Vehicle interior illumination structure
First Claim
1. A vehicle interior illumination structure comprising, in combination, an instrument panel installed in a front interior area of a vehicle and located on the lower side of a front windshield glass, and a light-guiding illumination member disposed in said instrument panel, said front interior area being defined by the front windshield glass and opposed side window glasses on the rearward side of the front windshield glass, wherein:
- said instrument panel is formed with a step portion extending laterally at a height approximately equal to or above that of a mounting portion of a steering wheel shaft to said instrument panel, said step portion being defined in such a manner that a step upper surface located on the upper side of said step portion and a step lower surface located on the lower side of said step portion are formed in said instrument panel, and said step upper surface has a rear edge protruding in the rearward direction of the vehicle relative to a front edge of said step lower surface; and
said illumination member is arranged to extend laterally at a position which is adjacent to the front edge of said step lower surface and capable of preventing illumination light of said illumination member from directly coming within the field of view of a driver sitting in a front seat in the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle interior illumination structure comprising, in combination, an instrument panel 10 installed in a front interior area of a vehicle, and a light-guiding illumination member 2 disposed in the instrument panel. The instrument panel 10 is formed with a step portion S laterally extending at a height approximately equal to or above that of a mounting portion of a shaft of a steering wheel 35 to the instrument panel. The step portion S is defined in such a manner that a step upper surface 11f located on the upper side of the step portion and a step lower surface 12f located on the lower side of the step portion are formed in the instrument panel 10, and the step upper surface 11f has a rear edge 11p protruding in the rearward direction of the vehicle relative to a front edge 12p of the step lower surface 12f. The illumination member 2 is arranged to extend laterally at a position which is adjacent to the front edge 12p of the step lower surface 12f and capable of preventing illumination light of the illumination member 2 from directly coming within the field of view of a driver sitting in a front seat in the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior illumination structure of the present invention can prevent illumination light of the illumination member from obstructing the driver'"'"'s view.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle interior illumination structure comprising, in combination, an instrument panel installed in a front interior area of a vehicle and located on the lower side of a front windshield glass, and a light-guiding illumination member disposed in said instrument panel, said front interior area being defined by the front windshield glass and opposed side window glasses on the rearward side of the front windshield glass, wherein:
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said instrument panel is formed with a step portion extending laterally at a height approximately equal to or above that of a mounting portion of a steering wheel shaft to said instrument panel, said step portion being defined in such a manner that a step upper surface located on the upper side of said step portion and a step lower surface located on the lower side of said step portion are formed in said instrument panel, and said step upper surface has a rear edge protruding in the rearward direction of the vehicle relative to a front edge of said step lower surface; and
said illumination member is arranged to extend laterally at a position which is adjacent to the front edge of said step lower surface and capable of preventing illumination light of said illumination member from directly coming within the field of view of a driver sitting in a front seat in the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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