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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. 13, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirokazu Yanagihara, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Ogawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362509 ; 362544 ; 362311 ;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp having a resin lens includes: an elongated lens body including a flat portion large in radius of curvature and a curved portion small in radius of curvature with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lens body; and a peripheral flange formed along the peripheral of the lens body, wherein the curve portion is smaller in wall thickness than the flat portion.