JPH0592739A - Glass window lighting construction for vehicle door - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To brighten the peripheral edge part of a glass window so as to easily visually recognize opening/closing of the glass window and prevent to collide in error with the glass window at hand or the like by lighting the reflecting part formed on the peripheral edge part of the glass window without a window frame with a lighting device arranged on the upper edge part of a door main body. CONSTITUTION:A vehicle door 1 is constituted of a door main body 2 and a glass window 3 elevatable and out/in movable against the main body. In this case, the front edge part 3a, the upper edge part 3b, and the rear edge part 3c of the outside of the glass window are respectively coated with white ceramics or the like in uniform width so as to form a reflecting part 41. Meanwhile, a lighting device 6 is embedded in a fitting hole (not shown in the figure) formed on the upper edge of the door main body 2. The lighting device 6 is constituted so that a light introducing body 8 is fitted into a long casing 7 in the front and rear direction and opened upward, bulbs 9 are oppositely arranged to the end face of the light introducing body 8, and a lens body 10 is arranged on the light introducing body 8 so as to refract outgoing light and direct it to a prescribed position. Hereby the reflecting part 4 is lighted and brightened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door for a vehicle, particularly when a door for a vehicle is opened by shining a peripheral portion of a glass window having no window frame such as a glass window of a so-called hard top type automobile door. Even though the glass window is closed
An object of the present invention is to provide a new glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door, which can prevent an accident such as a hand or body hitting it when it is considered to be open.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a so-called foot lamp for illuminating the feet when a vehicle door is opened, but there is no illuminating device for illuminating a glass window.

[0003]

By the way, a vehicle door, for example, a glass window which does not have a window frame like a door of a hard top type automobile, has a vehicle door which is opened at the time of getting on and off at night. It is difficult to see at a glance whether the glass window of the door is open or closed, so even if the glass window is closed, you may try to grab the upper edge of the door body and hit your hand against the glass window. Or, there was an accident such as hitting the body.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door of the present invention has a reflecting portion formed on a part or all of the periphery of the glass window,
An illuminating device is provided at the upper edge of the door body, and the illuminating device illuminates the reflecting portion of the glass window.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door of the present invention, a part or all of the peripheral edge of the glass window can be made to shine, and even a glass window without a window frame can be easily visually recognized. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an accident such as accidentally hitting a hand or body.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the glass window lighting structure of the vehicle door of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 7 show an example of implementation of a glass window illumination structure for a vehicle door according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle door, which is attached to a vehicle body through a hinge (not shown) and is supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to the vehicle body. The vehicle door 1 includes a door body 2 having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the side, and a glass window 3 that can be lifted and lowered from the upper edge of the door body 2 and that is housed in the door body 2 when it descends.

The door body 2 is formed to be relatively thick, and the upper edge of the door body 2 is a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction inside the elevating port of the glass window 3, the front and rear end portions are circular, and the middle portion is a circular portion. A band-shaped mounting hole 2a having a width smaller than the diameter is formed. An illumination device described later is attached to the attachment hole 2a.

The front edge 3a of the glass window 3 is inclined forward and downward,
The upper edge 3b has a substantially horizontal shape and the rear edge 3c has a substantially vertical shape, and the upper edge 3b is formed in a gently curved state as seen from the front so as to be deviated to the inner side of the vehicle body. Therefore, when the glass window 3 is in the highest position, the vehicle door 1 has substantially the same shape as the entrance / exit of the vehicle body.

The front edge portion 3 of the outer surface of the glass window 3
A, the upper edge portion 3b and the rear edge portion 3c are subjected to a reflection treatment such as white coating with a substantially uniform width to form the reflection portion 4. The reflecting portion 4 is formed by, for example, painting white ceramic.

Reference numeral 5 is a mask for covering the outer surface of the reflecting portion 4, which is formed, for example, by painting black ceramic. Further, the mask 5 may be painted in the same color as the body color of the automobile, that is, the body color.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an illuminating device embedded in the mounting hole 2 formed at the upper edge of the door body 2.

The illuminating device 6 has a casing 7 which is long in the front-rear direction and has an upper opening, a light guide 8 which is fitted into the casing 7, receives light from a light bulb described later, and emits the light upward, and the length of the light guide 8. Light bulbs 9 and 9 arranged so as to respectively face end surfaces in the direction, and a lens body 10 arranged above the light guide body 8 for refracting the light emitted from the light guide body 8 and directing it in a predetermined direction. Consists of.

The casing 7 has a box shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped elongated in the front-rear direction (longitudinal direction of the door main body 2), and has a main body 11 having upper and front and rear ends open, and front and rear end portions of the main body 11. Is formed integrally with cylindrical portions 12, 12 having an upper opening and a diameter larger than the lateral width of the main body portion 11. The internal space of the main body portion 11 and the internal space of the cylindrical portions 12, 12 are communicated with each other. ing.

The casing 7 is formed to be slightly smaller than the size of the mounting hole 2a of the door body 2 when viewed from above.

The bottom plate 11a of the main body portion 11 of the casing 7 is formed in a substantially V-shape so that the top portion is located substantially at the center of the main body portion 11 in the front-rear direction.

The inner surface of the casing 7 (bottom plate 11a of the main body 11, side plates, and inner surfaces of the cylindrical portion 12) is painted white.

The light bulbs 9 and 9 are inserted into the bottom surfaces of the cylindrical portions 12 and 12 of the casing 7, and mounting holes 12a for mounting a socket, which will be described later, supporting the light bulbs 9 and 9,
12a is formed.

Further, on the side surface of the rear cylinder portion 12 on the side opposite to the main body portion 11, the protruding portion 1 is hooked at a position slightly lowered from its upper edge.
2b is formed.

The light guide 8 is made of a transparent synthetic resin and forms a substantially rectangular parallelepiped elongated in the front-rear direction, and the length in the front-rear direction connects the centers of the two cylindrical portions 12 of the casing 7 to each other. The width is substantially the same as the horizontal length of the main body 11, and the bottom surface 8a is formed in a substantially V shape so as to overlap the bottom plate 11a of the main body 11. Is formed in.

The upper surfaces of the front and rear end portions of the light guide body 8 are formed into rounded surfaces 8b, 8b when viewed from the side, and further, the lower side of the rounded surfaces 8b, 8b, that is, the front and rear end surfaces are lateral. Seen from the inside, it is formed into a concave curved surface that is concave inward, and serves as light receiving surfaces 8c, 8c for receiving the light of the light bulbs 9, 9.

Further, stippled reflecting portions 8d, 8d, ... Are formed on the bottom surface 8a of the light guide body 8 so that the light flux traveling in the front-back direction is reflected substantially upward. ..

The light bulbs 9 and 9 are cylindrical sockets 13 and 1, respectively.
3 are detachably supported by the socket 1.
3 and 13 are mounting holes 12 of the tubular portions 12 and 12 of the casing 7.
a, 12a by attaching from below,
Are arranged in the cylindrical portions 12, 12 and face the light receiving surfaces 8c, 8c of the light guide 8.

The lens body 10 has a rectangular plate shape and a casing 7
The main body 11 includes a lens portion 14 having a size that substantially covers the upper surface opening of the body portion 11, and a clip holding portion 15 that is provided so as to project further forward from the front side edge of the lens portion 14.

At the peripheral edge of the lens portion 14, side plates 14a, 14a, ... And the side plates 14a, 14a ,. Are formed so as to form a flat box shape having an opening on the lower surface.

Further, a cylindrical lens 16 is formed on the lower surface of the portion other than the peripheral edge of the lens portion 14, that is, on the inner side surface thereof, and the light emitted from the upper surface of the light guide body 8 substantially upward is forward and backward. It is supposed to spread.

The clip pressing piece 15 extends to the vicinity of the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 12 of the casing 7 with its tip end facing, and a small hole 15a is formed at the substantial center thereof.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a light guide plate made of a material called a louver lens sheet (trade name) that transmits only light in a direction orthogonal to the surface direction.

The light guide plate 17 has substantially the same size as the lens portion 14 of the lens body 10, and the light guide 8 and the lens body 1 are provided.
It is arranged so as to be sandwiched between the lens unit 14 and the lens unit 0.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a clip body formed by bending a plate-shaped sheet metal material into an L shape and bending one arm in a V shape on the side opposite to the other arm. The L shape of the clip body 18 is formed. The other arm of the shaped portion is a pressed portion 19 which is supported in a sandwiched manner between a cover body and a clip holding portion 15 of the lens body 10 which will be described later.

A small hole 19a, which is slightly smaller than the small hole 15a, is formed in the pressed portion 19 of the clip body 18 at a position substantially in the center thereof and corresponding to the small hole 15a of the clip pressing portion 15.

Further, one arm having an L-shape and the tip of the elastic contact piece 20 having a V-shape are bent in a substantially crank shape to form a locking portion 20a.

Reference numeral 21 indicates a circular shape at both ends in the front-rear direction,
The middle portion (hereinafter, referred to as “narrow width portion”) is a circular portion 2.
The cover body 21 is a strip-shaped cover body having a width slightly narrower than the diameters of 3 and 23, and the cover body 21 is the mounting hole 2 of the door body 2.
It is formed one size larger than a.

Further, the narrow portion 22 of the cover body 21 is formed with a lens window 22a into which the portion of the lens body 10 protruding above the lens portion 14 is fitted. On the lower surface of one circular portion 23, a protrusion 23a is vertically provided at substantially the center thereof,
The projection 23a has an outer diameter that fits snugly into the small hole 19a of the pressed portion 19 of the clip body 18, and the length thereof is the same as that of the clip body 18 and the clip retainer portion 15 of the lens body 10. Is formed to have almost the same length as the thickness of the.

In the illuminating device 6, the light guide 8 is housed in the main body 11 of the casing 7, and the lens body 10 is placed on the upper side of the light guide 8 via the light guide plate 17 to form the lens. The pressed portion 19 of the clip body 18 is positioned on the clip holding portion 15 of the body 10 such that the small hole 19a overlaps the small hole 15a.

Next, the cover body 21 is attached to the lens window 22a.
The casing 7 is positioned from above the casing 7 so that the portion of the lens body 10 other than the peripheral edge of the lens portion 14 is fitted therein. At this time, the circular portions 23, 23 of the cover body 21 are positioned so as to cover the upper surface openings of the cylindrical portions 12, 12 of the casing 7, respectively.

When the cover body 21 is placed on the casing 7, the projection 23a of the circular portion 23 on one side thereof is fixed to the small hole 19a of the pressed portion 19 of the clip body 18 and the clip retainer of the lens body 10. The small hole 15a of the portion 15 is fitted and inserted.

Thus, the clip body 18 is sandwiched between the clip holding portion 15 of the lens body 10 and the circular portion 23 of the cover body 21 while being prevented from coming off.

The cover body 21 is fixed to the casing 7 by an appropriate means such as adhesion or welding.

Finally, the light bulbs 9, 9 are connected to the sockets 13, 13
After supporting it on the casing 7,
Mounting holes 12a and 1 formed in the cylindrical portions 12 and 12, respectively.
The lighting device 6 is assembled by attaching it to 2a.

The lighting device 6 thus assembled is attached to the door body 2 by inserting the casing 7 into the attachment hole 2a formed in the upper edge of the door body 2 from above the attachment hole 2a.

In order to insert the casing 7 of the lighting device 6 into the mounting hole 2a, first, the projection 12b formed on the side surface of the one cylindrical portion 12 of the casing 7 is engaged with the lower edge of the circular portion of the mounting hole 2a. To do.

Next, the elastic contact piece 20 of the grip body 18 attached to the front end side surface of the other cylinder portion 12 of the casing 7 is inserted into the front circular portion of the mounting hole 2a.

At this time, the elastic contact piece 20 abuts on the inner peripheral edge of the circular portion of the mounting hole 2a and bends rearward, and the locking portion 20a of the elastic contact piece 20 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the circular portion of the mounting hole 2a. The mounting hole 2 of the casing 7 is provided by getting over and being locked to the lower edge thereof.
It is prevented from coming off from a, and the elastic contact piece 20 is elastically contacted with the inner peripheral edge of the mounting hole 2a.

Prior to mounting the lighting device 6 on the door body 2, a wiring cord (not shown) is connected to the lighting device 6 for connection.

The lighting device 6 attached in this manner is turned on, for example, when the vehicle door 1 is opened.

When the light bulbs 9 of the lighting device 6 are turned on,
The light of the light bulbs 9 and 9 enters the light guide 8 from the light receiving surfaces 8c and 8c of the light guide 8.

Of the light entering the light guide body 8, the light that travels in a substantially lateral direction is reflected by the inner surface of the light guide body 8 and travels toward the center portion, and the light that travels substantially upward is guided. Rounded surface 8 of body 8
The light is reflected by the inner surfaces of b and 8b toward the center of the light guide 8.

A part of the light traveling in the light guide 8 is reflected upward by the reflecting portions 8d, 8d, ... Formed on the lower surface of the light guide 8 and goes upward from the upper surface of the light guide 8. Is emitted.

The light emitted from the upper surface of the light guide 8 enters the light guide plate 17, and only the light that is directed substantially upward by the light guide plate 17 enters the lens portion 14 of the lens body 10.

The light entering the lens portion 14 of the lens body 10 is diffused in the front-rear direction by the lens portion 14, and the lens body 1
Emitted from 0.

From the front of the lens body 10 obliquely upward,
Light traveling upward and rearward and obliquely upward is reflected by the front edge portion 3 of the glass window 3.
a, the upper edge portion 3b and the rear edge portion 3c are irradiated.

When the front edge portion 3a, the upper edge portion 3b and the rear edge portion 3c of the glass window 3 are irradiated with the light from the illuminating device 6, the reflecting portion 4 formed in the portion reflects the light and shines. As a result, the peripheral portion of the glass window 3 shines and is viewed.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a modification in which the formation position of the reflection portion 4 formed on the glass window 3 is changed.

In FIG. 8, the reflecting portion 4 is formed only on the rear edge portion 3c of the glass window 3.

In the case of such a glass window 3, the illuminating device 6 is arranged at the rear end portion of the door body 2, and the irradiation direction thereof may be substantially above.

FIG. 9 shows the glass window 3 in which the reflecting portion 4 is formed on the upper edge portion 3b and the rear edge portion 3c.

In the case of such a glass window 3, the irradiation device 6 is arranged at a position closer to the rear side than the central portion of the door body 2, and the irradiation direction thereof is substantially upward and obliquely upward after rearward. It is good to

10 and 11 show a modification of the reflecting portion 4 formed on the glass window 3.

In FIG. 10, the mask 5 is first formed on the peripheral portion of the inner surface of the glass window 3, and the reflecting portion 4 is formed on the inner surface of the mask 5.
Is formed.

FIG. 11 shows that the reflection portion 4 is formed by frosting the peripheral portion of the inner surface of the glass window 3, and the mask 5 is formed on the outer surface of the glass window 3 corresponding to the reflection portion 4. It is a thing.

[0063]

As is apparent from the above description, the glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door of the present invention is a glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door that illuminates a glass window without a window frame of the vehicle door. Then, a reflecting portion is formed on a part or all of the peripheral portion of the glass window, and an illuminating device is provided on the upper edge portion of the door body, and the illuminating device illuminates the reflecting portion of the glass window. Characterize.

Therefore, according to the glass window lighting structure of the vehicle door of the present invention, a part or the whole of the peripheral portion of the glass window can be made to shine, and even a glass window without a window frame can be easily visually recognized. Therefore, it is possible to prevent an accident such as accidentally hitting a hand or body.

Further, since the periphery of the glass window shines, for example, when the vehicle door is opened, it is easy for the following vehicle to visually recognize that the vehicle door of the own vehicle is open, which causes an accident such as a rear-end collision. Can be prevented and safety can be improved.

It should be noted that the specific shapes and structures shown in the above embodiments are merely examples for carrying out the glass window lighting structure of the vehicle door of the present invention, and the technical shapes of the present invention can be realized by these. The range should not be construed as limiting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door according to the present invention, as viewed from the inside.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a vehicle door.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an enlarged main part of a glass window.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an entire illumination device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the lighting device.

FIG. 7 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of the lighting device.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a modified example of a glass window.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing another modification of the glass window.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the reflection section.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing another modification of the reflection section.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vehicle Door 2 Door Main Body 3 Glass Window 3a Edge of Glass Window 3b Edge of Glass Window 3c Edge of Glass Window 4 Reflector 6 Lighting Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A glass window lighting structure for a vehicle door, which illuminates a glass window without a window frame of the vehicle door, wherein a reflection portion is formed on a part or all of a peripheral portion of the glass window. A glass window illumination structure for a vehicle door, characterized in that an illumination device is provided at an upper edge portion, and the illumination device illuminates the reflecting portion of the glass window.