Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Door handle with light unit
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Application No.: US15036964Application Date: 2014-11-19
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Publication No.: US09764684B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Haruhito Takahashi , Shigehiko Kazaoka , Masashi Tateishi , Masaki Yoshino , Yoshiki Ishikawa
- Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. , AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA , TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA,TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA,TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-238816 20131119
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/002494 WO 20141119
- International Announcement: WO2015/075531 WO 20150528
- Main IPC: B60Q1/26
- IPC: B60Q1/26 ; E05B85/10 ; E05B17/10 ; E05B85/16

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160304026A1 DOOR HANDLE Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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