JP4791391B2 - Vehicle lighting device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device.

Conventionally, a so-called projector-type headlamp is known as a vehicular illumination device. This projector-type headlamp includes an ellipsoidal reflecting mirror and a convex lens, and a bulb as a light source is disposed near the first focal point near the ellipsoidal reflecting mirror, while the convex lens is separated from the ellipsoidal reflecting mirror. By arranging it in the vicinity of the second focal point on the side, light emitted from the bulb is efficiently projected forward through the ellipsoidal reflecting mirror and the convex lens.
When this type of projector-type headlamp is used, the headlamp can be reduced in size, but the width of the vehicle must be provided separately, which may reduce the degree of freedom in design around the headlamp. It was. Therefore, in recent years, a mask member for masking unnecessary light is provided between the convex lens of the projector type headlamp and the bulb, and a bulb for the width lamp is installed in the unnecessary light cut area in front of the mask member. There has been proposed one in which an illumination lamp and a vehicle width lamp are integrally formed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Furthermore, as a vehicular illumination device that integrally configures a projector-type headlight and a vehicle width lamp, a vehicle width light bulb is proposed that is arranged in a region other than the light passage area of the headlight bulb. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-28909 JP-A-4-43501

  By the way, although the projector type headlamp described above can arrange the vehicle width lamp without blocking the light of the headlamp, the region where the light emitted from the vehicle width lamp is visible is only the convex lens portion. Therefore, there is a problem that a region that can be visually recognized as a vehicle width lamp becomes very narrow.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a vehicular illumination device that can integrally enlarge a projector-type headlamp and a vehicle width lamp, and can expand an area in which the light of the vehicle width lamp can be visually recognized.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a reflection for headlamps in which light emitted from a light source for headlamps (for example, the bulb 6 in the embodiment) is opened forward. mirror (e.g., ellipsoidal reflector 4 in the embodiment) reflected by, possible projection the convex lens disposed before the front of the vehicle headlights reflector (e.g., a convex lens 8 in the embodiment) forward via In the vehicular illumination device, a bottomed cylindrical housing (for example, the housing 11 in the embodiment) having a bottom wall in which the opening of the reflector for the headlamp is formed, and the convex lens are supported and fixed, A frame part (for example, the frame part 9 in the embodiment) supported on the periphery of the opening of the reflector for the headlamp via an extension part (for example, the extension part 10 in the embodiment), and the headlamp Howe provided around the reflection mirror Vehicle width lamp light source that is exposed in the ring (e.g., the valve 16 in the embodiment) and the bottom provided in a wall light the vehicle front emanating from the vehicle width lamp light source around the convex lens seen from the front a plurality of vehicle width lamp reflecting mirror for reflecting (for example, the reflection surface 18 in the embodiment) and a said extending portion, said between the convex lens and the opening of the headlight reflector A passage (for example, the passage 25 in the embodiment) that allows light emitted from the light source for the vehicle width lamp to pass toward the reflector for the vehicle width lamp is provided .

The invention described in claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, comprising the inner lens reflection direction to the lens cut of the vehicle width lamp reflector having a hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction of the convex lens into effect It is characterized by that.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the light emitted from the headlight light source can be reflected by the headlight reflector and incident on the convex lens, and emitted from the vehicle light source. Part of the light passes through the passage between the headlamp reflector and the convex lens, and is reflected by the vehicle width lamp reflector provided around the headlamp reflector so that it travels forward. Since the light emitted from the light source for the vehicle width lamp can be reflected by substantially the entire surface of the reflector for the vehicle width lamp, the so-called projector-type headlamp and the vehicle width lamp using a convex lens As a result, it is possible to enlarge an area where the light for the vehicle width lamp can be visually recognized.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, an inner lens is provided in the reflection direction of the vehicle width lamp reflecting mirror, and the inner lens is configured so that the light reflected by the vehicle width lamp reflecting mirror is formed by applying a lens cut to the inner lens. Since the inner surface of the lamp is irradiated, a pattern corresponding to the shape of the lens cut can be raised around the reflector for the headlamp, that is, the convex lens, and thus the degree of freedom of design around the headlamp can be improved. There is an effect that can be done.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a headlight unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. The headlight unit 1 is provided as a pair of left and right front parts of a vehicle as a vehicle headlamp, and includes a unit body 2 and a cover lens 3. Since the headlight unit 1 has a bilaterally symmetric shape, in the present embodiment, only the one arranged on the right side when viewed from the front of the vehicle will be described. Although omitted for convenience of illustration, the headlight unit 1 of this embodiment is provided with a transparent outer lens that covers the front surface of the headlight unit 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the unit body 2 includes an elliptical reflector 4 that opens forward. The ellipsoidal reflector 4 is a concave mirror having a so-called ellipsoidal surface, and its cross section is formed in a substantially semi-elliptical shape. The ellipsoidal reflector 4 has an access hole 5 formed at the bottom corresponding to the top of the ellipse, and the socket 7 of the bulb 6 for the headlamp is fitted and fixed to the access hole 5. It has become. Further, a first focal point f1 of the ellipsoidal reflector 4 is set in front of the access hole 5, and a headlight bulb inserted into the socket 7 described above or in the vicinity of the first focal point f1. 6 is arranged. In FIG. 3, the front-rear direction is indicated by arrows.

  On the other hand, on the straight line connecting the apex P of the ellipsoidal reflector 4 and the first focal point f1, a second focal point f2 where the light emitted from the first focal point f1 is reflected by the elliptical reflector 4 and collected is set. Has been. A convex lens 8 having a convex shape toward the front is provided in front of the second focal point f2, and the vertex PP of the convex lens 8 is arranged on the straight line. The convex lens 8 has a peripheral edge supported and fixed to a ring-shaped frame portion 9. The frame portion 9 is supported on the periphery of the opening of the elliptical reflector 4 via an extending portion 10 extending from both upper and lower ends. Here, it is preferable that the extending portion 10 is formed as thin as possible within a range in which the convex lens 8 can be supported.

  On the other hand, the unit main body 2 includes a housing 11 formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape that is substantially elliptical when viewed from the front. The height of the peripheral wall 12 of the housing 11 is formed so as to decrease from the inner side to the outer side in the vehicle width direction. That is, the opening 13 of the housing 11 is formed obliquely from the inner side in the vehicle width direction toward the outer rear side. In addition, the bottom wall 14 of the housing 11 is provided with the opening 15 of the elliptical reflector 4 described above, and a bulb 16 for a vehicle width lamp is disposed inside the opening 15 in the vehicle width direction. More specifically, the bulb 16 for the vehicle width lamp is inserted into the socket 17, and the socket 17 is accommodated in the socket holding portion 17 a recessed in the bottom wall 14, so that only the bulb 16 is housed. 11 is exposed. Moreover, the bulb 16 for the vehicle width lamp is attached obliquely with its front portion slightly facing the convex lens side.

  The bottom wall 14 of the housing 11 is formed with a plurality of reflecting surfaces 18 that reflect light emitted from the bulb 16 for the vehicle width lamp. These reflecting surfaces 18 are constituted by elongated surfaces formed along the up-down direction, and have different angles so as to reflect the light emitted from the bulb 16 along the peripheral wall 12 of the housing 11, that is, toward the front. Is set to That is, the bulb 16 for the vehicle width lamp is disposed at the focal point f3 of the reflecting surface 18. An intermediate portion 19 that connects them is formed between each of the plurality of reflective surfaces 18, and the bottom wall 14 is uneven by the reflective surfaces 18 and the intermediate portions 19.

  Here, since the convex lens 8 described above is supported by the extending portions 10 extending from the upper and lower end portions of the frame portion 9, radiation from the bulb 16 is provided between the convex lens 8 and the opening of the elliptical reflector 4. The passage 25 through which the light to be transmitted can pass toward the outside in the vehicle width direction is formed. The passage 25 may be a passage 25 through which light can pass. If the light emitted from the bulb 16 is not affected, for example, the passage 25 between the convex lens 8 and the opening of the ellipsoidal reflector 4 is provided. You may make it the structure which supports the convex lens 8 through the transparent member which permeate | transmits light.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover lens 3 closes the opening 13 of the housing 11, is formed with a curved surface that is concave from the front to the rear, and has the convex lens 8 at the rearmost position. A hole 20 for penetrating is formed. The inner surface of the cover lens 3 is partially subjected to a lens cut that changes the transmittance and the refractive index. Specifically, the thin band-like high-transmittance portions 21 centering on the holes 20 are arranged radially, and the other portions are clouded by blasting or the like so that the transmittance is low. The above-described lens cut design is merely an example, and is not limited to the radial one.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3, light emitted from the bulb 16 disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the ellipsoidal reflector 4 (indicated by a one-dot chain line in the figure) is between the convex lens 8 and the ellipsoidal reflector 4. By passing through the passage 25, the entire area of the reflecting surface 18 formed on the bottom wall 14 of the housing 11 is reached except for the portion of the extending portion 10 on the inner side in the vehicle width direction. Then, the light that reaches all the reflection surfaces 18 formed around the convex lens 8 is reflected by the reflection surface 18, and the reflected light is projected onto the inner surface of the cover lens 3. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, by turning on the light bulb 16 (see FIG. 2), a lens cut pattern emerges on the cover lens 3, and the periphery of the convex lens 8 is transmitted through the cover lens 3. The light is emitted in a ring shape. In the headlight unit 1 of FIG. 5, the darker portion is shown in black (the same applies to FIGS. 4 and 6).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, when the headlight bulb 6 (see FIG. 2) is turned on, the light emitted from the bulb 6 is reflected by the ellipsoidal reflector 4 and incident on the convex lens 8 to be refracted. After being projected. At this time, the light that does not enter the convex lens 8 leaks from the space 25 (see FIG. 2) to the surroundings and is projected onto the inner surface of the cover lens 3, so the surroundings of the convex lens 8 are also brightened. FIG. 4 shows a light-off state for comparison with FIGS.

  Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the light emitted from the bulb 6 for the headlamp provided at the first focal point f1 is reflected by the ellipsoidal reflector 4, passes through the second focal point f2, and the convex lens 8 In addition, a part of the light emitted from the bulb 16 for the width lamp is provided around the ellipsoidal reflector 4 through a passage between the ellipsoidal reflector 4 and the convex lens 8. Since the light reflected from the reflecting surface 18 for the vehicle wide lamp can be projected forward, the light emitted from the bulb 16 for the vehicle wide lamp is provided around the elliptical reflector 4 without being blocked. Since the light can be reflected on substantially the entire reflecting surface 18 for the vehicle width lamp, the visible region of the light emitted from the bulb 16 for the vehicle width lamp can be enlarged.

  Further, the cover lens 3 is provided in the reflection direction of the reflection surface 18 for the vehicle width lamp, and the light reflected by the reflection surface 18 for the vehicle width lamp is applied to the inner surface of the cover lens by applying a lens cut to the cover lens 3. Since it is irradiated, a pattern corresponding to the shape of the lens cut can be raised around the convex lens 8. Therefore, the design freedom of the headlight unit 1 can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and the bulb 6 may be provided in the vicinity of the first focus f1.
Moreover, although the case where the bottom wall 14 was uneven | corrugated was demonstrated in the said embodiment, it is good also as a radiation surface on the basis of the valve | bulb 16, for example.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the valve 16 is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be anywhere in the housing 11.

  And although the case where the shape of the opening part 13 of the housing 11 was substantially elliptical when viewed from the front was described, it is not limited to this as long as it surrounds the convex lens 8.

It is a perspective view of the headlight unit in an embodiment of the invention. It is a front view of the unit main body in embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. 2 in embodiment of this invention. It is a front view at the time of headlight unit light extinction in an embodiment of the invention. It is a front view at the time of the vehicle width lamp lighting of the headlight unit in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view at the time of headlamp lighting of the headlight unit in an embodiment of the invention.

Explanation of symbols

4. Ellipsoidal reflector (headlight reflector)
6 bulb (light source for headlamps)
8 Convex lens 16 Bulb (Light source for vehicle width lamp)
18 Reflecting surface (reflector for vehicle width lamp)
25 passage

Claims (2)

Light emitted from a headlamp light source can be reflected by a headlamp reflector opened forward and projected to the front of the vehicle through a convex lens provided in front of the headlamp reflector. In a vehicle lighting device,
A bottomed cylindrical housing having a bottom wall in which the opening of the reflector for the headlamp is formed;
A frame portion that supports and fixes the convex lens, and is supported via an extension portion on the periphery of the opening of the reflector for the headlamp;
A vehicle width lamp light source that is exposed to the headlight reflector housing is provided around the opening of,
And a plurality of vehicle width lamp reflector for reflecting light emitted from the vehicle side lights source provided on the bottom wall around the convex lens as viewed from the front in the vehicle front,
The extension portion is a passage that allows light emitted from the light source for the vehicle width lamp to pass toward the reflector for the vehicle width lamp between the opening of the reflector for the headlamp and the convex lens. vehicle lighting apparatus comprising: a. The vehicle lighting device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises the inner lens having a hole passing through the convex lens in the longitudinal direction lens cut into effect in the reflection direction of the vehicle width lamp reflector.

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