JPH07156709A - Vehicle tail lamp integrated with brake lamp and decelerating step indicator lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To indicate ordinary stopping and sudden stopping by steps for prevention of a driver in a succeeding vehicle from having excessive feeling by mounting an indicator lamp which flickers according to decelerating degree in addition to a conventional brake lamp. CONSTITUTION:A brake lamp 1 is lighted when ordinary braking is applied, an indicator lamp 2 is connected to a rapid deceleration sensor, and an indicator lamp 3 is connected to an emergency deceleration sensor to indicate the fast or slow stopping condition of a stopping vehicle by steps.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tail light of a vehicle for gradually displaying the degree of stoppage.

2. Description of the Related Art Auxiliary brake lights mounted at a high position at the rear of a vehicle serve to prevent the following vehicle from erroneously recognizing the vehicle interval at night and call attention to the brake operation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By increasing the light emitting area of the auxiliary brake light and increasing the brightness, it is possible to more effectively call the attention of the following vehicle.
On the other hand, there is a problem that the driver of the following car may psychologically overreact even when the vehicle normally decelerates and stops, and that one point is too concentrated and the attention is distracted. . The present invention is intended to eliminate the adverse effect.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the driver of the following vehicle can easily discriminate whether the vehicle is normally braked or urgently stopped. In order to solve the problem, the red indicator lamp is turned on to prevent an excessive reaction, and a large area or high-intensity display is provided only during sudden braking.

This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, and 5. FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an example of electrical system wiring. FIG. 5 is an embodiment of a deceleration sensor. Is. The brake light 1 is turned on by a normal brake operation. When the brake is applied suddenly, the indicator light 2 is turned on by operating the rapid deceleration sensor 5. The indicator light 3 is further connected to an emergency deceleration sensor 6 which operates by an emergency deceleration. FIG. 5 shows an example of a deceleration sensor comprising a micro switch 13 and an operating rod having lead 14 as a weight attached to its tip, and the operating range varies depending on the weight of the weight. This may be done by changing the length of the rod, using a micro switch with different working pressure, or other pressure sensitive sensor.

[Advantages of the Invention] With the above structure, the indication of normal braking and sudden braking is divided, or the degree of alerting is further changed step by step according to the degree of urgency to prevent excessive reaction of the driver of the following vehicle. The effect is brought about.

[Other Embodiments] FIGS. 2 and 3 show another embodiment of the indicator light shape. Further, the gist of the present invention can be achieved by increasing the number of deceleration detectors in one stage or by further increasing the number of stages.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of still another embodiment.

[Fig. 4] Wiring example diagram for each indicator

FIG. 5 is a side view of an example of a deceleration sensor.

[Explanation of symbols]

1/7/10 Brake light 2/8/11 Indicator light connected to rapid deceleration sensor 3/9/12 Indicator light connected to emergency deceleration sensor 4 Indicator light support, 5 Rapid deceleration sensor, 6 Emergency deceleration sensor 13 Micro switch, 14 Lead

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle tail light, comprising a deceleration indicator light section electrically connected to a deceleration sensor in addition to the conventional brake operation indicator light. 2. An indicator light 2 connected to a brake light 1, a sudden deceleration sensor 5 and an indicator light 3 connected to an emergency deceleration sensor 6.
The rear light of the vehicle composed by. 3. An indicator light 8 connected to the brake light 7 and the sudden deceleration sensor 5 and an indicator light 9 connected to the emergency deceleration sensor 6.
The rear light of the vehicle composed by. 4. A vehicle tail light comprising a brake light 10, an indicator light 11 connected to a sudden deceleration sensor 5 and an indicator light 12 connected to an emergency deceleration sensor 6.