Attachment structure of lighting device

• US 10,315,562 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2018
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TS Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Masanori, Hoshi, Yuichiro, Yamato, Noriyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Anh T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Horikoshi, Steven Y
• Application Number:
  US16/042,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20180326898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/217 Doors, e.g. door sills; Steps
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/225 Small compartments, e.g. glove compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/51 for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor

Abstract

An attachment structure of a lighting device has: a holder provided on a top surface of a door pocket that constitutes a door lining, the lighting device being placed in the holder; walls for fixing the lighting device placed in the holder; a light source supporting part; and a connector supporting part. In this case, the attachment structure and the top surface of the door pocket are configured integrally.

Claims

1. An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, comprising:

a rest disposed on a surface of the attachment target and configured to place the lighting device thereon; and

a mounting member configured to fix the lighting device placed on the rest, wherein

the mounting member comprises two sidewalls opposed to each other,

a plurality of ribs define the rest between the two sidewalls and extend toward at least one of the two sidewalls,

the plurality of ribs are joined to at least one of the two sidewalls,

one of the two sidewalls includes a protruded portion protruding away from the other one of the two sidewalls toward an outside of the rest, and

at least one of the plurality of ribs is arranged in the protruded portion.

2. The attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein the one of the two sidewalls is longer than the other of the two sidewalls in a longitudinal direction intersecting with the plurality of ribs.

3. The attachment structure according to claim 2, wherein the at least one of the plurality of ribs arranged in the protruded portion is longer than another of the plurality of ribs in an extending direction.

4. The attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of ribs include a first rib arranged in the protruded portion, a second rib joined to a portion of the one of the two sidewalls other than the protruded portion, and a third rib joined to the other of the two sidewalls, and

the first rib is longer than the second rib and the third rib, respectively.

5. The attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein a through hole is formed in a surface of the attachment target arranged between the two sidewalls,

the one of the plurality of ribs arranged in the protruded portion is connected to the through hole.

6. The attachment structure according to claim 5, wherein the through hole is longer than the protruded portion in a longitudinal direction intersecting with the plurality of ribs.

7. The attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of ribs include at least three ribs along a longitudinal direction of the two sidewalls intersecting with the plurality of ribs, and

the at least one of the plurality of ribs arranged in the protruded portion is interposed between other ribs.

8. A door lining equipped with an arm rest and the attachment structure for installing a lighting device according to claim 1.

9. A door panel fitted with the door lining according to claim 8.

10. An interior member of a vehicle equipped with the attachment structure for installing a lighting device according to claim 1.