JP2538689Y2 - Turn signal lights for vehicles such as motorcycles - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The invention relates to a vehicle direction indicator light of a motorcycle.

[Conventional technology]

Motorcycles are provided with direction indicators on both sides of the front handle cover and on both sides of the rear tail cover. Call attention to the vehicle.

The direction indicator lamp must blink orange in accordance with laws and regulations. Therefore, in general, a lens (hereinafter, referred to as an “outer lens”) provided in a front opening of a reflector is colored orange, and the colored lens is colored. The light from the light source is transmitted so that the lighting light looks orange.

On the other hand, there are cases where it is desired to make the outer lens colorless for design reasons. In this case, another lens colored in orange is provided inside the device so as to be located between the outer lens and the reflecting mirror, and the light from the light source is transmitted through the another colored lens. The lighting light is made to look orange. This other lens is called an inner lens.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a turn signal lamp using such an inner lens, in which a mounting hole B for fitting a socket D with a light bulb is provided at the center of a reflecting mirror A.
An inner lens C colored orange in a cap shape so as to cover the light bulb is mounted around the area by suitable fixing means such as screws or welding. By attaching the colorless outer lens F to the front opening of the reflecting mirror A, a direction indicator lamp unit is formed, and this direction indicator lamp unit is attached to a vehicle body E such as a steering wheel cover or a tail cover to complete a direction indicator. .

By the way, the inner lens C is fixed by screws or welding when the bulb is replaced, that is, when the socket D with the bulb is removed from the reflecting mirror A, the inner lens C can be removed later. This is to prevent this because the inner lens C may be forgotten to be attached. However, in the case where the inner lens cannot be easily removed by fixing the inner lens to the reflecting mirror in this way, when the bulb is replaced, the worker must always put his hand on the back side of the reflecting mirror A, that is, inside the vehicle body. It is necessary to insert and pull out the socket with the bulb from the mounting hole to the side opposite to the opening of the reflector, and in that case, other members inside the vehicle body become obstacles and take much time to remove.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and a problem to be solved is that, when replacing a light bulb, not only is the work easy, but also a motorcycle that does not forget to attach an inner lens. To provide a vehicle direction indicator light.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present inventor has taken the following measures to achieve the above object.

That is, the direction indicator light of the motorcycle of the present invention includes a reflector, a lens detachably provided on the front surface of the opening of the reflector, a socket with a light bulb attached to the reflector via a mounting hole, and an inner lens. The present invention relates to a turn signal lamp for a motorcycle comprising: Then, the outer side of the inner lens to which the socket with the bulb was attached was detachably attached to the attachment hole.

[Action]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the socket with a light bulb is
It is attached to the inside of the inner lens, and the outside of the inner lens with the light bulb socket is detachably attached to the mounting hole of the reflector, so that the light bulb socket can be attached to the mounting hole by the inner lens. Become. This means that the light bulb socket alone cannot be mounted in the mounting hole of the reflector, in other words, the light bulb socket cannot be mounted in the mounting hole unless integrated with the inner lens. Therefore, when replacing the light bulb, it is possible to prevent forgetting to attach the inner lens. Also, since the lens is provided detachably on the front surface of the opening of the reflector, when replacing the bulb, remove the reflector,
In this state, work can be performed from the front side of the reflector, so that there is no need for an operator to work from the back side of the reflector, that is, inside the vehicle body, and the replacement work of the light bulb can be extremely easily performed. .

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

Cap-shaped colored inner lens 1 colored orange
Has a fan-shaped latching projection 2 on the outside of the open end, and a flange 3 on the inside. A fan-shaped latching projection 4 is provided inside the open end. The bulb-mounted socket 6 into which the bulb 5 is inserted is provided with a flange 7 and a fan-shaped hooking projection 8 on the outer periphery. This socket 6 with a light bulb is a colored inner lens 1
And the hooking projection 8 is inserted into the space between the hooking projections 4.
After being fitted into 4a, it is fitted clockwise or counterclockwise to the torsion stop projection 4 so that it is attached to the colored inner lens 1 so that both are integrated. Therefore, the socket 6 with a light bulb is detachably mounted inside the inner lens 1.

The reflecting mirror 9 is provided with a mounting hole 11 having a fan-shaped hooking projection 10 at the rear center thereof, and a colorless outer lens 14 is provided with a hooking piece 15 and a screw 16 at the front opening of the reflecting mirror 9. And are provided detachably. The engaging piece 15 of the reflecting mirror 9 is disengaged, the screw 16 is loosened, the outer lens 14 is detached from the reflecting mirror 9, and then the socket 6 with the bulb with the colored inner lens 1 is put into the reflecting mirror 9, By fitting the flange 3 of the colored inner lens 1 into the space 10a between the hooking projections 10 of the mounting hole 11 and making it correspond to the twisting hooking projection 10 clockwise or counterclockwise, the colored inner lens 1 At the same time, the socket 6 with a light bulb is mounted in the mounting hole 1 of the reflecting mirror 9. That is, the outer side (outer peripheral edge) of the inner lens 1 is detachably attached to the attachment hole 11 of the reflecting mirror 9.

After that, the outer lens 14 is attached to the front opening of the reflecting mirror 9 with the hooking piece 15 and the screw 16 so that the direction indicator lamp unit is provided.
17 is completed.

By attaching the turn signal unit 17 to the body of the handle cover 12 or the tail cover 13, the turn signal of a motorcycle can be changed.
18 is completed.

Thus, the direction indicator light of a motorcycle having such a configuration
According to FIG. 18, the socket 6 with a light bulb is
And the light bulb socket 6
The outside of the inner lens 1 provided with the
Since it is detachably attached to the socket, the socket 6 with a light bulb is
The inner lens 1 can be attached to the attachment hole 11. This means that the bulb-mounted socket 6 alone cannot be mounted in the mounting hole 11 of the reflector 9, in other words, the bulb-mounted socket 6 can be mounted in the mounting hole 11 unless integrated with the inner lens 1. Means you can't. Therefore, when replacing the light bulb 5, it is possible to avoid forgetting to attach the inner lens 1. Further, the outer lens 14 is
When the bulb 5 is replaced, the reflecting mirror 9 is removed, and work can be performed from the front side of the reflecting mirror 9 in this state.
This eliminates the need for the operator to work with his / her hand from behind, that is, inside the vehicle body, and the replacement work of the bulb 5 can be made extremely easy.

[Effect of the invention]

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when replacing | exchanging a light bulb, not only the operation | work is easy, but it can prevent forgetting to attach an inner lens.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view, FIG. 2 is a front view of a colored inner lens, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part, and FIG. Is an overall side view attached to a vehicle body, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional plan view showing a conventional example. (Explanation of symbols) 1 ... Inner lens, 6 ... Socket with light bulb, 9 ...
… Reflector, 11… Mounting hole, 14… Lens, 18… Motorcycle turn signal lamp.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A direction indicator for a motorcycle comprising a reflector, a lens detachably provided in a front opening of the reflector, a socket with a light bulb attached to the reflector via a mounting hole, and an inner lens. A turn signal lamp for a motorcycle, wherein an outer side of the inner lens, in which the socket with a light bulb is mounted, is removably mounted in the mounting hole.