JPH0329232Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a vehicle lamp, which is applied to, for example, a headlamp of an automobile.

[Prior art]

For example, a headlamp for an automobile includes a lamp body consisting of a lens and a lamp housing located behind the lens, and a bulb replaceably mounted approximately in the center of the lamp housing.

Traditionally, this valve was replaced by opening the hood and accessing the engine compartment. However, as vehicles become more complex and equipped with more equipment, various accessories are stored inside the engine compartment, making it difficult to secure space to reach into the engine compartment to replace valves. It's disappearing. Particularly in cab-over type vehicles, it is impossible to obtain a working space for bulb replacement on the back side of the lamp body.

In this way, if you cannot secure enough work space for bulb replacement on the back side of the lamp body,
It is customary to remove the lamp body from the outside of the vehicle, replace the bulb, and then reinstall the lamp body.

However, since the conventional lamp body is attached to the vehicle body with multiple screws, the task of attaching and removing the lamp body as described above becomes quite troublesome. especially,
If a lamp grill is provided on the front of the lamp body, and if it is necessary to attach or detach the front grill to attach or detach the lamp grill,
Valve replacement work becomes extremely troublesome and time consuming.

[Purpose of invention]

The present invention has been devised in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a vehicle light fixture that facilitates the task of replacing the bulb of the light fixture.

[Structure of the idea]

The mounting structure for a vehicle lighting device according to the present invention includes a lamp body consisting of a lens and a lamp housing located on the rear side of the lamp body, and a bulb replaceably installed approximately in the center of the lamp housing. One end is rotatably attached to the outside of the vehicle body via a pivoting means, and the other end is fixed to the vehicle body by a removable fixing member. The main feature is that the valve can be replaced by rotating the main body outward from the vehicle body.

[Embodiment 1] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

A lamp body 1 of an automobile headlamp L, which is a vehicle lighting device, is composed of a lens 2 located at the front and a lamp housing 3 located at the rear. A bulb 5 is detachably attached to the center of the mirror 4. The bulb 5 is inserted into and taken out of the lamp housing 3 through a bulb exchange hole 6 formed approximately at the center of the lamp housing 3. The bulb exchange hole 6 of the lamp housing 3 is usually covered with a cap 7 made of rubber. The headlamp L is on the car body 8.
Combination lamps 9, which are a combination of direction indicator lights and vehicle width lights, are arranged side by side with almost no gap in the vehicle width direction on the left and right sides of the front surface of the vehicle, and a radiator grill 10 is arranged between both head lamps L. The center side portion of the lamp body 1 is rotatably supported to the front panel 12 of the vehicle body 8 via a hinge 11 serving as a pivot means, and is rotatably supported on the vehicle width outward side of the lamp body 1. The portion is fixed to the front panel 12 by screws 13, which are fixing members. The hinge 11 is a mounting bracket 11a that is fixed to the front panel 12 of the vehicle body 8 at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction by screws (not shown).
and a swinging metal fitting 11b which is spherically articulated to both the mounting metal fittings 11a. This swinging metal fitting 11b
is connected to the back surface of the center side portion of the lamp body 1 using screws (not shown).

The combination lamp 9 has its front portion engaged with the vehicle body 8, and its rear portion fixed to the vehicle body 8 by a screw 14 screwed in from the side of the vehicle body 8. Further, on the rear side of the lamp housing 3, a transmission wire 15 is arranged, which is rotatably operated from the front surface of the lamp body 1 and is interlocked and connected to an aiming bolt (not shown).

In the above configuration, when the combination lamp 9 is removed, the screws 13 fixing the lamp body 1 to the front panel 12 of the vehicle body 8 are exposed.
Next, when this screw 13 is removed and the lamp body 1 is rotated forward, the back side of the lamp housing 3 is exposed, and the cap 7 is removed and the bulb 5 is replaced.
After replacing the bulb 5, the cap 7 is fitted, the lamp housing 3 is rotated to its original position and fixed with the screws 13, and the combination lamp 9 is attached, thereby completing the bulb replacement work.

[Embodiment 2] As shown in FIG. 5, when the above combination lamp 9 is connected to the lamp housing 3 via the connection fitting 16, the screws 14 for fixing the combination lamp 9 to the vehicle body 8 are It can also be used as a fixing member for fixing the lamp body 1 to the vehicle body 8.

In FIG. 5, parts corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are given the same reference numerals.

In such a configuration, the valve replacement work can be performed more easily and within a short time. That is, when the screw 14 is removed and the lamp body 1 and the combination lamp 9 are rotated forward of the vehicle body 8 around the hinge 11, the lamp body 1
After the bulb 5 is replaced in the same manner as described above, the lamp body 1 and the combination lamp 9 are rotated around the hinge 11 to their original positions, and the screws 14 are tightened. Valve replacement work is completed.

[Embodiment 3] In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a hinge 11 serving as a pivot means for connecting the center side portion of the lamp body 1 to the vehicle body 8 is connected to a mounting bracket 11a and a swinging bracket 11.
b, and links 11c that are interposed between these and form each pair so that the center of rotation of the hinge 11 can be moved toward the front of the vehicle body 8.

In FIG. 6, parts corresponding to those shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are given the same reference numerals.

In such a configuration, it is possible to pull out the lamp body 1 to the front of the vehicle body 8 and then rotate the lamp body 1 outward from the vehicle body 8 without the radiator grill 10 and the lamp body 1 interfering with each other. I can,
By narrowing the distance between the lamp body 1 and the radiator grille 10, the appearance can be improved.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, the mounting structure of the vehicle lamp of the present invention is such that one side of the lamp body is rotatably attached to the outside of the vehicle body via a pivot means, and the other side of the lamp body is attached to a detachable fixing member. Since it is fixed to the vehicle body, by removing the fixing means and rotating the lamp body outward from the vehicle body, the back side of the lamp body can be exposed without removing the lamp body from the vehicle body.This makes it possible to replace the lamp. The effect is that the work can be completed easily and in a short time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a hinge serving as a pivoting means. 11 is a perspective view, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of the upper part of the hinge 11, which is the pivot means. 1 is a lamp body, 2 is a lens, 3 is a lamp housing, 5 is a bulb, 8 is a vehicle body, 11 is a hinge that is a pivoting means, 13 is a screw that is a fixing member, and 14 is a screw that is a fixing member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It comprises a lamp body consisting of a lens and a lamp housing located on the rear side of the lamp body, and a bulb that is replaceably mounted approximately in the center of the lamp housing, and one side of the lamp body is connected to the vehicle body through a pivoting means. A mounting structure for a vehicle light, characterized in that it is rotatably mounted on the outside of the vehicle body, and the other side is fixed to the vehicle body by a detachable fixing member.