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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Kentaro Nagai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kentaro Nagai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle interior lighting system includes: a designed coverattached to a ceiling wall in an inside of a vehicle compartment; and a light source unitarranged in the rear of the designed cover. In this system, a light beam emitted from an emission portof the light source unit illuminates the inside of the vehicle compartment through two irradiation holesfor spot illumination, which are provided in the designed cover. A light guideis arranged between the emission portof the light source unit and the two irradiation holes 15 of the designed cover. The light guideis configured to divide the light beam emitted from the light source unit into two directions, and to guide the thus-divided light beams to the respective irradiation holes.