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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Kazuaki Hokoda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Zaitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Umeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Hokoda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Zaitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Umeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Akabane, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle lighting fitting can include a housing including an opening end portion, a lens, an outer peripheral portion of which is laser-welded to the opening end portion to define a lighting chamber, and a decorative member disposed in the lighting chamber. The resin decorative member can include an outer peripheral portion on which a joint portion and a non-joint portion are alternately formed along a perimeter thereof, wherein the joint portion of the decorative member and the opening end portion of the housing are laser-welded in a state in which clearances are maintained between the non-joint portion of the decorative member and the housing, and between the lens and the housing.