Vehicle interior light

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8446047
APP PUB NO 20110121730A1
SERIAL NO

12877137

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A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.

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TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA1-1 TOYODA-CHO KARIYA-SHI AICHI-KEN 448-8651

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayashi, Nobuki Toyota, JP 27 157
Ito, Atsuhiko Miyoshi, JP 9 40
Saito, Takuma Toyota, JP 19 331
Yaoichi, Shinichi Okazaki, JP 1 5

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