JPS58133940A - Molding structure for car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a clear recognition of the exsistence of a car during a night time parking by furnishing a surface-luminous body with the luminous face faced to the outside of the car body inside a molding main body fixed on the outer panel of the said car body. CONSTITUTION:A guard mould A adhesively fixed on an outer panel B of a car body along a proceeding direction by a double-coated adhesive tape 1 contains a molding main body 2 molded by resin with a C-shaped section. This molding main body 2 is constructed to hold in its inner hollow space a transparent cover 4 in a reverse C-shape made of a rigid transparent material such as acrylic resin or the like and a built-in surface luminous body, that is, an electroluminescence element 6 surrounded by a reinforcing board 5 to be fixed in a liquid- tight state at the opening ends 4a and 4b of the said cover 4. This construction permits to indicate a parking of the car by adding an AC voltage on the above- described element 6 for emitting light at the time of night parking.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a molding structure for an automobile, and more particularly to a glitter molding suitable for a guard molding.

When a car is parked on the street at night, the driver of another car may miss the parked car and cause a collision. For this reason, conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a guard molding A fixed to the outer panel of the vehicle body is provided with light reflection measures to prevent collisions when parking at night. That is, in FIG. 2, a reflective tape 3 that reflects light toward the light source is attached to the surface of the guard molding body 2 that is fixed to the vehicle body outer panel B with double-sided adhesive tape. The presence of a parked car is notified by the reflected light from the 3. However, in this measure to prevent contact accidents using the reflective tape 8, 1. Therefore, when the car is driving with the lights turned off or when parking near a bend, the light from the headlights does not hit the reflective tape 3 sufficiently, and sufficient reflected light cannot be obtained. This was insufficient as a measure to prevent accidents during parking.

The present invention proposes a molding structure that can reliably recognize the presence of a parked car even from a distance, in order to prevent the conventional night parking accidents as described above. The present invention is intended to make the existence of a parked car recognizable by incorporating a surface light emitter inside the molding body and making the light emitter shine when the vehicle is parked at night.

Details of embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 to 7.

FIGS. 8 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention, "C
“The molding body 2, which is resin-molded with a letter-shaped cross section,
It is fixed to the vehicle body outer panel B using double-sided adhesive tape 1 as in the conventional case. In the internal space of the molding body 2, there is a transparent cover 4 molded in an inverted "C" shape from a rigid transparent material such as acrylic resin, and open ends 4a and 4b of this transparent cover 4, which are liquid-tight to the IC. A surface emitter or electroluminescent element 6 surrounded by a fixed reinforcing plate 5 is incorporated. As can be understood from FIG. 5, which shows an enlarged cross-section in the thickness direction, the electroluminescent element 6 formed in the shape of an elongated flat plate is a transparent electrode layer 6a housed in a transparent moisture-proof enclosure 7.
, a light emitting body 1-6b, a reinforcing layer 6C, a back electrode layer 6d, and a lead wire 8 connected to the transparent electrode layer 6a and the back electrode layer 6d runs from the end 7a of the moisture-proof enclosure 7 to the molding body 2. It passes through the bottom wall 2a of the vehicle body and the vehicle body exterior panel B, and is led out into the interior of the vehicle body exterior panel B. Needless to say, this electroluminescent element 6 is housed between the transparent cover 4 and the reinforcing plate 50 with the transparent electrode layer 6a side facing the transparent cover 4.

Further, in order to attach the assembly consisting of the transparent cover 4, the electroluminescent element 6, and the reinforcing plate 5, a cutout @9 extending in the length direction is formed in the bottom wall 2a of the molding body 2. Therefore, by pushing open the bottom wall 2a from the cut groove 9 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 4, the above-described assembly can be loaded into the molding body 2. Of course, when the molding body 2 is attached to the vehicle body outer panel B, the double-sided layered tape 1 is attached to the bottom surface of the molding body 2, so that rainwater etc. can pass through the cut grooves 9 and enter the inside of the molding body 2. There will be no intrusion.

Since the embodiment has the above-described configuration, it is sufficient to use the electroluminescent element 6 by applying an alternating voltage to the electroluminescent element 6 using the 80-point phantom signal of the night light switch, as shown in FIG. That is, the control circuit C to which the output signal of the night light switch S is inputted has a built-in converter that converts the IK power supply voltage installed in the vehicle into the AC voltage necessary for driving, and the output voltage of this converter The electroluminescent element 6 is driven by this.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and the feature of this embodiment is that a transparent cover 4A made of transparent resin is integrally molded with the molding body 2. . That is, since the transparent cover 4A, which is molded in advance into a predetermined shape, is used as a core during molding of the molding body 2 and is integrated into the molding body 2, rainwater from between the molding body 2 and the transparent cover 4 is prevented. ``A structure can be obtained that completely prevents intrusion.

In the above embodiments, an electroluminescent element was exemplified as an example of a surface light emitter, but in the present invention, other surface light emitters may be used. It may also be applied to other decorative moldings.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, when parking at night, by shining the surface illuminant, the emitted tV can be reliably recognized even from a distance, so collision accidents can be prevented. , Also, since the molding of the present invention can be used in conjunction with conventional molding,
It also has the advantage of not requiring major changes to the car body structure.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a conventional automobile, Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of the guard molding of the same car, Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2 of the guard molding according to the present invention, and Fig. 4 The figures are a sectional view taken along the +V-tV line in Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the electroluminescent element, Fig. 6 is a block diagram of the drive section of the electroluminescent element, and Fig. 7 is a diagram of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 of the second embodiment. A...Guard molding, B...Vehicle body outer panel, 2.
... Molding body, 4... Transparent cover, 5...
- Reinforcement plate, 6... Surface light emitter (electroluminescent element). □□□ K) ku1 to O~ya

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A molding structure for an automobile that is attached to an outer panel of a vehicle body, characterized in that a surface light emitting body is provided inside the molding body with the light emitting surface facing outward from the vehicle body.