JP3147748U - Vehicle light emitter and hinge door open / close notification device - Google Patents

Abstract

A light emitter for a vehicle that can be easily added to a vehicle body and a hinge door open / close notification device using the same.
A vehicle has a boarding opening at a side of a vehicle body, and a pillar is provided at the rear of the boarding opening. The vehicle 20 is provided with a hinge door 24 that opens and closes the entrance / exit opening 22. A user who intends to add a light emitter to the vehicle 20 attaches and fixes the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B to the rear end face 25 and the lower end face 26 of the hinge door 24, respectively. Thereafter, a cable is connected and wiring is performed so that the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B are turned on and off in synchronization with the opening and closing of the hinge door 24.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle light emitter and a hinge door open / close notification device using the same.

  Conventionally, for example, an automobile in which a light emitter is mounted on a free end of a hinge door or the like has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). As described above, in an automobile, a light emitter for exclusively warning and alerting other vehicles is provided in addition to a light emitter for driving illumination such as a headlamp.

JP 2001-246932 A

  As described above, the automobile is provided with a light emitting body exclusively for the purpose of warning or alerting other vehicles. However, there are cases where the user wants to further wear a light emitter according to his / her vehicle usage conditions.

  However, in order to provide a mounting hole or the like in a vehicle body (including a door) and newly arrange a light emitter, modification work and modification cost are required.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle light emitter that can be easily added to a vehicle body and a hinge door open / close notification device using the same.

  In order to solve the above problem, in the vehicle light emitter according to the first aspect, a plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed on one side of the base member, while on the other side of the base member. An adhesive layer that can be attached to the rear end surface or lower end surface of a hinge door that is pivotally supported by the vehicle body and opens and closes the opening is formed.

  Therefore, it is possible to easily increase the number of light emitters in the vehicle by sticking the vehicle light emitter to the rear end surface or lower end surface of the hinge door with the adhesive layer.

  Further, in the vehicle light emitter according to the invention described in claim 2, the base member has flexibility.

  In other words, the body of an automobile including a hinge door is formed with a curved surface, but the base member is flexible, so that any curved surface can be followed to attach the vehicle light emitter to the hinge door. can do.

  The vehicle light emitter according to the invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the light emitting diodes are arranged in a line. Therefore, the overall shape of the light emitter for the vehicle becomes a long and narrow shape and can be easily deformed following the vehicle body, for example, by utilizing a gap existing between the rear end surface or lower end surface of the hinge door and the vehicle body. The hinge door can be disposed on the rear end surface or the lower end surface of the hinge door.

  In the vehicle light emitter according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a recess is formed on one side of the base member, the plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed on the bottom surface of the recess, and the recess The inside is filled with a transparent resin.

  Therefore, the light from the light emitting diode is radiated to the outside through the transparent resin without any trouble, and contamination of the light emitting diode is prevented by the transparent resin.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the light emitter for a vehicle according to the present invention, wherein the transparent resin is filled flush with a surface on one surface side of the base member.

  Therefore, the vehicular luminous body has no unevenness on one surface side of the base member, and is flush and prevents dirt from being attached.

  Moreover, in the vehicle light-emitting body which concerns on the design of Claim 6, a release paper is stuck on the surface of the said adhesion layer, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Therefore, in the state before use, the adhesive layer is protected by the release paper, and in use, it can be attached by a simple operation of removing the release paper.

  In the hinge door opening / closing notification device according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the vehicle light emitter according to any one of the first to fifth aspects is mounted on at least one of a rear part of a vehicle body having a hinge door or a rear end surface of the hinge door. And detecting means for detecting opening and closing of the hinge door, and lighting the light emitting diode of the vehicle light emitter in response to the detection of opening of the hinge door by the detection means, and the vehicle in response to detection of closing of the hinge door And a control means for turning off the light emitting diode of the light emitter.

  Therefore, when the hinge door starts to open, the vehicle light emitter is turned on. Thereby, it is possible to warn the rear vehicle or the like that the hinge door is opened and that there is a child or the like getting out of the vehicle. When the hinge door is closed, the vehicle light emitter is turned on.

  In the hinge door opening / closing notification device according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, a battery disposed on the vehicle body side is used as a power source for the vehicle light emitter.

  Therefore, as long as the battery arranged on the vehicle body side does not rise, there is no possibility of non-lighting and it is possible to ensure the certainty of stable lighting.

  According to the vehicle light emitter according to the present invention, the light emitter can be attached to any part of the vehicle having a hinge door or the like, and the light emitter can be easily added to the vehicle.

  Moreover, according to the hinge door opening / closing notification device according to the present invention, the vehicle light emitter is turned on when the hinge door starts to open. Thereby, it is possible to warn the rear vehicle or the like that the hinge door is opened and that there is a child or the like getting out of the vehicle.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

    (First embodiment)

    As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the vehicle light emitter 1 has a long base member 2. The base member 2 is formed of EPDM (ethylene propylene rubber), general rubber, or the like and has flexibility, and a concave portion 3 is formed on one surface side along the longitudinal direction. .

  A flexible substrate 4 is disposed on the bottom surface of the recess 3, and a cable 5 inserted from the tip end side of the base member 2 is connected to one end of the flexible substrate 4. On the flexible substrate 4, a resistor 6 and a surge suppressor diode 7 are arranged, and a plurality (eight in the present embodiment) of LEDs 8 are arranged in a line.

  The recess 3 is filled with a transparent resin 9 such as silicon. The transparent resin 9 is filled flush with the surface on the one surface side of the base member 2, whereby the recess 3 is closed flush.

  An adhesive layer 10 is formed on the other surface side of the base member 2. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 10 has a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape attached thereto, and a release paper 11 is attached to the surface.

    The vehicle light emitter 1 has, for example, a length of about 125 mm, a width of about 13 mm, and a thickness of about 6 mm.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the vehicle 20 on which the vehicle light emitter 1 is to be disposed has a boarding opening 22 at the side of the vehicle body 21 and a pillar 23 at the rear of the boarding opening 22. Is provided. Further, the vehicle 20 is provided with a hinge door 24 for opening and closing the entrance opening 22. The hinge door 24 has a front end portion pivotally supported by the vehicle body 21 to open and close the entrance opening 22, and has a rear end surface 25 and a lower end surface 26.

  In the present embodiment according to the above configuration, since the adhesive layer 10 is protected by the release paper 11 in the state before use, the vehicular luminous body 1 has dust and dirt attached to the adhesive layer 10. The viscosity does not decrease.

Then, the user who intends to add a light emitter to the vehicle 20 removes the release paper 11 from the vehicle light emitter 1 in a state where the release paper 11 is adhered, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B are attached and fixed to the rear end face 25 and the lower end face 26 of the hinge door 24, respectively. At this time, it is preferable that the light emitting colors are different from each other, such that the vehicle light emitter 1A on the rear end face 25 is blue and the lower end face 26 vehicle light emitter 1B is white. Of course, both may have the same emission color.
Further, the vehicle light emitter 1A on the rear end face 25 may have orange, red, and white emission colors, but should not be blinked in accordance with the Road Traffic Act. It may be a color adapted to Article 42 and Article 218. Thereafter, the cable 5 is connected, and in synchronization with the opening and closing of the hinge door 24, wiring is performed so that the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B are turned on and off. The lighting and extinguishing control of the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B will be described later.

  Therefore, by attaching the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B to the rear end surface 25 and the lower end surface 26 of the hinge door 24 by the adhesive layer 10, the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B can be easily added. Moreover, since the base member 2 has flexibility, the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B can be attached to follow any curved surface. Further, the vehicular light emitters 1A and 1B have an elongated shape as a whole, and therefore, the rear end surface of the hinge door 24 is utilized by utilizing the gaps between the rear end surface 25 and the lower end surface 26 of the hinge door 24 and the vehicle body 21. 25 and the lower end surface 26.

  Thus, the light from the LED 8 in the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B mounted on the rear end surface 25 and the lower end surface 26 of the hinge door 24 is radiated to the outside through the transparent resin 9 without any trouble, and is transmitted by the transparent resin 9. Dirt adherence to the LED 8 is prevented. Further, the vehicular light emitters 1A and 1B have no irregularities on one surface side of the base member 2 and are flush with each other, thereby preventing dirt from being attached.

  (Second Embodiment)

    FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the present embodiment. As illustrated, the controller 31 includes a CPU 32, a ROM 33, and a RAM 34. As shown in a flowchart described later, the ROM 33 stores a program for the CPU 32 to execute control, and the RAM 34 is used as a work area of the CPU 32 or the like.

  The CPU 32 is connected to an open / close sensor 35, a power source 36, and the plurality of vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B. The open / close sensor 35 is a sensor (open / close switch or the like) that generates a signal by detecting the fully open or fully closed hinge door 24. The power source 36 is a power source for causing the LEDs 8 of the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B to emit light, and is a vehicle-mounted battery mounted on the vehicle 20, a solar cell provided separately from the vehicle-mounted battery, and the vehicle light emitter 1A. , 1B battery may be used.

  In the present embodiment having the above configuration, the CPU 32 executes processing as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 according to the program. That is, based on the signal from the opening / closing sensor 35, it is determined whether or not the opening operation of the hinge door 24 is detected (step S101), and the process waits until the opening operation is detected.

  Then, when the occupant manually starts moving the hinge door 24 in the opening direction to get off, the determination in step S101 becomes YES. Accordingly, the process proceeds from step S101 to step S102, and the electric power from the power source 36 is supplied to the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B, thereby turning on the LEDs 8 of the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B (step S102). Therefore, when the hinge door 24 starts to open, the LEDs 8 of the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B are turned on, so that a rear vehicle or the like can be warned that there is a child or the like getting out of the vehicle.

  Next, based on the signal from the open / close sensor 35, it is determined whether or not the hinge door 24 is fully closed (step S103), and the lighting state is maintained until the fully closed state is detected. Therefore, in the state where the hinge door 24 is open, the foot of the passenger can be illuminated by the vehicle light emitter 1B.

  Then, when the occupant completes getting off or completes getting on and the hinge door 24 is manually closed by manually operating the hinge door 24, the determination in step S103 becomes YES. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S103 to step S104, and the LED 8 of the vehicle light emitters 1A and 1B is turned off by cutting off the power from the power source 36 (step S104).

It is a top view of the light-emitting body for vehicles which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC ′ in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB ′ in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ in FIG. 1. It is a perspective view which shows a mounting state. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light-emitting body for vehicles 2 Base member 3 Recessed part 4 Flexible substrate 5 Cable 8 LED
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 Transparent resin 10 Adhesive layer 11 Release paper 20 Vehicle 21 Car body 22 Opening / exiting part 23 Rear pillar 24 Hinge door 25 Rear end surface 31 Controller 32 CPU
33 ROM
34 RAM
35 Open / close sensor 36 Power supply

Claims (8)

  A plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed on one side of the base member, and the front end of the base member is attached to the rear end or lower end of the hinge door that is pivotally supported by the vehicle body and opens and closes the opening. A light-emitting body for a vehicle, wherein a possible adhesive layer is formed.   2. The vehicle light emitter according to claim 1, wherein the base member has flexibility.   3. The vehicle light emitter according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting diodes are arranged in a line.   4. A concave portion is formed on one side of the base member, the plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed on the bottom surface of the concave portion, and the concave portion is filled with a transparent resin. The light emitter for vehicles as described.   The vehicle light-emitting body according to claim 4, wherein the transparent resin is filled flush with a surface on one surface side of the base member.   The vehicle light-emitting body according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein release paper is adhered to a surface of the adhesive layer. The vehicle light emitter according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is disposed on at least one of a rear end surface and / or a lower end surface of a hinge door whose front end is pivotally supported by the vehicle body and opens and closes the opening,
Detecting means for detecting opening and closing of the hinge door;
Control means for turning on the light emitting diode of the vehicle light emitter in response to the opening detection of the hinge door by the detection means and turning off the light emitting diode of the vehicle light emitter in response to detection of closing of the hinge door is provided. A hinge door opening / closing notification device characterized by the above.   8. The hinge door opening / closing notification device according to claim 7, wherein a battery disposed on the vehicle body side is used as a power source of the vehicle light emitter.

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