JPH033077Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention can be used to inform the driver whether the headlights are turned on normally or not, and as a guide when turning in a narrow alley or parking a garage. Regarding fender markers of automobiles.

[Conventional technology]

A car's fender marker informs the driver whether or not the headlights are on at night or when driving in a tunnel, etc. This allows drivers to quickly learn of headlight malfunctions and drive more carefully. At the same time, they will be able to pay sufficient attention to their forward visibility, which will help prevent accidents. Therefore, although installation is not mandatory, it plays an important role in ensuring safety. Additionally, as door mirrors have become more popular in place of fender mirrors in recent years, fender markers have also come to serve as a guide when turning corners or pulling into a garage.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

By the way, recently there has been a strong tendency to lower the car height and make the car body more streamlined in order to reduce air resistance when driving, and for this reason, the top surface of the fender section is curved from the driver's seat to the front of the car body, as shown in Figure 8. The number of so-called long-nose type vehicles, which have rounded front corners, is increasing. Therefore, the fender marker 1 attached to the top of the fender near the headlight is difficult to see from the driver's seat.
Inevitably, the fender marker 1 must be made into a rod-shaped body and placed upright on the fender portion. However, since such a fender marker 1 always protrudes above the fender portion, it has the disadvantage that it is easily tampered with while the vehicle is parked.

[Means for solving problems]

The car fender marker according to the present invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems.
An insertion hole is provided in the fender section of the car near the headlight, a transparent or colored pole is disposed in the insertion hole so as to be freely retractable, and a drive motor is disposed below the pole. A threaded rod is integrally provided on the output shaft of the drive motor to which the pole is screwed and moves up and down.

[Effect]

In the present invention, when in use, the pole is made to protrude above the fender through the pole insertion hole, making it easy to visually recognize the pole, and when not in use, it is stored in the insertion hole to prevent mischief.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a fender marker according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of a spring. In these figures, 10 is a long nose type fender part, 11 is an insertion hole 11 formed on the upper surface of the fender part 10 near the driver's seat near a headlight (not shown), and a fender marker is inserted into this insertion hole 11. 12 are arranged.

The fender marker 12 has a pole storage cylinder 13 which is inserted into the vehicle body through the insertion hole 11 and whose upper surface is open, and a pole 14 is slidably disposed inside and above the cylinder 13. There is. It is formed into a cylindrical body with an open bottom surface using a pole 14 or a translucent resin that is transparent or colored in a predetermined color (e.g. green), and a threaded rod 15 is inserted from below through a spring holding member 16. It has been inserted.
The spring holding member 16 is formed into a ring shape and is integrally fixed to the lower surface of the pole 14, and includes a spring 17 that engages with the thread groove of the threaded rod 15. In this case, the spring holding member 16 integrally has a pair of anti-rotation protrusions 16a, 16b, and these protrusions 16a, 16b are connected to the pole storage cylinder 13.
It is slidably engaged in a pair of longitudinally long grooves (not shown) formed in the inner wall of the housing. As shown in FIG. 3, the spring is made of a torsion coil spring, the central coil portion 17a of which is held by the spring holding member 16, and both ends 17b and 17c are elastically clamped and held by the threaded rod 15. It is pressed against the thread groove of the threaded rod 15. In this way, the structure for attaching the pole 14 to the threaded rod 15 is such that the pole 14 is attached to the threaded rod 15 by a motor 20 that can be rotated forward and backward, which will be described later.
It is said to be effective in preventing wiring loss due to overrun when the pole 4 is moved up and down, and also in making it possible to manually move the pole 14 up and down.

A spherical portion 18 is integrally provided at the upper end of the threaded rod 15, thereby preventing the pawl 14 from coming off. The lower end of the threaded rod 15 is connected to a bearing member 2 which is arranged and fixed inside the pole storage cylinder 13.
The motor 20 is rotatably supported by the shaft hole 22 of the motor 20 and is disposed below the bearing member 21.
The speed reduction mechanism 24, which is connected to the output shaft 23 of the engine via a speed reduction mechanism 24, is constituted by a differential gear train including planetary gears. The motor 20 is connected to an electric circuit on a printed circuit board 25 disposed inside and below the pole housing cylinder 13.

In addition, an elastic engagement piece 26 that engages with the back surface of the fender part 10 is integrally provided on the upper outer circumferential surface of the pole storage cylinder 13, and a collar part that comes into close contact with the upper surface of the fender part is provided at the upper end opening. 27 are integrally provided.

Fender marker 1 with such a configuration
2, when the motor 20 is driven, the rotation of the output shaft 23 is transmitted to the threaded rod 15 via the deceleration mechanism 24.
Since the threaded rod 15 is rotated at a reduced speed, the pawl 14 can be moved up and down by the engagement between the threaded rod 15 and the spring 17. Therefore, if the pole 14 is made to protrude above the fender part 10, it will be clearly visible from the driver's seat and will serve as a guide when parking the vehicle or turning a corner. In addition, since the pole 14 can be lowered by the motor 20 or by hand and stored in the pole housing cylinder 13 when not in use, it will not be tampered with. Also,
The structure is simple and installation work is easy.

It is assumed that the motor 20 is driven by an operation switch disposed near the driver's seat, similar to a remote control fender (or door) mirror. Furthermore, if the pole 14 is to have a function of confirming the lighting of the headlight, the light from the headlight may be guided to the pole 14 using an optical fiber 29 or the like, and the pole 14 may be illuminated.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the contact plate. In this embodiment, a green light emitting diode 30 is incorporated into the tip of the pole 14, and the pole 14 is raised to open the fender section 10.
When the light emitting diode 30 is projected upward, the light emitting diode 30 is turned on to notify the driver that the headlight is normally lit. A contact plate 32 having a pair of left and right conductive foils 31a and 31b long in the vertical direction is disposed on the inner wall of the pole storage cylinder 13, while a contact plate 32 having a pair of left and right conductive foils 31a and 31b long in the vertical direction is provided on the spring holding member 16.
A pair of sliding contacts 33a and 33b are provided which are elastically pressed against the contacts 1a and 31b, respectively. The sliding contacts 33a and 33b are connected to the light emitting diode 30.
The conductive foils 31a, 31b are connected to the electric circuit of the headlamp and the electric circuit of the printed circuit board 25. The reason why the conductive foils 31a and 31b are connected to the electric circuit of the printed circuit board 25 is that the pole 14 is moved up and down by the drive of the motor 20, and the sliding contact 33
This is to prevent the pole 14 from overrunning by stopping the motor 20 when the conductive foils 31a and 33b come off the upper or lower ends of the conductive foils 31a and 31b.

Here, in this embodiment, the drive of the motor 20 is stopped by using the conductive foils 31a, 31b and the sliding contacts 33a, 33b, but the drive of the motor 20 is not limited to this, and the drive of the motor 20 can be stopped by another appropriate means. When the light emitting diode 30 is simply made to blink, a flexible printed circuit board 36 is disposed between the spring holding member 16 and the bearing member 21 as shown in FIG. One end of each may be connected to each other, thereby simplifying the structure and improving waterproofness.

Note that the other configurations are the same as in the above embodiment.

In the fender marker having such a configuration, when the headlight is turned on at night and the pole 14 is projected above the fender portion 10, the light emitting diode 30 lights up, so that the headlight is lit normally. This has the advantage of informing the driver of this. Furthermore, even when parking in the garage at night, the position of the pole 14 can be visually recognized by lighting the light emitting diode 30.
4 can be used as a guideline when parking.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, when the spring holding member 16 is made of transparent or translucent resin, a plurality of light emitting diodes 30 are incorporated into the bearing member 21, and the pole 14 is made to protrude above the fender part 10,
The light emitting diode 30 is turned on and its light is guided from the spring holding member 16 into the pole 14, thereby illuminating the entire pole 14 brightly.

Such a configuration has the advantage that the pole 14 can be more easily confirmed at night.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, the automobile fender marker according to the present invention has a pole disposed in the fender portion near the headlight so as to be able to appear and retract freely, a drive motor disposed below the pole, and an output shaft of the drive motor. The pole is screwed onto a threaded rod that is integrally provided with the shaft, and the pole is moved in and out of the insertion hole by rotation of the threaded rod, so it can be made small and stored in a relatively small space. This makes it easy to check the poles, especially on long-nose type vehicles, and serves as a guide when parking or turning, and when not in use, it can be stored inside the vehicle to protect it from tampering. can do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing one embodiment of the fender marker according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the spring, and Fig. 4 is another embodiment of the present invention. A sectional view showing an example, FIG. 5 is a front view of a contact plate, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a main part when a flexible printed circuit board is used, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a side view of a long nose type automobile. 1, 12... Fender marker, 10... Fender part, 11... Insertion hole, 13... Pole storage cylinder, 14... Pole, 15... Threaded rod, 1
7... Spring, 20... Motor, 30... Light emitting diode.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An insertion hole is provided in the fender section of the car near the headlight, a transparent or colored pole is disposed in the insertion hole so as to be freely retractable, and a drive motor is disposed below the pole. A fender marker for an automobile, characterized in that a threaded rod is integrally provided on the output shaft of the drive motor to which the pole is screwed and moves the pole up and down.