Patent ID: 8333492

Claim:
A door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle, said door handle assembly being mounted to a handle region of a vehicle door, said door handle assembly comprising: a cap portion mountable to a vehicle door; a handle portion movably mountable to the vehicle door and moveable relative to said cap portion to actuate a locking mechanism of the door to open the door; an illumination module, said illumination module comprising at least one illumination source and being operable to illuminate the handle region of the vehicle door and to illuminate a ground region adjacent to the vehicle and generally below said door handle assembly; wherein said illumination module comprises a housing that is overmolded over said at least one illumination source to substantially seal said at least one illumination source within said housing; and wherein said housing defines a pocket illumination portion for directing illumination from said at least one illumination source toward the door handle pocket and a ground illumination portion for directing illumination from said at least one illumination source toward the ground.