Title:
車室内の照明装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4720927
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Disclosed is a vehicle interior illumination structure comprising, in combination, an instrument panel 10 installed in a front interior area of a vehicle, and a light-guiding illumination member 2 disposed in the instrument panel. The instrument panel 10 is formed with a step portion S laterally extending at a height approximately equal to or above that of a mounting portion of a shaft of a steering wheel 35 to the instrument panel. The step portion S is defined in such a manner that a step upper surface 11 f located on the upper side of the step portion and a step lower surface 12 f located on the lower side of the step portion are formed in the instrument panel 10 , and the step upper surface 11 f has a rear edge 11 p protruding in the rearward direction of the vehicle relative to a front edge 12 p of the step lower surface 12 f. The illumination member 2 is arranged to extend laterally at a position which is adjacent to the front edge 12 p of the step lower surface 12 f and capableof preventing illumination light of the illumination member 2 from directly coming within the field of view of a driver sitting in a front seat in the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior illumination structure of the present invention can prevent illumination light of the illumination member from obstructing the driver's view.
Inventors:
Waterfall average
Yasuaki Okazaki
Hiramatsu Daiya
Yasuaki Okazaki
Hiramatsu Daiya
Application Number:
JP2009079536A
Publication Date:
July 13, 2011
Filing Date:
March 27, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Mazda Corporation Inc
International Classes:
B60Q3/02; B60K35/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP52157146U | ||||
| JP2004090897A | ||||
| JP9150648A | ||||
| JP58078237U | ||||
| JP2102835U | ||||
| JP2003181913A |
Foreign References:
| US3654013 | ||||
| US2966952 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takuji Yamada
Mitsuo Tanaka
Masahiro Ishino
Mitsuo Tanaka
Masahiro Ishino