FR2811277A1 - Police sign panel lighting for motor vehicle boot lid has common support for switch and lamp with movable window for lamp connected to boot lid switch - Google Patents

Abstract

The police sign lighting and boot lid switch are mounted on a common support (10) fixed to the vehicle. The lighting has a lamp (11) enclosed in the support and protected on one side by a translucent window (13). A switch (17) is operated externally of the vehicle and is connected to a common conductor (12) with the lamp. The window is movably mounted between a rest position and a working position and has an actuator (20) to operate the switch during movement.

Description

Police license plate lighting device incorporating a

  The present invention relates to a device for lighting a luggage compartment plate.

  police and a trunk release control device.

  To allow the opening of the trunk door, it is necessary to install a control device located at the rear of the vehicle in the area located above the police plate. On the other hand, to illuminate or regulate the police plate, it is necessary to have one or

  two scouts, also located in the same area.

  The boot door opening control device is most often located in the center line of the vehicle, and there are usually two police license plate lights located on either side of this axis, for example approximately 150 mm. Each element is mounted and connected to the vehicle wiring most often separately by independent connectors. However, the control and the two scouts can be mounted in the same elongated support body, arranged horizontally above the police plate, and connected to the vehicle wiring by a single connector, as shown for example by documents FR 2 783

  775 and EP 0 976 617. But here again, the successive alignment of scout-

  control-light leads to a significant horizontal bulk.

  The object of the invention is to provide a more compact device combining both the door opening control and the lighting of

plate.

  The object of the invention is achieved by a device for lighting a police license plate and for opening the boot lid, mounted on a common support intended to be fixed to a vehicle, the plate lighting device comprising a lamp enclosed in the support and protected on one side by a translucent indicator, the control device comprising a control switch operable from outside the vehicle by an actuating means, the lamp and the control switch being connected to a common connector intended to be connected to the vehicle wiring, characterized in that the lamp indicator is mounted movable between a rest position and a working position, and comprises the actuator means for

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  actuate the switch when changing from the rest position to the position

of work.

  It is thus possible to have both the lamp (single) and the actuation device of the control in the median axis of the plate and to reduce the overall size of the device. It is therefore possible to integrate the

  opening device in the existing volume of a plate light.

  The indicator is for example in the form of a wall articulated on an axis and

  permanently returned to its rest position by a spring.

  Said hinged wall advantageously closes a housing housing the

0 o lighting device.

  Alternatively, the sight glass can be mounted movable in vertical translation

in the housing.

  Advantageously, the actuator means is an arm secured to the indicator, and the switch is a micro-contactor whose contact is pushed by the arm when the indicator is pressed. The microswitch is advantageously mounted removably on or in the box so as to only provide it for vehicles equipped with an electric door opening control, the same standard box being used for the scout

of plate.

  The invention will be better understood and other advantages and

  characteristics will be highlighted on reading the description

  following, referring to the appended drawings in which: - Figure 1 is a diagram showing the layout of the device of the invention at the rear of a vehicle, above the police plate; - Figure 2 is an exploded perspective of the device of the invention; - Figure 3 is a perspective with partial section of the same device; - Figure 4 is a rear three-quarter perspective of the indicator and the switch; FIG. 5 is a view in longitudinal section of the device of the invention, FIGS. 6 and 7 are two views in cross section of the device of the invention, in respective positions of rest and

actuating.

  Figure 1 shows at the rear of a vehicle the police plate 1 surmounted, in its median axis 2, of the device of the invention 3 which integrates both the opening control function of the door 4 of the trunk and the

  police plate light function.

  The device shown in Figures 2 to 7 comprises a rectangular housing 10 comprising the lamp 11 (only sketched in Figure 2) providing the lighting function of the police plate and placed in its median axis. A connector 12 secured to the housing 10 connects the

  vehicle wiring device.

  1 0 The housing 10 has an overhanging base 10 'surrounding a rectangular opening closed by a sight glass 13 made of transparent or translucent material, articulated around an axis 14. Two helical torsion springs, fixed on each side of the housing are supported by their arms 16 on a wall of the housing and on the indicator, and thus maintain the indicator 13 in the position of

  l 5 rest, in which it comes to close the housing 10 exactly.

  On the side of the housing 10 is reserved a form of reception in which a micro-contactor 17 with movable contact 18 is removably fixed, by virtue of projections 21 cooperating with these notches 22

  formed in the end walls of the housing.

  A seal 19 can be overmolded around the sight glass 13 in order to seal it. A finger 20 extends sideways the edge of the sight glass 13 opposite the articulation axis 14 so as to come under the contact 19 of the microswitch 17. The finger 20 passes through a curved light 23 formed in the wall

side 24 of the housing 10.

  The operation of the device of the invention is as follows.

  When the indicator 13 is tilted into the working position around its axis 14, the finger 20 actuates the micro-switch 17 which closes the electrical circuit opening the trunk door, via the connector 12, independently of the plate lighting function. This working position is unstable and aims to give an impetus to the

door opener.

  The spring 15 returns the indicator light 13 to its rest position as soon as

the pressure exerted ceases.

Claims (7)

  1. Device for lighting a police plate and for opening the boot lid, mounted on a common support (10) intended to be fixed to a vehicle, the plate lighting device comprising a lamp (11) enclosed in the support (10) and protected on one side by a translucent indicator (13), the control device comprising a switch (17) for controllable control from the outside of the vehicle by an actuating means, the lamp and the control switch being connected to a common connector (12) intended to be connected to the vehicle wiring, characterized in that the lamp indicator (13) is mounted movable between a rest position and a working position, and comprises the actuator means (20) for actuating the switch (17) when changing from the rest position to the working position.   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the sight glass (13) is in the form of a wall articulated on an axis (14) and recalled in   permanently in its rest position by a spring (15).   3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the indicator   (13) is mounted movable in translation in the support (10).   4. Device according to any one of claims 2 or 3,   characterized in that said indicator (13) closes a housing (10) housing the lighting device.   5. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,   characterized in that the actuator means is an arm (20) integral of the sight glass (13).   6. Device according to any one of the preceding claims,   characterized in that the switch is a micro-contactor (17).   7. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the micro-   contactor (117) is removably mounted.