JPH0110278Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in an interior light for an automobile equipped with a vanity mirror.

For example, as an interior light for this type of automobile, there is a
105844) and Utility Application 184482 (Sho 57-
105847). The structure of the interior light is illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.

Indoor light shown in Figure 9 (Jet Application 184481, Showa 55)
A support plate 102 is provided protruding from the bottom surface of the light casing 101, and this support plate 102 is attached to the upper end of the support support 103 with a connecting pin 104 so as to be slidable around the axis of this pin 104. The bottom of the pillar 1
This is a removable vehicle interior light which is rotatable around an axis 03 and is detachably fitted into a holder 105, and has a side edge of a cosmetic mirror 106 on the rear edge of the upper surface of the light casing 101. The parts are screwed together so that it can be opened and closed.

The interior light shown in Figure 10
184482) is a removable vehicle interior light similar to the interior light described above, and the decorative mirror 206 is inserted into the light casing 201 through a slit 207 opened at the rear edge of the top surface of the light casing 201. It is stored in a container and can be taken in and out in the vertical direction.

When using these cosmetic mirrors 106, 206, which are integrated with the interior light, in order to orient the cosmetic mirrors 106, 206 in a desired direction,
The orientation of the cosmetic mirrors 106, 206 must be adjusted by rotating the light casings 101, 201 so that the lower part of the support 103 fitted in the holder 105 rotates around the axis of the support 103. Not necessarily,
There was a problem with the operability of the adjustment.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and it makes it easy to adjust the direction of a cosmetic mirror, allows the direction of the mirror to be changed over a wide range, and makes it possible to change the direction of the mirror in a wide range. To provide an interior light for an automobile equipped with a cosmetic mirror which improves usability at night by making the direction of irradiation and the direction of the cosmetic mirror the same.

In this invention, a lamp housing containing a built-in light source is supported by a base body via a support arm, a lamp lens is provided on the front surface of this lamp housing, and a retaining plate is rotatably supported on the rear surface of the lamp housing. One end of the hinge is screwed to the retaining plate, and the other end of the hinge is screwed to the mirror case, so that the mirror case is rotatably and foldably supported relative to the rear surface of the lamp housing, and the hinge and mirror case By setting the mirror case in a straight line and rotating the hinge and the mirror case in a straight line about the screwing point at the one end of the hinge, the cosmetic mirror of the mirror case is positioned outside the rear edge of the lamp housing. ,
Furthermore, the above object is achieved by configuring the cosmetic mirror to face toward the front of the lamp housing.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 8 show an embodiment of an automobile interior light equipped with a cosmetic mirror according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a center armrest SA, which is a base provided in the center of a rear seat S of an automobile, is formed into a box-shaped body, and a support shown in FIG. This is an interior light R that is stored together with arm a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support arm a is formed so as to be foldable approximately at the center, and the lamp housing 1 of the interior light R is pivotally attached to one end of the support arm a, and the other end is connected to the center armrest, which is a base body. It is pivotally mounted within the box-shaped portion of the SA, and is folded and stored together with the lamp housing 1 within the box-shaped portion.

As can be seen from FIGS. 4 and 6, the interior light R equipped with a makeup mirror 2 has a lamp lens 3 on the front, and a light source 4 inside as shown in FIG.
It consists of a lamp housing 1 with a built-in mirror, and a mirror case 5 with a cosmetic mirror 2 fixed thereon, and when the lamp housing 1 and the mirror case 5 are combined, they form a box shape.

That is, the lamp housing 1 has a retaining plate 6 rotatably supported on its rear surface, one end of a hinge 7 is screwed onto the retaining plate 6, and the other end of the hinge 7 is connected to the mirror case. The mirror case 5 is supported on the rear surface of the lamp housing 1 so as to be rotatable as shown in FIG. 4 and foldable as shown in FIG. When the mirror case 5 is folded so that the cosmetic mirror 2 faces the surface on which the retaining plate 6 is pivotally supported and is combined with the lamp housing 1, a box shape is formed.

The above configuration will be explained in more detail based on FIG. 5.

On the rear surface of the lamp housing 1, a retaining plate 6 is rotatably supported by a rivet 8 approximately at the center thereof.

A pair of bearing portions 9 are integrally formed on the upper surface of the retaining plate 6, and one end of the hinge 7 is screwed into the bearing portion 9 via a spring pin 10.

A pair of hinge holders 11 are rotatably attached to the other end of the hinge 7 via a spring pin 10, and the hinge holders 11 are fixed to the side edge of the mirror case 5 with screws 12 to form a threaded portion. There is.

With the above configuration, the mirror case 5 is rotatably and foldably supported on the rear surface of the lamp housing 1.

Next, the manner of use of the cosmetic mirror 2 in this embodiment will be explained.

Fig. 2 shows a state in which the interior light R equipped with the cosmetic mirror 2 is taken out by extending the support arm a from inside the box-shaped part of the center armrest SA, which is the base, and the cosmetic mirror 2 is ready for use.
FIG. 4 shows a cross section of the portion corresponding to the - line in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 shows an example of how the cosmetic mirror 2 is used when the interior of the vehicle is bright, for example during the daytime when the sunlight is sufficiently bright.

The lamp housing 1 has the front surface on which the lamp lens 3 is provided facing downward, and the mirror case 5 provided on the opposite rear surface facing downward. The mirror case 5 is erected by rotating 90 degrees clockwise around the threaded portion, and the cosmetic mirror 2 is faced to the front, and the cosmetic mirror 2 is screwed onto the other end of the hinge 7. The mirror angle can be adjusted over a range of 180° by further rotating the mirror clockwise by 90° around the threaded portion. In addition, the mirror case 5 which is standing up is fixed to the rivet 8 which is the pivot of the retaining plate 6.
parallel to the rear surface of lamp housing 1 with
Since it can be rotated 360 degrees, it has the advantage that the desired direction of the mirror can be easily adjusted from either the left or right seat of the center armrest SA with one hand and a single operation without moving the lamp housing 1.

Next, the case where the makeup mirror 2 is used at night will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

To use the light source 4 built into the lamp housing 1 as cosmetic lighting at night,
The cosmetic mirror 2 may be oriented in the direction of irradiation from the lamp lens 3 provided on the front surface of the lamp housing 1 (the front direction of the lamp housing 1).

That is, from the position of the mirror case 5 shown in FIG. 4, the mirror case 5 is further rotated 90 degrees clockwise around the screwing point at the other end of the hinge 7.
Set the mirror case 5 and the hinge 7 in a straight line, and while keeping the straight line, turn the mirror case 5, which is in a straight line with the hinge 7, counterclockwise around the threaded part at one end of the hinge 7 on the retaining plate 6 side. If the mirror 2 is rotated by 180 degrees, the decorative mirror 2 will be located outside the rear edge of the lamp housing 1, as shown in FIG. It can be directed in the irradiation direction of the lamp lens 3 (towards the mounting surface of the lamp lens 3), and the cosmetic mirror 2 can be used at night.

Fig. 8 shows the case where the horizontally long cosmetic mirror 2 is used vertically.The lamp housing 1 is rotated 90 degrees around the pivot joint between the support arm a and the lamp housing 1, and the mirror 2 is used vertically. The case 5 is positioned laterally, and the mirror case 5 is
If the makeup mirror 2 is rotated 90 degrees to be placed vertically, the horizontally long cosmetic mirror 2 can also be used vertically.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the operability of adjusting the direction of the makeup mirror is improved, and furthermore,
In addition to being able to point the cosmetic mirror at a wide range,
It has an excellent effect that enables various uses, such as making the irradiation direction of the light source the same as the direction of the makeup mirror and improving the usability of the mirror at night.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a center armrest provided in the rear seat of an automobile, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automobile interior light equipped with a cosmetic mirror according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal side view of the lamp housing and mirror case in a combined and stored state in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
A cross-sectional view of the part corresponding to the line, Figure 5 is an exploded view of Figure 4,
Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing how the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 is used, Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a portion corresponding to the - line in Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing how the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 is used. FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view of a conventional interior light, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of another conventional interior light. 3... Lamp lens, 4... Light source, a... Support arm, 1... Lamp housing, 2... Cosmetic mirror, 5... Mirror case, 6... Retaining plate, 7... Hinge.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A lamp housing with a built-in light source is supported by the base via a support arm, a lamp lens is provided on the front surface of this lamp housing, and a retaining plate is rotatably supported on the rear surface of the lamp housing. One end of the hinge is screwed, and the other end of the hinge is screwed to the mirror case, so that the mirror case is rotatably and foldably supported relative to the rear surface of the lamp housing, and the hinge and mirror case are in a straight line state. , and by rotating the mirror case that is in line with the hinge around the screwing point at the one end of the hinge, the cosmetic mirror of the mirror case is located outside the rear edge of the lamp housing, and
An interior light for an automobile equipped with a cosmetic mirror, characterized in that the cosmetic mirror is configured to face toward the front of the lamp housing.