JP2010100081A - Light body for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance designability by disabling visual recognition of a light source of a light body mounted to a door mirror from a front side of a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: A light body 3 is formed by integrally molding an outer housing 4 and an outer lens 5 by abutting them on each other, and the light body includes a second light source 6b; a first inner housing 7; and a second inner housing 8. After a light of the second light source 6b is reflected while being scattered by a first reflection part 7d formed on the first inner housing 7, it is passed through a light release port 8b formed on the second inner housing 8 and is released from the outer lens 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of a vehicle housing to be mounted on a vehicle door.

  In general, this type of housing is known in which an opening is formed toward the front side of the door mirror in the vehicle traveling direction and is incorporated as a side turn signal (side turn lamp). And these side blinkers can secure a legal direction indication function by irradiating light from the end of the door mirror opposite to the vehicle body side toward the rear of the vehicle. A door mirror having a function of emitting light toward the front in the vehicle traveling direction is known, and there is a door mirror that improves the design of the entire door mirror.

As such a side blinker, for example, a light guide for irradiating light rearward from the vehicle projection side end of the door mirror is disposed along the outer surface of the side blinker housing. A configuration is known in which light is emitted toward the vehicle traveling direction side of the door mirror by covering the outer surface of the body with a light emitting film and causing the light emitting film to emit light with electric energy. In this case, an outer plate is further attached to the outer surface of the light-emitting film, so that the light-emitting film is protected and light of the light-emitting film is transmitted through the outer plate and emitted to the outside. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
However, the intended Patent Document 1, the structure is not only complicated, the light emitting film is like planar those provided for covering the outer surface side of the light guide, thus inevitably visually perceived depth It was inferior in design property because it became a light emission without.

Therefore, for example, the light source for irradiating the front in the vehicle traveling direction is exposed from the inner housing, and the light source mounting surface formed on the inner housing is configured to have a three-dimensional unevenness, and further the film forming process is performed on the inner housing In order to reflect the light from the light source, it has been proposed to perform a three-dimensional irradiation with a depth (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-103287 A JP 2004-276768 A

Although this was excellent in design and high evaluation because it can irradiate three-dimensionally with respect to the front in the vehicle traveling direction, the light source that illuminates the front is exposed from the inner housing. The illumination becomes brighter than the surroundings and the light is unevenly scattered, resulting in a lack of uniformity, and the three-dimensional inner housing can also be seen through the outer lens. There is a demand for the appearance of a housing that can be irradiated uniformly while performing a three-dimensional irradiation with a sense, and there is a problem that the present invention does not solve.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances and has been created for the purpose of solving these problems. The invention of claim 1 includes an outer housing portion on the vehicle rear surface side and an outer lens on the vehicle front surface side. And a vehicle body integrally formed by abutting with each other, the housing having a first light source that emits light for directing outward in the left-right direction for the vehicle, and a vehicle traveling direction front A second light source that emits light for directing light, a first inner housing formed with a reflecting portion that reflects light from the second light source toward the outer lens side, and the reflected light from the outer lens A second inner housing formed with a light emission port for emitting light on the side of the part is incorporated between the outer housing part and the outer lens part, and the second light source is formed from the second inner housing. Also A light member for a vehicle, characterized by being configured so as not to be visible through the outer lens portion arranged in Songs over housing portion.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first inner housing is made of a translucent material, the outer lens side surface is a light scattering surface that scatters light, and the outer housing side surface reflects light toward the outer lens side surface. The vehicle housing according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle housing is a reflecting surface.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the first inner housing is made of a translucent material, and the side surface of the outer housing is a light scattering reflection surface that scatters and reflects light toward the side surface of the outer lens. Item 2. A vehicle housing according to Item 1.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first inner housing is a light-scattering / reflecting surface that reflects and reflects light toward the outer lens side of the outer lens side surface. Is the body.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the first inner housing is a semi-cylindrical body that is long in the left-right direction and whose middle portion in the vertical direction bulges toward the outer housing side with respect to the upper and lower end edges. 5 is configured so as to face a light emission port formed in the second inner housing, and to prevent the outer housing from facing the light emission port. This is a vehicle housing.
The invention according to claim 6 is the vehicle casing according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein side surfaces for light shielding are formed at the left and right ends of the half cylinder. is there.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the second light source is arranged in the first inner housing and is configured to irradiate light toward at least the second inner housing side. 6. The vehicle housing according to claim 1.
The invention of claim 8 is that the second light source is arranged between the first inner housing and the second inner housing, and is configured to irradiate light between the inner housings. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the vehicle body is a housing.
In the invention of claim 9, the reflecting portion formed on the first inner housing is the first reflecting surface, and the second inner housing is formed with a second reflecting surface for reflecting light toward the first inner housing side. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the vehicle casing is provided.
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the second inner housing is made of a translucent material, the outer housing side surface is a light scattering surface that scatters light, and the outer lens side surface reflects light toward the first inner housing side. The vehicle housing according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle housing is a reflecting surface.
According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the second inner housing is a light scattering reflecting surface on which a side surface of the outer housing scatters and reflects light toward the first inner housing. This is the body.
The invention of claim 12 is characterized in that the second inner housing is made of a translucent material, and the side surface of the outer lens is a light scattering reflection surface that scatters and reflects light toward the first inner housing side. The vehicle housing according to claim 9.
In the invention of claim 13, between the first inner housing and the second inner housing, there is provided a shielding plate that reflects light passing between the inner housings and shields it from leaking in the left-right direction. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

With the first aspect of the invention, the first light source directly irradiates light from the end of the housing to the outside by the first light source, thereby ensuring the function of indicating the direction of the vehicle in the left-right direction. The light emitted from the second light source irradiates the front of the vehicle in the traveling direction, and the light emitted from the second light source is reflected by the reflecting portion formed on the first inner housing. Since only the light that has passed through the light emission port formed in the second inner housing is emitted from the outer lens, the light that illuminates the front in the vehicle traveling direction is made into a belt-like, uniform, high-depth design. be able to.
By setting it as invention of Claim 2 thru | or 4, the light from a 2nd light source can be made brighter and multidirectional by the light scattering and light reflection in the reflection part of a 1st inner housing.
According to the invention of claim 5, the first inner housing of the semi-cylindrical body is arranged at a position facing the light emission port, so that the second light source cannot face from the outside, and the housing is made more designable. Can be expensive.
By setting it as invention of Claim 6, the light leakage of the 2nd light source from the side surface of a 1st inner housing will be made, and the loss of light quantity can be prevented.
By setting it as invention of Claim 7, a 2nd light source can be distribute | arranged to the position which becomes flush | planar with a 1st inner housing, and it can be set as a housing without thickness.
By making it the invention of claim 8, the second light source can be arranged on the side surface of the first inner housing, and it is possible to obtain a three-dimensional light from the side surface direction with a thin casing. .
By setting it as invention of Claim 9 or 10, it can be set as the housing without the thickness which distribute | arranged the 2nd light source between the 1st inner housing and the 2nd inner housing.
According to the invention of claim 11, the second light source can be disposed on one side surface between the first inner housing and the second inner housing, so that the housing has no thickness, and from the side surface direction. 3D light can be obtained.
According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the second reflecting portion formed on the second inner housing can further scatter light in multiple directions and reflect the light, thereby obtaining more uniform light.
According to the invention of claims 13 to 15, the scattered reflected light of the first reflecting portion is further scattered and reflected by the second reflecting portion, so that the light emitted from the emission port becomes a more beautiful uniform light. can do.

  Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a pair of left and right door mirrors attached to a door on the driver's seat and passenger's side disposed in a passenger car. The door mirror 1 shown in FIG. It is equivalent to the front view which looked at what was attached to from the back side of vehicles. FIG. 1B shows the door mirror 1 according to the present embodiment as viewed from the back side, that is, from the front side in the vehicle traveling direction. The mirror housing 2 constituting the door mirror 1 is provided with a mirror part M for the driver to confirm the rear at the rear part in the vehicle traveling direction, and a housing (in which the present invention is implemented at the front part in the vehicle traveling direction). (Hereinafter referred to as “lamp”) 3 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lamp 3 primarily injects the outer housing 4 and the outer lens 5 with a resin material, and then a resin is applied to a butting portion where the outer housing 4 and the outer lens 5 are butted together. The lamp 3 is configured as an integrally molded lamp unit by secondary injection of the material 3a, and is configured to be assembled to the door mirror 2 by mounting pieces 4a and 4b formed in the outer housing 4 by primary injection. Is formed along the shape of the mirror housing 2, that is, in the left-right direction from the lamp base end 3b on the front side of the vehicle to the lamp outer end 3d passing through the lamp intermediate portion 3c and outward in the left-right direction of the vehicle. It is configured as a long long object. In the present embodiment, the lamp 3 is formed in a square shape (curved shape) in a plan view in which the lamp outer end portion 3d is bent toward the vehicle rear side with respect to the lamp base end portion 3b. Here, the outer housing 4 is made of a non-translucent resin material, and the outer lens 5 is made of a translucent resin material.

  The lamp 3 is provided with a first light source (in the present embodiment, a pair of light emitting diodes) 6a between the outer housing 4 and the outer lens 5 at the lamp outer end 3d. Has been. Each of the first light sources 6a has a function as a direction indicator for instructing the vehicle to travel in the left-right direction. The first light source 6a irradiates and visually recognizes the lateral and lateral sides of the vehicle body. It meets the above standards.

  Further, a second light source 6b of the present invention (in the present embodiment, constituted by one light emitting diode) 6b is disposed at an intermediate position between the lamp intermediate portion 3c and the lamp base end portion 3b, and an outer lens. Light is emitted in the direction of 5.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a first inner housing. The first inner housing 7 is a semi-cylindrical body that is long in the left-right direction and has both light-shielding surfaces 7a (see FIGS. 4A and 4B). And a middle portion in the vertical direction of the half cylinder is a bulging portion 7b that bulges toward the outer housing 4 side. And the cylinder surface part 7c which is the cylinder surface side of the 1st inner housing 7 is arrange | positioned in the position facing the light emission port 8a formed in the 2nd inner housing 8 mentioned later, and, thereby, the outer housing 4 light-transmits. It cannot be visually recognized from the outside through the discharge port 8a.

  The first inner housing 7 is formed by injection-molding a non-translucent resin material, and the cylindrical surface portion 7c facing the outer lens 5 has, for example, a textured shape from the second light source 6b. The first reflecting portion 7d is formed on the surface of the first reflecting portion 7d, and the first reflecting portion 7d directly receives light from the second light source or the second inner portion. Light from the housing 8 is reflected while being scattered.

  Further, an irradiation hole 7e for attaching the second light source 6b so that the second light source 6b can be seen from the cylindrical surface part 7c is opened in the middle portion of the first inner housing 7 in the left-right direction. The light source 6b is attached so as to emit light toward the second inner housing 8 side. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the irradiation hole 7e may be provided on one side of the first inner housing 7 in the left-right direction, or on both sides. The second light source 6b may be attached to each irradiation hole.

  On the other hand, 8 is a second inner housing, and the second inner housing 8 is formed by injection molding a non-translucent resin material. The side surface of the first inner housing 7 is formed into a textured shape, and a second reflecting portion 8a that is a light scattering reflecting surface that reflects and reflects the light from the second light source 6b. It is the same as that of the 1st reflection part 7d that it is formed and is comprised so that the light from a 2nd light source may be scattered and reflected.

  Incidentally, in the case of forming the light scattering reflection surface, in this embodiment, the first and second inner housings 7 and 8 are both formed of a non-translucent resin material and receive the light from the second light source. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first and second inner housings 7 and 8 are made transparent. You may form with a light-sensitive resin material. In this case, the first inner housing may be configured such that the outer housing side surface of the first reflecting portion 7d is a light scattering reflection surface, or the outer lens side surface is a light scattering surface, and the outer housing side surface is You may form into a film so that it may become a reflective surface. Similarly, the second inner housing 8 may be configured such that the outer lens side surface of the second reflecting portion 8a is a light scattering reflection surface, or the outer housing side surface is a light scattering surface, and the outer lens side surface is The film may be formed so as to be a reflective surface.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a rectangular light emission port 8b is cut out below the second reflecting portion 8a formed in the second inner housing 8. The light from the second light source 6b is reflected while being scattered by the second reflecting portion 8a, and then reflected while being further scattered by the first reflecting portion 7d, and is emitted from the light emitting port 8b to the outer lens side. It has become so.

  The second inner housing 8 is located between the outer housing 4 and the outer lens 5 and is attached so as to separate the outer housing 4 side and the outer lens 5 side. It cannot be seen from the outside.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the lamp 3 incorporated in the mirror housing 2 incorporates a first light source 6a and a second light source 6b, and the first light source 6a is a vehicle. The left light source 6b serves as a function of improving the visibility from the front by irradiating the front in the vehicle traveling direction. The second light source 6b is reflected and scattered by the second reflecting portion 8a which is a film-forming light scattering surface formed on the second inner housing 8 without directly irradiating the front in the vehicle traveling direction. Light is further scattered and reflected by the first reflecting portion 7 d formed in the one inner housing 7, and is emitted from the light emitting port 8 b formed in the second inner housing 8 to the outer lens 5 side. Accordingly, the light from the second light source 6b is emitted to the outside from the light emission port 8b through a process of being reflected while being scattered in two stages. And released to the outside.

  Moreover, since the second inner housing 8 is mounted in the lamp unit so as to separate the outer housing 4 side and the outer lens 5 side, the outer housing 4 is not viewed from the outer lens 5 side, The second light source 6b disposed between the second inner housing 8 and the outer lens 5 is also not visible from the outside. For this reason, it can be set as the side blinker excellent in the designability.

  In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 7A, 7 </ b> B, and 8, the second light source 6 b includes a first inner housing 7 and a second inner housing 8. Arranged between. In this case, since the second light source 6b is arranged so that light is irradiated on the first inner housing 7 side, the light scattered and reflected by the first reflecting portion 7d is reflected on the second inner housing 8. The light is emitted to the outside from the light emission port 8a.

  In such a configuration, the second light source 6b is provided between the first inner housing 7 and the second inner housing 8 while having the same effect as that of the first embodiment of the present invention. By disposing, the distance between the outer housing 4 and the first inner housing 7 can be reduced, so that the entire lamp unit can be made thin. In the second embodiment, the second light source 6b is disposed so as to irradiate the side surface of the first inner housing. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may arrange | position so that it may face the inner housing side surface. Further, the second light source does not need to be arranged at the central portion in the left-right direction of the first inner housing 7, and may be arranged on one side of either the left-right direction of the first inner housing, It may be arranged.

In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the second light source 6b is disposed at the center of the first inner housing 7, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and is shown in FIG. As in the third embodiment, the second light source may be provided only on one of the left and right sides of the first inner housing 7, or may be provided on both sides.
In carrying out the present invention, it is necessary to scatter the light from the light source in order to make the light emitted from the light emission port formed in the second inner housing into a strip shape, in which case there are a plurality of reflecting surfaces. Of course, at least one reflecting surface may be a light scattering surface.

(A), (B) is the front view and rear view of a door mirror. It is a perspective view of a lamp. It is a plane sectional view of a lamp. (A) is side surface sectional drawing of a lamp | ramp, (B) is a perspective view of a 1st inner housing. (A), (B) is a perspective view which shows the other Example of the 2nd inner housing. It is a perspective view of a 2nd inner housing. A 2nd embodiment of a lamp is shown, (A) is a side sectional view of a lamp and (B) is a perspective view of the 1st inner housing. It is a plane sectional view showing a 2nd embodiment of a lamp. It is a plane sectional view showing a 3rd embodiment of a lamp.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door mirror 3 Lamp 4 Outer housing 5 Outer lens 6a First light source 6b Second light source 7 First inner housing 7d First reflection part 8 Second inner housing 8b Light emission port

Claims (14)

  A vehicle housing integrally formed by abutting an outer housing portion on the rear side of the vehicle and an outer lens portion on the front side of the vehicle, the housing facing outward in the left-right direction for the vehicle A first light source that irradiates the light, a second light source that irradiates the light to be directed forward in the vehicle traveling direction, and a reflecting portion that reflects the light from the second light source toward the outer lens side. The first inner housing and the second inner housing formed with a light emission port for emitting the reflected light to the outer lens portion side are assembled between the outer housing portion and the outer lens portion. And the second light source is arranged closer to the outer housing portion than the second inner housing so that the second light source cannot be seen through the outer lens portion.   The first inner housing is made of a translucent material, and the outer lens side surface is a light scattering surface that scatters light, and the outer housing side surface is a reflection surface that reflects light toward the outer lens side surface. The vehicle housing according to claim 1.   2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first inner housing is made of a translucent material, and a side surface of the outer housing is a light scattering reflection surface that scatters and reflects light toward the side surface of the outer lens. Body.   2. The vehicle housing according to claim 1, wherein the first inner housing is a light scattering reflection surface that scatters and reflects light toward the outer lens side of the outer lens.   The first inner housing is a semi-cylindrical body that is long in the left-right direction and whose middle portion in the vertical direction bulges toward the outer housing with respect to the upper and lower end edges, and the cylindrical surface of the semi-cylindrical body is formed in the second inner housing. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the vehicle housing is configured so as to face the light emission port of the vehicle and to prevent the outer housing from facing the light emission port.   The vehicle casing according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein side surfaces for light shielding are formed at both left and right end portions of the half cylinder.   The second light source is arranged in the first inner housing and is configured to emit light toward at least the second inner housing side. Vehicle housing.   The second light source is arranged between the first inner housing and the second inner housing, and is configured to irradiate light between the inner housings. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 6 to 6.   The reflecting portion formed in the first inner housing is a first reflecting surface, and the second inner housing is formed with a second reflecting surface that reflects light toward the first inner housing side. The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 8.   The second inner housing is made of a translucent material, the outer housing side surface is a light scattering surface that scatters light, and the outer lens side surface is a reflecting surface that reflects light toward the first inner housing side. The vehicle housing according to claim 9, characterized in that:   The vehicle housing according to claim 9, wherein the second inner housing is a light scattering reflection surface whose side surface of the outer housing scatters and reflects light toward the first inner housing side.   The vehicle according to claim 9, wherein the second inner housing is made of a translucent material, and a side surface of the outer lens is a light scattering reflection surface that scatters and reflects light toward the first inner housing side. Enclosure for use.   2. A shield plate is provided between the first inner housing and the second inner housing to shield the light passing between the inner housings so as not to leak in the left-right direction. 13. A vehicle housing according to any one of claims 12 to 12.   The vehicle housing according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the vehicle housing is incorporated into a door mirror.

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