JPH0630558Y2 - Car lamp - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is mounted on the side surface of a body such as a bumper or protector molding, and at a regular position, a lens protrudes from the body surface with inclined surfaces on both front and rear sides. It relates to the lamps of automobiles.

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and devices]

Conventional lamps of this kind are of a fixed type, and therefore have a problem of being easily damaged when hit by an obstacle.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shock absorbing function to a collision of an obstacle to a lamp of an automobile which is provided with inclined surfaces on both front and rear sides and projects.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention is to mount a bulb on the inside of a lens in an automobile lamp that is attached to the side of an automobile body and in a normal position the lens protrudes from the body face with inclined faces on both front and rear sides. One end of the lamp body in the front-back direction is hinged to a rectangular lens frame that surrounds the periphery of the lamp body so that the built-in lamp body can rotate inward from the regular position. Urging it with a spring to attach the other end of the lens frame to
Similarly, it is characterized in that it is hinged to the body surface side so as to be rotatable inward from the regular position, and is biased by a spring toward the regular position.

[Action]

When an obstacle collides with the lens, depending on the collision direction and position, one or both of the lamp body itself and its lens frame will resist the spring force inward from the normal position with the side to which the front and rear ends belong as a fulcrum. And rotate. Even when an obstacle collides parallel to the body surface from either the front or back direction, a rotational force is generated by the collision with the inclined surface on the corresponding side. When the collision is released, the lens elastically returns to the normal position.

〔Example〕

1 to 3 show a front side turn lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a lens, which has a lens raised surface 11 that is inclined and protrudes toward the rear of the vehicle from the side surface of the body toward the outside of the passenger compartment, and that is inclined at both front and rear sides so as to return to the side surface of the body at a steeper inclination. Equipped with a stopper 12,
A pin hole 13 is formed at the front end. Reference numeral 20 is a rectangular lens frame, and pins 22 and 23 are erected on both sides of the lower arm 21 and inserted into the pin holes 24a and 24b of the upper arm 24 through the pin hole 13 and the pin hole 17 of the base 16, respectively. And it is fixed. In the groove 10a formed on the upper end surface of the lens 10 and the groove 24c formed on the back surface of the upper arm 24, a spring 26 for urging the lens 10 toward the lens frame 20 is inserted into the pin 22 and set. ing. Similarly, a groove 21a formed in the lower arm 21 and a groove 16a formed in the lower end surface of the base 16
A spring 27 is inserted into the pin 23 and set therein to urge the lens frame 20 toward the base 16, that is, toward the outside of the vehicle.

The operation of the side turn lamp assembled as shown in FIG. 2 by the respective parts will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3A shows a normal state, in which the base 16 is attached to the side surface 1 of the body, for example, a bamba, and the lens 10 projects from the opening. The opposite end of the lens frame 20 is in pressure contact with the side surface of the bumper.

In such a state, when the obstacle 5 hits the lens raised surface 11 from the front as shown in FIG. 3B, a counterclockwise rotational force is generated as seen in the figure. This allows the lens 10
Rotates around the pin 22 as a fulcrum and escapes from the obstacle 5. When the collision is released, the force of the spring 26 automatically returns to the normal position.

When the obstacle 5 hits from behind, as shown in FIG. 3c,
A clockwise rotating force is generated as seen in the figure, and the lens frame 20 rotates together with the lens 10 about the pin 23 as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 3d, when the obstacle 5 hits from the front direction,
With the lens 10 with both pins 22 and 23 as fulcrums,
The lens frame 20 also rotates.

In this way, the lens gradually rises from both the front and the rear, so that when an obstacle collides in parallel along the body surface, the side that more effectively relieves the collision force rotates in the direction according to the collision direction.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, the lamp lens that protrudes outward from the side surface of the body does not break because it escapes inward when it comes into contact with a person, a motorcycle, or the like, and an obstacle does not catch on the lamp. Safety is also increased. Since the lens protrudes from both front and rear in an inclined shape and the lens itself and its frame can rotate with both front and rear ends as fulcrums, even if an obstacle collides parallel to the body surface from either front or rear, the rotational force Can occur and escape. Therefore, the degree of freedom can be expanded in terms of the shape or structure of the lamp or the design.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a front side turn lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an assembled state of the front side turn lamp of the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a front side according to the embodiment. It is sectional drawing explaining operation | movement of a turn lamp. 10 …… Lens, 20 …… Lens frame, 22,23 …… Pins, 26,27 …… Spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lamp for an automobile, which is mounted on a side surface of an automobile body and has a lens protruding from the body surface with inclined surfaces on both front and rear sides at a regular position, wherein a lamp body having a bulb inside the lens is One end of the lamp body in the front-rear direction is hinged to a rectangular lens frame that surrounds the periphery of the lamp body so that the lamp body can be rotated inward, and a spring is provided toward the regular position. Similarly, the other end of the lens frame is also hinged to the body surface side so as to be rotatable inward from the normal position, and urged by a spring toward the normal position. Characteristic car lamp.