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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Applicants:
Masaru Hasegawa, Wako, JP;
Masahiko Sugama, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Masaru Hasegawa, Wako, JP;
Masahiko Sugama, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V005/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an automotive headlamp, a lens flange portionis caused to extend from a circumferential edgeof a lens surfaceformed into a configuration which follows the outline of an external surfaceof a vehicle body toward a lamp housing, a surface-roughening process is applied to a surfaceof an end portion of the lens flange portionto make irregular the surfaceof the end portion, and a leg portionis caused to extend from a locationwhich deviates from the surfaceof the end portion in such a manner as to bypass the surfaceof the end portion, so that the leg portionfits in the lamp housing