JPH0141131Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an improvement of a vehicle lamp provided at the lower end of a trunk lid of an automobile.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of lighting equipment has been installed in a mounting recess that is provided by recessing a predetermined portion of the outer panel so that the outer panel that forms the outer surface of the trunk lid and the lens surface are almost flush with each other. Ta. In order to prevent rainwater that has entered the mounting recess from the upper end of the lamp from entering the lamp through the rear wall of the housing, a sealing material that is in close contact with the mounting recess is provided along the periphery of the rear wall. It was getting worse.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional lamp housing, the housing is formed in a box shape and the upper surface of the upper wall of the housing has a flat surface. The thickness is the basic wall thickness of other parts of the housing and is set thin, and the larger the area of the upper wall and the wider the upper wall, the more concave deformation occurs in the upper wall. Because of this, rainwater that enters the mounting recess from the top of the light fixture accumulates on the top wall and flows down when the trunk lid is opened.
There were some inconveniences such as getting the luggage in the trunk wet and people's heads getting wet.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the conventional technology, and includes a housing in which the upper surface of the upper wall portion of the housing is inclined toward the front lower part in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; It is also inclined toward the bottom in the vehicle width direction.

[Function] In the present invention, rainwater that has entered the mounting recess from the upper end of the light fixture is drained out of the vehicle body by flowing down the sloping upper wall toward the side wall, and is prevented from accumulating on the upper wall. It was established in

[Example] Next, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the example shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

1 and 2 show a first embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer panel forming the outer surface of the trunk lid, and mounting recesses 10 are provided by recessing the outer panels 1 on the rear left and right sides of the trunk lid. Further, numeral 2 in the figure is a lamp mounted in the mounting recess 10. The lens 20 of the lamp 2 is provided substantially flush with the outer panel 1 or with a small amount of protrusion from the outer panel 1, and the lens 20 is provided in a substantially box-shaped housing 21 attached to the open surface side. In this case, a sealing material a is attached to a groove 23 formed around the outer circumference of the rear wall portion 22, and this sealing material a is in close contact with the inner surface of the mounting recess 10.

The upper wall portion 24 of the housing 21 has a constant wall thickness, and its upper surface is inclined toward the front lower part in the vehicle length direction (see Fig. 1), and is also inclined toward the outer lower part in the vehicle width direction (see Fig. 1). (See Figure 2), rainwater or the like that has entered the mounting recess 10 travels along the sloped upper wall 24, collects at the outer end of the upper wall 24, flows down the side wall 25, and is drained out of the vehicle body. It is. Although Fig. 2 shows a lamp installed on the left side of the trunk lid, in the case of a lamp installed on the right side, the upper surface of the upper wall of the housing is inclined toward the front lower part in the vehicle length direction, and It is sloped towards the outer bottom.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface of the upper wall portion 24 is inclined toward the front lower part in the vehicle length direction, and is also tilted toward the lower left and right sides in the vehicle width direction (that is, the cross section of the upper wall portion (the shape may be chevron-shaped), or it may be provided so that intruding rainwater flows down to the left and right.

Furthermore, depending on the shape of the mounting recess, the upper wall 2
4, if the front side edge in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle cannot be inclined, as shown in FIG.
The outer circumferential surface of the cone is provided so that the upper surface thereof has a widened conical shape with the center of the side edge on the lens side as the apex, or
Alternatively, the upper wall 24 may be provided so as to have a conical outer peripheral surface shape whose upper surface is widened, with the lens-side side edge end of the upper wall portion 24 serving as the apex.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, the present invention provides a lamp that is installed in a mounting recess provided at the lower end of the trunk lid, in which the upper surface of the upper wall of the housing is inclined toward the front lower part in the vehicle length direction, and It is characterized by being sloped toward the bottom in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, according to the present invention, rainwater that enters the mounting recess from the upper end of the lamp quickly flows down without being accumulated on the upper surface of the upper wall, and water dripping when the trunk lid is opened can be easily prevented. Furthermore, the shape of the upper wall portion is easy, and the molding cost of the housing does not increase, which provides excellent practical effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a vehicle lamp according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the main parts of the first embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a main part of the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the main parts of the second embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the main parts of the third embodiment. 2...Lighting device, 21...Housing, 22...Rear wall portion, 24...Top wall portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vehicle characterized in that, in a lamp installed in a mounting recess provided at the lower end of a trunk lid, the upper surface of the upper wall of the housing is sloped toward the lower front in the vehicle length direction and toward the lower portion in the vehicle width direction. Lighting equipment.