JP2747719B2 - Motorcycle motorcycle storage room lighting system - Google Patents

Description

Description: Object of the Invention (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to an article storage room lighting device for a motorcycle that illuminates an article storage room provided in a rear body of the motorcycle.

(Description of the Related Art) In a motorcycle such as a scooter, an article storage room is formed in a rear body, and a seat is provided so as to be openable and closable over an upper opening of the article storage chamber. And small articles are formed so that they can be stored.

The article storage room is provided with a lighting device for illuminating the inside at night or the like. FIG. 6 shows an example of a conventional illumination device for an article storage room. A lamp 2 for illuminating the article storage room in an illumination device case 1 attached to a frame constituting a rear body of a motorcycle, and the lamp. A switch device 3 for ON / OFF control of the lighting of 2 is housed.

The switch device 3 is provided with a shaft 4 slidably held on the case 1, and a guide 5 for guiding the sliding of the shaft 4 is attached to the case 1. Case 1
Inside, there is provided a spring 6 which contacts the lower end of the shaft 4 and urges the shaft 4 outward (upward). As shown by an arrow A, the shaft 4 slides with respect to the case 1 and moves forward and backward by being pressed from above by a seat boss or the like (not shown) against the bias of the spring 6.

Then, inside the case 1, a lamp 2 for article storage room is provided.
Contact 7 for turning on the shaft 4
The lower end of the shaft 4 comes into contact with the contact 7 when slid to the uppermost side by the bias of the spring 6, and the shaft 4 slides downward against the bias of the spring 6 by pressing from the arrow A. A conductive plate 8 that is sometimes separated from the contact 7 is provided.

In this article storage room lighting device, when the seat seat covered by the upper opening of the article storage room is closed, the shaft 4 resists the bias of the spring 6 by the seat boss provided on the seat sheet as shown by arrow A. And slide down,
The contact between the contact 7 and the conductive plate 8 is separated, and the article storage room lamp 2 is turned off. Therefore, when the rider is seated on the seat and the rider is sitting on the motorcycle to drive the motorcycle, the article storage room lamp remains off.

On the other hand, when the helmet, small articles, etc. are taken in and out of the article storage room by opening the seat, there is no pressing shown by the arrow A, so that the shaft 4 is slid most upward by the bias of the spring 6 and The conductive plate 8 comes into contact, and the article storage room lamp 2 is turned on.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The conventional article storage room lighting device has the following problems.

That is, when performing maintenance of a vehicle, maintenance may be performed while the seat is kept open. In this case, since there is no pressing by the seat boss, the contact 7 and the conductive plate 8 remain in contact. During the maintenance, the article storage room lamp 2 is always lit. For this reason, the power of the battery may be consumed during vehicle maintenance, and the voltage of the battery may decrease rapidly.

Further, the article storage room lamp 2 is convenient for putting a helmet, small articles, etc. into and out of the article storage room mainly at night, but is often not necessary during the day. However, the conventional article storage room lighting device is turned on day and night, and causes power consumption of the battery as in the above case.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can automatically turn off and hold a lamp for an article storage room separately from opening and closing of a seat, and can prevent power consumption of a battery. An object of the present invention is to provide an illumination device for a wheeled article storage room.

[Configuration of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) According to the present invention, an article storage chamber is formed in a rear body, one end of a seat provided to cover an upper opening of the article storage chamber is pivotally supported on the rear body, and the vicinity of the pivot section is supported. The rear body is provided with a lighting device case, and the case is provided with a spring that slidably holds the mover and biases the mover toward the seat, while opening and closing the seat with a pivot at the center. A contact portion for contacting the mover and sliding the mover against the bias of the spring is provided; the case is provided with a lighting contact point for the lamp for the article storage room; and the mover is biased by the spring. A contact portion that comes into contact with the contact when sliding to the seat side most, and separates from the contact when the mover slides against the bias of the spring by the contact portion. Child, sprit In the article storage room lighting device for a motorcycle in which the switch for the article storage room lamp is constituted by the ring, the contact portion, the contact point, and the conducting portion, the engaging portion is provided on the case, while the movable member is provided with the engaging portion. The engaging portion is not engaged with the locking portion due to the sliding by the contact portion, and can be engaged with the locking portion when the sliding portion is further slid against the bias of the spring than the sliding by the contact portion. A joint is provided.

(Operation) In the case where the article storage room lamp is turned off and held while the seat is open, the movable element is slid against the bias of the spring, and the sliding movement of the seat by the contact portion of the seat is prevented. Is further slid, and the engaging portion provided on the mover is engaged with the locking portion provided on the case, and is held in that state. When the mover is held in a state of being engaged with the locking portion, the contact point and the conducting portion are kept apart, and the lamp for the article storage room is maintained in the unlit state.

On the other hand, when releasing the turned-off state of the article storage room lamp, the engagement between the engaging portion provided on the mover and the locking portion provided on the case is released, and the pressing force on the mover is released. As a result, the mover slides due to the bias of the spring, and the contact and the conductive portion come into contact with each other, so that the article storage room lamp is turned on.

As described above, since the lamp for the article storage room can be arbitrarily kept off in a state where the seat is opened, power consumption of the battery can be prevented.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of a lighting device for a goods storage room of a motorcycle according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a scooter having the above embodiment. In this figure, the scooter 10 has a U-shaped deeply curved shape between a handle 12 for operating a front wheel 11 and a seat 13. The seat 13 is provided above the rear body 14, and the rear body 14 is made of a steel plate.
The rear body 14 is welded to the rear end 16 of the pipe frame 15, and functions as a rear frame.

The pipe frame 15 is formed from the head pipe 17 along the U-shaped curved shape. This pipe frame 15
, A leg shield 18 and a step board 19 are arranged. The engine 20 is a unit swing type integrated with the rear wheel 21 and is pivotally supported by a bracket 22 fixed to the rear end portion 16 of the pipe frame. In addition, the engine 20 is a buffer unit
Suspended by 23. Above the engine 20 and the rear wheel 21, a body cover 24 connected to a lower rear portion of the rear body 14 is provided, and is provided to cover a fuel tank 25 and the like mounted behind the rear body 14. Reference numeral 26 indicates a rear fender.

The rear body 14 has a space in which at least the helmet 27 can be stored, and forms an article storage room. An opening 28 is formed in the upper part of the rear body 14, and a flange 29 is provided upright on the periphery of the opening 28. The front end of the seat 13 is pivotally supported by a hinge 30 serving as a pivot, and functions as an openable / closable lid that covers the upper opening 28 of the rear body 14 and the upper opening 31 of the rear end of the body cover 24.

Near the hinge 30 of the rear body 14, as shown in FIG. 3, an article storage room lighting device 33 is provided. The article storage room lighting device 33 includes a lighting device case 34 in the article storage room near the hinge 30, and the case 34 is fixed to the rear body 14. As shown in FIG. 1, a shaft 35 is slidably held in the case 34 as a mover in the vertical direction, and a guide 36 for guiding the sliding of the shaft 35 is attached to the case 34.

In the case 34, a lamp 37 for illuminating the article storage room is provided.
And a spring 38 for urging the shaft 35 upward.
Is accommodated. On the other hand, a seat boss 39 as a contact portion is provided inside the vicinity of the hinge 30 of the seat 13, and by opening and closing the seat 13 around the hinge 30, the seat boss 39 contacts the upper end of the shaft 35, spring
Slide the shaft 35 downward against the bias of 38, and
It is designed to be pushed into 34.

A contact 40 for turning on the lamp 37 is provided near the shaft 35 in the case 34, and the contact 40 is connected to the lamp 37 and a battery (not shown) by wiring (not shown). On the other hand, at the lower end of the shaft 35, a conductive plate 41 is provided as a conductive part for supplying a current between the contacts 40,40.
The conductive plate 41 comes into contact with the contacts 40 and 40 when the shaft 35 is slid most upward by the bias of the spring 38, and the shaft 35
Is pressed by the seat boss 39, and is fixed to the lower end of the shaft 35 so as to be separated from the contacts 40, 40 when sliding downward against the bias of the spring 38.

An engaging element 42 is fixed to the lower end of the shaft 35,
The upper surface of the spring 38 is connected to the lower surface of the engagement element 42.
A part of the engaging element 42 is provided with an engaging part 44 that can be engaged with a locking part 43 formed on the inner wall of the case 34. The locking portion 43 is provided with a protrusion 43a protruding downward in a hook shape and a concave portion 43b depressed upward.
Are provided, a concave portion 43b of the locking portion 43 and a projecting portion 44a of the engaging portion 44.
In addition, the protruding portion 43a of the locking portion 43 and the concave portion 44b of the engaging portion 44 are formed into a shape that fits and engages each other.

The locking portion 43 and the engaging portion 44 are the same as those shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, when the shaft 35 is pushed into the case 34 by the seat boss 39 of the seat 13 against the bias of the spring 38, the engaging portion 43 and the engaging portion 44 do not engage ( (See FIG. 4), the shaft of the rider or the like is further deepened than the pressing by the seat boss 39 against the bias of the spring 38.
It is provided at a position where the engaging portion 43 and the engaging portion 44 can be engaged when the 35 is pushed into the case 34 (see FIG. 5).

Between the shaft 35, the case 34, and the guide 36, the locking portion 43 is
A predetermined gap 45 is formed so that the and the engagement portion 44 can be engaged.

Note that the shapes of the locking portion 43 and the engaging portion 44 are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and the protrusions 43a and 44a and the concave portions 43b and 44b do not necessarily need to be provided. Stop 4
Any shape can be used as long as it can be engaged with and maintain the engaged state.

In this embodiment, when the seat 13 is opened and closed in a normal use state, the shaft 35 is pushed into the case 34 only up to the position shown in FIG. 4, and the engaging portion 44 does not engage with the locking portion 43. Therefore, the opening and closing of the seat 13 allows the lamp 37 for the article storage room to be turned on and off.

When the lamp 37 for the article storage room is turned off with the seat 13 opened, and the light-off state is maintained, the upper part of the shaft 35 is pressed downward by a finger or the like, and the spring 38 is biased. , The shaft 35 is pushed into the case 34. When the shaft 35 is pushed into the case 34 against the urging of the spring 38 further deeper than when pushed by the seat boss 39 of the seat 13, the engaging portion 43 and the engaging portion 44 can be engaged. It becomes a state.

Therefore, the upper end of the shaft 35 is moved to the side, and the engaging portion 44 is engaged with the locking portion 43, and is held in that state. Therefore, in this state, since the conductive plate 41 is not in contact with the contacts 40, 40 and is in a distant state, power is not supplied to the lamp 37, and the lamp 37 remains off.

To release the engagement between the engaging portion 44 and the locking portion 43, the upper end of the shaft 35 is moved to the side while the shaft 35 is pushed downward. Then, the engagement state between the engagement portion 44 and the engagement portion 43 is released, so that the pressing force from the upper portion of the shaft 35 is released, and the shaft 35 is pushed upward by the bias of the spring 38, and the conductive plate 41 contacts the contacts 40, 40, power is supplied to the lamp 37, and the lamp 37 is turned on.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the lamp 37 for the article storage room can be turned off with the seat 13 opened, and the turned-off state can be maintained. When it is not necessary to turn on the lamp 37, the lamp 37 is turned off and held, so that power consumption of the battery can be prevented. Further, in order to prevent the power consumption of the battery from being consumed, the maintainability is improved without removing the battery.

In the above embodiment, the scooter 10 has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a motorcycle other than the scooter, and has the same effect.

〔The invention's effect〕

The article storage room lighting device for a motorcycle according to the present invention is provided with a locking portion in the lighting device case, but does not engage with the locking portion by sliding of the movable element by the contact portion. An engaging portion is provided that can engage with the locking portion when sliding against the urging of the spring more deeply than the sliding by, so that the lamp for the article storage room is turned off when the seat is opened. As a result, the light-off state can be maintained, and power consumption of the battery can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a motorcycle storage device illumination device for a motorcycle according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a scooter provided with the above-described embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are cross-sectional views showing an operation state of the above embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional article storage room lighting device. 13 ... seat, 14 ... rear body, 30 ... hinge,
33: Lighting device for article storage room, 34: Case, 35: Shaft, 36: Guide, 37: Lamp, 38: Spring, 39: Seat boss, 40: Contact, 41: Conductive plate, 42
… Engagement element, 43… locking part, 44… engagement part, 45… gap.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An article storage chamber is formed in a rear body, and one end of a seat provided to cover an upper opening of the article storage chamber is pivotally supported on the rear body. The case is provided with a spring that slidably holds the mover in the case and urges the mover toward the seat, while contacting the mover by opening and closing the seat around a pivot. A contact portion for sliding the mover against the bias of the spring is provided, a lighting contact for the article storage room lamp is provided on the case, and the mover is slid to the most seat side by the bias of the spring. A contact portion that comes into contact with the contact when moved, and separates from the contact when the mover slides against the bias of the spring by the contact portion; these cases, the mover, the spring, and the contact portion; , Contacts and In the article storage room lighting device for a motorcycle in which the switch for the article storage room lamp is constituted by the through portion, the locking portion is provided in the case, and the movable member is slid by the contact portion. An engaging portion is provided which is not engaged with the locking portion but is engageable with the locking portion when slid more deeply than the sliding by the contact portion against the bias of the spring. An article storage room lighting device for a motorcycle.