JPH0891057A - Lamp intake device for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a device equipped with the winker function and the air taking-in function. CONSTITUTION: A device body 1 has a lamp accommodation part 2, air taking-in port part 3, and an edge forming part 4, and is formed integrally from synthetic resin, and since a winker lamp unit 5 is installed on the lamp accommodation part 2, a single body having a winker function part and an air taking-in function part is constituted. Accordingly, the wiring of the winker lamp unit 5 of the lamp intake device is joined with the wiring on a car body side by utilizing one car body side opened port part formed on a car body constitution part, and the lamp accommodation part 2 and the air taking-in port part 3 are inserted into one car body side opened port part, and the. edge forming part 4 is attached on the periphery of the car body side opened port part of the car body constitution part, and the lamp intake device is installed on the car body constitution part by the car body installation parts 13 and 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a unitary lamp intake device which is mounted on an automobile and has both a lamp function part such as a turn signal lamp and an air intake function part.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automobile, an air intake portion for introducing outside air along with running in an engine room, a blinker lamp for notifying other vehicles of a turning direction of the own vehicle, and a width of the own vehicle at night. Lamps such as a side light for informing the car are individually provided.

[0003]

Looking at, for example, a bumper located at the forefront of a conventional automobile, the bumper is provided with a lamp unit such as a turn signal lamp unit and a side lamp unit and an air intake portion separately. . For this reason, a number of small vehicle-side openings for mounting the lamp units and small vehicle-side openings that serve as air intakes are separately arranged in one bumper, and the structure of the bumper molding die is complicated. The problem is that it is difficult to do.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to form only one vehicle body side opening in a vehicle body component such as a bumper or a side fender and to provide a lamp unit and an air intake. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lamp intake device that can be provided with a mouth part in a vehicle body.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lamp intake section for accommodating a lamp unit, an air intake section for taking in outside air as a vehicle travels, and these. A device main body integrally formed with a lamp housing and an edging part surrounding the air intake port is formed of synthetic resin, and a body mounting portion for mounting the device main body to a vehicle body component is provided in the device main body. Is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lamp intake device according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the lamp accommodating portion of the first invention is partitioned from the air intake portion and the lamp unit is accommodated in the lamp accommodating portion. Is covered with a cover made of a material that transmits the light.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lamp intake device in which the lamp housing portion of the first aspect of the invention is communicated with the air intake portion so that the outside air can flow therethrough. It is a thing.

[0008]

According to the lamp intake system of the first aspect of the present invention, the wiring of the lamp unit in the lamp intake system is connected to the vehicle body side wiring by utilizing one vehicle body side opening formed in the vehicle body component. The lamp accommodating portion and the air intake portion are inserted into one vehicle body side opening formed in the vehicle body component, and the edging portion is abutted around the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component, and the lamp intake device is attached to the vehicle body mounting portion. By attaching to the body parts,
One vehicle body side opening formed in a vehicle body component has both a ramp function section and an air intake function section.

According to the lamp intake system of the second aspect of the present invention, when the lamp intake system is attached to the vehicle body component,
Even if splashes and pebbles are splashed or hit directly by rainwater or car wash water, the splash, pebbles, rainwater or car wash water will not be blocked by the cover and will not enter the lamp housing. Protected against direct hits such as rainwater or car wash water.

According to the lamp intake system of the third aspect of the present invention, when the lamp intake system is attached to the vehicle body component,
As the vehicle travels, the outside air circulates from the lamp housing portion to the air intake portion, so that the lamp unit receives a cooling action and has a long life.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be explained. Example 1 (corresponding to claim 1 and claim 2). 1 is an exploded perspective view of a lamp intake device according to a first embodiment,
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the lamp intake device of the first embodiment assembled and a cross-section taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled lamp intake device of the first embodiment as seen from the back side. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the attachment structure of the latch member in the lamp intake device of the first embodiment, FIG. 5 is a front view of the main body of the lamp intake device of the first embodiment, and FIG. 6 is the lamp intake device of the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the vehicle body seen obliquely from the front, FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a portion of the vehicle body to which the lamp intake device of the first embodiment is attached, and FIG. 8 is an explanation of the operation of the lamp intake device of the first embodiment when the vehicle is running. It is a figure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the lamp intake system according to the first embodiment includes a device body 1 made of synthetic resin, and the device body 1 has a lamp housing part 2, an air intake part 3 and an edging part 4. For example, it is integrally formed of synthetic resin such as FRP. In this device body 1, the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 are arranged adjacent to each other, for example, on the left and right, and the edging portion 4 is arranged so as to surround the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 which are arranged adjacent to each other on the left and right. To be done.
A winker lamp unit 5 constituting a lamp unit is attached to the lamp housing portion 2 of the apparatus body 1, and an opening located in the front surface of the lamp housing portion 2 is formed of a light-transmissive material separately from the apparatus body 1. The cover 6 is attached with screws 7 such as tapping screws.

That is, in the lamp intake system of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the winker lamp unit 5 is attached to the lamp housing part 2 of the device body 1, and the opening of the lamp housing part 2 is screwed with the device body. By covering with the cover 6 attached to the No. 1 unit, the winker function unit and the air intake function unit are combined to form a single unit.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the air intake portion 3 is formed in a cylindrical shape that is opened before and after the opening cross-sectional area gradually decreases from the front surface to the back surface side, and the lamp housing portion 2 is Edge portion 4 that constitutes the front surface of the apparatus body 1
Is formed into a bottomed tubular shape that is bulged from the front surface to the back surface side and is closed at the front surface side and closed at the back surface side. The lamp accommodating portion 2 has a recess 2a for accommodating and mounting the winker lamp unit 5, and the bottom wall 2e of the recess 2a has a penetration for drawing out the wiring 5d of the winker lamp unit 5 from the inside to the outside of the recess 2a. A hole 8 is formed, and a cover attaching portion for attaching the cover 6 is connected to the left and right of the recess 2a. The cover mounting portions are located on the left and right sides of the opening in the lamp housing portion 2, and a front wall 9 that divides the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 from each other and a lamp that faces the front wall 8 in the left-right direction. Front wall 10 that connects the left wall of the housing 2 to the left side of the edging portion 4
And is constituted by. These two front walls 9, 10
Is stepped so as to be recessed from the front surface of the edging portion 4 to the back surface side by substantially the thickness of the cover 6, and these left and right recessed front walls 9 and 10 have mounting holes 11 penetrating in the front-rear direction. Have twelve.

The cover 6 is made of a synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property so as to cover the opening of the lamp housing 2 and the recess 2
The front wall 9 and the front wall 9 are located on the left and right sides of a. The surface of the cover 6 has a surface texture of a flat surface such as a mirror surface, and the back surface thereof has a surface texture that constitutes a light diffusing surface. This light diffusing surface has concaves and convexes in which a large number of convex portions are obliquely arranged by diagonally intersecting the grooves, and the light emitted from the winker lamp unit 5 is diffused while being transmitted to the outside. ing. A part of the unevenness of the back surface of the cover 6 is represented in FIG. 1 by drawing a large number of straight lines so as to cross each other obliquely. In the first embodiment, since the winker lamp unit 5 that indicates the direction of the vehicle is used as the lamp unit attached to the lamp housing portion 2, the cover 6 is made of transparent synthetic resin and the light emission color from the winker lamp unit 5 is used. However, the cover 6 may be made of a yellow translucent synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property with respect to the color emitted from the winker lamp unit 5. Although the turn signal lamp unit 5 of the first embodiment is commercially available, it is roughly formed into a flat plate shape with a shallow depth by bending a flange around the entire peripheral edge of the bottom such as a rectangle, a square or a round metal plate. A unit cover 5b made of a light transmissive yellow translucent synthetic resin formed in a bowl shape such as a rectangle or a round shape having the same shape as the unit base 5a is attached to a unit base 5a made of a screw 5c. The structure is attached in. This unit cover 5b
Inside the unit base 5a to which is attached, a lamp socket (not shown) equipped with a light bulb (not shown) is attached,
Two electric wires 5d extending from this lamp socket are led out to the outside through a through hole (not shown) formed in the unit base 5a, and electric power is supplied to the two electric wires 5d from a vehicle-mounted battery (not shown). Due to the intermittent supply, the light bulb blinks, and the light emission when the light bulb is lit passes through the unit cover 5b to emit yellow light.

The apparatus main body 1 shown in FIG. 1 is formed by, for example, molding a glass mat woven with glass fibers like a cloth by impregnating an FRP containing a meltable polyester resin in a molding die. , After being molded,
Through holes are formed in the bottom portion of the lamp housing 2 and the two front walls 9 and 10 serving as cover mounting portions by punching. The front surface of the device main body 1 that has been punched,
That is, the front surface of the edging portion 4, the front walls 9 and 10 as the cover mounting portion, the bottom wall 2f of the recess 2a, and the upper, lower, left, and right wall bodies 2 are formed.
b, 2c, 2d, 2e (see FIG. 5) and the walls 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d (see FIG. 5) on the upper, lower, left and right sides of the air intake port 3 are formed of a release material by polishing with an abrasive such as sandpaper. Is removed to obtain a surface texture that improves the adhesion with the paint, and then the base coating paint is applied at least once, and then a finish paint such as a body color such as white is applied. The device body 1 is provided with a vehicle body mounting portion for mounting the lamp intake device to a vehicle component such as a bumper or a side fender as a retrofit. The vehicle body mounting portion includes a plurality of latch members 13 and 14 made of a metal plate material such as aluminum, iron, copper or brass shown in FIG. 1 and a double-sided adhesive tape 15 as an adhesive material shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. It is configured.

The cover 6 shown in FIG. 1 is formed into a rectangular plate having a flat surface on the front surface and an uneven surface on the back surface by a process different from the manufacturing of the apparatus main body 1. The cover thus formed. Corresponding to the through holes 11 and 12 of the cover mounting portions 9 and 10 when the through holes 16 and 17 for inserting the screws 7 are arranged so as to cover the opening of the lamp housing 2 at both ends of the lamp 6, respectively. It is formed at the position to be drilled.

In FIG. 2, the edging portion 4 is formed by attaching the lamp intake device of the first embodiment to a vehicle component such as a bumper or a side fender.
The lamp intake device is formed in a plate shape having a closed annular shape having a curved surface or a flat surface that contacts a portion of a vehicle component to which the lamp intake device is attached. In FIG. 3, the double-sided adhesive tape 15 is provided along the entire back surface of the edging portion 4. One end of each of the plurality of latch members 13 and 14 is individually fixed to the outer surfaces of the upper and lower walls 3a and 3b of the air intake port 3 with an adhesive material 18, and the other ends of these latch members 13 and 14 are fixed. The parts extend from the air intake part 3 in a substantially straight line in parallel to the outside.

In FIG. 4, one end portion of the latch member 13 (14) fixed to the apparatus main body 1 has a through hole 19, and an adhesive for fixing the latch member 13 (14) to the apparatus main body 1. The material 18 is made of, for example, a glass chip of short glass fiber or a meltable FRP in which glass powder is mixed with a polyester resin. To attach the latch member 13 (14) to the apparatus body 1 with the adhesive material 18, the latch member 13 (14) having the through hole 19 is formed.
With one end of the above as the fixing part of the air intake port 3 being overlapped with the outer surfaces of the upper and lower walls 3a (3b), the fusible FRP as the adhesive material 18 is hooked on the locking member 13
(14) is placed over one end and the wall 3a (3b) of the air intake 3 located around it. Due to this arrangement, a part of the FRP having the melting property as the adhesive material 18 is penetrated into the through hole 19 of the latch member 13 (14).
It enters and reaches the wall 3a (3b) of the air intake part 3 exposed in the through hole 19. Then, the FRP serving as the adhesive material 18 thus solidified is solidified, so that one end of the hooking portion 13 (14) is fixedly attached to the apparatus body 1. The FRP as the solidified adhesive material 18 is integrated with the wall body of the air intake port 3 around the one end portion of the latch member 13 (14) and in the through hole 19 so as to be integrated with the latch member. Thirteen
One end of (14) is firmly fixed to the apparatus main body 1.

In FIG. 5, the wall body located on the back surface side of the recess 2a of the lamp housing 2 constitutes a bottom wall 2f of the recess, and the bottom wall 2f is formed in a substantially similar shape smaller than the opening in the recess 2a. , The upper and lower walls 2b, 2 of the recess 2a
The c is extended from the bottom wall 2f toward the upper and lower edges of the opening in the recess 2a in an inclined shape and is connected to the edging portion 4. The left and right walls 2d and 2e of the recess 2a extend in an inclined shape from the bottom wall 2f toward the left and right edges of the opening of the recess 2a and are connected to the edging portion 4 via the lamp mounting portions 9 and 10. The upper, lower, left, and right walls 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d that form the cylindrical air intake port 3 are separated from the upper and lower sides of the front wall 9 and the edging portion 4 that separate the recess 2a from the air intake port 3. The air intake port 3 is provided so as to extend in a slanting manner toward the back side, and the cross-sectional area of the opening on the back side of the air intake port 3 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the opening on the front side.
It is located closer to the concave portion 2a side when viewed from the front side.
The wall body 3c located on the right side of the air intake port 3 is a wall body 3 located on the left side when viewed from the front surface of the apparatus body 1.
It has a slope that makes it appear larger than d. The wall 2d
The wall 3d and the front wall 9 form a partition that partitions the lamp housing 2 and the air intake 3.

On the other hand, a through hole 8 and mounting holes 11 and 12 are formed in the molded device body 1 shown in FIG. 1, the device body 1 is subjected to finish coating, and the device body 1 is hung as shown in FIG. The stop members 13, 14 and the double-sided adhesive tape 15 shown in FIG. 3 are provided, and as shown in FIG.
d is inserted into the through hole 8 of the lamp housing 2 in the apparatus body 1 so as to be drawn from the inside of the recess 2a toward the outside,
The unit base 5a of the winker lamp unit 5 is attached to the bottom wall 2f of the lamp housing portion 2 with an adhesive 20 such as a double-sided adhesive tape, and the cover 6 covers the opening of the lamp housing portion 2 while covering the opening of the lamp housing portion 2. Both left and right ends are superposed on front walls 9 and 10 serving as cover mounting portions, and screws 7 are inserted from the through holes 16 and 17 of the cover 6 to the front wall 9 and 10.
By fastening the cover 6 to the mounting holes 11 and 12 of the unit 10 and attaching the cover 6 to the main body 1 of the apparatus with the screw 7, a single unit lamp intake device having a winker function unit and an air intake function unit is configured.

A case where the lamp intake system of the first embodiment having the above-described structure is attached to the vehicle body will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the lamp intake device A is attached to the bumper B. Therefore, the bumper B is formed with the vehicle body side opening C as shown in FIG. . The vehicle body side opening C has a size such that the lamp accommodating portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 which are arranged in parallel in the lamp intake device A can be inserted, and has a shape smaller than the outer shape of the edging portion 4. . Therefore, in order to attach the lamp intake device A to the bumper B, the wiring 5d of the winker lamp unit 5 in the lamp intake device A is connected to the wiring D (see FIG. 3) on the vehicle body side using the opening C on the vehicle body side of the bumper B. While connecting, the protective paper (not shown) present on the front surface of the double-sided adhesive tape 15 provided on the back surface of the lamp intake device A is peeled off from the double-sided adhesive tape 15 by hand, and the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 are Lamp intake device A so that the
Hold the lamp by hand and insert the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 2 from the front of the bumper B into the vehicle body side opening C of the bumper B, and the operator matches the mounting attitude of the lamp intake device A to the bumper B. While watching, the edging portion 4 is pressed around the front body side opening C of the bumper B. By pressing the edge portion 4 against the bumper B from the front, the edge portion 4 is attached to the bumper B with the double-sided adhesive tape 15. Subsequently, the operator inserts a finger of the hand into the air intake port 3 from the front, and pushes the extended portion of the upper latching member 13 upward with the finger to form the vehicle body side opening C of the bumper B. The bending is performed along the upper wall C1, and the extending portion of the lower latching member 14 is pressed downward by the finger to bend along the lower wall C2 forming the vehicle body side opening C of the bumper B. By this bending operation by the operator,
The latch members 13 and 14 have a configuration shown in phantom lines in FIG. 7 to solid lines, and the lamp intake device A has a bumper B.
Attached to.

In the form in which the lamp intake device A is attached to the bumper B, as shown in FIG. 6, the air intake part 3 is arranged inside the vehicle width direction and the winker lamp unit 5 is arranged outside the vehicle width direction. Besides, although not shown, a configuration in which the air intake portion 3 is arranged outside in the vehicle width direction and the winker lamp unit 5 is arranged inside in the vehicle width direction is also applicable.

In the mode in which the lamp intake device A is mounted on the bumper B as described above, when the vehicle is traveling, the winker lamp unit 5 blinks in response to the turning direction instruction operation by the driver, as shown in FIG. In the engine room located behind the bumper B, the air intake 3 can take in outside air from the front of the air intake 3 as shown by the arrow X in FIG. The engine room E is air-cooled.

On the other hand, in a commercial vehicle equipped with a winker lamp unit utilizing the same vehicle body side opening C as the vehicle body side opening C, the winker lamp unit attached to the commercial vehicle is removed, and the vehicle body side opening is provided with The lamp intake device A can be attached as shown in FIG.

In short, according to the first embodiment, since the lamp intake device A is constructed as a single unit having both the winker function part and the air intake function part, the bumper B is used.
The winker lamp unit 5 and the air intake port 3 are attached to the vehicle body only by forming one vehicle body side opening C in the vehicle body component as described above. As a result, it is not necessary to separately form the vehicle body side opening for attaching the winker lamp unit to the bumper and the air intake part as in the conventional case. The structure of the molding die of the bumper B can be simple and easy to manufacture, as compared with the case where several side openings are separately arranged.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the lamp housing portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 of the lamp intake device A are inserted into one vehicle body side opening C formed in a vehicle body component such as the bumper B. The double-sided adhesive tape 15 provided with the lamp intake device A on the entire surface of the edging portion 4
And a latching member 1 provided outside the air intake 3
3 and 14 are attached to a vehicle body component such as a bumper B. As a result, one bumper B opening C
Thus, the lamp intake device A can be firmly attached by the double-sided adhesive tape 15 and the latch members 13 and 14 so as not to fall. Moreover, since the latch members 13 and 14 are located above and below, the latch members 13 and 14 can surely bear the vibration during traveling of the vehicle.
Installation is stable.

In addition, according to the first embodiment, since the double-sided adhesive tape 15 is present on the entire surface of the edging portion 4, rainwater, car wash water, etc. flowing along the bumper B will pass from the bumper B to the edge surface of the double-sided adhesive tape 15. And the cover 6 or the air intake port 3 of the lamp intake device A through the edge surface of the edging portion 4, so that rainwater, car wash water, etc. flowing along the bumper B are between the overlapping surfaces of the edging portion 4 and the bumper B. The adhesive holding force of the double-sided adhesive tape 15 can be ensured soundly without entering.

Embodiment 2 (corresponding to claim 3). FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing the lamp intake device of the second embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 9 after assembling the lamp intake device of the second embodiment.

In FIG. 9, the lamp intake device according to the second embodiment is characterized by a structure in which the lamp housing portion 2 is communicated with the air intake portion 3 so that the outside air can flow therethrough.
That is, the upper wall 2b of the lamp housing part 2 and the upper wall 3a of the air intake port 3 are opposed to each other without providing the partition composed of the wall 2d, the wall 3d and the front wall 9 in the first embodiment. It extends laterally from the direction, and the extending ends are integrally connected in the left-right direction to form a single upper wall. Further, the lower wall 2c of the lamp housing portion 2 and the lower wall 3b of the air intake portion 3 are extended laterally from each other, and their extended ends are integrally connected in the left-right direction to form a single unit. Make up the lower wall. As a result, the lamp housing portion 2 has a structure in which the outside air can be communicated with the air intake portion 3, and the turn signal is provided on the bottom wall 2f of the lamp housing portion 2 connected to the left half of the single upper and lower walls. The lamp unit 5 is attached.

In FIG. 10, a through hole 8 is formed in the molded device body 1, the device body 1 is subjected to finish coating, and the device body 1 is provided with latch members 13 and 14 and a double-sided adhesive tape 15. Turn signal lamp unit 5
The wiring 5d is inserted into the through hole 8 so as to be pulled out from the front side to the back side of the lamp accommodating portion 2, and the unit base 5a of the winker lamp unit 5 is attached to the bottom wall 2f of the lamp accommodating portion 2 like a double-sided adhesive tape. By attaching with a different adhesive material 20, a lamp intake device having a winker function part and an air intake function part is formed as a single unit.

In order to mount the lamp intake device of the second embodiment having the above-mentioned structure using the vehicle body side opening formed in the vehicle body component such as the bumper, the wiring 5d of the winker lamp unit 5 is attached to the vehicle body side. While connecting the wiring on the vehicle body side using the opening, the protective paper (not shown) on the surface of the double-sided adhesive tape 15 provided on the back surface of the edging portion 4 is peeled off from the double-sided adhesive tape 15 by hand, and the lamp The apparatus body 1 is held by hand so that the accommodating portion 2 and the air intake portion 3 are arranged side by side in parallel with each other, and the lamp accommodating portion 2 and the air intake portion 2 are opened from the front side of the vehicle body component. And press the edging portion 4 around the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component while checking the consistency of the mounting posture, the edging portion 4 is attached to the vehicle body component with the double-sided adhesive tape 15. Ri attached. Subsequently, the operator inserts a finger of the hand into the air intake port 3 from the front side, and pushes the extended portion of the upper latching member 13 upward with the finger to form the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component. In addition to bending along the upper wall, the extending portion of the lower latching member 14 is pressed downward by the finger to bend along the lower wall that constitutes the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component. In this attached form, the winker lamp unit 5 is used when the vehicle is traveling.
Blinks when the driver turns the vehicle in the direction of turning, and the function to inform other vehicles of the turning direction of the vehicle is ensured, and the air intake port 3 is located behind the air intake port 3 with the outside air taken in from the front. The function of air-cooling the engine room is the same as that of the first embodiment, but in addition to this, as the vehicle travels, the outside air flows from the lamp housing portion 2 to the air intake portion 3, so that the turn signal lamp is turned on. The unit 5 is cooled.

In the first and second embodiments described above,
As a vehicle body mounting portion, a plurality of latch members 13, 14
Although the case where the air conditioner is provided is illustrated and described, in the present invention, the hooking member as the vehicle body mounting portion is used as the air intake port 3
One is provided on the back surface of the wall body 3c located outside the vehicle body, and a through hole is formed in a side edge portion of the edging portion 4 located on the opposite side of the one latching member, and a screw is formed through the through hole. On the other hand, it is also possible that the one latch member is bent and fastened to the wall body forming the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component to be fastened.

In the first and second embodiments, the plurality of latch members 13 and 14 are provided on the wall body forming the air intake port 3. However, in the present invention, the latch members are the lamp units. Since the weight of the lamp intake device including the lamp unit is provided on the back side of the device main body 1 with the center of the weight of the lamp intake device included as a reference, the weight of the lamp intake device including the lamp unit can be equally distributed and borne. The mounting of the device can be made more stable.

Further, in the above-mentioned first and second embodiments, the double-sided adhesive tape 15 and the plurality of latch members 1 are used.
Although the case where the vehicle body mounting portion is constituted by 3 and 14 is illustrated and described, in the present invention, instead of the double-sided adhesive tape 15 and the plurality of latch members 13 and 14, one side edge portion of the edging portion 4 or A hook is projectingly provided on a wall body outside the air intake port 3, and the hook is inserted into a recess or a hole formed in the wall body forming the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component, and the other edge portion of the edging portion is formed. It is also possible to attach the lamp intake device to the vehicle body component by providing a through hole and fastening a screw from the through hole around the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component.

Further, in the present invention, the double-sided adhesive tape 1
5 and the plurality of latch members 13 and 14 are replaced, and FIG.
Similarly, in the aspect in which the vehicle body mounting portion is configured by providing the through hole 16 in both or one of the bottom wall 2f of the lamp housing portion 2 and the wall body 3c of the air intake portion 3 as shown by the dotted line in FIG. Applicable. When the through holes 16 are provided on both sides, the lamp intake device is attached to the vehicle body component by screws using the through holes 16. When the through hole 16 is provided on one side, a hook is projected in the other through hole arrangement portion instead of the through hole 16, and this hook is formed on the wall body forming the vehicle body side opening of the vehicle body component. Insert into the recess or hole.
On the other hand, a form in which a screw is fastened around a vehicle body side opening of a vehicle body component through a through hole 16 provided in one side.

[0037]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the lamp intake device is constructed as a single unit having both the winker function part and the air intake function part.
By forming only one vehicle body side opening in the vehicle body component,
The lamp unit and the air intake portion are attached to the vehicle body. As a result, there is no need to separately form a vehicle body side opening for attaching a lamp unit to a vehicle body component and an air intake part as in the conventional case, and several small vehicle body side openings are separately arranged as in the conventional case. As compared with the case of performing the above, there is an effect that the structure of the forming die of the vehicle body component is simple and easy to manufacture.

According to the first aspect of the invention, the lamp housing portion and the air intake portion of the lamp intake device are inserted into one vehicle body side opening formed in the vehicle body component, and the edging portion of the lamp intake device is inserted. Is abutted around the vehicle body-side opening of the vehicle body component and the lamp intake device is attached to the vehicle body component at the vehicle body mounting portion, so that the lamp intake device can be firmly attached to the vehicle body component. There is.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the lamp housing portion and the air intake portion are partitioned and the front opening of the lamp housing portion is covered with the cover, the lamp housing portion has an opening body component. In the installed state, even if splash or splash of pebbles or direct hit of rain water or car wash water, splash, pebbles, rain water or car wash water will not be blocked by the cover and will not enter the lamp housing part, This has the effect of protecting the lamp unit from direct hits such as splashes, pebbles, rainwater or car wash water.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the lamp housing portion is communicated with the air intake portion so that the outside air can flow therethrough, the vehicle travels in a state where the lamp housing portion is attached to the vehicle body component. As a result, the outside air circulates from the lamp housing portion to the air intake portion, so that there is an effect that the lamp unit receives a cooling action and has a long life.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a lamp intake device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 in which the lamp intake device of Example 1 is assembled.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled state of the lamp intake device of the first embodiment, viewed from the back side.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the attachment structure of the latch member of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the apparatus main body according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the vehicle body to which the lamp intake device according to the first embodiment is attached, as viewed from an oblique front side.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of the vehicle body to which the lamp intake device according to the first embodiment is attached.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment when the vehicle is traveling.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the lamp intake system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 9 in which the lamp intake device of Example 2 is assembled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Device Main Body 2 Lamp Housing 3 Air Intake Port 4 Edge Edge 5 Turn Signal Lamp Unit (Lamp Unit) 6 Cover 7 Screws 9 and 10 Front Wall (Cover Mounting Part) 13,14 Latching Member (Vehicle Mounting Part) 15 Both Sides Adhesive tape (car body mounting part) 16 Through hole (car body mounting part)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus main body integrally including a lamp housing portion for housing a lamp unit, an air intake portion for taking in outside air as a vehicle travels, and an edging portion surrounding the lamp housing portion and the air intake portion is made of synthetic resin. And a vehicle body mounting portion for mounting the device body to a vehicle body component, the lamp intake device for an automobile. 2. The lamp housing portion is partitioned from the air intake portion and is covered with a cover made of a material that transmits light from the lamp unit housed in the lamp housing portion. The vehicle lamp intake device according to claim 1. 3. The vehicle lamp intake device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp housing portion is communicated with the air intake portion so that outside air can flow therethrough.