Vehicle combination light with integrated accessory light for illumination
AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
InventorsMark D. Snyder, William G. Bowes, David Plentis
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Abstract
A vehicle combination light for use in a vehicle having a compartment includes a housing and a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed to at least a front or a rear of the vehicle. An accessory light unit is arranged in the housing and directed to an interior of the compartment, such that the accessory light unit is aligned with an opening in a wall of the vehicle that faces toward the interior of the compartment in order to illuminate the interior of the compartment.
Claims32
A vehicle combination light for use in a vehicle having a compartment external to the vehicle cab, comprising:
- a housing;
- a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed to at least a front or a rear of the vehicle;
- and
- an accessory light unit arranged in the housing and directed to an interior of the compartment,
- wherein the accessory light unit faces toward the interior of the compartment in order to illuminate the interior of the compartment,
- wherein the combination light unit is arranged in a side wall of the compartment external to the vehicle cab.
A vehicle having a vehicle combination light, comprising:
- a side wall proximate a cargo bed of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a truck;
- and
- the vehicle combination light comprising:
- a housing;
- a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed to at least a rear of the truck;
- and
- an accessory light unit arranged in the housing and directed toward the cargo bed of the truck,
- wherein the accessory light unit is aligned with an opening in the side wall of the pickup truck that faces toward the interior of the truck in order to illuminate the cargo bed of the truck.
A truck comprising:
- a cab;
- a cargo bed behind the cab;
- a tailgate at a rear end of the cargo bed;
- and
- an accessory light unit, illuminating a rear portion of the truck, positioned such that closing of the tailgate covers substantially all of the accessory light unit in a direction that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
A vehicle combination light for illuminating a vehicle compartment, comprising:
- a housing;
- a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed toward an exterior of the compartment;
- an accessory light unit arranged in the housing and directed to an interior of the compartment,
- wherein the accessory light unit faces toward the interior of the compartment in order to illuminate the interior of the compartment, and
- wherein the housing is attached to a side wall of the vehicle and the accessory light unit is aligned with an opening in the side wall of vehicle that opens towards the interior of the compartment.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle compartment having a side wall;
- and
- a vehicle combination light comprising:
- a housing;
- a combination light unit arranged in the housing and directed toward an exterior of the compartment;
- an accessory light unit arranged in the housing and directed to the interior of the compartment,
- wherein the accessory light unit faces toward the interior of the compartment in order to illuminate the interior of the compartment, and
- wherein the housing is attached to a side wall of the vehicle and the accessory light unit is aligned with an opening in the side wall of vehicle that opens towards the interior of the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.