Vehicular lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10821876-B2
Application number	US-201916418656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	May 22, 2018
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A vehicular lamp includes: a light source unit; a housing inside of which the light source unit is disposed and which has a work hole formed therein on a rear side thereof; and a cover member detachably attached to the work hole of the housing. The cover member includes a cover main body configured to close the work hole, a recess portion formed by concaving an outer surface of the cover main body, and a protrusion portion protruding from an inner surface of the cover main body corresponding to the recess portion, and the protrusion portion forms an inclined surface inclined in a diameter-expanding direction from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side of the cover main body when the cover main body is viewed in a cross-sectional view in an axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular lamp comprising:
a light source unit;
a housing having a front side and a rear side and inside of which the light source unit is disposed and which has a work hole formed therein on the rear side thereof wherein an axial direction is defined as a direction from the front side to the rear side; and
a cover member detachably attached to the work hole of the housing, wherein
the cover member includes a cover main body configured to close the work hole,
the cover main body has a top wall portion facing the work hole and a peripheral wall portion surrounding a periphery of the top wall portion,
a plurality of recess portions formed by concaving an outer surface of the cover main body are provided in the peripheral wall portion,
a plurality of protrusion portions protruding from an inner surface of the cover main body are formed corresponding to the recess portions in the peripheral wall portion, and
the protrusion portions each form a convex surface curved from the outer circumferential side toward the inner circumferential side of the cover main body when the inner surface of the cover main body is viewed in plan view, and also form an inclined surface inclined in a diameter-expanding direction perpendicular to the axial direction from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side of the cover main body when the cover main body is viewed in a cross-sectional view in the axial direction.

2. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein each one of the plurality of recess portions and a corresponding one of the plurality of protrusion portions defines a set to provide a plurality of sets of corresponding recess portions and protrusion portions, and the sets are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the peripheral wall portion.

3. The vehicular lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the recess portion is a gripping portion that allows one to grip the cover member.

4. The vehicular lamp according to claim 3 , wherein
the cover main body includes a flange portion protruding from the periphery of the peripheral wall portion in the diameter-expanding direction, and a front cylindrical portion positioned forward of the flange portion of the peripheral wall portion and fitted into the work hole, and
a plurality of claw portions serving as retainers for preventing the cover member from falling off the work hole are provided circumferentially side by side on the periphery of the front cylindrical portion.

5. The vehicular lamp according to claim 3 , wherein
the light source includes a light source unit having a wiring cord of a mounting board and a wiring cord of a circuit board which are electrically connected, and
the wiring cords are located near the work hole.

6. The vehicular lamp according to claim 5 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

7. The vehicular lamp according to claim 2 , wherein
the cover main body includes a flange portion protruding from the periphery of the peripheral wall portion in the diameter-expanding direction, and a front cylindrical portion positioned forward of the flange portion of the peripheral wall portion and fitted into the work hole, and
a plurality of claw portions serving as retainers for preventing the cover member from falling off the work hole are provided circumferentially side by side on the periphery of the front cylindrical portion.

8. The vehicular lamp according to claim 2 , wherein
the light source includes a light source unit having a wiring cord of a mounting board and a wiring cord of a circuit board which are electrically connected, and
the wiring cords are located near the work hole.

9. The vehicular lamp according to claim 8 , wherein
the plurality of protrusion portions projecting from inner surface of the cover main body secure a space for routing the wiring cords in the inside of the cover main body.

10. The vehicular lamp according to claim 8 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

11. The vehicular lamp according to claim 10 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

12. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover main body includes a flange portion protruding from the periphery of the peripheral wall portion in the diameter-expanding direction, and a front cylindrical portion positioned forward of the flange portion of the peripheral wall portion and fitted into the work hole, and
a plurality of claw portions serving as retainers for preventing the cover member from falling off the work hole are provided circumferentially side by side on the periphery of the front cylindrical portion.

13. The vehicular lamp according to claim 12 , wherein
the light source includes a light source unit having a wiring cord of a mounting board and a wiring cord of a circuit board which are electrically connected, and
the wiring cords are located near the work hole.

14. The vehicular lamp according to claim 13 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

15. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicular lamp is configured as a vehicular headlamp.

16. The vehicular lamp according to claim 1 , wherein
the light source includes a light source unit having a wiring cord of a mounting board and a wiring cord of a circuit board which are electrically connected, and
the wiring cords are located near the work hole.

17. The vehicular lamp according to claim 16 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

18. The vehicular lamp according to claim 17 , wherein
the wiring cords include a plug and a socket, respectively, to be electrically connected with each other, and
the plug and the socket connected with each other are located near the work hole.

19. The vehicular lamp according to claim 16 , wherein
the plurality of protrusion portions projecting from the inner surface of the cover main body secure a space for routing the wiring cords in the inside of the cover main body.

Assignees

• Stanley Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Otsuka Fumiya

Classifications

• F21S41/141

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V3/02

  characterised by the shape · CPC title

• F21V23/06

  the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} · CPC title

• F21W2107/10

  for land vehicles · CPC title

• F21S45/10

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