EP3829927A1 - Vehicule comprenant une piece d'eclairage a fixation simplifiee - Google Patents
Vehicule comprenant une piece d'eclairage a fixation simplifieeInfo
- Publication number
- EP3829927A1 EP3829927A1 EP19737548.8A EP19737548A EP3829927A1 EP 3829927 A1 EP3829927 A1 EP 3829927A1 EP 19737548 A EP19737548 A EP 19737548A EP 3829927 A1 EP3829927 A1 EP 3829927A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- fixing
- housing
- structural element
- vehicle according
- lighting
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
- B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
- B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
- B60Q1/18—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights being additional front lights
- B60Q1/20—Fog lights
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
- B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
- B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
- B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
- B60Q1/0433—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body the housing being fastened onto the vehicle body using screws
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
- B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
- B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
- B60Q1/06—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle
- B60Q1/068—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle by mechanical means
- B60Q1/0683—Adjustable by rotation of a screw
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
- B60Y2304/00—Optimising design; Manufacturing; Testing
- B60Y2304/07—Facilitating assembling or mounting
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
- F21V17/005—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages with keying means, i.e. for enabling the assembling of component parts in distinctive positions, e.g. for preventing wrong mounting
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
- F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
- F21W2102/30—Fog lights
Definitions
- the invention relates to a vehicle comprising a lighting part with simplified fixing.
- the lighting parts which can for example be represented by fog lights, daytime running lights or indicators, are generally mounted with several screws.
- the methods of mounting these lighting parts are long and fairly tedious, since they require as many screwing operations as there are screws and require the repeated use of a tool.
- a vehicle according to the invention comprises a lighting part with quick and easy fixing, and having a certain flexibility.
- the subject of the invention is a vehicle comprising a structural element and a lighting part delimited by a housing capable of being fixed to said structural element.
- the housing has at least one fixing lug and a fixing element, a specific zone of the structural element comprising at least one embedding notch and a complementary fixing element, said lighting part being secured to the structural element by means of an insertion of the fixing lug into the embedding notch and by means of an interaction between the fixing element and the complementary fixing element.
- the insertion of each fixing lug into a recessing slot eliminates as many fixing points by screwing.
- the embedding notch plays the role of a receptacle, with or without bottom, intended to receive the fixing lug.
- the fixing lug is placed in the embedding notch without creating a clearance, since the lighting part must not tend to vibrate when the vehicle is in the running phase.
- the lighting part can for example be constituted by a fog light or a flashing light.
- the specific area of the structural element on which the lighting part is fixed can either be an integral part of said structural element and form therewith a single piece, or constitute an attached part having been previously attached to the structural element.
- the fixing element and the complementary fixing element interact by clipping. It may for example be a male / female type interaction.
- the fixing element and the complementary fixing element are two orifices brought to overlap to allow the passage of a fixing screw.
- the interaction between the fixing element and the complementary fixing element can be either direct without an intermediate element, or indirect with the presence of an intermediate element which can for example be a screw.
- the fixing element and the complementary fixing element are two orifices brought to overlap to allow the passage of a fixing screw.
- the housing comprises two fixing lugs placed side by side and an extension comprising the fixing element, the specific zone of the structural element having two mounting notches each intended to receive a fixing lug. Having two separate anchoring points prevents the lighting part from pivoting when mounted.
- placed side by side means that said legs are placed one next to the other, so as to have the same orientation.
- the two fixing lugs are located on a first edge of the housing, the protruding extension of a second edge of said housing which is opposite to said first edge.
- the two fixing lugs and the extension extend in the same direction, but in opposite directions.
- the extension of the housing has a keying system allowing the housing to be placed correctly against the structural element before it is mounted therein.
- a keying system secured to the housing at the level of the extension prevents the housing from being positioned incorrectly on the structural element and therefore to achieve poor fixing of the lighting part on the structural element.
- the extension is elongated, the keying system being constituted by a bar extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said extension and projecting on both sides of said extension asymmetrically.
- the keying system being constituted by a bar extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said extension and projecting on both sides of said extension asymmetrically.
- each embedding notch can be likened to a stirrup having an opening in which a fixing lug is inserted.
- This stirrup can have a bottom against which the fixing lug abuts, or not have a bottom and in the latter case, said fixing lug is blocked by a flange of said stirrup tightly enclosing said fixing lug.
- the fixing lug has dimensions substantially equal to those of the embedding notch so that said fixing lug can be inserted into the embedding notch without inducing play.
- Such a configuration makes it possible to prevent the fixing lug from moving in the embedding notch and therefore to prevent the lighting part from vibrating in the vehicle.
- the structural element is a shield and the lighting part is a fog light.
- the specific area on which the lighting part is fixed is an insert which has been previously fixed to the structural element, said insert comprising at least one embedding notch and the fixing element. complementary.
- this insert it is easier to machine this insert to give it the desired size and dimensions relative to the lighting part to be fixed, than the structural element of the vehicle.
- Another subject of the invention is a method of mounting a lighting part on a structural element of a vehicle according to the invention.
- the method comprises the following steps:
- each fixing lug in a recess for embedding the specific area of the structural element, then to rotate the housing around a fictitious axis constituted by the fixing lug inserted in the notch, until the fastener interacts with the complementary fastener.
- a vehicle according to the invention has the advantage of being able to be quickly and easily mounted thanks to the particular configuration of the fixing interface between the lighting part and the specific area of the structural element. It also has the advantage of being able to be mounted with a certain flexibility, thanks to the presence of an attached interface part which has been previously fixed to the structural element, and which is easy to machine for give it a particular shape and dimensions.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a fog light mounted on an attached part of a vehicle according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a rear view of the fog light and of the attached part of FIG. 1
- FIG. 3 is a front view of the insert alone, illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2
- FIG. 4 is a rear view of the fog light illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2,
- FIG. 5 is a side view of the fog light and of the attached part from FIGS. 1 and 2, said light being at a distance from said part and in the mounting phase thereon,
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the fog light mounted on the attached part of a vehicle according to the invention.
- a vehicle according to the invention comprises at least one front fog light 1 mounted on a shield 2 by means of an interface part 3.
- the interface piece 3 comprises an upper zone 4 and a lower zone 5, said two zones 4, 5 delimiting a central opening intended to accommodate the fog light 1.
- the upper zone 4 includes schematically a flat strip 6 and of small thickness, provided with a through hole 7 of circular shape. This flat strip 6 is bordered by guide elements 8 and a rib capable of contributing to the correct mounting of the fog light 1.
- the lower zone 5 comprises two notches 10 for mounting comparable to stirrups, each of said notches 10 having a flange 11 protruding and closed, delimiting a receptacle.
- the two flanges 11 are identical and have the same orientation in space.
- This interface piece 3 is preferably made of polymer, by injection, and also has holes 12, to allow the passage of fixing screws, in order to securely secure said interface piece 3 to the shield 2.
- the general shape of this interface part 3 is adapted to the environment of the vehicle in which it will be mounted.
- the fog light 1 schematically comprises a housing 13 containing a light source, a front face 14, a rear face 15 and a tilting device 16 of said light 1.
- the front face 14 has a wall transparent of substantially rectangular shape, and intended to diffuse the light emitted by the light source housed in the housing 13.
- the tilting device 16 comprises a first toothed wheel 19 and a second toothed wheel 20 interacting by meshing, the rotation in one direction of the first wheel 19, then causing a rotation in opposite direction of the second wheel 20.
- the rotation of the second wheel 20 in one direction or the other, under the effect of the rotation of the first wheel 19, generates an upward or downward inclination of the fog light 1.
- the housing 13 comprises two fixing lugs 21, 22 implanted on a first edge of said housing 13, and an extension 23 implanted on a second edge of this housing 13.
- the first edge and the second edge are substantially parallel and opposite within the housing 13.
- the fixing lugs 21, 22 and the extension 23 extend in the same direction but in opposite directions.
- the two fixing lugs 21, 22 are identical and each have a free end having two inclined lateral edges 24 connected by a terminal edge 25, the length of which is less than the width of the fixing lug 21, 22.
- the extension 23 is a strip of material of substantially rectangular shape and thin, having a through hole 26, of circular shape having substantially the same diameter as that of the orifice 7 of the zone upper 4 of the interface part 3.
- the extension 23 is crossed by a strip of secondary material 27, extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said extension 23 and projecting on both sides thereof, asymmetrically.
- a method of mounting a fog light 1 in a vehicle according to the invention comprises the following steps:
- inclined position means that the front face 14 of the housing is not inscribed in a vertical plane, but in a plane which is inclined relative to said vertical plane.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR1857102A FR3084306B1 (fr) | 2018-07-30 | 2018-07-30 | Vehicule comprenant une piece d'eclairage a fixation simplifiee |
PCT/EP2019/068870 WO2020025294A1 (fr) | 2018-07-30 | 2019-07-12 | Vehicule comprenant une piece d'eclairage a fixation simplifiee |
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EP3829927A1 true EP3829927A1 (fr) | 2021-06-09 |
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EP19737548.8A Withdrawn EP3829927A1 (fr) | 2018-07-30 | 2019-07-12 | Vehicule comprenant une piece d'eclairage a fixation simplifiee |
Country Status (6)
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EP (1) | EP3829927A1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JP2021533021A (fr) |
KR (1) | KR20210035890A (fr) |
CN (1) | CN112566818A (fr) |
FR (1) | FR3084306B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2020025294A1 (fr) |
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JPH0567556U (ja) * | 1992-02-25 | 1993-09-07 | 西川化成株式会社 | バンパーへの嵌合物取付構造 |
JP3127677B2 (ja) * | 1993-09-21 | 2001-01-29 | 日産自動車株式会社 | バンパー構造 |
JP3508440B2 (ja) * | 1997-01-08 | 2004-03-22 | 日産自動車株式会社 | 自動車のランプ取付構造 |
JP2000127840A (ja) * | 1998-10-30 | 2000-05-09 | Honda Access Corp | 車両用バンパーへのライト取付構造 |
CA2565829A1 (fr) * | 2004-05-07 | 2005-11-17 | Decoma International Inc. | Ensemble de feu de brouillard et de carenage frontal |
DE102007043275B4 (de) * | 2007-08-31 | 2014-02-13 | Decoma (Germany) Gmbh | Befestigungsanordnung zur Befestigung von Nebelscheinwerfern an Fahrzeugverkleidungselementen |
JP4671202B2 (ja) * | 2008-04-09 | 2011-04-13 | トヨタ自動車株式会社 | ランプ取付構造 |
JP5856547B2 (ja) * | 2012-07-31 | 2016-02-09 | 本田技研工業株式会社 | 車両端部構造 |
JP5738357B2 (ja) * | 2013-07-02 | 2015-06-24 | 本田技研工業株式会社 | 灯具ケースの取付構造 |
JP6425134B2 (ja) * | 2015-03-11 | 2018-11-21 | パナソニックIpマネジメント株式会社 | 照明装置、移動体及び支持体 |
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2018
- 2018-07-30 FR FR1857102A patent/FR3084306B1/fr active Active
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2019
- 2019-07-12 EP EP19737548.8A patent/EP3829927A1/fr not_active Withdrawn
- 2019-07-12 WO PCT/EP2019/068870 patent/WO2020025294A1/fr unknown
- 2019-07-12 KR KR1020217006118A patent/KR20210035890A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2019-07-12 CN CN201980054239.8A patent/CN112566818A/zh active Pending
- 2019-07-12 JP JP2021505230A patent/JP2021533021A/ja active Pending
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FR3084306B1 (fr) | 2022-09-09 |
KR20210035890A (ko) | 2021-04-01 |
JP2021533021A (ja) | 2021-12-02 |
WO2020025294A1 (fr) | 2020-02-06 |
CN112566818A (zh) | 2021-03-26 |
FR3084306A1 (fr) | 2020-01-31 |
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