Title: Illumination device for motor vehicles

Abstract: An illumination device for motor vehicles which include a floor mounted console provided within the passenger compartment. The illumination device includes a case having an opening therein and which is detachably provided in the console so that the case can be easily installed and removed from the console, a lamp provided in the case adjacent to the opening and a long flexible power cord electrically coupled to the lamp and to a source of power such that the illumination device can be removed from the console and utilized at various locations within the passenger compartment. The lamp, case opening and console is further arranged and configured such that when the illumination device is installed in the console, the illumination device illuminates an instrument panel of the motor vehicle without casting light on the windshield of the motor vehicle.

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Inventors: Kimura, Masayuki (Nagoya, JP)

Application Number: 874874
Filing Date: 1978-02-03
Publication_date: 1980-05-06
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP)
Primary Class(es): 362/489 362/144, 362/226, 362/258, 362/491
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US Patent Ref:

2001743	May, 1935	Morrison	362/144.
2149597	Mar, 1939	Girl et al.	362/144.
2149598	Mar, 1939	Girl et al.	362/144.
3926470	Dec, 1975	Marcus	362/61.
4075468	Feb, 1978	Marcus	362/144.
4091443	May, 1978	Ohrenstein	362/140.

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Primary Examiner: Padgett, Benjamin R.
Assistant Examiner: Barr, J. L.
Attorney: Koda and Androlia