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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Takayoshi Goto, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp including: a lamp chamber accommodating a reflector for forwards reflecting light emitted from a light source, an inner lens and an outer lens disposed at a front opening of the reflector such that the two lenses are, by projection-and-pit lance engagement, secured to an elongating lens-engaging portion formed along the front opening of the reflector, wherein the inner lens and the outer lens are integrally secured to each other by projection-and-pit lance engagement, and either of the two lenses is secured to (an engagement hole) the elongating lens-engaging portion by the projection-and-pit lance engagement. The number of the visible projection-and-pit lance engagement holes provided for the lens engagement portion and of the reflector, respectively, and arranged to secure the lens can be reduced as compared with a conventional structure.