JP2725177B2 - Scooter storage box lighting system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a lighting device for a scooter storage box in which an openable and closable sheet is used as a lid.

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 2, a scooter has a front wheel 1 steered by a steering wheel 3 and a rear wheel 2 driven by an engine 4 arranged front and rear, and a seat 5 arranged at an upper rear portion. Step board 6 with low gap between handle 3
The lower part of the seat 5 is covered with a voluminous body cover 7.

A storage box 8 is formed in the body cover 7 to house a helmet 9 and the like, and the seat 5 is used as a lid that can be freely opened and closed. The storage box 8 is provided with an illumination lamp 10 for illumination at night or the like.

Many of the illumination lamps 10 are turned on when the seat 5 is opened. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the seat 5 is pivotally supported by a hinge 13 at the front edge of a bottom plate 12 at an upper edge 11 in front of an opening 8a of a storage box 8, and a switch 14 is provided at the front edge 11. Switch knob 15 is provided to protrude upward. When the seat 5 is closed, the bottom plate 12 pushes down the switch knob 15, opens the contact 17 inserted in the power supply circuit 16, and turns off the illumination lamp 10.
When the seat 5 is opened, when the switch knob 15 is released, the switch 18 is raised by the force of the spring 18, the contact 17 is closed, and the illumination lamp 10 is turned on.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a seat lock hook linked to the cylinder lock 22, which engages with a lock fitting 20 protruding from the lower surface of the seat bottom plate 12 to lock the seat 5 in the closed position, as shown in FIG. The hook 19 is constantly urged to a locked position by a spring (not shown), and performs a locking operation by closing the seat 5. To release the lock, the hook 19 is swung by inserting a predetermined key into the key hole 21 and rotating the cylinder lock 22 to release the engagement with the lock fitting 20.

However, as described above, when the blinking of the illumination lamp 10 is controlled by the opening / closing operation of the seat 5, the switch 14 or the switch knob 15 or the dimensional tolerance of the relative positional relationship of the seat bottom plate 12 or the loosening of the seat lock causes the switch. There is a case where the lighting lamp 10 is left lit without being opened reliably, and the battery is discharged and a trouble such that the scooter motor does not operate at the next start is likely to occur. Further, there is a problem that even if the sheet 5 is opened in the daytime, it is turned on uselessly.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In a conventional scooter that controls the blinking of an illumination lamp by opening and closing a seat, the illumination lamp may be left lit, and even when daytime illumination is unnecessary. There was a problem of lighting.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and automatically illuminates an illumination lamp in connection with an operation of opening a sheet, can selectively turn off the light with the sheet open, and closes the sheet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting device for a scooter storage box capable of preventing lighting due to error movement in a closed state.

[Configuration of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a lighting device for a scooter storage box according to the present invention covers the opening of the storage box openably and closably with a sheet functioning as a lid, and places the sheet in a closed position. In a scooter provided with a seat lock to be locked, the seat lock is provided with a cylinder lock which is operated by a key through a key hole for releasing the seat lock in a lock housing, and is disposed in a storage box behind the key hole. An operating member of an open / close switch for controlling blinking of the illumination lamp is arranged, and the operating member is inserted from the lower hole of the lock housing to the back of the key hole, and provided so as to be able to cooperate with a shutter plate for closing the key hole from the back side. Set the shutter plate to operate the operating member and close the open / close switch while the key is inserted into the key hole. It is a thing.

(Operation) The lighting device of the scooter storage box uses the above configuration by inserting the seat into the unlock key hole as a pre-operation when the seat is opened.
Turn the key to release the seat lock, and when the seat is opened, the illumination lamp automatically turns on.

If you do not need lighting in the daytime, turn off the key if you leave the key. If necessary, you can keep the key on by inserting the key and keeping it on, and you can select on or off after opening the sheet.

When the opened seat is closed, the seat lock operates regardless of the presence or absence of key insertion. At this time, since the inserted key is always removed, the illumination lamp is surely turned off.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a switch showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This switch is used as a part of flickering control and a seat lock of the illumination lamp 10 arranged in the storage box 8 of the scooter shown in FIG.

The seat lock is connected to the seat bottom plate 12 as shown in FIG.
And a hook 19 on the vehicle body side to be engaged therewith, which is linked to a cylinder lock 22 and is always urged to a locked position by a spring. In order to release the seat lock, the key 23 is inserted into the key hole 21 of the cylinder lock 22 and turned, and the hook 19 is swung to be removed from the lock fitting 20.

The cylinder lock 22 is disposed at the back of a cylindrical lock housing 25 provided with a key hole 24 on the front surface as shown in FIG. Insert it into 21.

Further, a shutter plate 26 that swings so as to be able to start is disposed behind the key hole 24 in the lock housing 25, and is normally biased by a spring so as to close the key hole 24. On the other hand, a micro switch 27 as an open / close switch is connected to the switch housing 25, and an operation arm 28 as an operation member thereof is provided.
Of the lock housing 25 enters the lock housing 25 through the lower hole 32 of the lock housing 25 and abuts against the shutter plate 26.

The microswitch 27 is inserted into the power supply circuit 18 of the lighting lamp 10 connected to the battery 29, and controls the blinking of the lighting lamp 10 arranged in the storage box 8. Under normal conditions, the contact 30 is open and the illumination lamp 10 is off.

Thus, the seat is released by operating the seat lock to release the seat lock. When the key 23 is inserted into the key hole 24 for releasing the seat lock, the shutter plate 26 swings and falls down, and the operation arm 28 as an operation member is operated in cooperation. By this linking operation, the operating arm 28 is pushed down to close the contact 30 of the microswitch 27. When the key 23 is turned to release the seat lock and the seat 5 is opened, the illumination lamp 10 of the storage box 8 is turned on.

If the lighting is necessary, the light is kept on, and if not necessary, the key 23 is removed to turn off the light. After the sheet is opened, the key 23 becomes irrelevant, and the blinking of the illumination lamp 10 is selected by inserting and removing the key.

When leaving the vehicle after parking or when driving again, the inserted key is removed, so that the illumination lamp 10 is surely turned off. The illumination lamp 10 does not turn on even when the seat is floating due to forgetting to close the seat or leakage of the operation of the seat lock, so that the battery 29 is not wasted.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the lighting device of the scooter storage box according to the present invention includes the cylinder lock in the lock housing, in which the seat lock is operated through the hole with the key for releasing the seat lock with the key, and behind the key hole. A shutter plate for closing the key hole from the back side by inserting an operating member of an open / close switch for controlling blinking of an illumination lamp arranged in the storage box, inserting the operating member from the lower hole of the lock housing behind the key hole, and The shutter plate is set to operate the operating member and close the open / close switch while the key is inserted into the key hole, so that when the seat is opened by the seat lock release operation, The storage box is illuminated, and the keys can be selectively flashed afterwards, and there is no lighting due to forgetting to close the seat, etc. It is possible to prevent wasteful discharge of Tteri.

Further, in the scooter, since the engine is in the body (frame) cover, the air in the body cover is heated by the engine heat during operation. If the outside temperature drops after the engine stops, dew condensation is likely to occur, but since the lower hole of the lock housing has a lower hole that passes through the operating member of the open / close switch,
Since water droplets due to dew condensation generated in the lock housing are extracted to the outside through the lower hole, rust can be effectively prevented, and reliability and stability of operation can be ensured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an illumination lamp switch section showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a scooter, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a conventional illumination lamp switch section, and FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows an example. 5 ... Sheet, 8 ... Storage box, 10 ... Lighting lamp, 12 ... Seat bottom plate, 19 ... Hook, 20 ... Lock fitting, 22 ... Cylinder lock, 23 ... Key, 24 ... Key hole ,twenty five
…… Lock housing (switch housing), 26 ……
Shutter plate 27 Micro switch 28 Operating arm 32 Lower hole in lock housing.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A scooter provided with a seat lock for opening and closing an opening of a storage box with a sheet functioning as a lid while locking the sheet in a closed position, wherein the sheet lock is a key for releasing a sheet lock by a key. A cylinder lock operated through a hole is provided in a lock housing, and an operation member of an open / close switch for controlling blinking of an illumination lamp arranged in a storage box is disposed behind the key hole. The keyhole is inserted from the lower hole behind the keyhole and provided so as to be able to cooperate with the shutter plate that closes the keyhole from the back side, and while the key is inserted into the keyhole, the shutter plate operates the operating member to open and close. A lighting device for a scooter storage box, wherein the switch is set to be closed.