Patent ID: 9683724
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60Q,B62J,F21S,F21V

Claim:
1. A lighting device comprising: a housing including a front opening portion and a rear opening portion; a lens covering the front opening portion; a light source unit including an LED light source placed in a space surrounded by the housing and the lens, and a heat sink configured to absorb and radiate heat produced by the LED light source; a socket formed by an elastic member and configured to allow the heat sink to be fitted and supported in the rear opening portion such that part of the heat sink is exposed rearward through the rear opening portion and that aiming adjustment is enabled by changing a position of the light source unit relative to the housing; and an aiming adjustment mechanism located outside the rear opening portion and exposed on a rear-surface side of the housing, wherein a knob used for manually turning the adjustment mechanism is attached to a rear end portion of the adjustment mechanism, the socket is provided with a rib extending in a circumferential direction of the socket and protruding rearward of the heat sink, and when an operator puts a hand on the knob to operate the knob, the rib is located between the hand of the operator and the heat sink.