IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,596,961
Granted Patent B2
US 10,596,961 · App. 16/516,385 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Vehicular interior lighting device and roof module

Inventors: Shuichi Ishibashi (Shizuoka, JP); Mitsuhiro Sugimori (Shimada, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60Q3/62B60Q3/20B60Q3/74F21V5/004F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,596,961
App. No.
16/516,385
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular interior lighting device includes a main body portion fixed to a roof, a first light source and a second light source accommodated in the main body portion, a light shielding cover portion covering the first and second light sources from below, a light guide member having a protruding portion protruding along the inside surface from a gap between the main body portion and the cover portion, and a condensing lens disposed between the second light source and the light guide member. The light guide member has a diffusion portion formed on a surface of the protruding portion facing downward and a reflecting portion reflecting light emitted from the second light source toward a part of the diffusion portion. The diffusion portion emits light in whole by light emitted from the first light source and partially emits light by light emitted from the second light source.

Claims (24)

1. A vehicular interior lighting device comprising:

a main body portion fixed to an inside surface, the inside surface being a cabin side surface of a roof of a vehicle;

a first light source and a second light source accommodated in the main body portion;

a light shielding cover portion constituting a housing with the main body portion and covering the first light source and the second light source from below;

a light guide member having a protruding portion protruding toward a direction along the inside surface from a gap between the main body portion and the cover portion and guiding light emitted from the first light source and the second light source to a cabin; and

a condensing lens disposed between the second light source and the light guide member, wherein

the light guide member has a diffusion portion formed on a surface of the protruding portion facing downward and diffusing light and a reflecting portion reflecting light emitted from the second light source and incident on the light guide member via the condensing lens toward a part of the diffusion portion, and

the diffusion portion of the light guide member emits light in whole by light emitted from the first light source and a part of the diffusion portion emits light by light emitted from the second light source.

2. The vehicular interior lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the protruding portion has a first protruding portion protruding toward one side in a vehicle width direction, a second protruding portion protruding toward another side in a vehicle width direction, and a third protruding portion protruding toward a rear of a vehicle, and

light emitted from the second light source causes an intersection of the first protruding portion and the third protruding portion in the diffusion portion and an intersection of the second protruding portion and the third protruding portion in the diffusion portion to emit light.

3. The vehicular interior lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein

a circular region in the diffusion portion emits light by light emitted from the second light source.

4. The vehicular interior lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein

a circular region in the diffusion portion emits light by light emitted from the second light source.

5. A roof module comprising:

a main body portion fixed to an inside surface, the inside surface being a cabin side surface of a roof of a vehicle;

a first light source and a second light source accommodated in the main body portion;

a light shielding cover portion constituting a housing with the main body portion, having a concave portion concave upward, and covering the first light source and the second light source from below;

a light guide member having a protruding portion protruding toward a direction along the inside surface from a gap between the main body portion and the cover portion and guiding light emitted from the first light source and the second light source to a cabin;

a condensing lens disposed between the second light source and the light guide member; and

a display device disposed in the concave portion and having a display surface directed to a rear of a vehicle, wherein

the light guide member has a diffusion portion formed on a surface of the protruding portion facing downward and diffusing light and a reflecting portion reflecting light emitted from the second light source and incident on the light guide member via the condensing lens toward a part of the diffusion portion, and

the diffusion portion of the light guide member emits light in whole by light emitted from the first light source and a part of the diffusion portion emits light by light emitted from the second light source.

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 Jul 19, 2019
From: ISHIBASHI, SHUICHI; SUGIMORI, MITSUHIRO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049800/0619 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-155560 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200062176A1 · Feb 27, 2020