JPH0347931Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <<Industrial Application Field>> This invention relates to a vehicle light such as a room lamp, and particularly to a vehicle light having an improved bulb holder that supports a boat-shaped bulb.

<<Prior Art>> FIG. 4 shows an example of a conventional room lamp. The housing 1 has a flange 2 around its front surface, and a lens 3 is removably fitted around the flange 2. A pair of bulb holders 5 and 6 are attached to the inner bottom of the housing 1 by rivets 7 and 8 for supporting the conical cap portions 4a and 4b of the boat-shaped bulb 4 on both sides. One bulb holder 5 has a curved rising piece and is elastic, and the other valve holder 6 has a flat rising piece and is relatively rigid.

The bulb holder 5 is crimped together with a rivet 7 to a lead terminal 9 on the outside of the bottom of the housing 1, and the lead terminal 9 is connected to a switch 10 attached to the housing 1 and seen from the surface of the lens 3. The valve holder 6 is jointly swaged with a rivet 8 to a connector terminal 11 on the outside of the bottom of the housing 1, and the connector terminal 11 is connected to an external power connector along with another connector terminal connected to the switch 10 on the opposite side. Ru.

<<Problems to be solved by the invention>> As described above, this type of conventional lamp requires two bulb holders 5 and 6, which are a pair of bulb holders that hold the boat-shaped bulb 4, and also requires the connector terminal 11 to be attached to one of the bulbs. Since it is crimped together with the holder 6, there are problems in that not only is the assembly workability poor, but also it is difficult to achieve relative dimensional accuracy after assembly.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a vehicle lamp that solves the above-mentioned problems.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In the vehicle lamp according to this invention, one side of the bulb holder is integrally formed with a connector terminal that protrudes outside the housing and is connected to an external power connector, and the bulb holder The housing is characterized by being inserted into an opening formed from the bottom to the side wall of the housing.

<<Operation>> The bulb holder integrally formed with the connector terminal is fixed to the housing by inserting its holding portion into an opening formed from the bottom of the housing to the side wall.

《Example》 Figures 1 and 2 show an example of a vehicle lamp according to this invention.Compared to the conventional example shown in Figure 4, the shapes of one bulb holder and housing are different. The configuration is almost the same except for the following. Therefore, similar members and parts will be described using the same reference numerals.

The housing 1 has a flange 2 around its front surface, and a lens 3 is detachably attached around the flange 2. At the bottom of the housing 1,
A pair of bulb holders 5 and 60 are attached by rivets 7 and 8 to support the conical portions 4a and 4b of the boat-shaped bulb 4 on both sides.

One bulb holder 5 has the same shape as the bulb holder 5 shown in FIG. 5, and its rising pieces are curved and have elasticity. The other bulb holder 60 has relatively rigidity, and as shown in FIG. 3, has a rising piece 61 that serves as a valve holding part, and a connector terminal bent at a right angle from one side of the lower part of this rising piece 61. 62, and a mounting portion 6 bent outward at a right angle from the upper end surface of the base of the connector terminal 62.
It consists of 3. A semicircular locking hole 61a for holding the valve is formed in the rising piece 61.
A rivet insertion hole 63a is formed in the mounting portion 63.

This valve holder 60 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
As shown in the figure, the valve holding part 61 is inserted from the bottom side into the opening 1a formed from the bottom of the housing 1 to the side wall adjacent thereto, and the mounting part 63
The valve holder 60 is attached to the bottom of the housing 1 by aligning the rivet insertion hole 63a with the rivet insertion hole 1b of the housing 1, inserting the rivet 8, and tightening it.

The opening 1a in the side wall of the housing 1 is larger than the width of the valve holding part 61 of the bulb holder 60, so that when the bulb holder 60 is attached to the bottom of the housing 1, the top of the valve holding part 61 is on the upper edge of the opening 1a. It has a size that allows it to come into contact with it. On its upper edge, there is a guide groove 1c whose upper entrance is widened in a tapered shape, and a semicircular locking hole 61a of the valve holding part 61 that pairs with the guide groove 1c. A stop hole 1d is formed. This locking hole 1d on the housing 1 side is not necessarily required. In such a configuration, the boat-shaped valve 4 first inserts one of the conical cap portions 4a into the locking hole 12 of one of the valve holders 5, and then inserts the other conical cap portion 4b into the guide groove 1c of the housing 1. By pushing it in, it is locked into the locking hole 61a of the connector-shaped bulb holder 60 below.

On the other hand, as shown in the bottom view of FIG. 2, the lead terminal 9, which is jointly crimped to the bulb holder 5 with the rivet 7, is connected to one terminal of the switch 10, and the other terminal of the switch 10 is connected to the housing 1. It is connected to a lead terminal 15 and a lead piece 16 fixed to the outside of the bottom by a rivet 14. The lead piece 16 is integrally formed with another connector terminal 18 which is fixed to the outside of the bottom of the housing 1 by a rivet 17, facing the connector terminal 62. Therefore, by connecting an external power connector to the connector terminals 62, 18 and operating the switch 10, the boat-shaped bulb 4 in the lamp is controlled to blink.

《Effects of the invention》 As mentioned above, the vehicle lamp according to this invention has the following effects:
The bulb holder that holds the conical part of one end of the boat-shaped valve is integrally formed with the connector terminal to which the external power connector is connected, reducing the number of parts and reducing costs, as well as improving assembly workability and post-assembly. It is possible to improve the related dimensional accuracy. Further, the valve holding part of one of the valve holders of the present invention is inserted into an opening formed from the bottom of the housing to the side wall, and as a result, it is attached to the housing in such a manner that it comes into contact with the side wall of the housing. As a result, the area of the bottom of the housing can be reduced, the mounting opening in the vehicle body can also be made smaller, and the volume occupied by the valve holder relative to the housing 1 can be reduced, which is a great practical effect. becomes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a vehicle lamp showing an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the lamp shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a bulb holder with integrated connector terminal in Fig. 1. and an enlarged perspective view of its mounting part,
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a conventional vehicle lamp, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing the bulb holder in FIG. 4 together with a boat-shaped bulb. 1... Housing, 1a... Opening, 2... Flange, 3... Lens, 4... Boat-shaped bulb, 5,
60...Valve holder, 7,8...Rivet,
9...Lead terminal, 10...Switch, 18,6
2... Connector terminal.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A vehicle lamp comprising a pair of bulb holders holding a boat-shaped bulb in a housing with a lens attached to the front, one of the bulb holders protruding outside the housing and connected to an external power connector. A vehicular lamp, characterized in that it is formed integrally with a connector terminal, and that its bulb holding part is inserted into an opening formed from the bottom of the housing to the side wall.