JPH0533404Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a rear spoiler suitable for attachment to a vehicle traveling in a foggy area.

(Prior art) When driving in fog, rain, snow, cloudy weather, etc., various lights are turned on depending on the conditions to keep a close eye on the road ahead and to alert following vehicles.

In particular, since the light transmittance of fog varies greatly depending on its density, it is preferable to equip vehicles in foggy areas with fog lights.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Although some vehicles are equipped with this fog light on the body, there are many vehicles that are not equipped with it, and the rate of installation of rear fog lights is not particularly high.

In fog, even if the vehicle in front turns on its night light, it is difficult to guide the vehicle following the vehicle in front.

There is an increasing demand for retrofitting rear fog lights to cars that are not equipped with them, but since the license plate and rear combination lamp are located at the rear of the vehicle body, it is necessary to drill holes in order to install fog lights in this area. However, it is difficult to realize this because there is not enough space.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention incorporates a rear fog light into a rear spoiler that can be retrofitted.

(Function) The rear light is much brighter than the night light.
It is optionally lit together with at least one of the headlights and front fog lights.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below based on the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rear spoiler according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in the same figure, and the rear spoiler 1 is divided into two halves at the top and bottom, with hollow rear spoiler bodies 1a and 1b, leg parts 1c protruding downward from the lower rear spoiler body 1b..., and the rear spoiler 1. It consists of a horizontally elongated rear fog light 2 fitted into bodies 1a and 1b.

The rear fog light 2 has a lens 2a with a reflective function called a reflex reflector placed in front of the light, and light emitting parts 2b made of light bulbs or light emitting diode elements arranged inside in a horizontal row. The light emitting diode emits directional flash light and is therefore suitable for fog lights.

The rear spoiler light 2 is fixed to the rear spoiler body 1b with screws 2c, .

The installation and operation of the rear spoiler constructed as described above on a vehicle will be described below.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing how to install the rear spoiler. Legs 1c of the rear spoiler are placed on the rear part of the trunk lid 3 of the vehicle, and these parts are fastened with screws or attached with adhesive, for example. Please,
On the rear surface of the vehicle in this example, rear combination lamps 5, 5 are arranged above the rear bumper 4,
A rear spoiler 1 is arranged above these rear combination lamps 5,5. A rear fog light 2 is incorporated into this rear spoiler 1.

A wire harness (not shown) is passed through the trunk lid 3 via the leg portion 1c and connected to a wire harness of the vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of these circuits.

When driving in a dense fog with a vehicle equipped with the rear spoiler 1 as described above, the occupant must turn on at least one of the head light switch 6 and the front fog light switch 7 shown in FIG. , and turn on the rear light switch 8.

The rear fog light 2 lights up, and the lighting marker 8a on the driver's seat lights up to inform the driver of this fact.

In addition, the brightness of the rear fog light 2 is set to be equal to or slightly darker than the brake lamp 5a included in the rear combination lamp 5, and sufficiently brighter than the night light 5b, when compared with the candela. The color is red to distinguish it from the yellow of the front fog light.

In FIG. 4, L1 and L1 are headlights, and these headlights L1 and L1 include high-position lamps L1a and L1a and low-position lamps L1b and L1b. R1 is a high position lamp relay related to the high position lamps L1a, L1a, and R2 is a low position lamp relay related to the low position lamps L1b, L1b. These relays R1 and R2 are selectively operated by a headlight switch 6.
6a is a resistor provided in the ground circuit of the headlight switch 6, and 6b is a one-way diode provided in the circuit connecting the headlight switch 6 and the rear fog light switch 8.

L2 and L2 are front fog lights, R3 is a front fog light relay, and this front fog light relay R3 is operated by a front fog light switch 7. 7a is a resistor provided in the ground circuit of the front fog light switch 7, and 7b is a resistor provided in the ground circuit of the front fog light switch 7.
This is a one-way diode provided in a circuit connecting the rear photo light switch 8 and the rear photo light switch 8.

Additionally, the one-way diodes 6b and 7b are
It constitutes an OR gate.

R4 is a night light relay operated by night light switch S1, R5 is a rear fog light relay, S2
is the brake switch.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the rear spoiler,
The rear fog light 2 described in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is concentrated in the center portion of the rear spoiler 1.

The configuration of the rear fog light 2 and the rear spoiler 1 becomes simpler.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the rear spoiler, in which rear fog lights 2, 2 are arranged on both sides of the rear spoiler 1.

With this arrangement, the rear fog light 2 can also be made to blink and serve as a direction indicator light.

FIG. 7 shows a fourth embodiment of the rear spoiler, in which a high mount stop lamp 9 is arranged in the center of the rear spoiler 1, and rear fog lights 2 are arranged on the left and right sides thereof.

As shown in FIG. 8, which is a circuit diagram of FIG. 7, when the driver depresses the brake pedal, the high mount stop lamp 9 turns on together with the brake switch S2, and as a result, the high mount stop lamp 9 and the brake lamp 5a turn on. It is a lamp that lights up.

FIG. 9 shows a fifth embodiment of the rear spoiler,
This rear spoiler 12 is suitable for a hatchback type passenger car, and is formed into an inverted U shape, with vertically elongated rear fog lights 2, 2 arranged on the left and right legs.

FIG. 10 shows a sixth embodiment of the rear spoiler,
The present rear spoiler 13 is formed in a U-shape, with vertically elongated rear fog lights 2, 2 arranged on its left and right legs, and a high mount stop lamp 9 arranged on the bottom 13a.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of another embodiment of FIG. 2.

Fit the rear fog light 2 into the rear lower end of the formed hollow rear spoiler body 1e, and screw 2d.
..., and in this example, the number of parts can be reduced.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the rear spoiler integrally provided with the fog light can be freely retrofitted to the vehicle body, so the rear fog light can be attached extremely easily.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the rear spoiler according to the first embodiment, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an installation diagram of the rear spoiler, Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1. 6 is a diagram of a rear spoiler according to a third embodiment, FIG. 7 is a diagram of a rear spoiler according to a fourth embodiment, FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of the same figure, and FIG. 9 is a diagram of a rear spoiler according to a second embodiment. 10 is a diagram of a rear spoiler according to a fifth embodiment, FIG. 10 is a diagram of a rear spoiler according to a sixth embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view of another embodiment of FIG. In addition, in the drawing, 1 is a rear spoiler, 2 is a rear fog light, 5b is a night light, L1 is a head light,
L2 is a front fog light.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rear spoiler for a vehicle, characterized in that a rear fog light which can be turned on together with at least one of a headlight and a front fog light and which is brighter than a night light is integrally formed in a rear spoiler provided at the rear of the vehicle.