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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10113702 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2013

Vehicle lighting apparatus

Applicant:

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Shibata, Shizuoka, JP;

Takashi Inoue, Shizuoka, JP;

Masashi Tatsukawa, Shizuoka, JP;

Assignee:

KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Osha Liang LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bryon T Gyllstrom

Assistant Examiner:

James Endo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21S 41/00 (2018.01); B60Q 1/068 (2006.01); B60Q 1/076 (2006.01); F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 41/39 (2018.01); F21S 41/689 (2018.01); F21S 45/49 (2018.01); F21S 45/47 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); F21S 45/48 (2018.01); F21S 41/255 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 41/00 (2018.01); B60Q 1/0683 (2013.01); B60Q 1/076 (2013.01); F21S 41/147 (2018.01); F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 41/39 (2018.01); F21S 41/689 (2018.01); F21S 45/47 (2018.01); F21S 45/48 (2018.01); F21S 45/49 (2018.01); F21S 45/50 (2018.01); F21S 41/255 (2018.01);
Abstract

A lighting apparatus configured to be mounted on a vehicle has a housing that defines and forms at least a part of a lamp chamber. and a lamp unit disposed in the lamp chamber. The lamp unit has a light source, a heat sink to which the light source is fixed, a projection lens through which at least a part of light emitted from the light source passes, a first screw that extends through the heat sink and has a first manipulation portion, and a second screw that extends through the heat sink and has a second manipulation portion. A reference position of an optical axis of the projection lens is adjusted in a first direction by manipulating the first manipulation portion. The reference position of the optical axis is adjusted in a second direction intersecting the first direction by manipulating the second manipulation portion.

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