STRUCTURE FOR ASSEMBLING VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING

• US 20140293636A1
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: SUZUKI, Yasuo, YAMANAKA, Hideki
• Granted Patent: US 10,399,488 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/520
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/51 for mounting lighting devices onto vehicle interior, e.g. onto ceiling or floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/88 Means for plugging to the electrical power supply of the vehicle, e.g. by using cigarette lighter sockets

Abstract

A structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting, comprises a lens, a socket, a cover fitted to the socket, a first regulation portion configured by one side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a front side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the first regulation portion regulating forward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction; and a second regulation portion configured by another side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a rear side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the second regulation portion regulating backward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction.

Claims

1. A structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting, comprising:

a lens;

a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion that are disposed on a light source opposed surface of the lens and spaced apart from each other in a linear direction while the linear direction along the light source opposed surface is taken as an insertion direction;

a socket to which a light source is fitted and that has a socket-side engagement portion to be engaged with the second engagement portion;

a cover fitted to the socket in a direction along the linear direction so as to accommodate the light source therein and cover the light source, and having a cover-side engagement portion engaged with the first engagement portion;

a first regulation portion configured by one side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a front side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the first regulation portion regulating forward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction; and

a second regulation portion configured by another side of the fitted cover or the fitted socket that is located on a rear side in the insertion direction and a part of the lens, the second regulation portion regulating backward movement of the cover or the socket in the insertion direction.

2. The structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting according to claim 1, wherein the cover is located on the front side in the insertion direction.

3. The structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting according to claim 2, wherein the cover-side engagement portion is provided on both sides of the cover that are provided along the linear direction, and the socket-side engagement portion is provided on both sides of the socket that are provided along the linear direction.

4. The structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting according to claim 1, wherein

the light source includes a bulb, and

the bulb, the socket, the cover and a busbar make up a functional part.

5. The structure for assembling a vehicle interior lighting according to claim 1, wherein

the light source includes a bulb, and

the cover surrounds the bulb.