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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kaoru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; F21V 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ; F21V 7/20 ;
Abstract
A vehicle headlamp including a reflector and a light-source bulb installed in the reflector so that the bulb supporting portion of the light-source bulb is slid and fitted on the inner peripheral surface of an annular wall formed in the rear end of the reflector in a cylindrical shape. A plurality of notches are formed through the annular cylindrical wall so as to be positioned in front of the bulb supporting portion of the light-source bulb, thus allowing the heat inside the reflector to escape to the outside through the notches and avoiding the reflector from being heated to a high temperature.