Lighting apparatus for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10054284-B2
Application number	US-201615049924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus for a vehicle, including: a bulb which generates light; a socket in which the bulb is mounted; a reflector which has a socket coupling unit to which the socket is coupled, allows the bulb to be inserted into the reflector, and reflects forward light generated by the bulb; and an electromagnetic shield which is disposed between the socket and the socket coupling unit, and has a bulb through hole which the bulb penetrates, in which first ground contact protrusions, which protrude toward a center of the bulb through hole and come into ground contact with the socket and the socket coupling unit, are formed on a portion of the electromagnetic shield where the bulb through hole is formed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a bulb which generates light;
a socket in which the bulb is mounted;
a reflector which has a socket coupling unit to which the socket is coupled, allows the bulb to be inserted into the reflector, and reflects forward light generated by the bulb; and
an electromagnetic shield which is disposed between the socket and the socket coupling unit, and has a bulb through hole which the bulb penetrates,
wherein first ground contact protrusions, which protrude toward a center of the bulb through hole and come into ground contact with the socket and the socket coupling unit, are formed on a portion of the electromagnetic shield where the bulb through hole is formed, and
wherein the electromagnetic shield includes:
a front portion which has the bulb through hole; and
a side portion which is bent rearward from a circumference of the front portion.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein second ground contact protrusions, which come into ground contact with a side surface of the socket, are further formed on the side portion.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front portion is formed in a quadrangular shape, and
the side portion includes:
an upper portion which is disposed at an upper side of the front portion; and
a lower portion which is disposed at a lower side of the front portion.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front portion is formed in a quadrangular shape, and
the side portion includes:
a left portion which is disposed at a left side of the front portion; and
a right portion which is disposed at a right side of the front portion.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front portion is formed in a quadrangular shape, and
the side portion includes:
an upper portion which is disposed at an upper side of the front portion;
a lower portion which is disposed at a lower side of the front portion;
a left portion which is disposed at a left side of the front portion; and
a right portion which is disposed at a right side of the front portion.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the socket coupling unit includes:
a case portion into which the socket is inserted and coupled and which has a bulb insertion hole into which the bulb is inserted; and
a ground contact portion which protrudes rearward inside the case portion, has the bulb insertion hole formed therein, and comes into ground contact with the first ground contact protrusions.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein hook grooves are formed in an inner surface of the case portion, and hook protrusions, which are coupled to the hook grooves, are formed on an outer surface of the socket.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein guide bars, which are bent from the rear side toward the front side and form slots between the guide bars and an outer surface of the side portion, are formed on the side portion, and a rim of the case portion is inserted into the slots, such that the electromagnetic shield is coupled to the case portion.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first ground contact protrusions includes:
a first ground contact portion which comes into ground contact with the ground contact portion; and
a second ground contact portion which is spaced rearward apart from the first ground contact portion and comes into ground contact with a front surface of the socket.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second ground contact portion is spaced apart from the first ground contact portion.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mun Jun Hee

Classifications

• F21S41/198 Primary

  Snap-fit attachments · CPC title

• F21S41/172

  High-intensity discharge light sources · CPC title

• F21S45/10

  Protection of lighting devices (cooling of lighting devices F21S45/40; waterproofing of lighting devices F21S45/50) · CPC title

• F21V15/00 Primary

  Protecting lighting devices from damage (protection from thermal damage F21V29/00; gas-tight or water-tight arrangements F21V31/00) · CPC title

• F21V25/00

  Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices (gas- tight or water-tight arrangements F21V31/00; in general F16P; protective circuit arrangements per se H02H7/00) · CPC title