Lighting device

• US 20040008519A1
• Filed: 06/18/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Isamu, Todaka, Shinichi
• Application Number:
  US10/463,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20040008519A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/487
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2665 on rear-view mirrors lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for rear-view mirrors B60Q3/258
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/1207 with lamps; with turn indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10106 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10409 Screws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10484 Obliquely mounted
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/301 by means of a mounting structure H05K3/325 takes precedence

Abstract

A lighting device, which has light-emitting diodes, a circuit board, and pedestals. In this lighting device, some of light-emitting diodes are installed on the circuit board through a pedestal, respectively. In this pedestal, a mounting plane, to which the light-emitting diode is mounted, is formed. Since this mounting plane is inclined with respect to the surface of the circuit board, the optic axis of a light-emitting diode faces different direction in compliance with the angle of slanting of this mounting plane.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a light-emitting diode;

a circuit board, onto which said light-emitting diode is installed; and

a pedestal, which has an electrical conductivity, and which installs said light-emitting diode on said circuit board so that an optic axis of a light emitted from said light-emitting diode faces the desired direction.

2. A lighting device according to claim 1, wherein said pedestal has a mounting plane which is inclined with respect to said circuit board, and wherein

said light-emitting diode is mounted on said mounting plane.

3. A lighting device according to claim 2, wherein said pedestal is made of metallic materials.

4. A lighting device according to claim 3, wherein said pedestal consists of pair of pedestal blocks, which are vertically installed on said circuit board.

5. A lighting device according to claim 4, wherein said lighting device is an indicator, which is installed on a vehicle and is used for indicating a motion of said vehicle.

6. A lighting device comprising:

a plurality of light-emitting diodes;

a circuit board, onto which said plurality of light-emitting diodes are installed; and

a pedestal, which has a mounting plane inclining with respect to said circuit board at predetermined inclined angle, and which brings an electrical connection between said light-emitting diodes and said circuit board,

wherein some of said light-emitting diodes are mounted on said mounting plane.

7. A lighting device according to claim 6, wherein said pedestal is composed of pair of pedestal blocks made of metallic material, which are separately provided on said circuit board, and wherein one of said pedestal blocks connects an anode terminal of said light-emitting diode with said circuit board, and the other of said pedestal blocks connects a cathode terminal of said light-emitting diode with said circuit board, separately.

8. A lighting device according to claim 6, wherein said pedestal is made of insulating material, and said pedestal has a pair of wirings, one of said wirings connects an anode terminal of said light-emitting diode with said circuit board, and the other of said wirings connects a cathode terminal of said light-emitting diode with said circuit board, separately.