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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Haruhito Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shigehiko Kazaoka, Shizuoka, JP;
Masashi Tateishi, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Yoshino, Chita-gun, JP;
Yoshiki Ishikawa, Toyota, JP;
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A door handle includes a casing inside which an accommodation space is provided, and a lamp unit disposed in the accommodation space. The lamp unit includes a light emission element, a circuit board on which the light emission element is mounted, a housing that supports the circuit board, and a light guiding lens that guides light emitted from the light emission element in a predetermined direction. The light guiding lens includes an incident surface that receives light emitted from the light emission element, and an emission surface that emits the light entering in the light guiding lens through the incident surface and is positioned below the incident surface. In the door handle, the emission surface is positioned above a lower surface of the casing.