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Title:
VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/054611
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A vehicle lighting device (40) positioned in the door trim (10) of a vehicle is provided with: an LED (61); a decorative panel (41); a light-guide body (63) having an end surface (63A) on which light from the LED (61) is incident, and an outer peripheral surface (63D) for projecting the light which is incident from the end surface (63A); a first light-projecting unit (54B1) capable of projecting the light from the outer peripheral surface (63D) toward a handle-housing part (30), and positioned in the decorative panel (41); and a second light-projecting unit (54B2) capable of projecting the light from the outer peripheral surface (63D) toward a light-incident surface (22), and positioned in the decorative panel (41) farther from the LED (61) than the first-projecting unit (54B1) is. The vehicle lighting device (40) is characterized in that the second light-projecting unit (54B2) and the light-incident surface (22) extend in the lengthwise direction of the outer peripheral surface (63D), and the light-guide body (63) and the light-incident surface (22) are positioned so as to become increasingly closer to one another as the same become farther from the LED (61).

Inventors:
UKAI YASUHIRO (JP)
TAHARA HIROYASU (JP)
SUGIOKA TAKAHIRO (JP)
FUKUI RYUUJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/072425
Publication Date:
April 18, 2013
Filing Date:
September 04, 2012
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Assignee:
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KK (JP)
TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO LTD (JP)
UKAI YASUHIRO (JP)
TAHARA HIROYASU (JP)
SUGIOKA TAKAHIRO (JP)
FUKUI RYUUJI (JP)
International Classes:
B60Q3/02; B60R13/02
Foreign References:
JP2010070116A2010-04-02
JP2011240811A2011-12-01
JP2005306233A2005-11-04
JPH0675120A1994-03-18
Other References:
See also references of EP 2772393A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AKATSUKI UNION PATENT FIRM (JP)
Patent business corporation dawn joint patent firm (JP)
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