JP2006051947A - Turn indicator for electric vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a turn indicator for an electric vehicle capable of enhancing visibility of a turn indicator lamp. <P>SOLUTION: In the turn indicator, a front leg shield 16 erected so as to be slightly rearwardly inclined as it goes to an upward side is provided continuously to left and right front fenders 10a, 10a covering upper sides of left and right wheels from a front end of a step floor 14 provided on a central part of a vehicle body. A swelling part 36 swelled from the central part of a front surface to a front side is provided on the front leg shield 16 and the turn indicator lamps 20, 20 are arranged on left and right upper end corner parts 16t, 16t on an outer side in a left/right direction more than the swelling part 36. The turn indicator lamps 20, 20 are constituted such that they can be visually recognized from at least a front side and an upper side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a direction indicating device for an electric vehicle.

  In an electric vehicle equipped with a direction indication device that can be recognized from the surroundings in the vehicle body, when the direction indication device is operated, it is recognized by the blinking of the direction indicator light and the sound from the built-in buzzer linked to it. .

  Conventionally, there are few blinker lamps as direction indicator lamps that are considered for ease of recognition in an electric vehicle.

Considering the direction indicator lamps used for motorcycles for reference, it is usually considered that the indicator lamps are provided at positions that protrude from the front and rear of the vehicle body to the left and right, and the visibility of the indicator lights only from the front and rear of the vehicle is taken into consideration. (See Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-38875: Patent Document 1, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-170389: Patent Document 2, etc.).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-38875 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-170389

  However, the conventional direction indicator lamp is mounted only on the left and right sides of the passenger on the side of the vehicle body, and when the passenger is in the proper boarding position, the direction indicator lamp itself flashes directly. It is impossible or difficult to see, and the operation sound of the buzzer linked to the direction indicator lamp is difficult to hear if the surrounding noise is loud or the passengers are hearing impaired. There was a fear of forgetting to erase.

  Also, depending on where the direction indicator lamp is mounted, the visibility (visibility) from the surroundings of the direction indicator lamp varies such that the direction indicator lamp can be seen from a certain direction but cannot be seen from other directions. May occur.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a direction indication device for an electric vehicle that can improve visibility of a direction indication lamp.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration.
The present invention relates to a left and right front fender that covers an upper portion of left and right front wheels from a front end portion of a step floor provided in a central portion of a vehicle body in an electric vehicle that is mounted with a battery and travels by generating a driving force in a motor by the battery power source. The front leg shield is erected so as to incline slightly backward as it goes upward, and the front leg shield is provided with a bulging portion that bulges forward from the center of the front surface. The direction indicator lamp is disposed at the left and right upper corners on the outer side in the left-right direction, and the direction indicator lamp is configured to be visible from at least the front and the upper side. .

  In the present invention, the electric vehicle has a shape along an elliptical arc at the upper end of a steering pipe provided between the left and right front wheels through the vehicle width direction central portion of the front leg shield. A steering loop handle having a space is provided, and the front leg shield is formed with a narrower width in the left-right direction as it goes upward, and the direction indicator lamp is at least from the front and above through the central space of the steering loop handle. It can be configured such that a direction indicator lamp is disposed at a visually recognizable position.

  In the present invention, the electric vehicle can be configured such that the upper end of the bulging portion is provided at substantially the same height as the direction indicator lamp.

  According to the present invention, in an electric vehicle, the left and right front fenders covering the upper part of the left and right front wheels are continuously inclined from the front end part of the step floor provided at the center part of the vehicle body so as to incline slightly toward the rear. Since the front leg shield is provided and the direction indicator lamps are provided at the left and right upper corners (for example, shoulders) of the front leg shield, it is possible to eliminate the obstruction of the direction indicator lamps, and from the front and above Is easy to see. Therefore, the visibility can be improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1, 2, 3, and 4 are a side view, a rear view, a front view, and a plan view of an electric four-wheeled vehicle provided with the direction indicating device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a direction view. It is detail drawing of the direction indicator light of an indicator device.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the electric vehicle according to the embodiment travels by mounting a battery and generating a driving force for the motor by the battery power source. Specifically, the front wheel 10 and the rear wheel 12 are two wheels. Each is an electric four-wheeled vehicle.

  Further, in the electric vehicle, the front wheel 10 and the rear wheel 12 of the vehicle body are suspended from a front portion and a rear portion of a frame (not shown), and as shown in a side view in FIG. The car body is installed.

The center portion of the vehicle body is recessed to form a substantially flat floor step 14. A front fender 10a covering the upper portion of the front wheel 10 is continuously provided at the front end of the floor step 14 so as to rise upward, and a front leg shield (front) is formed in a wall shape on the upper portion of the front fender 10a. Part cover) 16 is erected so as to be inclined slightly rearward as it goes upward.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 4, the front leg shield 16 is provided with a bulging portion (specifically, a basket-like container case opened upward) that bulges forward from the central portion of the front surface thereof. It has been.
A front steering pipe (not shown) is provided from between the left and right front wheels 10 through the center of the front leg shield 16 in the vehicle width direction.

  At the upper end of the front steering pipe, a steering loop handle 18 having a space 18b in the center with a handle pipe 18a along an elliptical arc is provided.

The front leg shield 16 has a slightly narrow wall shape, and front direction indicator lamps 20 and 20 are provided on shoulders (tangles) 16t and 16t at the upper and lower ends of the front leg shield 16, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the front direction support lamps 20 and 20 have three mounting surfaces that are flat, and the exposed outer surface is gently formed as an isolated curved surface.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the front direction indicator lamp has its outer surface continuously formed flush with the outer surfaces of the shoulder portions 16 t and 16 t of the front leg shield 16 and has no projecting portion. The air flow inside can be made smooth.

  Further, the front direction support lamp 20 is installed at a position that can be seen by the occupant through the central space 18b of the loop handle 18 when the occupant is in a normal riding posture.

  At the rear of the floor step 14 is formed a box-shaped storage portion 22 whose upper portion for storing an electrical component such as a battery is slightly thinner, and a seat seat 24 for occupant seating is provided on the upper portion of the storage portion 22. Yes.

  Rear fenders 26 and 26 are provided on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the floor step 14 so as to cover the left and right rear wheels 12 and 12, and a vehicle body rear portion 28 is formed so as to connect the left and right rear fenders 26 and 26.

  An upper surface 28u of the rear portion 28 of the vehicle body has a trapezoidal shape, and rear direction support lamps 30 and 30 are provided on the shoulder portions 28t and 28t at the left and right ends (see particularly FIG. 2). The rear direction indicator lamps 30 and 30 are exposed with respect to the rear surface, the side surface, and the upper surface, and are visible from the rear, the side, and the upper side. As shown in FIG. 5, the rear direction indicator lamps 30 and 30 have three mounting surfaces that are flat, and the exposed outer surface is an isolated curved surface, as with the front direction indicator lamps 20 and 20. Is formed. The rear direction indicator lamps 30 and 30 are formed so that the outer surfaces thereof are flush with the outer surfaces of the shoulder portions 28t and 28t of the vehicle body rear portions 28 and 28, and there is no protruding portion, so that the air flow during traveling can be reduced. Can be smooth.

  In the direction support device, a pair of front direction indicator lamps 20 and 20 are provided on the left and right shoulders 16t and 16t of the front leg shield 16 which is the outermost part, and the rear direction support lamps 30 and 30 are provided on the rear cover of the vehicle body. Since a pair is provided on the left and right shoulder portions 28t, 28t at the top of 28, the front direction indicator lamps 20, 20, and the rear direction indicator lamps 30, 30 can be visually recognized from both the front and rear and the left and right directions. Configured to be possible.

  Here, the structures of the front direction indicator lamps 20 and 20 and the rear direction indicator lamps 30 and 30 can be variously configured. In the embodiment, the front direction indicator lamp 20 and the rear direction indicator lamp 30 provided on the right shoulder 16t of the front leg shield 16 and the left shoulder 28t of the vehicle body rear cover 28 are formed as shown in FIG. The part direction indicator lamp 20 and the rear direction indicator lamp 30 are each configured such that a light bulb 34 is housed in an internal space of a lens body 32 formed in a box shape with a synthetic resin plate having a transparent outer surface. As described above, both the front direction indicator lamp 20 and the rear direction indicator lamp 30 are visible from the front, the side, and the upper side.

  The front direction indicator lamps 20 and 20 and the rear direction indicator lamps 30 and 30 are turned on as vehicle width lights when the head lamp is turned on at night. In this case, when it is used as a vehicle width lamp, it is turned on by dimming from the normal lighting so that the difference from the function of the direction indicator lamp becomes clear.

  Since this dimming control is performed by, for example, reducing the average power by chopper control, this electric vehicle that runs on an onboard battery is extremely effective in saving power consumption. Moreover, it is not necessary to use a double filament light bulb, and parts can be shared.

  According to the embodiment, since the direction indicator lamps 20, 20, 30, 30 are provided at the left and right ends of the front and rear parts of the vehicle body in the electric vehicle, the direction indicator lamps 20, 20, 30, and 30 can be visually recognized, and visibility is improved.

  In addition, since the direction indicator lamps 20 and 20 are provided at the left and right upper corners (shoulders) of the front leg shield 16 provided at the front of the vehicle, there is no obstruction, and the front, side, and top Easy to see.

  In the above embodiment, the preferred example of the present invention has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.

It is an electric vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and is a side view provided with the direction indicator. It is a rear view of the electric vehicle of FIG. It is a front view of the electric vehicle of FIG. It is a top view of the electric vehicle of FIG. It is detail drawing of the direction indicator light of a direction indicator.

Explanation of symbols

10a, 10a Front fender 16 Front leg shield 16t, 16t Shoulder (corner)
18 Steering handles 20, 20 Front direction indicator lamps 30, 30 Rear direction indicator lamps 36

Claims (3)

In an electric vehicle equipped with a battery and traveling by generating a driving force for the motor by the battery power source,
A front leg shield that stands up from the front end of the step floor provided in the center of the vehicle body to the left and right front fenders covering the upper part of the left and right front wheels so as to incline slightly toward the upper side.
This front leg shield is provided with a bulging portion that bulges forward from the center portion of the front surface, and direction indicator lights are arranged at the left and right upper corners on the outer side in the left-right direction from the bulging portion,
This direction indicator lamp is configured to be visible at least from the front and above, and is a direction indicator device for an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle has a shape along an elliptical arc at the upper end of the steering pipe provided between the left and right front wheels through the vehicle width direction center of the front leg shield, and has a space in the center. Provide a loop handle,
The front leg shield forms a narrower width in the left-right direction as it goes upward,
2. The direction indication device for an electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the direction indication lamp is disposed at a position that is visible at least from the front and above through a central space of a steering loop handle. The electric vehicle direction indicator device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electric vehicle has an upper end of the bulging portion provided at substantially the same height as the direction indicator lamp.

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