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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Kentarou Nagai, Makinohara, JP;
Masayuki Hirano, Makinohara, JP;
Kentarou Nagai, Makinohara, JP;
Masayuki Hirano, Makinohara, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interior illumination device includes a receiving housing of a design part having swinging shafts; a switching knob of a design part having swinging holes, said switching knob being swingably supported by the swinging shafts and the swinging holes; a switching unit of a functional part swingably supporting a switching lever; and a rotation regulating member interposed between the switching knob and the swinging shafts of the design part for regulating a swinging range of the switching knob. When the design part and the functional part are assembled with each other, the switching knob and the switching lever are connected to each other, and the switching lever is swung in conjunction with a swing of the switching knob.