JPH054446Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] This invention uses a contact mechanism with a timer 9 to turn off the left and right front lights of the vehicle using the brake pedal, several seconds later than when the vehicle is stopped, and when the vehicle starts. This article relates to improvements to an automatic flashing device for vehicle lights that turns on and off instantly.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a flashing device for this type of forward illumination light for a vehicle, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10,
The figure shows the device installed on a vehicle. The current from the battery is divided into two, and one circuit can be turned on or off manually.
The light switch 6, which is turned OFF, goes to the right light 3 and the left light 4, which turns on and off.The other circuit goes through the brake switch 8, which is operated by the foot-operated brake pedal 7, and goes to the stop light 5, which is operated by foot operation when stopped. It lights up and turns off when the train departs. FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of this. Due to the above configuration, when the vehicle is running at night and stopped, the left and right lights for forward illumination are turned off in order to prevent battery consumption and dazzling the occupants of oncoming vehicles due to the use of the light source. 3 and 4, manually turn off the light switch 6 each time to turn off the light.
Also, when starting, I had to turn on the light switch 6 again to turn on the lights, which required a lot of work, and I often forgot to do so, so a lot of attention was required.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

Therefore, with the above technology, the light switch must be manually turned off every time the vehicle is stopped at night, and the
Turning it on is especially troublesome, and I often forget to do it. Even if it turns off when stopped, it turns on when you restart.
This had a serious drawback, as people would forget to turn on the lights, drive with the lights off, and then turn them on in a hurry, resulting in constant accidents. In addition, even if the lights are turned off by operating the brake pedal, the vehicle does not stop immediately, but moves forward slowly or skids to a stop, which also has the disadvantage that the lights go out during that time, making it difficult to see what's ahead and causing anxiety about not being able to drive. . The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle light automatic flashing device that eliminates this problem.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention focuses on the above problems and in order to achieve the above object, considering that the brake pedal must be operated when stopping and starting the vehicle again, the present plan abolishes the conventional manual operation of flashing the left and right lights with a night light switch, and instead, when the brake pedal is pressed with the foot, the stop light comes on instantly and at the same time the brakes are applied and the vehicle stops, the light goes off a predetermined number of seconds later, and when the pedal is released (when starting again and while driving), the light comes on and the stop light goes off. As a series of operating mechanisms for this brake pedal, the circuit after the brake switch is divided into two, one of which is equipped with a stop light and the other is equipped in parallel with a known timer, which is a time-limited automatic switch whose activation time can be freely set when current is passed through the circuit. The circuit after the light switch is further divided into two, with the b contact of the timer installed in parallel in the circuit in front of the right light on one side and the b' contact of the timer installed in parallel in the circuit in front of the left light on the other side. When the brakes are applied by the brake pedal, current simultaneously flows from the brake switch and the timer turns ON, and after a predetermined number of seconds (after the vehicle has come to a complete stop), both the b and b' contacts turn OFF, turning off the left and right lights and turning on the stop light. This is a configuration that solves the problem of an automatic light flasher for vehicles.

[Effect]

Since the vehicle is constructed as described above, when the vehicle is driven at night, the passenger first turns on the light switch 6 manually, and the left and right lights 3 and 4 are turned on by the current from the battery 2 and the vehicle travels. If the vehicle is stopped at a stop line or in front of the vehicle, the driver immediately depresses the brake pedal 7 with one foot and the clutch pedal with the other foot to stop the vehicle. Immediately, the brake switch 8 operated by the brake pedal 7 is turned on,
At the same time as the stop light 5 of the current circuit lights up, the timer 9 turns on, and after several seconds, the left and right lights 3 and 4 of the current circuit of the light switch 6 are turned on.
Since the b contact 10 and b' contact 11 of the timer 9 located in series in front of the are turned OFF, the right light 3 and the left light 4
goes out. At this time, only by turning off the lights after a delay of several seconds will the lights illuminate the front at the same speed as the vehicle's brakes and come to a stop, and then turn off to ensure safety, drain the battery, and be polite to the occupants of the oncoming vehicle. .

Also, when the vehicle is making a curve to change direction, if the lights go out the moment you apply the brakes to slow down, you will not be able to see what's ahead and you will be unable to drive, but due to the multiple second delay on the timer and double brake operation, Continuous irradiation is performed and curves can be made safely. Further, while driving down a slope, if double braking is being continued, the light will be lit continuously, and each time the stop light 5 will repeatedly blink as before. When restarting the vehicle after coming to a stop, when you take your foot off the brake pedal, this will cause brake switch 8 to switch.
is turned OFF, and stop light 5 and timer 9 are turned off.
OFF, contact b 10 and contact b' 11 of timer 9 are both turned on, and at the same time, right light 3 and left light 4 are turned on, and the vehicle lights 3, 4 and stop light 5 are automatically turned on and off. It is something to do.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

1 and 2 show a first embodiment of this invention. Vehicle battery 2 as shown in Figure 1
A manual light switch 6 is installed between the circuits of the right light 3 and the left light 4, and a foot-operated brake pedal 7 is installed between the circuits of the battery 2 and the stop light 5.
The right light 3, the left light 4, and the stop light 5 are automatically flashed through the automatic light flashing device 1 which is operated by these operations and an interlocking circuit.

FIG. 2 is a current circuit diagram of the automatic light flashing device 1. As shown in FIG. The + side current of the battery 2 is divided into two parts, one of which passes through the brake switch 8 and is further divided into two parts, one of which reaches the stop light 5, and in parallel with this, the other part of the circuit is free of time. A known timer 9 has been reached which has a switch that can be set to 1 and operates after a set time. The timer 9 is what can be called a time-limited automatic switch, and there are various structures. Some have a dial for settings. When you turn the dial handle, you set the desired time, and at the same time turn the coiled spring, adjusting the time by turning the spring.When the set time (for example, 5 seconds) has elapsed, the motor starts operating. The switch is operated to turn the switch's contacts ON or OFF. This is a well-known timed automatic switch called a timer that has been widely used since ancient times. The other circuit that was initially divided is divided into two circuits via the light switch 6, one circuit reaches the right light 3 from the timer b contact 10, and the other circuit is connected to the timer b in parallel to the above circuit. 'It reaches the left light 4 from contact 11. The negative current of battery 2 is applied to stop light 5, timer 9, right light 3, and left light 4.
has reached. Note that in the electrical circuit diagram of FIG. 2, the b and b' contacts, which are the switch contacts of the timer 9, are separated from the timer 9;
This is to make the circuit easier to understand, and the actual b and b' contacts are built into the case of the timer 9. In addition, when the timer is not energized, the timer contacts close and turn on, and when the timer is energized, the contacts open and turn OFF after a set time (for example, after a few seconds).
The normally closed type is in the state of , and the opposite is the normally open type, in which the timer contacts open when the timer is not energized and is in the OFF state, and closed when the timer is energized and the timer is in the ON state. There are two types of timers (sometimers have two types of systems in one timer), but in the embodiment of the present invention, the former normally closed type is used.

If you manually turn on (close) the light switch 6 when driving the vehicle at night, the second
The state is as shown in Figure A, and the + side current reaches the right light 3 through the timer's b contact 10, and is further divided into the left light 4 through the timer's b' contact 11.
When the current reaches , both lights turn on.
When stopping, press brake pedal 7 (first brake pedal) as necessary.
When you step on the brake switch 8 with your foot, as shown in Figure 2B, the brake switch 8 closes and turns on, and the stop light 5 receives current and lights up. At the same time, the timer 9 also receives current, and after a set time, the light switch 6 circuit turns on. The timer b contact 10 and the timer b' contact 11 are opened and turned off, and the right light 3 and left light 4 are cut off from current and turned off. Next, in order to start the vehicle, when the brake pedal 7 is released, the brake switch 8 opens and turns OFF as shown in Figure 2, the stop light 5 goes out, and the timer 9 also cuts off the current and returns to its normal state. Return. At the same time, timer b contact 10
The timer b' contact 11 closes and becomes ON (normally closed) (Fig. 2A), and the right light 3 and left light 4 turn on instantly. Furthermore, when the vehicle is running with the lights 3 and 4 on and the brake pedal 7 is depressed when the vehicle is stopped, the brake switch 8 is turned on as shown in FIG. 2B, and the timer 9 is also turned on.
After the set time has elapsed (after the vehicle has come to a complete stop), the timer contact is turned off, so the left and right lights 3 and 4 turn off. Furthermore, when the brake pedal 7 is released when the vehicle is started, the left and right lights are turned on as described above. Incidentally, the dimming of the light and the change of the irradiation direction are performed by manually switching the light switch 6 as in the past. In addition, the second
In the embodiments up to the seventh embodiment, the operation of the timer and its contacts is the same as in the first embodiment, and the effects on lights, switches, etc. are also the same.

Next, a second embodiment of this invention will be described based on FIG. In the second embodiment, the positions and circuits of the brake switch 8 and light switch 6 are the same as in the first embodiment, but the timer b contact 10 and timer b' contact 11 are as follows. In order to increase the current capacity and durability by replacing the B contacts 14 and B' contacts 15 of the relay 13, the relay 13 having the A contacts 12 of the timer 9 in series in front is used as a brake switch as shown in FIG. In addition to installing a new circuit in parallel with timer 9 in circuit 8,
Light switch 6 circuit right light 3 left light 4
Before each of the above, the b contact 14 of the relay 13 is
and b' contact 15 in parallel (Fig. 2 10, 11)
). Now, when driving the vehicle at night, when the light switch 6 is turned on manually, one side of the + side current passes through the relay B contact 14 and reaches the right light 3.
The other side is separated and passes through relay b' contact 15 to left light 4.
Each light will light up when it reaches . When the brake pedal 7 (Fig. 1) is depressed as required, the brake switch 8 is turned on, the stop light 5 is turned on, and at the same time, the timer 9 is turned on, and after a predetermined time, the timer a is turned on.
Contact 12 turns on, relay 13 turns on, and at the same time each relay b contact 14 and relay b' contact 15 turn on.
When it is turned off, right light 3 and left light 4 go out.
Next, when you release your foot from the brake pedal 7 to start the vehicle, the brake switch 8 is turned OFF, the stop light 5 is turned off, the timer 9 is reset, and the relay 13 is turned OFF and at the same time, the relay b contact 14 is turned off.
Relay b' contact 15 turns ON, and right light 3 and left light 4 light up instantly. Therefore, the relay b contacts 14 and b' contacts 15 are better for the lights 3 and 15 than the timer b contacts 10 and b' contacts 11 of the first embodiment.
4, which has a large blinking current capacity, can be used, so this configuration has many effects in terms of durability.

Next, a third embodiment of this invention will be explained based on FIG. 4. In the third embodiment, when the vehicle is driven at night, when the light switch 6 is turned on, the right light 3,
The left light 4 lights up, and the relay 13 installed in parallel with it turns on, turning on the a contact 16 of the relay 13 in the brake switch 8 circuit. To stop now, press the brake pedal 7 (Fig. 1) to turn the brake switch 8.
When ON, the stop light 5 lights up, the current passes through the relay A contact 16 that is ON, the timer 9 turns ON, and after a predetermined time, the timer B contact 10 and the timer B' contact 11 turn OFF, so the right light is turned on. 3 and left light 4 go out. Next, when you release your foot from the brake pedal 7 to start the vehicle, the brake switch 8 turns OFF and the stop light 5
The light goes out, and the following operations are the same as in the first embodiment. However, the feature of the third embodiment is that when the relay 13 turns off the daytime light switch 6, the relay a contact 16 in the circuit of the brake switch 8 turns off, and the following Therefore, the purpose is to protect the timer 9 since no current is passed to the timer 9 while the timer 9 is running. The structure is such that the timer 9 is turned on only when the light switch 6 and brake switch 8 are turned on at night, and the timer 9 is protected when the light switch 6 is not turned on during the day.

Next, a fourth embodiment of this invention will be explained based on FIG. In the fourth embodiment, in the current circuit of the first and second embodiments (Figs. 2 and 3), even if the light switch 6 is turned off during the day, the brake switch 8
The timer 9 turns on every time the switch is turned on, and the a contact 12, relay 13, and relay b contact 1 in Fig.
4. As a means to prevent the relay b' contact 15 etc. from turning ON and causing fire damage, as shown in Figure 5, a new relay I17 is installed in the circuit from the light switch 6 in parallel with the right light 3 and the left light 4. On the other hand, the circuit from the brake switch 8 is divided into two parts, one reaches the stop light 5, the other is connected in parallel to the a contact 18 of the relay I17, and it is also divided into two parts, one to the timer 9 and the other to the timer 9. This circuit reaches the relay 13 via the a contact 12. When this light switch is off, relay I17's a contact 18 is also off, so even if brake switch 8 is on, timer 9 and its a contact 1
2. Do not energize relay 13, etc. All equipment operates only when both light switch 6 and brake switch 8 are turned on.

Next, a fifth embodiment of this invention will be explained based on FIG. 6. This involves installing a new brake switch I that operates together with brake switch 8, and connecting its contact 21 to timer 9 of the light switch 6 circuit.
The timer 9 turns on only when brake switch 8, brake switch I contact 21, and light switch 6 are all turned on, and after a delay of several seconds, its b contacts 10 and b' contacts 11 turn off. ,
The left and right lights 3 and 4 are circuits that turn off the lights, so when light switch 6 is off (during the day), each of the above parts is off, so they are protected, and when only brake switch 8 is turned on and off, stop light 5 is turned off.
It has a structure that also blinks.

Next, a sixth embodiment of this invention will be explained based on FIG. 7. This is done by inserting a relay I17 having an A contact 12 of the timer 9 at the front part between the brake switch I contact 21 and the timer 9 in the circuit shown in FIG. 6 of the fifth embodiment, and its B contacts 19, 20.
By replacing timer b contact 10 with timer b' contact 11, even if brake switch 8 is turned on during daytime, each device after light switch 6 21, 9, 12, 1
7, 19, 3, 20, and 4 are not energized to prevent fire damage. However, the structure is such that only the stop light 5 is turned on and off by the brake switch 8.

Next, a seventh embodiment of this invention will be explained based on FIG. 8. These are the B contacts 10, 11, 14, 15, 1 for operation in front of the right light 3 and left light 4 of the light switch 6 circuit in each drawing of the first to sixth embodiments.
9, 20, etc., when a failure occurs, the select switches 22, 22 are manually turned ON between them.

Although the above is a sequence circuit, it may also be configured using an IC (semiconductor) circuit. In addition, the above-mentioned timer b contacts 10, 11, relay b contacts 14, 15, 1
The power is applied to the right light 3 and the left light 4 in two parts as shown in 9 and 20, but this is divided into two parts, one each for timer b contact 10 and relay b contact 14 and 19. In some cases, the right light 3 and left light 4 are energized. 9 and 10 are operation and wiring circuit diagrams of the prior art.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, the automatic vehicle light flashing device of this invention has the following effects:

B Turn on the light switch once when driving the vehicle at night.
When the brakes are applied when the vehicle is stopped, the lights and stop lights are automatically turned on and off alternately using the brake pedal.

B The light lights up when the brake switch is OFF...
...The light goes off instantly when the brake switch is ON...
After several seconds, the stop light lights up and the brake switch is turned on.
When...the host light turns off instantly when the brake switch is turned off.
When it's OFF...the light turns on and off automatically by pressing the brake pedal, so you don't have to forget it like you would manually.

G) Reliable operation increases battery durability.

H) Operate reliably, so be sure to follow etiquette towards the occupants of oncoming vehicles.

The lights turn off after a delay of several seconds when stopping or turning, so you can see what's ahead, making it safer.

In the event that the timer or its B contact is damaged, the selector switch instantly switches to manual mode to prevent accidents.

Since the structure is simple, it is inexpensive.

The effects of the above 11 cases are significant.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the wiring relationship of the first embodiment of this invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the first embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 2A is a circuit diagram for explaining the operating state of the first embodiment. Fig. 2B is a circuit diagram for explaining the operating state of the first embodiment, Fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of the second embodiment of this invention,
Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of the third embodiment of this invention, Fig. 5 is a circuit diagram of the fourth embodiment of this invention, Fig. 6 is a circuit diagram of the fifth embodiment of this invention, and Fig. 7 is a circuit diagram of the sixth embodiment of this invention. FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of the seventh embodiment of this invention, FIG. 9 is a side view showing the wiring relationship of the prior art, and FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of the prior art. 1... Automatic light flashing device, 2... Battery, 3... Right light, 4... Left light, 5... Stop light, 6... Light switch, 7... Brake pedal, 8... Brake switch, 9... …
Timer, 10... Timer B contact, 11... Timer B' contact, 12... Timer A contact, 13...
...Relay, 14...Relay b contact, 15...Relay b' contact, 16...Relay a contact, 17...Relay I, 18...Relay Ia contact, 19...Relay Ib
Contact, 20... Relay Ib' contact, 21... Brake switch I contact, 22... Select switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Powered by the vehicle's battery 2, the right front light 3 and left light 4 are turned on and off by a manually operated light switch 6, and a foot-operated brake is provided between the battery 2 and the stop light 5. By pedal 7, brake switch 8, etc.
In a device that flashes by turning on and off, the circuit after the brake switch 8 is divided into two, one of which has a stop light 5, and the other circuit has a time-limited automatic switch whose operation start time can be freely adjusted. A known timer 9 is installed in parallel, and the circuit after the light switch 6 is further divided into two, and one of the circuits in front of the right light 3 is connected to the B contact 10 of the timer 9, and the other is connected to the B contact 10 of the timer 9. The above timer 9 is connected to the circuit in front of the divided left light 4.
An automatic vehicle light flashing device characterized in that it is configured by mounting b′ contacts in parallel.