Patent ID: 8684568
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An LED unit, comprising: a plate-shaped base; a light-emitting device placed on a surface of the base and including one or more LED chips; and a cover mounted to the base at a location above a front side of the light-emitting device and configured to transmit light emitted from the light-emitting device, wherein the base includes on the surface thereof an annular groove receiving a seal therein, and the cover includes on a surface thereof directed to the base an annular protruding part, the annular protruding part being inserted into the annular groove to seal the base and the cover through the seal, wherein a distance between the protruding part and the groove in a width direction of the groove is shorter in a section of the groove than other sections of the groove, and wherein the groove has a protruding portion protruding inward of the groove, the protruding portion being provided at the section of the groove, so that the distance between the protruding part and the groove in the width direction of the groove is shorter in the section of the groove than the other sections of the groove.