TWI598535B - Composite bumper light device - Google Patents

Description

Composite pole light device

The present invention relates to a pole light device, and more particularly to a composite pole light device suitable for mounting on a bumper of a vehicle.

In general, the purpose of installing a bumper is to reduce the damage of the vehicle body. In order to improve the safety of the vehicle, some vehicles will install a reflective strip on the bumper. Because the reflective strip needs external light to generate a warning effect, therefore, for the driving The increase in security is limited. In order to enhance the safety of vehicle use, some vehicles will install a pole light device on the left and right sides of the front and rear bumpers.

The conventional rod light device basically comprises a housing, and a position module mounted in the housing, and an auxiliary directional light. The position module is used to display the position of the vehicle, that is, the position of the vehicle is displayed in the dark, and the light generated is directed toward the front of the pole light device, usually using white, yellow or red light-emitting members. Although the conventional bar light device has the function of indicating the position, in order to improve the safety of the side, some of the bar lights will be provided with a side indicator module inside the casing, and the side indicator module usually adopts an amber light-emitting member. The light is projected to the side and can also be called a side position light. That is, the position module and the side indicator module installed by the conventional lever light device are separately separated and project light in different directions.

Although the composite type of pole light device can improve the safety of driving, the position module and the side marking module which are projected by light in different directions are required in the casing, and the matching of the structure is not only the number of parts. More, it is necessary to install parts with different functions in a narrow space, which also increases the difficulty of part configuration.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a composite bar light device that overcomes at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

The pole light device of the present invention includes a housing and a position display module including a base having a housing and a light cover mounted in front of the base. The position display module is installed in the housing of the housing, and includes a light guiding strip, a first lighting unit, and a second lighting unit, the light guiding strip having at least one for the first lighting unit to be generated. The light entering the light incident portion, a main light exiting portion that receives the light entering by the light incident portion and guiding forward, and a side light that allows the light generated by the second light emitting unit to enter and guide to the side unit.

The beneficial effect of the present invention is that, by providing the main light exiting portion and the side light emitting portion on the light guiding strip, and the cooperation of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, in addition to guiding the light to different directions It also simplifies the components.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, an embodiment of the fuse device of the present invention is adapted to be mounted on a bumper (not shown) of a vehicle and includes a housing 1 and a direction mounted within the housing 1. Auxiliary module 2, a position display module 3. The housing 1 includes a base 11 having a hollow housing wall 111 and a housing 112 defined by the housing wall 111 having a forwardly facing open end 113. The housing 1 further includes a lamp cover 12 mounted in front of the base 11 and closing the open end 113, and an assembly seat 13 mounted inside the chamber 112.

The lampshade 12 has a ring-shaped portion adjacent to the surrounding light-shielding portion 121, a main light-transmitting portion 122 located in a region surrounded by the light-shielding portion 121, and a side light-transmitting portion protruding forward from the main light-transmitting portion 122. 123. The side light transmitting portion 123 has an oblique protruding wall 124 adjacent to the outer side. The assembly seat 13 has a closed annular outer frame strip 131, a first strip 132 extending laterally and integrally connected to the outer strip 131, a first window 133 above the first strip 132, and a a second window 134 located below the first rail 132 and a second rail 135 extending rearwardly from the outer frame 131 and spaced apart from the first rail 132.

Referring to Figures 1, 3 and 4, the directional auxiliary module 2 of the present embodiment includes a light guide seat 21 mounted at the second window 134 of the assembly base 13, and a reflector seat 22 located behind the light guide seat 21. a circuit board 23 covering the light guide seat 21 and the reflector seat 22, and a plurality of directional light-emitting members 24 electrically connected to the circuit board 23, the light guide seat 21, the reflector seat 22 and the A reflective space 25 is defined between the circuit boards 23, and the direction illuminating member 24 projects light into the reflective space 25. The reflection of the reflective seat 22 passes through the light guide seat 21 and is then used by the housing 1. The lamp cover 12 is sent out. In this embodiment, the direction assisting module 2 can enhance the warning effect of the vehicle when turning. If the vehicle itself has a better steering warning function, the embodiment does not have the direction auxiliary module 2 as necessary.

Referring to Figures 5, 6, and 7, the position display module 3 of the present embodiment includes a light guiding strip 31 mounted at the first window 133 of the housing 1, a first light emitting unit 32, and a second light emitting unit. Unit 33. The light guiding strip 31 has two light-injecting portions 311 positioned on opposite sides of the length, a main light-emitting portion 312 integrally connected to one of the light-incident portions 311, and one light-integrated portion 312 and the other light-integrated portion. The side light exiting portions 313 between the portions 311, that is, the main light exiting portions 312 and the side light emitting portions 313 are disposed to the left and right, and are integrally connected to the light incident portions 311, respectively.

Each light incident portion 311 has a light incident surface 314. The main light-emitting portion 312 has a main light-emitting surface 315 which is convex toward the lamp cover 12, and a light-guiding surface 316 spaced apart from the main light-emitting surface 315 and having a zigzag shape. The light-guiding surface 316 can transmit light to the light-emitting surface 316. The main light exit surface 315 is guided. The side light exiting portion 313 has a plurality of side light emitting surfaces 317, a plurality of side guiding surfaces 318 which are respectively obliquely connected to the side light emitting surfaces 317, and a side light incident surface 319 having a concave-convex structure. The first illuminating unit 32 has two first illuminating members 321 respectively adjacent to the light incident surface 314 of the light incident portions 311. The second illuminating unit 33 has a plurality of side light incidents adjacent to the side light emitting portion 313. The second illuminating member 331 of the face 319.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, in the embodiment, the guard light device can control the illuminating members 24, the first illuminators 321, and the like by using a circuit not shown in the figure. Two illuminating members 331. When the illuminating members 24 are energized to emit light, the light is projected from the lower portion of the main light transmitting portion 122 of the lamp cover 12 by the reflection of the reflecting seat 22 and the guiding of the light guiding seat 21, and Produces a light shape that matches the direction light. In this embodiment, the cooperation of the light guiding seat 21 and the reflecting seat 22 can not only generate the light shape of the directional light, but also utilizes the principle of light guiding and reflection to process the light, which is a mature and easy to implement technology, so the design is It is easier.

When the first illuminating members 321 are energized to emit light, the light will enter through the light incident surface 314 of the light guiding strip 31, and the light guiding surface 316 of the main light emitting portion 312 guides the light to The main light-emitting surface 315 is refracted and finally projected by the main light-transmitting portion 122 of the lamp cover 12, that is, projected toward the front of the pole light device, although part of the light may be projected from the side light-emitting surface 317 to the side. However, since the area of the side light-emitting surface 317 is small relative to the main light-emitting surface 315, the amount of light leakage is small and does not affect the function of the display.

If the first illuminating members 321 are turned off and the second illuminating members 331 are energized to emit light, the light will enter the side light incident surface 319 of the side light emitting portion 313 and finally be projected by the side light emitting surfaces 317. Since the side light-emitting surface 317 is directed toward the side of the pole light device, that is, guided through the side light-emitting portion 313, the light is projected substantially toward a first direction 34 shown in FIG. 6, when the first light-emitting members 321 are When energized, the light is projected toward a second direction 35 as shown in FIG.

It is further explained that, in the process of guiding the light, the light guided by the main light exiting portion 312 can generate the function of the position light, that is, the position of the vehicle is displayed through the side. The light of the light exiting portion 313 is projected toward the side of the vehicle, and its function is similar to that of the side indicator light. In order to distinguish the display functions of the two different orientations, the first light-emitting member 321 and the second light-emitting member 331 are preferably Produce different shades of light. Specifically, if the pole light device is mounted on a bumper in front of the vehicle, the first light-emitting members 321 preferably emit white light or yellow light, and if installed on the rear bumper, the first light-emitting The piece 321 is preferably red light. As for the second illuminating member 331, the amber light is preferably emitted. Therefore, the stick light device of the present embodiment does have a variety of display functions.

In summary, the light bar of the present invention has the novel structure, and the light guiding strip 31 has the main light emitting portion 312 and the side light emitting portion 313, so that the first light emitting unit 32 and the first light emitting unit 32 can be The cooperation of the second light-emitting unit 33 generates light projected in different directions and has the functions of a position light and a side indicator light. In particular, in the operation of the general pole light device, some functions of the position lamp and the side indicator lamp are required at the same time, and some only need to have the function of the position lamp alone, and the position display module 3 of the present invention The design may have different functions because the first light-emitting members 321 and the second light-emitting members 331 have different color lights. For example, when the first and second illuminating members 321 and 331 adopt the same color light, the light guiding strip 31 has the function of position light alone, if the first and second illuminating members 321 and 331 are different. In the case of color light, the function of the circuit can be controlled by the circuit to have the function of the position lamp and the side indicator lamp. The function comes from the light guide bar 31 and has the main light exiting portion 312 and the side light exiting portion 313. Therefore, the present invention does have the effect of simplifying the components.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still Within the scope of the invention patent.

1‧‧‧shell

11‧‧‧Base

111‧‧‧ shell wall

112‧‧ ‧ room

113‧‧‧Open end

12‧‧‧shade

121‧‧‧Lighting Department

122‧‧‧Main light transmission department

123‧‧‧ side light transmission

124‧‧‧ oblique wall

13‧‧‧Assembly

131‧‧‧Front frame

132‧‧‧First carriage

133‧‧‧ first window

134‧‧‧ second window

135‧‧‧Second strip

2‧‧‧ Directional Aid Module

21‧‧‧Light guide

22‧‧‧Reflex seat

23‧‧‧ Circuit board

24‧‧‧ Directional illumination

25‧‧‧Reflection space

3‧‧‧ Position display module

31‧‧‧Light guide strips

311‧‧‧Into the Department of Light

312‧‧‧The main light department

313‧‧‧ Side light department

314‧‧‧Into the glossy surface

315‧‧‧The main light surface

316‧‧‧Light guide

317‧‧‧Stained side

318‧‧‧ side guide

319‧‧‧Side into the glossy side

32‧‧‧First lighting unit

321‧‧‧First light-emitting parts

33‧‧‧second lighting unit

331‧‧‧second illuminating parts

34‧‧‧First direction

35‧‧‧second direction

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: Figure 1 is a partial perspective exploded view of one embodiment of the pole light device of the present invention; Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure 2; Figure 4 is a partially exploded perspective view of the embodiment; Figure 5 is another perspective exploded view of the embodiment, A position display module and a lamp cover of the pole light device are mainly described; FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 2; and FIG. 7 is an incomplete perspective view of the embodiment, separately illustrated A light guiding strip of the pole light device.

1‧‧‧shell

11‧‧‧Base

111‧‧‧ shell wall

112‧‧ ‧ room

12‧‧‧shade

121‧‧‧Lighting Department

122‧‧‧Main light transmission department

123‧‧‧ side light transmission

124‧‧‧ oblique wall

13‧‧‧Assembly

312‧‧‧The main light department

313‧‧‧ Side light department

314‧‧‧Into the glossy surface

315‧‧‧The main light surface

316‧‧‧Light guide

317‧‧‧Stained side

318‧‧‧ side guide

319‧‧‧Side into the glossy side

321‧‧‧First light-emitting parts

331‧‧‧second illuminating parts

3‧‧‧ Position display module

31‧‧‧Light guide strips

311‧‧‧Into the Department of Light

34‧‧‧First direction

35‧‧‧second direction

Claims (9)

A composite stick light device comprising: a housing comprising a base having a chamber, and a lamp cover mounted in front of the base; and a position display module mounted in the housing of the housing And comprising a light guiding strip, a first lighting unit, and a second lighting unit, the light guiding strip having at least one light entering portion for allowing light generated by the first lighting unit to enter, and one receiving light a main light exiting portion that enters the light and is guided forward, and a side light exiting portion that allows the light generated by the second light emitting unit to enter and guide to the side. The composite pole light device of claim 1, wherein the side light exiting portion of the light guiding strip has a side light incident surface and a plurality of side light emitting surfaces spaced apart from the side light incident surface, and the first light emitting surface The two light emitting units have a plurality of second light emitting members that project light into the side light incident surface. The composite rod-protecting lamp device of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the light guiding strip has two light-input portions that are spaced apart, and the main light-emitting portion and the side light-emitting portion are located in the light-integrating portion. Between the portions, and respectively connected to the light incident portion, each light incident portion has a light incident surface, and the first light emitting unit has two light incident surfaces respectively projecting light to each light incident portion. The first illuminating member. The composite pole light device of claim 3, wherein the main light exiting portion has a main light exiting surface adjacent to the light cover, and a guide that is spaced from the main light exiting surface and directs light toward the main light exiting surface. Glossy. The composite pole light device of claim 4, further comprising a direction assisting module mounted in the housing of the housing and below the position display module, the direction assisting module including a light shield adjacent to the light shield a light guide seat, a reflection seat located behind the light guide seat, a circuit board disposed above the light guide seat and the reflection seat, and a plurality of direction light-emitting members electrically connected to the circuit board, the reflection seat The light guide seat and the first circuit board jointly define a reflection space, and the light generated by the direction light-emitting member is projected into the reflection space. The composite bar light device of claim 5, wherein the housing further comprises an assembly seat mounted in the housing of the base, the assembly having a first window adjacent to the lamp cover, and a proximity The light cover is located in a second window below the first window, and the light guide bar is mounted on the first window, and the light guide seat is mounted on the second window. The composite bar light device of claim 6, wherein the lamp cover has a side light transmitting portion corresponding to the side light emitting portion of the light guiding strip, and the side light transmitting portion has an oblique portion inclined to the side wall. The composite pole light device of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises an assembly seat mounted in the housing of the base, the assembly having a first window for mounting the light guide strip. The composite pole light device of claim 1, wherein the lampshade has a side light transmitting portion corresponding to the side light emitting portion of the light guiding strip, and the side light transmitting portion has an oblique portion inclined to the side wall.