CN100567051C - Outer mirror device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle exterior mirror device including a lighting device using a bulb-type light source as a light source. Conventional exterior mirror devices for vehicles have problems in that the number of parts and assembly man-hours are large. A vehicle exterior mirror device according to the present invention includes a mirror housing (4), a mirror unit (7), and a lamp unit (11). The lamp unit (11) consists of a lamp lens (14), a lamp cover (13), a socket (20) and a light source (21). The lampshade (13) and the socket part (20) form an integral structure. As a result, the number of parts and assembly man-hours can be reduced, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.

Description

Exterior Mirror Devices for Vehicles

technical field

The present invention relates to a vehicle exterior mirror device including a lighting device using a bulb-type light source as a light source.

Background technique

Such exterior mirror devices for vehicles have been conventionally known (for example, Patent Document 1 - Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-142745, Patent Document 2 - Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-297362). Hereinafter, a prior art exterior mirror device for a vehicle will be described. In addition, symbols correspond to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, respectively. The former door mirrors 4 a and 4 b include a main body 41 , a mirror 42 , and an auxiliary turn signal flasher 5 a composed of a lens 51 , a mirror body 53 , a socket, and a bulb 54 . By blinking the light bulb 54 brightly and darkly, it functions as a turn signal flasher.

The latter exterior rearview mirror device 10 includes a housing 16, a mirror 32, and an auxiliary warning light device 38. The auxiliary warning light device 38 is composed of a lens member 56, a base member 40, an electrical socket 74, and a light source 46. The light source 46 flickers brightly and darkly, and acts as a turn signal flasher.

In addition, since both of them use the bulb-type bulb 54 and the light source 46 as light sources, the manufacturing cost can be reduced compared with light sources such as LEDs. However, the mirror body 53 and the socket of the former are separate structures, and the base part 40 and the electrical socket 74 of the latter are also of separate structures. Therefore, there is a problem that the number of parts and assembly man-hours are large.

Contents of the invention

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the conventional exterior mirror device for a vehicle has a large number of parts and many assembly man-hours.

Aspect 1 of the present invention is characterized in that the lampshade and the socket of the lighting device form an integral structure.

Solution 2 of the present invention is characterized in that: the closed part of the mirror housing is in a curved shape from the outside to the front side, in addition, the window portion of the mirror housing is arranged on the curved part from the outside of the closed part to the front side, and the mirror unit The power unit equipped on the inside of the mirror housing can be tilted and rotated. On the other hand, the lamp lens of the lighting device has a shape along the curved part from the outside of the closed part to the front side. In addition, the lampshade of the lighting device has a shape along the From the outside of the closed part to the curved part on the front side, avoiding the tilting range of the mirror unit and the shape of the power unit, and the socket part of the lighting device is integrally provided on the outside and front corner of the lampshade.

In addition, a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the illuminating device has a turn signal function, and the bulb-type light source emits light within a light distribution range satisfying the turn signal function.

Furthermore, claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that the bulb-type light source is a wedge-shaped bulb.

The present invention has the following effects.

In the vehicle exterior mirror device according to claim 1 of the present invention, since the lamp cover and the socket are integrally structured, the number of parts and assembly man-hours can be reduced, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

The vehicle exterior mirror device according to claim 2 of the present invention has a power unit and a tiltable mirror unit by means of solving the above-mentioned problems, and can be equipped with a lighting device even if the space is greatly restricted.

The vehicle exterior mirror device according to claim 3 of the present invention can satisfy the light distribution of the turn signal lamp function. Especially when the socket part is integrally provided at the outer and front corners of the lamp cover, the light source is located at the outer and front corners of the lamp cover, and the light distribution of the turn signal lamp function can be reliably satisfied.

In the vehicle exterior mirror device according to claim 4 of the present invention, since a wedge-shaped bulb is used as a light source, the joint structure and mounting structure are simpler than those of an incandescent bulb.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an exterior mirror device for a vehicle according to the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view corresponding to the cross-sectional view along line I-I in FIG. 4 .

Fig. 2 is an explanatory plan view showing the light distribution range of the turn signal lamp function when the device is mounted on an automobile.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory front view showing a light distribution range of a turn signal lamp function, and is an arrow III arrow diagram in FIG. 2 .

Fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the LED and its vicinity showing the function of the turn signal lamp.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line V-V in Fig. 2 .

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a light source is attached to a socket.

Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a terminal provided in a socket.

In the figure: 1-door mirror (vehicle exterior mirror device), 2-base, 3-mirror assembly, 4-mirror housing, 5-closed part, 6-opening part, 7-mirror unit, 8-mirror Body, 9-mirror bracket, 10-window, 11-lamp unit (lighting device), 12-lamp chamber, 13-lampshade, 14-lamp lens, 15-axis, 16-electric storage mechanism, 17-power unit, 18-main body, 19-cover, 20-socket, 21-light source, 22-bulb, 23-base, 24-filament, 25-opening, 26-terminal, 27-fixing and anti-loosening part , 28-bulb holding part, 29-wire contact part, 30-core fastening part, 31-wire harness, 32-washer, 33-connector, 34-unit bracket, 35-convex part, C-car ( Vehicle), D-door, F-front side, B-rear side, I-inside (center side), O-outside (side side), U-upper side, D-lower side, L-left side, R - Right side, V-V-travel axis, H-H-horizontal axis.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, embodiments of the vehicle exterior mirror device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to this Example.

The structure of the vehicle exterior mirror device of this embodiment will be described below. In the drawings, symbol "F" indicates the front side of the car (vehicle) C (the direction in which the car C travels). Symbol "B" indicates the rear side of the car (vehicle) C. As shown in FIG. Symbol "I" indicates the inner side (central side) of the car C. As shown in FIG. Symbol "O" indicates the outer side (lateral side) of the car C. As shown in FIG. Symbol "U" indicates the upper side viewed from the driving side on the front side. Symbol "D" indicates the lower side of the front side viewed from the driving side. The symbol "L" indicates the left side when looking at the front side from the driving side. The symbol "R" indicates the right side when looking at the front side from the driving side.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 is a vehicle exterior mirror device in this embodiment, which is a door mirror for an automobile in this example. The door mirrors 1 are mounted on the left and right doors D of an automobile C, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 . The door mirror 1 has a base 2 fixed on the door D, a shaft 15 provided on the base 2 , and a mirror assembly 3 rotatably equipped on the shaft 15 through an electric storage mechanism 16 .

The mirror assembly 3 is electrically rotated relative to the base 2 between the use position (the position shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ) and the rear storage position (not shown) by the electric storage mechanism 16 . In addition, the mirror assembly 3 is rotated toward the front side F and the rear side B for buffering by the link action of the electric storage mechanism 16 .

The mirror assembly 3 has a mirror housing 4 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 . The mirror housing 4 is composed of a main body portion 18 and a cover portion 19 . The mirror case 4 has an open portion 6 on the rear side B, and the other portion 5, that is, a portion from the rear side B to the inner side I and the outer side O is closed. A unit bracket 34 is attached to the main body portion 18 of the mirror case 4 . The electric storage function 16 is installed on the unit bracket 34 . As a result, the mirror assembly 3 is rotatably equipped on the shaft 15 via the motorized storage mechanism 16 .

The power unit 17 as a tilting device is attached to the unit bracket 34 . In the mirror housing 4 , a mirror unit 7 is provided so as to be rotatable up, down, left, and right by the power unit 17 . As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 , the mirror unit 7 includes a mirror body 8 having a reflective surface and a mirror holder 9 holding the mirror body 8 . The mirror bracket 9 is installed on the power unit. In addition, the reflective surface of the mirror body 8 is located on the opening portion 6 of the mirror housing 4 so as to be rotatable up, down, left, and right. In addition, in FIG. 1, the state which the mirror unit 7 indicated by the dashed-two dotted line is tilted to the left and right is shown.

In addition, the closed portion 5 of the mirror housing 4 has a curved shape from the outer side O to the front side F as shown in FIG. 1 . In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 , a window portion 10 elongated in the left-right direction is provided on the curved portion from the outer side O of the closed portion 5 of the mirror case 4 to the front side F. That is, the window portion 10 is provided substantially at the center in the vertical direction of the curved portion (see FIG. 5 ), and is provided from approximately the center in the lateral direction of the curved portion to the outer side O (see FIG. 1 ). A lighting device 11 (hereinafter referred to as a lamp unit 11 ) is disposed on the window portion 10 of the mirror case 4 . The lamp unit 11 is equipped inside the mirror housing 4 . The lamp unit 11 forms a unit structure and has the function of a turn signal lamp.

The lamp unit 11 has an elongated shape in the left-right direction like the window portion 10 . In addition, the lamp unit 11 has a lamp cover 13 and a lamp lens 14 surrounding the lamp chamber 12 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 . The lamp lens 14 has a shape along a curved portion from the outer side O of the closed portion of the mirror housing 4 to the front side F. As shown in FIG. As a result, the outer surface of the lamp lens 14 and the outer surface of the mirror case 4 are almost flush. In addition, the lampshade 13 is similarly formed along a curved portion from the outer side O of the closed portion of the mirror case 4 to the front side F, and avoids the tilting rotation range of the mirror unit 7 and the power unit. 17 shapes.

A socket portion 20 is integrally provided at a corner portion between the outer side O and the front side F of the globe 13 . A bulb-shaped light source 21 is detachably attached to the socket portion 20 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the light source 21 is opposed to a curved portion from the outer side O to the front side F of the lamp lens 14 . As a result, the light source 21 can emit light in at least the range of light distribution satisfying the function of the turn signal lamp (the range hatched in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ).

As shown in FIG. 6 , the light source 21 is a wedge-shaped bulb-type light source. The light source 21 is made up of the following parts: a bulb part 22, a base part 23, a signal filament 24 arranged in the bulb part 22, a wire (not shown) that is arranged on the base 23 and connected with the filament 24. shown in the figure).

As shown in FIG. 6 , the socket portion 20 is provided with an opening portion 25 where the light source 21 is located. Two terminals 26 are fixed to the opening. As shown in FIG. 7 , the terminal 26 is composed of a fixing portion and anti-falling portion 27 , a bulb holding portion 28 , a wire contact portion 29 , and a core wire fastening portion 30 . The core wire of the electric wire harness 31 is fastened to the core wire fastening part 30 . The fixing portion and anti-falling portion 27 elastically fits with the protrusion 35 provided on the opening 25 of the socket 20 to fix the two terminals 26 on the socket 20 . Then, the base portion 23 of the light source 21 is held on the bulb holding portion 28 , and the wire of the light source 21 is brought into contact with the wire contact portion 29 . As a result, the light source 21 is electrically connected while being held by the two terminals 26 . In addition, although the terminal 26 is directly fastened to the core wire of the electric wire harness 31 for electrical connection, it may also be electrically connected with a connector or the like.

A washer 32 is provided on the harness 31 . A waterproof structure is provided between the socket portion 20 and the harness 31 through the gasket 32 . The harness 31 is disposed in the shaft 15 through a connector 33 and connected to a power source (not shown). In addition, in the shaft 15, a bundle of wires other than the bundle of wires 31 for the lamp unit 11, for example, a bundle of wires for the electric storage mechanism 16, a bundle of wires for the power unit 17, and a The wire harness etc. that the heater (not shown) of the spot of above-mentioned mirror body 8 is used.

The operation of the vehicle exterior mirror device (door mirror 1 ) of this embodiment will be described below.

The light source 21 is made to blink brightly and darkly. Then, the light from the light source 21 passes through the lamp lens 14 and is irradiated to the outside while being controlled within a predetermined range. The range of light irradiated from the light source 21 is at least the hatched range in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 . This range is the range of light distribution that satisfies the turn signal lamp function. Here, θ1 is 60° and θ2 is 5° with respect to the travel axis V-V of the car C in FIG. 2 , and the horizontal axis H-H θ3 of the car C in FIG. 3 is 15°. In this way, the door mirror 1 has the function of a turn signal lamp. In addition, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , although the light distribution range formed by the door mirror 1 equipped on the door D on the left side L of the car C is described, the door D equipped on the right side R of the car C The door mirror 1 on the upper can also obtain the same light distribution range.

In addition, in this door mirror 1 , as the light source 21 , a light source irradiating yellow or amber light, or a light source irradiating white light is used. When using a light source that emits white light, a yellow or amber colored lens is used as the lamp lens 14 .

The effects of the vehicle exterior mirror device (door mirror 1 ) of this embodiment will be described below.

In the door mirror 1 , since the shade 13 and the socket portion 20 are integrally formed, the number of parts and the man-hours for assembling can be reduced, and thus the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Furthermore, in the door mirror 1, since the lamp cover 13 and the socket portion 20 are integrally formed, the space of the lamp unit 11 can be reduced.

In this door mirror 1, in the lamp unit 11, the lamp lens 14 has a shape along the curved portion from the outer side O of the closed part of the mirror housing 4 to the front side F, and the lamp cover 13 also has a shape along the The closed part outside O of the mirror housing 4 reaches the curved part of the front side F and avoids the tilting rotation range of the mirror unit 7 and the shape of the power unit 17 . Therefore, the door mirror 1 has a curved shape from the outer side O to the front side F from the closed part of the mirror housing 4, and has the power unit 17 and the tiltable mirror unit 7, even if the space is greatly restricted, it can The lamp unit 11 is equipped.

In addition, the door mirror 1 can satisfy the light distribution range of the turn signal function because the lamp unit 11 has the turn signal function and the bulb-type light source 21 emits light within the light distribution range satisfying the turn signal function.

Furthermore, since the door mirror 1 uses a wedge-shaped bulb as a bulb-type light source, it has a simpler joint structure and mounting structure than an incandescent bulb (incandescent bulb). That is, the structure of the terminal 26 composed of the fixing part and anti-falling part 27, the bulb holding part 28, the wire contact part 29, and the core wire fastening part 30, and the structure of the socket part 20 provided with the opening part 25 and the convex part 35 Simple.

In particular, since the door mirror 1 is integrally provided with the socket portion 20 at the corner portion of the outer side O of the lampshade 13 and the front side F along the shape of the curved portion of the mirror case 4, the light source 21 is positioned at the outer side O of the lampshade 13 and the front side F. corner. In this way, since the light from the light source 21 can be reliably radiated from the outer side O to the front side F, the light distribution for the turn signal lamp function can be reliably satisfied.

In addition, although the door mirrors have been described in the above-mentioned embodiments, other exterior mirror devices for automobiles may be used in the present invention, for example, rearview mirrors or tracking mirrors on the front fenders of the vehicle may also be used.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the mirror housing 4 and the lampshade 13 of the lamp unit 11 having a unit structure are composed of separate parts. However, in the present invention, instead of making the lamp unit 11 into a unit structure, the mirror housing can also be used as a lampshade.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the mirror assembly 3 can be tilted and rotated electrically relative to the base 2 by using the electric storage mechanism 16 . However, in the present invention, instead of using the motorized storage mechanism 16, it is also possible to manually tilt and rotate the mirror assembly 3 with respect to the base 2.

Claims (5)

1. an outer mirror device for vehicle possesses illumination equipment, it is characterized in that having:

The mirror shell, the part opening of its rear side and other partially enclosed, and partly be provided with window portion at described osed top;

Mirror unit, the part that it is equipped in the inboard of described mirror shell and is positioned at described opening; And

Be equipped in the described illumination equipment of the inboard of described mirror shell;

Described illumination equipment comprises:

Be positioned at the lamp lens of described window portion,

Surround the lampshade of lamp house with described lamp lens,

One is located at the socket portion on the described lampshade,

Be installed in described socket portion and be positioned at the light source of the bulb type of described lamp house,

Described socket portion is provided with the peristome at described light source place, is fixed with 2 terminals on described peristome, and when described light source was installed in the described socket portion, described light source was electrically connected when being kept by described 2 terminals.

2. outer mirror device for vehicle according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

Described osed top part is crooked shape from the outside up to front side,

Described window portion is arranged on from the outside of described osed top part up to the sweep of front side,

Described mirror unit can utilize the inclination wheel word that is equipped in described mirror shell inboard to tilt to rotate,

Described lamp lens be along from the outside of described osed top part up to the shape of the sweep of front side,

Described lampshade be along from the outside of described osed top part up to the sweep of front side and avoided the inclination slewing area of described mirror unit and the shape of power unit,

Described socket portion is wholely set in the outside of described lampshade and the bight of front side

3. outer mirror device for vehicle according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that:

Described illumination equipment has the function of turn signal lamp, and the light source of described bulb type is at the scope internal radiation light of the luminous intensity distribution that satisfies the turn signal lamp function.

4. outer mirror device for vehicle according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that:

The light source of described bulb type is a wedge-shaped bulb.

5. outer mirror device for vehicle according to claim 3 is characterized in that:

The light source of described bulb type is a wedge-shaped bulb.

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