JPH065370Y2 - Helmet with light emitting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a full-face type helmet provided with a light emitting device.

[Prior Art] A helmet used for a motorcycle or the like is desired to have higher visibility. Therefore, a helmet equipped with a light emitting device has been considered. Further, in a full-face type helmet in which a main part for covering the head part and a chin guard for covering the chin part are integrally formed, the liner provided inside the helmet is divided into two parts, and the main side liner provided in the main part of the shell is formed. And there is a chin guard side liner provided inside the chin guard.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, since the helmet has a strong design, the control unit such as the power supply and the control circuit is first attached so as not to impair the appearance of the helmet when the helmet has such a light emitting device. There must be. Furthermore, it is desired that assembly and maintenance can be performed easily and quickly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a helmet with a light emitting device, which can improve the assembling property and the maintainability without damaging the appearance of the helmet at the time of mounting.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, in a helmet with a light emitting device according to the present invention, a light emitting portion is attached to a main portion, and a control unit including at least a power supply and a control circuit is attached to a chin guard side liner. At the same time, a connector between the control unit and the light emitting portion is provided near the facing portions of the chin guard side and the main side liner.

[Operation of the Invention] In the helmet according to the present invention, the light emitting portion is provided in the main portion of the shell, the control unit is attached to the chin guard side liner, and the connector is provided in the connecting portion between the chin guard side liner and the main side liner. Therefore, the control unit is attached to the inside of the helmet and is not visible from the outside, so that it does not affect the appearance of the helmet. Moreover, by connecting / disconnecting the connector, the chin guard side liner can be attached / detached together with the control unit.

[Embodiment] FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a full-face type helmet, which has a shell 1 made of FRP or the like, and a main side liner 2 made of a cushioning material such as Styrofoam is fitted in the shell 1. The interior pad 3 made of soft urethane foam or the like is attached to the inside of the pad. Similarly, a top pad 4 is attached to the top of the head.

A chin guard 5 is integrally formed inside the lower front portion of the shell 1. Chin guard 5 is window 1 of shell 1
A member formed below the a from the cheek to the jaw,
A cheek pad 7 (see FIG. 2) is formed on the Chinger liner 6 attached to the inside thereof. The chin guard side liner 6 is connected to the main side liner 2 and integrally formed to form a helmet liner. That is,
The helmet liner is divided into two parts, the main side and the chin guard side (see FIGS. 2 and 5). In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8a is a shield, 8b is a hinge cover, and 8c is a decorative screw. Further, one end of a jaw band 9 is attached inside the shell 1.

A concave portion A is formed in advance on the outer surface of the chin guard side liner 6 (on the side facing the inner surface of the chin guard 5), and a connector made up of a male connector 10 and a female connector 11 is housed inside this. The formation position of the recess A is near the facing portion between the main side liner 2 and the chin guard side liner 6, and may be on either side of the main side liner 2 or the chin guard side liner 6, or on both sides. The male connector 10 is connected via a lead wire 12 to an auxiliary switch 13 provided on the top of the head, and via a lead wire 14 to a light emitting portion 15 provided on the back of the head. The control circuit 16 is similarly provided on the outer surface of the chin guard side liner 6.
And a power source 17 are housed, and the female connector 11 and the control circuit 16 are connected to the auxiliary switch 13 by a lead wire 18
Further, the female connector 11 is connected via a lead wire 19a connected to the light emitting section 15, and the control circuit 16 and the power source 17 are connected via a lead wire 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the main switch 22 is attached to the front part of the chin guard side liner 6 by exposing the operation part 22a to the inside, and the main switch 22 and the power supply 17 are connected via the lead wire 21, The main switch 22 and the female connector 11 are connected to each other via a lead wire 19b connected to the light emitting section 15. Incidentally, reference numeral 2 in FIG.
Reference numeral 3 is a substrate that supports the main switch 22 and is attached to the outer surface of the chin guard liner 6, 6a is a cushioning material, 6b is a cloth skin, and 6c is a resin plate.

The main switch 22 can be opened and closed with a finger from the inside of the shell 1. However, as indicated by reference numeral 22b in FIG. 1, it is also possible to improve the operability by projecting the shell 1 to the lower front end portion.

As shown in FIG. 4, the auxiliary switch 13 is provided in the hole 4a formed in the top pad 4, and when the helmet is worn, the head H presses the flexible member 24 made of rubber boot or the like. Then, this deforms and bends the internal electrode plate 25, so that the electrode plate 25 comes into contact with the electrode plate 26 and is switched on. Reference numeral 27 is a spacer.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, a plurality of light emitting parts 15 are provided at one end of the substrate 28 housed in the recess 2a formed in the rear part of the main liner 2 (three in this embodiment). ) Installed. The light emitting portion 15 is fitted into the grommet 1c fitted into the through hole 1b (see FIGS. 6 to 8) formed in the rear portion of the shell 1 and the tip portion thereof is fitted to the outer surface of the shell 1. It is protruding. Reference numeral 29 in FIG. 1 is a liner block for filling holes, and is a mounting hole 2b formed in the main liner 2 for the light emitting portion 15 (see FIG. 9).
Is blocked.

Next, how to assemble this helmet will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG.
Is accommodated in the recess 2a of the main liner 2 and the substrate 28 is sandwiched between the main liner 2 and the shell 1 (see FIG. 8). In addition, an auxiliary switch 13 is attached to the inside of the zenith of the main liner 2, and the auxiliary switch 13 and the light emitting unit 15 are attached.
The lead wires 12 and 14 of are laid along the outer surface of the main side liner 2 and fixed by the tape T. At this time, the male connector 10 is slightly extended from the connection portion of the main side liner 2 to the chin guard side liner 6.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tip portion of the main side liner 2 to which the auxiliary switch 13 and the light emitting section 15 are attached is inserted into the opening of the shell 1 from the side of the head, and as shown in FIG. Then, the main side liner 2 is rotated by about 90 ° and further pushed so that the occipital region side of the main side liner 2 is completely inserted into the shell 1. With this configuration, the main liner 2 can be easily fitted even if the opening of the shell 1 is small. At this time, the tip of the substrate 28 is bent inward in advance so that the light emitting unit 15 does not interfere with the shell 1 (see FIG. 8).

When the main side liner 2 completely enters the shell 1, the light emitting portion 15 comes to the position of the through hole 1b as shown in FIG.
At this time, since the grommet 1c is previously attached to the through hole 1b, the finger F is inserted from the inside of the attachment hole 2b and the light emitting portion 15 is pushed into the grommet 1c. After that, when the liner block 29 is fitted into the mounting hole 2b as shown in FIG. 9, the mounting of the light emitting unit 15 is completed. At this time, if the adhesive 29b is applied to the surface of the liner block 29 in advance, the mounting in the mounting hole 2b becomes reliable.

Next, the power supply 17, the control circuit 16, the main switch 22, and the female connector 11 are attached in advance, and the sub-assembled chin guard side liner 6 is fitted into the chin guard 5 and connected to the main side liner 2, and then both sides It is fixed to the inside of the chin guard 5 by a predetermined method (not shown) such as an adhesive tape or a surface fastener. At this time, the male connector 10 is also near the connecting portion between the main side liner 2 and the chin guard side liner 6, that is, in the vicinity of the opposing portion of both liners. Therefore, when the male connector 10 and the female connector 11 are connected, a helmet with a light emitting device is provided. Is assembled.

Therefore, when the helmet is worn, the auxiliary switch 13 is turned on, but when the light emitting unit 15 does not need to be turned on as in the daytime, the light emitting unit 15 is turned off by turning off the main switch 22. On the other hand, the light emitting unit 1
5, when the main switch 22 is switched on, the power supply 17-main switch 22-female connector 11-male connector 10-auxiliary switch 13-male connector 10-female connector 11-control circuit 16 -Female connector 11-Male connector 10-Light emitting part 15-Male connector 10-Female connector 11-Control circuit 16-Power supply 1
7 and the closed circuit, the light emitting unit 15 is connected to the control circuit 16
As a result, a predetermined lighting state such as flashing at regular intervals is achieved.

When repairing the control circuit 16 or replacing the battery, the chin guard side liner 6 is pulled out from the inside of the chin guard 5, and the male connector 10 and the female connector 11 are separated from each other, so that the chin guard side liner 6 can be easily removed from the shell 1. You can Therefore, the maintainability becomes extremely good.

10 to 11 show another example of the auxiliary switch 13. In this example, the electrode plate 25 constituting the auxiliary switch 13
As shown in FIG. 10, reference numerals 26 and 26 denote two ventilation grooves 2 formed in the inner surface of the main liner 2 substantially parallel to each other in the front-rear direction.
It is a relatively long member disposed along the space between c and both ends thereof are stoppers 30 to 3 made of polyurethane foam.
It is fixed by 1.

The inner surface of the helmet of the auxiliary switch 13 is the first
Covered by top pad 4, as shown in FIG. At this time, the auxiliary switch 13 is positioned between the vent holes 4a formed in the top pad 4, and a tape 32 having a smooth surface is adhered to a portion of the top pad 4 that can come into contact with the auxiliary switch 13. There is. As a result, when the helmet is worn, the top pad 4 is deformed by the head, and at the same time, the auxiliary switch 13 is also bent along the inner surface of the main-side liner 2, so that the electrode plates 25 and 26 come into contact with each other to switch on. . When the auxiliary switch 13 is configured as in this embodiment, the electrode plates 25 and 26 are long and the tape 32 smoothes the bending of the electrode plate 25, so that the switching operation becomes good. Reference numeral 4b in FIG. 11 is a double-sided adhesive tape.

FIG. 12 shows a further alternative of the auxiliary switch 13, in which the auxiliary switch 13 is constituted by known one-touch buckle metal fittings attached to both ends of the left and right jaw bands 9. That is, the lead wires 12a and 12b are connected to the male buckle metal fitting 33 and the female buckle metal fitting 34 made of good conductors, respectively.
The lead wires 12a and 12b are two polar wires forming the lead wire 12 connected to the male connector 10 shown in FIG. In this way, wearing a helmet,
When the male buckle metal fitting 33 and the female buckle metal fitting 34 are engaged, the lead wires 12a and 12b are automatically conducted to be switched on. Therefore, since it is not necessary to operate the switch, the operation is not troublesome and the auxiliary switch 13 does not need to be specially provided in the main liner 2, so that the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

[Advantages of the Invention] According to the present invention, among the electrical components of the light emitting device, a control unit including at least a control circuit and a power source is incorporated into the chin guard liner to form a unit, and the light emitting unit and the control unit are connected. Since the connector is provided in the vicinity of the facing portion between the main side liner and the chin guard side liner, the control unit does not have to be provided outside the helmet, and the appearance of the helmet can be maintained. Moreover, since the control unit can be attached and detached together with the chin guard side liner simply by connecting and disconnecting the connector, it is possible to improve the assemblability and maintainability.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 9 show one embodiment, FIG. 1 is a side view of a helmet with a part cut away, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are main parts respectively. FIG. 5 to FIG. 9 are enlarged cross-sectional views showing the assembly process. Tenth
11 and 12 show another embodiment relating to the auxiliary switch, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a main portion, and FIG. 11 is an exploded assembly view. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of a main part showing still another embodiment of the auxiliary switch. 1 ... Shell, 2 ... Main side liner, 5 ... Chin guard, 6 ... Chin guard side liner, 10 ... Male connector, 11 ... Female connector, 15 ... Light emitting part, 16 ...
Control circuit, 17 ... Power supply, 22 ... Main switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A full liner comprising a shell composed of a main part for covering a head part and a chin guard part for covering a jaw part, and a liner fitted inside the shell and divided into a main side liner and a chin guard side liner. In a face type helmet, a light emitting portion is attached to the main portion, and a control unit including at least a power source and a control circuit is attached to the chin guard side liner, and the light emitting portion is provided in the vicinity of the facing portion between the main side liner and the chin guard side liner. A helmet with a light emitting device, which is provided with a connector for connecting the control unit and the control unit.