Abstract: A bulb inserting hole is bored in a position deviating from the center of a reflector which is held tightly to the interior of a lamp body, and the reflector is held tightly in its central portion by a screw to the lamp body. The reflector can be held tightly in a well-balanced fashion by one screw with the effect of not only improving the light reflective efficiency of a lamp by decreasing the area required for the provision of the screw but also simplifying the work of fixing the reflector. Moreover, the screw is hidden by a bulb mounted in the reflector through the bulb inserting hole and set free from exposure to the front side of the lamp, so that the neatness of the external appearance of the lamp is improved.

Abstract: An automobile lamp including a lamp body provided with a light source and a lens covering a front opening of the lamp body, wherein a mounting groove is formed in the periphery of the front opening of the lamp body, the lens has a peripheral wall for fitting in the mounting groove, a generally dark colored composition is interposed between the mounting groove in the lamp body and the peripheral wall of the lens, and a color coating is applied on a peripheral portion of the lens surface with the color of which coating being substantially same to and fainter than that of the composition, so that the lamp has so-called gradation effects.

Abstract: A combination lamp assembly suitable to be mounted to the rear of a motor vehicle, comprising a lamp housing defining two or more lighting compartments each having at least one light source mounted therein. In one embodiment the front ends of two lighting compartments are closed by respective inner lenses and further by two sections of a common outer lens. One of the outer lens sections is transparent and colored in red. The other outer lens section has alternating transparent stripes and opaque stripes. The transparent stripes are colorless whereas the opaque stripes are colored in red. When the light sources are unlit, the outer lens appears wholly red, due in part to the illusory effect of the opaque red stripes. However, when lit up, the two lamp units project red and white light through the transparent red section of the outer lens and through the colorless transparent stripes of the other outer lens section, respectively.