JPH0733286Y2 - Car lamp - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a vehicle lamp suitable for use in a fog lamp or the like having a cover that can be opened and closed.

[Prior Art] Of the various types of lamps mounted on automobiles, fog lamps are mainly used when visibility is extremely poor, such as when fog is deep. Therefore, it is rarely used during normal driving,
There are a type in which the front part of the fog lamp is covered with a cover to prevent the front lens from being soiled, and a type in which the cover is not provided. Among them, the former with a cover has a built-in drive motor for opening and closing the cover, which is driven by remote operation from the driver's seat when the fog lamp is used to open the cover.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, in this type of fog lamp, a cover provided with a see-through portion such as characters and symbols has been proposed in consideration of decorativeness when not in use.

However, since such a translucent part is not internally illuminated when the fog lamp is not used, the display part cannot fully exhibit its function, and has a drawback that it lacks appeal.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and the purpose thereof is to illuminate the inside of the display portion of the cover when the lamp itself is not used, thereby functioning as a display portion. An object is to provide an automobile lamp that can be sufficiently exhibited.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a lamp unit installed on the outside of an automobile and a front surface of the lamp unit that is attached to the lamp unit so as to be openable and closable. A cover for covering the portion, and a translucent display portion for displaying characters, symbols, or the like is provided on the front portion of the cover, and a display portion illumination bulb that is illuminated when the lamp is not used to illuminate the display portion is provided. It is built into the lamp unit.

[Operation] In the present invention, the bulb for illuminating the display unit arranged in the lamp unit is turned on when the lamp is not used to illuminate the translucent display unit of the cover.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a fog lamp, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a cover, FIG. 3 is a front view of a display unit, and FIG. 4 is a cover of the lamp. The front view which shows the open state, FIG. 5 is the sectional view on the VV line of FIG. 4,
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a side view of the lamp, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part of an automobile equipped with the lamp. In FIG. 8, 1 is a fog lamp, 2 is an automobile, and 3 is a bumper attached to the front part of the automobile 2, to which the fog lamp 1 is attached.

The fog lamp 1 includes a lamp unit 4 attached to the bumper 3 as shown in FIGS. The lamp unit 4 has a lamp body 5 including a lamp body 5 having a front surface that is long in the vehicle width direction and a lens 6 that hermetically closes the front opening of the lamp body 5.
A fog lamp bulb 8, a display illumination bulb 9, a reflector 10, a cover opening / closing drive unit 11 mainly composed of a drive motor, a switch (not shown), and the like are housed therein. A mounting member 13 is fixed to the center of the rear surface of the lamp body 5 by a rivet 14, and the mounting member 13
Numeral 13 is attached to the lower end of a bracket 17 fixed to the bumper 3 by bolts 15 and nuts 16 by means of bolts 18 so that the angle can be adjusted in the vertical direction.

The lens 6 is formed in a shallow box shape whose rear surface is opened by a yellow-colored transparent plastic, glass, or the like, and is fitted and fixed to the opening 19 of the lamp body 5 through a rim 20. There is.

The fog lamp bulb 8 is turned on by operating a fog lamp switch provided near the driver's seat when the fog lamp 1 is used. On the other hand, the bulb 9 for illuminating the display portion constitutes a circuit separate from the bulb 8 for the fog lamp, and is configured to be lit by a lighting switch in conjunction with the clearance lamp. The light output of the display illumination bulb 9 is set lower than that of the fog lamp bulb 8.

The reflector 10 is curved and formed in a mountain shape in a plan view so as to be convex rearward by a metal plate or the like, so that the inner surface is a parabolic concave curved surface, and the reflective surface is formed by vacuum-depositing A1 or the like. The fog lamp bulb 8 is installed at the focal position O thereof. The reflector 10 is fixed at two places on the center of the back surface by fittings 21, and the left and right ends are sandwiched between the lens 6 and the rim 20. The fitting 21 is fixed to a mounting portion 23 projecting on the inner surface of the lamp body 5 with a set screw 24.

Reference numeral 25 is a cover for opening and closing the front surface of the lamp unit 4. The cover 25 includes a front plate 25A, a pair of left and right side plates 25B,
By being formed in a U shape in plan view, which is slightly larger than the lamp body 7 with 25C, the upper, lower and rear surfaces are open,
Rotating shafts 28 having bearing portions 26, 27 projecting from the inner side surfaces of the left and right side plates 25B, 25C protruding to the left and right side surfaces of the lamp body 5,
It is fixedly held at 29 respectively.

In this case, one rotating shaft 28 serves as an output shaft of the cover opening / closing drive unit 11, and the other rotating shaft 29 has a click mechanism 30 attached thereto. The cover opening / closing drive unit 11 is driven by operating a switch installed near the driver's seat when the fog lamp 1 is used,
The cover 25 is opened and closed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an opening 31 that is long in the left-right direction is provided in the center of the front plate 25A of the cover 25. The opening 31 is made of a transparent material such as plastic or glass. A lens 33 having a light property is fitted and fixed by a double-sided tape 34. A light-transmitting display portion 35 is formed on the back surface of the lens 33, and the other portion is light-shielded with black paint or the like to form a light-shielding portion 36. The display unit 35 displays characters, symbols, pictures, etc., and in the case of the present embodiment, for example, the characters 37 of "AUTO" are displayed.
, And convex symbols 38 are displayed on both sides. The characters "AUTO" 37 and the shaded portion 39 in FIG. 3 of the symbol 38 are colored in a light-shielding silver color, and the edge portion 40 of the character 37 is colored.
Is translucent white. By providing a transparent colored layer on the back surface of the white portion, the illumination color can be freely selected. As another method, as shown in FIG. 9, the bulb 9 may be covered with a transparent colored filter cap 45.

In FIG. 5, 42 is a cord and 43 is a connector.

In the fog lamp 1 having such a configuration, the fog lamp 1 is not used during normal nighttime traveling where the visibility is fully visible, and the cover 25 is closed to close the lamp unit 4
It covers the lens 6 of. At this time, the display illumination bulb 9 is turned on together with the clearance bulb and the direct light and the reflected light reflected by the reflector 10 pass through the lens 6 and back-illuminate the display 35 of the cover 25. Therefore, the fog lamp 1 is used as a display device for illuminating and displaying the edging portion 40 of the character "AUTO" 37, except for being used as an original lamp. Since the display unit 35 is internally illuminated, the character 37 has high visibility and sufficiently exhibits its function. Further, since the light bulb 9 for illuminating the display section has a lower light output than the bulb 8 for fog lamps, there is no possibility of causing glare to drivers of other vehicles.

On the other hand, when it is used as the fog lamp 1, the cover opening / closing drive unit 11 may be driven to open the cover 25 and the fog lamp bulb 8 may be turned on.

It should be noted that the above embodiment has been described as applied to the fog lamp 1, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any lamp with an opening / closing cover may be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the automotive lamp according to the present invention is provided with an openable / closable cover for covering the front surface of the lamp unit, wherein a translucent display portion is provided on the front surface of the cover. Since a dedicated bulb for illuminating the display when the lamp is not used is built into the lamp unit, the visibility of the display is high and its function can be fully exerted. It has different functions when used and when not used, and is suitable for application to fog lamps and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a fog lamp, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a cover, FIG. 3 is a front view of a display unit, and FIG. 4 is a cover of the lamp. The front view which shows the open state, FIG. 5 is the sectional view on the VV line of FIG. 4,
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a side view of the lamp, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part of an automobile equipped with the lamp, and FIG. 9 is a colored filter cap for a bulb. It is a figure which shows the Example which was crowned. 1 ... Fog lamp, 4 ... Lamp unit, 5 ... Lamp body, 6 ... Lens, 8 ... Fog lamp bulb, 9 ... Display illumination bulb, 10 ... Reflector, 11
...... Drive unit for opening and closing the cover, 25 …… Cover, 35
…… Display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lamp unit installed on the outside of an automobile, and a cover which is attached to the lamp unit so as to be openable and closable and covers the front surface of the lamp unit when the lamp is not used. A lamp for an automobile, characterized in that a translucent display portion for displaying a symbol pattern or the like is provided, and a display portion lighting bulb that is turned on when the lamp is not used and illuminates the display portion is incorporated in a lamp unit.