IP Library Granted Patent US 7,540,642
Granted Patent B2
US 7,540,642 · App. 11/723,301 · Granted Jun 2, 2009

Side turn lamp on a vehicle door mirror

Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,540,642
App. No.
11/723,301
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle lamp includes a lens portion; and a base housing incorporated with a light source portion, the base housing integrated with the lens portion in a butting condition. The light source portion includes first and second light sources, a substrate, a first light source terminal plate and a second light source terminal plate implanted in the substrate so as to create a gap from each other, and an electric or electronic component that turns on the first and second light sources. A front-end part of at least one of the light source terminal plates is bent toward the other light source terminal plate so as to differentiate the first and second light sources in an irradiating direction.

Claims (38)

1. A vehicle lamp comprising:

a lens portion; and

a base housing incorporated with a light source portion, the base housing integrated with the lens portion in a butting condition, the light source portion comprises:

first and second light sources,

a substrate,

a first light source terminal plate and a second light source terminal plate implanted in the substrate so as to create a cavity between the first light source terminal plate and the second light source terminal plate, and

an electric or electronic component that turns on the first and second light sources, wherein

a front-end part of at least one of the light source terminal plates is bent toward the other light source terminal plate so as to differentiate the first and second light sources in an irradiating direction.

2. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein:

a space enclosed by the substrate and the first and second light source terminal plates is formed by bending the front-end part of the at least one light source terminal plate toward the other light source terminal plate, and

the electric or electronic component is disposed in the space.

3. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the substrate is provided with a power terminal that is disposed on a side opposite a side to implant the light source terminal plates and protrudes outside through the base housing.

4. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 , wherein the vehicle lamp is a side turn lamp provided on a door mirror of a vehicle.

5. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle lamp is a side turn lamp provided on a door mirror of a vehicle.

6. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is provided with a power terminal that is disposed on a side opposite a side to implant the light source terminal plates and protrudes outside through the base housing.

7. The vehicle lamp according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle lamp is a side turn lamp provided on a door mirror of a vehicle.

8. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle lamp is a side turn lamp provided on a door mirror of a vehicle.

9. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first light source terminal plate includes a pair of front terminal plates and a connecting terminal plate that creates a gap between the pair of front terminal plates.

10. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the second light source terminal plate includes a pair of back terminal plates and a connecting terminal plate that creates a gap between the pair of back terminal plates.

11. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first light source terminal plate includes a pair of front terminal plates and a bent plate that are fitted against the substrate.

12. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the second light source terminal plate includes a pair of back terminal plates and a bent plate that are fitted against the substrate.

13. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second light sources are located at end parts of the first light source terminal plate and the second light terminal plate, and that the end parts are located adjacent to each other.

14. A light source portion comprising:

first and second light sources,

a substrate,

a first light source terminal plate and a second light source terminal plate implanted in the substrate so as to create a cavity between the first light source terminal plate and the second light source terminal plate, and

an electric or electronic component that turns on the first and second light sources, wherein

a front-end part of at least one of the light source terminal plates is bent toward the other light source terminal plate so as to differentiate the first and second light sources in an irradiating direction.

15. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein:

a space enclosed by the substrate and the first and second light source terminal plates is formed by bending the front-end part of the at least one light source terminal plate toward the other light source terminal plate, and

the electric or electronic component is disposed in the space.

16. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the substrate is provided with a power terminal that is disposed on a side opposite a side to implant the light source terminal plates.

17. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the first light source terminal plate includes a pair of front terminal plates and a connecting terminal plate that creates a gap between the pair of front terminal plates.

18. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the second light source terminal plate includes a pair of back terminal plates and a connecting terminal plate that creates a gap between the pair of back terminal plates.

19. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the first light source terminal plate includes a pair of front terminal plates and a bent plate that are fitted against the substrate.

20. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the second light source terminal plate includes a pair of back terminal plates and a bent plate that are fitted against the substrate.

21. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the light source portion is provided in a side turn lamp provided on a door mirror of a vehicle.

22. The light source portion according to claim 14 , wherein the first and second light sources are located at end parts of the first light source terminal plate and the second light terminal plate, and that the end parts are located adjacent to each other.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: MITSUBA CORPORATION
To: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061204/0943 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2007
From: TAKAHASHI, YOSHIHIRO; FUKASAWA, YOSUKE
To: MITSUBA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019348/0776 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-078231 · Mar 22, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070223241A1 · Sep 27, 2007