JP3250443B2 - High mount stop lamp device for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a high-mount stop lamp device for a vehicle, and more particularly to an improvement in a base mounted on a vehicle body while holding a light source unit, and a cover for covering the base.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle has a base mounted on a vehicle body while holding a light source unit, and a flexible cover mounted on the base and covering the base. There is something. To mount this vehicle high mount stop lamp device to the rear of the vehicle body, for example, attach the base to the rear of the vehicle by screwing, then fit the cover to the base and fix it with screws, or when attaching the base to the rear of the vehicle body The cover is fastened together.

[0003]

However, since the high-mount stop lamp device for a vehicle is often installed in a narrow space between the tonneau board at the rear of the vehicle body and the rear window glass, the cover is attached to the base by screwing. With a configuration that does not have enough room for assembling work, it is difficult to assemble it.In addition, when a failure occurs in the light source, the cover must be removed from the base, and it is difficult to remove it. is there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. After a base holding a light source unit is mounted on a vehicle body, a cover can be firmly mounted on the base with one touch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle which can be easily removed.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle, the base being mounted on a vehicle body while holding a light source unit, and And a flexible cover that covers the base and is formed on the front side of the base. An engagement claw projecting downward is formed on the front side of the base, and an abutting projection that projects upward and contacts the cover. A front end of the cover is engaged with the engaging claw by a horizontal pressing force applied to the cover when the cover is guided from the base and mounted in a horizontal direction. And a barrier portion which the contact protrusion comes into contact with and gets over, while a rear end of the cover is engaged with a rear end of the base to prevent the cover from rotating in a direction of lifting the cover. A rotation restricting portion is formed. Preferably, the rotation restricting portion has a fitting recess, and the base has a fitting projection fitted to the fitting recess, and the fitting is performed when the cover is mounted to the base from a horizontal direction. The mating projection is fitted into the fitting recess. More preferably, a pair of guide portions for guiding the cover from diagonally above to the base are formed on the base at an interval in a vehicle width direction, and the cover is guided by the pair of guide portions and A pair of guided portions surrounding the pair of guide portions from outside is formed.

According to the present invention, when the cover is pushed in from the horizontal direction toward the rear side of the vehicle body, the engaging claw formed on the front end side of the base of the base engages with the engaged portion formed on the front end side of the vehicle body of the cover. Is engaged with the cover, the cover is attached to the base, and the cover is lifted up from the front end side of the cover using a bayonet tool, whereby the engagement between the engaging claw and the engaged claw is released. It is possible to easily remove the cover from.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a high-mount stop lamp device for a vehicle according to the present invention mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle body. In FIG. The base to hold, 3 is this base 1
Is a flexible cover that covers the base 1 by being attached to the base. This high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle is mounted in a narrow space 6 between a tonneau board 4 and a rear window glass 5 at the rear of the vehicle body. The cover 3 has a curved shape that covers the base 1 so that light from the light source unit 2 does not leak from the front side of the vehicle body. As shown in FIG. 2, the base 1 is provided with mounting portions 7, 7, openings 8, 8 for mounting the light source 2 on its upper surface side, and a screw boss portion for fixing the light source 2. 9 are formed. An inclined plate portion 10 is formed on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the installation portions 7 of the base 1. The inclined plate portion 10 has an inclined surface 10a whose rear end side is more steeply inclined downward than the front end side. A pair of guide portions 11 are formed on the inclined plate portion 10 at intervals in the vehicle width direction. Guide ribs 11a, 11a are formed at the upper end of the guide portion 11 on the side of the installation portion 7 side. The peripheral edge of the inclined plate portion 10 is provided with a contact rib 10b which also serves as a reinforcement at a lower portion thereof. As shown in FIG. 3, the pair of guide portions 11 have a shape that curves in a direction approaching each other. In the lower part of the base 1, near the boundary between the inclined plate portion 10 and the installation portions 7, 7 as shown in FIG.
A pair of abutting portions 13 that abut against the inclined portion 12a of the vehicle body panel 12 are formed at intervals in the vehicle width direction.

A vehicle body panel 12 is provided at a lower portion of a front end of the base 1.
Are formed at intervals in the vehicle width direction. The pair of abutting portions 14 are formed by a pair of side walls 14 extending downward.
a, 14a and an abutting wall portion 14c abutting against the inclined portion 12b. A screw insertion hole 14d is formed in the abutting wall portion 14c, and the base 1 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 12 by a screw member (not shown). As shown in FIG. 4, holding projections 16, 16, 17 for holding a power supply line 15 (see FIG. 5) to the light source unit 2 are formed on the lower surface of the base 1 so as to protrude downward. . A pair of engaging claws 18 projecting downward from the lower surface of the front end of the base 1.
Are formed. The pair of engaging claws 18 have fitting recesses 19. The engaging claws 18 are formed with engaging claws 20 and 21 before and after the fitting recess 19. A pair of abutting projections 20 ′ projecting upward are formed on the upper surface of the front end of the base 1 at a location opposite to the engaging claw portion 18.
Guide flanges 7a, 7a are formed on the installation portions 7, 7 of the base 1. The guide flanges 7a, 7a function as regulating members for guiding the cover 3 from the horizontal direction toward the rear side.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cover 3 has a pair of barrier portions 21 ′ on the rear side and on the front end upper side thereof.
′, And a pair of engaged portions 22 that engage with the pair of engagement claws 18 are formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the engaged portion 22 includes a pair of side walls 23, an inclined plate portion 24 connected to the pair of side walls 23, and an engaged plate portion that engages with the engaging claw 20. 25. The inclined plate portion 24 has an entry hole 26 into which the engagement claw 21 enters. A pair of guide portions 11 is provided on the rear side of the cover 3.
Are formed in a pair of guided portions 27, 27 having a shape corresponding to. The pair of guided portions 27, 27 surround the pair of guide portions 11 from the outside, and have a shape inclined downward toward the rear end of the vehicle. The pair of guided parts 2
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, fitting portions 28 and 28 are formed at the rear ends of the members 7 and 27, respectively. The fitting portion 28 has a wall portion 29, a wall portion 30 that is bent toward the wall portion 29 and extends inward, and a wall portion 31 that is bent toward the wall portion 30 and extends rearward. The wall portion 29 and the wall portion 31 are formed so as to expand toward the rear end, and a substantially V-shaped fitting recess into which a fitting to be described later fits between the wall portion 29 and the wall portion 31. A place 32 is formed. As shown in FIG. 7, an inclined surface 31a that is inclined along the inclined surface 10a is formed on the upper surface side of the wall portion 31, and the inclined surface 31a is formed on the inclined surface 31a.
A semicircular small-diameter projection 33 ′ abutting on Oa is formed. On the back side of the cover 3, near the guided portions 27, 27, a reinforcing / guide rib 33 is formed. The base 1 has a pair of fitting projections 34 formed at the lower rear end thereof so as to correspond to the fitting recesses 32. The pair of fitted projections 34 are formed to face each other inward as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cover 3 is slid from obliquely above the base 1 along the guide portion 11 of the base 1 to be set horizontally. When the contact projection 20 'comes into contact with and goes over the barrier portion 21' due to the horizontal pressing force applied to the cover 3, the engagement claw 21 enters the entry hole 26 and engages. Claw 20 is engaged plate portion 2
5 is engaged. At this time, the fitting projection 34 is
And the front end and the rear end of the cover 3 are attached to the base 1. At this time, the wall 3 forming a part of the fitting recess 32
Numeral 0 is located below the inclined plate portion 10, and when grasping and lifting the rear end of the cover 3 by hand, abuts against the lower portion of the inclined plate portion 10, and the wall portion 30 prevents rotation in the direction of lifting the cover 3. It functions as a rotation restricting portion.

When removing the cover 3 from the base 1,
As shown in FIG. 1, an insertion tool 35 such as a flathead screwdriver is inserted from the front end side of the body of the cover 3, inserted between the cover 3 and the base 1, and the cover 3 is lifted up. The engagement with the engagement claw portion 22 is released. Thereby, the cover 3 can be removed from the base 1.

In each of the drawings used for describing the embodiments of the present invention, a base 1, a cover 3
The detailed shapes of unnecessary portions are omitted for convenience of explanation when explaining the concept of the present invention.

[0013]

As described above, the high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle according to the present invention is configured as described above. After the base holding the light source unit is mounted on the vehicle body, the cover is securely mounted on the base with one touch. And the cover can be easily removed from its base.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a state in which a high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle according to the present invention is mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle body.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the base shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view of the base shown in FIG. 1 viewed from the rear side of the vehicle body.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the base shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a view of the base shown in FIG. 1 with a cover attached and viewed from the inside.

6 is a perspective view of the cover shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the cover shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the front side.

8 is a diagram illustrating a procedure for mounting the cover shown in FIG. 1 on a base.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Base 2 ... Light source part 3 ... Cover 18 ... Engagement claw part 20 '... Contact protrusion 21' ... Barrier part 22 ... Engaged part 28 ... Fitting part 30 ... Wall part (rotation restriction part) 32 ... Mating protrusion

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base that holds a light source unit and is mounted on a vehicle body, and a flexible cover that is mounted on the base and covers the base, and protrudes downward from a front side of the base. An engaging claw is formed, and a contact protrusion is formed to protrude upward and abut against the cover. The cover is guided by the base at a front end side of the cover and is attached to the cover when mounted from a horizontal direction. An engaged portion that engages with the engaging claw portion and a barrier portion that the abutting projection portion abuts and climbs over by the applied horizontal pressing force are formed, while the rear end side of the cover has the A high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle, wherein a rotation restricting portion is formed which is engaged with a rear end side of a base to prevent rotation in a direction of lifting the cover. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the rotation restricting portion has a fitting recess, and the base has a fitting projection fitted to the fitting recess, and the cover is mounted on the base from a horizontal direction. 2. The high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the fitted projection is fitted into the fitting recess. 3. A pair of guide portions for guiding the cover from diagonally above to the base are formed on the base at an interval in a vehicle width direction, and the cover is guided by the pair of guide portions. The high mount stop lamp device for a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of guided portions surrounding the pair of guide portions from outside. 4. A base mounted on the vehicle body while holding the light source unit, and a flexible cover mounted on the base and covering the base, wherein the cover is directed from a horizontal direction to a rear side of the vehicle body. The cover can be mounted by being engaged with an engaged claw formed on the vehicle body front end side of the base by engaging an engaged portion formed on the vehicle body front end side of the cover. A high mount stop for a vehicle capable of releasing the cover from the base by releasing the engagement between the engaging claw and the engaged claw by lifting the cover from the front end using an insertion tool. Lamp device.