Patents Assigned to Kotto Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6280071
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp including a light source bulb, a reflector reflecting light from the light source bulb forward in a convergent manner, a condensing lens provided at such a position that, of the light reflected from the reflector, at least a meridian light flux in a vertical cross-section is incident as divergent light, a shade provided in proximity to a position of convergence of the meridian light flux and which blocks part of the reflected light, and an aiming bracket to which an aiming member for tilting the reflector is attached. The shade is composed of a metal plate member that is formed integrally with the aiming bracket, and is attached to the reflector. With this construction, the total number of parts of the headlamp is reduced and costs can be reduced accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Kotto Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Yamamoto, Kihachiro Uchida