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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Kazuhito Iwaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Takeda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masayasu Ito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicular lamp used in a vehicle, includes: a light source for emitting light in accordance with power given thereto; a lamp body for accommodating the light source and protecting the light source from water; a first resistor provided in the outside of the lamp body and connected in series with the light source; and a current limiting circuit, provided in the inside of the lamp body, for preventing an excess current supplied to the light source in a case where dump surge occurs in a supplied voltage or current to be supplied to the light source.