US 6,981,788 B2
Lighting apparatus for entrance of vehicle and lighting system for same
Shiro Iwai, Haga-machi (Japan); Hidekazu Hayakawa, Takanezawa-machi (Japan); and Masato Endoh, Ujiie-machi (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Access Corporation, Saitama (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/863,396.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-170030 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0252518 A1, Dec. 16, 2004
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—494 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting apparatus for an entrance of a vehicle, employing a structure attachable to a side mirror of the vehicle and lighting up a road surface adjacent to the entrance of the vehicle when a user gets in and out the vehicle, the lighting apparatus comprising:
at least one lighting element for lighting up the road surface;
a clear molded plastic cover; and
an attaching member for integrally attaching said lighting element and said clear molded plastic cover onto a bottom surface of the side mirror,
wherein a side surface of the lighting apparatus adjacent to the vehicle is formed so as to broaden from a front of the side mirror toward a rear thereof along a direction departing from the vehicle.