Resin-molded lens having no sink marks and process for producing same
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsShiro Takezawa, Hirokazu Yanagihara
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AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsShiro Takezawa, Hirokazu Yanagihara
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A resin-molded automotive lens, and a method for producing same, in which sink marks are prevented from being formed in a thin lens surface portion of the lens. In a resin-molded lens having a thin lens surface portion and a thick portion such as a seal leg portion or boss portions formed integrally with at least a part of this lens surface portion, the lens surface portion and the thick portion are formed in separate injections. That is, the thick portion is molded with resin integrally with another lens surface portion in advance, and thereafter the thin lens surface portion is molded with resin integrally with this thick portion, so that in this portion it is possible to reduce the influence of cooling of the resin when the lens surface portion is molded to thereby prevent sink marks from being formed in the lens surface portion.
A resin-molded lens for an automotive lamp, said lens having a light transmitting surface formed with a cut out area, said cut out area defining a wide lens surface part and a narrow lens surface part, said wide lens surface part having a thin lens surface portion bounded on its outer periphery by a thick structural support portion, said support portion being formed integrally with at least part of said thin lens surface portion, the improvement wherein a thick structural portion for said narrow surface part is formed of a first resin material in a first resin injection step and said wide lens surface part, comprising said thin lens portion and said support portion at its outer periphery and said narrow surface part comprising only said thin lens surface portion without a support portion, is formed of a second resin material in a second resin injection step separate from said first resin injection step, said thin lens surface portion of said narrow surface part being disposed over and formed integral with said structural portion and being substantially free of sink marks.
A method for resin-molding an automotive lamp lens having a light transmitting surface formed with a cut out area, said cut out area defining a wide lens surface part and a narrow lens surface part, said wide lens surface part having a thin lens surface portion bounded on its outer periphery by a thick structural support portion, said support portion being formed integrally with at least part of said thin lens surface, comprising the steps of:
A method for resin-molding an automotive lamp lens having both a thin lens surface portion and a thick structural portion comprising the steps of:
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