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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Ryosuke Yasuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Fujihiko Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes an outer lens and an inner lens disposed inside the outer lens. The inner lens covers an area narrower than the outer lens and is supported with the body by laser welding. The inner lens and the body respectively have joint areas. A laser absorber is contained in an interface between the joint areas. The joint areas are overlapped and laser beam is emitted to the laser absorber from behind the joint area of the inner lens.