JP3118400U - Auxiliary light device for automobile side mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve safety and convenience when a vehicle is backed at night, left and right, and has a dual use function of a back illumination lamp and a multi-directional lamp in a side mirror.
The present invention includes a back illumination lamp 3 that is mainly on the inside and a multi-directional lamp 4 that is provided on the outside and has a front, side, and rear three-way indicator lamp function. Installed, the back lighting is synchronized for the first time when the car light and the back light act simultaneously, and creates a lighting function for the rear rear wheel position of the car at the time of night back, Because it synchronizes with directional lights, the side mirror has a forward, side, and backward multidirectional directional light indicating function to improve safety and convenience when driving a vehicle at night or turning left / right. Improve the use effect and added value of the mirror.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a kind of auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror, and more particularly to an auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror in which the side mirror has a function of using a back illumination lamp and a multidirectional direction indicator lamp.

Side mirrors are installed on both sides of an automobile, and these side mirrors are generally composed of an outer casing and a mirror, and currently used side mirrors often indicate direction lights by installing direction lights on the outer casing. It also has a function.
However, a directional lamp installed on a known side mirror is generally installed on the outer casing of the side mirror, and most of the outer casing is located on the outer surface because the back and a small part of the mirror are located on the outer surface. Due to body shaping limitations, the installed directional lights have only a single-direction indicating function for pointing forward.
As a result, the direction function of the direction light is relatively limited, and the direction light information when the vehicle turns right / left turns from a multi-direction vehicle, particularly a vehicle or a two-wheeled vehicle running in parallel in the same direction. I can't let you know. In addition, since the plastic translucent lantern of the direction lamp is installed on the side mirror housing that protrudes directly to the outside, there is a high probability of being collided and it is easily damaged, and the car owner must replace the side mirror. Cause problems.
Also, when performing the back at night, the driver often does not clearly know the situation behind the rear wheel, so if a back lighting auxiliary light can be installed on the side mirror, the light can be turned on during the back.
That is, it is highly necessary to install a direction lamp or a back illumination lamp on the side mirror, and there is no related design that can provide a satisfactory function at present.
JP 2005-254969 A

The known structure has the following drawbacks.
That is, a known side mirror has a configuration in which a direction light is installed on an outer casing.
However, a directional lamp installed on a known side mirror is generally installed on the outer casing of the side mirror, and thus is limited in molding of the outer casing, and the directional lamp has only a unidirectional instruction function for pointing forward. Have. In addition, since the structure is installed on a side mirror housing that protrudes directly to the outside, there is a high probability of being collided and easily damaged, and the car owner often has to replace the side mirror. .
In addition, there is no doubt that it will be very convenient if a back-lighting auxiliary light is installed on the side mirror when performing the back at night, but there are no related designs that are sufficient to provide good functions at present. I can't.
The present invention provides an auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror that solves the problems of the above structure.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror.
It consists mainly of a back illuminating lamp that is closer to the inside and a multi-directional lamp that is closer to the outside and has forward, sideward, and backward indicator lamp functions, and the overall structure is the bottom area of the side mirror. The back illumination lamp is synchronized for the first time under the situation where the car lamp and the back lamp act simultaneously, and the multi-directional lamp synchronizes with the original direction light of the automobile, thereby making the side mirror Has the dual use function of the back lighting and multi-directional light, thus effectively improving the safety and convenience when the car is backed at night, left and right, and the use effect and addition of the side mirror Value can be enhanced, that is, the present invention combines a back lighting and a multi-directional lamp and installs it in the bottom area of the side mirror to reduce the risk of damage due to collision and support. It does not affect the existing use function of the mirror, and has the dual function of the back lighting and multi-directional light, thus enhancing the use function of the side mirror and increasing the motivation for the use or installation of the car owner In addition, the direction light in the auxiliary light device of the present invention has a multi-directional direction light display function such as forward, side, and backward, and the left / right turn information during driving is effective for the front, side or rear car The effect of warning for vehicles or two-wheeled vehicles that are traveling in parallel in the same direction is clear, which can improve the safety and convenience when turning left / right of the vehicle, and the present invention The auxiliary lamp device can be installed directly on the inside of the bottom surface of the side mirror housing to form an integral body, or a different type of structure can be manufactured and installed on the bottom surface of the side mirror housing as necessary. Existing use of mirror Without affecting the function and thus to reduce the manufacturing or installation costs by simplifying the structure an auxiliary lamp device of a motor vehicle side mirror according to claim.

That is, the invention of claim 1 is mainly installed on the bottom portion of the side mirror, and includes a back illuminating lamp and a multidirectional lamp, and the back illuminating lamp is located inside the multidirectional lamp. A projection lamp source and a condensing cover, the projection lamp source corresponding to the central axis of the projection light formed by the condensing cover and facing the rear wheel position of the automobile, and the projection lamp source is the automobile lamp The multi-directional lamp is located outside the back illumination lamp, and includes an internal light source and a translucent lamp, and the lamp source is an automobile lamp. Synchronizing with existing directional lights, the translucent lantern has at least three front, outer, and rear light-transmitting sections, and thus the light from the lamp source has three light-transmitting sections that are forward, outward, and rearward. An auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror characterized by irradiating.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the back illumination lamp and the multi-directional lamp are installed inside the extending portion on the bottom surface of the outer casing of the side mirror. It is a lighting device.
The invention of claim 3 is the auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the back illumination lamp and the multidirectional lamp are arranged in parallel to the inside and outside of the vehicle body. is there.
The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the projection type light source of the back illumination lamp is installed at a position recessed inward to some extent from the outer end opening of the back illumination lamp. This is an auxiliary light device.
The invention of claim 5 is the auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the internal light source of the multi-directional lamp is a lamp type light source or an LED type light source.
The invention of claim 6 is the auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the number of internal lamp sources of the multidirectional lamp is not limited.
The invention of claim 7 is characterized in that the translucent lantern is installed at the outer end of the back lighting lamp at a stepped position facing outward. It is an auxiliary light device.
The invention of claim 8 is such that the auxiliary lamp device forms a structure, and the structure is installed in the outer casing, the back lighting lamp that is located inside the outer casing, and the multi-directional lamp that is located outside. 2. The auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the fixing structure is installed on a bottom surface of the outer housing of the side mirror and is connected to an electric control device related to the interior of the automobile by an electric conductive wire. It is.
The invention according to claim 9 is the auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the fixing structure is a waterproof structure.

  As described above, according to the back illumination lamp of the present invention, it synchronizes for the first time when the car light and the back light act simultaneously, and produces a lighting function for the rear rear wheel position of the car at the time of nighttime back, Since the multidirectional directional light of the present invention synchronizes with the existing directional light of the automobile, the side mirror has a forward, sideward and backward multidirectional directional light indicating function. Thus, the safety and convenience when the vehicle is backed at night or when turning left / right can be improved, and the use effect and added value of the side mirror can be enhanced.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, an auxiliary lamp device 1 for an automobile side mirror according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed on the bottom surface of a side mirror 2, and a back illumination lamp 3 and an outer side are located on the inside. The configuration of the multi-directional lamp 4 is included.
The relative positions of the back illumination lamp 3 and the multi-directional lamp 4 are preferably arranged in parallel to the inside and outside of the vehicle body, so that the two are arranged on the bottom surface 22 of the outer casing 21 of the side mirror 2. And is formed integrally with the side mirror 2.
Further, at an appropriate position on the bottom surface 22 of the outer casing 21 of the side mirror 2, the extending portion 23 is integrally formed, and thus the internal space of the extending portion 23 is formed by the back illumination lamp 3 and the multi-directional lamp 4. Related components such as electrical conductors or light sources can be installed. Further, the electric lead wire and the related electric control device in the vehicle are connected to each other, so that the back illumination lamp 3 and the multidirectional lamp 4 can achieve an expected operation state.
However, the electric connection structure and method are well-known techniques and are not a feature of the present invention, and therefore will not be described in detail.

The back illumination lamp 3 is located inside the multidirectional lamp 4 (position close to the car window) and mainly includes a projection lamp source 31 and a condensing cover 32 corresponding to each other.
The projection light central axis 33 formed to correspond to the light collecting cover 32 of the projection lamp source 31 is directed to the rear wheel position of the rear part of the automobile, and the vehicle lamp and the back lamp act simultaneously on the back illumination lamp 31. The first time you synchronize.
In other words, when the vehicle is backed at night or in a dark place, the car light and the back light act simultaneously (that is, they are turned on at the same time), and the projection light source 31 (back illumination light 3) is synchronized for the first time. In this way, a lighting function is produced for the rear wheel position of the vehicle (see FIG. 5). This enhances the visibility of the driver's rear body situation and enhances the safety and convenience of the nighttime back.
Further, the projection type lamp source 31 and the light collecting cover 32 are desirably a distance contracted to some extent inside the outer end opening 34 of the illuminating lamp 3, and thus the projection light does not irradiate the driver's eyes. Does not affect the back operation. Further, the size of the projection-type lamp source 31 is not constant, and the luminous intensity of the projection-type lamp source 31 only needs to have sufficient illumination with respect to the rear rear wheel position of the automobile.

The multi-directional lamp 4 is located outside the back lamp 3 (a position away from the window), and mainly has a light source 41 having an appropriate luminous intensity and forward, sideward and backward light emitting functions. Including translucent lantern 42.
The lamp source 41 synchronizes with an existing directional lamp of an automobile, and is a lamp type lamp source or an LED (light emitting diode) type lamp source. The number of lamp sources 41 is not limited, and a single lamp source 41 (such as a lamp type lamp source) can be used to irradiate projection light beams in three directions, front, side, and rear (see FIG. 4). ). Alternatively, one light source 41 (LED-type light source or the like) is installed in each of the three front, side, and rear directions, and light beams can be projected separately at the same time (not shown).
The cover of the translucent lantern 42 is installed on the outer surface of the extending portion 22 on the bottom surface 22 of the outer casing 21. The structure is a monolithic housing and includes at least three light-transmitting sections 42a, 42b, and 42c that are forward, outward (sideward), and rearward. Simultaneous and backward three-way lamp display function is provided (see Fig. 6). In this way, the left / right turn information of the vehicle can be effectively transmitted to a vehicle coming from the front, side or rear, and the warning effect for a vehicle or a motorcycle running in the same direction in parallel is even more obvious.
Thus, safety and convenience when turning left or right of the vehicle can be improved. Further, it is desirable that the translucent lantern 42 is installed in a plurality of staircase positions facing outward, and is installed at the outer end 34 of the illuminating lamp 3. Thus, the illuminating lamp 3 is installed in the translucent lantern 42. The light generated by the multidirectional lamp 4 that is shielded between the driver and the driver does not affect the driver's left / right turn operation.

Further, a power supply insertion base 35 is installed below the outer casing 21 of the back lighting 3 (see FIG. 7). The insertion base 35 is connected to a power source for automobiles, and the energization state is controlled by a switch in the car. can do. In use, when the switch is turned on in the vehicle and turned on, the insertion base 35 is used outside the vehicle, and personal electronic equipment such as a notebook PC or a small liquid crystal television can be used easily.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the auxiliary lamp device 1 for an automobile side mirror according to the embodiment of the present invention can be configured to manufacture another type of structure 5. The structure 5 includes an outer casing 51 and a back illumination lamp 3 installed inside the outer casing 51 and a multi-directional lamp 4 approaching the outside, and using a fixing structure 52 such as a double-sided tape, the structure 5 Is easily fixed on the bottom surface 22 of the outer casing 21 of the side mirror 2 by the fixing structure 52. In addition, the back lighting lamp 3 and the multi-directional lamp 4 can exhibit an expected working state by being connected to the related electric control device in the vehicle by the electric conducting wire 53.
The fixing structure 52 can be designed in various ways corresponding to the molding of the structure 5, and the fixing structure 52 has a waterproof function. The fixing structure 52 is a well-known technique and is not a feature of the present invention, so it will not be described in detail.
Due to the above-described structure, the structure 5 can be easily installed and used on the bottom surface 22 of the outer mirror 21 of the side mirror 2 as needed, and is compact and affects the function used depending on the side mirror 2. Thus, the use effect of the side mirror 2 can be enhanced, and the motivation to use the car owner can be improved.

It is a front three-dimensional instruction | indication figure of the Example of this invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional instruction diagram of the back illumination lamp in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional instruction diagram of the multi-directional lamp in FIG. It is a use condition instruction | indication figure of the back illuminating lamp of the Example of this invention. It is a use condition instruction diagram of the multi-directional light of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a use condition instruction diagram of the outlet installed separately according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a structure instruction | indication figure of another Example of the Example of this invention. FIG. 9 is an exploded instruction diagram of FIG. 8.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Auxiliary lamp apparatus 2 Side mirror 21 Outer casing 22 Bottom 23 Extension part 3 Back illumination lamp 31 Light source 32 Condensing cover 33 Projection light central axis 34 Outer end opening 35 Insertion stand 4 Multi-directional lamp 41 Lamp source 42 Lantern
42a, 42b, 42c Translucent section 5 Structure 51 Outer casing 52 Fixed structure 53 Conductive wire

Claims (9)

Mainly installed on the bottom of the side mirror, including back lighting and multi-directional light,
The back illumination lamp is located inside the multi-directional lamp and includes a projection lamp source and a condensing cover. The projection lamp source corresponds to the central axis of the projection light formed by the condensing cover. Heading to the rear rear wheel position, and the projection light source is synchronized for the first time when the car light and the back light act simultaneously,
The multidirectional directional lamp is located outside the back illumination lamp and includes an internal lamp source and a translucent lamp. The lamp source synchronizes with an existing directional lamp of an automobile, and the translucent lamp An auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror, characterized in that the kite has at least three front, outer, and rear light-transmitting sections, and thus the light from the lamp source irradiates the front, outer, and rear three light-transmitting sections. .   The auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the back illumination lamp and the multi-directional lamp are installed inside an extending portion on a bottom surface of the outer casing of the side mirror.   The auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the back illumination lamp and the multi-directional lamp are arranged in parallel to the inside and outside of the vehicle body.   2. The auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the projection lamp source of the back illumination lamp is installed at a position recessed inward to some extent from the outer end opening of the back illumination lamp.   2. The auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the internal lamp source of the multi-directional lamp is a lamp-type lamp source or an LED-type lamp source.   6. The auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the number of internal lamp sources of the multi-directional lamp is not limited.   The auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the translucent lantern is installed at an outer end of the back illumination lamp at a stepped position facing outward.   The auxiliary lamp device is configured to form a structure, and the structure includes an outer casing, a back illumination lamp installed inside the outer casing, and a multi-directional lamp approaching the outside. 2. The auxiliary lamp device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary lamp device is installed on a bottom surface of the outer casing of the side mirror and is connected to an electric control device related to the interior of the automobile by an electric conductive wire. The auxiliary light device for an automobile side mirror according to claim 1, wherein the fixing structure is a waterproof structure.

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