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Vehicular lamp having a light shielding layer
Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-05-22
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Granted: 1992-01-28
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Expires: 2011-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A horizontal plate-like shade extends forward from a lamp body to separate two adjacent lamp chambers. An inner lens extending over the two lamp chambers has an engaging part including a horizontal back-side recess strip being engaged with or attached to the front end of the shade and a horizontal front-side protrusion strip being engaged with or attached to an outer lens. A light shielding layer is formed on the back-side recess strip and/or the front-side protrusion strip.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshimasa Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 07:01
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21S; F21S43/00; F21S43/20; F21S43/255
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A vehicular lamp comprising: means forming a plurality or lamp chambers in which respective light bulbs are installed, said means forming said lamp chamber including a lamp body defining a back side of the plurality of lamp chambers, and means shade extending forward from the lamp body between adjacent ones of the plurality of lamp chambers and having a plate form; an inner lens provided so as to extend through the plurality of lamp chambers, the inner lens having an intermediate part including, on its back side, a first elongated recess portion extending substantially lengthwise of said lamps and being attached to the front part of the shade means; an outer lens provided in front of the inner lens and being attached to the intermediate part of the inner lens; and a light shielding layer formed on a front surface and/or a rear surface of said intermediate part.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A vehicular lamp comprising: means forming a plurality or lamp chambers in which respective light bulbs are installed, said means forming said lamp chamber including a lamp body defining a back side of the plurality of lamp chambers, and means shade extending forward from the lamp body between adjacent ones of the plurality of lamp chambers and having a plate form; an inner lens provided so as to extend through the plurality of lamp chambers, the inner lens having an intermediate part including, on its back side, a first elongated recess portion extending substantially lengthwise of said lamps and being attached to the front part of the shade means; an outer lens provided in front of the inner lens and being attached to the intermediate part of the inner lens; and a light shielding layer formed on a front surface and/or a rear surface of said intermediate part.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the light shielding layer is formed on inside surfaces of said intermediate part including its side surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate part further includes extensions extending forward from end portions of the first recess portion so that the intermediate part assumes a generally H shape in section, and wherein the light shielding layer is further formed on inside surfaces of the extensions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 3, wherein outside surfaces of the generally H-shaped intermediate part are covered with a silver coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 3, wherein the outer lens has, on its back side, a protrusion strip extending substantially lengthwise of said lamp and being attached to a front side of the recess portion of the generally H-shaped intermediate part of the inner lens.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 5, wherein the outer lens further has a horizontal recess opposite the protrusion strip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the outer lens includes a plurality of lenses respectively corresponding to the plurality of light chambers, and adjacent ones of the plurality of outer lenses have different colors.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the inner lens includes two lenses welded together at the intermediate part.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the light shielding layer is formed by painting.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the light shielding layer is formed by hot stamping.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A vehicular lamp according to claim 1, wherein the light shielding layer is formed by a plate.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4849861A
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