Patent ID: 9528677
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B60Q,F21S

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle lamp unit that is mounted on a vehicle, the lamp unit comprising: a light source; a movable shade that is capable of being pivoted about a pivot shaft and switches a shielded amount of light emitted from the light source in accordance with a pivot amount; an actuator having an output shaft that can be axially moved; a link member that is connected to the output shaft and displaced in conjunction with a movement of the output shaft; a first sliding contact member provided on the movable shade; and a second sliding contact member that is provided on the link member and abutted against the first sliding contact member, wherein the movable shade is configured to be pivoted about the pivot shaft when the first sliding contact member slides on the second sliding contact member in accordance with a displacement of the link member, and a surface of one of the first sliding contact member and the second sliding contact member is formed as a curved surface.