Patent ID: 7926991

Claim:
A light source device which is to be connected to a lighting-power supply unit of a vehicle, the light source device comprising: a substrate which has a light emitting diode mounted on a surface thereof and has a circuit pattern formed thereon for supplying power to the light emitting diode; a connector having a first end connected to the circuit pattern and a second end connected to a connecting device; a protection member disposed in a peripheral portion of the substrate and protruding above a surface of the substrate to protect at least the light emitting diode, said protection member including a protection protrusion which are formed in at least the upper, lower, left, and right side edges of the substrate to surround the light emitting diode; and the connecting device comprising: a plurality of connector housings, each of said connector housings having a different external shape and different electrode configuration at one end thereof, the different shapes and configurations are formed so as to conform to a shape and an electrode configuration, respectively, of a light source connecting portion of the lighting-power supply unit provided for connecting to the lighting-power supply unit; each of said connector housings having at the other end thereof an attaching/detaching member for allowing said connector housings to be interchangeably attached to said second end of said connector; and wherein power from the lighting-power supply unit is supplied to the substrate via the connecting device.