JP4303459B2 - Lighting lamp - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a structure of an illumination lamp.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in a vehicle such as a passenger car, a commercial vehicle, a truck, or a bus, when an illumination lamp is attached to the ceiling portion, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, an opening is provided in the ceiling portion, and an elastically displaceable claw Some of them are configured so as to be provided with a lighting engagement lamp.
[0003]
Thereby, according to the structure of patent document 1, when attaching an illumination lamp to a ceiling part, pushing an illumination lamp into the opening part of a ceiling part, pushing the engaging part of an illumination lamp against the edge part of the opening part of a ceiling part, and illumination The illumination lamp is attached to the ceiling part by elastically displacing the engaging part of the lamp and engaging the edge part of the opening part of the ceiling part. Conversely, when the illumination lamp is removed from the ceiling portion, the illumination lamp is pulled out from the opening portion of the ceiling portion, and the engagement portion of the illumination lamp is elastically displaced to be removed from the edge portion of the ceiling portion opening portion. Remove from the ceiling.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-253293 A (FIGS. 1 and 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the structure of the technical document 1, for example, when it is necessary to repair the illumination lamp or perform maintenance on the inside of the ceiling, if the illumination lamp is attached to or removed from the ceiling many times, the edge of the opening of the ceiling Or the engaging part of the illumination lamp may be damaged. In general, the ceiling part is often formed integrally with a synthetic resin, so that the edge of the opening of the ceiling part is likely to be damaged.
The present invention, in the illumination lamp, it is an object of the edge of the opening of the ceiling portion or the like be installed or removed illuminating lamp in the opening of the ceiling portion is configured to hardly damaged.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[I]
According to the features of the first aspect, the bracket includes a bracket that can be inserted into an opening of a synthetic resin ceiling of a vehicle, and includes a frame-shaped portion, an opening formed in the frame-shaped portion, and an opening depth of the frame-shaped portion. A bracket is configured by including a flange portion provided at an end portion on the near side in the direction and an engaging portion provided at an end portion on the back side in the depth direction of the opening of the frame-like portion. The bracket can be displaced over a retracted posture that allows insertion into and removal from the ceiling opening and a fixed posture that engages with the edge of the ceiling opening and fixes the bracket to the ceiling opening. The engaging part is constituted. The main body of the lighting lamp that can be inserted into the opening of the bracket and has a flange that is wider than the flange of the bracket on the outer periphery, and the lighting lamp in the bracket with the main body of the lighting lamp inserted into the opening of the bracket The main body portion is provided with a fixing member capable of fixing and releasing the fixing. When the main part of the lighting lamp is inserted into the opening of the bracket, the engaging part of the bracket is pushed into a fixed posture by the main part of the lighting lamp, and the opening of the ceiling part is formed by the flange and the engaging part of the bracket. The flange portion of the lamp body is positioned on the outer surface of the flange portion of the bracket, and the flange portion of the lamp body and the engaging portion of the bracket The edge portion of the opening is sandwiched so that the main body portion and the bracket of the illumination lamp are fixed to the ceiling portion.
[0006]
According to a feature of the I Ri請 Motomeko 1 to, when mounting the lighting lamp in the ceiling portion, first inserting the engagement portion of the bracket in the opening of the ceiling portion, placing the bracket in the opening of the ceiling portion. In this case, if the engaging portion of the bracket is set to the retracted posture, the engaging portion of the bracket is not applied to the edge of the opening portion of the ceiling portion, or the engaging portion of the bracket is not moved to the opening portion of the ceiling portion. Even if it hits against the edge, the engaging portion of the bracket can be inserted into the opening of the ceiling without overloading the edge of the opening of the ceiling or the engaging portion of the bracket.
[0007]
Next, when the main part of the lighting lamp is inserted into the opening of the bracket, the engaging part of the bracket is pushed to a fixed posture by the main part of the lighting lamp, and the engaging part of the bracket is engaged with the edge of the opening of the ceiling part. if then, by the flange portion and the engagement portion of the bracket, is sandwiched with the edge of the opening of the ceiling portion is deformed, the bracket is secured to the opening of the ceiling portion. By fixing the main part of the illumination lamp to the bracket by the fixing member, the illumination lamp (the bracket and the main part) can be attached to the ceiling part.
[0008]
[II]
When the illumination lamp is removed from the ceiling in the state described in [I] above, the fixing member is released and the main body of the illumination lamp is extracted from the opening of the bracket. In this case, since the fixing member is released, the main body of the illumination lamp can be extracted without difficulty from the opening of the bracket.
[0009]
As described above, when the main part of the illumination lamp is pulled out from the opening of the bracket, the state in which the bracket's engaging part is pushed to the fixed position by the main part of the lighting lamp disappears, so the bracket's engaging part is set to the retracted position. And the engaging part of a bracket is extracted from the opening part of a ceiling part. In this case, by setting the engaging portion of the bracket to the retracted position, the engaging portion of the bracket is not applied to the edge of the opening portion of the ceiling portion, or the engaging portion of the bracket is set to the opening portion of the ceiling portion. Even if it hits against the edge part of this, the engaging part of a bracket can be extracted from the opening part of a ceiling part, without overloading the edge part of the opening part of a ceiling part, or the engaging part of a bracket.
[0010]
[III]
According to the feature of claim 2, as in the case of claim 1, the “action” described in the previous item [I] [II] is provided, and in addition to this, the following “action” is provided.
According to the characteristic of Claim 2, it is comprised so that the engaging part of a bracket may return to a retracted posture elastically.
Thereby, according to the feature of claim 2, when inserting the engaging portion of the bracket into the opening of the ceiling portion as described in [I], the operator holds the engaging portion of the bracket by hand. While maintaining the retracted posture, it is not necessary to perform the operation of inserting the engaging portion of the bracket into the opening of the ceiling portion.
[0011]
According to the feature of claim 2, as described in [II] above, when the illumination lamp is removed from the ceiling, when the illumination lamp main body is extracted from the opening of the bracket, the engagement portion of the bracket is automatically set. Since it is displaced to the retracted position, the operator pulls the engaging part of the bracket from the opening of the ceiling part while holding the engaging part of the bracket by hand and operating it from the fixed position to the retracted position and maintaining the retracted position. There is no need to do something like that.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Illuminating lamp by bracket 1 and the main body portion 2 as shown in FIG. 1 is constructed.
First, the bracket 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the bracket 1 is integrally formed of a metal having sufficient elasticity, and includes a square frame-shaped portion 3 and a flange portion 4 provided on an outer peripheral portion of the frame-shaped portion 3. A large opening 5 is formed at the center of the frame portion 3 and the flange portion 4. Engagement portions 6 bent in a U-shape are integrally provided at two locations on one side of the frame-shaped portion 3 and at two locations on the opposite side.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 1, in the bracket 1, the engaging portion 6 is cantilevered from the frame-like portion 3, so that the engaging portion 6 can be easily elastically deformed from the portion of the frame-like portion 3. There is a state shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. Even if the engaging portion 6 is displaced from the retracted posture shown in FIG. 1 upward and downward in the drawing, the engaging portion 6 tries to return to the retracted posture shown in FIG. 1 by its own elasticity.
[0014]
Next, the main body 2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, a frame-shaped outer frame portion 7 of a square box is made of synthetic resin, and a flange portion 8 is integrally provided on one outer peripheral portion of the outer frame portion 7. A socket portion 9 and a triangular contact portion 10 are integrally provided at one end portion of each. A fixing member 13 is provided at the other end of the outer frame 7 by bending a metal leaf spring.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 1, a valve 11 is arranged inside the outer frame portion 7, and a connector (not shown) of a harness (not shown) to the valve 11 is connected to the socket portion 9. A transmission part 12 is provided at a position of the flange part 8 in the outer frame part 7, and the transmission part 12 is configured to be translucent. The transmission part 12 is supported so as to swing like a balance with respect to the outer frame part 7 with the vicinity of the center of the transmission part 12 as a fulcrum, and the transmission part 12 has a function of a switch of the valve 11. The valve 11 is turned on when one of the transmission parts 12 is pushed to swing the transmission part 12 in one, and the valve 11 is turned off when the other transmission part 12 is pushed to swing the transmission part 12 to the other. To do.
[0016]
The illumination lamp of the present invention is for a ceiling in a vehicle. As shown in FIG. 1, the ceiling portion 14 of the vehicle is integrally formed of a synthetic resin, and is positioned above the right and left rear doors in the ceiling portion 14. A square opening 14a is formed in the portion. Thereby, when attaching an illumination lamp to the ceiling part 14, the engaging part 6 of the bracket 1 is first inserted in the opening part 14a of the ceiling part 14, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.3 (A).
[0017]
In this case, the engagement portion 6 of the bracket 1 is in the retracted position (see FIG. 3A), and the engagement portion 6 of the bracket 1 is easily extended from the frame-shaped portion 3 in a cantilever shape. Even if the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is brought into contact with the edge of the opening portion 14a of the ceiling portion 14 due to the fact that it can be elastically deformed, the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is the edge portion of the opening portion 14a of the ceiling portion 14. And the engagement portion 6 of the bracket 1 is easily elastically deformed, so that the engagement of the bracket 1 can be achieved without overloading the edge of the opening portion 14a of the ceiling portion 14 and the engagement portion 6 of the bracket 1. The joint portion 6 can be inserted into the opening portion 14 a of the ceiling portion 14. Then, by inserting the frame portion 3 of the bracket 1 into the opening 14a of the ceiling 14, against the flange portion 4 of the bracket 1 to the edge of the opening 14a of the ceiling 14.
[0018]
While the main body portion 2 obliquely with respect to bracket 1 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 (b), put the socket part 9 and abutment 10 of the body portion 2 into the opening 5 of the bracket 1, the main body The frame-like portion 3 and the flange portion 4 of the bracket 1 are inserted between the flange portion 8 and the contact portion 10 of the portion 2. Next, the fixing member 13 of the main body portion 2 is inserted into the opening 5 of the bracket 1 while being elastically deformed, and the fixing member 13 of the main body portion 2 is engaged with the frame-shaped portion 3 of the bracket 1 so that the main body portion 2 (outside The entire frame 7) is inserted into the opening 5 of the bracket 1.
[0019]
When the entire main body 2 (outer frame 7) is inserted into the opening 5 of the bracket 1 as described above, the outer frame 7 of the main body 2 is attached to the bracket 1 as shown in FIGS. The engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is pushed from the retracted posture to the fixed posture. Thereby, the engaging part 6 of the bracket 1 is engaged with the edge part of the opening part 14a of the ceiling part 14, and the illumination lamp (the bracket 1 and the main body part 2) is attached to the ceiling part 14.
[0020]
When the illumination lamp is removed from the ceiling portion 14, contrary to the above, the fixing member 13 of the main body portion 2 is elastically deformed and is extracted from the opening portion 5 of the bracket 1, and the socket portion 9 and the contact portion 10 of the main body portion 2 are extracted. Is extracted from the opening 5 of the bracket 1, and the entire main body 2 (outer frame portion 7) is extracted from the opening 5 of the bracket 1.
[0021]
As described above, when the entire main body 2 (outer frame portion 7) is pulled out from the opening 5 of the bracket 1, the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 returns from the fixed posture to the retracted posture by its own elasticity (FIG. 3 ( See b). If the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is in the retracted posture, the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is cantilevered from the frame-like portion 3 and can be easily elastically deformed. Even if one engaging portion 6 is applied to the edge of the opening 14 a of the ceiling portion 14, the amount of the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 hitting the edge of the opening 14 a of the ceiling 14 is small, and the engagement of the bracket 1 Since the joint portion 6 is easily elastically deformed, the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is made to be the opening portion of the ceiling portion 14 without overloading the edge portion of the opening portion 14a of the ceiling portion 14 and the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1. 14a can be extracted.
[0022]
[Another Embodiment of the Invention]
In the above-described [Embodiment of the invention], the bracket 1 may be provided with the engaging portion 6 so that the engaging portion 6 can be freely swung by a hinge structure or the like, instead of being integrally provided with the bracket 1. . If comprised in this way, if the engaging part 6 of the bracket 1 is fully turned inside (opening part 5 side of the bracket 1), the engaging part 6 of the bracket 1 is inserted into the opening part 14a of the ceiling part 14. At this time (when extracting), the engaging portion 6 of the bracket 1 is not applied to the edge portion of the opening portion 14 a of the ceiling portion 14.
[0023]
In the above-described [Embodiment of the invention], the fixing member 13 may be provided in the bracket 1 without being provided in the main body 2.
The present invention can be applied not only to an illumination lamp attached to the ceiling portion 14 but also to an illumination lamp attached to the front door, the rear door, the rear hatch door, and the B pillar.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
According to the feature of claim 1, in the illumination lamp, the illumination lamp is attached to or detached from the opening of the ceiling portion while avoiding a situation in which the edge of the opening of the ceiling portion or the engaging portion of the bracket is overloaded. It is possible to reduce the state where the edge of the opening of the ceiling and the engaging part of the bracket are damaged, and the durability of the ceiling part to which the illumination lamp and the illumination lamp are attached is improved. I was able to.
[0025]
According to the feature of claim 2, as in the case of claim 1, the “effect of the invention” of the above-mentioned claim 1 is provided. In addition to the “effect of the invention”, the following “effect of the invention” is provided. It has.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the engaging portion of the bracket is elastically returned to the retracted position, so that the operator can manually move the engaging portion of the bracket from the fixed position to the retracted position. The engaging portion of the bracket can be easily inserted into and removed from the opening of the ceiling without having to maintain the retracted posture, and workability can be improved. It was.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an illumination lamp bracket, main body, and ceiling opening. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a state in which the illumination lamp is attached to the ceiling. FIG. Next, insert the main body into the opening of the bracket, and then install the lighting lamp on the ceiling.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bracket 2 Illumination lamp main body 3 Bracket frame 4 Bracket flange 5 Bracket opening 6 Bracket engagement
8 Flange part of main part of illumination lamp 13 Fixing member 14 Ceiling part 14a Opening part of ceiling part

Claims (2)

With insertable bracket in the opening of the ceiling portion made of a synthetic resin vehicle, a frame-like portion, and the opening formed in the frame-like portion, the front side at the opening depth direction of the frame-like portion A flange portion provided at the end portion, and an engagement portion provided at an end portion on the back side in the opening depth direction of the frame-shaped portion, to constitute the bracket,
Retractable posture that enables insertion into and removal from the opening of the ceiling portion, and displaceable over a fixed posture that engages with the edge of the opening portion of the ceiling portion and fixes the bracket to the opening portion of the ceiling portion, While constituting the engaging portion of the bracket,
A main body portion of the illumination lamp that can be inserted into the opening portion of the bracket and has a flange portion wider than the flange portion of the bracket on the outer peripheral portion, and the bracket with the main body portion of the illumination lamp inserted into the opening portion of the bracket A fixing member capable of fixing and releasing the main body of the illumination lamp,
When the main part of the lighting lamp is inserted into the opening of the bracket, the engaging part of the bracket is pushed into a fixed posture by the main part of the lighting lamp, and the flange part and the engaging part of the bracket The edge of the opening is sandwiched while being deformed, and the flange portion of the body portion of the illumination lamp is located on the outer surface of the flange portion of the bracket, and the flange portion of the body portion of the illumination lamp and the engagement portion of the bracket, By this, the edge part of the opening part of a ceiling part is inserted | pinched, and the illumination lamp comprised so that the main-body part and bracket of the said illumination lamp may be fixed to a ceiling part.   The illumination lamp according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion of the bracket is configured to elastically return to the retracted posture.

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