JPH0572571U - Vehicle lighting - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To mount a lens in a vehicle lamp by using a garnish panel, reduce the number of parts and the number of assembly steps, and obtain a high design effect. You can [Structure] Rear combination lamps 5 and 5 are arranged at positions deviated to the left and right ends of a lamp housing 1 attached to a rear surface portion 4 of a vehicle body 3, and the front surface of the lamp housing 1 is covered with a garnish panel 6 so that the above lamps can be operated. The garnish panel is supported by the lamp housing by fitting the mounting ridges 20 projecting on the back surface of the front surface portion 18 of the garnish panel into the installation grooves 13 formed in the lamp housing, so as to be located inside the garnish panel, In addition, the lens 40 of the lamp is supported between the clamped portion 45 forming the peripheral edge thereof by being clamped by the opening edge of the lamp body 32 and the inner surface of the garnish panel.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a new vehicular lamp. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicular lamp having a lamp body and a lens covering an opening surface of the lamp body, and more particularly to a vehicular lamp arranged on the same surface of a vehicle body surface as a surface on which a garnish panel is arranged, The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new vehicular lamp in which the lens can be mounted using the garnish panel, the number of parts and assembly work can be reduced, and the makeup effect of the garnish panel can be enhanced. is there.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Most of the lamps for vehicles are arranged in a lamp body defined by the lamp body and a lens, which is fixed to the lamp body so as to cover the opening surface of the lamp body. It consists of a light bulb.

Recently, automobiles are strongly required to have an aesthetic appearance, and therefore, a garnish panel may be intentionally provided on a vehicle body surface, for example, a central portion of a rear surface of a passenger automobile.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the arrangement of the garnish panel and the rear signal light arranged on the rear surface of the vehicle body.

In FIG. 1, a is a rear surface portion of a vehicle body, and a relatively shallow recess portion b formed at a substantially central portion of the rear surface portion a has a garnish panel c having a horizontally long rectangular outer shape in a storage shape. The license plate e is disposed in a relatively large window d formed in the garnish panel c.

Reference numeral f denotes a rear signal lamp, for example, a back-up lamp, which is arranged beside the garnish panel c, and has a concave lamp body g having an open front surface, and the lamp body g so as to cover the opening surface. It consists of a fixed lens h and a light bulb i supported by a light bulb mounting portion formed at the center of the rear end of the lamp body g. The front surface of the lens h is substantially in the same plane as the front surface of the garnish panel c. It is supported by the rear part a of the vehicle body so as to be positioned.

Thus, the periphery of the license plate e on the rear surface a of the vehicle body is made up by the garnish panel c, and the discomfort between the lamp f adjacent to the garnish panel c is alleviated.

Generally, the garnish panel c is formed of a synthetic resin having a desired color, or is painted with a desired color after the formation.

[0009]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, according to the arrangement mode of the garnish panel c and the lighting fixture f, a slight gap is inevitably formed between the garnish panel c and the lighting fixture f. Since this gap is conspicuously unexpected, the garnish panel c should be provided. There is a problem that the makeup effect due to is not fully exerted.

[0010] Although the lamp f is shown with its details omitted in the drawing, it is actually composed of a large number of parts, so it is said that the number of parts is large and the assembly is troublesome. There is a problem, and particularly in the assembling work, the connection between the lamp body g and the lens h is extremely troublesome.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the vehicular lamp of the present invention is arranged inside a garnish panel attached to the surface of the vehicle body, and is forwardly mounted on the peripheral portion of the lamp body or a vehicle body side member on which the lamp body is supported. The garnish panel is formed on the side of the lamp body or the vehicle body by forming an open mounting groove and forming a mounting ridge on the garnish panel that fits into the mounting groove, and fitting the mounting ridge into the mounting groove. The lens, which is supported by the members and covers the opening surface of the lamp body, has its peripheral portion supported by the lamp body or the body side member and the garnish panel.

[0012]

[Action]

 Therefore, in the vehicle lighting device of the present invention, since the whole is located inside the garnish panel, there is no boundary between the garnish panel and the lighting device when the garnish panel is viewed from the front side, and a high design is achieved. Can obtain the desired effect. Then, by mounting the garnish panel on the lamp body or the member on the vehicle body side while the lens body is positioned so as to cover the opening surface of the lamp body, the lens is held by the member on the vehicle body side or the lamp body and the garnish panel. It is possible to omit a special member and work for connecting the lamp body and the lens, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps of this type of lamp.

[0013]

【Example】

 The details of the vehicular lamp of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the vehicular lamp of the present invention is applied to a rear combination lamp for an automobile in which a rear fog lamp and a backup lamp are integrated.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a lamp housing (only a right half portion is shown in the drawing) which is a vehicle body side member, and is attached to a substantially central portion of a rear surface portion 4 (see FIG. 3) of a vehicle body 3 of an automobile 2. A pair of rear combination lamps 5 and 5 are arranged at positions offset to the left and right ends of the lamp housing 1, respectively, and the front surface of the lamp housing 1 is covered with a garnish panel 6, whereby the rear combination lamps 5 and 5 are provided. Is arranged inside the garnish panel 6.

Hereinafter, the lamp housing 1, the garnish panel 6, the rear combination lamp 5, and the like will be described.

Each part of the lamp housing 1 is integrally formed of synthetic resin.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a main part of the lamp housing 1, which has a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left-right direction, and is inclined to the front, and the length in the left-right direction is the left and right sides of the rear surface of the automobile 2. It has a length that is approximately half the width, and the vertical width is approximately a quarter of the horizontal length.

Further, a relatively large lamp placement hole 8 and another lamp placement hole (not shown) are separately formed in the portions deviated at the left and right ends of the main portion 7, and the right lamp placement hole shown in the drawing is formed. 8 has a shape in which the upper right corner of a horizontally long rectangle is missing, and a step 8a is formed at the opening edge by locating it here at the rear of the rest.

Further, on the front surface of the main portion 7, there are formed outer peripheral walls 9 and 9 ′ that project forward from the outer peripheral portion and extend parallel to each other, a lamp placement hole 8 and another lamp placement hole (not shown). Partition walls 10 and 10 ′ that extend forward and parallel to each other in the vertical direction from two positions where the above and the remaining portion are continuous and another similar partition wall (not shown) are formed. And 9'form an endlessly extending groove 11, and the partition walls 10 and 10 'form another groove 12 whose upper and lower ends are continuous with the groove 11.

Therefore, the lamp housing 1 has a relatively shallow concave shape having an open front surface, and has a mounting groove 13 which is formed of the grooves 11 and 12 and which is open toward the front, and the mounting groove 13 is divided in its width. Deep into.

The shapes of the front side edges of the outer peripheral walls 9 and 9 ′ and the partition walls 10 and 10 ′ are curved so as to project rearward at the lower end when viewed from the left and right directions, and the remaining portions thereof are curved. In this case, it is gently curved so as to project forward.

The upper part and the lower part of the outer part 9 of the outer peripheral wall 9, 9 ′ are projected to the outer side at various places 9 a, 9 a ... The positions 13a, 13a, ... Corresponding to the projected portions 9a, 9a, ... (Hereinafter, referred to as “wide portion”) are wider than the widths of the remaining portions.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a circular lock cylinder insertion hole formed in the main portion 7. The lock cylinder insertion hole 14 is provided at a position close to the right end portion of the upper portion of the outer peripheral wall 9 ′ from below. Two projecting ridges 15 and 15 'that are concentric with each other and project from the opening edge toward the front. The seal grooves 16 that extend in an annular shape are formed by these two projecting ridges 15 and 15'. And the seal groove 16 is continuous with the installation groove 13 at the upper end portion thereof.

The lamp housing 1 is fixed to the rear surface 4 of the vehicle body 3 in such a manner that the lamp housing 1 is housed in the concave portion of the rear surface 4 of the vehicle body 3. .. (see FIGS. 3 and 4) provided on the main portion 7.

When viewed from the front, the garnish panel 6 has substantially the same size and shape as the lamp housing 1, and each part thereof is integrally formed of transparent synthetic resin.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a front surface portion which is a main portion of the garnish panel 6, and the front surface portion 18 has a rectangular plate shape that is long in the left-right direction. The shape viewed from the left-right direction is the outer peripheral wall 9 of the lamp housing 1. , 9'and the front edges of the partition walls 10 and 10 'substantially match the shapes seen from the same direction.

A large rectangular window 18a, which is long in the left-right direction, for arranging the license plate 19 (see FIG. 1) is formed in the center portion of the front surface portion 18 in the left-right direction. The portions 18b and 18b are lamp covering portions that cover the rear combination lamps 5 and 5.

Reference numeral 18c denotes a window frame projecting rearward from the peripheral edge of the window 18a.

A portion of the front surface of the front surface portion 18 excluding the areas corresponding to the light emitting surfaces of the rear combination lamps 5 and 5 of the lamp cover portions 18b and 18b and the inner surface of the window frame 18c have a light blocking ratio of approximately 20%. About 70% smoke paint, for example, black smoke paint is applied.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a mounting ridge protruding from the back surface of the front surface portion 18, and the mounting ridge 20 projects rearward from a position slightly inward of the outer peripheral edge of the back surface of the front surface portion 18 to form an outer peripheral edge. Partitions 22 and 22 that extend in the vertical direction by projecting rearward from a position where the outer peripheral portion 21 that extends in parallel, the lamp cover portions 18b and 18b, and the remaining portion thereof extend continuously (only the right-side partition portion is shown in the drawing). The upper and lower ends of the partition parts 22, 22 are continuous with the upper part 23 and the lower part 24 of the outer peripheral part 21.

The rear edge of the mounting ridge 20 is flat.

Reference numerals 23a, 23a ... And 24a, 24a, ... are fixed portions formed at various places on the side surfaces of the mounting projection 20 facing the upper side 23 and the lower side 24 opposite to each other. The fixed portions 23a, 23a, ... And 24a, 24a, ... Are made thicker than the remaining portion of the mounting ridge 20.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a key insertion hole formed in the front surface portion 18, and a cylindrical sealing projection 26 is projected rearward from a position slightly separated from an opening edge thereof.

Such a garnish panel 6 is attached to the lamp housing 1 as follows. That is, the mounting ridge 20 of the garnish panel 6 is seated in the installation groove 13 of the lamp housing 1, and the sealing ridge 26 is seated in the sealing groove 16 via the seal member 27. The fixed portions 23a, 23a, ... And 24a, 24a, .. Are separately located in the wide portions 13a, 13a ,. , (Only two of which are shown in FIG. 10) are pierced through the main portion 7 of the lamp housing 1 and fixed portions 23a, 23a, ... And 24a, 24a ,.・ Press into. As a result, the garnish panel 6 is fixed to the lamp housing 1 so as to cover the front surface thereof.

The garnish panel 6 is attached to the lamp housing 1 after the lens of the rear combination lamp 5 to be described later is covered on the front surface of the lamp housing 1.

When the garnish panel 6 is fixed to the lamp housing 1, the key insertion hole 25 of the garnish panel 6 and the lock cylinder insertion hole 14 of the lamp housing 1 are continuous (see FIG. 5). Then, the front end portion of the lock cylinder 29 is inserted into the lock cylinder insertion hole 14, so that the key hole of the lock cylinder 29 is exposed in the key insertion hole 25 of the garnish panel 6.

The rear combination lamp 5 includes a rear fog lamp 30 and a backup lamp 31.

Since the two left and right rear combination lamps 5 and 5 have substantially the same structure except for the left-right symmetry, the description will be given only for the right rear combination lamp 5.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a composite lamp body of the rear combination lamp 5. The composite lamp body 32 is formed by integrally forming two left and right lamp bodies 33 and 34, which have a concave shape opening toward the front, and a mounting flange 35 by a synthetic resin, and the mounting flange 35 includes two lamp bodies 33. And 34 are positioned so as to project from the outer surfaces near the front ends, and the outer peripheral portion thereof has the same shape as the step 8a which forms the opening edge of the lamp placement hole 8 formed in the front surface portion 7 of the lamp housing 1. And size.

The left lamp body 33 has a vertically elongated rectangular opening surface 33a, and the right lamp body 34 has a vertically elongated rectangular opening surface 34a, and rear end walls 33b and 34b. , Has a curved surface protruding rearward, the inner surface of which is formed into a paraboloid of revolution, and the inner surfaces of the rear end walls 33b and 34b are treated to have high light reflectivity. Reference numeral 33c is a bulb mounting portion that projects from the center of the rear end of the left lamp body 33, and 34c is a bulb mounting portion that projects from the upper wall of the right lamp body 34.

Protrusions 36, 36 extending in the left-right direction are provided on the front surface of the portions of the front surface of the mounting flange 35 located on the upper and lower sides of the right lamp body 34. The right side wall of the lamp body 33 and the front end portion of the right lamp body 34 form a groove 37 having a substantially U-shape that opens to the right.

The composite lamp body 32 is positioned relative to the lamp housing 1 by fitting the peripheral edge of the mounting flange 35 into the step 8a formed at the peripheral edge of the lamp placement hole 8 of the lamp housing 1. Is defined, and screw insertion holes 38a, 38a, ... Are formed on the rear surface of the recesses 38, 38 ,. , Which are inserted from the rear side, are fixed to the lamp housing 1 by being screwed into fixed parts 35a, 35a ,. Be touched.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a compound lens of the rear combination lamp 5, which has a structure in which a relatively small sub lens 42 is fitted in the main lens 41.

The main lens 41 has a main portion 43 in the form of a rectangular plate that is horizontally long when viewed from the front, a frame portion 44 having a small front-rear width that protrudes from the outer peripheral edge of the main portion 43 to both front and rear sides, and the frame portion 44. A flange-shaped held portion 45 protruding outward from the front edge is integrally formed of a red transparent synthetic resin, and the held portion 45 has an outer shape that is slightly larger than the lamp cover portion 18b of the garnish panel 6. It has a small size, that is, a size that fits almost exactly inside the frame-shaped part of the mounting projection 20 to the right of the partition 22, and the shape of the front surface viewed from the left and right is a garnish panel. 6 is the same as the shape of the inner surface of the front surface portion 18 of FIG. 6 viewed from the left and right, and the shape of the portion of the main portion 43 excluding the upper and lower end portions is substantially the same as the shape of the front surface of the clamped portion 45. , Fixed in this part The light control function of is given.

Then, at the position near the right end of the substantially central portion in the up-down direction of the main portion 43 of the main lens 41, a horizontally long rectangular lens fitting hole 43a is formed, and the lens fitting hole 43a is formed. A peripheral wall portion 43b protruding rearward is formed on the peripheral edge of 43a.

Further, a circular hole 46 is formed at a position above the lens fitting hole 43 a of the main lens 41, and an upper end portion of the hole 46 is opened on an upper side surface of the main lens 41. The frame portion 44 is also formed along the peripheral edge of the hole 46.

The sub-lens 42 includes a main portion 42a in the shape of a horizontally long rectangular plate, a frame portion 42b having a small front-back width protruding from the outer peripheral edge of the main portion 42a to the front and rear sides, and a rear edge of the frame portion 42b. And a flange-shaped abutment portion 42c protruding outward from the outer side of the frame portion 42b of the lens fitting hole 43a formed in the main lens 41. It has the same size as the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 43b.

The sub-lens 42 has its frame portion 42b fitted from the rear into a portion surrounded by the peripheral wall portion 43b of the lens fitting hole 43a of the main lens 41, and the abutting portion 42c of the peripheral wall portion 43b. The position with respect to the main lens 41 is defined by abutting on the rear side edge, and in that state, the frame portion 42b and the peripheral wall portion 43b are ultrasonically welded, and thereby the sub lens 42 is joined to the lens 41. It

The compound lens 40 as described above is held by the lamp housing 1 and the garnish panel 6. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the sandwiched portion 45 of the main lens 41, which is the outer peripheral portion of the compound lens 40, is located to the right of the partition wall 10 ′ of the outer peripheral wall 9 ′ of the lamp housing 1. And the front side edge of the partition wall 10 ', and the garnish panel 6 is fixed to the lamp housing 1 from this state, so that the clamped portion 45 causes the clamped portion 45 to the outer peripheral wall 9'and the outer peripheral wall 9'of the lamp housing 1. It is sandwiched between the front edge of the partition wall 10 ′ and the front surface portion 18 of the garnish panel 6.

The rear portion of the frame portion 42b of the sub-lens 42 and the peripheral wall portion 43b of the lens fitting hole 43a of the main lens 41 are arranged in the groove 37 of the composite lamp body 32 so as to be housed.

Thus, the front surface of the composite lamp body 32 is covered by the composite lens 40, and the opening surface 33 a of the left lamp body 33 is covered by the substantially left half portion of the main lens 41, and the right lamp body 34. The opening surface 34 a of the sub lens 42 is covered by the sub lens 42.

The cylindrical projection 15 protruding forward from the main portion 7 of the lamp housing 1 is located in the hole 46 formed in the main lens 41.

Reference numeral 47 is a light bulb whose base is supported by the bulb mounting portion 33c of the left lamp body 33, and 48 is a light bulb whose base is supported by the bulb mounting portion 34c of the right lamp body 34.

The left lamp body 33, the substantially left half of the main lens 41, and the electric bulb 47 constitute the rear fog lamp 30, and the right lamp body 34, the sublens 42, and the electric bulb 48 constitute the backup lamp 31. It

The entire rear combination lamp 5 is located inside the lamp cover portion 18b of the garnish panel 6.

The rear combination lamp 5 is configured as described above, and therefore, no special member and work are required for mounting the lens 40, and the whole is located inside the garnish panel 6. When viewed from the front, there is no boundary between the rear combination lamp 5 and the garnish panel 6, so that its appearance is neat.

[0058]

[Effect of the device]

 As is clear from the above description, the vehicular lamp of the present invention has a lamp body and a lens that covers the opening surface of the lamp body, which is arranged inside a part of the garnish panel attached to the surface of the vehicle body. A vehicular lamp, in which a mounting groove that opens to the front is formed in the peripheral portion of the lamp body or the vehicle body side member, and a mounting protrusion that fits into the mounting groove is formed in the garnish panel. It is characterized in that the peripheral edge portion of the lens is supported between the lamp body or the vehicle body side member and the garnish panel by fitting the mounting ridge into the mounting groove.

Therefore, in the vehicular lamp of the present invention, since the entirety is located inside the garnish panel, there is no boundary between the garnish panel and the lamp when the garnish panel is viewed from the front side. Therefore, a high design effect can be obtained. Then, by mounting the garnish panel on the lamp body or the member on the vehicle body side while the lens body is positioned so as to cover the opening surface of the lamp body, the lens is held by the member on the vehicle body side or the lamp body and the garnish panel. It is possible to omit a special member and work for connecting the lamp body and the lens, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps of this type of lamp.

In the above embodiment, the lamp body is formed separately from the lamp housing, and the mounting groove of the garnish panel is fitted in the mounting groove formed in the lamp housing. When it is formed integrally with the housing and other vehicle body-side members, an installation groove may be provided in the lamp body of the vehicle body-side member or its peripheral portion.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the clamped portion protruding outward from the outer peripheral edge of the lens is provided, and the clamped portion and the front side edge of the wall portion forming the installation groove of the lamp housing. The lens is supported by the lamp housing and the garnish panel by being sandwiched by the inner surface of the garnish panel, but the lens holding structure in the present invention is not limited to such a structure.

In addition, the structure and function of the lamp shown in the above embodiment, the structure or shape of each portion such as the garnish panel, and the like are merely examples of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention should not be limitedly interpreted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an embodiment in which a vehicular lamp of the present invention is applied to a rear combination lamp for an automobile, and is fixed to a vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a main part.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing a right half portion of the lamp housing.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view showing a right half portion of the garnish panel.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing an enlarged lamp body.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view showing an exploded lens.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing an enlarged main part of a portion cut along line XX of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a horizontal cross-sectional view showing an example of the arrangement of a conventional garnish panel and a lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Body side member 3 Vehicle body 5 Vehicle lamp 6 Garnish panel 13 Installation groove 18b Part (of garnish panel) 20 Mounting projection 32 Lamp body 33a, 34a Opening surface 40 Lens 45 (Lens) peripheral part

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A vehicular lamp which is arranged inside a part of a garnish panel attached to a surface of a vehicle body and has a lamp body and a lens which covers an opening surface of the lamp body, the lamp body or a vehicle body side member. A mounting groove that opens forward is formed at the peripheral edge of the garnish panel, and a mounting ridge that fits into the mounting groove is formed in the garnish panel. By fitting the mounting ridge of the garnish panel into the mounting groove, A vehicular lamp characterized in that a peripheral portion of a lens is supported between a lamp body or a vehicle body side member and a garnish panel.