JP2005075220A - Interior lighting - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an interior lighting lamp in which an extra length portion of a flat electric wire can be easily inserted into a holding portion.
A design portion 55 in which a lens 54 is fixed to a bezel 53 that can be attached to an opening 52 provided in a ceiling trim 51 that is an interior material of a vehicle, and the ceiling trim 51 is supported by the design portion 55. And a functional unit 57 provided with a light source 56 and a holding unit 62 that holds an extra length portion 61a of the flat electric wire 61 for supplying electric power to the light source 56. And the holding | maintenance part 62 opposes the substantially U-shaped arm part 90 which has the inner width b3 which can be collectively hold | gripped in the lamination direction in the state which laminated | stacked the flat electric wire 61 several times, and opposes inside this arm part. A pair of claw portions 91 and 92 are provided. Further, the flat electric wire 61 is sequentially passed through the insertion passage between the claw portions 91 and 92 and accommodated in the arm portion 90. The insertion passage is set so as to be offset from the center of the inner width b3 to one side.
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Description

  The present invention relates to indoor lighting.

  A vehicle is usually provided with a sun visor for blocking backlight. In such a sun visor, a small mirror may be provided separately from the rearview mirror.

  When the sun visor is provided with a mirror as described above, an indoor illumination lamp may be provided near the windshield of the ceiling so that the mirror can be used even at night. This room illumination lamp is provided separately from the dome lamp provided in the approximate center of the ceiling.

  Further, the interior lighting is provided at a position hidden by the sun visor when the sun visor is folded to the ceiling side. Since this room illumination lamp is mainly used only when a mirror is used, it is much smaller than a dome mirror.

  Furthermore, the sun visor mirror may be provided with a sliding door that is slid to open and close. In addition, there is a case where the room illumination lamp is turned on when the sliding door is opened.

  FIG. 12 is an exploded view of a conventional room lamp 1. This room lamp 1 has a design part 11 and a functional part 12 that is detachably attached to the design part 11. Of these, the design portion 11 includes a frame-shaped bezel 13, a lens 15 provided in the opening 14 of the bezel 13, and clips 16 provided on both sides of the bezel 13. The functional unit 12 includes a bulb (light bulb) 17 and a functional unit main body 18.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the indoor illumination lamp 1 is attached to an opening 20 provided in a trim (interior material) 19 in a vehicle ceiling. In this case, the clip 16 of the room lamp 1 is locked to the edge of the opening 20 and the room lamp 1 is held on the ceiling. In addition, the code | symbol 22 in FIG. 13 is an electric wire connected to the function part main body 18, and 23 is a vehicle body (metal).

  As shown in FIG. 14, the functional unit 12 of the indoor lamp 1 has a concave portion 24 formed in the functional unit main body 18, and a press contact blade 25 is provided in the concave portion 24. A V-shaped groove 25 a is formed at the tip of the press contact blade 25. The press contact blade 25 is connected to the valve 17. The recess 24 is provided with a lid 26 that can be opened and closed.

  When the flat wire 22 is connected to the functional portion 12, as shown in FIG. 15, the flat wire 22 is inserted into the recess 24, and the flat wire is inserted into the V-shaped groove 25a provided at the tip of the press contact blade 25. 22 is placed. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, when the lid 26 is closed, the flat wire 22 is pressed toward the press contact blade 25, the insulating film of the flat wire 22 is broken by the press contact blade 25, and the core wire is connected to the press contact blade 25. Electrically connected. Thereby, the flat electric wire 22 and the valve 17 are connected via the press contact blade 25.

  Here, a protrusion 26 a that presses the flat electric wire 22 is formed on the surface of the lid 26 on the pressure contact blade 25 side. Between the protrusions 26a and 26a, it is formed substantially flat. By this protrusion 26a, the flat electric wire 22 is reliably pushed into the groove 25a.

  Next, a method for attaching the above-described room illumination lamp 1 to the ceiling trim 19 of the vehicle will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, a dome lamp mounting hole 30 and an indoor lighting lamp mounting hole 31 are provided in the ceiling trim 19 to which the indoor lighting lamp 1 is to be mounted.

  Here, first, as shown in FIG. 18, only the design portion 11 of the indoor illumination lamp 1 is attached to the indoor illumination lamp attachment hole 31 of the ceiling trim 19. Next, as shown in FIG. 19, the functional unit 12 is attached to the design unit 11 from the back surface 19 a side of the ceiling trim 19. A flat electric wire 22 is connected to the functional unit 12 in advance. Next, as shown in FIG. 20, the ceiling trim 19 is attached to the ceiling 32 a of the vehicle main body 32.

  When replacing the bulb 17 of the room lamp 1, the entire room lamp 1 is removed from the ceiling trim 19 as shown in FIG. At this time, in order to avoid a tensile force from acting on the flat electric wire 22, as shown in FIG. 22, the flat electric wire 22 is provided with an extra length portion 22 a.

  As shown in FIG. 23, the extra length portion 22 a of the flat electric wire 22 is held by a clip 33 provided in the functional portion 12. The clip 33 is formed in a substantially L shape. Then, the flat electric wire 22 is inserted and held in the gap between the clip 33 and the functional unit main body 18.

The inner width b1 of the clip 33 is formed substantially the same as the insertion width b2 of the flat wire 22. Further, locking claws 34, 34 facing each other are formed on the inner surface of the clip 33. An insertion passage 35 for inserting the flat electric wire 22 into the clip 33 is formed between the locking claws 34.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-67789 JP 2002-218635 A JP 2002-345143 A

  However, in the conventional indoor lamp 1, the insertion passage 35 of the clip 33 that holds the extra length portion 22a of the flat electric wire 22 is formed at the approximate center of the inner width b1 of the clip 33. When the extra length portion 22a of the flat electric wire 22 is inserted, it is uncertain in which direction the extra length portion 22a inserted first goes, and the insertion order of the extra length portion 22a to be inserted after that is not defined. There was a problem.

  In this case, there is a possibility that the extra length portion 22a of the flat electric wire 22 cannot be easily inserted into the inner width b1 of the clip 33, resulting in a problem that workability is lowered.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an indoor lamp that can easily insert an extra length of a flat electric wire into a clip.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a design portion in which a lens is fixed to a bezel that can be attached to an opening provided in an interior material of a vehicle, and the interior material by being supported by the design portion. A functional unit that is disposed on the back surface side and includes a light source; and a holding unit that holds an extra length of a flat electric wire for supplying electric power to the light source, and the holding unit includes a plurality of the flat electric wires. A substantially U-shaped arm portion having an inner width that can be collectively grasped in the laminating direction in a state of being folded back and laminated, and a pair of claw portions disposed opposite to each other inside the arm portion, An interior illumination lamp that is sequentially passed through the insertion passages between the claw portions and accommodated in the arm portion, wherein the insertion passage is set to be offset from the center of the inner width to one side.

  In the present invention, when the flat electric wire is inserted into the arm portion of the holding portion, the flat electric wire is arranged to be shifted to one side in the arm portion, so that the gap between the flat electric wire and the inner side surface of the arm portion becomes large and then inserted. A flat electric wire is disposed in the gap. That is, since the order in which the flat electric wires are inserted into the arm portion is defined, the flat electric wires can be easily inserted into the arm portion, and the insertion workability is improved.

  Here, the dimension of the inner width is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the flat electric wire, and the thickness dimension x is orthogonal to the common warp direction of each core wire, and the flat electric wire held by the holding portion Less than the multiplier with the number n of stacked layers.

  In this case, in the flat wires adjacent to each other among the plurality of flat wires inserted into the arm portion, the protruding core portion of one flat wire is inserted into the concave non-core portion of the other flat wire. In this state, both the flat electric wires are overlapped, so that the flat electric wires are not easily removed.

  According to the present invention, since the order of inserting the extra length portion of the flat wire into the arm portion is defined, the flat wire can be easily inserted into the arm portion, and the insertion workability is improved.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top view illustrating a functional unit of the embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flat electric wire according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. The figure which shows the state which laminated | stacked the flat electric wire of embodiment which concerns on this invention, FIG. 5 is the figure which shows the state which inserted the flat electric wire in the holding | maintenance part of the flat electric wire which concerns on this invention, FIG. The perspective view which looked at the functional part from the top, FIG. 7 is the perspective view which looked at the functional part of embodiment which concerns on this invention from the bottom, FIG. 8 is the figure which shows the state which attached the indoor illumination light of embodiment based on this invention to the vehicle 9 is a view showing a sun visor according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is a view showing a mirror according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a view showing a state where the sun visor of the embodiment according to the present invention is opened. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an interior lamp 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a design portion in which a lens 54 is fixed to a bezel 53 that can be attached to an opening 52 provided in a ceiling trim (interior material) 51 of a vehicle. 55 and a functional portion 57 that is supported by the design portion 55 and disposed on the back surface 51 a side of the ceiling trim 51 and includes a light source 56.

  The bezel 53 of the design portion 55 is provided with a clip 58 that is locked to the ceiling trim 51. As shown in FIG. 2, the functional part main body 60 of the functional part 57 is provided with a holding part 62 for holding the extra length part 61 a of the flat electric wire 61 (see FIG. 1).

  The holding portion 62 includes a substantially U-shaped arm portion 90 having an inner width b3 that can be collectively grasped in the laminating direction in a state where a plurality of extra length portions 61a of the flat electric wire 61 are folded back and laminated, and the arm portion 90, a pair of claw portions 91 and 92 disposed to face each other.

  The extra length portion of the flat electric wire 61 is sequentially passed through the insertion passage 93 between the claw portions 91 and 92 so as to be accommodated in the arm portion 90.

  Further, the holding portion 62 is set such that the insertion passage 93 is offset from the center of the inner width b3 of the arm portion 90 to one side. In this example, the insertion passage 93 is offset to the inner side surface 94 side of the arm portion 90 opposite to the functional portion main body 60.

  Here, the inner width b3 is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flat wire 61 shown in FIG. 3 and perpendicular to the common warp direction of each core wire, and the holding portion shown in FIG. It is preferable to set it to less than a multiplier (xn) with the number n of stacked layers of the flat wire 61 held at 62 (see FIG. 2) (b3 <xn). FIG. 3 shows the case where n = 3.

  As described above, in the present invention, when the flat electric wire 61 is inserted into the arm portion 90 in the holding portion 62, the flat electric wire 61 is disposed so as to be offset toward one side of the inner width b3 in the arm portion 90. The gap with the inner side surface 94 on the opposite side of the arm portion 90 is increased, and the inserted flat electric wire 61 is then placed in this gap.

  That is, since the flat electric wires 61 are inserted into the arm portion 90 in a predetermined order, the flat electric wires 61 can be easily inserted into the arm portion 90, and the insertion workability is improved.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, among the plurality of flat electric wires 61 inserted into the arm portion 90, the adjacent flat electric wires 61, 61, and the convex core wire portion 96 in one flat electric wire 61, Since it overlaps in the state inserted in the concave non-core part 95 in the other flat electric wire 61, it can prevent that the flat electric wire 61 pulls out from the arm part 90 carelessly.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the functional unit main body 60 of the functional unit 57 is provided with a concave portion 63 into which the flat electric wire 61 is inserted. In this recessed part 63, the press-contacting blade (not shown) which connects the flat electric wire 61 is provided. Further, the functional unit main body 60 is provided with a lid portion 64 that can be inserted into the recess 63.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the lid portion 64 is integrally provided with a thin hinge 65 that protrudes from the functional portion main body 60 toward the back surface 51 a (see FIG. 1) of the ceiling trim 51. The thin hinge 65 functions as an elastic member as will be described later. In addition, the code | symbol 66 in FIG. 7 is a light source attachment hole.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the indoor illumination lamp 5 can sandwich the edge portion of the interior illumination light mounting hole 52 provided in the ceiling trim 51 by the functional part main body 60 and the design part 55 of the functional part 57. It is configured as follows.

  That is, the interior lighting 5 is attached to the ceiling trim 51 of the vehicle 50 as shown in FIG. The room lamp 5 is arranged at a position hidden by a sun visor 67 that can be opened and closed by rotating about one side end.

  When the interior lighting 5 is turned on, first, the sun visor 67 is opened toward the windshield 68 as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Next, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the sliding door 81 provided on the surface 67a of the sun visor 67 on the ceiling trim 51 side is opened.

  Then, the mirror 69 provided in the sun visor 67 is exposed. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 11, the room illumination lamp 5 is turned on. Thereby, the screen reflected on the mirror 69 can be clearly seen.

It is sectional drawing which shows embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a top view which shows the function part of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the flat electric wire of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which laminated | stacked the flat electric wire of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which inserted the flat electric wire in the holding part of the flat electric wire which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the functional part of the embodiment concerning the present invention from the top. It is the perspective view which looked at the functional part of the embodiment concerning the present invention from the bottom. It is a figure which shows the state which attached the indoor illumination lamp of embodiment which concerns on this invention to the vehicle. It is a figure which shows the sun visor of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the mirror of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which opened the sun visor of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is an exploded view which shows the conventional room lamp. It is a figure which shows the state which attached the conventional indoor illumination light to the ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the conventional design part. It is a figure explaining the method of connecting a flat electric wire to the conventional design part. It is a figure which shows the state which closed the lid | cover of the conventional design part. It is a figure which shows a general ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the method of attaching the conventional room lighting to a ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the method of attaching the conventional room lighting to a ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the method of attaching the conventional room lighting to a ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the method of removing the conventional interior illumination light from a ceiling trim. It is a figure which shows the holding | maintenance part holding the surplus length part of the conventional flat electric wire. It is a figure which shows the holding | maintenance part of the conventional flat electric wire.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Interior illumination light 5 Interior illumination light 11 Design part 12 Functional part 13 Bezel 14 Opening 15 Lens 16 Clip 17 Valve 18 Functional part main body 19 Ceiling trim 20 Opening 22 Flat electric wire 22a Extra length part 24 Recessed part 25 Pressure contact blade 25a Groove 26 Lid 26a Projection 30 Dome lamp mounting hole 31 Indoor lighting lamp mounting hole 32 Vehicle main body 32a Ceiling 33 Clip 34 Locking claw 35 Inserting path 35 Inserting path 50 Vehicle 51 Ceiling trim 51a Back surface 52 Indoor lighting lamp mounting hole 52 Opening 53 Bezel 54 Lens 55 Design part 56 Light source 57 Function part 58 Clip 60 Function part body 61 Flat wire 61a Extra length part 62 Holding part 63 Recess part 64 Cover part 65 Thin-walled hinge 66 Light source mounting hole 67 Sun visor 67a Side face of sun visor 68 Windshield 68 Door 69 Mirror 8 Sliding door 90 arm portion 93 insertion path 94 the inner surface 94 core portion 95 non-core part

Claims (2)

A design part in which a lens is fixed to a bezel that can be attached to an opening provided in an interior material of a vehicle;
A functional part that is disposed on the back side of the interior material by being supported by the design part and includes a light source, and a holding part that holds an extra length part of a flat wire for supplying power to the light source. Have
The holding portion has a substantially U-shaped arm portion having an inner width that can be collectively grasped in the laminating direction in a state in which the flat electric wires are folded back and laminated, and a pair of opposingly arranged inside the arm portion. With nail parts,
An indoor lamp that sequentially passes the flat electric wire through the insertion path between the claw portions and accommodates it in the arm portion,
The interior illumination lamp characterized in that the insertion passage is set so as to be offset from the center of the inner width to one side.   The inner width is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the flat electric wire, and the thickness dimension x is orthogonal to the common warp direction of each core wire, and the number n of stacked layers of the flat electric wire held by the holding portion, The interior illumination lamp according to claim 1, wherein the interior illumination lamp is less than a multiplier.

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