JP2006044538A - Lamp device of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lamp device of a vehicle capable of improving visibility of a tail light and a license plate in arranging the tail light (brake lamp and tail lamp) on the outside of the license plate and in irradiating the license plate by a license light of a separate body. <P>SOLUTION: The lamp device 100 of the vehicle is furnished with the tail light 20 arranged so as to surround the outside of the license plate 7 provided on a rear part of the vehicle, a recessed part 29 recessively provided on the inside of the tail light 20 and on a bottom part of which the license plate 7 is set and a license light 30 provided on a side wall surface part of the recessed part 29 and to irradiate the license plate 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device such as a taillight installed at the rear of the vehicle.

In a vehicle, a taillight such as a brake light or a taillight is very important for visibility from the rear because it allows the following vehicle to recognize the behavior of the vehicle.
For example, in Patent Document 1, a lamp (hereinafter referred to as an auxiliary light) that is lit in conjunction with a brake is arranged around a license plate frame, and this auxiliary light functions as an auxiliary to a brake light, and the vehicle brakes. A technology that makes it easy for the following vehicle to recognize that the vehicle is inside is disclosed.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-91993

By the way, at night, etc., the license plate is illuminated with a white license light so that the license plate can be easily identified. However, the license light is generally installed behind the license plate. In this arrangement, the license light illuminates the license plate and its surroundings.
Therefore, when an auxiliary light is provided around the license plate frame as in the above publication, the light of the auxiliary light may be diluted by the light when the license light is turned on.
Therefore, the present invention improves the visibility of the taillight and license plate when a taillight (braking light, taillight) is arranged outside the license plate and the license plate is irradiated with a separate license light. It is intended to provide a vehicle lighting device that can be used.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a license plate (for example, license plate 7 in an embodiment described later) provided at a rear portion of a vehicle (for example, a motorcycle 1 in an embodiment described later). A taillight arranged so as to surround the outside (for example, the taillight 20 in the embodiment described later), and a recess (for example, described later) in which the license plate is installed at the bottom of the taillight and recessed at the bottom. A recess 29 in the embodiment, and a license light (for example, a license light 30 in the embodiment described later) provided on a side wall surface portion of the recess (for example, the inner light emitting surface 24 in the embodiment described later) to illuminate the license plate; A vehicle lighting device (for example, a lighting in an embodiment described later) 100) is.
With this configuration, since the license light is installed on the side wall surface portion of the concave portion, when the license light is turned on, the license light only illuminates the inside of the concave portion and does not illuminate the tail light. Therefore, the light on the light emitting surface of the taillight is not diluted by the light of the license light. That is, the visibility in both the taillight and the license plate can be improved.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the license lights are respectively arranged on both sides of the license plate.
By configuring in this way, the license plate is illuminated by a pair of left and right license lights, so the visibility to the license plate is very good.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a taillight is provided so as to surround the outside of a license plate (for example, a license plate 7 in an embodiment described later) provided at a rear portion of a vehicle (for example, a motorcycle 1 in an embodiment described later). (For example, a taillight 20 in an embodiment described later) is disposed, and the light emitting surface of the taillight is an inner light emitting surface provided close to the license plate (for example, an inner light emitting surface 24 in an embodiment described later). And an outer light emitting surface (for example, an outer light emitting surface 25 in an embodiment to be described later) provided continuously outside the inner light emitting surface intersect at an angle. It is a lamp (for example, the lighting device 100 in the Example mentioned later).
With this configuration, the inner light emitting surface and the outer light emitting surface intersect with each other at an angle, so that the light emitting surface of the taillight is three-dimensional, and the light emitting area is increased compared to the planar light emitting surface. Can do.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the license plate and the taillight are exterior members constituting an exterior of a vehicle body (for example, an embodiment described later). In the seam of the seat 11 and the cowl 13).
With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the taillight and the license plate from protruding outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body.

The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a pair of left and right direction indicator lamps are provided in the vicinity of the side of the taillight, and the direction indicator lamps are provided. Is provided along an exterior member (for example, a seat 11 and a cowl 13 in an embodiment to be described later) formed so as to spread laterally as it travels forward of the vehicle.
With this configuration, the direction indicator lamp is formed in a form that spreads laterally as it travels forward of the vehicle, so that the visibility of the direction indicator lamp from the rear of the vehicle is extremely improved.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5, wherein the direction indicator lamp is arranged at a joint of an exterior member (for example, a seat 11 and a cowl 13 in an embodiment to be described later) constituting an exterior of a vehicle body. It is characterized by being.
By configuring in this way, the direction indicator lamp can be prevented from projecting outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body.

The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle (for example, a motorcycle 1 in an embodiment described later), and the license plate The taillight is characterized in that it is arranged at the joint between the seat and the cowl constituting the exterior member.
With this configuration, since the joint between the seat and the cowl is at a relatively high position from the road surface in the motorcycle, the license plate and the taillight can be arranged at a relatively high position from the road surface.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the license light is turned on, the light on the light emitting surface of the tail light is not dimmed by the light of the license light, so both the tail light and the license plate when viewed from the rear of the vehicle. The outstanding effect that the visibility in can be improved is show | played.
According to the invention of claim 2, since the license plate is illuminated by the pair of left and right license lights, an excellent effect is achieved in that the visibility to the license plate is extremely good.

  According to the invention of claim 3, by making the light emitting surface of the taillight three-dimensional, the light emitting area can be increased as compared with the planar light emitting surface. The outstanding effect that the visibility with respect to is very good is show | played.

According to the invention of claim 4, the taillight and the license plate can be prevented from projecting outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body, so that the appearance is improved and the aerodynamic characteristics can be improved. Played.
According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the direction indicator lamp is formed in a form that spreads sideways as it travels forward of the vehicle, there is an excellent effect that the visibility of the direction indicator lamp from the rear of the vehicle is extremely good. Is done.

According to the invention of claim 6, since the direction indicator lamp can be prevented from projecting outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body, an excellent effect is achieved in that the appearance is improved and the aerodynamic characteristics can be improved. The
According to the invention of claim 7, since the license plate and the taillight of the motorcycle can be disposed at a relatively high position from the road surface, the visibility to the license plate and the taillight can be further enhanced. Excellent effect is achieved.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a vehicle lighting device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of FIGS. In addition, the Example described below is the aspect which applied this invention to the motorcycle as a vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 1, a motorcycle (vehicle) 1 includes a steering handle 4 for turning a front wheel 2, a seat portion 5 installed slightly in front of the rear wheel 3 that is a driving wheel, And a step floor 6 disposed between the front wheel 2 and the seat portion 5. The motorcycle 1 includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor (both not shown) as power sources, and a hybrid automatic vehicle that can drive the rear wheel 3 with the power of either or both of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor. It is a motorcycle.

  The seat portion 5 includes a seat 11 on which a passenger sits, a front cover 12 disposed on the lower front side of the seat 11, a cowl 13 disposed on the lower rear side of the seat 11, and both lower side portions of the seat 11 The side covers 14 and 14 are provided. The seat 11, the front cover 12, the cowl 13, and the side covers 14 and 14 constitute an exterior member of the vehicle body. In the motorcycle 1, the step floor 6 is used as a space where a driver sitting on the seat 11 places his / her feet.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a license plate 7 is installed at the rear of the seat portion 5, and a lighting device including a tail light 20, a license light 30, and a rear winker light 40 around the license plate 7. 100 is provided. More specifically, the license plate 7, the taillight 20, and the rear winker light 40 are installed along the joint between the seat 11 and the cowl 13. In other words, the license plate 7, the taillight 20, and the rear winker light 40 are installed so as to be sandwiched between the seat 11 and the cowl 13.
The taillight 20 is disposed so as to surround the outside of the substantially rectangular license plate 7. A recess 29 that is recessed forward of the vehicle body is formed inside the taillight 20, and the license plate 7 is attached to the bottom of the recess 29.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the taillight 20 includes a housing 22 that houses a large number of light emitters 21 made of LEDs or the like arranged in a rectangular ring shape, and a lens 23 that covers the housing 22. Becomes a light emitting part when the light emitter 21 is turned on. The lens 23 is made of a translucent resin colored in red, for example. In this embodiment, the taillight 20 also serves as a brake light, and the two are distinguished by changing the brightness when the taillight is turned on and the brightness when the taillight is turned on.

The lens 23 includes an inner light emitting surface 24 that is inclined obliquely downward toward the outer peripheral edge of the license plate 7, and an outer light emitting surface 25 that is provided so as to extend outward from the inner light emitting surface 24. . That is, the inner light emitting surface 24 provided in the vicinity of the license plate 7 and the outer light emitting surface 25 provided continuously outside the inner light emitting surface 24 intersect with each other at an angle. The inner light emitting surface 24 constitutes the side wall surface portion of the recess 29 described above.
The license light 30 is composed of a white bulb, and is installed on the left and right sides of the license plate 7 inside the lens 23. The license light 30 illuminates the license plate 7 by irradiating light into the recess 29. Note that the lens 23 is configured to be colorless and transparent at a portion where the light of the license light 30 should be transmitted.

A pair of left and right rear blinker lights (direction indicator lamps) 40, 40 are provided on both sides of the taillight 20 adjacent to the taillight 20. The joint between the seat 11 and the cowl 13 is formed so as to spread to the side of the vehicle body from the portion intersecting with the taillight 20 toward the front of the vehicle, and the rear winker light 40 installed along this joint is similarly Further, it is formed in a form that spreads to the side of the vehicle body from the portion intersecting with the taillight 20 toward the front of the vehicle. As in the case of the taillight 20, the rear blinker light 40 also includes a housing 42 that houses a large number of light emitters 41 made of LEDs and the like arranged linearly in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a lens 43 that covers the housing 42. When the lens 43 lights the light emitter 41, it becomes a light emitting portion. The lens 43 is made of a translucent resin colored, for example, orange.
In this embodiment, the light emitters 21 and 41 are described as being configured by LEDs. However, the light emitters 21 and 41 may be configured by a bulb used in a taillight of a general motorcycle.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a handle cover (handle cowl) 51 that covers the steering handle 4 is provided with a pair of left and right front blinker lights 50 facing the front of the vehicle. The handle cover 51 is configured by combining an upper handle cover 51a and a lower handle cover 51b. A seam is formed at the joint between the upper handle cover 51a and the lower handle cover 51b. Each front blinker light 50, 50 is installed so as to be sandwiched between the upper handle cover 51a and the lower handle cover 51b along the joint. Thus, by arranging the front blinker lights 50 and 50 at the joint of the handle cover 51 which is an exterior member, the front blinker lights 50 and 50 can be prevented from protruding outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body. In addition, the assemblability when the front blinker light 50 is assembled in the handle cover 51 can be improved.

  The front winker lights 50, 50 are attached to the handle cover 51 so that the longitudinal direction thereof follows the joint between the upper handle cover 51a and the lower handle cover 51b. Therefore, since the length of the front blinker lights 50, 50 in the vehicle width direction can be increased, the light emission area of the front blinker lights 50, 50 can be increased. Therefore, the visibility of the front blinker lights 50, 50 can be further improved.

  Also, the front winker lights 50, 50 are attached to the handle cover 51 so that the longitudinal direction of the front winker lights 50, 50 is along the joint line between the upper handle cover 51a and the lower handle cover 51b, thereby increasing the vertical width when the handle cover 51 is assembled. Can be small. Therefore, the handle cover 51 itself can be reduced in size, and a more preferable shape can be obtained in a small motorcycle represented by a scooter or the like.

  In the lamp 100 in the rear part of the motorcycle 1 configured as described above, the inner light emitting surface 24 and the outer light emitting surface 25 of the lens 23 in the taillight 20 intersect with each other at an angle. Becomes three-dimensional. Therefore, the light emitting area can be increased as compared with the planar light emitting surface, and the visibility to the taillight 20 when viewed from the rear of the vehicle body is extremely good.

In addition, since the license light 30 is installed on the side wall surface portion (inner light emitting surface 24) of the recess 31, even when the license light 30 is turned on, the license light 30 only illuminates the interior of the recess 31, and the tail light The 20 outer light emitting surfaces 25 are not illuminated. As a result, the light from the outer light emitting surface 25 of the taillight 20 is not dimmed by the light of the license light 30, and the visibility of the taillight 20 when viewed from the rear of the vehicle is extremely good even when the license light 30 is turned on. .
On the other hand, since the license plate 7 is illuminated by the pair of left and right license lights 30, the visibility to the license plate 7 is very good.
That is, the visibility in both the taillight 20 and the license plate 7 can be improved.

Further, since the rear blinker light 40 is formed so as to expand to the side of the vehicle body as it advances from the portion intersecting with the taillight 20 toward the front of the vehicle, the rear blinker light 40 from the rear of the vehicle including the oblique rear of the vehicle. Visibility is very good.
Moreover, the joint portion of the seat 11 and the cowl 13 where the license plate 7, the taillight 20, and the rear winker light 40 are disposed is at a relatively high position from the road surface in the motorcycle 1. The visibility with respect to the tail light 20 and the rear winker light 40 can be further enhanced.

  Since the taillight 20, the license plate 7 and the rear winker light 40 are disposed between the exterior parts along the joint between the seat 11 and the cowl 13 which are exterior parts, the tail light 20, the license plate 7 and the rear winker are arranged. The light 40 can be prevented from projecting outward from the outer surface of the vehicle body, so that appearance can be improved and aerodynamic characteristics can be improved.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the rear ends of the left and right rear turn signal lights 40, 40 are connected to the tail light 20, so that the tail light 20, the license light 30, and the rear turn signal light 40 are combined into one unit. And the number of parts can be reduced.

[Other Examples]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the portion constituting the side surface of the recess 29 is also the light emitting surface (inner light emitting surface), but the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2 is not required even if the side surface of the recess 29 is the light emitting surface. To establish.
Further, the vehicle is not limited to a motorcycle, and can be applied to a four-wheeled vehicle.

1 is a schematic side view of a motorcycle including a lighting device according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the motorcycle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a rear portion of the motorcycle as viewed from an oblique rear side. It is a side view of the lighting device of a vehicle rear part. Fig. 2 is a front view of the motorcycle.

Explanation of symbols

1 Motorcycle (vehicle)
7 license plate 11 sheet (exterior material)
13 cowl (exterior material)
20 Taillight 24 Inner light emitting surface (side wall surface)
25 Outer light emitting surface 29 Recessed portion 30 License light 40 Rear winker light (direction indicator light)
100 lights

Claims (7)

A taillight arranged to surround the outside of a license plate provided at the rear of the vehicle;
A recess that is recessed inside the taillight and in which the license plate is installed at the bottom;
A license light for illuminating the license plate provided on the side wall surface of the recess;
A vehicle lighting device comprising:   The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the license light is disposed on each side of the license plate. A taillight is placed so as to surround the outside of the license plate provided at the rear of the vehicle,
As for the light emitting surface of the taillight, an inner light emitting surface provided close to the license plate and an outer light emitting surface provided continuously outside the inner light emitting surface intersect at an angle. A vehicle lighting device characterized by that.   4. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the license plate and the taillight are arranged at a joint of an exterior member constituting an exterior of a vehicle body. 5.   A pair of left and right direction indicator lamps are provided in the vicinity of the side of the taillight, and the direction indicator lamps are provided along an exterior member formed so as to spread sideways as the vehicle moves forward. The vehicle lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:   6. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 5, wherein the direction indicator lamp is disposed at a joint of an exterior member constituting an exterior of a vehicle body. 7. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a motorcycle, and the license plate and the taillight are arranged at a joint between a seat and a cowl constituting an exterior member. Vehicle lights.

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