IP Library Granted Patent US 10,150,408
Granted Patent B2
US 10,150,408 · App. 15/417,453 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Illumination device

Inventor: Kazuhiro Shohhara (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60Q3/20F21V14/02F21V15/012F21V19/00F21V19/0015F21V23/06H01L33/62H02G5/005H05K1/183F21Y2107/50F21Y2115/10H05K2201/09045H05K2201/09072H05K2201/0999H05K2201/10106H05K2201/10272
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Patent No.
US 10,150,408
App. No.
15/417,453
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An illumination device includes a light emitting element, a bus bar in which the light emitting element is attached, and a housing in which the bus bar is insert-molded. The bus bar includes a bus bar main body which is flat-plate-shaped and a bent piece extended in the bus bar main body and bent so as to be inclined to the bus bar main body. The housing includes a protruding part which protrudes from a surface covering the bus bar main body so as to cover at least a part of the bent piece and which has an inclined surface parallel to the bent piece, and a hole on the inclined surface of the protruding part formed so that the bent piece is exposed. The light emitting element is attached to the bent piece so as to be accommodated in the hole.

Claims (12)

1. An illumination device comprising:

a light emitting element,

a bus bar in which the light emitting element is attached, and

a housing in which the bus bar is insert-molded,

wherein the bus bar includes a bus bar main body which is flat-plate-shaped and a bent piece extended in the bus bar main body and bent so as to be inclined to the bus bar main body,

wherein the housing includes a protruding part which protrudes from a surface covering the bus bar main body so as to cover at least a part of the bent piece and which has an inclined surface parallel to the bent piece, and a hole on the inclined surface of the protruding part formed so that the bent piece is exposed,

wherein the light emitting element is attached to the bent piece so as to be accommodated in the hole, and

wherein the light emitting element is attached so as to be biased to a position of a lower side along the inclined surface, in the hole formed on the inclined surface.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole has a form expanding from an inner edge located in a bent piece side to an inner edge located in an inclined surface side.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing includes a hole formed so that the bent piece is exposed in a back surface located in an opposite direction to the direction in which the bent piece is bent.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2017
From: SHOHHARA, KAZUHIRO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041101/0436 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-152987 · Jul 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015071352 · Jul 28, 2015
Related Publication 20170136945A1 · May 18, 2017