WO2009038391A1 - Dispositif clignotant pour roues d'automobile - Google Patents

Dispositif clignotant pour roues d'automobile Download PDF

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WO2009038391A1
WO2009038391A1 PCT/KR2008/005564 KR2008005564W WO2009038391A1 WO 2009038391 A1 WO2009038391 A1 WO 2009038391A1 KR 2008005564 W KR2008005564 W KR 2008005564W WO 2009038391 A1 WO2009038391 A1 WO 2009038391A1
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blinking device
support bracket
automobile wheel
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electromotive force
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Chea En Yim
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Park, Sung-Suk
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B7/00—Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B7/00—Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins
    • B60B7/20—Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting, venting, or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins having an element mounted for rotation independently of wheel rotation
    • 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
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/32—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating vehicle sides, e.g. clearance lights
    • B60Q1/326—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating vehicle sides, e.g. clearance lights on or for wheels

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  • the present invention relates, in general, to a blinking device of an automobile wheel, and more particularly, to a blinking device of an automobile wheel having self-powered light-emitting means, which upon the running of an automobile, emits light using an induced electromotive force induced in a coil depending upon variance in magnetic force.
  • a blinking device for an automobile wheel is one of the possible decorations.
  • the blinking device is provided at the center of the wheel instead of a wheel cap and is marked with the logo of a car manufacturer, so as to blink at night.
  • the blinking device for an automobile wheel uses an induced electromotive force induced in a coil with variance in magnetic flux passing through the coil.
  • the principle of creating the induced electromotive force is a well-known technology, and diverse devices using the principle are available at present. For example, there are casters which are provided on wheels of e.g. inline skates so as to blink a luminous body using the electromotive force created in the process of opposite rotation between a coil and a permanent magnet, thereby producing a decorative effect at night.
  • the luminous body is called a luminescent diode or a light emitting diode (LED), which was implemented in the late 1960s, using luminescence occurring upon application of voltage to a semiconductor.
  • the diode is suitable as a long-lasting luminous body used for automotive decoration because it has lower power consumption, rapid response time, and a semi-permanent lifetime which is advantageous as compared to that of a common light bulb.
  • the blinking device for an automobile wheel may have at least one luminous body. If it has a plurality of luminous bodies, the power consumption increases proportional to the number of the luminous bodies. In order to create the electric power required to operate the luminous bodies, it is required that a permanent magnet should have high magnetic force, or that the variance in magnetic force should be enhanced. In case a plurality of luminous bodies is used, the construction becomes complex, and the blinking device is prone to fail.
  • the blinking device is coupled to the wheel, which directly receives shocks occurring during the operation of an automobile, powerful coupling with the wheel is required.
  • the wheel since the wheel may be fabricated in different forms according to the car or wheel manufacturer, even if there is an automobile wheel blinking device a user wants to use, its ability to be installed on the wheel is dependent on the kind of wheel. [Disclosure] [Technical Problem]
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an automobile wheel blinking device having a plurality of illumination windows yet function effectively without increasing the quantity of electromotive force.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an automobile wheel blinking device which can be generally installed in correspondence with the shapes of the center cap holes of diverse wheels.
  • an automobile wheel blinking device fixed in a logo cap hole of a wheel cap so as to blink using an electromotive force generated by the rotation of a permanent magnet and a coil, the blinking device including: a support bracket inserted into the logo cap hole!
  • an engaging bracket fitted into an engaging hole of the support bracket and screw-engaged with the support bracket so as to fix the support bracket in the logo cap hole; a connecting bracket connected at its lower face with the support bracket and having on its upper face a protrusion protruding upwards along a circumference thereof; and a cap housing connected with the connecting bracket via the protrusion and having therein an electromotive force- generating unit and a blinking unit which uses the electromotive force to blink.
  • the blinking unit and an illumination window provided on an outer surface of the cap housing are connected by means of an optical fiber.
  • the luminous body blinks under the electromotive force generated by the rotation of the coil and the permanent magnet, which occurs owing to the inertia of a balance weight when an automobile is in motion, so that a separate power supply is not required and the appearance looks simple and decorative.
  • the single luminous body transmits light to the plurality of illumination windows using a plurality of optical fibers or a bundle of optical fibers, even when a minimum number of luminous bodies are provided, the plurality of illumination windows may be provided.
  • the blinking device can be easily mounted on diverse wheels through diversifying the shape of the engaging bracket.
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating the state of an automobile wheel blinking device when in use according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the automobile wheel blinking device of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a wheel having the blinking device of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a support bracket provided in the blinking device of FIG.3; and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a blinking unit of an automobile wheel blinking device according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • Blinking Device 110 Support Bracket
  • Luminous Body 148 Optical Fiber
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating the state of an automobile wheel blinking device when in use according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the automobile wheel blinking device of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a wheel having the blinking device of FIG. 1
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a support bracket provided in the blinking device of FIG. 3
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a blinking unit of an automobile wheel blinking device according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • Unexplained reference numeral 200 denotes an automobile.
  • the automobile wheel blinking device 100 of the invention includes a support bracket 110, an engaging bracket 120, a connecting bracket 130, and a cap housing 140.
  • the support bracket 110 is a circular plate, which is inserted into a logo cap hole 220.
  • the support bracket 110 has engaging holes 111 along a circumference thereof so that the engaging bracket 120 is inserted into the engaging holes.
  • the first fixing holes 112 are further provided in the center-side of the engaging holes 111 such that a screw 122 can be screwed thereto.
  • the engaging bracket 120 is a plate having opposite bent ends, wherein one end is provided with a through-hole 121 for a screw 122, and the other end protrudes in a direction opposite to the one end.
  • the engaging bracket 120 includes a bent contact portion 124 having the through-hole 121 for screw-engagement with the support bracket 110, an extension 125 bent from one end of the contact portion 124 so as to be inserted into the engaging hole 111, and a pressing portion 126 bent from one end of the extension opposite the contact portion so as to press an inner step provided in the logo cap hole.
  • the engaging bracket 120 is first inserted into the engaging hole 111 so that a bent portion 123 between the contact portion 124 and the extension 125 hooks in the engaging hole 111, and then a screw 122 is screwed into the first fixing hole 112 and the through-hole 121.
  • the screw 122 is fastened, the contact portion 124 of the engaging bracket 120 comes close to the support bracket 110, and the pressing portion 126 moves towards an inner wall of the logo cap hole 220 beyond a circumference of the support bracket 110 while the bent portion 123 is pivoted on the engaging hole. Consequently, the engaging bracket 120 is caught on the inner step 230 in the logo cap hole 220 so as to firmly fix the support bracket 110.
  • circumferential Iy provided are plural engaging holes 110 of the support bracket 110 in order to provide stable fixation.
  • three engaging holes are provided at regularly spaced angles from the center of the support bracket.
  • the support bracket can be firmly fixed in the logo cap hole by making the shapes of the extension 125 and the pressing portion 126 according to the shape of the inner step, i.e. a width (or a thickness), a length of protrusion, an inclination to the inner wall, bent or round forms of the inner step.
  • the connecting bracket 130 is a circular plate the lower face of which is connected to the support bracket 110 by screw.
  • the connecting bracket may have the second fixing holes 131 located at the positions corresponding to some of the first fixing holes 112 of the support bracket 110. Screws then are screwed through both the fixing holes. Since the length from an inlet of the logo cap hole 220 to the inner step 230 is different according to the car or wheel manufacturer, the screw should be sufficiently lengthy.
  • the connecting bracket 130 is provided on its upper face with a peripheral protrusion 132 for engagement with the cap housing 140.
  • the protrusion 132 interference-fitted into the cap housing 140, and may further have the third fixing holes 133 for reinforced screw-engagement between the protrusion and the cap housing.
  • the cap housing 140 includes an electromotive force- generating unit 141 for generating an electromotive force using the rotation of a wheel cap 210, and a blinking unit 152 which blinks under a driving electromotive force generated by the electromotive force-generating unit 141.
  • the electromotive force-generating unit 141 is mounted around a rotation shaft 149 which protrudes inwards from the center of the cap housing 140.
  • the electromotive force-generating unit 141 includes a cylindrical coil housing 142 to be fixed around the rotation shaft 149 of the cap housing 140, a permanent magnet 143 rotating in an inner cavity 142a of the coil housing 142, and a balance weight 144 allowing the permanent magnet 143 to rotate.
  • the coil housing 142 has a coil wound around the inside thereof many times, and an outer case covering the coil. Then, when the permanent magnet 143 rotates in an inner cavity 142a of the coil housing 142, an electromotive force is generated owing to an electromagnetic induction.
  • a bearing 145 is interposed between the rotating shaft 149 and the balance weight 144 so that the balance weight 144 and the circular permanent magnet 143 are coupled such that they rotate together.
  • the permanent magnet 143 is coupled so as to be positioned in the inner cavity 142a of the coil housing 142, so that, as the wheel cap 210 rotates, the permanent magnet rotates in the coil housing 142 due to inertia of the balance weight 144 to thereby generate an electromotive force.
  • the balance weight 144 has a through-hole into which a weight 144a can be inserted in order to increase the load.
  • inertia of the balance weight 144 increases, when the wheel cap 210 starts to rotate, a relative speed of the permanent magnet 143 to the coil housing 142 increases to thereby increase the electromotive force.
  • the blinking unit 152 includes a circuit board 146 receiving an electromotive force created in the coil housing 142, and a luminous body 147 such as an LED coupled to an end of the circuit board 146. That is, the circuit board 146 transmits an electromotive force created in the coil housing 142 to the luminous body 147 so as to allow the luminous body 147 to blink.
  • the circuit board 146 is interposed between the coil housing 142 and the balance weight 144, and its shape is a plate having an appropriate shape to make the luminous body 147 positioned at an illumination window 150 of the cap housing 140.
  • the circuit board has the shape of a disc in order not to hinder the rotation of the balance weight 144, and has an extension on which the luminous body 147 is positioned in correspondence with the illumination window 150 of the housing cap.
  • the shape of the circuit board 146 may be diversely changed according to an arrangement of plural luminous bodies 147.
  • the blinking unit 152 further includes an optical fiber in addition to the circuit board 146 and the luminous body 147 which have been previously described.
  • the optical fiber totally reflects input light, so that one end thereof faces the luminous body 147 and the other end thereof is coupled onto the illumination window 150 which is provided on an outer face of the cap housing 140 using an adhesive or the like.
  • the optical fiber is installed separate from the luminous body 147, and may further include a luminous body cap 148a for maintaining a constant interval between the optical fiber and the luminous body.
  • the plurality of optical fibers 148 may be provided in a bundle type and may be coupled onto the illumination window 150. If the number of the illumination windows is numerous, a bundle of optical fibers 148 is coupled onto the respective illumination windows 150. Here, the number of strands of the bundle of optical fibers 148 may be differentiated so as to make the illumination of the illumination windows different, thereby obtaining diverse qualities of light.
  • transparent color windows 151 having diverse colors may be coupled onto the respective illumination windows 150 so as to express various colors of light.
  • two or three luminous bodies 147 may be provided such that they each blink during unique time periods, and that plural optical fibers 148 are coupled onto the respective luminous bodies 147, thereby blinking diverse colors of light without increasing power consumption.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif clignotant pour roues d'automobile fixé dans un trou destiné au logo d'un enjoliveur de façon à clignoter sous l'effet d'une force électromotrice générée par la rotation d'un aimant permanent ou d'une bobine, le dispositif clignotant comprenant un support inséré dans le trou destiné au logo d'un enjoliveur, un support de retenue inséré dans un trou de retenue du support et retenu par vissage avec le support de façon à fixer le support dans le trou destiné au logo d'un enjoliveur, un support de liaison relié au niveau de sa face inférieure au support et présentant sur sa face supérieure une partie saillante s'étendant vers le haut le long de sa circonférence, et un logement d'enjoliveur relié au support de liaison par le biais de la partie saillante et présentant à l'intérieur une unité générant une force électromotrice et une unité clignotante qui clignote sous l'effet de la force électromotrice.
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