JPH06107066A - Safety improvement lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] In the conventional means for displaying parking, since the power consumption is set to be relatively large, it may cause over discharge of the battery due to long-term use, which may affect running after driving. There was a problem that caused the driver to have a concern and the lighting was not surely enforced. According to the present invention, a foldable door mirror 11 provided on a central side of a road is provided with LED lamps 2 and 3 having a front and a rear of an automobile 10 as irradiation directions in a state where the door mirror 11 is folded. Since the LED lamps 2 and 3 are provided in the respective lamps and the safety improving lamp 1 is turned on by folding the door mirror 11, the power consumption is extremely low and does not affect the start of the next day. To solve the problem by not encouraging the driver to be over-discharged by the battery and by reliably energizing the lighting during parking at night.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a safety improving lamp provided for clarifying the existence of a vehicle with respect to another vehicle during parking at night and preventing a contact accident.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional means for clarifying the existence of a vehicle during parking at night, for example, a parking lamp or a hazard lamp is used.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional means, it is required that these lighting devices are provided symmetrically with respect to the center line of the vehicle, for example.
In addition, the power consumption of the light source used is also specified,
Since it is regulated by the vehicle's certification standards, the power consumption when it is lit is relatively high, and it may cause anxiety such as over-discharge of the battery for long-time continuous lighting. Due to the above concerns, the lighting is rarely energized in an expected case. Therefore, in reality, it is very difficult to check the parked vehicle at night. Had become an issue.

[0004]

As a concrete means for solving the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention is a state in which a door mirror is provided on the center side of a road and is foldable, and the door mirror is folded. Power consumption is provided by providing a safety improving lamp characterized in that LED lamps are provided respectively in front and rear of the vehicle as irradiation directions, and the LED lamps are turned on by folding the door mirror. It is possible to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems by reducing the above-mentioned problem so as not to cause anxiety of over-discharge of the battery even during long-time lighting, and simplify handling.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. A reference numeral 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a safety improving lamp, and the safety improving lamp 1 is provided on a folding door mirror 11 provided as standard equipment in the automobile 10 (see FIG. 1). Reference) LED lamp 2, LED lamp 3 and these LED lamps 2, LED
A switch 5 for turning on the lamp 3 is provided, and the side to which the switch 5 is attached is located at the center side of the road, that is, in the case of left-hand traffic, the door mirror 11 on the right side when viewed from the driver's seat. It is supposed to be installed.

As for the method of mounting the LED lamps 2 and 3, the pair of LED lamps 2 and 3 are mounted on the housing 11a of the door mirror 11 as shown in FIG. The irradiation direction 3 is directed toward the front and the rear of the vehicle 10 when the door mirror 11 is folded. In the following description, the side that illuminates the front is L
The ED lamp 2 and the LED lamp 3 which irradiates the rear side will be described. Therefore, what is shown in FIG. 1 is the LED lamp 3 that illuminates the rear side.

FIG. 3 shows the irradiation directions of the LED lamp 2 and the LED lamp 3 in more detail, and when the door mirror 11 is in a folded state, the automobile 10 is shown. The LED lamp 2 that is supposed to illuminate the front is approximately 5 ° with respect to the axis X of the automobile 10.
The LED lamp 3 having the irradiation direction α set so as to be directed outward and irradiating the rear direction is the axis X of the automobile 10.
On the other hand, the irradiation direction β is set so as to be outward by approximately 2 °, and optimum visibility is given to other vehicles approaching from each direction.

Here, each of the LED lamp 2 and the LED lamp 3 uses the LED light emitting element 4 as a light source (see FIG. 2), and the current consumption at the time of lighting is typically 3
It is considered to be extremely low, 0 mA or less, and the power consumption when it is turned on by the power supply voltage of the automobile 10 is about 300 mW. It is supposed to have no effect on.

At this time, the LED light emitting element 4 is supplied on the market as a high brightness LED.
If the one that has a light emission amount of 0 to 1000 millicandelas is adopted and the half angle of the light amount is set to about ± 5 °, 30 to 1
It is possible to visually recognize the object from the front (or the rear) of 00 m, and a necessary and sufficient viewing distance can be obtained for this kind of purpose.

Further, the door mirror 11 is provided with a switch 5 (see FIG. 1) by utilizing, for example, a folding function 11b and adopting a limit switch, for example, and when the door mirror 11 is in the folding position, the LED lamp 2 is provided. And the LED lamp 3 are both turned on, and
When the door mirror 11 is in the use position, it is turned off.

Next, the operation and effect of the present invention having the above-described structure will be explained. For example, when parking is performed on the road shoulder and the parking is at night, or when it is expected that the parking is carried out at night, driving is performed. When a person leaves the vehicle 10 with the door mirror 11 folded as in the conventional daily use, the safety improving lamp 1 emits light in a predetermined direction from that point, and approaches the vehicle. It will notify other cars of the existence of their own vehicle.

At this time, as described above, the safety improving lamp 1 is provided only on the necessary side of the center of the road, and the LED lamps 2 and 3 use the LED as the light source.
Since the light emitting element 4 has extremely low power consumption, even if the lighting is continued throughout the night,
It does not have any influence on the starting characteristics of the starter motor in the next morning, and it can be used as a driver without any concern.

At this time, when parking is performed in a place such as a garage or a parking lot where there is no possibility of another vehicle colliding, the switch 5 will not operate unless the door mirror 11 is folded. The LED lamps 2 and 3 are not turned on, and therefore, unnecessary power consumption is not performed in such a state.

In the actual implementation of the present invention, if the LED lamps 2 and 3 are provided with a flashing function for blinking at a predetermined interval, the blinking action calls attention to the vehicle and makes it visible to other vehicles. It is possible to further improve the property and at the same time reduce the power consumption, and more preferable actions and effects can be obtained for the purpose of the present invention. Further, it is also possible to incorporate an automatic blinker that is switched on when the ambient illuminance becomes lower than a prescribed brightness, and stop lighting during the daytime to reduce power consumption.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a foldable door mirror provided on the center side of a road is provided with an LED whose irradiation direction is the front and the rear of the vehicle with the door mirror folded. A lamp is provided for each and the L
The safety-improving lamp is characterized in that the ED lamp is turned on by folding the door mirror. For example, it is assumed that the driver has a very low power consumption that does not affect the start of the next day. As a thing that does not give rise to the concern of electric discharge, the lighting is encouraged at the time of parking at night, and it is extremely effective in improving safety such as prevention of a rear-end collision.

Further, since the door mirror is configured to be turned on by folding the door mirror, the operation is simplified by assuming that the door mirror is turned on by a routine operation performed by the driver when parked on the road. Assuming that the lighting is surely performed, the above-mentioned effects can be achieved more reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a safety improving lamp according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing irradiation directions of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 …… Safety improvement lamp 2, 3 …… LED lamp 4 …… LED light emitting element 5 …… Switch 10 Automobile 11 Door mirror α, β …… Irradiation direction

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A foldable door mirror provided on the center side of a road is provided with LED lamps whose irradiation directions are the front and the rear of a vehicle in a state where the door mirror is folded. A safety improving lamp, which is turned on by folding the door mirror.