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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Serita, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Ozawa, Shizuoka, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An LED unit according to the invention has a resin housing which is detachably assembled to a vehicle lamp, a lead frame which has a terminal portion which is connected to an exterior terminal, an LED mounting portion and a control part mounting portion and lead frame which is provided integrally on the housing, an LED which is mounted on the LED mounting portion, and a control part which is mounted on the control part mounting portion for controlling the illumination of the LED. The lead frame has a support resin which is a resin material which holds the LED mounting portion in such a way as to surround the LED mounting portion. The lead frame is bent to a back side of the LED at areas outside the support resin, and the control part mounting portion and the terminal portion are formed respectively by the bent portions.