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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 61 ; 362331 ; 362268 ; 362335 ; 362 80 ;
Abstract
A vehicular lighting device has a vertical-diffusion type reflecting surface, a bulb cap enclosing a bulb is formed with vertically extending steps thereon for light diffusion, and an outer lens formed with horizontally extending light diffusion steps thereon. The vehicular lighting device may be provided wih a colored inner lens in the shape of globe which covers the lamp bulb in sealed relation, and an outer lens provided at the outer surface side of the colored inner lens. The colored inner lens is formed with a lens-cut on the side surface thereof to direct light toward the side rear of the vehicle.