JPH0130264Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention relates to a vehicular lamp, and includes:
For example, the present invention relates to a vehicle light that is an interior light that can be easily attached to and removed from the vehicle body.

[Conventional technology]

Hereinafter, a conventional vehicular lamp will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle body, for example a ceiling in a room, and a mounting hole 10 is provided in the vehicle body 1. 2 is a housing, and this housing 2
A recess 20 for storing a valve is provided in the center, a through hole 21 is provided at the bottom of the recess 20 for attaching a socket holder 4, which will be described later, and a notch is provided at the edge of the through hole 21, through which a protrusion 41 of the socket holder 4, which will be described later, passes. (not shown). An engaging claw 22 that engages with one side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1 is provided at one end of the housing 2. 3 is a lens disposed on the front surface of the housing 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a socket holder, and this socket holder 4 has a hole 40 for attaching a valve 6, which will be described later, on the front surface, a protrusion 41 protruding in the radial direction on the outer circumferential surface, and a flange 42 on the rear side of the outer circumferential surface. Protrude in one piece. The flange 42 of the socket holder 4 and the recess 2 of the housing 2 thus formed
0, and the protrusion 41 of the socket holder 4 is inserted into the through hole 21 of the housing 2.
facing the notch of the socket holder 4.
By pushing the socket into the housing 1 and turning it, the socket holder 4 can be removably attached to the housing 2. That is, this socket holder 4 is detachably attached to the housing 2 for replacing the valve 6, which will be described later. 6 is a lamp chamber 60 that is removably attached to the hole 40 of the socket holder 4 and is defined by the housing 2 and the lens 3.
This is a valve installed inside. 70 and 71 are bolts and nuts.

Next, attachment and detachment of a conventional vehicle lamp to and from the vehicle body 1 will be explained. First, when installing, insert the recess 20 of the housing 2 into the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1, engage the engaging claw 22 of the housing 2 with one side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1, and then abut against the vehicle body 1, and at the end of the housing 2 opposite to the engaging claw 22, tighten the bolt 70 from the lens 3 side to the nut 71 on the vehicle body 1 side to attach the housing 2 and lens 3 to the vehicle body 1. .
The vehicular lamp can be attached to the vehicle body 1 by attaching the socket holder 4 with the bulb 6 attached to the through hole 21 of the housing 2 with the packing 5 interposed. When removing it, remove the socket holder 4 (including the valve 6 and packing 5) from the through hole 21 of the housing 2, remove the bolt 70 from the nut 71 from the lens 3 side, and insert the engaging claw 22 of the housing 2 into the vehicle body 1. The vehicle lamp can be removed from the vehicle body 1 by removing it from one side edge of the mounting hole 10 and pulling out the recess 20 of the housing 2 from the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional vehicle lamp is attached to the vehicle body 1 by tightening the bolt 70 and nut 71, when attaching or removing it from the vehicle body 1, it is necessary to tighten or loosen the bolt 70 from the lens 3 side. tools and processes are required. Furthermore, since means for tightening the bolts 70 and nuts 71 are required, there is a problem in that the number of parts increases.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle lamp that can be easily attached to and removed from a vehicle body without requiring special tools or processes, and that can reduce the number of parts.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention includes engaging claws on both sides of the housing that engage with one side edge of the mounting hole of the vehicle body;
The socket holder is integrally provided with a contact part that abuts on the socket holder of the housing, and an elastic locking part that engages from the contact part to the other side edge of the mounting hole of the vehicle body is integrally provided. It is characterized by

[Effect]

In the present invention, the contact part of the socket holder is brought into contact with the receiving part of the housing, the engaging claw of the housing is engaged with one side edge of the mounting hole of the vehicle body, and the elastic locking part of the socket holder is connected to the mounting part of the vehicle body. By locking the other side edge of the hole, the vehicle lamp can be removably attached to the vehicle body due to the elastic action of the elastic locking portion without using bolts and nuts.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a vehicle lamp according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 indicate the same parts. In the figure, reference numeral 11 indicates the other side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1 (the mounting hole 1 that engages with the engaging claw 22 of the housing 2).
This is a locking groove provided on one side edge of 0 and the opposite edge). The vehicle lamp of the present invention in this embodiment is as follows:
A rectangular receiving part 23 is provided on the opposite side of the engaging claw 22 across the recessed part 20 (valve 6) of the housing 2. An arm 43 is integrally provided outwardly protruding from the side surface of the socket holder 4, and a contact portion 44 that abuts the outer surface and bottom surface of the receiving portion 23 of the housing 2 mentioned above is raised and integrally provided from the arm 43. Contact part 44
An elastic locking portion 45 is integrally provided which locks into the locking groove 11 on the other side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1 described above.
A space 46 for storing a connector is provided at the rear of the socket holder 4.

The vehicular lamp of the present invention in this embodiment has the above structure, and how to attach it to the vehicle body 1 and how to remove it will be explained below.

First, when installing, the valve 6 is attached to the socket holder 4, and the socket holder 4 is detachably attached to the through hole 21 of the housing 2 with the packing 5 interposed, and the socket holder 4 is attached to the receiving part 2 of the housing 2.
3 with the contact portion 44 of the socket holder 4. The concave portion 20, the receiving portion 23 and the socket holder 4 of the housing 2 thus formed are inserted into the mounting hole 1 of the vehicle body 1.
0, and insert the engaging claw 22 of the housing 2 into the vehicle body 1.
the elastic locking portion 45 of the socket holder 4 by hand or the like against the elastic force of the elastic locking portion 45 to the contact portion 44 side (the engaging claw of the housing 2). 22 is engaged with one side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1), and in that state, position the elastic locking portion 45 of the socket holder 4 in the locking groove 11 of the vehicle body 1, and hold it by hand, etc. release. Then, the elastic locking portion 45 of the socket holder 4 locks into the locking groove 11 of the vehicle body 1 due to the elastic return force. Due to the elastic action of the elastic locking portion 45, the elastic locking portion 45 of the socket holder 4 locks in the locking groove 11 on the other side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1, and the contact portion 44 of the socket holder 4 and the housing The engaging claw 22 of the housing 2 engages with one side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1 through the contact portion with the receiving portion 23 of the housing 2, and the vehicle lamp of the present invention can be tightened with bolts, nuts, etc. Vehicle body 1 without using any means
Can be installed on.

Next, when removing the socket holder 4, push the elastic locking part 45 of the socket holder 4 toward the contact part 44 side against the elastic force to remove the elastic locking part 45 from the locking groove 11 of the vehicle body 1, and also remove the elastic locking part 45 from the locking groove 11 of the vehicle body 1. By removing the engaging claw 22 from one side edge of the mounting hole 10 of the vehicle body 1, the vehicle lamp of the present invention can be easily removed from the vehicle body 1.

[Effect of idea]

As is clear from the above, the vehicle lamp of the present invention is provided with an engaging pawl that engages with one side edge of the mounting hole of the vehicle body and a receiving portion on both sides of the bulb of the housing, and is attached to the socket holder. A contact part that contacts the receiving part of the housing is integrally provided, and an elastic locking part that engages from the contact part to the other side edge of the mounting hole in the vehicle body is integrally provided, so that the socket holder can be attached to the receiving part of the housing. By bringing the abutting portion into contact, engaging the engaging claw of the housing with one side edge of the mounting hole in the vehicle body, and locking the elastic locking portion of the socket holder with the other side edge of the mounting hole in the vehicle body. Due to the elastic action of the elastic locking portion, it can be attached to or removed from the vehicle body without using tightening means such as bolts and nuts. Therefore, tools and processes for tightening and loosening tightening means such as bolts and nuts are not required.
It can be easily attached to or removed from the vehicle body. Furthermore, the number of parts can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a vehicle lamp according to the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a sectional view of the lamp installed on a vehicle body, and FIG. 2 being a perspective view of the socket holder. FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state in which a conventional vehicle lamp is attached to a vehicle body. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Vehicle body, 10... Mounting hole, 11... Locking groove, 2... Housing, 22... Engaging claw, 23...
...receptacle, 3...lens, 4...socket holder,
44... Contact portion, 45... Elastic locking portion, 5... Packing, 6... Bulb, 60... Light chamber.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A housing provided with an engaging claw that engages with one side edge of a mounting hole in a vehicle body, a lens disposed on the front surface of the housing, a socket holder attached to the housing, and a housing and a lens attached to the socket holder. A vehicular lamp is provided with a bulb disposed in a lamp chamber in which the bulb is held in the housing, and a receiving portion is provided on the opposite side of the engaging claw, and the socket holder is provided with an abutment that abuts the receiving portion of the housing. A vehicle lamp characterized in that a contact part is integrally provided and an elastic part is integrally provided from the contact part to the other side edge of a mounting hole of a vehicle body.