Patent ID: 7942539
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A light-emitting diode module for illuminating an instrument panel, comprising: a light-emitting diode, and a holder for supporting the light-emitting diode, the holder including a housing made of an insulating material and a pair of conductor plates embedded in the housing for supplying electric power to the light-emitting diode from a circuit board on which the holder is mounted, wherein: each conductor plate has a first electrode surface connected to the light-emitting diode and a second electrode surface connected to the circuit board; the housing has a depressed portion on which the light-emitting diode is mounted, the depressed portion being open to a side of the housing that is parallel to the first electrode surface; and a front surface of the housing that is (i) perpendicular to the first electrode surface and is flush with a front surface of the light-emitting diode, forming a single flat surface, and (ii) parallel with the light emitting direction of the light emitting diode.