JPH0724286Y2 - Vehicle room lamp - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a vehicle room lamp, and more particularly to a vehicle room lamp which is detachably configured to illuminate the interior and exterior of a vehicle.

[Prior art]

Traditionally, room lamps have been used only for interior lighting,
It was attached to the head lining so that it could not be easily removed. Therefore, in the case of an emergency at night, it was essential to always have a lamp that can illuminate the outside of the vehicle.

However, it is a waste of space to always install this kind of lamp which is rarely used in a vehicle, and it is always troublesome because it is necessary to constantly check the battery.

[Purpose of the present invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle room lamp that can be attached and detached in order to solve the above problems.

[Outline of the present invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and its gist is to provide a vehicle room lamp having a cord whose one end is connected to a vehicle-mounted power source and a lamp body to which the other end of the cord is connected and lit. A lamp housing which is provided at a desired position in the vehicle compartment and accommodates the lamp body; a holding portion which is provided in the lamp housing and detachably holds the lamp body in the lamp housing; When the lamp body is supported by the holding part and is housed in the lamp housing, the lamp body is housed in the lamp housing along the lamp body, and at the locking part provided in the lamp housing. The lock position that locks the lamp body to prevent the lamp body from separating from the lamp housing and the lamp body from the lamp housing. When disengaged, the arm that releases the engagement with the locking part and swings between the grip position projected from the lamp main body and the gripping position, and the lamp housing and the lamp main body as separate bodies A vehicle room lamp, comprising: a cord reel that is fixed at a desired position and around which the cord is wound.

[Examples of the present invention]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

1 to 7, FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a passenger compartment, particularly a roof and a rear pillar portion is looked up from a floor surface of a luggage compartment, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the passenger compartment is viewed from the rear. FIG.

A room lamp 40 is mounted on the lower surface side of the roof panel 42, and the cord reel 44 is mounted on the inner surface side of the pillar 46. From the room lamp 40 to the cord reel 44, a pipe-shaped guide 48 is arranged along the lower surface of the roof panel 42 and the inner surface of the pillar 46, and the cord 50 is inserted. The room lamp 40 mainly includes the lamp housing 52 and the lamp body 5
4, switch 60, fuse 14, arm 64, spring device 66 and the like.

The lamp housing 52 has a substantially hat-shaped cross section,
Flange 52a and 52b are formed over the entire circumference at the lower single end. The lamp housing 52 is attached to the roof trim 58 by the flanges 52a and 52b narrowing the entire edge of the roof trim 58 forming the opening 56.

The cord 50 has one end connected to an in-vehicle power supply (not shown),
In addition to being wound around the cord reel 44, it is inserted into the guide 48 and connected to the lamp body 54.

The guide 48 is divided into a pipe-shaped bent portion and a straight portion. A groove 49 is formed on the entire circumference of the end of the bent portion, and the claw portion 51 formed at the end of the linear portion is configured to engage with the groove 49.

The switch 60 is a door switch 22 for opening and closing the vehicle door.
ON / OFF of the room lamp is turned on and off, a position where the room lamp is always turned on regardless of whether the door is opened or closed, and a position where the room lamp is always turned off regardless of whether the door is opened or closed. ing.

Further, an arm 64 configured to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 64a is attached to the lamp main body 54, and a protrusion 52c having an elliptical cross section formed on the lamp housing 52 is provided.
In addition, it is configured such that it is in an engaged state at a locked position shown by a solid line in FIG. 3 and is in an unengaged state at a gripping position shown by a broken line. In addition, the lamp housing 52,
Protrusions 52d and 52e that engage with the lamp body 54 are formed, and a spring device 66 that biases the lamp body 54 is embedded. When the arm 64 and the protrusion 52c are in the engaged state, the lamp body 54 is locked by the protrusions 52d and e, and further locked by the arm 64 and the protrusion 52c and held by the lamp housing 52.

Therefore, when the lamp main body 54 is detached from the state housed in the lamp housing 52 to irradiate the outside of the vehicle cabin,
First, an arm that functions as a handshake for the lamp body 54.
By moving 64 from the locked position indicated by the solid line to the gripped position indicated by the broken line protruding from the lamp body 54, the arm 64 and the projection 52c are disengaged, and the arm 64
By pulling the lamp downward,
Since e is disengaged, the user can detach the lamp body 40 from the lamp housing by one operation of operating the arm 64. At that time, the code 50 is the code reel
It is pulled out from 44 through the guide 48.

As the code reel 44, for example, a known ratchet type is used as shown in FIG. Therefore, the cord 50 is kept pulled out by the ratchet 28 for a desired length. On the other hand, when the cord 50 is stored in the cord reel 44, the cord 50 is wound and stored by the urging force of the spring 30 by operating a release device (not shown).

In the present embodiment, the lamp main body 54 is configured to be engaged with the protrusions 52d and 52e and housed in the lamp housing 52, but an engaging means using a magnet or the like may be used.

Also, the switch 60 is attached to the lamp body 40,
It may be attached to the lamp housing 52 or another place.

The method of fixing the lamp housing 52 to the roof trim 58 is not limited to the method described in this embodiment, and any other known method may be used.

[Effect of the present invention]

According to the above configuration, since the lamp body is detachably supported on the vehicle body, it is possible to illuminate not only the interior of the vehicle but also the outside of the vehicle, and a portable lighting device is separately provided for illumination outside the vehicle. There is no need for it, and the space inside the vehicle can be used effectively, and since the lamp body is connected to the on-vehicle power supply via the cord, it can be used for a considerably longer time than the dry battery / rechargeable type, and The effect is high illuminance.

The lamp body is detachably held in the lamp housing by a holding portion provided in the lamp housing, and further, by moving the arm to the lock position, the arm engages with the locking portion of the lamp housing and locks. Due to the structure, even if the vehicle body vibrates greatly due to traveling on a rough road, the lamp body can be reliably and firmly held in the lamp housing.

In addition to the holding part that is provided in the lamp housing and detachably holds the lamp body in the lamp housing, it has a lock structure that locks the lamp body in the lamp housing by the locking portion of the lamp housing and the arm of the lamp body. The holding part provided in the lamp housing allows the holding force to hold the lamp body detachably in the lamp housing to be set low, and the operation to detach the lamp body from the lamp housing after operating the arm to the grip position. This has the effect of reducing force and improving operability. Further, this effect can be similarly obtained in the operation of housing the lamp body in the lamp housing.

The lamp body has a cap-like shape in sectional view with only one side protruding, and when the lamp body is stored and locked in the lamp housing, the arm is located on the protruding side surface of the lamp body and inside the lamp housing. Since the stored vehicle body is flush, the safety of the occupant's head in the event of a collision is enhanced.

Furthermore, since the lamp body and the cord reel are separated, it can be freely arranged according to the space inside the vehicle, and in order to secure a space only for the cord reel, the diameter of the electric wire is increased, There is an effect that the W number of the light bulb can be easily increased according to the preference of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the roof and the rear pillar are looked up from the floor of the luggage compartment, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the passenger compartment is viewed from the rear, and FIG. 3 is a cross section when the lamp body 54 is stored. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in Fig. 3,
5 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the cord reel 44, and FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of this embodiment. 14 …… Fuse, 22 …… Door switch, 28 …… Ratchet, 30 …… Spring, 40 …… Room lamp, 42 …… Roof panel, 44 …… Cord reel, 46 …… Pillar 48 …… Guide, 50… … Code 52 …… Lamp housing, 54 …… Lamp body, 56 …… Opening, 58 …… Roof trim 60 …… Switch, 66 …… Spring device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cord having one end connected to a vehicle-mounted power source,
In a vehicle room lamp having a lamp body connected to the other end of the cord to be turned on, a lamp housing provided at a desired position in the vehicle compartment for housing the lamp body, and a lamp body provided in the lamp housing, A holding portion that is detachably held in the lamp housing, and is pivotally supported on the outside of the lamp body, and along the lamp body when the lamp body is held by the holding portion and housed in the lamp housing. The lamp housing is housed in the same lamp housing, and the lock position is engaged with a locking portion provided on the lamp housing to prevent the lamp body from separating from the lamp housing, and the lamp body is separated from the lamp housing. At this time, the engagement with the above-mentioned locking part is released, and the position between the gripping position that is projected from the lamp body and both positions is And dynamic allowed to arm, the lamp housing and the lamp body is secured in the desired position of the vehicle body separately, vehicle interior lamp characterized in that a cord reel which the code is wound.