JP2520059B2 - Automotive lighting - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamp structure for notifying a lighting state of an automotive lamp to a following vehicle, a pedestrian, etc., and more particularly to an automotive lamp having improved side visibility of the vehicle. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automobile or other vehicle has a clearance lamp or a stop at a position visually recognizable from the front and rear and side of the vehicle body as a means for notifying other oncoming vehicles, following vehicles and pedestrians of its driving condition. It is mandatory to provide functional lamps such as lamps and turn signal lamps.For example, in passenger cars, clearance lamps and front turn signal lamps are provided near the headlights of the vehicle body, and stop lamps are provided near the tail lights. In addition to the rear turn signal lamp, if desired, side turn signal lamps and the like are further provided on the side surface of the vehicle body.

[0003]

Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional function lamp structure, sufficient caution is required for the driver of the oncoming vehicle or the following vehicle approaching the front side or the rear side of the vehicle body and the pedestrian. However, it approaches the side of the car body,
Alternatively, the driver or pedestrian of the following vehicle cannot fully recognize the lighting state of the vehicle, and there is a risk of causing a contact accident when the vehicle makes a right turn or a left turn, and a stop lamp or a turn signal. For lamps, etc., each lamp chamber is formed, and each lamp chamber has a lighting valve, which complicates the lamp structure, increases the number of parts, and makes maintenance and inspection troublesome. There was such a problem.

The present invention was devised in view of the above problems, and it is possible to omit the configuration of the side turn signal lamp formed on the side surface of the vehicle body. That is, it is an object of the present invention to provide an automobile lamp having a new structure in which traveling information such as a turning direction can be visually recognized.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle lamp according to the present invention is provided with a functional lamp portion attached to a side corner of a vehicle body and bent along the outer shape of the corner. A lamp chamber, a bulb arranged in front of the reflector so as to directly or indirectly irradiate the signal color in the lamp chamber, and a lens for covering the front surface of the lamp chamber, and
A frame-shaped cover to cover the non-bright area on the inner edge of the lens.
A bar is arranged , and at the side end of the lens on the side of the vehicle body,
The angled protrusion is formed so as to protrude outward from the tangent line of the outer shape of the vehicle body, and the cover is provided with a reflection mirror that irradiates a part of the light flux emitted from the bulb toward the angled protrusion in front of the bulb. The idea is to fix it inside .

[0006]

Since the automotive lamp having the above-mentioned structure is mounted on the corners of the vehicle body, when the bulb is turned on, the functional color of the functional lamp portion is emitted and can be viewed from the front or the rear of the vehicle. . At the same part of the light beam refracted by the reflection mirror configured to simultaneously lamp chamber, becomes a chevron protrusion protruding to the outside of the lens so that the bright,該山shaped projecting portion projects to the side of the vehicle body Therefore, the blinking of the portion can be visually recognized from the side of the vehicle body and the diagonal front-rear direction. Therefore, for example, it has a driving information function of the vehicle as a side turn signal lamp.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automotive lamp according to the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment in which it is formed in a corner portion of a front grill part of a vehicle body. FIG. 1 is an enlarged plan sectional view of an automobile lamp, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with the automobile lamp, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion B in FIG.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a front lamp mounting portion formed at one end of a front chassis portion 2 of a vehicle body A. In this embodiment, a clearance lamp or a turn signal lamp according to the present invention is provided outside a headlamp 3. The function lamp section 4 of the above is integrally formed in series, and the front lamp mounting section 1
The structure is such that the front opening of the lamp body 5 that is fixed to the above is airtightly covered by the lens 6 formed of a transparent material.

The function lamp portion 4 in the lamp body 5
Is formed at a corner B of the vehicle body A and has a front wall portion 7 and a lateral wall portion 8 having a plane opening angle α of about 90 degrees, and a reflector 9 is formed on the back wall portion of the inner surface. Reflective mirror surface 10
Is configured. A socket 18 for arranging a replaceable valve 11 on the optical axis L of the reflector 9 is detachably fitted to a collar portion 13 of a through hole formed in the bottom portion of the reflector 9, and A filter lens 12 made of a bell-shaped orange transparent material that covers 11 is inserted and fitted in the color portion 13 to obtain illumination light of a required emission color.

The lens 6 has a plane shape having a large curvature along the outer shape of the vehicle body A as a whole.
At the side end located on the side surface side of the vehicle body, a chevron-shaped projection 14 is formed to project outward from a tangent line S of the outer shape of the vehicle body A. In the lamp chamber 15 covered with the lens 6, a relatively small reflecting mirror 16 is installed in front of the bulb 11 and on the optical axis L of the reflector 9, and the bulb 1
The partial light flux L2 from No. 1 is refracted and irradiated in the direction of the mountain-shaped protrusion 14.

Reference numeral 17 in the drawing denotes a front wall portion 7 of the lamp body 5.
Is a partition wall that extends to the lens 6 and extends to the lens 6 to partition the headlamp 3 and the function lamp section 4, and 19 is a cover that covers the peripheral edge portion of the reflecting mirror 20 configured on the headlamp 3 side. In the present invention, the cover 19 simultaneously has a structure for covering the non-luminous portion of the lamp body 5 formed behind the chevron-shaped protrusion 14 of the lens 6, and the reflecting mirror 16 is integrated at the edge thereof. Alternatively, the structure is integrally formed. The surfaces of the cover 19 and the partition wall 17 are mirror-finished by aluminum vapor deposition 21 or the like.

In the function lamp section 4 having the above structure,
When the bulb 11 is turned on, the luminous flux L1 from the bulb 11
Is colored orange by the transmission of the filter lens 12, is reflected by the reflecting mirror surface 10 of the reflector 9, and emits the irradiation light in the range shown by the arrow β. At the same time, the light flux L2 refracted and illuminated by the reflecting mirror 16 toward the chevron projection 14 in the range of the arrow γ causes the chevron projection 14 of the lens 6 to shine orange, and the chevron projection 14 is emitted from the vehicle body. Since the structure protrudes from the side surface of A, the lighting state of the portion can be visually recognized (arrow C) even by a following vehicle or a pedestrian, and the side visibility of the vehicle body portion is improved.

[0013] In the above embodiment has been described the structure of the automotive lamp constituting the front grille angle corner B of the vehicle body A, also be configured as an automotive lamp mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle body A Of course you can.

[0014]

Since the vehicle lamp according to the present invention is configured as described above, the lighting state of the function lamp portion of the vehicle lamp can be visually recognized from the side of the vehicle body. The side visibility of the lamp is improved to improve safety for the following vehicle and pedestrians, and the reflector that is fixed in front of the bulb is securely integrated with the frame-shaped cover that covers the non-luminous portion of the lamp body. The above-described object can be achieved with a simple structure that is modified into a different structure, and the effects obtained by implementing the present invention are extremely large.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged plan sectional view of a functional lamp section showing an embodiment of an automotive lamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with an automobile lamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a B part in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front chassis part 3 Headlight 4 Functional lamp part 5 Lamp body 6 Lens 9 Reflector 11 Bulb 12 Filter lens 14 Angle protrusion 16 Reflector 17 Partition wall 19 Cover A Body B Corner corner

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A lamp chamber which is attached to a corner portion of a side surface of a vehicle body and which constitutes a functional lamp portion curved along the outer shape of the corner portion,
A bulb disposed in front of the reflector so as to directly or indirectly illuminate the signal color in the lamp chamber, and a lens for covering the front surface of the lamp chamber are provided, and the lens inner peripheral edge is provided.
A frame-shaped cover is arranged so as to cover the non- luminous part, and the outer shape of the vehicle body is connected to the side end of the lens on the side surface of the vehicle body.
To form a chevron protrusion so as to protrude from the line to the outside, a part of the irradiation light beam of the valve in front of the valve, the cover reflecting mirror for refracting irradiated toward the chevron protrusion
-Vehicle lamp characterized by being fixed inside .