JP2015085900A - Door knob light emitting device of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide door knob light emitting device of an automobile which can make a driver sufficiently pay attention to light emitting when recognizing and confirming a key release operation by a lamp lighting system, in key-less entry related to a lock mechanism of an automobile door.SOLUTION: In a door knob structure of an automobile which can perform the lock and key release of a lock mechanism of a handle 6 by a remote controller, a vertical striped shape clearance part 3 is formed in a clearance between a door knob A and a cover case B which opposes the door knob, a light emitting body is accommodated in the cover case B, and when performing the lock opening/closing of the door knob A by a remote control operation, light emitted from the light emitting body is leaked from the clearance part 3, and the lock-opening/closing operation of the door knob A can be visually confirmed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a door knob structure of an automobile configured so that a lock mechanism of a door body can be locked and unlocked by a remote controller, and light emission having a vertical streak shape at the base end of the door knob in accordance with the locking and unlocking operation of the lock mechanism. The present invention relates to a door knob light emitting device for an automobile configured to appear.

  Conventionally, the door opening and closing of vehicles such as automobiles is generally performed by manually and horizontally operating a lever-like door knob that constitutes a handle, but such a door knob is provided with a door lock mechanism, Locking / unlocking operation of the lock mechanism is performed manually using a door key, remote operation using an infrared remote controller or the like, a so-called keyless entry structure, and the like.

  By the way, recently, when the door lock mechanism is locked and unlocked by remote operation using an infrared remote controller or the like, as shown in Patent Documents 1, 2, 3, etc., the step of the interior lamp of the automobile, the lower part of the door, etc. A light-emitting vehicle operated by a remote controller configured such that a lighting lamp provided in the vicinity, a predetermined position of a doorknob or the like is lit is widespread. It is designed to brightly illuminate the surroundings of vehicles such as automobiles for work safety and convenience of operation, and it also illuminates the operator with the operation of locking and unlocking the door lock mechanism using an infrared remote control etc. It can be visually recognized.

JP 2006-9279 A Japanese Patent No. 3193587 Utility model registration No. 3174181

  However, in the conventional lock operation mechanism of a vehicle door such as an automobile by a remote controller, so-called keyless entry, the operator recognizes and confirms that the unlocking has been performed by the remote controller with a lamp lighting type. The lamp device becomes complicated, and in the case of using an existing in-car lamp lighting, the notification lighting becomes too large if it is only triggered the operation recognition, and depending on the lamp shape, the unlocking illumination recognition is not sufficient It has drawbacks such as not being able to generate sufficient attention to alert the operator to the release motion recognition.

  According to the present invention, in a door knob structure of an automobile configured such that a door lock mechanism can be locked and unlocked by a remote controller, the door knob and a cover case facing the door knob are vertically disposed in accordance with the lock mechanism unlocking and unlocking operations. A streak-shaped clearance is formed, and vertical streak-like light is emitted from the clearance, and the amount of light from the lamp light source increases despite the power saving. Provided is a vehicle doorknob light emitting device configured such that a light source can be arranged at an easy position and shape, and thus the operator can be fully alerted by light emission. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following door knob light emitting device for an automobile.

  The present invention is a vehicle handle structure comprising a door knob configured to be pivotable horizontally by pivotally supporting a base end portion of an automobile door body, and a cover case fixed to the automobile door body so as to face the distal end portion of the door knob. A vertical streak-shaped clearance portion is formed between the opposed door knob tip and the cover case so as not to interfere with the horizontal rotation of the doorknob, and a light emitter is housed inside the cover case, and the remote control is used to A door knob light emitting device for an automobile, wherein when the door knob is opened and closed, the light emitted from the light emitter leaks from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion so that the lock opening and closing operation of the door knob can be visually recognized. Is intended to provide.

  In addition, the light emitter is formed in a flat shape and is attached in close contact with a through hole formed in the front end wall of the cover case so as to face the doorknob base end, and the light emission of the light emitter passes through the through hole. Further, the present invention is also characterized in that light is diffused and diffused in the form of vertical streaks from the clearance portion.

  Further, the light emitter is composed of an LED light emitter, and is characterized in that the light emitter is mounted corresponding to the whole, upper part, middle part or lower part of the through hole.

  Further, the light emitter has a plurality of different color lights, and the light emission color from the clearance portion is changed depending on the position of the through hole to be mounted.

  In addition, the inner peripheral side end face of the through hole has a certain width, is configured to receive diffuse light from the light emitter and diffusely reflect, and to increase the amount of light emitted from the clearance portion as much as possible. It is also characterized by the construction.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the door knob includes a door knob that pivotally supports the base end portion of the automobile door body so as to be horizontally rotatable, and a cover case that is fixed to the automobile door body so as to face the door knob distal end portion. In the automobile handle structure, a vertical streak-shaped clearance is formed between the opposed doorknob tip and the cover case so as not to interfere with the horizontal rotation of the doorknob, and a light emitter is housed inside the covercase. When opening and closing the door knob by operation, the light emitted from the light emitter leaks from the vertical streak-shaped clearance part, and the unique vertical streak-like light emission that is not in the shape of the illumination installed elsewhere in the car Especially because it uses a naturally formed vertical streak clearance between the front doorknob and the cover case to visually alert the operator. It is not necessary to provide an optical window, there is an effect capable of emitting at most prominent point structure is simple.

  In this way, the vertical streak light emitted from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion is easy to see for the operator due to the combination of the light emission position and the light emission shape, and can also give the impression of aesthetic sense, and the door knob lock opening and closing operation In addition to being able to be recognized visually, there is an effect that the position of the door knob can be easily confirmed when the door knob is operated for opening the automobile door body in the dark.

  Furthermore, since it is sufficient to emit light in a narrow space inside the doorknob, there is an effect of providing recognition information that is easy to visually recognize as a vertical streak-like light emitting mark even though power consumption is reduced as much as possible.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the light emitter is formed in a flat shape and attached in close contact with a through hole formed in the front end wall of the cover case so as to face the front end of the doorknob. Since the light is diffused and diffused from the clearance portion through the hole, it is not necessary to take a wasteful space for installing the light emitter, and can be stored compactly in the cover case, and the light emitter has a flat shape. Therefore, it can be attached in close contact with the through-hole through which light emission passes, and it is possible to prevent light diffusion loss as much as possible. This has the effect of visually arousing attention.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the light emitter is composed of the LED light emitter and is mounted corresponding to the whole or upper part, middle part or lower part of the through hole, it can be used as a light emitter for a long time with power saving. In addition, there is an effect that a flat light-emitting body can be disposed at an optimum position of the through hole by selecting from which position of the through hole the light is transmitted according to the shape and size of the door knob.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the light emitter has a plurality of different color lights, and the light emission color from the clearance portion can be changed depending on the position of the through-hole to be attached. Since light of different colors can be emitted from a plurality of locations in the hole, there is an effect that the operator can be more alert.

  According to invention of Claim 5, the inner peripheral side end surface of a through-hole has a fixed width | variety, it is comprised so that it may diffusely reflect in response to the diffused light from a light-emitting body, and the light-emission amount from a clearance part is made as much as possible. By being configured to increase, the thickness of the cover case can be set to the inner peripheral side end surface of the through hole, and the width of the end surface of the through hole can be reduced even if the flat light emitting body is attached in close contact with the through hole. There is an effect that light from the illuminant is diffusely reflected and the amount of light emitted from the clearance portion is increased as much as possible to generate clear vertical stripe-like light emission despite power saving.

It is a front view of the doorknob light-emitting device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the state which the doorknob light-emitting device which concerns on embodiment of this invention emitted the vertical stripe light. It is an upper schematic sectional drawing of the doorknob light-emitting device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the cover case back surface which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the back surface of the cover case which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the side view of the cover case which looked at FIG. 5 from the A direction. It is II sectional drawing of FIG. It is II-II sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state of the irregular reflection of the light-emitting body in FIG. It is a side view of the cover case which shows the position of the light-emitting body based on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which has arrange | positioned the translucent film in the through-hole of FIG.

  The present invention is a vehicle handle structure comprising a door knob configured to be pivotable horizontally by pivotally supporting a base end portion of an automobile door body, and a cover case fixed to the automobile door body so as to face the distal end portion of the door knob. A vertical streak-shaped clearance is formed between the opposing doorknob tip and the cover case so as not to interfere with the horizontal rotation of the doorknob, and a light emitter is housed inside the covercase. In this case, the door knob light emitting device of the automobile is configured such that the light emission from the light emitter leaks from the vertical streak-like clearance portion so that the door knob lock opening / closing operation can be visually recognized.

  Here, the light emitter is attached flatly to a through-hole formed in the front end wall of the cover case. The front end wall of the cover case opposes the front end of the doorknob, and the light emission of the light emitter diffuses through the through hole from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion formed therebetween.

  Further, the light emitter is composed of an LED light emitter, and is mounted so as to correspond to either the whole or upper part, middle part or lower part of the through hole so that light emitted from the LED light emitter is emitted from a predetermined position of the through hole. In this way, the mounting position in the through hole can be selected according to the position and size of the door knob and cover case.

  Furthermore, the light emitter has a plurality of different color lights, and the light emission color from the clearance portion is changed depending on the position of the through-hole to be mounted.

  The inner peripheral side end face of the through hole, i.e., the thick end face of the decorative case has a certain width, and the end face of the through hole is attached by attaching a flat LED light emitter in close contact with the through hole. The diffused light is received and diffusely reflected.

  By such irregular reflection, the amount of light emitted from the thin vertical streak clearance is increased as much as possible.

  The “remote control operation” in the present invention means not only that the operator intentionally operates a switch provided on the remote control, but also that the door is operated according to the distance between the remote control (mainly having a key function in general) and the vehicle. Including those that can be locked and unlocked. That is, it shows the overall operation by means that the operator can perform locking and unlocking without touching the automobile.

  Hereinafter, a doorknob light emitting device 1 for an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  Note that the vertical / horizontal relationship in the doorknob light emitting device 1 in the present description will be described as the vertical direction as it is as shown in FIG. .

  Further, in the present description, the same or right-symmetrical structures and parts are denoted by the same reference numerals in principle, only one of the left and right is described, and the description of the other is omitted as appropriate.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a handle portion 6 for opening and closing the door is provided in the vehicle door body C disposed in the vehicle body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, which shows a simplified cross section when the handle portion 6 is viewed from above, the handle portion 6 includes a door knob A configured to pivotally support the base end portion 7 on the automobile door body C and to be able to rotate back and forth in the horizontal direction. The front end portion 20 includes a cover case B disposed to face the front end portion 8 of the door knob A.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the door knob light emitting device 1 for an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention has a vertical streak-like gap formed between the front end portion 8 of the doorknob A and the front end portion 20 of the cover case B. That is, the clearance part 3 becomes the vertical stripe light 30 by the light of the light-emitting body 31 arrange | positioned in the cover case B mentioned later, and becomes a mark for an aesthetic effect, an operator's visual recognition, etc.

  The door knob A is provided in the interior of the automobile door body C and is linked to a key mechanism (not shown) that enables key engagement with the automobile body 2. As shown in FIG. When the door knob A is pivoted forward with the pivot 9 formed in the portion 7 as a center, the car door body C is released from the key engagement with the car body 2 via the key mechanism, and the car door body C is released. Becomes the door openable state.

  The door knob A is formed in a lever shape using a metal or reinforced resin as a raw material, and the base end portion 7 is formed wide in the back direction in order to form the pivotal support portion 9.

  The face plate 4 of the automobile door body C is formed with a recess 5 at a position facing the rear surface of the door knob A so that the door knob A can be easily operated, and a fingertip enters when the door knob A is manually opened and closed to easily grip the door knob A. I am doing so.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a lock mechanism 10 for fixing the door knob A is interlocked and connected to the pivotal support portion 9 formed at the base end portion 7 of the door knob A. The lock mechanism 10 is disposed in the interior of the automobile door main body C, interlocked with the key mechanism described above, and locks the door of the automobile door main body C together with the door knob A by a locking operation. In other words, the lock mechanism 10 is a mechanism for fixing the door knob A by manual operation or operation of an infrared remote controller (not shown) and locking the vehicle door body C so that the vehicle door body C cannot be opened. The lock mechanism 10 is activated so that the door knob A can be locked and unlocked.

  A knob shielding wall 11 is provided on the end face 8 of the door knob A to shield the inside of the door knob A. A cover case B is disposed on the face plate 4 of the automobile door body C adjacent to the front end 8 of the door knob A. That is, the cover case B is attached adjacent to the door knob A at a position facing the knob shielding wall 11 formed at the distal end portion 8 of the door knob A.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cover case B has a dome shape with an open bottom made of a metal or a reinforced resin as in the case of the door knob A, and is configured to have the same width and the same height as the door knob A tip shape. The interior is hollow.

  That is, the front end surface 21 of the front end portion 20 of the cover case B is formed on a vertical surface facing the knob shield 11 of the front end portion 8 of the door knob A. A vertical streak-shaped gap, that is, a clearance portion 3 is formed between the two. The vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 functions so that the horizontal rotation of the door knob A does not interfere with the front end portion 20 of the cover case B, and the light of the light emitter 31 in the cover case B becomes a vertical streak as will be described later. It leaks and becomes a mark for the operator's visual recognition.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, a female screw hole 24 for projecting from the back side to the automobile door body C with a screw is provided in the center of the interior of the cover case B, and the cover case A through hole 23 having a predetermined shape is formed in the front end wall 22 of B.

  A positioning piece 25 that fits inside the face plate 4 and positions the cover case B is connected to the front end wall 22 of the cover case B on the end face on the cover case B side that contacts the face plate 4 side of the automobile door body C. Projecting. In addition, the positioning piece 25 has a projecting location in the cover case B determined by the positional relationship with the female screw hole 24. In this embodiment, the positioning piece 25 is slightly offset from the front end wall 22 of the cover case B. Projecting.

  Further, the cover case B according to the present embodiment has been described for the cover case B that does not have a keyhole (not shown) on the surface, but the presence or absence of the keyhole does not affect the recognition of the gist of the present invention. Absent.

  The light emitter 31 is housed inside the cover case B so as to be located behind the through hole 23 as shown in FIGS. That is, the light emitter 31 is the LED light emitter 31, and the LED light emitting element 32 is molded with a light-transmitting and moisture-proof epoxy resin 33 to form a rectangular flat shape, and is formed on the front end wall 22 of the cover case B. It is mounted in close contact so as to close the formed through hole 23. Therefore, the light emitted from the LED light emitter 31 is configured to diffuse and leak from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 through the through hole 23.

  6 and 10, the molded LED light emitter 31 is mounted in close contact with the LED light emitting element 32 toward the entire through hole 23 or the upper part 34, the middle part 35 or the lower part 36 thereof. Alternatively, by determining the position of the LED light emitting element 32 in the mold according to the size of the through hole 23, the light from the LED light emitter 31 can be irradiated in various forward directions through the through hole 23. . The position where the light emitter 31 is mounted in the through hole 23 is selected according to the position, size, etc. of the door knob A or cover case B, so that light leakage can be diffused and diffused more effectively than the vertical streaky clearance portion 3. To do.

  In principle, the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 is formed as a vertical streak along the face plate 4 of the automobile door body, but is formed at the boundary between the door knob A and the cover case B. As shown in FIG. 3, it is also possible to form a substantially U-shaped clearance portion 3 formed on the upper surface side 12 and the lower surface side 13 in the front end direction of the door knob A and formed by the upper surface, the lower surface and the vertical stripes. is there.

  Accordingly, the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 appears in the lateral direction of the automobile body 2 and serves as a mark for the unlocking operation, and the upper and lower clearance portions 3 illuminate the feet when the door is opened or It is convenient to check the car engine key in the light.

  Further, the LED light emitter 31 is used by combining a plurality of LED light emitting elements 32 of different color lights, or, as shown in FIG. 11, various colored translucent films 26 are stretched in the through holes 23. By doing so, a color can be given to the diffuse light leakage from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 to evoke the operator's attention more effectively. In particular, as shown in FIG. 10, when the three LED light emitting elements 32 are arranged side by side as the three primary colors of RGB (Red, Green, Blue), the color of diffuse light leakage can be freely adjusted by adjusting the light emission intensity. Can be changed.

  In the case of a cover case having a keyhole, the LED light emitter 31 can be disposed or formed so that the light is also emitted into the cover case, so that light can leak from the keyhole itself or the gap around the keyhole. The keyhole in the dark can be viewed at the same time.

  Moreover, the epoxy resin 33 which molds the LED light emitting element 32 can also give a color to the diffuse light leakage from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 by coloring the resin surface itself by coloring the resin itself. The resin used for the molding is not limited to the epoxy resin 33.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover case B is formed to have a constant thickness so as to maintain the strength. Therefore, the cover case B is formed on the inner peripheral side end surface 27 of the through hole 23, that is, the end surface of the cover case B with the thickness t. 9 has a constant width (t), and when the flat LED light emitter 31 is attached in close contact with the back side of the through-hole 23, the end face of the through-hole 23 receives diffused light and is shown in FIG. As shown, irregular reflection α occurs. As a result, the amount of light leakage from the narrow vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 can be increased as much as possible by the irregular reflection α.

  Further, the wiring 37 for energizing the LED light emitter 31 extends from the light emitter 31 in the cover case B, passes through the face plate 4 and is electrically connected to the lock mechanism 10 of the door knob A provided on the automobile door body C. When the lock mechanism 10 is locked and unlocked through remote operation of the infrared remote controller, the LED light emitter 31 is electrically connected to emit light and emit light through the through hole 23. A vertical streak-like illumination is performed from the clearance part 3 having a shape.

  As described above, the cover case B is configured. When the vehicle door body C is locked or unlocked by remote control in the direction of the door knob A with the infrared remote controller, the LED light emitter 31 in the cover case B is simultaneously electrically connected. The light is emitted and the light emitter emits predetermined light. As shown in FIG. 2, the irradiated light leaks from the clearance portion 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and a light pattern of vertical streaks is emitted outward from the automobile door body C.

  The operator can visually recognize the light emission and visually recognize the current remote control operation status, that is, the lock opening / closing operation of the door knob A, and operates the door knob A for opening the automobile door body C in the dark. The position of the door knob A can be easily confirmed.

  In particular, the vertical streak light 30 emitted from the vertical streak-shaped clearance portion 3 is easy to visually recognize for the operator due to the combination of the light emission position and the light emission shape, and can also give an impression of aesthetic sense. Furthermore, since it is sufficient to emit light in a narrow space inside the door knob A, there is an effect of providing recognition information that is easy to visually recognize as a vertical streak-like light emission mark even though power consumption is reduced as much as possible.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. It can be changed.

A Door knob B Cover case C Automobile door body t Cover case thickness (width)
α diffuse reflection 1 door knob light emitting device 3 clearance portion 7 base end portion 8 tip end portion 22 front end wall 23 through hole 31 light emitting body (LED light emitting body)
34 Upper part 35 Middle part 36 Lower part

Claims (5)

  In a vehicle handle structure comprising a door knob configured to be pivotable horizontally by pivotally supporting a base end portion on an automobile door body, and a cover case fixed to the automobile door body so as to face the distal end portion of the door knob. A vertical streak-shaped clearance is formed between the front end and the cover case so as not to interfere with the horizontal rotation of the doorknob, and a light emitter is housed inside the covercase, and the doorknob is opened and closed by remote control. The door knob light emitting device of the automobile is characterized in that light emitted from the light emitter leaks from the vertical streak-like clearance portion and the door knob lock opening / closing operation can be visually recognized.   The light emitter is formed in a flat shape, and is attached in close contact with a through hole formed in the front end wall of the cover case so as to face the base end portion of the door knob, and the light emission of the light emitter is transmitted through the through hole. The automobile doorknob light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the light leakage diffuses in a vertical streak shape from the clearance portion.   The vehicle door knob light emitting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light emitting body is constituted by an LED light emitting body, and is mounted corresponding to the whole, upper part, middle part or lower part of the through hole.   4. The door knob for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the light emitter has a plurality of different color lights, and the light emission color from the clearance portion is changed depending on a position of the through hole to be mounted. 5. Light emitting device.   The inner peripheral side end face of the through hole has a certain width, is configured to receive diffuse light from the light emitter and diffusely reflect, and is configured to increase the amount of light emitted from the clearance portion as much as possible. The automobile doorknob light emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.