JP2764767B2 - Front bumper embedded lamp and lamp unit - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a turn signal lamp or a fog lamp embedded in a front bumper of a vehicle, and more particularly to a lamp and a lamp unit having a function of introducing cooling air from the front of the vehicle. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, to cool a radiator or the like in an engine hood when a vehicle such as a passenger car travels, a front grill is provided at a front portion of the vehicle, and cooling air is introduced from an opening of the front grill. Is common.

[0003]

In recent years, however, the design of the front part of a passenger car has been to reduce the aerodynamic resistance during traveling by using a so-called wedge shape as shown in FIG. Extremely narrow styles have become mainstream. Therefore, when the wind W from the front hits the front bumper B while the vehicle C is running, the wind W tends to flow along the upper surface of the front hood F, and the cooling air entering the engine hood from the front grill (not shown). Tend to be insufficient.

On the other hand, as one of recent vehicle safety measures, a large shock absorbing bumper is often used for a front bumper B mounted on a front portion of a vehicle. Combined with the squeezed style, it is difficult to make the front grill opening as large as before.

Therefore, an air intake is provided at the front end face of the large front bumper. However, the opening is formed because there are restrictions on the design of the vehicle front part and restrictions on the original function of the bumper. However, it is difficult to supply sufficient cooling air into the engine hood. In addition, as the performance of vehicles has increased, high-output engines have become necessary, and the size of the engines themselves and the mounting rate of auxiliary equipment such as turbochargers have been increasing. There was a problem of being pressed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to use an engine mounting space, particularly a lamp mounting space, out of a limited space at a front end surface of a vehicle front bumper. It is an object of the present invention to provide a front bumper embedded lamp capable of increasing the amount of cooling air introduced into a hood. A second object of the present invention is to provide a lamp unit suitably used to achieve the first object.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A first object of the present invention is to:
The lamp house includes a lamp house attached to an opening formed in a front bumper and a cover attached to the lamp house. The lamp house includes a lamp section for accommodating a light source and a cooling air introduction formed adjacent to the lamp section. And an opening for guiding cooling air to the cooling air introduction portion is formed in the cover, and the cooling air introduction portion further includes a plurality of fins and the fins.
With a louver consisting of a movable link connecting the
By moving the movable link, the wind direction of the cooling air
This is achieved by a front bumper recessed lamp which can be changed . Further, a second object of the present invention is to provide a lamp house and a cover attached to the lamp house, wherein the lamp house has a lamp portion for accommodating a light source and a cooling air introduction portion formed adjacent to the lamp portion. And an opening for guiding cooling air to the cooling air introduction portion is formed in the cover, and the cooling air introduction portion is provided with a plurality of filters.
Louver comprising a fin and a movable link connecting the fins
The direction of the cooling air is adjusted by moving the movable link.
This is achieved by a lamp unit which can be changed .

[0008]

According to the present invention, the lamp house is mounted on the opening formed in the vehicle front bumper, and the cover is attached to the lamp house. Through the opening formed in the cover, it is led to the cooling air inlet of the lamp house. further,
Since the cooling air is sent from the lamp house into the engine hood, various equipment located behind the lamp house,
For example, a disk of a brake device, an intercooler of a turbo engine, and the like are cooled.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. Although the following examples are preferred specific examples of the present invention, various technically preferable limitations are added.However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the description that particularly limits the present invention in the following description. It is not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a front bumper embedded type lamp 1 of this embodiment is mounted on a vehicle C.
The front bumper B is a large impact absorbing bumper mounted on the front end of the vehicle C. Two openings are formed at both left and right ends of the front surface of the bumper B, and two front bumper-embedded lamps 1 having the same configuration are formed in these openings.
1 'is attached. In the case of this example, the position where the lamps 1 and 1 'are mounted is set to the position where the turning lamp of the vehicle is provided as shown.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the lamp unit 10 constituting the lamps 1 and 1 ', and FIG. 3 is an end view of the lamp house shown in FIG. In the figure, a lamp unit 10 includes a lamp house 12 and a cover 13 attached to the lamp house 12. The lamp house 12 is formed of, for example, a box-shaped body made of a synthetic resin having an open front surface, and is arranged in parallel with two lamp portions 14 and 14 ′ so as to be sandwiched between the two lamp portions. And a cooling air introduction part 15. These will be described in detail below.
Sockets 16 and 16 'are provided in the vicinity of the center of 14'.
7, 17 'are mounted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the light bulbs 17 and 17 'are provided with inner lenses 17a and 17a' formed so as to surround the light emitting portion of each light bulb, and the reflecting mirror 1 is provided around the inner lenses 17a and 17a '.
Reflectors 18 and 18 'having 7b and 17b' are mounted. The inner lenses 17a and 17a 'of the reflectors 18 and 18' are formed so as to collect the illumination light emitted from the electric bulbs 17 and 17 'in a predetermined direction, and the inner lens 17a is colored amber or yellow. Have been.

The reflecting mirrors 17b and 17b 'are formed so as to surround the inner lens with a bowl-shaped synthetic resin shell. The bowl-shaped concave surface is provided with a reflecting surface formed by depositing aluminum metal. I have. In the present embodiment, the cooling air introduction section 15 is a duct that penetrates the center of the lamp house 12 greatly. As shown in FIG. 3, a louver 20 composed of a large number of fins 19 for guiding the wind direction of the cooling air from the front of the vehicle to the right and left directions in the figure is connected to the duct at predetermined intervals. These fins 1
9 has a link L connected to the rear end of the vehicle and a fin 19 provided with a support shaft 19a at the center.
Thereby, as the link L moves left and right in the figure, each fin 19 is configured to change its inclination left and right.

The cover 13 is formed of a synthetic resin material, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 so as to cover the front surface of the lamp house 12, and the lamp portions 17, 1 of the lamp house 12 are formed.
The area corresponding to 7 'is provided with a known lens for emitting illumination light from the lamp house forward with predetermined light distribution characteristics. An opening 21 is provided near the center of the lamp house 12. This opening 21 is
When mounted on the front of the lamp house 12, its position and size are selected so as to communicate with the cooling air inlet 20 of the lamp house 12, and in this embodiment, it is shown in FIG. As described above, the cooling air inlet 20 has substantially the same size.

Next, the lamp unit 1 according to the embodiment will be described.
The operation of the front bumper embedded type lamp which is mounted on the vehicle front bumper B will be described. In FIG. 1, the lamp units 12 and 12 'can be used as turn signal lamps by individually flashing lamp units 17 and 17' provided in the lamp units 17 and 17 'in accordance with right and left turning of a running vehicle. Also, the inner lenses 17a, 17a 'of the lamps 17', 17 'are colored yellow and turned on during snowfall to be used as fog lamps.
Alternatively, the inner lenses 17a and 17a 'of the lamp portions 17 and 17' are colored amber so that they can be turned on during night driving to be used as so-called vehicle side lights.

In addition to the above operation, in this embodiment, when the vehicle is running, the wind from the front
From the opening 21 of the lamp house 12, which is guided to the cooling air introducing portion 15 of the lamp house 12.

Here, in FIG.
The disk 30 of the front wheel brake is located on the left side as viewed in the drawing. When cooling the disk 30, FIG.
Is moved by a predetermined distance to the left in the figure, each fin (wind direction adjustment plate) of the louver 20 1
9 rotates counterclockwise about the support shaft 19a, and thus the cooling air W introduced from the opening 20 into the engine room.
To the disk 30 of the front wheel brake, which can be cooled. The link L in the lamp house 12
Is moved in the opposite direction to the above by a predetermined distance, the cooling air W can be guided to the radiator 31, whereby the shortage of the cooling air from the front grill G can be compensated.

Further, an intercooler 32 for a turbocharger is provided behind the lamp 1 'in FIG. In this case, the link L in the lamp house 12 'is not moved, and each of the louvers 20 in the state shown in FIG.
If the fan 19 is fixed, the cooling air W can be introduced straight from the front of the vehicle and guided to the intercooler 32. The link L in the lamp houses 12, 12 'may be moved as desired by a predetermined selector on the driver's seat side, or various temperature sensors (not shown) provided in the engine hood. , The cooling air may be moved to guide the cooling air to a required location.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of cooling air introduced into the engine hood can be increased by utilizing the lamp mounting space of the front bumper of the vehicle, and the engine and other high-pressure parts can be used. With the performance improvement, the cooling air which tends to be insufficient can be efficiently supplemented. Further, it is possible to provide an excellent lamp unit having the above effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle front portion showing a mounted state of a lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the lamp unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an end view taken along line AA of the lamp unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a vehicle front part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1 'Front bumper embedded type lamp 10, 10' Lamp unit 12, 12 'Lamp house 13 Cover 14, 14' Lamp part 15 Cooling air introduction part 16, 16 'Socket 17, 17' Light bulb 18, 18 'Reflector 20 Louver 21 Opening 30 Disc 31 Radiator 32 Intercooler B Front bumper C Vehicle F Engine hood G Front grille W Cooling air

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI B62D 25/08 B62D 25/08 D (56) References JP-A-57-178946 (JP, A) JP-A-2-299942 ( JP, A) JP-A-2-48249 (JP, A) JP-A-1-62601 (JP, U) JP-A-1-68266 (JP, U) JP-A-59-88380 (JP, U) JP Hei 1-65743 (JP, U) Actual opening Hei 4-7943 (JP, U) Actual opening Hei 1-142318 (JP, U) Actual opening 62-127072 (JP, U) Actual opening Hei 1-171761 (JP , U) Japanese Utility Model 1-113020 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 1-1107627 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 59-133350 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 2-66337 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 58-167263 (JP, U) JP-A 2-13852 (JP, U) JP-A 1-1171762 (JP, U) JP-A 1-113063 (J , U) JitsuHiraku Akira 63-26904 (JP, U) JitsuHiraku Akira 62-196760 (JP, U) JitsuHiraku Akira 62-106875 (JP, U) (58 ) investigated the field (Int.Cl. ^6, DB Name) B60Q 1/00 B60Q 1/34 B60K 11/08 B60R 19/48 B60R 19/50 B62D 25/08

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] The lamp house includes a lamp house attached to an opening formed in a front bumper, and a cover attached to the lamp house. The lamp house is adjacent to the lamp section for accommodating a light source and the lamp section. and a cooling air introducing portion formed Te, and to the cover is formed an opening for guiding cooling air to the cooling air introducing portion further the cooling air introducing portion includes a plurality of fins and the fin
And a louver comprising a movable link connecting the
Change the direction of the cooling air by moving the movable link
A front bumper recessed lamp characterized by being obtained . 2. The front bumper embedded type lamp according to claim 1, wherein two lamp portions of said lamp house are arranged in parallel with a cooling air introduction portion interposed therebetween. As claimed in claim 3 wherein one is side lamps and direction indicator lamp of the two lamps of the lamp house, the other lamp unit is characterized in that it is turned as side lamps and fog lamps, according to claim 2, wherein Front bumper recessed lamp. 4. The fins are pivotally supported at their center.
And the rear end of each fin is connected with the movable link
And each fin rotates as the movable link moves.
That the direction of the cooling air can be changed.
The front bumper embedded type according to claim 1, characterized in that:
lamp. 5. A lamp house, consists of a cover which is applied to the lamp house, the lamp house is provided with a lamp unit and the cooling air introducing portion formed adjacent to the ramp portion for accommodating the light source and the said cover is formed an opening for guiding cooling air to the cooling air introducing portion further the cooling air introducing portion includes a plurality of fins and the fin
And a louver comprising a movable link connecting the
The direction of the cooling air can be changed by moving the movable link
A lamp unit, characterized in that: