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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:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 61 ; 362294 ; 362345 ; 362226 ;
Abstract
A lighting fixture for automobile use that includes a cylindrical surrounding wall arranged around an electric bulb at the rear of the lamp body, the cylindrical surrounding wall being engaged with the socket cover and having a plurality of slits arranged along an inner ledge or outer edge of the surrounding wall. The lighting fixture further including a plurality of engaging edges protruding from a body engaging portion formed on the socket cover, and a plurality of engaging claws formed in the body engaging portion.