Patents Examined by Thomas M. Sembes
  • Patent number: 5442525
    Abstract: In a vehicle lamp, a lamp bulb assembly is fixed to a reflector disposed inside a housing, and current-feeding terminals extend from a base of the lamp bulb assembly and rigidly connected to a connector. There is provided a sealing member to resiliently seal a small clearance necessarily taking place between the base and connector. When the connector is fitted onto the terminals, the sealing member is resiliently deformed to cover the small clearance. Since this covering is kept, exposed portions, in the clearance, of the terminals are sealed from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tsukada