Vehicle interior illumination lamp
View Patent ↗A vehicle interior illumination lamp for mounting at an opening portion formed in a roof panel (interior member) of a vehicle includes a function part including a bulb (light source), and a switch unit for supplying and interrupting electric power relative to the bulb, and a design part including a housing for mounting at the opening portion in the roof panel, a retaining mechanism securely engaging the function part with the housing, and a switch knob engaged with the switch unit. The retaining mechanism includes a retaining member which cooperates with the switch knob to hold the switch unite therebetween.
1. A vehicle interior illumination lamp in a compartment of a vehicle, comprising:
a function part including a light source and a switch unit for supplying and interrupting electric power relative to said light source; and
a design part including a housing to be mounted on an opening portion of a panel, a retaining device retaining said housing to said function part and a switch operating portion engaged with said switch unit;
wherein said retaining device includes a retaining member which cooperates with said switch operating portion to hold said switch unit therebetween; and
wherein said retaining device has a pair of retaining hooks extending from a base board of said housing and said retaining member provided between distal ends of said retaining hooks so as to extend in a sliding direction.
2. A vehicle interior illumination lamp according to claim 1 , wherein said switch unit includes a switch body projecting toward a side of the switch unit in which a switch lever is accommodated slidingly along a sliding direction.
3. A vehicle interior illumination lamp attached on a panel of a compartment in a vehicle, comprising:
a function part having a light source, a wire supplying electrical power, and a switch body connected to said wire; and
a design part having a switch operating portion to face to said function part; wherein said function part and said design part are fitted to each other from opposite sides with respect to said panel so that said switch body and said switch operating portion are engaged to each other; and
further comprising a retaining device having a pair of retaining hooks extending from a base board of said housing and a retaining member provided between distal ends of said retaining hooks so as to extend in said sliding direction, wherein said retaining member cooperates with said switch operating portion to hold said switch body therebetween.
4. A vehicle interior illumination lamp according to claim 3 , wherein said switch operation portion has an engagement portion for receiving a convex portion of a switch lever provided in said switch body, and
said engagement portion is formed between opposed distal end portions of a pair of elastic retaining lances which extend in a sliding direction of said switch operating portion,
whereby said distal end portions of said pair of elastic retaining lances hold a distal end portion of said convex portion therebetween, thereby retaining said switch lever.