by acting on screens - F21S 45/40: Cooling of lighting devices - F21S 45/47: Passive cooling, e.g. using fins, thermal conductive elements or openings - F21W 2102/18: for overhead signs - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - B22D: CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES (shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; metallurgical processing, selection of substances to be added to metal C21, C22) - F21W: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A vehicle lamp includes a light source including a semiconductor light emitting device, and a metal support member on which the light source is mounted. The support member is integrally formed with a shade portion configured to block a portion of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle lamp comprising: a light source including a semiconductor light emitting device; and a metal support member on which the light source is mounted, wherein the support member is integrally formed with a shade portion configured to block a portion of light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp according to claim 1, wherein: the shade portion includes a metal portion contiguous to the support member, an undercoat layer formed on the metal portion, and a metal film formed on the undercoat layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein: the shade portion extends in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the vehicle lamp; and a ridge line, formed from an upward-facing upper face portion of the metal portion of the shade portion to a front-facing front face portion of the metal portion, is formed in a rounded shape with a radius of curvature of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm in a cross-section orthogonal to the shade portion extension direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein: the shade portion includes: a first horizontal portion; a second horizontal portion positioned below the first horizontal portion; and an inclined portion which connects together the first horizontal portion and the second horizontal portion, and an upper portion of the metal portion forming a connecting portion between the inclined portion and the second horizontal portion includes a recessed portion indented downward. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The vehicle lamp according to claim 2, wherein the undercoat layer is an ultraviolet curable resin including a photopolymerization initiator. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The vehicle lamp according to claim 4, wherein the undercoat layer is an ultraviolet curable resin including a photopolymerization initiator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle lamp according to claim 1, wherein a mold mark is formed to the support member at the periphery of the shade portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method of manufacturing the metal support member of the vehicle lamp of claim 1, comprising: preparing a plurality of molds so as to form a cavity forming the shape of the support member; and introducing metal into the cavity and solidifying the metal, and removing shade portion integrally formed to the support member, wherein the plurality of molds are disposed such that at a parting line of the molds is not positioned at the shade portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The manufacturing method according to claim 8, wherein the molds include a round shaped portion with a radius of curvature of from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, and the shape of the round shaped portion is transferred to form the shade portion.