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US 6,616,302 B2Granted
Vehicle lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Sugimoto, Keiichi Tajima, Kazuma Mochizuki, Masanori Nishigaya
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a drive portion having a drive source, and a lamp body that has a light source and that is supported by a rotary shaft operable to be rotated by the drive portion. A rotary contact is provided around the rotary shaft and rotates together with the lamp body. A fixed contact is provided for the drive portion. The rotary contact and the light source are electrically connected through a power supply cord and electric power is supplied to the fixed contact.
Claims12
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a drive portion having a rotary shaft and a drive source;
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- a lamp body with a light source, the lamp body supported by the rotary shaft and operable to be rotated by the drive portion;
- a rotary contact provided around the rotary shaft and rotating together with the lamp body;
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- a fixed contact, wherein the rotary contact and the light source are electrically connected through a power supply cord and electric power is supplied to the fixed contact, and wherein the rotary contact is slideably contacting the fixed contact.
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A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a lamp body including a coupling hole and a light source;
- a drive portion including a rotary shaft coupled to the coupling hole, a drive source and fixed contacts;
- a contact plate having a plate coupling hole coupled to the rotary shaft, and including arc-shaped rotary contacts for slideable engagement with the fixed contacts;
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- a power supply cord electrically connecting the light source to the rotary contacts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.