KR100991924B1 - An instrument panel with a light garnish for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, and to illuminates the garnish even at night and to produce the interior of the automobile in a luxurious atmosphere.

An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention is mounted on a garnish mounting portion formed on an automobile instrument panel, and is formed on a plate-like decorative portion 20 for decorating the instrument panel and formed inside or around the decorative portion to supply power. The lighting unit 30 is configured to illuminate the decorative part by being supplied with light. The lighting unit of the garnish is provided with at least one lamp 31 that is turned on by receiving power, a light guide 32 for inducing light emitted from the lamp 31, and is formed in or around the decorative part of the light guide. And a lens 33 covering the 32 to scatter the light irradiated from the lamp 31. The half mirror layer 34 may be further formed on the front surface of the lens.

Garnish, lighting, lamp, lens, half mirror

Description

An instrument panel with a light garnish for vehicle

The present invention relates to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, and more particularly, by adding a lighting device to the garnish to illuminate the garnish during the dark night driving of the automobile interior to produce the front part in a luxurious atmosphere to meet the purpose of using the garnish. In addition, the present invention relates to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles capable of producing a quiet atmosphere inside a vehicle.

In recent years, homes have been in widespread use, and cars are becoming a part of life, not just transportation.

Therefore, in order to improve the quality of automobiles, not only driving devices such as engines, but also the interior design of automobiles has been advanced.

One of the things to decorate a car interior is a garnish.

Garnishes are one of the decorative components attached to instrument panels or trims and have wood grain film or painted surfaces.

Such a garnish decorates the interior of the vehicle differently by having a wood grain film or a painted surface that is different from the color of the door trim.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which a garnish is mounted on an instrument panel, and the instrument panel main body 1 is formed with a groove-shaped garnish mounting portion 1a, and the garnish mounting portion 1a is inserted and fixed thereto. do. The garnish 2 is composed of a front part having a length longer than the width and an upper and lower finishing part formed toward the rear of each of the upper and lower parts of the front part.

Such a garnish 2 has a hook 3 formed at the rear thereof, and the hook 3 is fixed to the instrument panel main body 1 so as to be attached to the instrument panel main body 1.

The drawing shows only one example of the mounting structure of the garnish (2), the garnish (2) is usually formed with a boss at intervals of 100mm fixed by a tapping screw (TAPPING SCREW) or fused plastic (PLASTIC) using ultrasonic waves It is mounted in various ways such as being fixed.

The garnish 2 according to the prior art has a surface treated with an insert film, wood grain, or the like to express a different color and material from the instrument panel body 1 to create a luxurious indoor atmosphere.

However, since the garnish 2 is not a self-illuminator, neither emits light emitted from other light emitters nor reflects light emitted from other light emitters, the interior of the vehicle can be decorated by natural light during the day. At night it is almost impossible to identify. Because there are indoor lights installed on the ceiling inside the car, driving with the interior lights turned on at night prevents the driver's vision of the following vehicles and crossing cars, so the interior lights are turned off. Since there is no light fixture that illuminates the interior of the car, the garnish cannot be discerned and eventually does not perform any decorative function.

Of course, the speedometer, flow meter, etc. of the instrument panel during night driving is possible to illuminate so that it can be identified, but by itself it is not possible to illuminate the garnish (2) is a situation that can not be useless at night.

Although it is possible to use a separate luminaire that is plugged into the cigar jack and powered on for the night light of the garnish (2), it is necessary to purchase a luminaire and store the luminaire when not in use. have.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, it is possible to decorate the instrument panel on the front of the driver's seat with a luxurious and colorful atmosphere and can illuminate the interior of the car in a luxurious atmosphere by self-luminescence without a separate lighting device at night It is an object of the present invention to provide an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles.

An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes: an instrument panel body installed at the front of the vehicle and having a garnish mounting portion; And a garnish formed on a plate-shaped decoration part and an inner or circumferential part of the decoration part and configured to be illuminated with power to illuminate the decoration part, and to be detachably mounted to the garnish mounting part of the instrument panel body. It is done.

The lighting unit of the garnish is provided with at least one lamp that is turned on by applying power, a light guide for inducing light emitted from the lamp, and formed in or on the periphery of the decorative part and covers the light guide to radiate light emitted from the lamp. It is preferable to include a lens to scatter.

Preferably, a half mirror is further formed on the surface of the lens to emit light or perform a function of a mirror according to the lighting and turning off of the lamp.

According to the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention, it is possible to visually identify the garnish by natural light during the daytime driving, so that the front part can be luxuriously produced by the garnish, and the garnish of the garnish by the light irradiated from the lighting unit during the night driving Like the daytime, the front part can be luxuriously illuminated, and the interior of the car can be produced in various atmospheres such as a soft and cozy atmosphere.

In addition, since the lamp of the lighting unit is turned on in conjunction with the lighting of the head lamp, the lighting unit can be controlled without a separate manual operation, thereby having a very convenient effect.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a side view of the installation state of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention, Figure 4 is for a vehicle according to the invention 5 is an exploded perspective view of an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a lamp and a socket applied to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an instrument having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention. 7A and 7B are front views of the panel, and Figs. 7A and 7B are sectional views taken along line AA and BB of Fig. 3, showing a state in which a decorative part and a lighting part of a garnish applied to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, as shown in Figure 2, an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention, the vehicle instrument panel body (1); It is comprised by the garnish 10 which is attached to the garnish mounting part formed in the instrument panel main body 1, and adorns the instrument panel main body 1. As shown in FIG.

The garnish 10 includes a plate-shaped decoration part 20 and an illumination part 30 for illuminating the decoration part 20.

The decoration part 20 performs a function of the existing garnish, and the surface is treated with an insert film or wood grain, thereby expressing a different color and material from the instrument panel body 1 to create a luxurious indoor atmosphere.

The structure of the decorative part 20 is, for example, the front and rear horizontal parts 22 and 23 and the instrument panel body 1 which are formed to extend toward the rear, respectively, on the front part 21, the upper part and the lower part of the front part 21. It is composed of a fixed portion 24 fixed to.

The front portion 21 is a surface exposed to the outside, the surface is treated with an insert film or wood grain as described above to achieve a decorative effect, the shape may be a shape longer than the upper and lower width, as shown in the figure. And, of course, it is not limited to the form shown in the figure.

The upper and lower horizontal parts 22 and 23 may be integrally formed on the front part 21 to firmly mount the garnish 10 to the garnish mounting part and to finish the garnish mounting part.

The fixing part 24 is a structure for fixing the garnish 10 to the instrument panel body 1, and various things such as hooks and bolts may be applied.

The lighting unit 30 scatters the light guided by the lamp 31, which emits light by applying power, the light guide 32, which guides the light emitted from the lamp 31, and the light guide 32. It consists of a lens 33 for illuminating 20, and illuminates the decorative part 20 by the light emitted from the lamp 31 and illuminates the front of the vehicle interior.

The lamp 31 is preferably a low power LED, and as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, mounted to the socket 35 to the longitudinal direction of one end, both ends or the decorative portion 20 of the decorative portion 20 Accordingly, a plurality of pieces may be installed at predetermined intervals to emit light through the light guide 32. In addition, the lamp 31 can apply an LED that can emit light of various colors.

In addition, the lamp 31 may be turned on / off by a manual operation of the driver, or may be automatically turned on / off according to the outdoor illuminance. In the latter case, when the vehicle is parked at night, the lamp 31 does not need to be turned on. Therefore, in the auto on / off mode, the interior and exterior illuminance may be controlled on the assumption that the headlamp is turned on or the ignition key is turned on. The lamp 31 may be turned on when the sensor detects a predetermined illuminance or less. Although a specific circuit configuration has not been described for the automatic on / off control method of the lamp 31, this can be sufficiently performed by those skilled in the art.

In addition, since the lamp 31 is mounted in the socket 35 as shown in FIG. 5, the lamp 31 may be detachably mounted through the socket 35 so that replacement of the lamp 31 is possible. And, as in the circular arc of FIG. 3, the socket 35 can be fitted into, for example, a socket holder 36 fixed to the decoration 20.

The light guide 32 induces the light emitted from the lamp 31 to diffuse the light to the lens 33, and may be made of an optical tube such as a quartz tube or a silicon tube to guide the light well. Both ends of the light guide 32 are inserted into the guide holder 32a, and one of the guide holders 32a is installed in the socket holder 36. At this time, the length of the light guide 32 is inserted into the guide holder 32a is preferably 10mm to 50mm, more preferably 15mm to 20mm light guide 32 to the guide holder 32a To be inserted. The light is scattered at both ends of the light guide 32, that is, at one end into which the light is input and at the other end to which the light is emitted.

The lens 33 is configured to diffuse the light emitted from the lamp 31 and guided by the light guide 32 so that the decorative part 20 can be sufficiently illuminated even with a small amount of the lamp 31. As a transparent material, a reflective surface may be imprinted therein to enhance the light scattering effect. Therefore, even if the number of lamps 31 is small, scattering and diffusion rate by the lens 33 are large, so that the entire decoration part 20 can be illuminated.

The lens 33 may be detachably coupled to the decorative part 20, and as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, a flange 37 extends under the lens 33, and the flange 37 is a screw. It is fastened to the decoration part 20 through 38.

The lens 33 is preferably in the form of covering the lamp 31, that is, opening toward one side to reduce the loss of light emitted from the lamp 31, in which the lamp 31 is accommodated therein.

Although the lens 33 is illustrated as being disposed on the upper part of the decorative part 20 in the drawing, the lens 33 is disposed at all positions capable of effectively illuminating the decorative part 20 such as the inside and the lower part of the decorative part 20. Installation is possible.

In addition, the decoration unit 20 and the lighting unit 30 may be integrally formed, that is, the decoration unit 20 and the lens 33 may be fixed, and the lens 33 may be easily repaired. It may be fitted in the space between the decorative portion 20 and the garnish mounting portion of the instrument panel body (1).

By such a structure, the light emitted from the lamp 31 is irradiated to the decorative part 20 through the lens 33 or irradiated around the decorative part 20, thereby illuminating the decorative part 20.

In this case, the inside of the lens 33 may be exposed to the outside due to the characteristics of the lens 33, and if the inside of the lens 33 is exposed, the discomfort may be imparted, and thus the half mirror layer 34 may be formed on the surface of the lens 33. Can be further formed.

The half mirror layer 34 is a type of mirror that partially reflects and partially transmits light incident on the lens 33. When the lamp 31 is turned off, the half mirror layer 34 functions as a mirror and the lamp 31 is turned on. In this case, various visual effects of the lens 33 are expressed to the outside.

The half mirror layer 34 may be formed on the surface of the lens 33 according to a conventional half mirror manufacturing method or may be separately manufactured and then attached to the surface of the lens 33.

In addition, a light transmitting film 34a having various colors is formed on the outer surface of the half mirror layer 34. The light transmission film 34a may be formed of any one of aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni), and stainless steel (SUS) having high corrosion resistance. In addition, the light transmission film 34a has a light transmittance of 20% to 50%. When the lamp 31 is not operated, the inside of the instrument panel body 1 is not visible, and when the lamp 31 is operated. The light transmits to make the beauty of the beauty more beautiful.

In the figure, reference numeral 25 is a boss to which the screw 38 is fastened.

The operation of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

Instrument panel having a light emitting garnish of the present invention can be described by dividing the day and night.

1. Weekly

In the daytime, since the illumination of the natural light is high, the decoration part 20 of the garnish 10 can be visually checked without using a separate lighting device to illuminate the interior of the vehicle. Therefore, the instrument panel body 1 and the garnish 10 Since the decorative part 20 is different in color and texture, the front part can be luxuriously produced.

At this time, the lighting unit 30 is a half mirror because the lamp 31 is not turned on (when the head lamp is interlocked with the head lamp, the head lamp is turned off during the day, and the lamp 31 is turned off for the manual operation). The layer 34 functions as a mirror so that the inside of the lens 33 is not exposed to the outside. In addition, since the light transmittance of the light transmitting film 34a formed on the surface of the half mirror layer 34 is 20% to 50%, the structure inside the lens 33 can not be seen from the outside.

2. night

When driving at night when the illuminance of the natural light is lowered below a certain illuminance, the driver will turn on the head lamp to secure the field of view, and when the lever is turned to turn on the head lamp, power is applied to the lamp 31 in conjunction with it.

In the case of a high-end vehicle, the head lamp is controlled to be turned on according to the external illumination even without turning a separate lever.

Therefore, even when the driver does not recognize the use of the lighting unit 30, the lamp 31 is lighted together during the lighting operation of the head lamp which is always turned on at night driving, and thus it is convenient to use.

However, the lens 31 may be controlled by a manual switch. When the driver operates the switch, the lens 31 is turned on by receiving power.

The lamp 31 receives light and emits light. The light is guided through the light guide 32, scattered and diffused through the lens 33, and then irradiated to the outside through the half mirror layer 34.

Since the circumference of the decorative part 20 or the decorative part 20 itself receives light by this light, the decorative part 20 is illuminated.

Therefore, the interior of the vehicle can produce a subtle atmosphere by the light irradiated from the lighting unit 30, and the decoration unit 20 can be clearly seen, thereby creating the interior of the automobile luxuriously.

In addition, since the light transmitting film 34a of the half mirror layer 34 may have various colors, the interior of the automobile is more beautifully produced.

       1 is an installation state diagram of a garnish according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a side view of the installation state of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a block diagram of a lamp and a socket applied to the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a front perspective view of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention.

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a state in which a decorative part and a lighting part of a garnish applied to an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles according to the present invention are coupled to each other, and taken along line A-A and B-B of FIG. 3.

<Description of Signs for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: garnish, 20: ornament

30: lighting unit, 31: lamp

32: light guide, 33: lens

34: half mirror layer

Claims (12)

An instrument panel body (1) installed at the front of the vehicle and having a garnish mounting portion; A garnish that is formed in a plate-shaped decoration part 20 and the interior or periphery of the decoration part and is configured to be illuminated with power to illuminate the decoration part and is detachably mounted to the garnish mounting part of the instrument panel body. 10, and The lighting unit of the garnish is provided with at least one lamp 31 that is turned on by receiving power, a light guide 32 for inducing light emitted from the lamp 31, and is formed in or around the decorative part of the light guide. Instrument panel having a light-emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that it comprises a lens 33 for covering the 32 to scatter the light irradiated from the lamp (31). delete The method of claim 1, The lamp 31 is an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that the LED. The method of claim 1, The light guide 32 is an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that made of optical tubes. The method of claim 1, Both ends of the light guide 32 are inserted into the guide holder 32a, and one of the guide holders 32a is installed in the socket holder 36. An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles. The method of claim 5, The light guide 32 is inserted into the guide holder (32a) the length of the instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that 10mm to 25mm. The method according to claim 1, An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, wherein the lens 33 of the garnish has a half mirror layer 34 formed on the front surface thereof. The method of claim 7, wherein An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that a light transmitting film (34a) having a light transmittance of 20% to 50% is formed on the outer surface of the half mirror layer (34). The method of claim 8, The light transmitting film (34a) is an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that any one of aluminum (Al), nickel (Ni) and stainless steel (SUS) is deposited form. The method according to claim 1 or 7, The lamp 31 of the garnish is an instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles, characterized in that controlled to be turned on / off in conjunction with the head lamp. The method according to claim 10, The lens 33 has a flange 37 is formed to extend, so that the flange 37 is fastened detachably by a screw 38 to the decorative portion 20 of the garnish, automobile light emitting garnish Having instrument panel. The method according to claim 1, The decorative part of the garnish consists of a front part 21, upper and lower horizontal parts 22 and 23 extending toward the rear of the front part and the lower part, respectively, and a fixing part 24 fixed to the instrument panel. An instrument panel having a light emitting garnish for automobiles.

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