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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Hirohiko Oshio, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Hirohiko Oshio, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicular lampincluding a lamp unit, in which a light-emitting diodeis used as the light source, and a cover member, which is provided between the lamp unitand an outer lensof the lamp and located near the inside surface of the outer lensso as to cover the lamp unitexcept its light-emitting region. The cover memberis formed of a material that has good heat conductivity, and heat generated by the light-emitting diodeis transferred to the cover memberand to the outer lens, thus heating the outer lens.