Patent ID: 8403551
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B60Q,G02B

Abstract:
1. A lighting device, comprising: a light guide plate comprising a light incident part in an end face and a light radiation part perpendicular to the light incident part in a flat plate surface; a light source part opposed to the light incident part; a light shield member covering an area near the light incident part on the flat plate surface of the light guide plate and preventing the passage of light from the light source part; and a switch part including a switch main body, a switch knob and a pressing member connected to the switch knob to press the switch main body by pressing down the switch knob, wherein an end part of the switch knob opposed to a center of the flat plate surface of the light guide plate is located on the light shield member, wherein the radiation part extends away from the end wall of the switch main body, such that light is emitted through an area adjacent to an end wall of the switch part, and wherein the entire end face of the light guide plate is located between a first virtual line passing the end part of the switch knob and perpendicular to the flat plate surface of the light guide plate and a second virtual line passing a center of the switch main body and perpendicular to the flat plate surface of the light guide plate.