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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Hayashi Telempu Corporation, Naku-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Naoyuki Kato, Nagoya, JP;
HAYASHI TELEMPU CORPORATION, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular illumination holding structure comprising: a bar-shaped light guide installed in an interior trim; a holding member that holds the light guide; and a transmitting portion of the interior trim, wherein an emission surface of the light guide extends along longitudinal direction thereof and faces the transmitting portion, the transmitting portion is disposed with a gap from the emission surface, the holding member extends from the interior trim, the holding members have, at leading end portions thereof, engagement bodies engaged with a first longitudinal side surface of the light guide, the interior trim further includes support portions and step portions, where the support portions extend over a second side surface of the light guide to reach the emission surface, the second side surface being a surface opposed to the first side surface, and the step portions connect the support portions and the transmitting portion.