JP2924032B2 - Luggage lighting device - Google Patents

Description

Description: Object of the Invention (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a luggage lighting device for illuminating a luggage storage room provided in a rear body of a motorcycle.

(Prior Art) In motorcycles such as scooters, a luggage storage room is formed in a rear body, and a seat is provided so as to be able to open and close a seat by covering an upper opening of the luggage storage room. Some are formed so that small people can be stored.

FIG. 7 shows a scooter of this type.
U is between the handle 3 for operating the front wheel 2 and the seat 4
It is formed in a shape that is deeply curved like a letter. The seat 4 is provided on the upper part of the rear body 5. The rear body 5 is made of a steel plate and is welded to a rear end of a pipe frame (not shown) to function as a rear frame.

The pipe frame is formed from a head pipe (not shown) along a U-shaped curved shape, and the leg shield 6 and the step board 7 are installed on the pipe frame.
An engine 8 is mounted on a lower portion of the rear body 5, and the engine 8 drives a rear wheel 9 to rotate. Note that reference numeral 10
Indicates a muffler.

The rear body 5 has a space in which at least the helmet 12 can be stored, and forms a luggage storage room 13. Sheet 4
As shown in FIG. 8, the front end is pivotally supported by a hinge 14 as a pivot, and functions as an openable and closable cover for covering the upper opening of the luggage storage chamber 13. Hinge 14 is seat bottom plate
15 is attached by bolts 16.

A luggage lighting device 18 is provided near the hinge 14 of the rear body 5. The luggage lighting device 18 includes a housing 19 in the luggage storage room 13 near the hinge 14, and the housing 19 is fixed to the rear body 5. FIGS. 9 to
As shown in FIG. 14, the switch knob 20 is held slidably in the vertical direction, and a guide 21 for guiding the slide of the switch knob 20 is attached to the housing 19.

The housing 19 accommodates a lamp 22 for illuminating the interior of the luggage storage room 13 and a spring 23 for urging the switch knob 20 upward. On the other hand, a seat protrusion 24 is provided inside the vicinity of the hinge 14 of the seat 4, and the seat 4 is hinged.
By opening and closing around the center 14, the seat projection 24 comes into contact with the upper end of the switch knob 20, and slides the switch knob 20 downward against the bias of the spring 23, and the housing 19
It is designed to be pushed inside.

A lamp 22 is provided near the switch knob 20 in the housing 19.
Is provided, and the fixed terminal 25 is connected to a battery (not shown). On the other hand, a switch terminal 26 is provided at the lower end of the switch knob 20 for contacting the fixed terminal 25 and conducting electricity. The switch terminal 26 comes into contact with the fixed terminal 25 when the switch knob 20 slides to the uppermost position by the bias of the spring 23, and the switch knob 20 is pressed by the seat projection 24, and is opposed to the bias of the spring 23. When sliding downward, it is separated from the fixed terminal 25.

A lens 28 is detachably provided on the housing 19.
That is, claws 29 are formed on both sides of the housing 19, and engaging portions 30 that can engage with the claws 29 are provided on both sides of the lens 28. The housing 19 is attached to the rear body 5 by screwing an attachment screw 32 to the lamp attachment boss 31. Reference numeral 33 denotes a socket. Socket 33
A lead wire 34 extends from the terminal and is electrically connected to a battery (not shown).

In this luggage lighting device 18, when the seat 4 covered by the upper opening of the luggage storage room 13 is closed, the seat projection 24 provided on the seat 4 comes into contact with the head of the switch knob 20,
The switch knob 20 slides downward against the bias of the spring 23. When the switch knob 20 slides downward, the fixed terminal
The contact between 25 and the switch terminal 26 is released, and the lamp 22 is turned off. Therefore, when the seat 4 is closed and the rider is sitting thereon to drive the scooter 1, the lamp 22 remains off.

On the other hand, with the seat 4 opened, the helmet 12
When putting in or taking out small articles, since the switch knob 20 is not pressed by the seat projection 24, the spring 23
As a result, the switch knob 20 is slid to the uppermost position, the fixed terminal 25 and the switch terminal 26 come into contact with each other, the lamp 22 is turned on, and the interior of the luggage compartment 13 is illuminated.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The conventional luggage lighting device 18 has the following problems.

That is, when the vehicle is maintained, the maintenance may be performed with the seat 4 kept open. In this case, since the switch knob 20 is not pressed by the seat projection 24, the fixed terminal 25 and the switch terminal 26 are kept in contact with each other, and the lamp 22 is constantly lit during maintenance. For this reason, battery power is consumed during vehicle maintenance,
The battery voltage could drop rapidly.

Further, the lamp 22 is convenient when the helmet 12 and small articles are mainly taken out of the luggage storage room 13 at night, but is often unnecessary during the day. However, the conventional luggage lighting device 18 is lit day and night, and as in the above case,
It causes the power consumption of the battery.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and can turn off and hold a lamp for a luggage storage room separately from opening and closing a seat, and can prevent battery power consumption from being consumed. It is intended to provide a device.

[Configuration of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a luggage storage room formed in a rear body of a motorcycle and a seat provided to cover an upper opening of the luggage storage room. One end is rotatably supported on the rear body, a housing is provided on the rear body near the shaft support portion, a spring for holding the mover slidably in the housing and urging the mover toward the seat is provided on the seat. A contact portion is provided for contacting the mover by opening and closing about the shaft support portion, and for sliding the mover against the bias of the spring. When the child slides most toward the seat due to the bias of the spring, it contacts the fixed terminal,
A switch terminal that separates from the fixed terminal when the mover slides against the bias of the spring by the contact portion is provided, and the housing, the mover, the spring, the contact portion, the fixed terminal, and the switch terminal store luggage. In the luggage lighting device comprising the switch device for the room lamp, the mover is provided with a mover protrusion on the mover, and a lens is detachably provided on the housing, and a part of the lens comes into contact with the mover protrusion. And a lens projection for preventing the switch terminal from being connected to the fixed terminal.

(Operation) When the lamp for the luggage storage room is turned off and held while the seat is open, the lens is detached from the housing with the mover pressed with a finger or the like, and the direction of the lens is changed, and the switch terminal is switched. The lens is attached to the housing again at a position where the housing protrusion prevents the contact with the fixed terminal.
Then, when the finger holding the mover is released, the mover slides toward the seat due to the bias of the spring, but since the mover projection comes into contact with the housing projection, the switch terminal comes into contact with the fixed terminal. Is prevented. Therefore, the lamp for the luggage storage room can be kept in the unlit state with the seat open.

On the other hand, in order to cancel the light-out state of the luggage storage lamp, the lens is removed from the housing, the lens is rotated to a position where the housing protrusion does not contact the movable member protrusion, and the lens is mounted again on the housing. As a result, since the mover projection does not contact the lens projection, the mover slides by the bias of the spring, and the switch terminal comes into contact with the fixed terminal. Therefore, by moving the mover by opening and closing the seat, the lamp for the luggage storage room can be turned on or off.

As described above, the lamp for the luggage storage room can be arbitrarily turned off in a state where the seat is opened, so that power consumption of the battery can be prevented.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment of a luggage lighting device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (A), (B), FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. (A) and (B) and FIG.

7A to 14 in FIGS. 1A and 1B and FIG.
The same parts as those in the drawings will be described with the same reference numerals.
Further, since the entire configuration of the scooter is the same as that shown in FIG. 7, the same reference numerals are given and the duplicated description will be omitted.

The luggage lighting device 18 has a housing 19 attached to the lamp mounting boss 31 and the mounting screw 32 on the rear body 5,
A switch knob 20 as a mover is held by the housing 19 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. A spring 23 and a lamp 22 for urging the switch knob 20 toward the seat 4 are accommodated in the housing 19. Reference numeral 21 denotes a guide for guiding the sliding of the switch knob 20.

A seat protrusion 24 as a contact portion is provided inside the vicinity of the hinge 14 of the seat 4, and by closing the seat 4 around the hinge 14, the seat protrusion 24 comes into contact with the upper end of the switch knob 20. The switch knob 20 is slid downward against the bias of the spring 23 and pushed into the housing 19.

In the vicinity of the switch knob 20 in the housing 19, a fixed terminal 25 for lighting the lamp 22 is arranged.
25 is connected to the lamp 22 and a battery (not shown) by a lead wire 34. On the other hand, a switch terminal 26 is provided at the lower end of the switch knob 20 for contacting the fixed terminal 25 and conducting electricity. The switch terminal 26 is a fixed terminal when the switch knob 20 is slid most upward by the bias of the spring 23.
When the switch knob 20 comes into contact with the fixed terminal 25 and slides downward against the bias of the spring 23, the switch knob 20 is separated from the fixed terminal 25.

A lens 28 is detachably attached to the housing 19. Claws 29 are provided on both sides of the housing 19, and a lens 28 is provided.
An engagement portion 30 that can be engaged with the claw 29 is formed on both sides. The lens 28 is formed in a substantially square shape, and can be mounted on the housing 19 upside down. A lens projection 35 is formed on a part of the lens 28.
On the other hand, at the lower end of the switch knob 20, a switch knob projection 36 is formed as a mover projection having a shape extending toward the lens 28 and bent upward. The lens protrusion 35 is provided at a position where it comes into contact with the switch knob protrusion 36 when the lens 28 is mounted on the housing 19 in a predetermined direction.
Then, by contacting the switch knob projection 36, the height is formed to prevent the contact between the fixed terminal 25 and the switch terminal 26. OFF is displayed on the surface of the lens 28 when the lens projection 35 is in a position where it comes into contact with the switch knob projection 36, and when the lens projection 35 is in a position where it does not come into contact with the switch knob projection 36. Are marked so that the letters ON are displayed.

In this embodiment, when the seat 4 is opened and closed in a normal use state, the lens 28 is mounted on the housing 19 at a position where the lens projection 35 does not contact the switch knob projection 36. Therefore, when the seat 4 is opened and closed, the seat projection 24 comes into contact with the switch knob 20, whereby the fixed terminal 25 and the switch terminal 26 come into contact with or separate from each other, and the switch can be turned on and off.

When the lamp 22 for the luggage storage room 13 is turned off with the seat 4 opened, and the light-off state is maintained,
First, the upper portion of the switch knob 20 is pressed downward with a finger or the like, and the switch knob 20 is pushed into the housing 19 against the bias of the spring 23. Then remove the lens 28,
Upside down, the lens protrusion 35 becomes the switch knob protrusion 36
The lens 28 is mounted on the housing 19 again at a position where the lens abuts on the switch knob 20, and the pressing of the switch knob 20 by a finger or the like is released. When the pressing is released, the switch knob 20 slides upward due to the bias of the spring 23. However, since the switch knob protrusion 36 comes into contact with the lens protrusion 35, the fixed terminal 25 and the switch terminal 26 are moved.
Is prevented from contacting. Therefore, power is not supplied to the lamp 22, and the lamp 22 remains off.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the lamp 22 for the luggage storage room 13 can be turned off with the seat 4 opened, and the light-off state can be maintained. When it is not necessary to turn on the lamp 22, the lamp 22 is turned off, and by keeping the turned off state,
The power consumption of the battery can be prevented. Also,
In order to prevent power consumption of the battery, it is not necessary to remove the battery, thereby improving maintainability.

In the above embodiment, the case where the lens 28 is formed in a substantially square shape is described. However, as long as the lens 28 can be mounted at different angles, the shape may be a rectangle or a circle, and the shape is not limited to a square. In the above embodiment, the scooter 1
However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a motorcycle other than the scooter 1 and has the same effect.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, the mover is provided with the mover projection on the mover, the lens is detachably provided on the housing, and a part of this lens is brought into contact with the mover protrusion to make the switch terminal a fixed terminal. Since the housing protrusion is provided to prevent contact, the lamp for the luggage storage room can be turned off with the seat open, and the turned-off state can be maintained, so that power consumption of the battery can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (A) shows an embodiment of a luggage lighting device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (B) is a sectional view taken along the line IA-IA in FIG. 1 (B), and FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view of the above embodiment, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a front view of the above embodiment, FIG. 4 is a side view of the above embodiment, FIG. (A) is a configuration diagram showing the internal structure of the above embodiment with the lens removed, FIG. 5 (B) is a configuration diagram showing the lens in the above embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing a scooter provided with a luggage illuminating device, FIG. 8 is a side view showing the entire configuration of the luggage illuminating device, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a front view showing a conventional luggage illuminating device, FIG. 11 is a side view showing a conventional luggage illuminating device, FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are views showing the operation state of the conventional luggage lighting device. 1 ... scooter, 4 ... seat, 5 ... rear body, 12
... Helmet, 13 ... Luggage storage room, 18 ... Luggage lighting device, 19 ... Housing, 20 ... Switch knob, 22 ... Lamp, 23 ... Spring, 24 ... Seat protrusion, 25 ... Fixed Terminal, 26: Switch terminal, 28: Lens, 35: Lens protrusion, 36: Switch knob protrusion.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A luggage storage chamber is formed in a rear body of a motorcycle, and one end of a seat provided to cover an upper opening of the luggage storage chamber is pivotally supported on the rear body, and the interior of the rear body is near the pivot. A housing is provided, a movable member is slidably held in the housing, and a spring for urging the movable member toward the seat is provided, while the seat is brought into contact with the movable member by opening and closing around a pivot portion, A contact portion for sliding the mover against the bias of the spring is provided, a fixed terminal of the luggage storage room lamp is provided on the housing, and the mover slides most toward the seat by the bias of the spring. A switch terminal that comes into contact with the fixed terminal and separates from the fixed terminal when the mover slides against the bias of the spring by the abutting portion, and the housing, the mover, the spring, In a luggage illuminating device in which a switch device for a luggage storage room lamp is constituted by a unit, a fixed terminal, and a switch terminal, a mover projection is provided on the mover, and a lens is detachably provided on the housing. A luggage lighting device, wherein a lens projection is provided on the portion to abut the mover projection to prevent the switch terminal from being connected to the fixed terminal.