Vehicle interior lamp
A bracket for securing a light source to a lamp housing is provided. The lamp housing has a heat-discharge opening at a position corresponding to the light source. The bracket has a wall portion arranged between the light source and an edge of the heat-discharge opening.
1. A vehicle interior lamp comprising:
a lamp housing;
a lamp lens;
a lamp chamber that is delimited by the lamp housing and the lamp lens;
a light source that is a semiconductor-type light source having light directionality, and arranged inside the lamp chamber;
a heat-discharge opening arranged in the lamp housing at a position corresponding to the light source; and
a bracket that secures the light source to the lamp housing, the bracket having a wall portion arranged between the light source and an edge of the heat-discharge opening, wherein
the light source has a unit structure including a main body, a light-radiating unit that is arranged on one surface of the main body to radiate light, and a heat sink member that is arranged on another surface of the main body,
the bracket includes a fitting portion that securely fits to the main body of the light source, a fixing portion that is secured to the lamp housing while the light-radiating unit of the light source is arranged at a side of the lamp lens and the heat sink member of the light source is arranged at a side of the heat-discharge opening, so as to secure the light source to the lamp housing, and the wall portion, and
each of the main body of the light source and the fitting portion of the bracket has a positioning unit.
2. The vehicle interior lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixing portion of the bracket has substantially the same width as at least one of the fitting portion and the wall portion of the bracket.
3. The vehicle interior lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the bracket is configured with a member having a good thermal conductivity, strength, and elasticity.
4. The vehicle interior lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the light source is electrically connected to a side of a power source by a harness, and
the harness is arranged from inside the lamp chamber to an outside of the lamp chamber via the heat-discharge opening.
5. The vehicle interior lamp according to claim 4 , wherein
the lamp housing has a step arranged one level downward at a portion of the edge of the heat-discharge opening, and
the step forms a wiring path where the harness is arranged.
6. The vehicle interior lamp according to claim 5 , wherein
the step has a fixing unit arranged in the wiring path to secure the harness.