IP Library Granted Patent US 7,195,380
Granted Patent B2
US 7,195,380 · App. 10/969,330 · Granted Mar 27, 2007

Interior illumination lamp

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,195,380
App. No.
10/969,330
Granted
Mar 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interior illumination lamp includes a body 30 for being fixed to a vehicle body 11 , and a lamp 50 which is angularly movably supported on a support portion 33 mounted on the body 30 , and has a lens 54 capable of transmitting a beam from a light source 37 therethrough. The lamp 50 includes a first bezel 52 angularly movably supported on the support portion 33 , and a second bezel 53 which holds the lens 54 , and is mounted on the first bezel 52 . The second bezel 53 has a reflecting surface 55 for receiving and reflecting transmitted light through the lens 54 , and this reflecting surface is designed to have a low reflectance. By doing so, the light, reflected by the reflecting surface 55 , is not glaring, and therefore a beam, coming into the driver's sight via a room mirror, is not glaring, and therefore will not affect the driving operation.

Claims (9)

1. An interior illumination lamp comprising:

a body fixed to a vehicle body;

a lamp rotatably supported on a support portion mounted on said body, said lamp including;

a lens capable of transmitting a beam from a light source therethrough;

a first bezel rotatably supported on said support portion; and

a second bezel, for holding said lens, attached on said first bezel, said second bezel having a reflecting surface for receiving and reflecting transmitted light through said lens, and said reflecting surface designed to have a predetermined low reflectance, wherein said reflecting surface is lower in the reflectance than the surface of said first bezel.

2. An interior illumination lamp according to claim 1 , wherein said second bezel includes a second bezel body holding said lens and a lid portion attached to said second bezel portion with said lens held therebetween, and

wherein said first bezel is fixed to said second bezel so as to retain said lens in a double manner.

3. An interior illumination lamp according to claim 2 , wherein said lid portion has a light-intercepting portion for intercepting part of a beam which is emitted from said light source to be incident on said lens.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2005
From: SUZUKI, HIROYUKI; ISHII, KIMIHIRO; KIMURA, MOTOYA; ANDO, HIROSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016484/0733 →