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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular lighting fixture having an improved appearance, wherein a lamp body and a lens are welded to each other and the inner face of the lamp body is subjected to a surface treatment. The vehicular lighting fixture (,) includes a lamp body (,) having a recess (,) with a front opening, a lens (,) attached to the lamp body (,) in such a manner as to cover the front opening, and a bulb (,) disposed in a lighting fixture space (,) defined by the lamp body (,) and the lens (,). The inner face (,) of the lamp body (,) is subjected to a surface treatment and the lamp body (,) and the lens (,) are connected with each other through their respective welding legs (,and,). A groove (,) is formed as a stepped portion inwardly of the welding leg (,) formed on the lamp body (,) to position a masking jig which masks the welding leg of the lamp body from the surface treatment. Also, the width of the legs (,and,) are different from each other.