JPH0611242Y2 - License plate lamp mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a license plate lamp mounting structure, and more particularly, to a structure configured to mount the license plate lamp on a bumper.

[Prior art and problems to be solved]

A license plate is attached to a front surface portion and a rear surface portion of an automobile, and the license plate may be attached directly to a vehicle body or a bumper. Further, when attaching a license plate to a resin bumper, which has been increasing in number recently, as shown in FIG. 6, a bumper a is provided with a license plate attachment wall b which is depressed from the general outer surface to the vehicle body side. The license plate P is often attached. In particular,
When the license plate is attached to the rear bumper, the above-mentioned attachment structure is usually adopted because of a positional relationship with a license plate lamp described later. By the way, on the side of the license plate attached to the rear surface of the vehicle, it is legally required to equip the license plate lamp for illuminating the night license plate. When the license plate is attached to the bumper as described above, the license plate lamp is also often attached to the bumper. As a general attachment structure thereof, as shown in FIG. There is a structure in which a lamp mounting rib c is integrally formed on an inner surface of the bumper during resin molding, and the license plate lamp L is mounted on the lamp mounting rib c.
In the case of this mounting structure, since the mounting base of the license plate lamp is integrally formed with the bumper, it is not necessary to separately provide a support bracket for the license plate lamp, and the mounting structure of the license plate lamp can be easily configured. However, in the case of this conventional mounting structure, as shown in FIG. 6, it is necessary to provide a relief (recess) d having no relation to the design on the outer surface of the rib forming portion of the bumper a.
This is because when a rib is formed on the inner surface of the resin molded product, a sink mark is generated on the outer surface thereof, and the sink mark is made inconspicuous by the relief. However, it is not preferable to provide a concave portion on the outer surface of the bumper, which has a strong element as an exterior design product, which impairs the flatness, and the degree of freedom in designing the bumper is narrowed. However, if the above relief is eliminated, a sink mark will appear on the outer surface of the bumper, which further deteriorates the appearance. In addition, a method may be adopted in which the relief is covered with a molding or a seal so as to hide the relief.
Even in this case, there is a problem that a line due to the molding or the like is formed on the outer surface of the bumper. The present invention has been devised under the circumstances as described above, and it is not necessary to provide the relief on the outer surface of the bumper, and the license plate lamp can be attached to the bumper without impairing the appearance of the bumper. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a license plate lamp configured so as to be capable.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the invention of the present application provides a license plate mounting wall that is recessed toward the vehicle body from the outer surface of the upper general portion through the downward lateral wall below the bumper in the vertical direction, and the license plate is provided inside the opening formed in the downward lateral wall. In a structure in which a lamp is mounted, a lamp mounting having a leg plate portion rising from a side edge portion of the opening on the inner surface of the downward lateral wall and a lamp mounting plate portion connected to the leg plate portion and located at the back of the opening. The license plate lamp is attached to the lamp mounting plate portion while the portion is integrally formed so as to be separated from the inner surface of the general portion of the bumper.

[Action and effect]

Conventionally, when attaching a license plate lamp to a resin bumper, a lamp attachment rib was integrally formed on the inner surface of the general portion of the bumper, and the license plate lamp was attached to this rib. Also in the present invention, the lamp mounting portion is integrally formed on the bumper and the license plate lamp is mounted on the bumper as in the conventional case. However, in the case of the present invention, since the lamp mounting portion is formed integrally with the downward lateral wall that is bent from the general portion and extends toward the vehicle body side, the provision of the lamp mounting portion causes a sink mark on the outer surface of the general portion of the bumper. As a result, it is not necessary to provide a relief on the outer surface of the general portion of the bumper to hide the sink mark as in the conventional case. Further, in the present invention, the lamp mounting portion integrally formed on the downward lateral wall as described above is provided with a leg plate portion that rises from the side edge of the opening of the downward lateral wall, and is connected to the leg plate portion and is located at the back of the opening. Since it is configured to include the lamp mounting plate portion, a shrinkage does not occur by providing the leg plate portion on the outer surface side of the downward facing lateral wall, and there is no concern that the external appearance of the outer surface of the downward facing lateral wall deteriorates. In addition, the leg plate part or the lamp mounting plate part serves as a reflector for the lamp mounted on the lamp mounting plate part, and the illumination of the license plate becomes brighter. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, since the mounting base of the license plate lamp is integrally formed on the bumper, the appearance of the bumper is not deteriorated and the degree of freedom of design is not narrowed. There is also an additional effect that the brightness of the illumination by the lamp can be further improved.

[Explanation of Examples]

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The present invention relates to a license plate lamp mounting structure for mounting a license plate lamp on a bumper. In this example, an example in which a license plate lamp L is mounted on a resin-made rear bumper 1 is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the rear bumper 1 is attached to the rear of the vehicle rear wall such as the lower back outer panel 2 and is attached to the vehicle body by bolts to the vehicle rear wall via a stay (not shown). It is attached. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the rear bumper 1 has a central portion thereof which is bent from an upper general portion of the bumper through a downward lateral wall 3 which extends toward the vehicle body from the outer surface of the general portion to the vehicle body side. A license plate mounting wall 4 that sinks in is provided. And
The license plate P is attached to the license plate attachment wall 4. The license plate P is fixed to the bumper by bolting it to the license plate mounting wall 4 and the vehicle body panel. In the present invention, the license plate lamp L is attached above the license plate P, and the lamp attachment portion 5 is integrally formed on the downward lateral wall 3. In this example, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the lamp mounting portion 5 has a pair of left and right rising up diagonally from both side edges of an opening 6 having a rectangular shape in plan view opened in the central portion of the downward lateral wall 3. It has leg plate parts 7, 7 and a lamp mounting plate part 8 extending between the upper ends of both leg plate parts 7, 7 and located above the opening 6. The leg plate portions 7, 7 and the lamp mounting plate portion 8
Is formed so as to be located at a predetermined distance from the upper general portion of the bumper, and a lamp insertion hole 9 is formed in the central portion of the lamp mounting plate portion 8. Then, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the license plate lamp L is attached to the bumper by inserting and installing the license plate lamp L into the lamp insertion hole 9. The license plate lamp L
A resin lamp fixture 10 having hooks 10a on both sides is attached to the. Then, the hook claw portions 10a, 10a of the lamp fixture 10 are connected to the claw stopper hole portions 9a, 9a formed on both sides of the lamp insertion hole 9, respectively.
By engaging with the license plate lamp L
Can be fixed to the lamp mounting plate portion 8. Now, in the license plate lamp mounting structure of the present example configured as described above, since the license plate lamp mounting base is integrally formed with the bumper, it is not necessary to separately provide a license plate lamp support bracket or the like. . The lamp mounting portion 5 is formed integrally with the downward lateral wall 3 that bends from the bumper general portion and extends toward the vehicle body so as to be separated from the inner surface of the general portion of the bumper. By integrally forming the mounting portion 5 during resin molding of the bumper, sink marks do not occur on the outer surface of the general portion of the bumper. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a relief for hiding the sink mark on the outer surface of the general part of the bumper as in the conventional case, so that the appearance of the bumper for integrally forming the lamp mounting part on the bumper becomes poor and the flexibility of the bumper design is reduced. It is possible to solve conventional problems such as narrowing. Further, the lamp mounting portion 5 in the present invention is
Since it is formed so as to have a pair of left and right leg plate portions 7 rising from both side edge portions of the opening 6 provided in the downward wall portion 3, by providing the leg plate portions, sink marks are formed on the outer surface of the downward lateral wall 3. It is also possible to prevent the appearance of the outer surface of the downward facing side wall 3 from being deteriorated, without causing a concern. In addition, the presence of the leg plate portions 7, 7 enhances the illumination power of the license plate lamp, so that the license plate can be illuminated more brightly. Further, in the case of this example, when integrally forming the lamp mounting portion 5 on the downward lateral wall 3, for example, as shown in FIG.
This can be performed by using a molding die including 1, 12 and a middle die 13 fitted to the lamp mounting plate forming die portion of the one main die 11. By the way, it goes without saying that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and, for example, the shape and the forming position of the lamp mounting portion can be variously changed according to the shape of the bumper and the like. . Further, in the above embodiment,
Although the example in which only one license plate lamp is attached has been shown, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied without problems even when a plurality of license plate lamps are provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, which is a view corresponding to a cross-section taken along line I-I of FIG. 5, FIG. 2 is a view of a lamp mounting portion as viewed in the direction of arrow II in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is of FIG.
III-III sectional view, FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a molding die used for resin molding of the bumper according to the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the rear bumper, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a conventional example. is there. 1 ... Bumper (rear bumper), 3 ... Downward side wall, 4 ...
… License plate lamp mounting wall, 5 …… Lamp mounting part, 6 …… Opening, L …… License plate lamp.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A license plate mounting wall is provided below the bumper in the up-down direction and is recessed toward the vehicle body from the outer surface of an upper general portion via a downward lateral wall, and the license plate lamp is provided inside the opening formed in the downward lateral wall. In the structure in which the lamp is attached, a lamp mounting portion having, on the inner surface of the downward lateral wall, a leg plate portion rising from the side edge portion of the opening, and a lamp mounting plate portion connected to the leg plate portion and located at the back of the opening. Is integrally formed apart from the inner surface of the general portion of the bumper, and the license plate lamp is attached to the lamp attachment plate portion.