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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fujihiko Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigeyuki Soga, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 735 ; 156292 ; 1563096 ; 264 68 ;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp comprises: a lamp body made of synthetic resin having an opening; a flange extending sidewards from a peripheral portion of the opening of the lamp body of synthetic resin, and having a joining surface; a front lens made of synthetic resin; and a leg formed on a peripheral portion of a rear surface of the front lens, wherein the front lens is welded with the lamp body such that an end of the leg of the front lens is wedged into the joining surface of the flange of the lamp body, thus forming a weld of wedge type between the joining surface of the flange and the leg of the front lens.