IN-VEHICLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM

• US 20170217364A1
• Filed: 01/27/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: NOBORITATE, Kazuma, SATO, Kazuya, SUGIMOTO, Terumitsu
• Granted Patent: US 10,442,347 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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 3/267 Door handles; Hand grips
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/64 for a single lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/66 for distributing light among several lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/80 Circuits; Control arrangements for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0217 for loud-speakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0243 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0021 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0287 integrating other functions or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/046 mounted on door

Abstract

An in-vehicle illumination system which is to be disposed in a door of a vehicle has: a door warning lamp which is disposed in the vicinity of a door handle that is operated when the door is to be opened, and which indicates an open/close state of the door; a door handle illumination lamp which illuminates the door handle; a decorative lamp which emits decorative light; and a first control connector having a first control apparatus which controls ON/OFF states of the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp. The first control apparatus of the first control connector causes, when the door is in an open state, the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp to be lighted ON with a predetermined warning color.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle illumination system which is to be disposed in a door of a vehicle, including:

a door warning lamp which is disposed in a vicinity of a door handle that is operated when the door is to be opened, and which indicates an open/close state of the door;

a door handle illumination lamp which illuminates the door handle;

a decorative lamp which emits decorative light; and

a first control apparatus which controls ON/OFF states of the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp, wherein

the first control apparatus causing, when the door is in an open state, the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp to be lighted ON with a predetermined warning color.

2. The in-vehicle illumination system according to claim 1, wherein,

when the door is closed, the first control apparatus causes the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp to be lighted ON with a color that is different from the warning color, or lighted OFF.

3. The in-vehicle illumination system according to claim 1, wherein

the door includes:

a foot illumination lamp which illuminates a bottom portion of a vehicle interior;

a pocket illumination lamp which illuminates a door pocket disposed in the door;

a storage section illumination lamp which illuminates a storage section disposed in the door; and

a second control apparatus which controls ON/OFF states of the foot illumination lamp, the pocket illumination lamp, and the storage section illumination lamp, and

the second control apparatus causes the foot illumination lamp, the pocket illumination lamp, and the storage section illumination lamp to be lighted ON or OFF, based on an operation performed by an occupant.

4. The in-vehicle illumination system according to claim 3, wherein

the second control apparatus is connected to harnesses which lead from the foot illumination lamp, the pocket illumination lamp, and the storage section illumination lamp, and installed in the door while being integrally disposed together with the harnesses into a sound absorption member.