VEHICLE LIGHTING FIXTURE

• US 20160312971A1
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: TSUKADA, Masanari, TAKAHASHI, Yuya
• Application Number:
  US15/135,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20160312971A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/068 by mechanical means
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/148 the main emission direction of the LED being perpendicular to the optical axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/151 arranged in one or more lines
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/19 Attachment of light sources or lamp holders achieving variable light distribution by movable light sources F21S41/657
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/39 Attachment thereof achieving variable light distribution by movable reflectors F21S41/675
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2102/00 Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2102/13 for high-beam region or low-beam region
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A vehicle lighting fixture can reduce the parts number to reduce the cost as well as achieve weight reduction. The vehicle lighting fixture can include an LED having an optical axis, an ADB reflector configured to hold the LED, and a bracket configured to hold and fix the ADB reflector so that the ADB reflector can rotate around a boss of the bracket parallel to the optical axis of the LED. The ADB reflector can include a hook, and the bracket can have a guiding hole formed therein, so that the hook is engaged with the guiding hole. The ADB reflector can have an elongated screw-insertion hole formed therein, and the bracket can include a screw boss formed therein. The ADB reflector can be fixed to the bracket by screwing, into the screw boss of the bracket, a screw to be inserted to the screw-insertion hole.

Claims

1. A vehicle lighting fixture comprising:

a light source having an optical axis;

a reflector configured to hold the light source; and

a bracket configured to hold and fix the reflector so that the reflector can rotate around an axis parallel to the optical axis of the light source.

2. The vehicle lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein the reflector includes an engaging member, and the bracket has a guiding hole formed therein, so that the engaging member is engaged with the guiding hole.

3. The vehicle lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein:

the reflector has an elongated screw-insertion hole formed therein;

the bracket include a screw boss formed therein;

the vehicle lighting fixture further comprises a screw to be inserted to the elongated screw-insertion hole, and is configured such that the reflector can be fixed to the bracket by screwing the screw into the screw boss of the bracket.

4. The vehicle lighting fixture according to claim 2, wherein:

the reflector has an elongated screw-insertion hole formed therein;

the bracket include a screw boss formed therein;

the vehicle lighting fixture further comprises a screw to be inserted to the elongated screw-insertion hole, and is configured such that the reflector can be fixed to the bracket by screwing the screw into the screw boss of the bracket.