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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 80 ; 362294 ; 362267 ; 340 99 ;
Abstract
An automobile lamp such as a license plate lamp having improved de-misting and waterproofing properties. The lamp includes a lamp housing, a lens, a gasket fitted between the housing and the lens, a member for conducting out the lead wires to the lamp socket, and a rubber cover crowning the lead conducting member and also serving as bushings for the leads. An air passageway communicates with the lamp chamber through the interiors of the bulb socket and the lead conducting member.