JPH0112325Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Technical Field of the Invention> The present invention relates to vehicle lighting equipment, and in particular, to a vehicle lighting device, such as a signal light, etc., a plurality of light chambers are arranged adjacent to each other, and the light chambers are partitioned with a light shielding plate. Regarding vehicle lighting equipment.

<Prior Art and its Problems> Conventionally, in signal lights and the like, vehicle lights have been known in which lens bodies of different colors are attached to an integral housing to define a plurality of light chambers.

For example, in the lamp shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a stop lamp 2 on which a red lens body 1 is disposed and a back lamp 4 on which a white lens body 3 is disposed are integrally connected.

The lens bodies 1 and 3 are attached to a groove 5a formed on the outer circumference of the front surface of the housing 5 via a hot melt 6. In addition, a light shielding plate 9 is further arranged in the lamp chamber defined by this, and 2
Two lamp chambers 2a and 4a are defined. Lamp bulbs 7 and 8 are arranged in each of the lamp chambers 2a and 4a.

Incidentally, in such a vehicle lamp, the light shielding plate 9 is fixed by a set screw 10 that is tightened from the back side of the housing 5. That is, a boss portion 9a is provided at the base end of the light shielding plate 9, and a mounting hole is formed in this boss portion 9a. Further, a through hole is formed in the bottom wall of the housing 5 in correspondence with the mounting hole, and the light shielding plate 9 is fixed with a set screw 10 through this through hole.

Therefore, in this prior art, the set screw is required to hold the light shielding plate 9, which has the drawback of increasing the number of parts and increasing the cost.

In addition, in order to hold the light shielding plate 9, a set screw 10 is provided.
This has the drawback of requiring additional tightening work and complicating the process.

<Purpose of the invention> Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle lamp in which a light shielding plate can be easily attached without using screws.

<Structure of the invention> In other words, the vehicle lamp of the invention defines a light chamber by attaching a lens body to the front of the housing, and further defines a plurality of light chambers by arranging a light shielding plate within the light chamber. The vehicle lamp is characterized in that a spring piece is formed at the bottom of the housing to receive the base end of the light shielding plate and to clamp the light shielding plate between the inner surface of the lens body. .

<Description of Embodiment> As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle lamp according to this embodiment has a pair of lens bodies 12 and 13 of different colors attached to the front opening of the housing 11.
The light chamber thus defined is further covered with a light shielding plate 20.
partition to define two lamp chambers 14a, 15a, and lamp bulbs 16, 17 are arranged in these lamp chambers 14a, 15a, for example, a stop lamp 14.
and a cross clamp 15.

The lens bodies 12 and 13 are in a state where they are joined to each other, and a band-shaped flange portion 18 provided at the peripheral edge portion is
It is inserted into a groove 11a formed on the outer periphery of the front surface of the housing 11, and is joined to the housing 11 by a hot melt agent 19 injected therein.

The light shielding plate 20 is made of synthetic resin, metal, etc., and is formed to correspond to the shape of the boundary between the lamp chambers 14a and 15a, and prevents light from leaking between the lamp chambers 14a and 15a. be.

In addition, each light chamber 14 at the bottom of the housing 11
As shown in FIG. 2, a spring piece 2 for receiving the base end of the light shielding plate 20 is provided at the boundary between a and 15a.
3 is formed. This receiving portion is formed between a pair of ribs 21 and 22 formed on the bottom wall of the housing 11 along the light shielding plate 20, and as shown in FIG. It is integrally formed and protrudes from the part.
When no load is applied, this spring piece 23 is inclined toward the lens bodies 12 and 13, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. It is bent to the side.

Further, the spring piece 23 on the bottom wall of the housing 11
A cutout hole 11b is formed in a portion corresponding to , and a spring piece 23 bent by receiving the light shielding plate 20 is positioned therein. By providing this notch hole 11b, the spring piece 23 can be formed by integral molding. In other words, the notch hole 1
1b allows the core mold to be placed on the spring piece 23 side for molding. And the spring piece 23
By being pushed by the light shielding plate 20 and bending, most of the notch hole 11b can be closed.

Further, a flange portion 20a is formed at the tip of the light shielding plate 20, projecting from both sides in the thickness direction, and comes into contact with a thick portion 24 provided at the joint portion of the lens bodies 12 and 13. ing. Both side edges of this flange portion 20a are further connected to the lens body 1.
It is bent toward the 2 and 13 sides and covers the thick part 24.

In the vehicle lamp configured as described above, the elastic force of the spring piece 23 causes the thick portion 24 of the light shielding plate 20 to
It is fixed in the vertical and width direction from the proximal end to the distal end while being pressed and clamped between the base end and the distal end.

The light shielding plate 20 is fixed in the thickness direction and width direction by a regulating member (not shown) provided inside the housing 11.

Further, in the above embodiment, the spring piece 23 was arranged to extend in the thickness direction of the light shielding plate 20, but as shown in FIG. Also good. The spring piece 25 is connected to the bottom wall of the housing 11 and curved upward toward the lens bodies 12 and 13. Then, the light shielding plate 20 is resiliently received. According to this configuration, the spring piece 25 is connected to each rib 21, 2.
2, it is possible to form a relatively long length, and it is also easy to obtain a high elastic force.

<Effects of the Invention> According to the present invention, the light shielding plate can be held resiliently between the lens body and the housing very easily, and there is no need for screws for this purpose.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the light shielding plate received by the spring piece, Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing the spring piece, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing the spring piece according to another embodiment of the present invention. 5 is an external perspective view showing an example of a conventional vehicle lamp, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 5. 11... Housing, 12, 13... Lens body, 14a, 15a... Light chamber, 20... Light shielding plate,
23, 25... Spring pieces.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vehicular lamp is provided in which a lens body is attached to the front surface of the housing to define a light chamber, and a plurality of light chambers are defined by further arranging a light shielding plate within the light chamber, the bottom of the housing being A vehicle lamp characterized in that a spring piece is formed to receive the base end of the light shielding plate and to sandwich the light shielding plate between the inner surface of the lens body.