JP2002347514A - Illumination device of automobile storage section - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination device of an automobile storage section. SOLUTION: An illumination device of an automobile storage section by which an automobile storage section formed of a hard resin material is illuminated by a light source 14 supported by a frame 16. A holding section 18 for receiving a hard light-transmitting plate 17 is provided in front of the light source of the frame 16 so that the holding section 18 holds the light-transmitting plate 17 by a sandwiching plate 23 formed of a soft resin material, thereby allowing the holding section 18 previously provided on the frame 16 supporting the light source 14 to hold the light-transmitting plate 17 via the sandwiching plate 23. Thus, the light-transmitting plate 17 can be attached more easily and the soft sandwiching plate 23 is provided between the wall faces of the hard light- transmitting plate 17 and the hard storage section, thereby preventing a concern of causing unique abnormal voices due to the contact of the hard materials with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illuminating device for illuminating a storage section such as an accessory box installed on an instrument panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is one disclosed in JP-A-00-16185. Although not specifically shown, the conventional illuminating device has been developed to illuminate a storage portion defined on the front side of a cup tray which is supported so as to be able to be pulled out from a housing provided on the vehicle body side. And a lamp facing the daylighting window formed on the wall surface of the storage section, an introduction section fixed to the back side of the cup tray, and a connection section fixed to the housing side.

In actual use, if the cup tray is pulled out from the housing, the cup tray can be used as a cup holder, and at the same time, the storage portion located on the front portion thereof can be used as a small container. Since the inside of the unit is illuminated by a lamp through a lighting window, the usability is extremely good, especially when driving at night.

[0004]

Therefore, the conventional lighting device can sufficiently illuminate even the storage portion of the front portion which is largely drawn out of the housing, but on the other hand, a hard acrylic window is provided in the lighting window of the storage portion. When the translucent plate is made of hard resin, when the translucent plate comes in contact with the wall of the storage part formed of a hard resin material, the work is difficult when the cup tray is pulled out. , There is a possibility that a specific noise is generated.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed to effectively solve the problems of the conventional lighting device. The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the lighting device is formed of a hard resin material. An illumination device for an automobile storage unit that illuminates a storage unit of the vehicle with a light source supported by a cap frame, wherein a holding unit that receives a hard light-transmitting plate in front of the light source of the cap frame is formed.
A configuration is employed in which the light-transmitting plate is held by a holding plate formed of a soft resin material in the holding portion.

The second aspect of the present invention adopts a configuration based on the first aspect, wherein an elastic claw that pushes the light transmitting plate forward is provided on the holding portion of the cap frame.

Therefore, in the invention according to claim 1,
Since the light-transmitting plate can be held in advance via the holding plate on the holding portion formed on the cap frame supporting the light source, the mounting work of the light-transmitting plate becomes easy, and the hard light-transmitting plate is also provided. Since the soft holding plate is interposed between the hard storage portion and the wall surface of the hard storage portion, there is no need to worry about the occurrence of a peculiar noise due to the contact between the hard portions.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to this, the light transmitting plate is elastically pushed toward the front holding plate by the elastic claw in the holding portion of the cap frame. However, there is no inadvertent rattling.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lighting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention; It has been developed to illuminate a storage section defined on the front side of a cup tray that is supported as possible.

The housing 1 and the cup tray 4 will be described first for convenience. The former housing 1 is integrally formed of a relatively hard resin material such as ABS, as shown in FIG. A slit 2 for allowing the electric wire 11 protected by a corrugated tube 13 of the lighting device to be described later is formed continuously in a longitudinal direction near one side of the upper wall, while a connector 15 of the lighting device and a central portion near the other side are provided. The mounting hole 3 for fixing the positioning clip 27 is formed.

The latter cup tray 4 is also made of ABS
As shown in FIG. 2, a storage part 6 having a lighting window 7 is formed in front of the two cup holes 5 and is formed integrally with a relatively hard resin material such as On the other hand, a space 8 in which the cover body 12 of the lighting device is arranged is defined from the back surface of the lighting window 7 of the storage section 6 toward the rear end. In the drawing, reference numeral 9 denotes a blade plate which is swingably attached to the lower surface of the edge of each cup hole 5 and supports the side surface thereof according to the diameter of the cup.

The lighting device according to the embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
And an electric wire 11 having a connector 15 connected to the other end and a lamp 14 serving as a light source at one end.
1 is arranged along a space 8 defined on the back surface of the cup tray 4. The cover body 12 has a cap frame 16 for supporting a lamp 14, as shown in the drawing.
The cover body 12 is fixed to the boss portion 10 provided along the space 8 by screwing.
6 are molded from a relatively soft resin material such as PP.

As shown in the drawing, a cap frame 16 integrally connected to the cover body 12 is a holding portion for receiving a hard translucent plate 17 made of a transparent acrylic plate or glass in front of the lamp 14. A holding recess is formed, a positioning projection is formed in the holding recess, and an elastic claw is formed on a bottom surface of the holding recess to push the light transmitting plate forward. A locking claw 21 for locking a holding plate 23 to be described later is formed on the outer edge to be formed.

The light-transmitting plate 1 received in the holding recess 18
7 has, at the center thereof, a projection 17a to be fitted into the lighting window 7 of the storage section 6 and a notch 22 to which the positioning projection 19 is fitted, so that the notch 22 and the positioning The projection 19 is fitted and held in the holding recess 18 of the cap frame 16 via a holding plate 23. The holding plate 23 is made of a relatively soft resin material such as PP and has a U-shape. A rectangular hole 24 for loosely fitting the convex portion 17a of the light transmitting plate 17 is formed on the front surface thereof, and a locking wall 25 for locking the locking claw 21 is formed on both side edges of the rectangular hole 24. Regulating pieces 26 for regulating both side surfaces of the light transmitting plate 17 inside the respective locking walls 25.
Is formed. Here, when the cap frame 16 and the holding plate 23 are made of the same material,
Can be integrally formed via a hinge.

Therefore, in the lighting device having such a configuration, the fitting state between the positioning projection 19 and the notch 22 is obtained, and the light transmitting plate 17 is pressed into the holding recess 18 of the cap frame 16. When the holding plate 23 is fitted from the front, the holding plate 2
The third locking wall 25 is elastically locked to the locking claw 21 of the cap frame 16, and the light transmitting plate 17 is very easily held in the holding recess 18 in a sandwiched state. Also, in this holding state, the light transmitting plate 17 is elastically pushed toward the front holding plate 23 side by the elastic claw 20 formed on the bottom surface of the holding recess 18, so that the light transmitting plate 17 is carelessly prepared. There is no fear of rattling.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 to 4, the cover 12 of the lighting device is attached to the back surface of the cup tray 4 while the light-transmitting plate 17 is held on the cap frame 16 side. 1
0, the lighting device itself is fixed to the cup tray 4 while the projection 17a of the light-transmitting plate 17 faces the lighting window 7 of the storage unit 6. When the connector 15 connected to the other end of the electric wire 11 extending from the slit 2 of the housing 1 and the positioning clip 27 are fixed to the mounting hole 3 by being inserted into the housing 1, the cup holder having the storage portion 6 on the front surface portion is provided. Can be easily assembled.

Therefore, in actual use, as shown in FIG. 5, if the cup tray 4 is pulled out from the housing 1, the cup tray 4 can be used as a cup holder, and at the same time, the storage portion 6 located on the front surface of the housing 6 can be put in a small container. However, since the inside of the storage unit 6 is illuminated by the lamp 14 through the lighting window 7, particularly,
For night driving and the like, the usability becomes very good.

Moreover, in such an assembled state,
As shown in FIG. 6, the hard translucent plate 17 and the wall surface of the hard storage portion 6 do not come into direct contact with each other, and the soft holding plate 23 is interposed between the two plates 17 and 6. At the time of pulling out 4, the fear of generating a peculiar abnormal noise due to the contact between the hard materials is eliminated.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, by employing the above structure, it is possible to hold the light transmitting plate via the holding plate in advance on the holding portion formed on the cap frame supporting the light source. Therefore, the work of mounting the light-transmitting plate becomes easy, and a soft holding plate is interposed between the hard light-transmitting plate and the wall of the hard storage part. The concerns that arise are eliminated at once.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a cup holder to which a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied together with a lighting device.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the lighting device and the cup tray from the back side.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the lighting device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover body of the lighting device is fixed to a cup tray.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where a cup tray is pulled out of a housing.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing 2 Slit 3 Mounting hole 4 Cup tray 5 Cup hole 6 Storage part 7 Lighting window 8 Space 9 Blade plate 10 Boss part 11 Electric wire 12 Cover body 13 Corrugated tube 14 Lamp 15 Connector 16 Cap frame 17 Translucent plate 17a Translucent plate Projecting portion 18 Holding recess (holding portion) 19 Positioning protrusion 20 Elastic claw 21 Locking claw 22 Notch portion 23 Holding plate 24 Square hole 25 Locking wall 26 Restriction piece 27 Positioning clip

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lighting device for an automobile storage section for illuminating an automobile storage section formed of a hard resin material with a light source supported by a cap frame, wherein a hard translucent light is provided in front of the light source of the cap frame. A lighting device for an automobile storage unit, wherein a holding portion for receiving a plate is formed, and a light transmitting plate is held on the holding portion by a holding plate formed of a soft resin material. 2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion of the cap frame is provided with an elastic claw for pushing the light transmitting plate forward.