DOOR HANDLE

• Main Authors: KAZAOKA, Shigehiko, IMAI, Yuko, HANAZATO, Masashi, TATEISHI, Masashi, ARAKI, Nobukazu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.08.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; BLASTING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HANDCUFFS; HEATING; KEYS; LIGHTING; LOCKS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SAFES; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

A door handle (1) includes a case (2) including a placement space therein, and a light guide disposed in the placement space and configured to guide light emitted from a light source, the light guide including a light exiting surface (17b) from which the light is irradiated toward the outside of the case (2). An irradiation passage hole (8) through which the light irradiated from the light exiting surface (17b) passes is formed in the case (2). When a tangent line which passes through an outer surface (102) of a door panel (101) on a travelling direction side of the light passing through the irradiation passage hole (8) and a wall surface for forming the irradiation passage hole (8) is defined as a connecting line and an assembly ((Sa) of the connecting lines at the entire circumference of the irradiation passage hole is defined as a connecting line assembly, the light exiting surface (17b) is located on the outside of the connecting line assembly (Sa).