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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Haruhiko Iyoda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hironori Tsukamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaya Shido, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiro Ito, Shizuoka, JP;
Yukihiro Onoda, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lamp unit has an organic EL panel in which an organic EL light emission portion is formed on a substrate, the organic EL panel being flexible, and a frame that fixes the light emission device so as to cover a light emission area of the organic EL, panel. The frame has a window or a transparent portion at least in a part of a portion, overlapping the light emission area, of the frame. The frame is formed with recess portions at both ends thereof to house both end portions of the organic EL panel.