Patent ID: 7815354
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,F21S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle lamp comprising: a housing having a front opening; a molded transparent cover that closes the front opening of the housing when joined by light ray welding to the housing, the transparent cover comprising: a curved front face, and a rear face having a welding face portion along a circumferential portion thereof; wherein, in at least one section of the transparent cover, respective end portions of the curved front face corresponding to the welding face portion are inclined in different directions, and the welding face portion is inclined with respect to the end portions of the front face such that an angle of the welding face portion with respect to a reference line, which passes through the transparent cover and forms equal angles with respect to the respective end portion of the front face, is closer to a right angle than an angle of each of the end portions of the front face with respect to the reference line, and wherein a maximum thickness of a portion of the transparent cover where the welding face portion is formed is 4.5 mm or less.