JPH11301341A - Vehicular lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily enhance lamp attaching strength as well as to integrate a lamp in a vehicle and a controller for it. SOLUTION: Upper and lower attaching parts 16 for a bracket 15 are bolted to the lower end of a dash board 10 in a vehicle, a lamp housing 13 of a discharge head lamp 11 is screwed to a bracket 15 and arranged on the vehicular front side of the bracket 15, and a controller 19 for the discharge head lamp 11 is screwed to arms 18 of the bracket 15 and arranged on the vehicular rear side of the discharge head lamp 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamp in a vehicle, and more particularly to a discharge head lamp and the like which require a controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A discharge headlamp in a vehicle requires a controller for boosting supply power or the like. As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-57503, a controller is provided separately from the discharge headlamp. When mounting to the vehicle body, each mounting mechanism is required, the overall structure becomes complicated, the mounting man-hour is increased, and a relatively long harness connecting the two and a holding mechanism for the harness must be provided. There was a problem.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a resin lamp housing 2 of a discharge headlamp 1 for a vehicle has upper and lower and side mounting portions 3 integrally formed on the vehicle body, respectively. The lamp 5 is screwed to the dashboard 4 and the controller 5 disposed below the lamp housing 2 is directly fixed to the lamp housing 2 by the screw 6, so that the lamp housing 2 and the controller 5 are integrated with each other. There is also a solution to this problem.

In this case, however, a particularly heavy controller 5 is fixed to the lamp housing 2, and the entire discharge headlamp 1 and the controller 5 are mounted on the dashboard 4 by the mounting portion 3, while Since the weight of the controller 5 is large, it is easy for the discharge headlamp 1 to vibrate due to running of the vehicle or the like, and a load is applied to the mounting portion 3 by the vibration. However, since the lamp housing 2 is made of resin, it is difficult to particularly increase the strength of the mounting portion 3. In addition, since the discharge headlamp 1 is easily vibrated as described above, the life of the bulb is adversely affected. There was a possibility of giving.

Further, since the discharge headlamp 1 and the controller 5 are mounted on the dashboard 4 from the front of the vehicle, the controller 5 fixed below the lamp housing 2 at the time of the mounting does not interfere with the dashboard 4. The dashboard 4 needs to be formed with a recess 7 that opens downward, and therefore,
It is relatively difficult to secure the rigidity of the edge 8 in the concave portion 7, and there is a concern that the edge 8 vibrates due to running of the vehicle or the like.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to integrate a lamp and its controller in a vehicle and to easily increase the mounting strength of the lamp.

[0007]

Therefore, a vehicle lamp according to the present invention includes a bracket fixed to a vehicle body,
A lamp housing fixed to the bracket and arranged on the vehicle front side of the bracket; and a controller fixed to the bracket and arranged on the vehicle rear side of the lamp housing.

That is, the lamp housing of the vehicle lamp is fixed to a bracket fixed to the vehicle body and is disposed on the front side of the bracket, and the controller for the lamp is fixed to the bracket and the lamp rear side of the lamp housing. Since the lamp housing and the controller are integrated back and forth via the bracket, the overall structure is compact, the assembly of the lamp housing and the controller to the vehicle body is easy, and the rigidity of the bracket is not increased. Because it is simple, the lamp housing and controller can be easily moved to the vehicle body side via the bracket.
In addition, it can be firmly supported.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 to 4, holes 1 for disposing a discharge headlamp 11 are respectively provided at lower left and right ends of a dashboard 10 provided in a cab of a vehicle.
The upper and lower mounting portions 14 integrally formed with the resin lamp housing 13 of the discharge headlamp 11 are screwed to the dashboard 10, respectively.

On the other hand, the brackets 15 made of steel plate have mounting portions 16 formed on the upper and lower sides thereof, respectively.
In addition to being firmly bolted to 0 and connected to the rear surface of the lamp housing 13 by screws 17, the lamp housing 13 is disposed on the front side of the bracket 15 in the vehicle, and also toward the rear of the vehicle (to the right in FIG. 4). The upper and lower arms 18 of the extending bracket 15 and the controller 19 of the discharge headlamp 11 are respectively connected by screws 20, and the controller 19 is arranged on the rear side of the lamp housing 13 in the vehicle.

That is, while the lamp housing 13 and the controller 19 are fixed to the bracket 15, the bracket 15 is bolted to the dashboard 10 so that the lamp housing 13 and the controller 19 are fixed.
Can be easily attached to the dashboard 10 by integrating them back and forth, and in particular, since the controller 19 is disposed in an extra space on the vehicle rear side of the lamp housing 13, it is possible to make the whole compact. The attachment to the dashboard 10 can be further facilitated, and the number of attachment steps can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art.

In addition, a particularly heavy controller 1
9 is attached to the dashboard 10 by the bracket 15, and a large load of the controller 19 does not act on the lamp housing 13 at all. Therefore, since the lamp housing 13 is made of resin, it is relatively difficult to mount the lamp housing 13 with high rigidity. The lamp housing 13 can be easily attached to the dashboard 10 via the bracket 15, so that the discharge headlamp 11 can be reliably prevented from vibrating as the vehicle travels. There is an advantage that can extend the life of the device.

Further, since the controller 19 is arranged behind the lamp housing 13 on the vehicle rear side, when the discharge headlamp 11 and the controller 19 are mounted on the dashboard 10, the lower left and right lower ends of the dashboard 10 are mounted from the front of the vehicle. The discharge headlamp 11 and the rear part of the controller 19 are inserted into the holes 12 of the dashboard 1, and the mounting part 14 of the lamp housing 13 and the mounting part 16 of the bracket 15 are respectively attached to the dashboard 1.
It is sufficient to apply a screw to the front surface of the hole 0 and to fasten the bolt, respectively. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a downward cut in the hole 12 as in the prior art, and the hole 12 can have a closed cross-sectional structure. The rigidity of the inner peripheral portion is relatively large, and the rigidity of the bracket 1 above and below the hole 12 is large.
5 is covered with the hole 1 when the vehicle is running.
There is a special advantage that the worry that the inner peripheral edge of the second part 2 vibrates can be easily eliminated.

[0014]

In the vehicular lamp according to the present invention, the lamp housing is fixed to the bracket fixed to the vehicle body side, and is disposed on the front side of the bracket with respect to the vehicle, and the controller is fixed to the bracket. Since the lamp housing and the controller are compactly integrated via the bracket, they are located on the vehicle rear side of the housing.
Another advantage is that the lamp housing and the controller can be easily and firmly supported on the vehicle body via the bracket.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of a conventional device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Dashboard 11 Discharge headlamp 12 Hole 13 Lamp housing 15 Bracket 16 Mounting part 18 Arm 19 Controller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bracket fixed to a vehicle body side, a lamp housing fixed to the bracket and arranged on a vehicle front side of the bracket, and a lamp housing fixed to the bracket and arranged on a vehicle rear side of the lamp housing. And a controller for the vehicle.