Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lamp
- Patent Title (中): 车灯
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Application No.: US12478124Application Date: 2009-06-04
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Publication No.: US08256944B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Yuji Yasuda
- Applicant: Yuji Yasuda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-148932 20080606
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00

Abstract:
There is provided a vehicle lamp. The vehicle lamp includes a lamp body including a hole portion therein; an outer lens, attached to the lamp body to form a lamp chamber; a lamp unit provided in the lamp chamber and including a light emitting element serving as a light source; a heat sink; and a fan. The heat sink includes a base portion fitted into the hole portion of the lamp body; outer fins disposed on a surface of the base portion and extending outside of the lamp body; and inner fins disposed on another surface of the base portion and extending into the lamp chamber. The fan moves air in the lamp chamber toward the inner fins, which are configured such that the air passing between the respective inner fins is guided toward the outer lens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090303742A1 VEHICLE LAMP Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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