US 11,987,179 B2
Vehicle interior member
Manabu Mihira, Tochigi (JP); and Yuji Nakano, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,816.
Application 18/303,816 is a continuation of application No. 17/399,256, filed on Aug. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,654,826.
Application 17/399,256 is a continuation of application No. 16/652,184, granted, now 11,110,858, issued on Sep. 7, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2018/036360, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-192976 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339391 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/51 (2017.01); B60Q 3/217 (2017.01); B60Q 3/225 (2017.01); B60Q 3/54 (2017.01); B60Q 3/64 (2017.01); B60Q 3/78 (2017.01); F21V 5/04 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 17/08 (2006.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01)
CPC B60Q 3/51 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/217 (2017.02); B60Q 3/225 (2017.02); B60Q 3/54 (2017.02); B60Q 3/64 (2017.02); B60Q 3/78 (2017.02); F21V 5/04 (2013.01); F21V 17/08 (2013.01); G02B 6/001 (2013.01); B60R 7/046 (2013.01); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interior member for a vehicle, comprising:
an interior member main body forming an inner wall of a cabin;
a linear light guide member configured to conduct light from a light source in a lengthwise direction and to irradiate the light from a side surface thereof; and
a lens that transmits the light irradiated from the light guide member;
wherein the interior member main body is provided with an interior member recess receiving the light guide member and the lens, and
wherein the lens extends along the light guide member, and is provided with a groove receiving the light guide member therein, a first engaging portion provided on a wall that defines the groove, and a second engaging portion provided on a wall that defines the groove, and the interior member main body is provided with a first engaged portion engaged by the first engaging portion, and a second engaged portion engaged by the second engaging portion,
the first engaging portion includes a plurality of first engaging portions arranged in an extending direction of the lens,
the second engaging portion includes a plurality of second engaging portions arranged in the extending direction of the lens,
the second engaging portions are each interposed between a corresponding mutually adjoining pair of the first engaging portions, and
a surface of the light guide member in an opening direction of the interior member recess and a surface of the interior member main body located above the interior member recess are aligned.