KR20110075162A - Cluster of car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A vehicle cluster is provided to simultaneously realizing direct lighting and indirect light on a gauge pattern printed on the cluster to thereby improve interior sense of the vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A vehicle cluster includes a housing(10), a dial plate(20), a partition member(30), a mood ring(40), and a joint. The dial plate is installed in the housing. The dial plate forms a gauge pattern. The partition member partitions the dial plate and formed of an opaque material. The mood ring is formed inside the partition member. The mood ring transmits irradiated from the bottom thereof and emits the light to the inside of the partition member. The joint unites the mood ring with the housing.

Description

Cluster of Vehicles {CLUSTER OF CAR}

The present invention relates to a cluster of a vehicle, and more particularly, by attaching a mood ring to a cluster to realize direct and indirect lighting at the same time, and preventing assembly defects by preventing exposure of a coupling portion to which the mood ring is mounted. It relates to a cluster of vehicles to enable.

In front of the driver's seat of the vehicle, a cluster for providing the driver by displaying the driving information of the vehicle and the engine in letters or figures is formed, and the cluster includes a dial provided with scales, letters, and instructions.

Typically, the cluster assembly shows the dial installed in the case. The dial is provided with a temperature gauge, engine tachometer, speedometer and fuel gauge.

The cluster is mainly composed of a direct lighting method, and the indirect lighting method refers to a method in which lighting is arranged on the rear of the display unit on which the various gauges are displayed.

The existing cluster lighting method is a direct lighting method, and the area covered by one light in the display unit is limited. Therefore, as the gauge of the vehicle increases and the area of the display portion of the cluster becomes wider, a larger number of lights are required, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost of the cluster. In addition, the existing cluster lighting method has a problem in that the assembly is exposed to the lower side even when the illumination is irradiated to the display unit, even if it is within the tolerance range during assembly. Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, it is possible to improve the interior sense by realizing the direct and indirect lighting in three dimensions at the same time for the door pattern for the gauge printed on the cluster, the coupling portion for mounting the mood ring It is an object of the present invention to provide a cluster of vehicles that can prevent the assembly failure by preventing the exposure of.

The cluster of a vehicle according to the present invention comprises: a housing, a dial plate mounted on the housing and forming a door shape for a gauge, a partition member of opaque material for partitioning the dial plate, and light formed inside the partition member and irradiated from below. A mood ring for transmitting through the partition member to the inside of the partition member, and a coupling portion for coupling the mood ring to the housing.

The partition member forms a locking jaw, and the mood ring is preferably in contact with the locking jaw to prevent the upper side departure.

The coupling part includes a hook extending downward from the mood ring, and a coupling protrusion formed in the housing so as to protrude upward from the dial plate to receive and fix the hook.

Preferably, the mood ring forms a flange along the edge, and the flange extends the hook.

As described above, unlike the prior art, the cluster of the vehicle according to the present invention can improve the interior sensation by simultaneously realizing the direct lighting and the indirect lighting three-dimensionally on the door pattern for gauge printed on the cluster.

In addition, the present invention can prevent the assembly failure by preventing the exposure of the coupling portion for mounting the mood ring.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of a cluster of a vehicle according to the present invention. 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 depending on the intention or custom of a user or an operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a perspective view of a cluster of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a mood ring of a cluster of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an enlarged sectional view of the main part which showed the irradiation trace of the cluster of a vehicle.

1 to 3, the cluster of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 10, a dial plate 20, a partition member 30, a mood ring 40, and a coupling part 50. Include.

The housing 10 supports the dial plate 20, the partition member 30, the mood ring 40 and the coupling part 50, and forms a lower side of the cluster.

In this case, the housing 10 may be made of various shapes and various materials.

In addition, the dial plate 20 is mounted to the housing 10. Here, the configuration in which the dial plate 20 is fixed to the housing 10 may be variously applied.

Then, the dial plate 20 forms a gauge pattern 22 on the surface. The sentence 22 is applicable to a variety of numbers and scales indicating the speedometer, ALPM system and the like.

In addition, the partition member 30 serves to partition the upper side of the dial plate 20.

In an embodiment, a gradation light source 12 is formed between the housing 10 and the dial plate 20.

The gradation light source 12 is mounted on the printed circuit board 14 to emit light when an external signal is generated. Here, the gradation light source 12 can be applied to various light emitting devices such as LED.

In addition, the method in which the gradation light source 12 is mounted on the printed circuit board 14 may be variously modified, and the printed circuit board 14 may be applied in various shapes.

In addition, a plurality of gradation light sources 12 are mounted on the printed circuit board 14. In particular, a plurality of gradation light source 12 is mounted on the printed circuit board 14 along the circle trajectory or polygonal trajectory.

On the other hand, the dial plate 20 is made of a transparent material for transmitting. At this time, the dial plate 20 is preferably made of a transparent or translucent prism.

Thus, the light emitted from the gradation light source 12 is passed through the dial plate 20 to ensure visibility for various types of the door (22). That is, light passing through the dial plate 20 becomes indirect lighting.

In addition, the dial plate 20 forms the irradiation holes 24 through the upper and lower sides of the number of the gradation light sources 12.

That is, light emitted from the gradation light source 12 is irradiated to the upper side of the dial plate 20 while passing through the irradiation hole 24.

As a result, the door frame 22 on the upper side of the dial plate 20 ensures sufficient visibility.

Therefore, the gradation light source 12 emits light to the upper side of the dial plate 20 through the irradiation hole 24 to perform the role of direct lighting.

In addition, the partition member 30 is formed to partition the upper side of the dial plate 20.

That is, the partition member 30 collects the same group of door patterns 22 among the door shapes 22 engraved on the surface of the dial plate 20, and serves to partition the door shapes 22 of different groups. Do it.

In particular, the partition member 30 may be formed integrally with the dial plate 20 to partition the upper side of the dial plate 20, it may be formed detachably from the dial plate 20.

Of course, the partition member 30 may be inserted into the dial plate 20 and detachably coupled to the housing 10.

In addition, the partition member 30 is preferably made of an opaque material so as to prevent light leakage through the dial plate 20 or through the irradiation hole 24 to the neighboring partition space as much as possible.

Of course, the partition member 30 is applicable to a variety of materials and various shapes.

At this time, it is preferable that the irradiation hole 24 formed along a circular or polygonal trajectory in the dial plate 20 to form one group is adjacent to the inside of the partition member 30.

That is, the partition member 30 is formed above the dial plate 20 along a trajectory similar to the trajectory of the irradiation hole 24 to form a larger trajectory than the trajectory of the irradiation hole 24.

For this reason, the light irradiated through the irradiation hole 24 directly hits the inner surface of the partition member 30 and is reflected therein.

On the other hand, the mood ring 40 is formed on the inner side of the partition member 30, and transmits light emitted from the lower side to serve to diverge into the partition member 30.

For example, the mood ring 40 is formed inside the partition member 30 to serve to transmit the light of the gradation light source 12 to the surface of the dial plate 20.

In particular, the mood ring 40 is formed with the same trajectory as the trajectory of the irradiation hole 24, and is formed on the dial plate 20.

That is, the mood ring 40 is supported by the dial plate 20 and provided to block the irradiation hole 24.

At this time, the mood ring 40 is made of a transparent material or a translucent material to transmit light.

Thus, the light of the gradation light source 12 is passed through the irradiation hole 24 and the mood ring 40, the light is emitted inside the partition member 30 to realize direct lighting.

In addition, the mood ring 40 serves to protect the driver's eyes by spreading the bright light emitted from the gradation light source 12 so as to shine softly.

On the other hand, the mood ring 40 is preferably fixed to the partition member 30 inside. This is to prevent noise generated by vibrations generated while the vehicle is running.

Therefore, it is preferable that the partition member 30 forms the locking step 42.

For this reason, the mood ring 40 is assembled such that the upper side is in contact with the locking step 42 and the lower side is in contact with the dial plate 20 to be supported.

That is, the mood ring 40 is tightly sandwiched between the locking jaw 42 and the dial plate 20 of the partition member 30.

In particular, the depth of the locking jaw 42 is preferably the same as the thickness of the mood ring 40 or less than the thickness of the mood ring 40. This is to prevent the light emitted through the mood ring 40 from interfering with the locking step 42.

On the other hand, the mood ring 40 is preferably firmly coupled to the housing (10).

Thus, the mood ring 40 is coupled to the housing 10 by the coupling portion 50. This is to prevent shaking or departure of the mood ring 40 as much as possible.

Here, the coupling part 50 includes a hook 52 and the coupling protrusion 54.

The hook 52 extends downward from the edge of the mood ring 40. This hook 52 is preferably formed integrally with the mood ring 40. In addition, the hook 52 may be deformed into various shapes.

And, the engaging protrusion 54 is formed in the housing 10 to protrude upward of the dial plate 20 serves to fix the hook 52 by receiving the hook 52.

At this time, the coupling protrusion 54 can be detachably fitted to the hook 52, it can be variously modified.

In particular, when the mood ring 40 moves laterally, the coupling part 50 may be exposed through a gap between the partition member 30.

Thus, the mood ring 40 forms a flange 56 along the edge. And, the hook 52 is preferably formed extending downward from the flange 56.

In more detail, the hook 52 is preferably formed extending from the lower side of the flange 56 to the lower side.

Accordingly, the coupling part 50 is covered by the flange 56 to minimize or prevent assembly failure.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art to which the art belongs can make various modifications and other equivalent embodiments therefrom. I will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

1 is a perspective view of a cluster of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of a mood ring of a cluster of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating main parts showing irradiation trajectories of a cluster of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

10 housing 20 dial plate

30: partition member 40: mood ring

42: engaging jaw 50: coupling portion

52: hook 54: engaging protrusion

56: flange

Claims (4)

housing; A dial plate mounted on the housing and forming a door shape for gauges; A partition member made of an opaque material for partitioning the dial plate; A mood ring which is formed inside the partition member and transmits light emitted from the lower side to the partition member; And And a coupling for coupling the mood ring to the housing. The method of claim 1, The partition member forms a locking jaw; The mood ring is a cluster of the vehicle, characterized in that the upper side in contact with the locking step is prevented from the upper side departure. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the coupling portion, A hook extending downward from the mood ring; And And a coupling protrusion formed in the housing so as to protrude upward of the dial plate to accommodate and fix the hook. The method of claim 3, The mood ring forms a flange along an edge; And the flange extends to form a hook.

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