JPH027719Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an automobile retractable headlamp protector.

<Prior art> Automobile retractable head lamps are
As shown in the figure, when not in use, it is housed in the bonnet 1, and only when in use, the lamp lid 2 is raised at a predetermined angle, and the headlamp is exposed on the surface of the bonnet 1 (see Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 184345/1986). FIG. 4 shows the structure of a conventional retractable headlamp of this type, with the open state of the lamp lid 2 shown by a solid line and the closed state shown by a broken line. The lamp lead 2 rotates by a predetermined angle about a fulcrum 3. 4 is a shroud upper that constitutes a storage chamber 6 for the headlamp 5. Lamprid 2
The rotation range of the rear edge is indicated by arrow a. Normally, when the lamp lid 2 is driven to close, there is a risk of fingers being caught in the gap between the lamp lid 2 and the bonnet 1, so a protector 7 having an elastic surface is placed on the back of the bonnet 1 close to the rear edge of the lamp lid 2. Ru. Conventionally, as such a protector 7, EPDM
A protector 7 is known in which a core metal 9 is insert-molded in a rubber member 8 such as
It is fixed to a bracket 10 via a tapping screw 11 at a portion thereof.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In the case of the protector 7 having the above-mentioned structure, since the core bar 9 is used to maintain the shape of the protector 7 made of the rubber member 8, the weight increases ( (approximately 240g), and simple fixing means such as plastic fasteners are insufficient in strength. Therefore,
Conventionally, a tapping screw 1 was used as this fixing means.
1 is used, but it has the disadvantage that it takes more time to fix than plastic fasteners.

Also, when the car is running at low speed or stopped, hot air inside the engine compartment
The problem is that the air flows through the gap between the lower end of the protector 7 and the shroud upper 4 to the front of the radiator (not shown) (arrow c), and is fed to the radiator again, reducing the cooling efficiency of the engine. There is.

Furthermore, there is a problem in that raindrops pass through the gap between the lamp lid 2 and the protector 7 and enter the engine room as shown by arrow d.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and provides an automobile retractable headlamp protector that is lightweight, simplifies the fixing operation, and has an integrally molded seal lip that prevents hot air or water droplets from passing through. This is what we provide. Incidentally, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-120639 also discloses a protector (stopper member) for preventing finger pinching in a retractable headlamp similar to the present invention, but this protector also prevents the above-mentioned hot air from passing through. There is no function.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The automobile retractable headlamp protector according to the present invention includes a protector main body including a hard member at least in part, and a hard member integrally molded with the protector main body at the lower end of the protector main body. It is equipped with a seal lip.

<Function> The protector is fixed to the back surface of the bonnet with a hard member that maintains the shape of the protector. A hard member integrally formed at the lower end of the protector main body isolates the headlamp storage chamber from the engine room, preventing hot air from passing through or water droplets from entering.

<Example> In FIG. 1, 12 is a protector, which is formed integrally with a protector body 13 that is close to the rear end edge of the lamp lid 2 and has a curved surface A corresponding to the rotation surface thereof, and the lower end of this protector body 13. It consists of a sealed lip 14. The protector body 13 is
The front surface (the left surface in the figure) is made of a soft member 15 having a hardness of about 50 to 60 degrees, and the rear surface (the right surface in the figure) is made of a hard member 16. Here, as the hard member 15, for example, olefin TPE,
Further, polypropylene can be used as the hard member 16. Reference numeral 17 denotes an arm portion formed integrally with the hard member 16 and fixed to the bracket 10 via a plastic fastener 18. The seal lip 14 is formed at the lower end of the protector body 13 by extending a hard member 15, and its tip abuts against the shroud upper 4.

Figure 2 A and B show the protector 12 according to the present invention.
The manufacturing process is shown below. First, the hard member 16 is formed using molds 19 and 20 shown in FIG. Mold 19
is also used as a molding die for the hard member 14,
It has a hard material injection hole 21 and a soft material injection hole 22. A heated and molten hard material, such as the aforementioned polypropylene, is injected into the space formed by the molds 19 and 20 through the injection hole 21, and after it is cured, the mold 20 is replaced with a mold 23 shown in FIG. Thereafter, a soft material in a molten state, such as olefin TPE, is injected from the injection hole 22 into the space formed by the molds 19 and 23. In this way, the soft material is fused to the hard member 15 at the contact surface thereof and is integrally molded.

The protector 12 integrally molded in this way
is approximately the same size as the conventional model, but weighs approximately 90% less.
g, plastic fastener 1
8, it was possible to fix it to the bracket 10 with sufficient strength.

<Effects of the invention> According to the invention, the following effects can be obtained.

Since the protector is composed of a soft member and a hard member that maintains the shape of the soft member, and both parts are integrally molded by welding, etc., the conventional core metal is unnecessary and the weight can be reduced by half. It is possible to suppress it to below. This makes it possible to fix the protector in one-touch using the plastic fastener, which facilitates and speeds up the work of assembling the protector.

Since the seal lip is integrally molded with a soft member at the lower end of the protector, the gap between the protector and the shroud upper is closed by this seal lip. Thereby, there is no risk of hot air in the engine room leaking to the outside (in front of the radiator) through the gap. Further, when the lamp lid is opened, there is no risk that water droplets that have entered between the rear end edge of the lamp lid and the bonnet will further enter the engine room side.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 A,
B is a sectional view showing the manufacturing process of the same example protector;
Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance (stored state) of a retractable headlamp for an automobile, and Figure 4 is a
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional example corresponding to the section AA in FIG. 3; 1...bonnet, 2...lamp lid, 4...
... Shroud Atsupah, 5... Head Lamp,
7, 12...Protector, 8...Rubber member, 9...
... Core metal, 13 ... Protector main body, 14 ... Seal lip, 15 ... Soft member, 16 ... Hard member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A protector that is fixed to the back of the hood of a retractable headlamp in close proximity to the rear edge of the lamp lid of a retractable headlamp to prevent fingers from getting caught in the gap between the lamp lid and the bonnet when the retractable headlamp is closed, the protector including at least a portion of a hard member. A retractable headlamp protector for an automobile, comprising: a main body; and a seal lip formed integrally with the protector main body at the lower end of the protector main body, the tip of which is made of a hard member and abuts against the upper surface of the shroud upper.