US 12,109,943 B2
Attachment structure of lighting device
Masanori Suzuki, Nasukarasuyama (JP); Yuichiro Hoshi, Tochigi-ken (JP); and Noriyuki Yamato, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to TS Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka-shl (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,170.
Application 17/343,170 is a continuation of application No. 16/391,899, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,059,419.
Application 16/391,899 is a continuation of application No. 16/042,656, filed on Jul. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,315,562, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Application 16/042,656 is a continuation of application No. 14/382,940, granted, now 10,065,559, issued on Sep. 4, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2013/053625, filed on Feb. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-051564 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2012; and application No. 2012-051565 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0291729 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/217 (2017.01); B60Q 3/225 (2017.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.01)
CPC B60Q 3/51 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/217 (2017.02); B60Q 3/225 (2017.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, the attachment structure comprising:
a rest that is disposed on a surface of the attachment target and on which the lighting device is placed; and
a mounting member that is disposed to surround the rest and configured to fix the lighting device placed on the rest,
wherein
the attachment structure is formed together with the attachment target,
the lighting device includes
a first ledge, and
a second ledge that is formed on a second side surface across from a first side surface where the first ledge is formed,
the mounting member includes
a first wall raising from a surface of the attachment target,
a second wall raising from the surface of the attachment target to surround the rest together with the first wall,
a hole that is formed in the first wall to engage the first ledge in a state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
a recess that is formed in the second wall and concave in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to accommodate the second ledge in the state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
a part of the second wall is depressed in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to form the recess extending from one end to another end of the second wall in a direction in which the second wall raises,
the lighting device includes
a light source unit that includes a light source that emits illumination light, and
a connector that is continuous with the light source unit, and
the light source unit includes the first ledge,
the attachment structure further comprises:
a connector support that attaches the connector to the attachment structure and supports the connector, and
a light source support that attaches the light source unit to the attachment target and supports the light source unit, and
the light source support and the connector support face each other in an oblique direction.