JPS6313962Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a fender marker for clearly indicating the corner of the fender of an automobile to the driver.

Conventional fender markers include fender marker lamps that are attached to the bumper, but the pole with the lamp attached to the top of the lamp sometimes swings and hits the car's body, damaging the car's appearance. Therefore, it is currently not used much. As an alternative to this,
Recently, head lamp monitors that are attached to the fenders of automobiles have come into widespread use so as not to adversely affect the appearance of the automobile. This headlamp monitor has a marker window on the corner of the fender, and a part of the light emitted from the filament of the headlamp is guided to this marker window by a light guide tube to light the marker window.
Special parts such as marker windows and light guide tubes are required.
In addition, assembly requires many complicated operations such as drilling a hole for installing the marker window in the fender and arranging a light guide tube between the marker window and the headlamp, which increases production costs. It was hot. Additionally, there was a risk that rust would develop from the marker window mounting hole drilled in the fender.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, this invention has almost no adverse effect on the appearance of the car, has a simple structure and can be manufactured at low cost, and eliminates the occurrence of rust on the fender. The purpose is to provide a fender marker that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, this invention forms a flange on the front lens of the headlamp that is almost flush with the hood or fender of the automobile, and a reflector is provided on this flange. The feature is that a part of the light emitted from the filament is reflected towards the driver's seat.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In Figure 1, which schematically shows the front part of a car, 1 and 1 are left and right head lamps, 2 is a hood, 3 and 3 are left and right fenders, 4 and 4 are left and right turn signal lamps, and 5 is a seat in the driver's seat. The figures show the drivers who have done so. As shown in FIG. 2, the headlamp 1 includes a reflector 11 provided in a lamp housing 10, and the bulb 12 is mounted so that the filament 13 of the bulb 12 is located on the optical axis of the reflector 11. The opening surface of the lamp housing 10 is closed by a front lens 14. The front lens 14 is molded from a plastic material, and a flange 15 is formed at the upper end of the lens 14 so as to face rearward (to the right in the figure). This flange 15 is substantially flush with the front end of the hood 2. A reflector 16 close to the fender 3 is provided on the flange 15 . This reflector 16 is formed integrally with the front lens 14 and protrudes onto the flange 15 so that the driver 5 can see it. Therefore, this reflector 16 has a refractive index, an incident angle of light from the filament 13,
The filament 13 is shaped so that a portion of the light emitted from the filament 13 can be reflected toward the driver's seat, taking into consideration the position of the driver's seat and the like.

According to the fender marker described above, when the headlamp 1 is turned on, a part of the light emitted from the filament 13 is incident on the reflector 16, as shown by the dashed line a in FIG. The light is reflected by the reflector 16 in FIGS. 1 and 2.
The light is reflected toward the driver's seat, as shown by the dashed line b in the figure. Therefore, the driver 5 can recognize the corner of the fender 3 by the light reflected from the reflector 16.

In this example, the reflector 16 is integrally molded with the front lens 14 of the headlamp 1, so unlike the conventional case, there is no need for separate dedicated parts, and the work to attach the parts can be eliminated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the reflector 16 has a mounting protrusion 17 protruding from the flange 15 formed on the front lens 14 of the headlamp 1, and the reflector 18 is attached to the protrusion 17 so that the light c from the filament is directed toward the driver's seat. It may also be attached so that it is reflected towards the target.

That is, this invention is a fender marker in which a part of the light emitted from the filament of the headlamp is reflected toward the driver's seat via a reflector provided on the front lens of the headlamp, so it is different from the conventional fender marker lamp. In contrast, it has almost no negative effect on the appearance of the car. Also,
Compared to conventional headlamp monitors, the number of parts and assembly work are reduced, and the structure is simple and can be manufactured at low cost.In addition, since no mounting holes are drilled in the fender, rust does not occur through the mounting holes. can be prevented. By using the light from the filament of the headlamp, it is also possible to confirm a break in the filament.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment of this invention; Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of the front of an automobile;
FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the headlamp, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part showing another example. 1...Head lamp, 2...Hood, 3...Fender, 13...Filament, 14...Front lens, 15...Flange, 16...Reflector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] At the upper end of the front lens of a headlamp in an automobile, a flange is bent rearward so as to form almost the same plane as the hood or fender of the automobile, and the upper surface of this flange is provided with a flange for controlling the light emitted from the filament of the headlamp. A fuenda marker characterized by being provided with a reflector that can reflect a portion toward the driver's seat.