Vehicle lamp

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10859232-B2
Application number	US-201816481949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Priority date	Jan 31, 2017
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle lamp capable of reliably preventing dust from entering a lamp chamber is equipped with a lamp housing provided with a breathing hole, and a cap provided with a breathing port. The breathing hole is positioned above the breathing port. A breathing passage is provided between the lamp housing and the cap. A projecting part is provided on the lamp housing. The tip of the projecting part and the cap form a throttle part therebetween. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent dust from entering a lamp chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a lamp housing comprising a lamp chamber and a breathing hole communicating with the lamp chamber; and
a cap provided on an opposite side to the lamp chamber of the lamp housing, the cap covering a peripheral portion of the breathing hole and comprising a breathing port communicating with an outside, wherein:
the breathing hole is positioned above the breathing port,
the peripheral portion covered by the cap provides a breathing passage that communicates between the breathing hole and the breathing port, and
a projecting part that throttles the breathing passage is provided on the lamp housing and projects into the breathing passage through the breathing hole.

2. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 ,
wherein an upper surface of a tip portion of the projecting part is provided with a slope inclined upward toward the breathing hole.

3. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 ,
wherein the breathing passage comprises a first breathing passage on a side of the breathing hole with respect to the projecting part, a second breathing passage on a side of the breathing port with respect to the projecting part, and the throttle part between the tip of the projecting part and the cap, and
wherein an auxiliary projecting part projecting toward the lamp housing in the second breathing passage is provided alternately with the projecting part at or near a portion of the cap where the tip portion of the projecting part faces.

4. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 ,
wherein a recess recessed toward the lamp chamber is provided on a root portion on a side of the second breathing, passage of the projecting part of the lamp housing.

5. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 ,
wherein the portion of a side of the first breathing passage of the cap comprises a hollow rectangular shape or a hollow cubic shape.

6. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 ,
wherein the cap comprises a flat wall covering the breathing hole, a front wall and right and left side walls, and
wherein a plurality of ribs in contact with one of a side of the first breathing passage and a side of the second breathing passage of the left and right sides of the tip portion of the projecting part are respectively provided on the inner surfaces of the front wall and the left and right side walls of the cap.

7. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a lamp housing comprising a lamp chamber and a breathing hole communicating with the lamp chamber; and
a cap provided on an opposite side to the lamp chamber of the lamp housing, the cap covering a peripheral portion of the breathing hole and comprising a breathing port communicating with an outside, wherein:
the breathing hole is positioned above the breathing port,
a breathing passage is provided between a portion covered with the cap of the lamp housing and the cap to communicate between the breathing hole and the breathing port, and
a projecting part is provided on the lamp housing to throttle the breathing passage,
wherein an upper surface of a tip portion of the projecting part is provided with a slope inclined upward toward the breathing hole.

8. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a lamp housing comprising a lamp chamber and a breathing hole communicating with the lamp chamber; and
a cap provided on an opposite side to the lamp chamber of the lamp housing, the cap covering a peripheral portion of the breathing hole and comprising a breathing port communicating with an outside, wherein:
the breathing hole is positioned above the breathing port,
a breathing passage is provided between a portion covered with the cap of the lamp housing and the cap to communicate between the breathing hole and the breathing port, and
a projecting part is provided on the lamp housing to throttle the breathing passage,
wherein the breathing passage comprises a first breathing passage on a side of the breathing hole with respect to the projecting part, a second breathing passage on a side of the breathing port with respect to the projecting part, and the throttle part between the tip of the projecting part and the cap, and
wherein an auxiliary projecting part projecting toward the lamp housing in the second breathing passage is provided alternately with the projecting part at or near a portion of the cap where the tip portion of the projecting part faces.

Assignees

• Ichikoh Industries Ltd

Inventors

• HIBARI Yukihiro
• Saito Masaru

Classifications

• F21S45/33 Primary

  specially adapted for headlamps · CPC title