JPS6335862Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Subject of the Invention] The present invention relates to a retractable headlamp device for an automobile, and specifically, to prevent the hood stay from falling off due to forgetting to lock it or due to vibration, etc., and entering into the rotation trajectory of a movable member. The present invention relates to a retractable headlamp equipped with a support device for preventing.

[Prior art]

In recent years, there has been an increasing trend in the use of movable headlamps in automobiles in view of reducing air resistance and improving the design of front masks. As is well known, in this type of headlamp device, a movable member having a light source and the like rotates vertically within a predetermined range relative to a fixed bracket.

The bonnet of a car is frequently opened and closed for daily inspections, maintenance, and other purposes.

For this reason, there is a risk that the hood stay may be accidentally forgotten to be locked, or that the hood stay may fall off due to vibrations during driving due to poor locking.

In such a case, the hood stay may fall into the rotation locus of the movable member, causing a problem. However, the current situation is that no measures have been taken to prevent such scandals from occurring.

[Problems with conventional technology and their technical analysis]

When the aforementioned scandal occurs, the other end of the hood stay falls downward using the movable support portion at one end as a fulcrum.

Therefore, this may get between the fixed bracket side and the headlamp cover, damaging the cover, or causing the motor to lock or seize due to jamming.
Furthermore, the problem of battery drain due to excessive current flow also occurs.

[Technical issues]

An object of the present application is to prevent the hood stay from entering the rotation locus of the movable member even if the hood stay is forgotten to be locked or falls off.

[Technical means]

In this project, the above problems were solved by the following means.
That is, the top surface of the grill bracket, which is integrally formed with the fixed bracket to which the radiator grill is attached, receives and supports the hood stay that falls off.

The height of the top surface of the grill bracket is such that it supports the hood stay higher than the arc height of the rotation locus of the movable member (headlamp cover), and the longitudinal direction thereof has a size sufficient to cover the length of the rotation locus. is set to

[Action by technical means]

Therefore, the hood stay that is forgotten to be locked or has fallen off is supported at its intermediate portion (the portion near the tip) on the grille bracket, and the tip portion thereof is prevented from entering into the rotation locus of the movable member.

[Special effects produced by the present application]

According to the structure of the present invention, it is possible to easily achieve the object of the present application, and of course it is useful for preventing the occurrence of the above-mentioned problems, and the structure is simple and does not require special parts. These things can reasonably lead to new functionality.

〔Example〕

In the figure, 1 is a fixed side bracket, 2 is a movable side bracket, and both are pivotally supported by a hinge pin 3. Reference numeral 4 denotes a motor having a worm, which is fixed to the stationary bracket 1 with a plurality of bolts 5. Reference numeral 6 denotes a spherical pin provided on a part of the movable bracket 2, and is connected to a rod 7, which connects the motor 4 via a motor link 8 having a worm wheel that meshes with the worm of the motor 4. receives rotational transmission force.

Therefore, by rotation of the motor 4 (left or right),
The headlamp 9 moves up and down. The vertical position of the headlamp 9 can be stopped every half rotation by a switch built into the motor 4, and can be held at that position.

Reference numeral 10 designates a grill bracket integrally constructed with the fixed bracket 2, to which a radiator grill (not shown) is attached.

This grill bracket 10 serves to support the hood stay 11 on its raised upper surface when the hood stay 11 is forgotten to be locked. The weight H and longitudinal dimension L of the structure are as described in the "technical means" section above. (Refer to Figure 2) As can be seen from Figures 1 and 2, the hood stay 11 that has fallen off from the catcher 12 can be displaced between the solid line ← → two-dot chain line, but in either case the grille bracket 10
It is accepted above. Therefore, as can be understood from the third figure, the hood stay 11 does not enter the rotation locus of the headlamp cover 12 attached to the movable bracket 2.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram of a retractable headlamp equipped with a device of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are views taken along arrows A-A and B-B in FIG. 1, respectively. 1... Fixed side bracket, 2... Movable side bracket, 3... Hinge pin, 4... Motor, 6...
Spherical pin, 7...rod, 8...motor link,
9...head lamp, 10...grill bracket, 11...hood stay, 12...head lamp cover.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A support device for a hood stay in an automobile is provided, in which the hood stay abuts an integral component of a fixed side bracket, and the hood stay cannot enter into the rotation locus of a headlamp cover attached to a movable side bracket. A retractable head lamp.