US 11,919,442 B2
Vehicle interior lighting device
Masahiro Fujita, Toyota (JP); Shunsuke Kurebayashi, Toyota (JP); Shizuo Sanjo, Toyota (JP); Masato Takeuchi, Kiyosu (JP); Shunya Nishimura, Aichi-ken (JP); and Ayaka Yagi, Kiyosu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP); and TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP); and TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,795.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-069180 (JP), filed on Apr. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339390 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/217 (2017.01); B60Q 3/60 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/217 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/60 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02)] 3 Claims
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1. A vehicle interior lighting device comprising:
a light source installed on an instrument panel of a vehicle, the light source configured to project light from the instrument panel to a door trim of a door panel; and
a pattern element installed on a light emitting side of the light source, wherein
the light source is configured to project the light, through the pattern element, to a surface of the door trim with an optical axis angled with respect to the door trim to create a pattern on the surface of the door trim wherein the pattern changes in accordance with an opening and closing of a door to which the door panel is installed.