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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fujihiko Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeyuki Soga, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ; F21V / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362310 ; 362507 ; 362548 ; 362267 ; 362374 ; 428 35 ;
Abstract
A fusion-welding leg in a vehicle lamp such that the fusion-welding leg of a front lens as one of the plastic members constituting the vehicle lamp is vibration-fusion-welded to the joint portion of a lamp body as the other plastic member. The inside of the front end of the fusion-welding leg is made substantially perpendicular to the joint surface on the lamp body side, and the outside thereof is tapered off to the leading end thereof so as to form a tapered surface.