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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1995
Naoshi Kawamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular lamp having a combination lamp structure in which the reflectors for a plural number of lamps and an extension reflector are provided in a lamp body, wherein a reflector for at least one lamp of the plural number of lamps and an extension reflector are constructed as a single body. Of the reflectors for the lamps, the reflector fixedly mounted on the lamp body and the extension reflector are preferably constructed as a single body. A specific reflecting portion for reflecting light from a bulb toward a lens area located apart from the bulbs of the lamps is formed as a part of the reflector. For example, a lamp of which the lens is partly extended to the side of a vehicle body, and a specific reflecting portion for reflecting light from the bulb toward a lens area of the lens extending to the side of the vehicle body is formed as a part of the reflector of the lamp.