Patent ID: 7699510

Claim:
A vehicle interior lamp comprising: a lamp housing; a lamp lens; a lamp chamber that is delimited by the lamp housing and the lamp lens; a light source that is a semiconductor-type light source having light directionality, and arranged inside the lamp chamber; a heat-discharge opening arranged in the lamp housing at a position corresponding to the light source; and a bracket that secures the light source to the lamp housing, the bracket having a wall portion arranged between the light source and an edge of the heat-discharge opening, wherein the light source has a unit structure including a main body, a light-radiating unit that is arranged on one surface of the main body to radiate light, and a heat sink member that is arranged on another surface of the main body, the bracket includes a fitting portion that securely fits to the main body of the light source, a fixing portion that is secured to the lamp housing while the light-radiating unit of the light source is arranged at a side of the lamp lens and the heat sink member of the light source is arranged at a side of the heat-discharge opening, so as to secure the light source to the lamp housing, and the wall portion, and each of the main body of the light source and the fitting portion of the bracket has a positioning unit.