JP3622580B2 - vehicle - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention, vehicle related with the vehicle warning lamp for the light radiation warning light to the rear one.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Emergency vehicles such as patrol cars have a diffused warning light on the roof. However, this light-diffusing warning light has a drawback in that, when the trunk door at the rear part of the patrol car is opened, it is hidden by this trunk door and the warning light is prevented from being emitted backward. Therefore, there is a possibility that an accident in which the rear vehicle collides with the patrol car during the work with the trunk door opened. Therefore, it is conceivable to use a hazard lamp provided at the rear of the vehicle, but it is inferior to the warning light emitted by a diffused warning light and cannot be distinguished from ordinary vehicles. The driver's attention cannot be drawn strongly.
[0003]
For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-44641 and No. 3016501 disclose an emergency display device in which a light emitter such as a reflector or LED is attached to a trunk door of a vehicle, thereby alerting a driver of a rear vehicle. Is disclosed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a structure in which a reflector, LED, and the like are fixed to the inner surface of the trunk door, the visibility from the rear depends on the opening angle of the trunk door. In order to solve this problem, for example, it may be considered to improve the mounting structure to the trunk door so that the posture of the reflector is constant, but this makes the mounting structure complicated, and the trunk When closing the door, the reflector or the like may interfere with the luggage in the trunk. Furthermore, for example, if the posture of the reflector is held in the vertical direction, the visibility from the rear side is not always good when the emergency vehicle is stopped on a slope. It will be readily understood that a similar problem exists with LEDs having high radiation directivity.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above technical problem and to provide a vehicle provided with a vehicle warning light having good visibility from the rear.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is a vehicle provided with an emergency vehicle warning light at a predetermined external position, and an attachment member attached to an inner surface of a trunk door of the vehicle, A vehicle warning light having a rotating lamp fixed to a mounting member and emitting a rotating light along a plane substantially orthogonal to the left-right direction of the vehicle , and the emergency vehicle warning light being operated The vehicle further includes an operation permission switch that permits the operation of the rotating lamp .
[0007]
According to said structure, a rotating lamp is fixed to the inner surface of a trunk door via an attachment member. Therefore, in a state where the trunk door is opened, the attention of the rear vehicle can be strongly alerted by the light emitted from the rotating lamp. In addition, by appropriately selecting the emission color, it is possible to represent the type of the stopped vehicle, and for example, an emergency vehicle can be clearly distinguished from a general vehicle. Furthermore, since the revolving light can be operated in conjunction with the emergency vehicle warning light mounted on the emergency vehicle, the revolving light can be operated only when necessary.
[0008]
In the present invention, the rotating lamp emits rotating light along a plane substantially orthogonal to the vehicle width direction. Therefore, good visibility from the rear vehicle can be ensured regardless of the angle of the trunk door or the angle of the road surface on which the vehicle is stopped (angle relative to the horizontal plane). Of course, since there is no need for a complicated mounting structure for maintaining the posture of the rotating lamp at a constant level, the mounting member need only have a simple structure for fixing the rotating lamp to the inner surface of the trunk door.
[0009]
Vehicles of claim 2, wherein the Oite the vehicles according to claim 1, wherein the rotating lamp is to light projection position on the road surface to generate a rotating light rotating in the direction away from the rear of the vehicle It is characterized by this.
With this configuration, the light projection position of the light emitted from the rotating lamp moves in a direction away from the rear of the vehicle, so that the reflected light from the road surface quickly reaches the driver of the rear vehicle. In addition, the driver of the rear vehicle is strongly aware that there is a dangerous situation ahead because the light projection position approaches the host vehicle. Thereby, a driver's attention of a back vehicle can be alerted more effectively.
[0010]
Vehicles according to claim 3 is characterized in that it comprises a claim 1 or Oite the vehicles 2, wherein the left-right direction a pair of the rotating lamp located near the vehicle width ends of the vehicle Is.
In this configuration, a pair of rotating lamp is provided in the vicinity of the vehicle width across the lateral direction of the vehicle Tei Runode, be in the work such as out of the luggage standing behind the trunk, the light radiation from the rotating lamp There is an advantage that the vehicle width of the stopped vehicle can be easily recognized for the driver of the rear vehicle.
[0011]
Vehicles of claim 4 is Oite the vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 3, that in response to the trunk door is opened further comprising an actuation switch for actuating the rotating lamp It is characterized by.
In this configuration, since the rotating lamp is operated in response to the opening of the trunk door, useless power consumption can be avoided.
[0013]
Further , the rotating lamp is activated only when the emergency vehicle warning lamp is in operation and the trunk door is opened. Thus, for example, even when the visibility of the diffuse warning light arranged on the roof of the vehicle is hindered by the trunk door in the open state, the rotating lamp attached to the inner surface of the trunk door causes the rear vehicle The driver's attention can be strongly alerted.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a vehicle equipped with a vehicle warning light according to an embodiment of the present invention. This vehicle warning light 1 is used by being mounted on an emergency vehicle 2 such as a patrol car.
[0015]
The emergency vehicle 2 is equipped with a diffused warning light 4 disposed on the roof 3 and a pair of condensing lamps 5 and 5 disposed on the front portion as emergency vehicle warning lights. The vehicle warning light 1 is attached to the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6 of the emergency vehicle 2, and instead of the diffused warning light 4 that prevents light from being emitted rearward when the trunk door 6 is opened. In order to emit warning light to the vehicle behind.
[0016]
FIG. 2 is a front view of the vehicle warning light 1 (viewed from the rear of the vehicle 2), and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the vehicle warning light 1. FIG. The vehicle warning light 1 includes a long plate-like attachment member 8. A pair of rotating lamps 10 and 10 are fixed in the vicinity of both ends 8 a and 8 b of the mounting member 8. In other words, the pair of rotating lamps 10 and 10 are connected by the attachment member 8.
[0017]
The pair of rotating lamps 10 and 10 are arranged on the one surface 8c side of the mounting member 8 so as to face each other. Each rotating lamp 10 is provided with a lamp 11. In relation to the lamp 11, a bowl-shaped reflecting mirror 12 is rotatably provided. The lamp 11 and the reflecting mirror 12 are covered with a transparent red globe 13. When the rotating lamp 10 is operated, the rotating light is emitted by turning on the lamp 11 and rotating the reflecting mirror 12. At this time, the reflecting mirrors 12 of the two rotating lamps 10 rotate clockwise along a plane orthogonal to the extending direction of the mounting member 8 when viewed from the right side of FIG.
[0018]
In addition, the reflection plate 14 for reflecting the light emitted from the rear vehicle to the driver of the rear vehicle is disposed on the one surface 8c of the mounting member 8 in the central region excluding both ends.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the inside of the trunk room 15 of the emergency vehicle 2. The vehicle warning light 1 is attached to the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6 using, for example, screws that are inserted through insertion holes 17 (see FIG. 2) formed at the four corners of the attachment member 8. It is fixed to the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6 via the member 8. The vehicle warning lamp 1 has a longitudinal direction substantially along the vehicle width L1 direction in the left-right direction of the vehicle 2, and one surface 8c of the mounting member 8 is a front surface (with the trunk door 6 open, the vehicle 2 It is arrange | positioned so that it may become a back | facing surface.
[0019]
For this reason, the rotation light emitted when the reflecting mirror 12 rotates along the surface orthogonal to the direction in which the attachment member 8 extends is emitted along the surface substantially orthogonal to the vehicle width L1 direction. Further, since the reflecting mirror 12 rotates clockwise as viewed from the right side of FIG. 2, the rotating light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 causes the projection position on the road surface 16 to move away from the tail 2 a of the emergency vehicle 2. It rotates (see white arrow in FIG. 1)
[0020]
As described above, since the rotating lamp 10 is provided on the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6, the light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 is reflected on the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6, so that the surroundings of the trunk door 6 and the vehicle behind it. The emitted rotating light is brighter than the light quantity of the rotating lamp 10.
The length of the vehicle warning light 1 (mounting member 8) is set to be slightly shorter than the width L2 of the trunk door 6. After the vehicle warning light 1 is mounted, the end 8a of the mounting member 8 is connected to the trunk. It comes to be located in the pole vicinity of the side edge part 6a of the door 6. FIG. That is, the pair of rotating lights 10 and 10 disposed near both ends 8a and 8b of the mounting member 8 of the vehicle warning light 1 is disposed near both ends 2b in the vehicle width L1 direction in the left-right direction of the emergency vehicle 2. Become.
[0021]
Therefore, even when standing behind the trunk room 15 and performing operations such as loading and unloading, the light emitted from the rotating lights 10 and 10 is not easily obstructed, and for the driver of the vehicle behind, the emergency is stopped. The vehicle width L1 of the vehicle 2 can be easily recognized. Further, the person who works in the trunk room 15 is not directly exposed to light. A trunk room lamp 36, which will be described later, is provided on the side surface of the trunk room 15.
[0022]
FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram showing an electrical configuration related to the rotating lamp 10.
Electric power from the battery 31 mounted on the emergency vehicle 2 is supplied to the flasher unit 33 via the fuse 32 and the first relay (operation permission switch) 41. A condenser lamp 5 is connected to the flasher unit 33, and the condenser lamp 5 flashes and emits flash light by pulse power supplied from the flasher unit 33.
[0023]
The relay coil 41b of the first relay 41 is connected to the battery 31 and a start switch S1 provided near the driver's seat. When the start switch S1 is operated to supply current from the battery 31 of the relay coil 41b, the normally open relay contact 41a is closed and the flasher unit 33 is activated.
The electric power from the battery 31 is further supplied to the trunk room lamp 36 via the fuse 35. The trunk room lamp 36 is connected to a trunk switch S2 that is closed by opening the trunk door 6 and opens and closes when the trunk door 6 is closed. Therefore, when the trunk door 6 is opened, the power from the battery 31 is supplied to the trunk room lamp 36, and the trunk room lamp 36 is lit.
[0024]
On the other hand, rotating lamps 10 and 10 are connected to a connection point 45 between the flasher unit 33 and the first relay 41 via a second relay 42. The connecting point 45 is connected to a lamp 4 </ b> A of the diffused warning light 4. One terminal of a relay coil (operation switch) 42b of the second relay 42 is connected to a connection point 46 between the trunk room lamp 36 and the trunk switch S2 via a diode 47, and the other terminal is connected to the above-described terminal. It is connected to the connection point 45. Reference numeral 48 denotes a diode for consuming heat by the back electromotive force generated by the relay coil 42b.
[0025]
In this configuration, when the first relay 41 is closed and the trunk switch S2 is closed, in other words, the diffused warning light 4 and the condenser light 5 are operating, and Only when the trunk door 6 is opened, the relay coil 42b can be energized and the normally open relay contact 42a is closed. That is, only in this situation, the rotating lamps 10 and 10 perform the rotating light emission operation. In the state where the trunk door 6 is closed or the start switch S1 is in the OFF state and the first relay 41 is opened, the energization of the relay coil 42b of the second relay 42 is not performed, and the rotary lamp 10, 10 will not operate.
[0026]
Thus, for example, even if the visibility of the diffused warning light 4 disposed on the roof 3 of the emergency vehicle 2 is hindered by the trunk door 6 in the open state, it is attached to the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6. The revolving light 10 can strongly attract the driver of the vehicle behind the vehicle.
Moreover, since it is possible to operate the rotating lamps 10 and 10 only when it is an emergency when the diffused warning light 4 or the like is to be operated and the trunk door 6 is opened, it is useless. Power consumption can be avoided.
[0027]
Further, since the rotating lamp 10 emits rotating light along a plane substantially orthogonal to the vehicle width L1 direction, the angle of the trunk door 6 and the angle of the road surface on which the emergency vehicle 2 is stopped ( Regardless of the angle with respect to the horizontal plane, good visibility from the rear vehicle can be ensured.
Furthermore, since the projection position of the light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 moves away from the tail 2a of the emergency vehicle 2, the reflected light from the road surface 16 quickly reaches the driver of the rear vehicle. In addition, the driver of the rear vehicle is strongly aware that there is a dangerous situation ahead because the light projection position approaches the host vehicle. Thereby, a driver's attention of a back vehicle can be alerted more effectively.
[0028]
Furthermore, since the red rotating light is emitted, it can be clearly distinguished from the rear general vehicle that the stopped vehicle is the emergency vehicle 2.
In the above-described embodiment, the pair of rotating lamps 10 and 10 have been described as being connected by the attachment member 8, but another connecting member for connecting the pair of rotating lamps may be provided. An example of the vehicle warning light 51 is shown in FIG. The vehicle warning lamp 51 includes a pair of rotating lamps 52 and 52 and a connecting member 53 that connects the pair of rotating lamps 52 and 52. The main body case 54 and the connecting member 53 of the rotating lamp 52 are integrated, and an insertion hole 55 for allowing a screw to pass through the main body case 54 is formed. In other words, the main body case 54 of the rotating lamp 52 also serves as an attachment member. In addition, on the peripheral surface (front surface) of the main body case 54, a reflection plate 56 for reflecting light emitted from the rear vehicle to the driver of the rear vehicle is disposed.
[0029]
Further, a pair of rotating lamps 63 and 63 may be connected by a bar 62 like a vehicle warning lamp 61 shown in FIG. The vehicle warning lamp 61 includes a pair of rotating lamps 63, 63, a support portion 65 that supports the body case 64 of the rotating lamp 63 on the rotating shaft of the reflecting mirror of the rotating lamp 63, and support of the rotating lamps 63, 63. And a crank-shaped bar member 62 that connects the portions together. The bar 62 is attached to an attachment member 67 in which an insertion hole 66 for inserting a screw is formed. Since the bar 62 has a crank shape, it can be attached to the inner surface 7 of the trunk door 6 of the vehicle warning lamp 61 while favorably supporting the pair of rotating lamps 63, 63.
[0030]
Further, the vehicle warning light 1 is attached to the trunk door 6 by screwing. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the vehicle warning light 1 may be fixed using a magnet or fixed with an adhesive tape. Also good.
Further, the vehicle warning light 1 has been described as being provided with the two revolving lights 10, 10, but a configuration in which only one revolving light 10 is provided may be employed. In this case, it is preferable that the revolving light 10 is provided at either end of the both ends of the vehicle width L1 of the emergency vehicle 2 in the left-right direction . Moreover, the structure by which 3 or more rotation etc. are provided in the warning light 1 for vehicles may be sufficient.
[0031]
Further, it has been described that the rotating lamps 10 and 10 operate only when the diffused warning light 4 and the condenser lamp 5 are operating and the trunk door 6 is opened. opening and closing and regardless of the rotating lamp 10 is not good even if the operation of the.
The reflecting mirror 12 of the rotating lamp 10 has been assumed to rotate clockwise when viewed from the right side of FIG. 2, the reflecting mirror 12, be one which rotates counter clockwise when viewed from the right side of FIG. 2 May be. In this case, the rotating light emitted from the rotating lamp 10 rotates in the direction in which the light projection position on the road surface 16 approaches the tail 2a of the emergency vehicle 2.
[0033]
In addition, various design changes can be made within the scope of matters described in the claims.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an emergency vehicle provided with a vehicle warning light according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a vehicle warning light.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a vehicle warning light.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the inside of a trunk room of an emergency vehicle.
FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram showing an electrical configuration related to a rotating lamp.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a vehicle warning light according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a vehicular warning light according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Vehicle warning light 2 Emergency vehicle 4 Diffuse warning light (emergency vehicle warning light)
5 Condensing light (emergency vehicle warning light)
6 Trunk door 7 Inner surface 8, 67 Mounting member 10, 52, 63 Revolving light 41 First relay (start-up permission switch)
42b Relay coil (start switch)

Claims (4)

A vehicle equipped with an emergency vehicle warning light at a predetermined external position,
A mounting member attached to the inner surface of the trunk door of the vehicle, is fixed to the mounting member, the vehicle warning light and a rotating lamp to light radiation rotation light generally along the plane perpendicular to the lateral direction of the vehicle, and
Operation enabling switch that allows operation of the rotating lamp on condition that the warning light for emergency vehicle is operating
Including a vehicle . The rotating lamp, both the car of claim 1, wherein the light projection position on the road surface, characterized in that for generating a rotation light which rotates in a direction away from the rear of the vehicle. Car according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a pair of the rotating lamp lateral direction are arranged near the vehicle width both ends of the vehicle both. Car according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in response to the trunk door is opened further comprising an actuation switch for actuating the rotating lamp both.

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