Patent ID: 8851720

Claim:
An illuminator of a door outside handle for a vehicle, comprising: a case installed within a handle housing mounted on an outer panel; a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) installed at a rear end of the case; a Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulb that is mounted on the handle housing, located on an opposite side of the outer panel, supported while being electrically connected to the PCB, and has a substantially cylindrical shape, wherein the LED bulb is configured to perform both a function of a light source and a function of a guiding light through a length thereof extending from the PCB to a surface of the handle housing, and wherein, when a light is irradiated from the LED bulb, the light directly illuminates the outer panel; a top LED installed at one side of the PCB and electrically connected to the PCB; and a light guide disposed lengthwise along an outer line contour of an inner grip of the handle housing, wherein an end of the light guide contacts or gets close to the top LED, and the light guide is configured to have one side surface thereof exposed at a border line between the handle housing and the inner grip and to illuminate a light from the top LED to the outer panel.