Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
  • B60Q1/30—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces
  • B60Q1/302—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating rear of vehicle, e.g. by means of reflecting surfaces mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
  • B60Q1/2619—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic built in the vehicle body
  • B60Q1/2623—Details of the fastening means
  • B60Q1/263—Snap-in fasteners

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an additional rear brake light intended to be installed at the rear of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
• the additional rear stop lamps are generally installed at a raised position compared to the other two stop lamps, in order to obtain maximum visibility for the other drivers. In this way, optimal security is ensured. In this case, it comes to fix the additional rear brake light is outside a vehicle interior, or inside the cabin on a ceiling wall providing a rigid attachment, simple and inexpensive.
• JP8244 523 which describes an additional rear brake light located inside the passenger compartment.
• This additional rear brake light has a fastening device connected directly to the ceiling wall.
• this fixing device has disadvantages. It consists of several parts including a screw and a nut that require complex maneuvers, and especially an important assembly time.
• a problem that arises and that aims to solve the present invention is to provide an additional rear brake light which is not only inexpensive to produce but also easy to install.
• the present invention proposes an additional rear brake light intended to be installed at the rear of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the rear of said passenger compartment being delimited by a rear window and a ceiling wall.
• said rear brake light having fastening means and a base for receiving illumination means, said fastening means being for connecting said base to said ceiling wall so that said lighting means is directed towards said rear window
• said fixing means comprising at least one mechanical member for passing through said ceiling wall.
• said mechanical member has at least two branches which extend substantially opposite one on the other, said branches being intended to be spaced from each other to engage through said ceiling wall, and said legs and said base are molded together in one piece. Thanks to this characteristic, there is no need to provide multiple complementary means of attachment. In addition, it can reduce the assembly time, therefore the manufacturing cost decreases. In addition, thanks to the two branches, it ensures a better attachment of additional rear brake light on the ceiling wall.
• said mechanical member and said base are molded of plastics material.
• the nature of the material or the geometry of the branches allow them to be elastically deformable in a direction of approximation or separation.
• said fixing means comprise a locking rod intended to be inserted between said branches to prevent the branches from getting closer to one another, and to maintain them. in this position through the ceiling wall.
• the mechanical member is completely integral with the ceiling wall, and thus the base is held in a fixed position on the ceiling wall, the lighting means facing the rear window.
• said locking rod is a screw having a thread which allows better locking in translation of the locking rod, and gives ease of assembly by face.
• said base having a reflector
• said fixing means have a plate located above said reflector
• said branches extend projecting in a direction opposite to said reflector.
• said plate has an orifice between said branches for receiving the locking rod.
• said branches respectively have at least one locking lug of said branches in said ceiling wall. So the ergot of locking which engages with the ceiling wall and which blocks the removal of the mechanical member in a contrary direction, confers it a better fixation.
• FIG. 1 shows an additional rear brake light, according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a partial diagrammatic view in axial section along plane N-II of an additional rear stop lamp illustrated in FIG. 1.
• FIG. 1 shows an additional rear brake light 10, also called third brake light in addition to two other stop lights.
• the additional rear light 10 adapted to be housed inside a passenger compartment 25 of a motor vehicle, is located at an elevated position relative to the other two stop lamps.
• the additional rear light 10 has a base 12 for receiving lighting means, and two fixing means 14 symmetrical to each other with respect to a plane of symmetry P.
• the base 12 has a reflector 16 having a bottom wall 15 on which the light rays of said lighting means are reflected.
• the reflector 16 is surrounded by a substantially cylindrical envelope that guides the light rays.
• the lighting means can be engaged at the center 17 of the bottom wall 15, through an opening 19 and are traversed by the plane of symmetry P.
• the fixing means for fixing the additional rear light 10 on said motor vehicle have a mechanical member 18 having two branches 20 facing each other, and a plate 22 located above the reflector 16.
• the mechanical member 18 and the base 12 are connected together via of a wing 21.
• the wing 21 and the plate 22 have a reinforcing cheek 23 secured to the base 12.
• the base 12, the wing 21, the plate 22 and the cheek 23 are molded together in one piece. plastic material.
• the branches 20 extend projecting from the plate 22 in a direction opposite to the base 12.
• the branches 20 respectively have internal faces 29 facing each other forming an extension 32 'of a circular orifice 32. In FIG. 2, the orifice 32 will be described.
• the branches 20 have opposite outer surfaces 31 respectively. one to the other, forming two locking lugs 24.
• the branches 20 project from the plate 22 on either side of the extension 32 'of the orifice.
• FIG. 2 shows the additional rear brake light 10 fixed to a ceiling wall 28.
• the additional rear brake light 10 is installed at the rear of a passenger compartment 25 of a motor vehicle which is delimited by a rear window 26 and the wall of the vehicle. ceiling 28.
• the passenger compartment 25 is isolated from the outside 27 in particular by the rear window 26.
• the ceiling wall 28 has a bore 30 to receive the mechanical member 18 and a locking rod 34.
• the drilling 30 of the ceiling wall 28 is substantially rectangular so as to receive the two branches 20.
• the bore 30 has a width close to the width L of the branches 20.
• the locking rod 34 is a screw, and it has a thread 36 and a screw head 38.
• the plate 22 has a circular orifice 32 which extends between the two branches 20 by the extension 32 'keeping a spacing substantially equal to the diameter of said orifice 32. 32 has a diameter substantially equal to that of the locking rod 34.
• the mechanical member 18 is pushed through the bore 30 until the plate 22 comes to rest against the ceiling wall 28. Since the branches 20 form a convergent wedge in an opposite direction at the plate 22, they can be driven easily inside the bore 30 by approaching one another. Once depressed, they can again deviate due to their elasticity.
• the locking lugs 24 then bear against the rear of the ceiling wall 28 on the edges of the bore 30. The lugs 24 make it possible to prohibit the withdrawal of the branches 20 in a direction opposite to the ceiling wall 28, they confer and the fastening means 14 their anchoring. Then, when the locking rod 34 is pushed inside the orifice 32 and its extension 32 ', the locking rod 34 blocks the branches 20 and prevent them from getting closer, and thus they are locked Through the bore 30.
• the locking rod 34 is a screw preferably adapted to the material constituting the branches 20, for example, a soft material screw (for example a polyethylene).
• the screw head 38 abuts against the plate 28, and the locking rod 34 finally takes the position shown in Figure 2.
• the branches 20 are even stronger against the bore 30, therefore the attachment of the additional rear brake light is provided.
• the branches 20 are also possible to make the branches 20 with an elastic plastic material. Thanks to this feature, the branches are elastically deformable, therefore, they can be driven even more easily through to the ceiling wall by approaching, when the base 12 is finally in position. Thus, it is possible to make the branches 20 with a more divergent spacing at the origin. Thanks to this characteristic, when the mechanical member 18 is pushed in, the branches 20 are first brought together and then they move away from one another so as to regain their initial spacing in the ceiling wall 28, therefore they can be applied more strongly against drilling 30 and fixation is better ensured.
• the invention thus makes it possible to constitute a kind of expandable peg blocking with the plate 28 of the base 12, and which can be snapped or clipped into a hole in the ceiling wall 28, and then blocked therein by means of the rod of blocking 34.

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