ILLUMINATED DOOR HANDLE

• Main Authors: TAKAHASHI, Haruhito, KAZAOKA, Shigehiko, ISHIKAWA, Yoshiki, TATEISHI, Masashi, YOSHINO, Masaki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.03.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; BLASTING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HANDCUFFS; HEATING; KEYS; LIGHTING; LOCKS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SAFES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

A door handle includes a casing inside which an accommodation space is provided, and a lamp unit disposed in the accommodation space. The lamp unit includes a light emission element, a circuit board on which the light emission element is mounted, and a combination member including a housing and a light guiding lens. The housing supports the circuit board, and the light guiding lens guides light emitted from the light emission element in a predetermined direction. In the door handle, a connection wire that supplies driving current to at least the light emission element is connected to the circuit board, and a portion of the connection wire is wound around a portion of the combination member.