Vehicular lamp for vehicle

Details Vehicular lamp for vehicle Vehicular lamp for vehicle

1998-06-04

2000-03-28

O'Shea, Sandra

Illumination

Supported by vehicle structure

Housing

362546, 362373, 362294, 362 96, B60Q 104

Patent

active

060422556

ABSTRACT:
In a vehicular lamp wherein an air hole for effecting a breathing operation is formed in a lamp body, and a tubular member of an oval transverse cross-section, having a reduced right-left width, is formed on and extends from the lamp body in generally surrounding relation to the air hole. A partition wall is formed within the tubular member, and a slit is formed in a lower portion of a peripheral wall of the tubular member, and a cap of an oval transverse cross-section, having a reduced right-left width, is fitted on a distal end portion of the tubular member in such a manner that part of the slit is not covered with the cap. A labyrinth-like air passage is formed within the tubular member, and the air passage communicates with the interior of the lamp body through the air hole, and also communicates with the exterior of the tubular member through the slit. Since the air passage has a labyrinth-like construction, water will not intrude into the lamp body, and since the tubular member, as well as the cap, has the oval transverse cross-section having a reduced right-left width, the tubular member is less liable to interfere with other members, and the position of formation of the air hole is less limited.

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