GB2332740A - Vehicle lamp having snap fit reflector assembly - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
- F21V17/10—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
- F21V17/16—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening by deformation of parts; Snap action mounting
- F21V17/164—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening by deformation of parts; Snap action mounting the parts being subjected to bending, e.g. snap joints
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
- B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
- B60Q1/2607—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic comprising at least two indicating lamps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
- F21S43/50—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights characterised by aesthetic components not otherwise provided for, e.g. decorative trim, partition walls or covers
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Abstract
Vehicle lamp comprising a lamp body 1 and a reflector 2 wherein first engaging means are provided on the inner wall surface of the lamp body 13a 13b 13c and second engaging means 22a 22b 22c are provided on the back surface of the reflector 2, having mutually engaging portions such that the reflector 2 can be assembled in the body 1 by inserting rearwardly through a front opening in the body until cooperating engaging means snap over one another, the mutually engaging portions 221 131 come into contact with each other and extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of insertion. A securing piece may be provided on the inner wall surface to contact a portion of the back surface of the reflector and prevent movement of the reflector in a direction at right angles to the insertion direction.
Description
1 1 1 VEHICLE LAMP 2332740 The present invention relates to a lamp for use
in a vehicle, the lamp comprising a lamp body and a reflector formed separately and mounted within the lamp body and, in particular, to a lamp which is able to hold the reflector positively without using a separate part for holding the reflector within the lamp device body.
Conventionally, as a lamp for use in a vehicle such as an automobile and the like, there is known a structure such that a reflector formed separately from a lamp body is mounted in the interior of the lamp body; and, in this structure, there arises the need to hold the reflector in the interior of the lamp body in a stable manner. For this is reason, according to the prior art, there is employed a structure f or f ixing and holding the ref lector in the interior of the lamp body using fastening means such as a screw, a bolt or the like. However, with use of this structure, not only the number of components increases but also there is necessary an operation to fasten such components, which results in the poor efficiency of the assembly operation. on the other hand, in recent years, there has been proposed a structure in which the reflector and lamp body are bonded together to thereby fix and hold the reflector. For example, a projecting piece provided on the outer surface of the reflector is inserted into a recess formed in the inner wall surface of the lamp body and adhesives are thereafter charged into the recess to thereby bond and fix the reflector and lamp body to each other. According to this structure, the above-mentioned screw or bolt is not necessary thereby enabling a reduction in the number of components, which is advantageous in that the number of man-hours for assembly can be reduced.
However, in the above-mentioned bonding-type structure, there are still necessary not only an operation to mount the reflector into the interior of the lamp body but also an operation to charge the adhesives into the lamp 2 body, which actually provide obstacles to simplification of the assembly operation. Also, until the adhesives are hardened after the reflector is bonded to the lamp body, the manufacturing process cannot continue, which results in poor productivity. Further, there is a fear that, due to the degradation of the adhesives with the passage of time, the holding of the reflector can degrade. Recently, there has also been proposed a structure in which an engaging piece provided in one of the reflector and lamp device body is engaged with an engaging groove formed in the other to thereby fix and hold the reflector to the lamp device body. However, in this structure, if the manufacturing dimensions of the engaging piece and engaging groove are not controlled with high precision, then some play can be produced between the reflector and lamp body, which makes it impossible to obtain a stable fixing. For this reason, even in such engaging structure as well, the adhesives are also used in combination; that is, the above-mentioned problem is still left to be solved.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a lamp, the structure of which not only simplifies assembly of the reflector into the interior of the lamp body but can also secure a stable fixing for the reflector.
In attaining the above object, according to the invention, there is provided a vehicle lamp comprising a lamp body having a front opening; a reflector insertable, upon assembly of the lamp, into the interior of the lamp body through the front opening so as to be mounted therein; and a lens to be mounted, upon assembly of the lamp, on the front opening of the lamp body; wherein the inner wall surface of the lamp body is provided with first engaging means; the back surface of the reflector is provided with second engaging means, which engage with the first engaging means; and both of the first and second engaging means are formed with mutually engaging edge portions, which come into contact with one another when the reflector is inserted rearwardly into the lamp body, and which extend 3 substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector so as to hold the reflector in the lamp body.
The term front as used herein does not necessarily correspond to the front of a vehicle to which the lamp may be fitted but to the general direction in which light is transmitted from the lamp through the lens.
Optionally, on the inner wall surface of the lamp body, there is provided a securing piece, which, upon assembly of the lamp, contacts a portion of the back surface of the reflector to thereby restrict the movement of the reflector relatively to the lamp body in a direction substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector, and hence inhibiting displacement of the edge portions off one another.
If both of the lamp body and the reflector are provided with return portions.which are respectively curved around towards a side of the lamp, the return portions may also be provided with the first and second engaging means. In this case, the return portion of the lamp body may be provided with third engaging means and the return portion of the reflector may be provided fourth engaging means, which, upon assembly of the lamp, engage with the third engaging means to thereby restrict movement of the reflector relatively to the lamp body in a direction substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector, and hence inhibiting displacement of the edge portions off one another.
According to the invention, due to the engagement between the mutually engaging edge portions of the first and second engaging means, the reflector is restricted in the insertion direction thereof to thereby prevent removal of the reflector. Also, since the securing piece provided in the lamp device body can be contacted with the back surface of the reflector to thereby restrict the reflector in the right and left direction thereof, the engagement between the first and second engaging means can be held stably. Further, not only the engagement between the first 4 and second engaging means respectively provided in the return portions makes it possible to hold the reflector in the return portions, but also the engagement between the third and fourth engaging means respectively provided in the return portions can prevent the return portion of the reflector from jumping loose.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a front view of an embodiment in which the invention is applied to a rear combination lamp for an automobile; Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line B-B in Fig.
1; Fig. 4 is a section taken along the line C-C in Fig. 1; and, Fig. 5 is an exploded diagrammatic perspective view showing the mating parts of the lamp body and reflector.
In this rear combination lamp RCL in an upper area thereof, there is disposed a tail & stop lamp T & SL, and, in a lower area thereof, there are disposed a reversing (i.e. backup) lamp BUL and a turn-signal lamp TSL, respectively. In the drawings, reference character 1 designates a lam p body which is formed of synthetic resin. A reflector 2 is mounted in the interior of the lamp body 1 and a lens 3 is mounted on the opening of the front surface of the lamp device body 1. Also, the interior of the lamp body 1 is divided into lamp chaipbers T1, T2 and T3 respectively for the above-mentioned tail & stop lamp T & SL, reversing lamp BUL and turnsignal lamp TSL by a shade 21 which is provided in the reflector 2.
On the side of the lamp body 1, there is formed a return portion 4 which curves around from the rear of a vehicle (front of the lamp) toward the side thereof. And, the lens 3 is mounted in such a manner that it extends over the front surface opening of the lamp body 1 and the opening of the return portion 4. Also, on the back surface of the lamp body 1, there are lamp insertion holes 5a, 5b and 5c in such a manner that they f ace their associated lamp chambers T1, T2 and T3, and lamp sockets 6a, 6b and 6c are mounted on the lamp chambers T1, T2 and T3 respectively, so that lamps 7a, 7b and 7c respectively supported by the lamp sockets 6a, 6b and 6c can be disposed in the respective lamp chambers T1, T2 and T3.
The lens 3 is structured in the following manner: that is, a required lens step is formed on the inner surface thereof, its lens portions 3a, 3b and 3c, respectively corresponding to the tail & stop lamp T & SL, reversing lamp BUL and turn-signal lamp TSL, are formed together in an integral manner; in particular, a portion corresponding to the tail & stop lamp T & SL is composed of a red lens portion 3a, a portion corresponding to the backup lamp BUL is composed of a white portion 3b, and a portion corresponding to the turn-signal lamp TSL is composed of an amber portion 3c, respectively. Also, in the peripheral portion of the lens 3, there is f ormed a seal leg portion 31 to be contacted with the surface of a seal flange 11 provided in the peripheral edge of the lamp body 1; in particular, the seal leg portion 31 is melted and fixed to the surface of the seal flange 11 according to a melting process such as vibration melting, ultrasonic melting or the like.
On the other hand, the reflector 2 is formed of synthetic resin and is structured as follows: that is, there are lamp insertion holes 8a, 8b and 8c, through which the lamps 7a, 7b and 7c can be inserted respectively; metal material such as aluminum or the like is vaporized on or otherwise applied to the internal surface of the reflector 2 to thereby provide a reflecting surface; and, the areas of the reflecting surface, which respectively correspond to the tail & stop lamp T & SL, reversing lamp BUL and turn- signal lamp TSL, are formed as individual reflector surfaces 2a, 2b and 2c by the shade 21 so that they are 6 able to reflect the light from the respectively lamps 7a, 7b and 7c.
The reflector 2 is mounted into and fixed to the lamp device body 1 by a support structure which can be mounted with so called one touch. As shown in Fig. 5, in the inner wall surface 12 of the lamp body 1, in more particular, at positions respectively corresponding to the reversing lamp BUL and tail & stop lamp T & SL as well as a position corresponding to part of the return portion 4 in the inner wall surface 12 of the lamp body 1, there are formed, as first engaging means, engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c, respectively. These engaging recessed portions 13a. 13b and 13c are formed in such a manner that not only they are open towards the right and left direction, intersecting substantially at right angles the horizontal direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lamp device body 1, but also they are offset toward the back of the lamp from the inner wall surface 12 of the lamp body 1. Due to this, on the lamp front side of the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c, there are respectively formed engaging edge portions 131 which extend almost perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the lamp device.
Also, in part of the inner wall surface of the lamp body 1, at a position thereof which corresponds to the boundary position between the reversing lamp BUL and turnsignal lamp TSL, there is provided integrally therewith a securing piece 14 in such a manner that it projects toward the front of the lamp body 1. The securing piece 14 is formed to have a plate-like shape large in width in the horizontal direction, while providing a tapered shape which gradually enlarges in width thereof from the leading end portion thereof facing in the front direction of the lamp body 1 toward the base end thereof. Further, at the terminal end position of the return portion 4 of the lamp body 1, there is formed, as third engaging means, an 7 engaging recess portion 15 which is recessed toward the back of the lamp body 1...
on the other hand, on the back surface of the reflector 2, in more particular, at positions thereof which respectively correspond to the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c of the lamp body 1, as second engaging means, there are provided integrally therewith engaging projections 22a, 22b and 22c which can be engaged with the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c respectively.
These engaging projections 22a, 22b and 22c are respectively formed as substantially triangular-plate shaped tapered pieces which extend in a direction substantially at right angles to the forward direction of the lamp body 1; and, the engaging projections 22a, 22b and is 22c are structured such that, when the reflector 2 is mounted into the lamp body 1 from the front opening thereof toward the back thereof, they can be respectively fitted into the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c of the lamp body 1 so that the engaging projections 22a, 22b and 22c can be engaged with the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and 13c respectively. That is, in the present embodiment, the engaging projections 22a, 22b and 22c are respectively structured such that their fronts are formed as engaging edge portions 221 extending substantially at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the lamp, whereas their backs are formed as curved inclined edge portions 222 slightly inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lamp. Also, in a portion which not only exists in the boundary portion between the reversing lamp BUL and turn-signal lamp TSL but also exists in a portion of the back surf ace of the reversing lamp BUL, there is f armed integrally therewith an enlarged portion 23. By expanding the above portion so as to have an increased thickness, the mechanical strength of the reversing lamp BUL is increased. The enlarged portion 23 is a portion which can contact the securing piece 14 provided in the lamp body 1. Further, in the terminal end 8 portion of the return portion 4 of the reflector 2, as fourth engaging means which can be inserted into and engaged with the engaging recessed portion 15 serving as the third engaging means, there is provided an engaging projecting piece 24 in such a manner that it projects toward the back. Also, the engaging projecting piece 24 is formed in a trapezoidal-plate shape which increases gradually in the width dimension thereof from the back toward the front.
According to this structure, when mounting the reflector 2 into the interior of the lamp body 1 to support the same therein, the reflector 2 may be simply inserted into the lamp body I from the front towards the back thereof. As a result of this insertion, at f irst, the inclined edge portions 222 of the engaging projections 22a and 22b contact the front edge portions 131 of the engaging recessed portions 13a and 13b respectively. Due to a wedge action generated through this contact, the inclined edge portions 222 are allowed to move beyond the front edge portions 131 of the engaging recessed portions while elastically deforming the reflector 2 in the inner surface direction thereof or the lamp body 1 in the rear direction thereof; and, after moving beyond, since the reflector 2 or the lamp body 1 is elastically returned to its original position, the engaging projections 22a and 22b are respectively fitted into the engaging recessed portions 13a and 13b, with the result that the engaging projections 22a and 22b are respectively engaged with the engaging recessed portions 13a and 13b. And, in this engaged state, the engaging edge portions 221 of the engaging projections 22a and 22b formed in a direction intersecting almost at right angles with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lamp, that is, with respect to the insertion direction of the reflector 2, are in contact with the inner surfaces of the front edge portions 131 of the engaging recessed portions 13a and 13b in the longitudinal direction of the lamp, thereby being able to restrict the movement of the 9 reflector 2 within the lamp body in the front direction of the lamp body.
Also, at the same time, the securing piece 14, which is provided on the inner wall surface 12 of the lamp body 1 and projects therefrom toward the front of the lamp body 1, is contacted with the expansion portion 23 provided in part of the back surface of the reflector 2, that is, in the present embodiment, in part of the back surface of the reversing lamp BUL. Since the plane shape of the securing piece 14 provides a tapered shape, as the reflector 2 is inserted, due to the contact f orce produced between the expansion portion 23 and securing piece 14, a wedge force is applied onto the expansion portion 23 toward the right in the horizontal direction in Fig. 2, so that the whole reflector 2 is pushed toward the inner right wall surface of the lamp device body 1, thereby maintaining the engagement between the respective engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b and their associated engaging projections 22a, 22b. Also, the engagement between the securing piece 14 and expansion portion 23 can restrict the reflector 2 from moving toward the left in the horizontal direction in Fig. 2, which in turn can prevent the engaging projections 22a, 22b from being removed from their respective engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b.
Further, due to the insertion of the reflector 2, in the return portion 4 as well, quite similarly to the above, the engaging recessed portion 13c is engaged with the engaging projection 22c and this engagement between them can be held through the restriction of the movement of the reflector 2 in the horizontal direction owing to the engagement between the securing piece 14 and expansion portion 23. And, at the same time, due to the insertion of the reflector 2, the engaging projecting piece 24 provided in the terminal end portion of the return portion 4 is inserted into the engaging recessed portion 15 toward the back of the lamp body 1, so that the engaging projecting piece 24 is engaged with the engaging recessed portion 15.
In this operation, because of the tapered shape of the engaging projecting piece..24, as the engaging projecting piece 24 is inserted into the engaging recessed portion 15, the two tapered surfaces of the engaging projecting piece 24 are contacted with the two inner surfaces of the engaging recessed portion 15 and are guided thereby and, at a time when they are inserted up to a position which permits the engaging projecting piece 24 to be engaged with the engaging recessed portion 15, the return portion 4 of the reflector 2 is positioned with respect to the lamp body 1 in the horizontal direction as well as in the longitudinal direction. Also, the engagement between the engaging projecting piece 24 and the engaging recessed portion 15 can restrict the return portion 4 of the reflector 2 from moving in the left direction in Fig. 2 with respect to the lamp body 1, thereby being able to help the maintenance of the engagement between the engaging recessed portion 13c of the return portion 4 and the engaging projection 22c.
As described above, in the present structure, when mounting the reflector 2 into the interior of the lamp body 1, simply by inserting the reflector 2 through the front opening of the lamp body 1 toward the back thereof, the reflector 2 can be fixed to and supported in the interior of the lamp body 1. And, in the present fix and support structure, not only the fixed and supported state of the reflector 2 is held by means of the engagement between the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b, 13c and the engaging projections 22a, 22b, 22c, but also the engagement between the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b, 13c and the engaging projections 22a, 22b, 22c is held by means of the engagement between the securing piece 14 and the expansion portion 23, so that the reflector 2 can be held stably and with high reliability. For this reason, there is eliminated the need for use of the previous ly-described adhesives for fixing the reflector 2, which not only makes it possible to carry out the reflector 2 mounting operation 11 easily and quickly but also can prevent the holding state of the reflector 2 from degrading due to the degradation of the adhesives. Also, even if there is generated a dimensional error between the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b, 13c and the engaging projections 22a, 22b, 22c, since the reflector 2 is pressed and held toward the inner wall surface 12 of the lamp body 1 due to the engagement between the securing piece 14 and expansion portion 23, there is no possibility that any play can be generated in the reflector 2.
Also, as described before, the return portion 4 of the reflector 2 can be fixed to and supported by the lamp body 1 not only due to the engagement between the engaging recessed portion 13c and engaging projection 22c but also due to the engagement between the engaging projecting piece 24 and engaging recessed portion 15. In addition to this, the engagement between the engaging projecting piece 24 and engaging recessed portion 15 also makes it possible to restrict the position of the return portion 4 in the longitudinal direction of the lamp as well as in the right and left direction thereof, especially, the present engagement makes it possible to prevent the return portion 4 of the reflector 2 from jumping up out of the lamp.
Further, in the present embodiment, since the back inclined edge portions 222 of the engaging projections 22a, 22b, and 22c are respectively formed in a slightly curved surface, the engaging projections 22a, 22b, and 22c are allowed to move smoothly beyond the. front side edge portions 131 of the engaging recessed portions 13a, 13b, and 13c. This can reduce the operation force necessary for insertion of the reflector 2 and also can facilitate further the mounting operation of the reflector 2.
Now, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the first engaging means provided in the lamp body consists of the engaging recessed portions and the second engaging means provided in the reflector consists of the engaging projections. However, according to the invention, on the 12 contrary to the above, the first engaging means may consist of engaging projections and the second engaging means may consist of engaging recessed portions. But, when the engaging recessed portions are formed in the reflector, there is a possibility that the paraboloid of revolution forming the reflecting surface of the reflector can be deformed in part due to formation of the engaging recessed portions and, therefore, it is important to form the engaging recessed portions at the positions that will not affect the reflecting surface shape. Similarly, the third and fourth engaging means can also be reversed in structure to each other.
In the above-mentioned embodiment, description has been given of a case in which the invention is applied to a combination lamp consisting of a tail & stop lamp, a reversing lamp and a turn-signal lamp. However, the invention can also be applied to a combination lamp having another structure. Further, even in a lamp having an independent structure, if the invention is applied to such lamp, then there can be obtained a similar effect. In addition, not only the first and second engaging means but also the securing piece and expansion portion can be set arbitrarily at proper positions in a lamp to which the invention is applied.
As has been described heretofore, according to the invention, the first engaging means is provided at least in part of the inner wall surface of the lamp body, the second engaging neans to be engaged with the first engaging means is provided on the back surface of the reflector, in the respective first and second engaging means, there are formed engaging edge portions which are respectively made to face in a direction intersecting the mounting or inserting direction of the reflector, and, the respective engaging means are formed such that they can be contacted with each other in the reflector inserting direction in their respective engaging edge portions. Thanks to this structure, simply by inserting the reflector from the front 13 surface opening of the lamp body to thereby bring the first and second engaging means into mutual engagement, the reflector can be mounted into the interior of the lamp body. This not only eliminates the need for use of adhesives, but also can simplify and quicken the reflector mounting operation. Also, due to employment of the structure in which the securing piece provided in the lamp body can be brought into contact with the back surface of the reflector, the engagement between the first and second engaging means can be held in a stable manner. Further, in the return portion of the reflector as well, since there are provided first, second, third and fourth engaging means to thereby restrict the return portion of the reflector in the right and left direction thereof, the return portion of the reflector is prevented from jumping out from the lamp body, so that the return portion of the reflector can be held stably.
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Claims (6)
1. A vehicle lamp compri sing a lamp body having a front opening; a reflector insertable, upon assembly of the lamp, into the interior of the lamp body through the front opening so as to be mounted therein; and a lens to be mounted, upon assembly of the lamp, on the front opening of the lamp body; wherein the inner wall surface of the lamp body is provided with first engaging means; and the back surface of the reflector is provided with second engaging means, which engage with the first engaging means; and both of the first and second engaging means are formed with mutually engaging edge portions, which come into contact with one another when the reflector is inserted rearwardly into the lamp body, and which extend substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector so as to hold the reflector in the lamp body.
2. A lamp according to claim 1, wherein, on the inner wall surface of the lamp body, there is provided a securing piece, which, upon assembly of the lamp, contacts a portion of the back surface of the reflector to thereby restrict the movement of the reflector relatively to the lamp body in a direction substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector, and hence inhibiting displacement of the edge portions off one another.
3. A lamp according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein both of the lamp body and the reflector are provided with return portions which are respectively curved around towards a side of the lamp, and the return portions are also provided with the first and second engaging means.
4. A lamp according to claim 3, wherein the return portion of the lamp body is provided with third engaging means and the return portion of the reflector is provided with fourth engaging means, which, upon assembly of the is lamp engage with the third engaging means to thereby restrict movement of the reflector relatively to the lamp body in a direction substantially at right angles to the insertion direction of the reflector, and hence inhibiting displacement of the edge portions off one another.
5. A lamp according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the edge portions snap resiliently past one another upon insertion of the reflector into the lamp body.
6. A vehicle lamp, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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