Lighting device structure including auxiliary illumination
10392067 ยท 2019-08-27
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
F21S43/251
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S41/30
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B62J6/026
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F21S43/241
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B62K11/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
F21S41/148
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21W2107/17
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S41/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S43/27
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21Y2115/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B60Q1/0041
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
F21V1/00
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S43/251
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S41/30
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S41/10
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S43/27
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
B62K11/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60Q1/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A lighting device structure includes lighting sources configured to provide lighting illumination, a reflector configured to reflect lighting illumination from the lighting sources as the LED elements, an inner lens mounted to the reflector. The lighting sources, the reflector, the inner lens are housed within a housing, and an outer lens assembled to the housing. The inner lens is mounted to a front end of the reflector and comprises an overlapping portion positions between an outline wall of the reflector and the inner lens. The overlapping portion of the inner lens induces lighting illumination and illuminates the inner lens. The inner lens is mounted to the front end portion of the reflector that does not obstruct to the certain lighting illumination, and comprises a pair of arms which extended closely to the lighting source, such that the inner lens can induce and illuminate itself as the auxiliary light.
Claims
1. A lighting device structure comprising a lighting source configured to provide lighting illumination, a reflector configured to reflect said lighting illumination from said lighting source, an inner lens mounted to said reflector and illuminated by said light source; wherein said lighting source, said reflector, said inner lens are housed within a housing, and an outer lens assembled to said housing characterized in that said inner lens includes an overlapping arm and is mounted to a front end portion of said reflector, wherein the overlapping arm has a thickness greater and wider than a thickness of the front end portion of said reflector such that the overlapping arm includes an overlapping portion overlapping the front end portion of the reflector; said overlapping portion of said inner lens inducing said lighting illumination for illuminating said inner lens; further comprising a low beam device and a high beam device; wherein, said lighting source comprises an upper lighting source and a lower lighting source which provides low beam light and high beam light separately and respectively in upper and lower position to the respective said low beam device and said high beam device; and wherein said overlapping portion of said inner lens is positioned at said low beam device; said inner lens comprising an extending base, which is illuminated by said high beam.
2. The lighting device structure according to claim 1 wherein the said reflector comprises an upper reflecting portion and a lower reflecting portion which reflects said lighting illumination of said upper lighting source and said lower lighting source of said lighting source respectively; said reflector further comprising a connecting portion which separates said upper reflecting portion from said lower reflecting portion.
3. The lighting device structure according to claim 2 wherein said upper lighting source and said lower lighting sources comprise a pair of spaced-apart low-beam LED elements which arranged separately in horizontal direction, and a pair of spaced-apart high-beam LED element which arranged separately same manner as said pair of spaced-apart low-beam LED elements, respectively; and wherein said upper reflecting portion and said the lower reflecting portion further comprise a vertical ridge running vertically at center of said reflector such that said vertical ridge seems to separate said reflector at said upper reflecting portion and said lower reflecting portion into left and right chambers.
4. The lighting device structure according to claim 2, wherein said inner lens and said reflector are mounted to said housing by a single fastening means at said connecting portion of said reflector and at said extending base of said inner lens.
5. The lighting device structure according to claim 4, wherein said lighting device structure further comprise a housing holder configured to conceal clearance between said housing and said lower reflecting portion to hide from view the components and elements installed therein; said housing holder is coupled said inner lens, said reflector and said housing by said single fastening means.
6. The lighting device structure according to claim 1, wherein the said headlight comprise a headlight cover and a pair of headlight side covers dimensioned to cover the front side of said headlight and covering the left and right sides of said headlight cover respectively; said headlight cover structured to define a low beam window and a high beam window and a groove portion forms horizontally to separate said low beam window from said high beam window.
7. The lighting device structure according to claim 1, wherein said lighting source comprises an LED element mounted to a printed circuit board; and wherein said printed circuit board is horizontally arranged above said reflecting portion and said LED element is faced down to said reflecting portion for projecting said lighting illumination forward upon reflected by said reflector.
8. A lighting device structure comprising a lighting source configured to provide a lighting illumination, a reflector configured to reflect said lighting illumination from said lighting source, an inner lens mounted to said reflector; wherein said lighting source, said reflector, said inner lens are housed within a housing, and an outer lens is assembled to said housing; characterized in that said reflector comprises a reflecting portion configured to reflect said lighting illumination and provide certain functional light distribution; and a front bottom end portion integrally formed to said reflecting portion; and wherein said inner lens is mounted to said front bottom end portion of said reflector and illuminated by said lighting source; wherein said inner lens includes a base and a pair of arms extending from the left and right of said base reaching toward said lighting source; further comprising a low beam device and a high beam device; wherein, said lighting source comprises an upper lighting source and a lower lighting source which provides low beam light and high beam light separately and respectively in upper and lower position to the respective said low beam device and said high beam device; and wherein said overlapping portion of said inner lens is positioned at said low beam device; said inner lens comprising an extending base, which is illuminated by said high beam.
9. The lighting device structure according to claim 8, wherein said lighting source comprises an LED element mounted to a printed circuit board; and wherein said printed circuit board is horizontally arranged above said reflecting portion and said LED element is faced down to said reflecting portion for projecting said lighting illumination forward.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
(1) The principle of the present invention and its advantages will become apparent in the following description taking in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
(12) The present invention discloses a lighting device structure with auxiliary illumination for a motorcycle which provides optimum lighting illumination and light-distribution which can be described by the followings.
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(15) The motorcycle 100 constitutes a pair of handle grips 20L,R steerably connecting to a pair of front forks 55L,R mounted on a body frame 30 extending in a rearward direction of a motorcycle body. Adjacent to a pair of handle grips 20L,R, a pair of rear view mirrors 21L,R are mounted. Also at the front of the left handle 20L, is a clutch lever 22 is designed, whereas at the front of the right handle 20R, a rear brake lever 23 is designed and a throttle 24 are coupled on the right handle grip 20R.
(16) A headlight 35 is covered with a head light cover 600 and a pair of headlight side covers 45L,R where a pair of winker lights 40L,R are mounted to by a pair of mounting portions 46L,R, and mounted to a front section of the motorcycle 100 below a meter 50 having a meter cover 51 affixed thereto.
(17) The body frame 30 supports a pair of front forks 55L,R to enable steering of a front wheel 60 at a front axle 65; the front wheel 60 is equipped with a front tire 70 and a disk brake rotor 75 at right side of the front tire 70 to allow controlling rotation of the front wheel 60. The front wheel 60 is of a small size as that of a rear wheel 165, i.e. 10-12 inched which are suitable for a small motorcycle; a front fender 80 designed to block dirt or debris picking up by the rotation of the front wheel 60 is positioned above the front wheel 60 and between the pair of the front forks 55L,R. The body frame 30 supports a fuel tank 110 which stores and supplies fuel to an engine system 115 hanged at a lower portion of the mid-section of the body frame 30; the fuel tank 110, which is located toward the front of the vehicle between the headlight 35 and a seat 105 of which supported on a seat frame 140, includes a fuel receiving inlet 120 for receiving fuel, a fuel lid 125, and a fuel pump 130 installed into the fuel tank 110.
(18) The motorcycle 100 is covered by a combination of body covers that provide cover for the internal structures and elements of the motorcycle 100, including a center cover 85 that covering upper portions of fuel tank 110 and fuel receiving inlet 120, a pair of side upper covers 90, a pair of side covers 95 of which may optionally include a pair of garnishes 99, a pair of side lower covers 105, a pair of side rear cover 134, and a pair of side rear upper covers 135. A seat key cylinder 106 is installed on the left side lower cover 136 surrounded by left side rear cover 134L as to provide access to an underside of the seat 105.
(19) Continuous with the seat frame 140 are a rear grip 145 of which provide grips for a passenger, a tail light 150 and a pair of rear winker lights 155, a rear fender 160 suspended above a rear tire 164 and a license light 170 disposed on the rear fender 160. The rear fender 160 is designed to block dirt and debris picking up by the rear wheel 165 from travelling further or spray onto the rider or the passenger. Inner rear fender 162 will also supplementary provide the same affects.
(20) The engine system 115 being 4 stroke type small engine and under 200 cc capacity as small engine includes a cylinder bloc 175 connecting to a cylinder head 90 which is connected to an engine intake system with an air cleaner 180 which supplies filtered air to a throttle body 185 which includes an injector and throttle valves, a crank case 195 supports the cylinder 175 in manner for inclining the axis of cylinder bloc 175 forwardly, similar to the horizontal. This horizontal engine layout is also suitable for a small motorcycle because of its small wheel size. The engine system 115 generates drive force which is delivered to the rear wheel 165 by a drive chain 228. Exhaust from the cylinder head 190 is directed to an exhaust system also connected to the cylinder head 190 and into an exhaust pipe 205 leading to an exhaust chamber 210 and subsequently to a muffler 215 directing toward the rear of the motorcycle 100.
(21) As generally known in the art, the suspension components of a motorcycle 100 comprise of front forks 55L, R on the front of the motorcycle 100 and a rear cushion unit 220 on the rear of the motorcycle 100 to absorb road conditions and provides a comfortable ride. The swing arm 250 on the rear of the motorcycle 100 functions as a base for mounting of a rear axle 200 and assembly of the rear wheel 165, having the rear tire 164 assembled thereto, at the rear axle 200. The rear wheel 165 is pulled by the chain 228. A pair of passenger step 224 and a pair of rider steps 226 are also provided for comfort of the rider and the passenger respectively are disposed behind the engine system 115. A side stand 229 is provided on the left side of the motorcycle 100 to support the motorcycle 100 when parked.
(22) Now, turning to the lighting device structure 15 according to the present invention, in more detail as shown in
(23) In more detail, in the example as shown in
(24) As also shown in
(25) The inner lens 305 as shown as example in
(26) Also to reinforce mounting of the inner lens 305 and the reflector 302 to the housing 304, the lighting device structure 15 also comprises an extension housing holder 408, as shown
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(28) As discussed above, the lighting device structure 15 according to the present invention comprises a plurality of lighting sources. The lighting sources being LED elements electrically mounted to a corresponding Printed Circuit Board (PCB) projected above the upper reflecting portion 314 and the lower reflecting portion 316 of the reflector 302, and reflected outwardly and forwardly as the reflector 302 is constructed to extend downwardly and forwardly as earlier described.
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(30) To complete the installation, the lighting device structure 15 according to the present invention also comprises a headlight cover 600 and a pair of headlight side covers 45L,R mounted to the lighting device structure 15. The headlight cover 600 is dimensioned to cover the front side of the headlight 35. To correspond with the structure and the designation of the low beam and high beam configuration of the headlight 35, the headlight cover 600 is also structured to define a low beam window 602, a high beam window 604 and a groove portion 606 forms horizontally as to separate the low beam window 602 from the high beam window 604.
(31) Further, the lighting device structure 15 also comprise a headlight cover 600 and a pair of headlight side covers 45L,R. The headlight side cover 45L,R comprises a pair of mounting arms 46L,R, disposed on the left and right side of the headlight side cover 45L,R respectively for receiving coupling one each of the front winker light 40 thereon.
(32) As described, the lighting device structure 15 comprises lighting sources of which includes the upper lighting source 502 and the lower lighting source 506 which provide lighting illumination and the reflector 302 defining the upper reflecting portion 314 and the lower reflecting portion 316 which reflects lighting illumination from the upper lighting source 502 and the lower lighting source 506. As the reflector 302 further comprises the extending connecting portion 318 wherein the lower reflecting portion 316 connects to the upper reflecting portion 314 via the extending connecting portion 318, the extending connecting portion 318 separates therein which functions as low beam device and high beam device of the headlight respectively for the motorcycle 100. Further, as the inner lens 305 is positioned at the low beam device and the overlapping portion 308 by overlapping of the reflector 302 and the overlapping arms 402L,R of the inner lens 305 which has greater and wider thickness than the thickness of reflector 302, the inner lens 305 leads light from the upper lighting source 502 and illuminate blue light at low beam device 320. Due to the presence of the extending base 404 at the inner lens 305 as the low beam device 320 is turned on, the base 404 leads light to itself and illuminates blue light along the extending base 404 at the high beam device 322, but with lower lighting intensity than the low beam device and can be seen when the high beam device 322 is not turned on.
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(34) According to this embodiment, the lighting device structure 15 comprising lighting sources as the LED lighting elements 503 and 505 configured to provide lighting illumination, the reflector 302 configured to reflect lighting illumination from the lighting sources. The inner lens 305 mounted to the reflector 302. The lighting sources, the reflector 302, the inner lens 305 are housed within the housing 304 and the outer lens 306 assembled to the housing 304. The low beam device 320 of this further embodiment comprising the upper lighting source 502, the reflector 302 that comprising the reflecting surface or the upper reflecting portion 314 configured to reflect lighting illumination from the upper lighting source 502, wherein the upper reflecting portion 314 are configured to provide certain functional lighting distribution. In fact, the upper reflecting portion 314 is the main area to reflect light for visibility while riding during day time, low visibility conditions or night time. In this embodiment, the reflector 302 is without the ridge 332. Further, the upper reflecting portion 314 comprises a front bottom end portion 333 integrally formed with the upper reflecting portion 314. Further, the inner lens 305 is mounted to the front bottom end portion 333 of the reflector 302 and illuminates by inducing lighting illumination from upper lighting source 502.
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(36) According to this embodiment, the inner lens 305 is mounted to the upper reflecting portion 314 that is the main portion for reflecting and making the certain lighting illumination, and has a substantially U-shape and includes the base 305a and a pair of arm 305bL,R extending from the left and right of the base 305b closely reaching toward the upper lighting source 502 projected above. The pair of arms 305bL,R lie adjacent to outline wall of the upper reflecting portion 314. Each of the arm 305bL,R especially when view from a side view has its outline front-edge of the arm 305bL,R slanted inwardly about 45 degrees with regard to the upper reflecting portion 314. Moreover, according to this embodiment, the inner lens 305 is mounted at the front end portion 333 of the reflector 302 which with less lighting distribution and hence the positioning of the inner lens 305 does not affect or obstruct lighting illumination of the upper lighting source 502. Thus, the upper lighting sources 502 can maintain optimum certain lighting illumination as shown in
(37) As mentioned above, the upper lighting source 502 is projected above the inner lens 305. The upper lighting source 502 according to this embodiment is also a LED lighting source which comprises the upper PCB 504 and a plurality of low beam LED elements 503, for example, three low-beam LED elements 503 are provided as the lighting source. The upper PCB 504 is horizontally arranged at low beam device 320 and above the upper reflecting portion 314 and a plurality of low beam LED elements 503 are facedown to the upper reflecting portion 314 so as to project lighting illumination forward as lighting illumination is reflected by reflector 302. The low-beam LED elements 503 as the upper lighting source 502 leads light onto the inner lens 305 passing a pair of arms 305bL,R, such that the inner lens 305 able to illuminate itself structure and hence could be view as auxiliary and/or accessory light.
(38) The lower lighting source 506, according to this embodiment is also a LED lighting source which comprises the lower PCB 508 and a plurality of high beam LED elements 505, for example high-beam LED elements 505, which according to this embodiment three high-beam LED elements 505 are provided to emit high beam light and function as a high-beam light for the motorcycle 100 as the high-beam LED elements projected high-beam light onto the lower reflecting portion 316 of the reflector 302 and reflected therefrom as shown in
(39) As it is apparent from the above teaching, by providing alternative lighting device structure according to the principle of the present invention and its various embodiments, it is possible to efficiently and effectively mount the inner lens on the reflector such that the inner lens does not interfere or disturb certain lighting illumination of the light source as set out in the objective of the invention described above.
(40) Although specific embodiments of the invention have been disclosed and described as well as illustrated in the companying drawings, it is simply for the purpose of better understanding of the principle of the present invention and it is not as a limitation of the scope and spirit of the teaching of the present invention. Adaption and modification to various structures such as mounting mechanism of various parts and elements or embodiments are possible and apparent to a skilled person without departing from the scope of the present invention which is to be determined by the claims.
LIST OF REFERENCES
(41) 15 lighting device structure 20L,R a pair of handle grips 21L,R a pair of rear-view mirrors 22 clutch lever 23 rear brake lever 24 throttle 30 body frame (main frame) 35 head light 40L,R a pair of front-winker lights 45L,R a pair of headlight side-covers 46L,R a pair of mounting portions (front winker lights) 50 meter 51 meter cover 55L,R a pair of front forks 60 front wheel 65 front axle 70 front tire 75 front disc brake 80 front fender 85 center cover 90 side upper cover 95 side cover 99 garnishes 100 motorcycle 104 air cleaner cover 105 seat 106 seat key cylinder 110 fuel tank 115 engine system 120 fuel inlet 125 fuel lid 130 fuel pump 134 side rear cover 135 side rear upper cover 136 side lower cover 140 seat frame 145 rear grip 150 tail light 155L,R a pair of rear winker lights 160 rear fender 162 inner rear fender 164 rear tire 165 rear wheel 170 license light 175 cylinder bloc 180 air cleaner 185 throttle body 190 cylinder head 195 crank case 200 rear axle 205 exhaust pipe 210 exhaust chamber 215 muffler 220 rear cushion unit 224L,R a pair of passenger steps 226L,R a pair of rider steps 228 chain 229 side stand 250 swing arm 302 reflector 304 housing 305 inner lens 305a base (of inner lens) 305bR,L arm of inner lens (in second structure) 306 outer lens 308 overlapping portion (of inner lens) 310 mounting boss (on the housing) 311 mounting inlets (on the housing) 312L left mounting arm (on the left headlight side cover) 312R right mounting arm (on the right headlight side cover) 314 upper reflecting portion 316 lower reflecting portion 318 connecting portion (of the reflector) 320 low beam device 322 high beam device 324 mounting recess with a through hole A (on the reflector) 326 mounting recess with a through hole B (on the inner lens) 328 screw 330 mounting wings (on the reflector) 332 vertical ridge 333 front end portion (of the inner lens) 402L,R a pair of overlapping arms (of the inner lens) 404 base (of the inner lens) 406 mounting port (on the inner lens) 408 extension housing holder 410 mounting guide (on the extension housing holder) 412 side mounting flange 414 edge portion (of the outer lens) 416 groove portion (of the housing) 502 upper lighting source 503 low beam LED elements 504 upper printed circuit board (upper PCB) 505 low beam LED elements 506 lower lighting source 508 lower printed circuit board (lower PCB) 600 headlight cover 602 low beam window (on the headlight cover) 604 high beam window (on the headlight cover) 606 groove portion