Patent ID: 8201976

Claim:
A heat-dissipating apparatus for a vehicle lamp comprising: an LED-mounting block having an LED mounted thereon; a concave portion formed in the LED-mounting block; a thermally conductive material received in the concave portion and disposed adjacent to the LED-mounting block for transmitting heat generated by the LED; a heat sink disposed adjacent to the thermally conductive material for dissipating the heat transmitted by the thermally conductive material; and a spacer interposed between a bottom surface of the LED-mounting block and a top surface of the heat sink, the spacer being rectangular in shape, with a side that contacts the LED-mounting block and an opposite side that contacts the heat sink, wherein the spacer has a through hole, and the thermally conductive material is received in the through hole, the thermally conductive material being at least one of a thermal pad, thermal grease, and a thermal tape.