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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1998
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a reflector, a light source mounted on the reflector and including a light bulb positioned near a first focus of the reflector, a lens holder having a rear end side opening portion secured to a front opening portion of the reflector and a front end side opening portion, a convex lens secured to the front end side opening portion of the lens holder and positioned in front of the reflector, and a ring-like lens support surface for supporting a bottom surface of a circumferential edge portion of the convex lens formed in the front end side opening portion of the lens holder and constructed of a metal material capable of being plastically deformed, wherein a circumferential edge of the front end side opening portion of the lens holder surrounding the outer circumferential edge of the convex lens is bent radially inward to hold the circumferential edge portion of the convex lens by the lens holder, and wherein the reflector is substantially ellipsoidal.