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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Osamu Yamanaka, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Sugihara, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Minoru Shibata, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Shuichi Koyama, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Ono, Okazaki, JP;
Osamu Yamanaka, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Sugihara, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Minoru Shibata, Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Shuichi Koyama, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Ono, Okazaki, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An interior illuminating apparatus for a vehicle includes an interior rear-view minor which is connected and fixed to an interior ceiling of the vehicle for observing the rear. An LED is provided in a vicinity of the interior rear-view mirror at a forward position in a traveling direction of the vehicle and radiates ultraviolet light on a center part of an instrument panel. An operating unit adapted to receive the ultraviolet light from the LED is provided in the center part of the instrument panel. The apparatus includes a starting switch for actuating the LED on and off. The operating unit has fluorescent layers coated thereon and containing a substance which emits fluorescence when irradiated with the ultraviolet light from the LED.