Patent ID: 8029171

Claim:
A fixing structure of a light emitting diode where the light emitting diode is fixed to a fixing plate, the light emitting diode including a light emitting part and a brim part provided at an end part of the light emitting part and having a cannonball-shaped configuration, the fixing structure comprising: an opening part formed in the fixing plate, the opening part being where the light emitting diode is inserted and extending in a fixing direction perpendicular to an inserting direction; a first engaging part configured to engage one of a surface and a rear surface of the brim part in a state where the light emitting diode is fixed; a second engaging part configured to engage another one of the surface and the rear surface of the brim part in the state where the light emitting diode is fixed; and a third engaging part configured to engage the light emitting part of the light emitting diode in the state where the light emitting diode is fixed so that detachment of the light emitting diode in a direction opposite to the fixing direction is prevented, wherein a U-shaped part is formed at the fixing plate so as to project along the opening part; the first engaging part is formed at a curved bottom part of the U-shaped part in a body; and the third engaging part is formed at both end parts of the U-shaped part in a body, and in a case where the light emitting diode is being fixed in a fixing position engaging the first through third engaging parts, the fixing plate is elastically deformed so that an entry of the light emitting diode into the fixing position is permitted.