Lamp unit

Abstract

The lamp unit includes: a plurality of electric bulbs; a case which receives a plurality of the electric bulbs and is mounted to a mount base; a plurality of electric bulb-applied connectors attached to the respective electric bulbs; a gathering connector attached to a mounting part of the case, on which mounting part the case is mounted to the mount base; and electric wires for connecting the electric bulb-applied connectors to the gathering connector, wherein the mounting part of the case has a watertight structure and the gathering connector is a waterproof connector.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a headlamp according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a construction of a wiring harness of the headlamp shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a part III shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an electric bulb-applied connector of the headlamp shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a gathering connector of the headlamp shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along VI-VI line in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 illustrates a headlamp according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a wiring harness of a headlamp shown in FIG. 7; and

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the wiring harness shown in FIG. 8.

Claims

1. A lamp unit comprising: a plurality of electric bulbs;a case which receives a plurality of the electric bulbs and is mounted to a mount base;a plurality of electric bulb-applied connectors attached to the respective electric bulbs;a gathering connector attached to a mounting part of the case, on which mounting part the case is mounted to the mount base; andelectric wires for connecting the electric bulb-applied connectors to the gathering connector,

2. The lamp unit according to claim 1, wherein the electric bulb-applied connectors and the gathering connector include respective pressure welding terminals pressure-welding to the electric wires.

3. The lamp unit according to claim 1, wherein one end of the electric wire is attached to the electric bulb-applied connector, while an opposite end of the electric wire is attached to the gathering connector.

4. The lamp unit according to claim 2, wherein one end of the electric wire is attached to the electric bulb-applied connector, while an opposite end of the electric wire is attached to the gathering connector.

5. The lamp unit according to claim 1, wherein the electric wire is a flat circuit body including a plurality of conductors and a coating that coats the conductors, wherein a plurality of the electric bulb-applied connectors and the gathering connector are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the flat circuit body having a distance therebetween.

6. The lamp unit according to claim 2, wherein the electric wire is a flat circuit body including a plurality of conductors and a coating that coats the conductors, wherein a plurality of the electric bulb-applied connectors and the gathering connector are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the flat circuit body having a distance therebetween.