WO2005118338A1 - The flank indicator lamp and a rear guard lamp - Google Patents
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- B60Q1/2607—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 comprising at least two indicating lamps
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- the present invention relates to a flank indicator and rear
- guard lamp for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a flank
- a lamp for a vehicle is largely classified into
- the lamps intended for the illuminating function are front
- lamps, back lamps, and fog lamps and the lamps intended for the
- signaling function are turn signal lamps, tail lamps, and brake
- the turn signal lamps which are generally used as integrated lamps in their construction. More particularly, the turn signal lamps serve to provide
- flank and rear guard lamp 102 for
- flank and rear guard lamp 102 is separately mounted, and thereby,
- a flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle including: a body portion having a reflecting piece formed on an inner surface thereof, for outwardly
- a reflecting mirror mounted at the central portion of the top surface of the reflecting piece in such a manner as to
- a lamp portion having a
- flank indicator lamp disposed at the front side of the body
- flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional flank
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a flank
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the lamp of this
- FIG. 4 is a view of describing the employed • lamp of this
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a flank
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the
- the lamp for a vehicle has a body portion 10 that is disposed at a front panel 1 or the end portion of a rearview mirror 2.
- the body portion 10 is disposed at a front panel 1 or the end portion of a rearview mirror 2.
- portion 10 is disposed at the front panel 1, as shown in FIG. 3,
- portion 10 is disposed at the end portion of the rearview mirror
- the rearview mirror 2 has a through-hole into which an
- the body portion 10 has a reflecting piece 11 formed on the inner surface thereof, for outwardly reflecting light, an
- a lamp portion 20 has a flank indicator lamp 21 disposed at
- a cover portion 30, which serves to protect the lamp portion 20, has a straight-advancing frame 31 engaged with the
- the diffusion lens 32 has a mild slope surface mild slope
- indicator lamp 21 is blinkered, by means of a flank indicator
- the light emitted from the rear guard lamp 22 can be diffused sideward and rearward.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle that provides a predetermined degree of illumination so that a driver can identify objects or pedestrians located around the sides of the vehicle while he or she is backing up or parking the vehicle, thereby preventing the occurrence of various safety accidents.
Description
THE FLANK INDICATOR LAMP AND A REAR GUARD LAMP
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a flank indicator and rear
guard lamp for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a flank
indicator and rear guiding lamp for a vehicle that provides a
predetermined degree of illumination so that a driver can check
objects located around the sides of the vehicle while he or she
is backing up or parking the vehicle, thereby preventing the
occurrence of various safety accidents.
Background Art
In general, a lamp for a vehicle is largely classified into
two types in terms of its function as follows: first, they have an illuminating function, so that they serve to illuminate
objects located in front of or behind the vehicle, which allows
a driver to see the accurate positions of the things or
observers; and second, they have a signaling function, so that
they serve to inform current driving states to other vehicles or
pedestrians walking along roadways .
The lamps intended for the illuminating function are front
lamps, back lamps, and fog lamps, and the lamps intended for the
signaling function are turn signal lamps, tail lamps, and brake
lamps, which are generally used as integrated lamps in their construction.
More particularly, the turn signal lamps serve to provide
the current advancing directions of the vehicle to other
vehicles or pedestrians located in front of or behind the
vehicle body, so that the turning directions should be checked
by a driver of the vehicle. Also, if they operate abnormally, it should be recognized by him or her, and their blinking period
should be kept regularly.
As vehicles has become large-scaled, recently, the turn
signal lamps are disposed at the front and rear corner portions
thereof and even at the both sides of the front panel or
rearview mirrors thereof .
However, such the turn signal lamps only serve to give a
signal for the advancing direction of the vehicle, and thus, it
is difficult for the driver to secure a sufficient range of
vision for the sides of the vehicle, especially, in the night.
As a result, the driver cannot positively identify objects located around the sides of the vehicle. This of course causes
a variety of safety accidents during a driving or parking.
To solve the above-described problems, there has been
proposed Korean Utility Model Registration No. 2001-3488
entitled "a flank and rear guard lamp for vehicles".
As shown in FIG. 1, the flank and rear guard lamp 102 for
vehicles is mounted at one side of a rear door handle 101 of a
vehicle, but it serves to illuminate only the portions behind
the rear door. Thus, there has occurred a problem in that a
field of vision is still not secured sufficiently for the space
between the front bumper and the rear door. In addition, such the rear door handle 101 formed with the
flank and rear guard lamp 102 is separately mounted, and thereby,
additional electric equipment should be mounted to the rear door
handle 101, which results in an increase in the installation
cost .
Disclosure of Invention Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of
the above-described problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a flank
indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle that provides a
predetermined degree of illumination so that a driver can
identify objects or pedestrians located around the sides of the
vehicle behind a front bumper of the vehicle while he or she is
backing up or parking the vehicle, especially, in the night,
thereby preventing the occurrence of various safety accidents,
that can be mounted using existing electric equipment that does
not need additional installation cost, and that is provided with
a reflecting mirror that permits a degree of illumination
sufficient to see objects located around the sides of the vehicle .
To accomplish the above object, according to the present
invention, there is provided a flank indicator and rear guard
lamp for a vehicle including: a body portion having a reflecting piece formed on an inner surface thereof, for outwardly
reflecting light, an insertion port disposed below the
reflecting piece in such a manner as to be extended downwardly
from a bottom surface thereof, for inserting electric wires
thereinto, a reflecting mirror mounted at the central portion of the top surface of the reflecting piece in such a manner as to
be received by a predetermined length into the insertion port,
for rearwardly reflecting light, and a lamp receiving recess
formed at each of the both sides of the reflecting mirror and
communicating with the insertion port; a lamp portion having a
flank indicator lamp disposed at the front side of the body
portion and a rear guard lamp disposed at the rear side of the body portion; and a cover portion for protecting the lamp portion, the cover portion having a straight-advancing frame
engaged with the reflecting piece of the body portion and a
diffusion lens fittingly interposed between the straight-
advancing frame and the reflecting piece, the diffusion lens
having a mild slope surface formed at the front thereof and a
steep slope surface formed at the rear thereof, for diffusing
the light emitted from the rear guard lamp.
The flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle
according to the present invention is mounted at a front panel
or the outer surface of a rearview mirror located at each side of the vehicle .
Brief Description of the Drawings
Further objects and advantages of the invention can be more
fully understood from the following detailed description taken
in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional flank
indicator lamp;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a flank
indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle according to the
present invention;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the lamp of this
invention; and
FIG. 4 is a view of describing the employed • lamp of this
invention.
Best mode for Carrying Out the Invention
Now, an explanation on the preferred embodiments of the
present invention will be in detail given with reference to the
attached drawings . FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a flank
indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle according to the
present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the
lamp of this invention.
As shown the drawings, a flank indicator and rear guard
lamp for a vehicle according to the present invention has a body
portion 10 that is disposed at a front panel 1 or the end portion of a rearview mirror 2. In the case where the body
portion 10 is disposed at the front panel 1, as shown in FIG. 3,
it has a flat bottom surface, and in the case where the body
portion 10 is disposed at the end portion of the rearview mirror
2, as shown by the dotted line of FIG. 3, it has the bottom
surface abutted against a housing of the rearview mirror 2 and
then, the rearview mirror 2 has a through-hole into which an
insertion port 12 of the body portion 10 is fittingly inserted. The body portion 10 has a reflecting piece 11 formed on the inner surface thereof, for outwardly reflecting light, an
insertion port 12 formed below the reflecting piece 11 in such a
manner as to extend downwardly from a bottom surface thereof,
for inserting electric wires thereinto, a reflecting mirror 13
mounted at the central portion of the top surface of the
reflecting piece 11 in such a manner as to be received by a
predetermined length into the insertion port 12, v for rearwardly
reflecting light, and a lamp receiving recess 14 disposed at
each of the both sides of the reflecting mirror 13 and
communicating with the insertion port 12. A lamp portion 20 has a flank indicator lamp 21 disposed at
the front side of the body portion 10, for illuminating light
for an advancing direction and a rear guard lamp 22 disposed at
the rear side of the body portion 10, for illuminating light for
identifying objects or pedestrians when backing the vehicle up.
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A cover portion 30, which serves to protect the lamp portion 20, has a straight-advancing frame 31 engaged with the
reflecting piece 11 of the body portion 10 and a diffusion lens
32 fittingly interposed between the straight-advancing frame 31
and the reflecting piece 11. The diffusion lens 32 has a mild slope surface mild slope
surface 33 formed at the front thereof and a steep slope surface
34 formed at the rear thereof, for diffusing the light emitted
from the rear guard lamp 22. An explanation of the operation and effect of the lamp of
this invention will be given hereinafter.
First, when a driver starts his or her vehicle, power is
applied to a lighting system of the vehicle, and then, the flank
indicator lamp 21 is blinkered, by means of a flank indicator
switch through an electric supply circuit used in conventional
vehicle. Also, when a back up mode is applied to turn a back up
switch on, the back up lamp formed at the rear side of the
vehicle body and the rear guard lamp 22 of the lamp portion 20
of this invention are at the same time turned on to allow the
range of vision for the back and sides of the vehicle to be
secured. If the back up mode is released to turn the back up
switch off, the rear guard lamp 22 is turned off.
In this manner, since the rear portion of the diffusion
lens 32 is steeply inclined, when the rear guard lamp 22 is
turned on, the light emitted from the rear guard lamp 22 can be
diffused sideward and rearward.
Industrial applicability
As -set forth in the foregoing, a flank indicator and rear
guard lamp for a vehicle according to the present invention
provides a predetermined degree of illumination so that a driver
can identify objects or pedestrians located around the sides of
the vehicle while he or she is backing up or parking the vehicle,
especially, in the night, thereby preventing the occurrence of
various safety, is mounted using existing electric equipment
that does not need additional installation cost, and is provided
with a reflecting mirror that permits a degree of illumination
sufficient to see objects the objects located around the sides
of the vehicle, thereby ensuring a high degree of safety and an
excellent efficiency of product. While the present invention has been described with
reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not
to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended
claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art
can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the
scope and spirit of the present invention.
Claims
1. A flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle
comprising: a body portion (10) having a reflecting piece (11) formed
on an inner surface thereof, for outwardly reflecting light, an
insertion port (12) disposed below the reflecting piece (11) in
such a manner as to be extended downwardly from a bottom surface
thereof, for inserting electric wires thereinto, a reflecting
mirror (13) mounted at the central portion of the top surface of
the reflecting piece (11) in such a manner as to be housed by a
predetermined length into the insertion port (12) , for
rearwardly reflecting light, and a lamp receiving recess (14)
formed at each of the both sides of the reflecting mirror (13)
and communicating with the insertion port (12) ; a lamp portion (20) having a flank indicator lamp (21)
disposed at the front side of the body portion (10) and a rear
guard lamp (22) disposed at the rear side of the body portion (10) ; and a cover portion (30) for protecting the lamp portion (20) ,
the cover portion (30) having a straight-advancing frame (31)
engaged with the reflecting piece (11) of the body portion (10)
and a diffusion lens (32) fittingly interposed between the
straight-advancing frame (31) and the reflecting piece (11) .
2. The flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the diffusion lens (32) has a mild
slope surface (33) formed at the front thereof and a steep slope
surface (34) formed at the rear thereof, for diffusing the light
emitted from the rear guard lamp (22) .
3. The flank indicator and rear guard lamp for a vehicle as
claimed in claim 1 or 2 , mounted at a front panel or the outer
surface of a rearview mirror located at each side of the vehicle .
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| US20030193815A1 (en) * | 2002-04-11 | 2003-10-16 | Esam Co., Ltd. | Side mirror cover and cover lamp to be used therefor |
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