Attachment structure of lighting device

• US 10,065,559 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2013
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• 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
• Assistant Examiner(s): HORIKOSHI, STEVEN Y
• Application Number:
  US14/382,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20150043229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,027 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 bottom surface having a hole formed therein, the hole formed in the bottom surface of the attachment structure being configured for letting light from the lighting device pass through the hole; and

a plurality of ribs formed around the hole,

wherein the attachment structure has a shorter side and a longer side,

four or more of the plurality of ribs are positioned adjacently to the hole,

among the four or more ribs positioned adjacently to the hole, two ribs are arranged in parallel to one another at one end of the hole in a direction along the shorter side, and another two ribs are arranged in parallel to one another at another end in the direction along the shorter side, and

each rib of the two ribs define a line with respective one of the another two ribs, wherein the line extends across the hole.

2. The attachment structure according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of ribs extend in a direction along the shorter side of the attachment structure.

3. The attachment structure according to claim 2, wherein a length of the at least one of the plurality of ribs positioned adjacently to the hole is smaller than a length of another one of the plurality of ribs that is positioned away from the hole.

4. The attachment structure according to claim 3, further comprising a wall and a wall-shaped light source support that support side surfaces of the lighting device,

wherein said wall and said wall-shaped light source support are arranged upstanding from the bottom surface of the attachment structure;

and

the wall and the wall-shaped light source support are connected to each other.

5. The attachment structure according to claim 4, wherein the wall is joined to the at least one of the plurality of ribs positioned adjacently to the hole.

6. The attachment structure according to claim 4, wherein the wall-shaped light source support is joined to the at least one of the plurality of ribs positioned adjacently to the hole and to the another one of the plurality of ribs that is positioned away from the hole.

7. The attachment structure according to claim 4, further comprising:

a wall-shaped connector support supporting a connector of the lighting device; and

another wall supporting a portion of the side surface of the lighting device,

wherein the wall-shaped connector support and the another wall stand on the bottom surface of the attachment structure.

8. The attachment structure according to claim 7, wherein the wall-shaped connector support is joined to the another one of the plurality of ribs that is positioned away from the hole.

9. The attachment structure according to claim 7, wherein the another wall is joined to the other one of the plurality of ribs that is positioned away from the hole.

10. The attachment structure according to claim 7, wherein the wall-shaped connector support is supported by a first supporting rib different from the plurality of ribs and extending from the wall-shaped connector support in a direction outward along the shorter side of the attachment structure, and

the another wall is supported by a second supporting rib different from the plurality of ribs and extending from the another wall in a direction outward along the shorter side of the attachment structure.