JPS6344274Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an automotive lighting device that accommodates and holds a lighting device and is mounted on a vehicle body, and particularly relates to an automotive lighting device that is equipped with a protective member and has a recessed deformed cross-sectional portion on its periphery. .

In the case of automotive lights, when the lighting equipment is directly attached to the car body, such as external lighting, the main purpose is to prevent the lighting equipment from coming into contact with the car body, causing damage to the paint and corrosion of the car body. A widely used method is to attach a soft protective member to the periphery of a lamp and attach the lamp to a vehicle body via the protective member.

However, for reasons of economy or how to attach it to the vehicle body, some lamps have a concave periphery, or the periphery of the lighting device holding part of the lamp is raised to improve the design of the lamp or the side of the lamp. In the case of automotive lamps that have a deformed cross-section part on the periphery, such as lamps with improved light-shielding properties, the contact area of the recessed deformed cross-section part to the protective member decreases, and the retention of the protective member decreases. In addition, in the case where the protective member is attached to the periphery of the lamp by adhesive or the like, there is a risk that this adhesive may peel off. In particular, for some lights on the front and rear of the car body, laws and regulations restrict the leakage of light from these lights to the sides of the light fixture, and it is necessary to raise the ridges on the periphery of the light fixture to at least the level of the light fixture lens. The above-mentioned tendency became more noticeable because the depression on the back surface of the raised portion also became larger.

For this reason, measures have been taken to solve the above-mentioned problem by increasing the contact area by forming a protuberance that fits into the recess on the lamp when molding the protective member, but with this method, the cross section of the protective member Because of this, a new problem arises in that extrusion molding, which enables the production of protective members at relatively low cost, cannot be used, and compression molding has to be used, resulting in increased costs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide an automobile lamp equipped with a protective member that is inexpensive and can be adapted to various designs.
For this reason, the present invention includes a support frame in which a recess is formed in at least a part of the periphery of the lighting device holder, a translucent cover that covers the lighting device holder, and a protective member attached to the periphery of the support frame. In an automobile lamp that is attached to a vehicle body through a support frame, at least one support portion is provided in a recessed portion of a supporting frame, terminating within a plane defined by an end surface of this recessed portion and providing a support surface for a protective member. It is characterized by

The present invention will be described below based on embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a combination of a conventional automobile exterior light and a protection member, in which the supporting frame 2 is made of synthetic resin or the like, and has a substantially flat holding part for fixing a lighting device (not shown). It is located one step lower than the periphery. Further, on one side edge of the support frame 2, a rim portion 2' is integrally formed which is raised outward from the vehicle body and has a recessed portion on the back surface corresponding to the shape of the raised portion. Further, on the back surface of the upper peripheral edge of the support frame 2 and one side edge provided with the rim portion, a protective member 3 in the form of a folded band that matches the shape of these peripheral edges is attached by adhesive. The protective member 3 is compression-molded from a material softer than the material of the support frame 2, such as rubber or synthetic resin. A protruding portion having a shape that conforms to the shape of the supporting frame 2 and a protruding portion having a shape that surrounds the outer peripheral end of the support frame 2 at the outer peripheral edge of the protective member are formed.

Referring to FIG. 3, mounting of the lamp including the support frame 2 to which the protective member 3 is attached as described above to the vehicle body will be explained. An opening is provided in the vehicle body 4 at the lighting device position to accommodate the lighting device holding portion of the support frame 2, and one side edge of this opening is connected to the protective member 3.
It is formed into a stepped shape in order to support the rim portion 2' of the support frame to which the support frame is attached. The supporting frame 2 is supported by bringing its peripheral edge into contact with the vehicle body 4 through the protective member 3, and is fixed at the holding portion to a flange (not shown) fixedly installed inside the vehicle body by a method such as tightening with screws. Ru. After that, a translucent cover 1 made of a material such as transparent synthetic resin is placed on the lighting device holding part of the support frame 2.
is installed.

Next, an automotive lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.In order to facilitate understanding of the invention, the present invention was implemented on the structure of the conventional automotive lamp explained based on FIGS. 1 to 3. Use examples. Therefore, the support frame structure of this embodiment is the same as that of the conventional structure described above except for the peripheral rim portion, and a detailed explanation thereof will not be given.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the back side of the support frame rim portion 12' of the embodiment of the present invention, in which two support portions 15 are provided in a recessed portion corresponding to the raised shape. In this embodiment, the support portion 15 has a partition shape that crosses the recess in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the recess, and is integrally molded with the support frame 12 when the support frame 12 is molded. Further, the end surface of the support portion 15 terminates within a plane defined by the end surface of the recessed portion, that is, the end surface is in the same plane as the back surface of the side edge provided with the rim portion 12', and serves as a support surface for the protection member. ing. The number and arrangement of the support parts 15 can be arbitrarily set depending on the length of the recessed part so as to obtain an appropriate contact surface with the protection member.
Therefore, in the automobile lamp according to the present invention, there is no need to provide the protective member with a raised portion that fits into the concave portion around the supporting frame, and the protective member 13 in the case of this embodiment is not required.
As shown in FIG. 3, the support frame 12 is shaped like a flat bent band except that a protrusion surrounding the outer peripheral end is provided on one of its peripheries, and is extruded with a constant cross-sectional shape in the longitudinal direction. After molding, it is bent to match the outer shape of the support frame 12 and adhered to the peripheral edge of the support frame 12.

The lamp of this embodiment formed as described above and having the protective member 13 adhered thereto is attached to the vehicle body in the same manner as the conventional lamp described above. FIG. 6 shows this installed state, in which the flat portion of the protection member 13 is supported by the vehicle body 4 and the back surface of the rim portion 12' provided with the support portion 15, and is similar to the conventional protection member. It's working.

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention provides an automotive lamp having a protective member on the periphery of the supporting frame.
Contact with the protective member is achieved by providing at least one support portion that terminates within a plane defined by the end face of the recessed portion provided in the peripheral edge of the supporting frame and provides a support surface for the protective member. By increasing the area, it is possible to use a protection member having a constant cross section even on a peripheral edge having a deformed cross section. As a result, in the present invention, relatively low-cost extrusion molding can be used to manufacture the protective member, and the cost of an automobile lamp equipped with the protective member can be reduced. Furthermore, since the contact area with the protective member can be increased even in various deformed cross sections, the periphery of the lamp support frame can be formed according to various designs without increasing costs due to deformation of the protective member. This makes it possible to

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the support part is explained as having a partition wall shape extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the recessed part, but the present invention is not limited to this only. It is obvious that the same effect can be obtained even with a single support section extending in the longitudinal direction, and that various changes can be made to other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an automobile lamp equipped with a conventional protection member, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the shape of the protection member, and Fig. 3 is a portion taken along the - line in Fig. 1. An enlarged sectional view, FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the main part showing the support part in the concave part of the lamp support frame according to the embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the shape of the protective member used in the embodiment, and FIG.
A partial enlarged sectional view similar to the figure. In the figure, numeral 1 is a translucent cover, numerals 2, 1
2 is a support frame, 2' and 12' are rim parts, and 3 and 1 are
Reference numeral 3 indicates a protection member, reference numeral 4 indicates a vehicle body, and reference numeral 15 indicates a support portion.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A supporting frame having a recess formed in at least a part of the periphery of the lighting device holding portion, and a translucent cover covering the lighting device holding portion, In an automobile lamp that is attached to a vehicle body via an attached protective member, at least the at least one lamp terminates within a plane defined by an end face of the recessed portion of the support frame and provides a support surface for the protective member. An automotive lamp characterized by having one support part.