JPH0620140U - Car signal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a signal device for an automobile, which is capable of clearly indicating the intention to the following vehicle and is also inexpensive. [Composition] A signal device provided at a rear portion of an automobile, which is a case body 1 and is held by the case body 1.
And a character plate 2 displayed by illumination.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a vehicle signal device for displaying a particular intention by illumination of a following vehicle while driving the vehicle.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, when a vehicle joins or changes lanes, etc., a hazard lamp is usually blinking to indicate "thank you" or the like. On the other hand, as a signal device, there is a device in which LEDs are spread over the entire surface and characters are made to stand out by computer control, thereby indicating the intention.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the method of blinking the hazard lamp has a problem that the intention is unclear. In addition, there is a problem in that a device that is spread over the entire surface of the LED and is computer-controlled is an extremely expensive device.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a signal device for an automobile, which is capable of clearly indicating the intention to a following vehicle and is also inexpensive.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a signal device provided in a rear portion of an automobile, which is characterized by including a case body and a character plate held by the case body and displayed by illumination. .

[0006]

[Action]

 With the above configuration, the case body and the letter plate that is held by the case body and displayed by illumination are provided, so that a clear intention can be shown to the following vehicle and it is inexpensive. It becomes a signal device.

[0007]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, the front surface of the case main body 1 is formed with an open window portion 1 a, and the character plate 2 is formed in a side opening of the case main body 1 so as to close the window portion 1 a. It is inserted from 1b and held by the case body 1.

The character plate 2 is made of acrylic resin colored in green (which is mistaken for a brake lamp if it is red), and has a black print on the back side without the characters “THANK YOU”. The letters for indicating the intention are not limited to "THANG YOU", but may be "thank you", "I'm sorry", "sorry", "I am a beginner", etc. In addition, a character plate without these several characters may be prepared in advance and appropriately replaced and used.

Inside the case body 1 on the back side of the character plate 2, 5 to 6 (six in this embodiment) light bulbs 3 are arranged, and inside the case body 1 on the base end side of the light bulb 3. A circuit board 4 is attached to the. Then, when a switch (not shown) is pressed once, the circuit-equipped substrate 4 causes the light bulb 3 to blink 3 to 5 times or turn on and off repeatedly to turn off. The blinking of the light bulb 3 or the illumination by the light and dark causes the characters on the dial 2 to shine and indicate the intention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 is a suction cup, which is attached to the case body 1. Then, the suction cup 5 is attached to a rear shelf (not shown) to fix the case body 1. The case body 1 may be fixed not only by the suction cup 5 but also by a double-sided adhesive tape. The case body 1 may be mounted on the rear window instead of being mounted on the rear shelf.

In this embodiment as described above, it is possible to clearly indicate the intention to the following vehicle, and at the same time, various kinds of intention can be indicated by exchanging the character plate, which is an inexpensive signal device. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the characters on the character plate 2 are not printed, and the characters are illuminated by illuminating them with the light bulb 3 from the back side. For example, the character part “THAN K YOU” Only the LED may be used, and its character portion may be used as an illumination.

[0014]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, since the case main body and the character plate that is held by the case main body and displayed by the illumination are provided, it is possible to clearly indicate the intention to the succeeding vehicle. At the same time, the signal device can be inexpensive. In addition, such a signal device enables communication between the driving vehicles and enables comfortable driving without stress.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 case body 2 letter plate 3 light bulb 4 circuit board

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A signal device provided on a rear portion of an automobile, comprising: a case main body;
A signal device for an automobile, comprising a character plate displayed by illumination.