JPH10166941A - High-mount stop lamp of van type vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with any trouble for the secureness of a mounting space as well as to secure the illumination of a luggage compartment upon checking any possible increase in cost. SOLUTION: In a high-mount stop lamp 1 being attached to the upper indoor side of a bulkheaded back boor 42 of a van type vehicle, and lighted in time of car control, a room lamp 2 which illuminates the inner part of a room in time of the back door 42 closed, and likewise a luggage compartment in the seat rear in time of the back door 42 opened respectively, is integrally built in the front end of a lamp body 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a high mount stop lamp for a van type vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in a van-type vehicle 4 provided with a flip-up type back door 42, a high-mount stop lamp 10 which is turned on at the time of vehicle control is provided on the upper indoor side of the back door 42. Some room lamps 20 are provided on the ceiling 44 of the room. In such a vehicle, the seat back of the rear seat 41 is located behind the room lamp 20 as shown in FIG.
The rear luggage compartment 43 becomes dark. Therefore, room lamp 2
Lighting for the luggage compartment 43 was required separately from the lighting of the cargo room 43.

[0003]

However, in the case where the lighting for the cargo room 43 is provided on the side wall or the back door 42 of the cargo room 43, it is difficult to secure the mounting space, and the room lamp 20 is required.
In addition, there is a problem that the cost is increased because the lighting for the cargo room 43 is provided. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to secure luggage compartment lighting without having to struggle to secure a mounting space and at a reduced cost.

[0004]

The present invention relates to a van type vehicle 4
The high mount stop lamp 1, which is attached to the upper indoor side of the flip-up type back door 42 and is turned on during vehicle control, illuminates the front end of the lamp body 11 when the back door 42 is closed and illuminates the room when the back door 42 is open. Is characterized in that the room lamp 2 for irradiating the cargo room 43 behind the seat 41 is integrally incorporated.

According to the present invention, the room lamp 2 can be used as indoor lighting when the back door 42 is closed, and rotates together with the back door 42 when the back door 42 is opened, such as when loading or unloading luggage. And the luggage compartment 4 behind the seat
Since it can be used as the lighting for the room 3, it is not necessary to provide the lighting for the luggage compartment 43 separately from the room lamp 2 and the cost can be suppressed. Further, since the room lamp 2 is integrated into the high-mount stop lamp 1, there is no difficulty in securing the mounting space.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A high mount stop lamp 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The lamp body 11 includes a bottom wall 11a and a side wall 11b erected on the periphery except the rear end of the bottom wall 11a. At the upper end of the front side wall 11b, a fixing seat 11c for fixing the high mount stop lamp 1 to the back door 42 is provided so as to protrude forward. The lamp body 11 has a bottom wall 11a.
The cover 12 is fixed at an interval in the vertical direction, and a space that opens rearward between the lamp body 11 and the cover 12 is formed. At the rear end of the lamp body 11, a red transparent lens 13 is attached so as to close the opening between the lamp body 11 and the cover 12. A substrate 14 is provided along the lens 13, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) 15 are attached to the substrate 14 in the left-right direction. The light emitting diode 15 is illuminated in response to the brake operation.

At the front end of the high mount stop lamp 1, a room lamp 2 is integrally incorporated. An opening 11d is formed in the center of the lower corner of the front end of the lamp body 11, and a white transparent lens 21 is mounted in the opening 11d. A concave reflector 22 is attached inside the lens 21 so as to cover the lens 21. An opening 12 a for avoiding the reflector 22 is formed in the center of the front end of the cover 12. Lens 21 and reflector 2
Between them, a valve 23 is attached.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a rear portion of a van-type vehicle 4 to which the high-mount stop lamp 1 of the present embodiment is attached. A luggage compartment 43 is formed between the rear seat 41 and the back door 42. The upper end of the back door 42 curves forward and is located above the seat back of the rear seat 41.
ON, OFF, AU manually on the lower surface of the lamp body 11
A switch 3 (FIG. 1) for switching to TO is provided,
A switch (not shown) that is turned on and off by opening and closing the back door 42 is provided at the opening edge of the back door 42. The room lamp 2 can be turned on and off by turning on and off a switch 3 provided on the lower surface of the normal lamp body 11, and when the switch 3 is in AUTO, the room lamp 2 is turned on when the back door 42 is opened, Door 42
Turns off when is closed. The room lamp 2 faces forward when the back door 42 is closed (FIG. 3), and can be used as room lighting for the occupant of the rear seat 41. When the back door 42 is opened (FIG. 4), it rotates integrally with the back door 42 and faces downward, and can be used as illumination for the luggage compartment 43 behind the rear seat 41.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, the room lamp can be used as indoor lighting when the back door is closed, and can be used as the back door when the back door is opened, such as when loading or unloading luggage. Since it can be rotated as one and used as lighting for the luggage compartment behind the seat, it is not necessary to provide lighting for the luggage separately from the room lamp, so that cost increase can be suppressed. Also, since the room lamp is integrated into the high-mount stop lamp, there is no difficulty in securing the mounting space.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a high mount stop lamp of the present invention as viewed from below.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a use mode of a vehicle to which the high-mount stop lamp of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another usage of a vehicle to which the high-mount stop lamp of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a vehicle equipped with a conventional high-mount stop lamp.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... High mount stop lamp 11 ... Lamp body 2 ... Room lamp 4 ... Van type vehicle 41 ... Rear seat 42 ... Back door 43 ... Luggage room

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A high-mount stop lamp which is mounted on the upper indoor side of a flip-up type back door of a van type vehicle and is lit when controlling the vehicle, irradiates the front end of the lamp body to the interior when the back door is closed, A high-mount stop lamp for van-type vehicles, which incorporates a room lamp that illuminates the luggage compartment behind the seat when the back door is opened.