JP2600456Y2 - Drainage and breathing structure for vehicle equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicular lighting device such as a fog lamp, a rear finisher, a garnish, a housing, a lens, a cover, and the like. The present invention relates to a drainage and breathing structure of a device for a vehicle which can surely prevent the water moving in the grommet communication path or the water stagnant in the grommet communication path from being sucked into the room, particularly to the grommet communication path. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vehicle device such as a vehicular lamp such as a fog lamp, it is necessary to discharge indoor water, which causes deterioration of the performance of the vehicle device, to the outside (outside). Conventionally, a drain hole is simply provided in the lower part of the housing. In this case, the water in the room can be discharged to the outside from the drain hole, but there is a problem that the external water enters the room through the drain hole.

[0003] In view of the above, a large number of drainage / respiration structures for vehicular devices capable of discharging indoor water to the outside and preventing external water from entering the room have been filed. Hereinafter, an example of the basic structure of the drainage and breathing structure of the above-described vehicle device will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, an example in which the present invention is used for a vehicular lamp such as a fog lamp as a vehicular auxiliary headlamp will be described.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing having a front surface 16 opened. A recess 10 is provided on the entire peripheral edge of the front opening 16 of the housing 1. A cylindrical drain / breathing cylinder 11 is integrally formed at the lower part of the housing 1, for example, at the corner between the rear part and the bottom part, and protrudes rearward. Is provided, and a step 13 is provided on an outer peripheral surface of an intermediate portion of the drain / breathing cylinder 11. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a lens. The lens 2 has an appropriate prism engraved on the inner surface, and an adhesive leg 20 is integrally protruded from the entire periphery of the inner surface. The adhesive leg 20 of the lens 2 is bonded and sealed to the concave portion 10 of the housing 1 with an adhesive sealant 21 such as hot melt, and a room defined by the lens 2 and the housing 1, that is, a sealed lamp room 22 is formed. To define. The light source bulb 3 is disposed in the lamp room 22 via a socket 30 or the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a rubber-made cylindrical grommet having a U-shape or a U-shape. The length of the bent portion of the one end (upper end) opening 41 of the grommet 4 is substantially equal to the length of the bent portion of the other end (lower end) opening 42. One end opening 41 of the grommet 4 is externally fitted to the distal end of the drain / respirator 11,
The one end surface of the grommet 4 is brought into contact with the step portion 13 and the other end opening 42 of the grommet 4 is opened downward to the outside. Thus, in the drainage / breathing structure of the above-described vehicle device, the inside and the outside of the lamp chamber 22 communicate with each other through the drainage / breathing hole 12 of the housing 1 and the communication path 40 of the grommet 4. As a result, for example, water W that has condensed in the lamp chamber 22 is discharged to the outside through the drain / respiration hole 12 of the housing 1 and the communication path 40 of the grommet 4 as indicated by an arrow B in the drawing. . On the other hand, since the grommet 4 is bent in a U-shape or a U-shape, and one end opening 41 is fitted to the drainage / breathing cylinder 11 and the other end opening 42 is attached downward, so that the grommet 4 is attached.
Even if external water enters the lower end opening 42 of the grommet 4 and tries to enter the light chamber 22 through the communication passage 40 of the grommet 4 and the drainage / respiration hole 12 of the housing 1,
The water falls under its own weight in the middle of the communication path 40 of the grommet 4 along the curved path, and is discharged to the outside through the lower end opening 42 of the grommet 4, and external water is discharged.
It is possible to prevent the light from entering the lamp room 22 through zero.

[0004] Here, in a vehicle device such as a vehicle lamp such as the fog lamp described above, in order to prevent the performance of the vehicle device from deteriorating due to water entering the room,
The housing 1 is sealed with the lens 2, the cover, and the like, and the interior of the lamp chamber 22 defined by the housing 1, the lens 2, the cover, and the like is sealed. However,
In the case of a structure in which the inside of the lamp chamber 22 is simply sealed, the pressure in the sealed lamp chamber 22 changes due to a temperature change or the like (for example, a temperature change due to turning on / off of the light source bulb), and the sealing performance is the lowest. There is a problem that water is sucked into the lamp room 22 from the portion. Therefore, in the above-described vehicle device,
It is necessary to make the inside of the sealed lamp chamber 22 communicate with the outside so as to eliminate the pressure change in the sealed lamp chamber 22. In the above-described vehicle device, as shown in FIG. 2, the drainage / breathing hole 12 of the housing 1 and the communication passage 40 of the grommet 4 serve as a drainage function for discharging the water W in the light chamber 22 to the outside. , And a respiratory action of performing respiration between the inside of the light room 22 and the outside. As a result, in the above-described vehicle device, the water in the lamp chamber 22 can be discharged to the outside through the communication passage 40 between the drainage / breathing hole 12 and the grommet 4, and the communication between the drainage / breathing hole 12 and the grommet 4 can be achieved. Breathing between the inside of the lamp chamber 22 and the outside can be performed via the passage 40, eliminating pressure change in the lamp chamber 22, and further, external water can flow into the lamp chamber 22 through the communication path 40 and the drain / respiratory hole 12. Can be prevented by the grommet 4 described above.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional draining / breathing structure of the vehicle device, in order to perform the draining action and the breathing action, the inside of the light room 22 and the outside are simply formed by the housing 1. The communication is made through the drainage / breathing hole 12 and the communication passage 40 of the grommet 4. For this,
As shown in FIG. 2, when the water W is moving in the communication path 40 of the grommet 4, or when the water W is stagnant in a particularly narrow part of the communication path 40 of the grommet 4, the light chamber 22
When the inside has a respiratory action, especially a suction action , the arrow C in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the water W in the communication passage 40 may be sucked into the lamp room 22 in some cases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to reliably prevent water moving in the grommet communication passage or water stagnant in the grommet communication passage from being sucked into the room , and furthermore, to prevent the room from being bypassed through the bypass passage.
And to provide a drainage and breathing construction of the device for a vehicle is also Ru can reliably prevent water from entering the inner.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a long process.
A road having an opening communicating with the communication path above,
With a downwardly facing opening communicating with the outside below
A bypass path is formed from a straight path .

[0008]

According to the present invention, the above structure allows the bypass passage to perform respiration between the room and the outside even when water is moving along the grommet communication path or stagnant in the grommet communication path. Can be prevented from being sucked into the room. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the water moving in the grommet communication path, the water stagnating in the grommet communication path, and the like from being sucked into the room. Also, bypass routes are long routes.
Has an opening communicating with the communication passage above, and
A vertical path with a downward facing opening in communication with the outside
Therefore , it is possible to prevent external water from entering the room through the bypass, and to discharge the water entering the bypass to the outside by dropping its own weight. As a result, water can be prevented from entering the room from the bypass.
It can be reliably prevented.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a drainage and breathing structure of a vehicle device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. This example describes an example in which the present invention is used for a fog lamp as an auxiliary headlight for a vehicle. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a grommet of the present invention made of resin or rubber. This grommet 5 has a cylindrical tubular U-shape or U-shape, the bent part of one end (upper end) opening 51 and the bent part of the other end (lower end) opening 52 are horizontal, and the middle part is vertical. Make This grommet 5 has one end (upper end)
There is a communication passage 50 that communicates the opening 51 with the other end (lower end) opening 52, that is, the communication passage 50 that communicates the inside of the lamp chamber 22 with the outside via the drainage / respiration hole 12 of the housing 1.

In the figure, reference numeral 60 denotes a bypass provided in the grommet 5. This bypass passage 60 allows a breathing action between the inside of the lamp chamber 22 and the outside even when the water W is moving in the communication path 50 of the grommet 5 or stagnation in the communication path 50 of the grommet 5, and the water W is lit. One end (upper end) opening 61 is provided so as to communicate with an opening 53 provided at a corner of an upper bent portion of the one end (upper end) opening 51 of the grommet 5. The other end (lower end)
An opening 62 is provided adjacent to a corner of a lower bent portion of the other end (lower end) opening 52 of the grommet 5. That is, a resin or rubber pipe member 63 that forms the bypass path 60 is provided integrally with the grommet 5 between the corner of the upper bent portion of the grommet 5 and the corner of the lower bent portion. The path H of the bypass path 60 is made longer to prevent external water from entering the lamp chamber 22 through the bypass path 60.
The opening 53 and 61 between the communication passage 50 and the communication passage 50 are located upward and the opening 62 to the outside is located below, and the water entering the bypass passage 60 is discharged to the outside by its own weight. I do. One end opening 51 of the grommet 5 is externally fitted to the distal end of the drain / breathing cylinder 11 of the housing 1, and one end surface of the grommet 5 is brought into contact with the step 13 of the drain / breathing cylinder 11. The end opening 52 is opened downward to the outside, and the other end opening 62 of the bypass path 60 of the grommet 5 is directed downward.

Thus, in the drainage / breathing structure of the vehicle device according to the present invention in this embodiment, similarly to the drainage / breathing structure of the above-mentioned conventional vehicle device, the interior of the lamp chamber 22 and the outside are formed of the housing 1. It communicates through the drainage / breathing hole 12 and the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5. As a result, the light room 22
As shown by arrow B in FIG.
And can be discharged to the outside through the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5, and can be breathed between the inside of the lamp room 22 and the outside through the drainage / respiration hole 12 and the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5, and the inside of the lamp room 22 can be discharged. The change in pressure can be eliminated, and the above-mentioned grommet 5 can prevent external water from entering the lamp chamber 22 through the grommet 5.

Particularly, in the present invention, the water W is moving in the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5 or the communication passage 5 of the grommet 5
The grommet 5 is provided with a bypass path 60 that can perform a respiratory action between the inside and the outside of the lamp chamber 22 and prevent the water W from being sucked into the lamp chamber 22 even when the grommet 5 is stationary. For this reason, even when the water W is moving in the communication path 50 of the grommet 5 or is stagnant in the communication path 50 of the grommet 5, the respiration of the interior of the lamp chamber 22 and the outside can be performed by the bypass path 60. It is possible to prevent the water W from being sucked into the lamp room 22. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the water W moving in the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5 or the water W stagnating in the communication passage 50 of the grommet 5 from being sucked into the lamp chamber 22.

[0013] In addition, the bypass path 60 Keru you to the present invention is,
The path H is a long path, and communicates with the communication path 50 upward.
Openings 53 and 61 and communicates with the outside below.
Consisting of a vertical path with an opening 62 facing downwards
Since it is what is, the bypass passage 60 outside the water
Menstrual can be prevented from entering the lamp chamber 22, whereas, can be discharged water containing the bypass passage 60 to the outside by its own weight fall. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent water (indicated by an arrow A in FIG. 1) from entering the lamp chamber 22 from entering the other end opening 62 of the bypass passage 60.

In the above-described embodiment, the fog lamp as the vehicle auxiliary headlight of the vehicle lamp has been described, but the present invention can be used for other vehicle devices.

[0015]

As is clear from the above description, the drainage / breathing structure of the vehicle device of the present invention sucks water moving in the grommet communication passage or water stagnant in the grommet communication passage into the room. Can be reliably prevented , and indoors can be
Ru can also reliably prevent water from entering the.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of a drainage / respiration structure of a vehicle device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a drainage and breathing structure of a conventional vehicle device.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Housing, 11 ... Drain and breathing cylinder, 12 ... Drain and breathing hole, 2 ... Lens, 22 ... Light room, 3 ... Light source bulb, 5 ...
Grommet, 50: communication path, 51: one end opening, 52: other end opening end, 53: opening, 60: bypass passage, 61: one end opening, 62: other end opening.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A drain and breathing cylinder provided in a housing, a lens, a cover, and the like for defining a chamber, the drain and breathing cylinder having a drain and breathing hole communicating with the chamber, A grommet having one open end attached to a respiratory cylinder, the grommet having a communication passage for opening the other end open end of the grommet to the outside and communicating between the room and the outside via the drainage and breathing hole. And a bypass provided in the grommet , wherein water is
While moving in the communication path of the grommet or the grommet
Respiratory action between the room and outside even when stagnation in the communication passage
A bypass that prevents the water from being drawn into the room
In the drainage and breathing structure of a vehicle device that drains water in the room to the outside through the communication passage of the grommet and the drainage and breathing hole of the housing and performs a respiration action between the room and the outside, The bypass path is a path having a long path,
It has an opening communicating with the communication passage, and communicates with the outside below.
Consists of a vertical path with openings facing downward through
Drainage and breathing structure of a vehicle device according to claim to have, that is.