JPH0534044U - High mount lamp device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Even if the curved surface of the rear glass becomes large, the light emitting diode can be arranged along the curved surface of the rear glass, and the depth dimension of the high mount lamp device is made small. A lamp holder 23 having a plurality of lamp holders 24 arranged in the vehicle width direction along the curved surface of the rear glass 3 is provided in a housing 21 installed on the upper surface of a rear shelf,
The light emitting diodes 26 are held in the respective lamp holding portions 24 of the lamp holder 23, and the terminals 26c of the light emitting diodes 26 are electrically connected by the harness 31. Further, the housing 32 is provided with a lens 32 having a lens surface curved along the curved surface of the rear glass 3 and covering the light emitting portion 26a of the light emitting diode 26.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a high mount lamp device in which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged in the width direction of a vehicle inside a lamp housing installed on the upper surface of a rear shelf of an automobile and light is emitted toward a rear glass.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Stop lamps and turn signal lamps have been installed on the rear shelf, which is a high place of the vehicle body, in order to improve visibility to the following vehicles and prevent rear-end collisions.

FIG. 4 shows a general passenger car, in which 1 is a vehicle body, 2 is a front glass, and 3 is a rear glass. Inside the rear glass 3, a rear shelf 5 is provided behind the rear seat 4, and a high mount lamp device 6 is installed on the upper surface of the rear shelf 5.

The high mount lamp device 6 is configured as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. That is, 7 is a housing integrally formed of a synthetic resin material, and is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the vehicle width direction. A concave portion 8 having a U-shaped cross section is formed on the side of the housing 7 facing the rear glass 3, and the width in the vertical direction gradually increases from the opening 8a of the concave portion 8 toward the rear glass 3. Thus, the inclined surfaces 9 are formed vertically.

Further, a printed circuit board 10 is arranged inside the concave portion 8 in the longitudinal direction (vehicle width direction), and is fixed to the housing 7 by being sandwiched or screwed. ..

A plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) 11 are arranged on the printed circuit board 10 at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction, and these terminals 12 are soldered to a conductive portion printed and wired on the printed circuit board 10. Are electrically connected by.

Further, a lens 13 is attached to the opening 8 a of the recess 8 so as to cover the light emitting portions of the light emitting diodes 11. Therefore, when the light emitting portions of the light emitting diodes 11 ... As the stop lamp and the turn signal lamp emit light, they pass through the lens 13 and the rear glass 3 and are emitted to the rear of the vehicle.

[0008]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in recent passenger cars, although the rear glass 3 tends to have a large curved surface (small radius of curvature), the housing 7 of the high mount lamp device 6 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the vehicle width direction. Has been done.

This is because it is impossible to bend the printed circuit board 10 because the printed circuit board 10 is based on one Bakelite plate as a base and is printed and wired to the base, and the straight surface is straight regardless of the curved surface of the rear glass 3. Is formed in.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, as the curved surface of the rear glass 3 becomes larger, the printed circuit board 10 on which the light emitting diode 11 is arranged needs to be separated from the rear glass 3 and the high mount lamp device 6 is The depth dimension L becomes large. Further, there is a problem that a dead space 14 is formed near the center in the vehicle width direction, the space for occupying the rear shelf 5 is large, and the positions where other devices such as a speaker and a ventilator are installed are limited.

Further, the light-emitting diodes 11 on both end sides of the high mount lamp device 6 in the vehicle width direction are close to the rear glass 3, but the vicinity of the central portion is largely separated from the rear glass 3, so that the entire vehicle width direction. There is also a problem that uniform illuminance cannot be obtained over the entire range.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to allow the light emitting diode to be arranged along the curved surface of the rear glass even if the curved surface of the rear glass becomes large. It is an object of the present invention to provide a high mount lamp device which can be configured with a small depth dimension, occupies a small space in the rear shelf, and can sufficiently secure a place for mounting other devices such as a speaker and a ventilator.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a lamp holder in which a plurality of lamp holders are arranged in a vehicle width direction along a curved surface of a rear glass in a housing provided on an upper surface of a rear shelf of an automobile. Hold the light emitting diode in each lamp holding part of the holder. Further, the terminals of the light emitting diode are electrically connected by a flexible conductive member, and a lens having a lens surface curved along the curved surface of the rear glass is provided in the housing to cover the light emitting portion of the light emitting diode. It is in.

[0014]

[Action]

 By arranging a plurality of lamp holders along the curved surface of the rear glass in the lamp holder in the vehicle width direction and holding the light-emitting diode in each lamp holder of this lamp holder, the light-emitting portion of the light-emitting diode naturally becomes the curved surface of the rear glass. It is arranged along. As a result, the dead space between the lens provided in the front part of the light emitting diode and the rear glass is eliminated, the depth dimension of the housing is reduced accordingly, and the space occupied by the rear shelf is reduced.

[0015]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the same components as those of the related art will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

1 and 2 show a first embodiment. Reference numeral 20 denotes a high mount lamp device used as a stop lamp and a turn signal lamp, which is installed inside the rear glass 3 of the automobile and on the upper surface of the rear shelf 5.

The housing 21 is formed of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin material, is long in the vehicle width direction, and has a U-shaped cross section. Further, the bottom surface of the housing 21 is curved in an arc shape following the curved surface of the rear glass 3, and flange-shaped mounting portions 22, 22 are provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction thereof. The housing 21 is also provided with a lamp holder 23 made of an insulating material such as a synthetic resin material.

The lamp holder 23 is provided with a plurality of lamp holding portions 24 at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction thereof, and both ends of the lamp holder 23 in the longitudinal direction have mounting portions for the housing 21. Collar-shaped mounting portions 25, 25 that are joined to 22, 22 are provided.

The lamp holder 24 is provided with a through hole 27 which penetrates the lamp holder 23 and holds the light emitting diode 26. An engaging claw portion 28 that elastically engages with the base portion 26b of the light emitting portion 26a of the light emitting diode 26 is provided at one end of the through hole 27, and the terminal 26c of the light emitting diode 26 is provided at the other end. An insertion part 29 for inserting is provided.

Then, the light emitting diode 26 inserts the terminal 26c into the through hole 27 and pushes the base portion 26b into the engaging claw portion 28, whereby the base portion 26b elastically engages with the engaging claw portion 28, and the light emitting portion 26a becomes The terminal 26 c is held in the housing 21 so as to project from the lamp holding portion 24.

Further, the plurality of lamp holding portions 24 provided on the lamp holder 23 have different protrusion amounts in the rear glass 3 direction along the curved surface of the rear glass 3, and the lamps located at the middle portion in the longitudinal direction. The holding portion 24 projects most toward the rear glass 3, and the lamp holding portions 24 located on both end sides have the smallest projection amount, and are arranged in an arc shape as a whole along the curved surface of the rear glass 3.

Therefore, the amount of protrusion of the terminal 26c of the light-emitting diode 26 mounted on the lamp holder 24 into the housing 21 varies depending on the amount of protrusion of the lamp holder 24 in the rear glass 3 direction, and the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction. The terminal 26c of the light emitting diode 26 mounted on the lamp holding portion 24 located at is slightly protruding, and the protruding amount of the terminal 26c of the light emitting diode 26 mounted on both ends of the lamp holding portion 24 is large.

That is, the protrusion amount of the terminal 26c of each light emitting diode 26 varies, and the terminal 26c of each of the light emitting diodes 26 is electrically connected in series by the harness 31 as a flexible conductive member having the terminal 30. Has been done.

Further, a lens 32 for covering the lamp holder 23 including the light emitting diode 26 is provided on the rear glass 3 side of the lamp holder 23, which is fixed to the housing 21 by a fixing screw 33 penetrating the mounting portions 22, 25. It is fixed together with the lamp holder 23.

A lens surface 32 a facing the light emitting portion 26 a of the light emitting diode 26 is formed on the lens 32. The lens surface 32 a is formed in an arc shape along the curved surface of the rear glass 3, and is formed between the inner surface of the rear glass 3 and the lens surface 32 a. Is formed with a slight gap 34.

According to the high mount lamp device 20 configured as above, even if the curved surface of the rear glass 3 becomes large, the light emitting portion 26a of the light emitting diode 26 can be arranged along the curved surface, and the high mount lamp device 20 can be arranged. The depth dimension L of the device 20 can be reduced, and the size of the entire device can be reduced. Therefore, there is an advantage that the space where the high mount lamp device 20 occupies the rear shelf 5 is narrowed and the position where other devices are installed is not restricted.

Further, since the distance between the light emitting portion 26a of the light emitting diode 26 and the rear glass 3 of the high mount lamp device 20 is constant over the entire vehicle width direction, uniform illuminance is obtained over the entire vehicle width direction. There is also the advantage of being able to.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment. In this embodiment, a flexible printed film 35 is provided as a conductive member instead of the harness 31 of the first embodiment. The flexible printed film 35 is formed by applying a copper foil to the surface of the film, and is electrically connected by soldering the terminals 26c of the light emitting diode 26 to the copper foil.

Therefore, even if the amount of protrusion of the terminal 26c of the light emitting diode 26 mounted on the lamp holding portion 24 into the housing 21 varies, the flexible print film 35 is curved, so that the terminal 26c is similar to the harness. You can follow the plunge.

[0030]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to this invention, the light emitting diode can be arranged along the curved surface of the rear glass even if the curved surface of the rear glass is large, and the depth dimension of the high mount lamp device can be reduced. Therefore, the space that occupies the rear shelf is small, and there is an effect that it is possible to sufficiently secure a place to be equipped with other devices such as a speaker and a bench recorder.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of a high mount lamp device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the high mount lamp device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a high mount lamp device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an automobile in which a conventional high mount lamp device is installed.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of a conventional high mount lamp device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of a conventional high mount lamp device.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... Rear glass, 5 ... Rear shelf, 21 ... Housing, 23 ... Lamp holder, 24 ... Lamp holding part, 26 ...
Light emitting diode, 26a ... Light emitting part, 26c ... Terminal, 31
... Harness, 32 ... Lens, 35 ... Flexible print film.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A high mount lamp device for arranging a plurality of light emitting diodes in the width direction of a vehicle inside a housing installed on an upper surface of a rear shelf of an automobile and projecting light toward a rear glass. A lamp holder provided with a plurality of lamp holding portions arranged in the vehicle width direction along the curved surface of the rear glass, a light emitting diode held by each lamp holding portion of the lamp holder, and terminals of these light emitting diodes are electrically connected. A high mount lamp device comprising: a flexible conductive member to be connected; and a lens provided on the housing and having a lens surface curved along a curved surface of the rear glass and covering a light emitting portion of the light emitting diode.