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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norihiro Nishitani, Shizuoka, JP;
Takayoshi Goto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/900 ;
Abstract
A vehicle lamp with a lamp body and a bulb socket portion placed through a bulb fitting hole in the lamp body. A waterproofing annular gasket placed between a flange of the bulb socket and the outer periphery of the bulb fitting hole provides a waterproof seal to the lamp body. The lamp body is integrally formed with a lens such that the bulb fitting hole is the only opening to the outside environment. A transverse cross section of the gasket reveals a sideways gourd-like structure that improves the seal between the flange of the bulb socket and the peripheral edge of the bulb fitting hole.