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US 7,922,377 B2Granted
Vehicle lamp
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsTatsuhiko Yamamichi, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Tetsuaki Inaba, Takashi Inoue
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting diode (LED) unit supported by a metal-made support member. The LED unit is constituted by an integrally formed aluminum diecast product including an LED support portion for supporting an LED, a reflector including a reflecting face constituted by a face thereof opposed to the LED, a rib projected from a back face of the reflector, and a connecting portion connected to the metal-made support member.
Claims10
A vehicle lamp comprising
- a light emitting diode (LED) unit comprising an LED supported by a metal support member;
- wherein the LED unit is constituted by an integrally formed aluminum diecast product comprising:
- an LED support portion for supporting the LED,
- a reflector comprising a reflecting face constituted by a face thereof opposed to the LED,
- a rib projected from a back face of the reflector, wherein the back face of the reflector is positioned on a side of the reflector opposite the reflecting face, and
- a connecting portion connected to the metal support member,
- wherein the connecting portion extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a light emitting axis of the LED unit, and
- wherein the rib is disposed between the connecting portion and the reflector in a direction on the light emitting axis.
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A vehicle lamp comprising
- a light emitting diode (LED) unit comprising an LED supported by a metal support member;
- the LED unit comprising:
- an LED support portion adapted to support an LED;
- a reflector comprising a reflecting face adapted to reflect light emitted by the LED,
- a rib projected from a back face of the reflector, wherein the back face of the reflector is positioned on a side of the reflector opposite the reflecting face, and
- a connecting portion adapted to connect to the metal support member
- wherein the connecting portion extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a light emitting axis of the LED unit, and
- wherein the rib is disposed between the connecting portion and the reflector in a direction on the light emitting axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.