KR20100114802A - Fog lamp for car - Google Patents

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KR20100114802A
KR20100114802A KR1020090033373A KR20090033373A KR20100114802A KR 20100114802 A KR20100114802 A KR 20100114802A KR 1020090033373 A KR1020090033373 A KR 1020090033373A KR 20090033373 A KR20090033373 A KR 20090033373A KR 20100114802 A KR20100114802 A KR 20100114802A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/18—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights being additional front lights
    • B60Q1/20—Fog lights
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/30—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by reflectors
    • F21S41/32—Optical layout thereof
    • F21S41/36—Combinations of two or more separate reflectors
    • F21S41/365—Combinations of two or more separate reflectors successively reflecting the light
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2102/00—Exterior vehicle lighting devices for illuminating purposes
    • F21W2102/30—Fog lights
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2107/00—Use or application of lighting devices on or in particular types of vehicles
    • F21W2107/10—Use or application of lighting devices on or in particular types of vehicles for land vehicles

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PURPOSE: The fog lamp for automobile can increase the brightness of the light irradiated to the front by establishing reflector inside shield in order to be reflected to the light irradiated to the inside of shield to reflector. CONSTITUTION: The reflector(131) in a specific direction reflects the researched light. It is isolated with certain distance with reflector and the lens is installed. In the lens(133), the light reflected to from reflector is transmitted. It is located between reflector and lens and the light source(135) becomes insane the light.

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Fog Light for Vehicles {FOG LAMP FOR CAR}

The present invention relates to a vehicle fog light, and more particularly, a fog lamp for a vehicle to increase the brightness of the light irradiated to the front by installing a reflector inside the shield so that the light irradiated to the inside of the shield can be reflected by the reflector It is about.

In general, a head lamp, which is a headlight of a vehicle, irradiates light in front of the vehicle so that a driver can easily identify and identify an object in front of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a tunnel or at night. It is installed on both front sides of the vehicle.

And the headlamp of the vehicle is used to control the brightness of the light when lighting the front of the car, two lamps are used, one lamp is used for the low beam to illuminate a relatively close distance, the other lamp is relatively It is used for high beams that can illuminate long distances.

On the other hand, the vehicle is equipped with a head lamp and a fog light is further installed, the fog light is to illuminate the nearer than the head lamp so as to illuminate the distance closer to the distance of the headlight light irradiation. Such fog lights for vehicles typically use a yellow or white light source, and are highly permeable and have a wide irradiation angle, which is effective for confirming the presence of an opposite vehicle or a pedestrian operating at a close distance in a dense fog.

In addition, a conventional vehicle fog light is provided between a reflector reflecting the light of the light source in a predetermined direction so that light emitted from the light source can be irradiated in a predetermined direction, a lens through which the light reflected from the reflector is transmitted, and is provided between the reflector and the lens. It is composed of a shield (Shield) to prevent the light of the light source is directly irradiated to the lens. The shield absorbs the light emitted from the light source.

In the conventional fog lamps configured as described above, the light irradiated into the shield of the light emitted from the light source is absorbed by the shield, so that the utilization efficiency of the light emitted from the light source is lowered and the brightness of the light irradiated to the lens is weakened. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in order to improve the conventional problems as described above, the present invention is to install the reflector inside the shield so that the light irradiated to the inside of the shield reflects the brightness of the light irradiated to the front The purpose is to provide a vehicle fog light that can be increased.

Vehicle fog lamps according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the reflector for reflecting the irradiated light in a predetermined direction; A lens installed to be spaced apart from the reflector by a predetermined distance and transmitting light reflected from the reflector; A light source positioned between the reflector and the lens to emit light; A shield positioned between the light source and the lens to absorb light emitted directly from the light source to the lens; And a reflector installed inside the shield and reflecting light emitted to the shield to the reflector.

Here, the reflector is characterized by consisting of a plurality of reflecting portion.

The reflector may include a first reflector positioned above the shield and a second reflector positioned below the first reflector.

In addition, the first reflector and the second reflector is characterized in that the oval shape so that the focus of the reflected light can be located at different points.

The focus of the first reflector may be located between the light source and the reflector, and the focus of the second reflector may be located between the light source and the second reflector.

According to the fog lamp for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the reflector is installed inside the shield so that the light irradiated into the shield can be reflected by the reflector, the light irradiated to the lens is increased to increase the The brightness is increased.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are defined in the technical spirit of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his invention in the best way. It must be interpreted to mean meanings and concepts.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a vehicle fog lamp according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description.

In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or custom.

Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a rear view schematically showing the configuration of a vehicle fog light according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a first reflection of the vehicle fog light according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a view illustrating a path on which light is reflected by a part, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a path on which light is reflected by a second reflector of a vehicle fog lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the vehicle fog lamp 100 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 110, a bracket 120 for fixing the housing 110 to a vehicle body, and an interior of the housing 110. Is installed includes a lighting device 130 for illuminating the outside of the fog light (100).

In addition, the vehicle fog light 100 is rotatably coupled to the housing 110, the housing 110 is installed on the vehicle body through the bracket 120 is fixed to the vehicle body through a fastening means such as bolts or screws.

The lighting device 130 is installed inside the housing 110, and the reflector 131, the lens 133, the light source 135, and the shield so that the emitted light can be irradiated to the outside of the housing 110. 137 and reflector 139.

The reflector 131 is installed on the inner wall surface of the housing 110 and transmits the light emitted from the light source 135 in a predetermined direction, for example, to allow the light emitted from the light source 135 to pass through the lens 133. 133).

The lens 133 is installed at the front of the housing 110 to be spaced apart from the reflector 131 by a predetermined distance, and formed of a transparent or semi-transparent body so that the light reflected from the reflector 131 can pass therethrough.

The light source 135 in which light is emitted is positioned between the reflector 131 and the lens 133, and any one selected from an LED, a light bulb, or an H3 bulb BULB is used. As the light source 135 according to the present embodiment, H3 bulb is preferably used.

The shield 137 is installed between the light source 135 and the lens 133 to block light emitted directly from the light source 135 to the lens 133. To this end, the shield 137 is formed in the form of an open case, one side is installed to face the light source 135 on the open side to absorb the light irradiated therein. As described above, blocking the light of the light source 135 from being directly irradiated to the lens 133 by using the shield 137 prevents light emitted from the light source 135 from being scattered and deteriorates the lighting efficiency. This is to prevent glare of the driver of the vehicle.

The inside of the shield 137 is provided with a reflector 139 so that the light irradiated therein can be reflected by the reflector 131. In this case, the reflector 139 is composed of a plurality of reflectors 139a and 139b so that the light irradiated to the light source 135 can be effectively reflected to the reflector 131.

In detail, the reflector 139 includes a first reflector 139a and a second reflector 139b, and reflects the light of the light source 135 irradiated to the shield 137 to the reflector 131. As such, since the light of the light source 135 irradiated to the shield 137 through the reflector 139 may be irradiated to the lens 133 more, the brightness of the fog lamp 100 becomes brighter.

That is, the utilization efficiency of the light emitted from the light source 135 by the reflector 139 is further increased.

The first and second reflectors 139a and 139b of the reflector 139 are formed in an elliptical shape so that the light irradiated and reflected by the light source 135 may be reflected by the reflector 131. The first reflecting portion 139a of the reflector 139 is positioned above the inside of the shield 137, and the second reflecting portion 139b is positioned below the first reflecting portion 139a. Is installed.

At this time, the reflector 139 is reflected so that the light emitted from the light source 135 is reflected while being reflected to the reflector 131 by each of the first and second reflecting portions 139a and 139b to be reflected The focus of the light is formed at different positions.

In detail, the reflector 139 is irradiated with the light reflected by the first reflector 139a downward based on the light source 135 as shown in FIG. 3, and is reflected by the second reflector 139b. As shown in FIG. 4, the light is irradiated upward based on the light source 135.

To this end, in the reflector 139, the reflective focus F1 of the first reflector 139a is positioned between the light source 135 and the reflector 131, and the reflective focus F2 of the second reflector 139b is provided. It is located between the light source 135 and the second reflector. The reflection focus F1 of the first reflecting unit 139a is positioned above the horizontal extension line L extending from the center of the light source 135, and the reflection focus F2 of the second reflecting unit 139b is positioned on the upper side thereof. ) Is positioned above the horizontal extension line L extending from the center of the light source 135.

As such, the light reflected from all surfaces of the first and second reflectors 139a and 139b is reflected to the reflector 131 through each of the focal points F1 and F2, so that the reflectance of the light is further increased. And light scattering can be reduced.

That is, the amount of light irradiated to the reflector 131 by the first and second reflectors 139a and 139b is increased, thereby increasing light utilization efficiency.

Hereinafter, the operation of the fog lamp for a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, when light is emitted from the light source 135, the emitted light is irradiated in all directions of the light source 135, and the light irradiated in the direction of the reflector 131 is reflected by the reflector 131 to be irradiated toward the lens 133 in a predetermined direction. The light irradiated toward the shield 137 is reflected by the first and second reflecting portions 139a and 139b of the reflector 139 and irradiated to the reflector 131.

At this time, the light irradiated from the light source 135 to the first reflecting unit 139a of the reflector 139 is reflected by the first reflecting unit 139a as shown in FIG. The reflection focus F1 is reflected below the light source 135 and irradiated to the reflector 131. Light emitted from the light source 135 to the second reflector 139b of the reflector 139 is reflected by the second reflector 139b and then reflected by the second reflector 139b. The focal point F2 is reflected to the upper direction of the light source 135 and irradiated to the reflector 131.

As such, the light irradiated from the light source 135 to the shield 137 is reflected by the first and second reflectors 139a and 139b of the reflector 139 and then passes through different reflection focal points F1 and F2. Since it is reflected by the reflector 131, not only the light is scattered but also reflected in a constant direction. As a result, the reflectance of the light is further increased to increase the utilization efficiency of the light emitted from the light source 135.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for carrying out the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the present invention is made without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in this field will have the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

1 is a rear view schematically showing the configuration of a fog lamp for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

3 is a view illustrating a path in which light is reflected by a first reflector of a vehicle fog lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view illustrating a path in which light is reflected by a second reflector of a vehicle fog lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

♠ Code description for the main part of the drawing ♠

100: fog light 110: housing

120: bracket 130: lighting device

131: reflector 133: lens

135: light source 137: shield

139: reflector

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A reflector reflecting the irradiated light in a predetermined direction; A lens which is installed spaced apart from the reflector by a predetermined distance and transmits light reflected from the reflector; A light source positioned between the reflector and the lens to emit light; A shield positioned between the light source and the lens to absorb light emitted directly from the light source to the lens; And A reflector installed inside the shield to reflect light irradiated to the shield to the reflector; Vehicle fog light comprising a. The method of claim 1, The reflector is a vehicle fog light, characterized in that composed of a plurality of reflecting portion. The method of claim 1, And the reflector includes a first reflector positioned above the shield and a second reflector positioned below the first reflector. The method of claim 3, wherein The first reflector and the second reflector vehicle fog light, characterized in that formed in an oval shape so that the focus of the reflected light can be located at different points. The method of claim 4, wherein And the focal point of the first reflector is located between the light source and the reflector, and the focal point of the second reflector is located between the light source and the second reflector.
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