Illumination device for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNobuki HAYASHI, Kouichi TAKEUCHI
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Abstract
An illumination device for a vehicle includes a light source and an inside handle well. The inside handle well has a lower wall, an upper wall, and an opening. The light source is arranged under the lower wall. The lower wall has a light exit portion configured such that light emitted from the light source exits therethrough and travels to an inside of the inside handle well. The upper wall has a light reflecting portion configured to reflect light exiting through the light exit portion and traveling upward in the inside handle well toward the inside handle. The opening is formed on the inner side of the interior of the vehicle.
Claims17
An illumination device for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source;
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- an inside handle well disposed in a door trim of a vehicle for housing an inside handle including a holding portion, the inside handle well having a lower wall, an upper wall, and an opening, the lower wall having a light exit portion configured such that light emitted from the light source arranged under the lower wall exits therethrough and travels to an inside of the inside handle well, the upper wall having a light reflecting portion configured to reflect light exiting through the light exit portion and traveling upward in the inside handle well toward the inside handle, the opening being on an inner side of an interior of the vehicle.
An illumination device for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source;
- an inside handle well disposed in a door trim of a vehicle for housing an inside handle including a holding portion, the inside handle well having a lower wall, an upper wall, and an opening, the lower wall having a light exit portion configured such that light emitted from the light source arranged under the lower wall exits therethrough and travels to an inside of the inside handle well, the upper wall having a mounting hole that is a through hole, the opening being on an inner side of an interior of the vehicle;
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- a light reflector attached to the upper wall so as to close the mounting hole of the upper wall and configured to reflect light exiting through the light exit portion and traveling upward in the inside handle well toward the inside handle.
An illumination device for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source;
- an inside handle well disposed in a door trim of a vehicle for housing an inside handle including a holding portion, the inside handle well having a lower wall, an upper wall, a back wall, and an opening, the lower wall having a light exit portion configured such that light emitted from the light source arranged under the lower wall exits therethrough and travels to an inside of the inside handle well, the upper wall and the back wall having cutout portions forming a mounting hole, the opening being on an inner side of an interior of the vehicle;
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- a light reflector attached to the upper wall and the back wall so as to close the mounting hole and configured to reflect light exiting through the light exit portion and traveling upward in the inside handle well toward the inside handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.