US 11,833,260 B2
Sterilization system for vehicle
Jae Seung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Young Hoon Ji, Osan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and KAIS Inc., Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR); and KAIS Inc., Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/154,600.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0118490 (KR), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080063 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); B60S 1/64 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B60S 1/64 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization system for a vehicle, the sterilization system comprising:
an outer housing configured to rotate about a first shaft and having an opening formed to face an interior space;
an inner housing installed inside the outer housing exposed to the interior space through the opening, the inner housing configured to rotate about a second shaft, and having a light transmitting portion through which sterilizing light is to be transmitted, wherein the outer housing has a guide slit extending along a rotational trajectory of the inner housing and wherein the inner housing has a guide protrusion protruding outwardly, the guide protrusion being configured to slide while being guided by the guide slit when the inner housing is rotated;
a light source embedded in the inner housing and configured to irradiate the sterilizing light toward the light transmitting portion; and
a driver configured to rotate the outer housing and the inner housing to irradiate the sterilizing light to the interior space and to change an irradiation angle of the sterilizing light.