JP6163627B2 - Vehicle lamp mounting mechanism - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle lamp mounting mechanism for mounting a lamp at a mounting position of a vehicle.

A conventional vehicle lamp mounting mechanism is described in Patent Document 1.
In the lamp mounting mechanism for a vehicle described in Patent Document 1, the fitting position formed on the lower end portion of the lamp is fitted into the fitting hole provided at the mounting position on the vehicle side, thereby the mounting position. It is comprised so that it can be temporarily placed in. Such a lamp is configured to be electrically connected to the vehicle by connecting wirings provided on the vehicle side and the back side of the lamp. The wiring connection work is performed by placing the hand in the gap between the vehicle and the lamp after temporarily placing the lamp in the mounting position.

JP-A-10-109589

  As a vehicle lamp, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a large combination lamp 20 is preferably used. In the case of such a large combination lamp 20, parts such as connectors used for wiring become large, so that a wide work space is required for wiring connection work. Therefore, by temporarily placing the lamp in an inclined posture toward the rear of the vehicle, the work space may be secured by separating the back side of the lamp from the vehicle. However, in this case, if the combination lamp 20 in an inclined posture is erected, the upper end of the combination lamp 20 may come into contact with the vicinity of the upper part of the mounting position, and the vehicle body may be damaged.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a technical problem of the present invention is to prevent the upper end of the lamp from coming into contact with the upper periphery of the mounting position in the lamp mounting operation. Is not to hurt.

The above problems are solved by the following invention.
The invention of claim 1 is a vehicle lamp mounting mechanism for mounting a lamp at a mounting position of a vehicle, wherein one of the vehicle and the lamp is provided with a slide guide portion that supports the lamp, The slide guide portion is formed integrally with the temporary placement portion, which is configured so that the lamp is supported at the temporary placement position during the mounting operation of the lamp, and the temporary placement portion. And a guide portion that guides the lamp to the mounting position by moving the lamp upward when the lamp in a state of being supported at the mounting position moves to the mounting position. .

According to the present invention, the lamp is guided to the mounting position by moving upward from the state where it is supported at the temporary placement position. That is, the lamp can be temporarily placed in a state where the upper end of the lamp is separated from the upper part of the mounting position, and wiring connection work can be performed.
In addition, the guide portion formed integrally with the temporary placement portion can move the lamp in the supported state upward and guide it to the mounting position. For this reason, even if the temporary placement position is set at a position away from the mounting position, it does not take time to hold the lamp.

According to the invention of claim 2, the lamp is configured to be electrically connected to the vehicle by connecting the connection connector on the vehicle side and the receiving connector provided on the back side of the lamp. The other of the vehicle and the ramp is provided with a contact bracket configured to contact the slide guide portion, and the lower end portion of the contact bracket is an inclined portion inclined in the vehicle front-rear direction. When the ramp is supported at the temporary placement position, the inclined portion of the contact bracket comes into contact with the temporary placement portion, and the ramp is in a stable state in an inclined posture. It is characterized by becoming.
Thereby, in the temporary placement position, the lamp is in a stable state with an inclined posture in which the back surface side of the lamp is opened, so that the connection connector can be easily connected to the receiving connector.

According to the invention of claim 3, when the inclined portion of the contact bracket is in contact with the temporary placement portion and the lamp is in a stable state in an inclined posture, the receiving connector of the lamp is provided so as to face upward. It is characterized by being.
Thereby, the load generated by the connection work of the connector can be efficiently absorbed by the temporary placement portion.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the slide guide portion is provided in the vehicle.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the guide portion is formed so as to be positioned above the temporary placement portion via the inclined portion inclined upward from the temporary placement portion, and the lamp is mounted at the mounting position. When being carried out, it is configured to slide upward along the inclined portion of the guide portion from the state where it is supported at the temporary placement position, and to move to the attachment position.

According to the invention of claim 6, the slide guide portion is provided in a rear bumper cover mounting part for mounting a rear bumper cover to the vehicle.
As a result, there is no need to provide a dedicated part for arranging the slide guide portion, so that costs, investment in manufacturing equipment, and the like can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, since the upper end of the lamp does not come into contact with the periphery of the upper part of the mounting position in the lamp mounting operation, the body can be prevented from being damaged.

In the vehicle provided with the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. It is a model back view of a lamp. It is a model side view of a lamp. It is a schematic diagram of the operator holding a lamp. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged rear (surface) view of the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to the first embodiment. It is a schematic diagram showing the state which has a lamp | ramp in a temporary placement position among operation | movement at the time of attaching the lamp | ramp for vehicles using the lamp mounting mechanism for vehicles which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a schematic diagram showing the state changed to the attitude | position which can mount a lamp | ramp among the operation | movement at the time of attaching the lamp | ramp for vehicles using the lamp mounting mechanism for vehicles which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The schematic diagram showing a mode that a lamp | ramp slides upwards along the inclination part of a guide part among operation | movement at the time of attaching the lamp | ramp for vehicles using the lamp mounting mechanism for vehicles which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is. The model which represents the operation | movement at the time of attaching the lamp | ramp for vehicles using the lamp | ramp attachment mechanism for vehicles which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention by the position of a partial cross section (XX sectional arrow position of FIG. 6). It is an enlarged view.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, based on FIGS. 1-10, the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated.
Note that front and rear, right and left, and upper and lower in the figure correspond to front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom of the vehicle 10.

<About vehicle 10>
Before describing the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to this embodiment, the vehicle 10 including the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism will be briefly described. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle 10 is provided with a rear opening 15 configured to be opened and closed by a back door 11. A rear bumper cover 12 is attached below the rear opening 15. A pair of rear bumper fillers 13 as extension members of the rear bumper cover 12 are attached so as to extend upward along the both sides in the vehicle width direction of the rear opening 15 from the position of the rear bumper cover 12. A rear bumper cover mounting part 14 is provided on the rear surface side of the rear bumper filler 13. The rear bumper cover mounting part 14 is a so-called retainer rear bumper side. By strengthening the fixing of the rear bumper filler 13 to the vehicle 10, the rear bumper filler 13 hangs down due to vibration generated when the vehicle 10 travels. It is a part to prevent. A lamp 20 is mounted on the rear bumper filler 13.

<About the lamp 20>
The lamp 20 is a so-called rear combination lamp, and is a vehicle rear lamp in which a back lamp, a brake lamp, and a direction indicator are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 1, the lamp 20 is formed in a shape that is long in the vertical direction so as to extend from the upper end of the rear bumper filler 13 of the vehicle 10 to the roof portion, and is larger than a normal size rear combination lamp. It is heavy in shape. As shown in FIG. 4, the operator can carry the lamp 20 suitably by supporting the support portion 24 with the other hand while holding the grip portion 23 of the lamp 20 with one hand. it can.
As shown in FIG. 2, a receiving connector 21 is provided on the rear surface 20 b of the lamp 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving connector 21 is configured to be connectable with a connection connector 17 provided at the tip of the vehicle-side wire harness 16. The lamp 20 and the vehicle 10 are configured to be electrically connected when the connection connector 17 is inserted into the receiving connector 21. The receiving connector 21 is provided on the back surface 20b of the lamp 20 so as to face upward, as shown in FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a contact bracket 22 is provided at the lower end of the lamp 20 so as to protrude downward. An inclined portion 22h is formed at the lower end portion of the contact bracket 22 so as to be inclined so that the rear side of the vehicle becomes higher. The inclined portion 22h is a portion that can come into contact with the temporary placement portion 32 of the slide guide portion 31 formed in the mounting guide structure 30 described later. A rotation angle portion 22t is formed at the front end portion of the inclined portion 22h. The rotation angle portion 22t is a portion that becomes the rotation center of the lamp 20 when the lamp 20 rotates forward (described later).

<About the mounting guide structure 30>
The mounting guide structure 30 is a structure for allowing the lamp 20 to be temporarily placed at a position away from the mounting position 18 and for guiding the lamp 20 to the mounting position 18. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the mounting guide structure 30 is integrally formed on the rear bumper cover mounting part 14 so as to project inward in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the mounting guide structure 30 is provided with a slide guide portion 31 formed so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of slide guide walls 31 w are formed on both sides of the slide guide portion 31 on the side of the vehicle, and the above-described contact bracket 22 of the ramp 20 extends along the slide guide portion 31. It is possible to guide from the rear of the vehicle to the mounting position 18 in front of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 6, the distance between the slide guide walls 31 w is set so that the rear end side of the vehicle is wide and gradually decreases toward the vehicle front side (mounting position 18 side). For this reason, by sliding the contact bracket 22 of the ramp 20 in the forward direction of the vehicle along the slide guide portion 31, the ramp 20 automatically matches the vehicle width direction position of the mounting position 18. Will be positioned. In the slide guide portion 31, a temporary placement portion 32 and a guide portion 33 are set.

The temporary placement portion 32 is a rear end portion of the slide guide portion 31 and is formed in a horizontal structure as shown in FIGS. The temporary placement portion 32 is a portion that temporarily supports the lamp 20 at a temporary placement position away from the mounting position 18 during the connection work between the receiving connector 21 of the lamp 20 and the connection connector 17 of the vehicle 10. As shown in FIG. 7, the temporary placement portion 32 is an inclined portion formed on the contact bracket 22 of the ramp 20 when the ramp 20 is in a temporary placement position that is separated from the mounting position 18 in the vehicle front-rear direction and the vertical direction. The lamp 20 is configured to be in contact with 22h from below. When the temporary placement portion 32 is in contact with the inclined portion 22h of the contact bracket 22 of the ramp 20, the ramp 20 is in a stable state with a posture inclined toward the rear of the vehicle as shown in FIG. That is, the upper portion of the rear surface 20b of the lamp 20 is separated from the vehicle, and a side-side V-shaped space opened upward is formed between the lamp 20 and the vehicle.
The guide portion 33 is the front end side of the slide guide portion 31 and is integrally formed continuously with the temporary placement portion 32 as shown in FIGS. The guide portion 33 is formed so as to be positioned above the temporary placement portion 32 via an inclined portion 33k inclined upward from the temporary placement portion 32 (see FIG. 10). The guide portion 33 can guide the lamp 20 supported by the temporary placement portion 32 to the attachment position 18 by sliding the lamp 20 upward along the inclined portion 33k. For this reason, the lamp 20 automatically matches the height position of the mounting position 18 by sliding the contact bracket 22 of the lamp 20 from the temporary placement portion 32 to the tip end side of the guide portion 33. Will be positioned as follows.

<About the operation | work which attaches the lamp | ramp 20 to the attachment position 18 of the vehicle 10>
First, as shown in FIG. 4, the worker holds the holding part 23 of the lamp 20 with one hand, supports the support part 24 of the lamp 20 with the other hand, and lifts the lamp 20. Then, the contact bracket 22 formed at the lower end of the lamp 20 is placed on the temporary placement portion 32 of the slide guide portion 31 formed in the attachment guide structure 30. In this state, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 10, the ramp 20 is brought into contact with the rear portion of the vehicle as shown in FIG. 7 by bringing the inclined portion 22 h of the contact bracket 22 into contact with the temporary placement portion 32. It becomes an inclined posture. At this time, since the weight of the lamp 20 is supported by the mounting guide structure 30 (temporary placement portion 32), the lamp 20 remains stable in an inclined posture even if the operator removes one hand from the support portion 24 of the lamp 20. It becomes a state. The operator grasps the connection connector 17 (see FIG. 2) of the vehicle 10 with his / her hand away from the support portion 24 of the lamp 20 and inserts it into the receiving connector 21 of the lamp 20, whereby the vehicle 10 and the lamp 20 are connected. Can be electrically connected. When the lamp 20 is in the inclined posture, the receiving connector 21 faces upward as shown in FIG. Accordingly, since the direction in which the connection connector 17 is connected to the connector 21 is orthogonal to the temporary placement portion 32, the load generated by the connector connection work is efficiently received by the temporary placement portion 32.
Next, the operator pushes the lamp 20 forward from the vehicle. At this time, the hand used for connecting the connector may be attached to the rear surface of the lamp 20, but the weight of the lamp 20 remains supported by the mounting guide structure 30, and therefore the support portion 24 of the lamp 20. There is no need to pick up. When the ramp 20 slides forward in the vehicle and reaches the front end portion of the temporary placement portion 32, the rotation angle portion 22t of the contact bracket 22 of the ramp 20 contacts the lower end portion of the inclined portion 33k of the guide portion 33. Touch. In this state, if the lamp 20 is further moved forward in the vehicle, as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. As shown, it rises from the inclined posture and is changed to a posture that can be attached to the attachment position 18. At this time, since the lamp 20 is at a lower height than the mounting position 18, the upper end portion 20u of the lamp 20 does not contact the upper periphery 18u of the mounting position 18, as shown in FIG. From here, when the ramp 20 is further moved forward, the ramp 20 slides upward along the inclined portion 33k of the guide portion 33, and at the upper end of the inclined portion 33k, as shown in FIG. Ascending to a height position substantially the same as the mounting position 18 Here, by pushing the lamp 20 forward of the vehicle, the lamp 20 moves forward along the front end portion 33f of the guide portion 33, and moves to the mounting position 18 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Thereafter, the lamp 20 is attached to the attachment position 18 by an appropriate fixing means such as a screw.

<Advantages of the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to the first embodiment>
According to the vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to the present embodiment, the lamp 20 is guided from the state where it is supported at the temporary placement position to the mounting position 18 by moving upward. That is, the lamp 20 is temporarily placed in a state where the upper end 20u of the lamp 20 and the upper periphery 18u of the mounting position are separated from each other so that wiring connection work (connection work between the receiving connector 21 and the connection connector 17) can be performed. become.
Further, the lamp 20 in the supported state can be guided to the mounting position 18 by the guide portion 33 formed integrally with the temporary placement portion 32. For this reason, even if the temporary placement position is set to a position away from the attachment position 18, the labor for re-holding the lamp 20 is eliminated.
Further, in the temporary placement position, the lamp 20 is in a stable state in an inclined posture in which the rear surface side 20b of the lamp 20 is opened, so that the connection connector 17 can be easily connected to the receiving connector 21.
In addition, the load generated by the connection work of the connectors (the connection connector 17 and the receiving connector 21) can be efficiently absorbed by the temporary placement portion 32.
In addition, since the mounting guide structure 30 including the slide guide portion 31 (the temporary placement portion 32 and the guide portion 33) is provided integrally with the rear bumper cover mounting component 14, it is exclusively used for arranging the slide guide portion 31. This eliminates the need to provide these parts, thereby reducing costs and investment in manufacturing equipment.

[Modification]
The vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, and may be configured with appropriate modifications.
For example, in the first embodiment, the example in which the slide guide portion 31 is provided on the vehicle 10 side is shown, but a structure in which the slide guide portion is provided on the lamp 20 side may be employed. That is, for example, a ramp-side slide guide portion including a temporary placement portion and a guide portion integrally formed via an inclined portion inclined downward from the temporary placement portion is provided on the lamp 20 side. On the side, a structure may be provided in which a support bracket that contacts the lower surface of the lamp-side slide guide portion is provided. In this case, the lamp-side slide guide portion of the lamp 20 is in sliding contact with the support bracket of the vehicle 10 so that the lamp 20 is temporarily placed and guided.
In the first embodiment, the example in which the inclined portion 22h formed on the contact bracket 22 of the lamp 20 is formed in a flat shape without unevenness is shown, but it is not necessary to be limited to this example. . That is, for example, a structure may be employed in which a notch is provided in the central portion of the inclined portion 22h and the temporary placement portion 32 is stabilized by two-point support. Further, a protrusion may be provided on the inclined portion 22h, and the temporary placement portion 32 may be formed in a shape corresponding to the protrusion shape.
Further, in the first embodiment, the example in which the mounting guide structure 30 including the slide guide portion 31 is provided in the rear bumper cover mounting component 14 is shown, but it is not necessary to be limited to this example. That is, the mounting guide structure 30 may be provided in parts other than the rear bumper cover mounting part 14 or may be a structure in which a dedicated part for providing the guide structure 30 is separately provided. Of course, the rear bumper cover mounting part 14 may have a structure in which both the rear bumper cover 12 and the rear bumper filler 13 are attached, or a structure in which only the rear bumper cover 12 is attached.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle 14 Rear bumper cover attachment part 17 Connection connector 18 Installation position 20 Lamp 21 Receiving connector 22 Contact bracket 22h Inclination part 31 Slide guide part 32 Temporary placement part 33 Guide part 33k Inclination part

Claims (6)

A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism for mounting a lamp at a mounting position of a vehicle,
One of the vehicle and the lamp is provided with a slide guide portion that supports the lamp,
The slide guide portion is configured so that the lamp is supported at a temporary placement position during the lamp mounting operation; and
When the lamp that is formed integrally and continuously with the temporary placement portion and is supported at the temporary placement position moves to the mounting position, the lamp is moved upward to move the mounting position. A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism comprising a guide portion that guides to A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to claim 1,
The lamp is configured to be electrically connected to the vehicle by connecting a connecting connector on the vehicle side and a receiving connector provided on the back side of the lamp,
A contact bracket configured to contact the slide guide portion is provided on the other of the vehicle and the ramp, and an inclined portion inclined in the vehicle front-rear direction is provided at a lower end portion of the contact bracket. Is formed,
When the lamp is supported at the temporary placement position, a portion of the inclined portion of the contact bracket comes into contact with the temporary placement portion, and the lamp is in a stable state in an inclined posture. Vehicle lamp mounting mechanism. A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to claim 2,
When the inclined portion of the contact bracket is in contact with the temporary placement portion and the lamp is in a stable state in an inclined posture, the receiving connector of the lamp is provided so as to face upward. A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism. A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The vehicle lamp mounting mechanism, wherein the slide guide portion is provided in the vehicle. The vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to claim 4,
The guide portion is formed so as to be positioned above the temporary placement portion via an inclined portion inclined upward from the temporary placement portion,
When the lamp is mounted at the mounting position, the lamp is slid upward along the inclined portion of the guide portion from the state where it is supported at the temporary placement position, and moved to the mounting position. The lamp mounting mechanism for vehicles characterized by the above-mentioned. A vehicle lamp mounting mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
In the vehicle, the slide guide portion is provided in a rear bumper cover mounting part for mounting a rear bumper cover to the vehicle.

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