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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Hirohiko Ohshio, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shade driving unit is provided below a discharge bulb, and a fixed shade for covering a movable shade is provided close to the front side of the movable shade to conceal substantially the shade moving mechanism of the shade driving unit. Moreover, the shade leg portion of the fixed shade is fitted to a fixed shade-leg fitting projection formed below a reflector from its rear side to conceal substantially the mounting structure. Further, a pair of lateral upright walls extending from the fixed shade-leg fitting projection is formed below the reflector. The shade moving mechanism can thus be substantially concealed from either side of the fixed shade, even from a laterally shifted viewpoint from the front of the lamp.