Patent ID: 7537364
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A door handle portion illumination system for illuminating a door handle portion, comprising: a door handle; a concave portion, formed on a vehicle body at a rear of the door handle; a light transmitting element, incorporated in the door handle and comprising a luminous surface including an area exposed to a front side of the door handle and an area facing an edge portion of the concave portion; and a light source, emitting a light that is introduced into the light transmitting elements, wherein said light introduced into said light transmitting element is emitted from the luminous surface, wherein said light emitted from the area of the luminous surface facing the edge portion of the concave portion is concentrated on the edge portion by the luminous surface such that the edge portion of the concave portion appears as a bright line, and wherein said bright line of said luminous surface forms a ring-shaped illumination of said edge portion of said concave portion.