JPH11260109A - Apparatus for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for a vehicle by which a sealing performance equal to that of a sealing material of an initial product can be obtained, and which can be replaced easily at replacement of a lens. SOLUTION: A sealing material 6 and a seal leg part 20 of a lens 2 are integrated. As a result, when the lens is replaced, the sealing material 6 can be detached from a sealing groove part 10 by detaching the lens 2 from a housing 1, and a new sealing material 6 can be set in the sealing groove part 10 by setting a new lens 2 in the housing 1, providing a sealing property equal to that of a sealing material 6 of an initial product. The sealing material 6 can be easily detached from a sealing recessed part 10 when the lens 2 is removed from the housing 1, and can be easily set in the seal recessed part 10 when the lens 2 is mounted in the housing 1, so that an old sealing material 6 can be easily replaced with a new one at the time of replacement of the lens 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing in which a seal groove is sealed by a sealing material and a seal leg of a lens are waterproofed to define a chamber, and the housing and the lens can be disassembled from each other. The present invention relates to a vehicular device, and more particularly to a vehicular device that can provide a sealing performance equivalent to that of an initial (new) sealing material and can easily replace a sealing material when replacing a lens. Here, the vehicle device refers to a vehicle lamp, a vehicle accessory, and the like. The above-described vehicle lamp includes, for example, a headlamp, a fog lamp,
Turn signal lamp, clearance lamp, front combination lamp, rear combination lamp, etc. In addition, the above-described vehicle accessory includes, for example,
Refers to rear finishers and garnishes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle apparatus of this type will be described below with reference to FIGS. This example describes a headlamp of a vehicular lamp. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a resin housing (lamp housing) such as PP (polypropylene) or ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin (ABS resin)). A seal groove 10 is provided integrally with a peripheral portion of the housing 1. The seal groove 10 has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front (or rear). At the rear of the outer wall 11 of the seal groove 10, an engaging projection 12 with which a clip 5 as a mechanical fastening means to be described later engages is integrally provided.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a lens made of a light-transmitting resin such as PC (polycarbonate) or PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate (methacrylic resin)), or a glass. A sealing leg portion 20 is integrally provided rearward and protruding from a peripheral portion of the rear surface of the lens 2. This seal leg 2
Reference numeral 0 corresponds to the seal groove 10 and has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front (or rear). An outer wall 11 of the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 is provided on an outer surface of the seal leg 20.
Are provided integrally and over the entire circumference. At the front end of the rib 21, an engagement protrusion 22 with which a clip 5 as a mechanical fastening means to be described later is engaged is integrally provided so as to correspond to the engagement protrusion 12 of the housing 1. I have.

[0004] Reference numeral 3 denotes a packing material as a sealing material. Examples of the packing material 3 include a string-shaped packing material and a hollow packing material having a hollow cross section.

[0005] Reference numeral 5 denotes a clip as mechanical fastening means. The clip 5 includes the housing 1 and the lens 2 described above.
Are mechanically fastened so as to be detachable, and engagement recesses are provided at both ends. In addition, as the mechanical fastening means, in addition to the clip 5, there are a screw, a screw, a lance-shaped engaging convex portion and an engaging concave portion which engage with each other. Further, the position and number of the clips 5 to be fastened are not particularly limited.

[0006] The packing material 3 is set in the seal groove 10 of the housing 1, and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 is inserted into the seal groove 10. Next, the engaging concave portions at both ends of the clip 5 are engaged with the engaging convex portions 12 of the housing 1 and the engaging convex portions 22 of the lens 2, respectively. To fasten. Then, the packing material 3 is pressed and adhered between the inner surface of the seal groove portion 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg portion 20, so that the space between the inner surface of the seal groove portion 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg portion 20 is formed. Waterproof sealed. As a result, a room (light room) 4 is waterproofed by the housing 1, the lens 2, and the packing material 3. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the tip of the outer wall 11 of the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 is in contact with the rib 21 of the seal leg 20 of the lens 2, but not in the device for a vehicle. There is also.

In the above-mentioned chamber 4, a light source bulb (not shown) is provided.
In addition, a reflecting surface (not shown) integrated with the housing 1 or a reflector separate from the housing 1 having the reflecting surface is disposed. The housing 1 and the lens 2 are disassembled by releasing the engagement between the engagement recesses at both ends of the clip 5 and the engagement protrusions 12 of the housing 1 and the engagement protrusions 22 of the lens 2. can do. For this reason, the vehicle device (headlamp), in particular, the housing 1 can be recycled.

Here, in the case of the headlamp of the above-described example, since the lens 2 is exposed on the front surface (outside) of the automobile, the rate of damage or damage of the lens 2 is high. On the other hand, since the housing 1 is housed inside the automobile and covered with the vehicle body, the rate of damage or damage of the housing 1 is lower than that of the lens 2. In addition, the housing 1 includes other devices and mechanisms (for a headlamp,
The housing 1 is expensive because it is equipped with a light source bulb, a reflecting surface or reflector, an optical axis adjusting mechanism, a breathing mechanism, and the like. Therefore, if the lens 2 is broken or damaged, removing the old lens 2 from the housing 1 and attaching the new lens 2 to the housing 1 and recycling the housing 1 contributes to resource saving. Become.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vehicle apparatus, the packing material 3 is set in the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 is inserted into the seal groove 10. The housing 1 and the lens 2 are mechanically fastened via a clip 5. For this reason, when replacing the lens 2, the lens 2
Is removed from the housing 1, the packing material 3 remains in the seal groove 10 of the housing 1. As a result, even if the lens 2 is replaced with a new one, the old packing material is used as it is, so that the same sealing performance as that of the initial (new) packing material 3 cannot be obtained.

That is, dirt such as mud and dust has already adhered to the packing material 3 due to so-called water entry into which water enters the chamber 4. Further, since the so-called settling occurs in the packing material 3 due to the pressing of the seal leg portion 20 over time and a concave portion of the trace of the seal leg portion 20 is formed, even if the new lens 2 is attached to the old housing 1, 2
The seal leg 20 is not always re-inserted into the recessed portion of the old packing material 3 accurately, and the seal leg 20 is inserted out of the recess, thereby forming a water-filled channel. Thus, the same sealing performance as the initial packing material 3 cannot be obtained.

Further, when the packing material 3 is replaced when the lens 2 is replaced, the old lens 2 is replaced with the housing 1.
The old packing material 3 remaining in the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 when it is removed from the housing 1 is also removed from the seal groove 10, a new packing material 3 is set in the seal groove 10, and the new lens 2 is attached to the housing 1. There is a need. However, there is a problem that the work of replacing the old packing material 3 with the new packing material 3 is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular apparatus capable of obtaining a sealing performance equivalent to that of an initial sealing material and easily replacing the sealing material when replacing a lens.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is directed to a sealing member and a sealing leg portion of a lens which are integrally formed so that when the lens is detached from a housing, the sealing member is sealed. The material can be removed from the seal concave side of the housing integrally with the seal leg side of the lens.

As a result, the vehicle device of the present invention has a structure in which the sealing material and the sealing leg of the lens are integrally formed, so that when the lens is removed from the housing during lens replacement, the sealing material is removed. Can be removed from the seal groove of the housing, and when the seal leg of the new lens is set in the seal groove of the housing, a new seal material can be set in the seal groove, so the seal is the same as the initial seal material Performance is obtained.

In addition, when the lens is removed from the housing, the sealing member can be easily removed from the sealing recess side of the housing by being integrated with the sealing leg side of the lens, and when the lens is mounted on the housing. Since the seal member integrated with the seal leg is easily set in the seal concave portion of the housing, the old seal member can be easily replaced with the new seal member when the lens is replaced.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, three embodiments of a vehicle apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a vehicle device according to the present invention. This example describes an example used for a headlamp. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 11 and 12 indicate the same parts.

In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a sealing material. The sealing material 6 is made of, for example, a foam or an elastomer.
It is formed by extrusion molding or die molding. The convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6 is
0 has the same shape as the inner surface, that is, an inverted shape.
The concave inner surface 61 of the sealing material 6 has the same shape as the outer surface of the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2, that is, an inverted shape.

The integral structure of the seal member 6 and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 in the first embodiment is constituted by a structure in which the seal member 6 and the seal leg 20 are engaged with each other by the engagement unevenness. That is, an engagement protrusion 23 is integrally provided at the tip of the seal leg 20 of the lens 2, while the concave inner surface 6 of the seal material 6 is provided.
1 is provided with an engagement recess 62. This seal leg 2
The outer surface of the engagement projection 23 and the inner surface of the engagement recess 62 of the seal member 6 have the same shape, that is, have mutually inverted shapes.

In the above-described sealing material 6, the sealing material 6
The sealability between the convex outer surface 60 and the inner surface of the seal groove portion 10 and the concave inner surface 61 of the seal material 6 and the outer surface of the seal leg portion 20 are sufficiently obtained, and the convex outer surface 60 of the seal material 6 is obtained. The material of the sealing material 6 and the additive material are selectively used so that the inner surface of the sealing groove 10 can be easily separated from the sealing material 6.

The vehicle device of the present invention according to the first embodiment has the above-described configuration, and an example of its use will be described below. First, the seal leg 20 and the engagement protrusion 23 of the lens 2 are inserted or press-fitted into the concave inner surface 61 and the engagement recess 62 of the sealing material 6 (see FIG. 1A). Then
As shown in FIG. 1 (B), the engagement protrusion 23 of the seal leg 20 is formed.
And the engaging recess 62 of the sealing material 6 are engaged with each other to
And the sealing material 6 are integrally formed. The sealing leg 20 and the sealing material 6 of the lens 2 having the integrated structure are inserted or press-fitted into the sealing groove 10 of the housing 1 (see FIG. 1B).

Next, when the housing 1 and the lens 2 are mechanically fastened via a clip, the convex outer surface 60 and the concave inner surface 61 of the sealing material 6 are in contact with the inner surface of the sealing groove 10 and the outer surface of the sealing leg 20. , Each of which is waterproofly sealed between the inner surface of the seal groove portion 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg portion 20. As a result, the chamber 4 is waterproofed by the housing 1, the lens 2, and the sealing material 6 (see FIG. 1C).

In the vehicle device according to the present invention, since the sealing member 6 and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 are integrally formed, when the lens 2 is removed from the housing 1, the sealing member 6 is removed. The lens 2 can be detached from the seal recess 10 of the housing 1 integrally with the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 (see FIG. 1D).

As a result, when the lens 2 is detached from the housing 1, the sealing material 6 is inserted into the sealing groove 10 of the housing 1 as shown in FIG.
1B and 1C, a new sealing material 6 can be set in the sealing groove 10 together with the new lens 2 as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C. That is, the old sealing material 6 and the new sealing material 6 can be separated from each other. Can be exchanged,
Sealing performance equivalent to that of the initial sealing material 6 is obtained.

Moreover, the vehicular device of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in (D), when the lens 2 is removed from the housing 1, the sealing material 6 can be easily removed from the sealing recess 10 side of the housing 1 integrally with the sealing leg 20 side of the lens 2, Further, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, when the lens 2 is mounted on the housing 1, the sealing material 6 integral with the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 is easily set in the sealing recess 10 of the housing 1. Therefore, when the lens 2 is replaced, the replacement of the old sealing material 6 with the new sealing material 6 can be easily performed.

FIG. 2 shows a modification of the first embodiment of FIG. That is, in a process of assembling the vehicle device (head lamp), the convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6 is inserted or press-fitted into the sealing groove 10 of the housing 1 (FIG. 2).
(A)). Next, the seal leg 20 and the engagement protrusion 23 of the lens 2 are inserted or press-fitted into the concave inner surface 61 and the engagement recess 62 of the seal material 6 (see FIG. 1B). Then, by mechanically fastening the housing 1 and the lens 2 via a clip, as shown in FIG.
The convex outer surface 60 and the concave inner surface 61 of the sealing material 6 are pressed and contacted with the inner surface of the seal groove 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg 20, respectively, so that the gap between the inner surface of the seal groove 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg 20 is formed. Since the housing 4 is sealed in a waterproof manner, the chamber 4 is defined by the housing 1, the lens 2, and the sealing material 6 in a waterproof manner.

When the lens 2 is replaced,
As shown in (D), when the lens 2 is removed from the housing 1, the sealing material 6 can be easily removed from the sealing recess 10 side of the housing 1 integrally with the sealing leg 20 side of the lens 2, Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, by attaching the lens 2 having an integral structure with the seal member 6 to the housing 1, the seal member 6 integral with the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 allows the seal member 6 to seal the housing 1. Recess 1
It will be easily set to zero.

FIG. 3 shows another modification of the first embodiment shown in FIG. That is, in this modified example, as shown in FIG. 3A, a bead 63 is provided on the bottom surface of the convex outer surface 60 (the surface that is pressed and in contact with the inner surface of the seal groove 10) of the sealing material 6, and As shown in FIG. 3B, the convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6 (the surface that is pressed against and adhered to the inner surface of the sealing groove 10).
Are provided with beads 63 on the bottom surface and on both left and right sides, respectively. Since this modified example has the above-described configuration, by fastening the housing 1 and the lens 2 via the sealing material 6, the bead 63 is pressed against the inner surface of the sealing groove 10, and the convex side of the sealing material 6 is formed. Outer surface 60 and seal groove 1
The pressure contact with the inner surface of No. 0 is enhanced, and the sealing performance is improved.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the vehicle device according to the present invention. This example describes an example used for a headlamp. In the figures, FIGS. 1 to 3, 11 and 1
The same reference numerals as 2 denote the same components. The integrated structure of the sealing material 6 and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 in the second embodiment is constituted by a structure in which the sealing material 6 and the lens 2 are bonded to each other by an adhesive 7. That is, the adhesive 7 is applied to the bottom of the inner surface 61 on the concave side of the sealing material 6, and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 is inserted or pressed into the inner surface 61 on the concave side of the sealing material 6 (FIG. 4A). As a result, as shown in FIG. 4B, the sealing material 6 and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 are integrally formed with each other by the adhesive 7.

As a result, the lens 2 formed as an integral structure
Is inserted or press-fitted into the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 (see FIG. 4B), and the housing 1 and the lens 2 are mechanically fastened via a clip. The space between the inner surface of the groove 10 and the outer surface of the seal leg portion 20 is sealed by the sealing material 6 so that the chamber 4 is waterproofed by the housing 1, the lens 2 and the sealing material 6 (see FIG. C)), when the lens 2 is detached from the housing 1, the sealing material 6 can be detached from the seal recess 10 side of the housing 1 integrally with the sealing leg 20 side of the lens 2 (FIG. 4 (D)). )reference). As described above, the second embodiment can achieve the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG. That is, in this modification, as shown in FIG. 5A, a bead 63 is provided on the bottom surface of the convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6, and as shown in FIG. Beads 6 are provided on the bottom surface of the convex outer surface 60 of the material 6 and on both left and right sides.
3 are provided, and the same operation and effect as those of the other modification of the first embodiment of FIG. 3 described above, that is, the bead 63 comes into pressure contact with the inner surface of the seal groove 10 and the sealing material 6 The pressure-contact between the convex outer surface 60 and the inner surface of the seal groove 10 is increased, and the effect of improving the sealing performance can be achieved.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the vehicle device according to the present invention. This example describes an example used for a headlamp. In the figures, FIGS. 1 to 5, 11 and 1
The same reference numerals as 2 denote the same components. The integral structure of the seal member 6 and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 in the third embodiment is constituted by a structure in which the seal member 6 and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 are mutually connected by integral molding. That is, the raw material 64 of the sealing material 6 is injected and applied into the concave portion 80 of the die (transfer die) 8 (see FIG. 6A). Next, the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 is set in the recess 80 of the mold 8 (see FIG. 6B). Here, the raw material 64 of the sealing material 6 foams, and the sealing material 6 and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 are integrally formed (FIG. 6).
(C)). As a result, as shown in FIG. 6 (D), by releasing the lens 2 and the sealing material 6 from the mold 8, the sealing material 6 and the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 are connected to each other by integral molding. It will be configured as an integrated structure.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of the third embodiment of FIG. That is, in this modification, first, the concave portion 80 of the mold 8 is used.
The seal leg 20 of the lens 2 is set inside (FIG. 7A)
Next, a raw material (not shown) is shown by an arrow in FIG. 7B in a concave portion 80 of the die 8 through a raw material injection path 81 formed between the die 8 and the lens 2. (See FIG. 7B). As a result, in this modified example, as in the above-described third embodiment, the raw material of the sealing material 6 is foamed, and the sealing material 6 and the sealing leg portion 20 of the lens 2 are integrally formed (FIG. 6B). And (C)), and as shown in FIG. 6 (D), by releasing the lens 2 and the sealing material 6 from the mold 8, the sealing material 6 and the sealing legs 20 of the lens 2 are removed.
And are integrated into one structure by integral molding.

The inner surface of the concave portion 80 of the mold 8 is the same as the convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6 and corresponds to the inner surface of the seal groove 10 of the housing 1. That is, the inner surface of the concave portion 80 of the mold 8 has an inverted shape of the inner surface of the seal groove portion 10 of the housing 1 via the convex outer surface 60 of the seal material 6. Examples of the sealing material 6 include a self-reactive foaming cured urethane similar to RIM molding, a one-component moisture-curable (Nisso) gas foamed urethane, or a two-liquid urethane (Nisso) gas foamed material. A heat-curing type of reaction foaming two-liquid silicon is used. Further, the sealing leg 20 of the lens 2 has a shape that is integrally hung from the center of the lower surface of the rib 21.

Thus, the third embodiment has the following features.
Since the seal member 6 and the seal leg 20 of the lens 2 are integrally formed by being integrally formed with each other, the seal leg 20 and the seal member 6 of the lens 2 which are integrally formed. Is inserted or press-fitted into the seal groove 10 of the housing 1 (see FIG. 8A), and when the housing 1 and the lens 2 are mechanically fastened via a clip, the inner surface of the seal groove 10 and the seal leg 20 are joined. Is sealed by a sealing material 6 so that the chamber 4 is waterproofly defined by the housing 1, the lens 2 and the sealing material 6 (see FIG. 8B). When the sealing material 6 is removed from the lens 2,
Can be detached from the seal concave portion 10 side of the housing 1 integrally with the seal leg portion 20 side (see FIG. 8C). As described above, the third embodiment can achieve the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows a modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. That is, in this modification, as shown in FIG. 9A, a bead 63 is provided on the bottom surface of the convex outer surface 60 of the sealing material 6, and as shown in FIG. Beads 6 are provided on the bottom surface of the convex outer surface 60 of the material 6 and on both left and right sides.
3 are provided, and the same operation and effect as those of the other modification of the first embodiment of FIG. 3 and the other modification of the second embodiment of FIG. 6
3 comes into pressure contact with the inner surface of the seal groove 10, so that the pressure-contact between the convex outer surface 60 of the seal material 6 and the inner surface of the seal groove 10 is increased, and the effect of improving the sealing performance can be achieved. . In FIG. 9, reference numeral 82 denotes
This is a small concave portion for forming a bead provided on the inner surface of the concave portion 80 of the mold 8. The inner surface of the bead forming small recess 82 is
It has substantially the same shape as the outer surface of the bead 63 of the sealing material 6, that is, an inverted shape.

FIG. 10 shows a modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. That is, this modified example is different from the sealing leg portion 2 of the lens 2.
In this embodiment, unevenness 24 is provided on a surface which is connected to the sealing material 6 to increase a bonding force for bonding to each other.
As a result, in this modified example, due to the unevenness 24, the bonding force of the sealing leg 20 and the sealing material 6 of the integrally formed lens 2 can be increased.

In this embodiment, an example in which a headlamp is used for a vehicle lamp has been described.
The present invention can be applied to other vehicular devices such as vehicular lamps and vehicular ornaments.

[0038]

As is apparent from the above description, in the vehicle apparatus of the present invention, since the sealing member and the sealing leg of the lens are integrally formed, the lens is mounted on the housing when the lens is replaced. The seal material can be removed from the seal groove of the housing when it is removed from the housing, and when the seal leg of the new lens is set in the seal groove of the housing, the new seal material can be set in the seal groove, so the initial The same sealing performance as that of the sealing material can be obtained.

In addition, when the lens is removed from the housing, the sealing material can be easily removed from the sealing recess side of the housing by being integrated with the sealing leg side of the lens. Since the seal member integrated with the seal leg is easily set in the seal concave portion of the housing, the old seal member can be easily replaced with the new seal member when the lens is replaced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a vehicle device of the present invention,
(A) is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the sealing leg of the lens is engaged with the sealing material, and (B) shows a state in which the sealing leg of the lens and the sealing material are set in the sealing recess of the housing. (C) is a partial sectional view showing a state in which a chamber is waterproofed by a housing, a lens and a sealing material, and (D) is a drawing showing a sealing leg portion and a sealing material of a lens from a sealing recess of a housing. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which it is removed.

2A and 2B show a modification of the first embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a partial perspective view showing a state in which a sealing material is set in a sealing recess of a housing, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the seal leg portion is set in a seal concave portion and a seal material of a housing.

FIG. 3 shows a modification of the first embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention, in which (A) is a cross-sectional view of a sealing material having a single bead,
(B) is a sectional view of a sealing material having three beads.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention,
(A) is a partial perspective view showing a state in which a sealing leg of a lens is bonded to a sealing material, and (B) shows a state in which the sealing leg of the lens and the sealing material are set in a sealing recess of a housing. Partial sectional view, (C) is a partial sectional view showing a state in which a chamber is waterproofed by a housing, a lens, and a sealing material, and (D) is a drawing in which a sealing leg portion and a sealing material of a lens are removed from a sealing recess of a housing. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the display is closed.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the second embodiment of the vehicle device according to the present invention, in which (A) is a cross-sectional view of a sealing material having a single bead,
(B) is a sectional view of a sealing material having three beads.

FIG. 6 shows a third embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention,
(A) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which a raw material for a sealing material is injected and applied into a concave portion of a mold, and (B) shows a state in which a sealing leg portion of a lens is set in the concave portion of the mold. Sectional view,
(C) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state where the sealing material is foamed,
(D) is a partial sectional view showing a state in which the sealing material and the sealing leg of the lens are integrally formed.

FIG. 7A is a partial perspective view showing a modification of the third embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention, in which FIG. 7A is a partial perspective view showing a state in which a sealing leg of a lens is set in a concave portion of a mold; () Is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the raw material is injected into the concave portion of the mold via the raw material injection path.

FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention,
(A) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which a sealing leg portion of a lens and a sealing material are set in a sealing recess of a housing;
(B) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which a chamber is defined by a housing, a lens, and a sealing material, and (C) shows a state in which a sealing leg portion and a sealing material of the lens are removed from a sealing recess of the housing. FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a modified example of the third embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention, in which (A) is a cross-sectional view of a sealing material having one bead,
(B) is a sectional view of a sealing material having three beads.

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of a lens showing a modification of the third embodiment of the vehicle device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a conventional vehicle device as viewed from obliquely above.

12 is a sectional view taken along line XII-XII in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Housing (lamp housing), 10 ... Seal groove part, 11 ... Outer wall, 12 ... Engagement convex part, 2 ... Lens, 20
... Seal legs, 21 ... Rib, 22 ... Engaging projection, 23 ... Engaging projection, 24 ... Unevenness, 4 ... Room (light room), 5 ... Clip (mechanical fastening means), 6 ... Seal material, 60 ... Convex side outer surface, 61
... concave inner surface, 62 ... engaging concave, 63 ... bead, 64 ... raw material, 7 ... adhesive, 8 ... mold, 80 ... concave part, 81 ... raw material injection path, 82 ... small concave part for bead formation.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A housing having a seal groove, a lens having a seal leg, and a seal material, wherein the seal material is pressed and adhered between an inner surface of the seal groove and an outer surface of the seal leg. Thereby, the space between the inner surface of the seal groove and the outer surface of the seal leg is waterproof-sealed, a chamber is defined by the housing, the lens, and the sealing material, and the housing and the lens are mutually In the device for a vehicle that can be disassembled, the sealing material is configured integrally with the sealing leg, and is integrated with the sealing leg side of the lens when the lens is removed from the housing. A vehicle device, which can be removed from the seal recess side of the housing. 2. The vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the integral structure of the seal member and the seal leg portion is configured to have a structure in which the seal member and the seal leg are engaged with each other by engaging unevenness. . 3. The vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the integral structure of the seal member and the seal leg is configured to be bonded to each other by an adhesive. 4. The vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the integral structure of the seal member and the seal leg portion is constituted by a structure mutually connected by integral molding. 5. An integral structure of the seal member and the seal leg portion is constituted by a structure joined together by integral molding, and a surface of the seal leg portion joined to the seal member includes: The vehicle device according to claim 1, further comprising an unevenness for increasing a mutual coupling force. 6. A bead is provided on a surface of the sealing material that presses and adheres to the inner surface of the seal groove to enhance the pressure contact with the inner surface of the seal groove to improve sealing performance. The vehicle device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.