JP2016068698A - Taillight device of saddle type vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a taillight device of a saddle type vehicle with which space in the taillight may be effectively utilized and mix of light relating to taillight may be prevented.SOLUTION: The taillight device comprises: a taillight 20 arranged behind a seat which a driver straddles and emitting red light to the rear side; a license plate arranged below the taillight 20; and a body cover 40 covering at least the lower side of the taillight 20. The taillight 20 comprises a red lighting part 21 emitting light toward the rear side, and a license plate illuminating part 25 consisting of a white light source 23w arranged in the lower part of the red lighting part 21 with an interposed shielding part 22, and a transparent lens 24. At least a rear part 25r and a side part 25s of the license plate illuminating part 25 are covered with the opaque body cover 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle.

  Conventionally, as seen in Patent Document 1, for example, a stop lamp (14) that is disposed behind the seat over which the driver straddles and lights red toward the rear, and disposed below the stop lamp (14) A license plate (18) and a body cover (13A) covering at least the lower part of the stop lamp (14), and a license light (33) for illuminating the license plate (18) from above in the stop lamp (14) 2. Description of the Related Art A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle in which is provided is known.

JP 2009-056902 A

In Patent Document 1 described above, there is no description regarding the mixing of light between the stop lamp (14) and the license light (33).
If the entire lens is transparent and the light source is red light / white light and the taillight / license light is properly used, if these two colors of light are not separated well and mixed even partly, the merchantability will drop significantly. . Even when the light source is only white light and the lens is red / transparent, if two color lenses are adjacent to each other, the light is mixed at the boundary portion, and the same result is obtained.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle that can effectively use a space in the taillight and can prevent mixing of light related to the taillight. .

In order to solve the above problems, a taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to the present invention includes:
A taillight that is arranged behind the seat that the driver straddles and lights red toward the rear,
A license plate located below this taillight,
A body cover covering at least the lower part of the taillight;
A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle equipped with
The taillight includes a red lighting portion that is lit toward the rear, and a license plate irradiation portion that includes a white light source and a transparent lens provided below the red lighting portion via a light shielding portion,
It is characterized in that at least the rear part and the side part of the license plate irradiation part are covered with an opaque body cover.
According to the taillight device of the saddle-ride type vehicle, since the license plate irradiation unit is provided in the taillight, the space in the taillight can be effectively used.
The taillight has a light-shielding portion interposed between the red lighting portion that illuminates rearward and the license plate irradiation portion, and at least the rear and side of the license plate irradiation portion are covered with an opaque body cover. Therefore, it becomes difficult to mix the red light for the taillight and the white light for the license plate irradiation both inside and outside the taillight.
As described above, according to the taillight device of the saddle-ride type vehicle, the license plate irradiation unit can be provided by effectively using the space in the taillight, and the red light for the taillight and the license plate irradiation can be provided. Can prevent mixing with white light

In the taillight device of this saddle-ride type vehicle,
The body cover may be configured to cover the lower surface and the front, rear, left, and right surfaces of the license plate irradiation unit as long as the license plate irradiation unit does not interfere with the license plate irradiation.
If comprised in this way, since it will become difficult to spread | diffuse the irradiation from a license plate irradiation part except the direction which goes to a license plate, mixing with the red light for taillights will become difficult to produce more reliably.

In the taillight device of this saddle-ride type vehicle,
The light-shielding portion has a substrate arranged so as to partition the red lighting portion and the license plate irradiation portion, the red lighting portion LED is mounted on the upper surface of the substrate, and the license plate irradiation is performed on the lower surface of the substrate. It can be set as the structure by which LED for a part is mounted.
With this configuration, the substrate for the red lighting part and the substrate for the license plate irradiation part can be configured as a single board, and this board can also be used as a light-shielding part, making the space in the taillight even more effective It becomes possible to use.

In the taillight device of this saddle-ride type vehicle,
The board and the portion of the body cover that covers the lower surface of the license plate irradiating portion are all arranged in an obliquely upward direction toward the rear of the vehicle, and the rear end of the body cover is behind and above the rear end of the board. It can be set as the structure extended to.
If comprised in this way, since it will be in the state by which the board | substrate was covered with the body cover seeing from the vehicle rear, the leakage of the white light to back becomes still more difficult to produce.
In this case,
The substrate and the red lighting portion extending rearward thereof can be configured such that the upper surface is a substantially continuous surface.
If comprised in this way, it will become difficult to see the rear end of a board | substrate from back.

In the taillight device of this saddle-ride type vehicle,
The body cover is provided with an opening for illuminating the license plate by the license plate irradiating portion, and a flange portion is provided around the opening that extends toward the transparent lens to the vicinity of the transparent lens. Can do.
If comprised in this way, it will become difficult to see a transparent lens through an opening from the exterior, especially vehicle rear.
In this case,
The vehicle front side of the flange portion may be configured to extend obliquely upward rearward from vertical in a side view.
If comprised in this way, it can prevent that the white light reflected by a flange part goes to back.

1 is a side view showing an example of a straddle-type vehicle to which an embodiment of a taillight device for a straddle-type vehicle according to the present invention is applied. The elements on larger scale of FIG. FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG. 2. Partial omission 4-4 sectional drawing in FIG.

  Embodiments of a taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals. In the following description, front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom are in accordance with the direction seen from the operator, and as necessary, the front of the vehicle is Fr, the rear is Rr, and the left is L, right side is R, upper side is U, and lower side is D. In each drawing, the same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts.

A straddle-type vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a body frame 2, a seat 3 on which the driver straddles, a front wheel Wf that is steered by a driver 4 by a driver, and a rear wheel Wr that is driven by an engine 5. I have.
A license plate 30 is attached to the rear fender 6 that covers the rear wheel Wr.

  The taillight device 10 is disposed behind the seat 3 on which the driver straddles, and lights up in red toward the rear, the license plate 30 disposed below the taillight 20, and the taillight 20 A body cover 40 that covers at least the lower side of the light 20 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 (mainly FIG. 4), the taillight 20 includes a red lighting portion 21 that is lit rearward, and a white color that is provided below the red lighting portion 21 via a light shielding portion 22. A license plate irradiating unit 25 including a light source 23 w and a transparent lens 24 is provided.
At least the rear part 25r and the side part 25s of the license plate irradiation part 25 are covered with an opaque body cover 40. In this embodiment, the body cover 40 also covers the front part 25f of the license plate irradiation part 25, but it is sufficient to cover at least the rear part 25r and the side part 25s.

  According to the taillight device 10 of the saddle riding type vehicle, since the license plate irradiation unit 25 is provided in the taillight 20, the space in the taillight 20 can be used effectively.

  The taillight 20 has a light shielding portion 22 interposed between the red lighting portion 21 that is lit rearward and the license plate irradiation portion 25, and at least the rear 25r and the side 25s of the license plate irradiation portion 25. Is covered with an opaque body cover 40 (see FIG. 3), so that the tail light red light and the license plate illumination white light WL (see FIG. 2) are mixed both inside and outside the tail light 20. It becomes difficult.

  As described above, according to the taillight device 10 of the saddle-ride type vehicle, the license plate irradiation unit 25 can be provided by effectively using the space in the taillight 20, and the red light for the taillight and the license can be provided. Mixing with white light WL for plate irradiation can be prevented.

The body cover 40 of this embodiment also covers the front portion 25f of the license plate irradiation unit 25 as described above. That is, the body cover 40 covers the lower surface and front / rear / left / right surfaces of the license plate irradiation unit 25 as long as the license plate irradiation unit 25 does not interfere with the irradiation of the license plate 30.
With this configuration, the irradiation from the license plate irradiation unit 25 is less likely to diffuse in directions other than the direction toward the license plate 30 (the range indicated by WL in FIG. 2), so that the mixing with the red light for the taillight is more reliable. It becomes difficult to occur.

As shown in FIG. 4, the light shielding unit 22 includes a substrate 26 disposed so as to partition the red lighting unit 21 and the license plate irradiation unit 25, and the red lighting unit LED 23 r is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate 26. The license plate irradiation unit LED 23w as the white light source is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate 26.
With this configuration, the substrate for the red lighting unit 21 and the substrate for the license plate irradiation unit 25 can be configured by a single substrate 26, and the substrate 26 can also be used as the light shielding unit 22. It becomes possible to use the space inside more effectively.
A stop lamp LED 23 s is also mounted on the upper surface of the substrate 26.
In this embodiment, the lenses 24 are all transparent, the light source 23w is white light, and the light sources 23r and 23s are red light.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 (mainly FIG. 4), the board 26 and the portion 41 covering the lower surface of the license plate irradiating unit 25 in the body cover 40 are both inclined obliquely upward as they go to the rear of the vehicle. The rear end 42 of the body cover 40 extends rearward and upward from the rear end 26r of the substrate 26.
If comprised in this way, since it will be in the state by which the board | substrate 26 was covered with the body cover 40 seeing from the vehicle rear, the leakage of the white light WL to back becomes still more difficult to produce.
The substrate 26 and the red lighting portion 21 extending rearward thereof are one surface whose upper surfaces 26s and 21s are substantially continuous.
If comprised in this way, it will become difficult to see the rear end 26r of the board | substrate 26 from back.

The body cover 40 is provided with an opening 43 for illuminating the license plate by the license plate irradiating portion 25, and a flange portion 44 is provided around the opening 43 and extends toward the transparent lens 24 to the vicinity of the transparent lens 24. Yes.
If comprised in this way, it will become difficult to see the transparent lens 24 through the opening 43 from the exterior, especially the vehicle rear.
As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle front side 44 f of the flange portion 44 extends rearward and obliquely upward from the vertical in a side view.
If comprised in this way, it can prevent that the white light WL1 (refer virtual line) reflected by a flange part (44f) heads back.

Since the taillight 20 of this embodiment is provided at the rear part of the vehicle that is shaped narrowly in the upper, lower, left, and right directions, the lens 24 becomes longer in the front-rear direction. Therefore, it is necessary to cover at least part of the upper, lower, left and right side surfaces of the taillight 20 and the base portion 20b of the taillight 20 with a cowl.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, in this embodiment, the upper portion of the taillight 20 is covered with a center cowl 50, and the left and right sides of the taillight 20 are covered with side cowls 60 and 60 together with the body cover 40.
The present invention is effective because the region can be effectively used in the configuration as described above, that is, in a configuration in which the lens is elongated in the front-rear direction and the region covered with the cowl or the cover becomes large.

  In FIG. 4, reference numeral 27 denotes a mounting portion for the center cowl 50, which is provided on the upper portion of the taillight 20. Reference numeral 28 denotes a fixed portion of the body cover 40, which is provided at the lower end of the tip of the base portion 20b of the taillight 20.

The taillight 20 is configured by joining a lens 24 to the front portion of the base portion 20b, and a reflector 20r is formed on the base portion 20b. 29 is a seal.
The red lighting part LED 23r and the stop lamp LED 23s may be configured by a red LED or a white LED. When the white LED is used, a red coloring process is performed on the region of the red lighting portion 21 of the lens 24.

  Note that conventional taillights using filament light sources required a rubber floating mount to improve durability. In this LED light source, the floating can be abolished depending on the use conditions of the vehicle, and it is possible to set the gap between the lens 24 and the tip of the flange portion 44 without a gap.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

  1: straddle-type vehicle, 3: seat, 10: tail light device, 20: tail light, 21: red lighting part, 22: light shielding part, 23w: white light source (license plate irradiation part LED), 23r: red lighting LED for part, 24: transparent lens, 25: license plate irradiation part, 25r: rear part, 25s: side part, 26: substrate, 30: license plate, 40: body cover, 42: rear end, 43: opening, 44: flange Department.

Claims (7)

A taillight (20) disposed behind the seat (3) over which the driver straddles and illuminates red toward the rear;
A license plate (30) disposed below the taillight (20);
A body cover (40) covering at least the lower part of the taillight (20);
A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle equipped with
The taillight (20) is transparent with a red lighting part (21) that is lit rearward, and a white light source (23w) that is provided below the red lighting part (21) via a light shielding part (22). A license plate irradiation unit (25) with a lens (24);
A taillight device for a straddle-type vehicle, wherein at least the rear part (25r) and the side part (25f) of the license plate irradiation part (25) are covered with an opaque body cover (40). In claim 1,
The body cover (40) covers the lower surface and the front, rear, left and right surfaces of the license plate irradiation unit (25) within a range that does not hinder the license plate irradiation by the license plate irradiation unit (25). Vehicle taillight device. In claim 1 or 2,
The light shielding part (22) has a substrate (26) arranged so as to partition the red lighting part (21) and the license plate irradiation part (25), and the upper surface of the substrate (26) is lit red. A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle, characterized in that a part LED (23r) is mounted and a license plate irradiation part LED (23w) is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate (26). In claim 3,
Both the substrate (26) and the portion (41) covering the lower surface of the license plate irradiation part (25) in the body cover (40) are arranged in an inclined shape that goes obliquely upward as going to the rear of the vehicle. (40) A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein the rear end (42) extends rearward and upward from the rear end (26r) of the substrate (26). In claim 4,
The board (26) and the red lighting part (21) extending rearward of the board (26) have a top surface (26s, 21s) as one continuous surface. apparatus. In any one of Claims 1-4,
The body cover (40) is provided with an opening (43) for illuminating the license plate by the license plate irradiating section (25), and the transparent (24) is disposed around the opening (43) around the transparent lens (24). A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein a flange portion (44) extending to the vicinity of the lens (24) is provided. In claim 6,
A taillight device for a saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein a front side (44f) of the flange portion (44) extends obliquely upward and rearward from vertical in a side view.

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