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Vehicle interior lamp

US11046244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2020
Grant dateJun 29, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21Y2115/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle interior lamp includes a housing having an opening, a lens arranged at the opening, a compartment provided in the housing and surrounding the opening at which the lens is arranged, a light source arranged in a corner of the compartment and emitting light toward the lens, and a reflector arranged inside the compartment, the reflector for introducing the light emitted from the light source to the lens. A plurality of steps is provided on a surface of the lens facing the light source, the steps having a thickness that reduces as the distance from the light source increases and arranged to be brought close uniformly a brightness of a surface of the lens by the light source. The lens is provided with a protrusion or a serration.

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