U.S. patent application number 17/180591 was filed with the patent office on 2022-03-03 for warning message delivery apparatus of vehicle.
This patent application is currently assigned to Hyundai Motor Company. The applicant listed for this patent is Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation. Invention is credited to Byoung Suk AHN, Seung sik Han, Ki Hong Lee, Jung Wook Lim, Sung Ho Park.
Application Number | 20220063490 17/180591 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000006150135 |
Filed Date | 2022-03-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20220063490 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
AHN; Byoung Suk ; et
al. |
March 3, 2022 |
WARNING MESSAGE DELIVERY APPARATUS OF VEHICLE
Abstract
A warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle, may deploy an
emergency tripod by opening a trunk lid to deliver a warning
message to a vehicle entering the rear upon the occurrence of an
emergency situation, and secures visibility of the emergency tripod
to reduce the accident occurrence possibility.
Inventors: |
AHN; Byoung Suk;
(Gwacheon-si, KR) ; Han; Seung sik; (Hwaseong-Si,
KR) ; Park; Sung Ho; (Seoul, KR) ; Lee; Ki
Hong; (Seoul, KR) ; Lim; Jung Wook; (Seoul,
KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Hyundai Motor Company
Kia Motors Corporation |
Seoul
Seoul |
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KR
KR |
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Assignee: |
Hyundai Motor Company
Seoul
KR
Kia Motors Corporation
Seoul
KR
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Family ID: |
1000006150135 |
Appl. No.: |
17/180591 |
Filed: |
February 19, 2021 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B60Q 7/02 20130101; B60Q
1/525 20130101; G09F 13/16 20130101 |
International
Class: |
B60Q 1/52 20060101
B60Q001/52; B60Q 7/02 20060101 B60Q007/02; G09F 13/16 20060101
G09F013/16 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Sep 3, 2020 |
KR |
10-2020-0112333 |
Claims
1. A warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle, the warning
message delivery apparatus comprising: a mounting portion
configured to be fixed to an internal surface of a trunk lid; a
guide portion rotatably mounted on the mounting portion, and
rotated by a weight of the guide portion in a state where the trunk
lid is opened and deployed to a predetermined direction; and an end
portion rotatably mounted on the guide portion and configured to be
moved to the predetermined direction of the vehicle with the guide
portion when the guide portion is deployed, and deployed downward
when the guide portion is opened and converted into a shape of
delivering a warning message.
2. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is configured to be deployed
with an inclination downwardly in a state where the trunk lid is
opened.
3. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 1, wherein the guide portion includes a first guide
bracket and a second guide bracket having first end portions
pivotally mounted on the mounting portion to be laterally rotated,
and second end portions pivotally connected to the end portion, and
wherein the first guide bracket and the second guide bracket are
rotated in directions opposite to each other and deployed while
being deployed toward the trunk lid or retracted to the
predetermined direction of the vehicle.
4. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 3, wherein a first gear is formed on the first end portion
of the first guide bracket, and a second gear is formed on the
first end portion of the second guide bracket, and wherein the
first gear and the second gear are gear-engaged to each other.
5. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 3, wherein the end portion includes: a joint portion
including a first joint bracket rotatably connected to the second
end portion of the first guide bracket, and a second joint bracket
rotatably connected to the second end portion of the second guide
bracket; and a plurality of link brackets rotatably connected to
the first joint bracket and the second joint bracket and converted
into the shape of delivering the warning message when the guide
portion is deployed.
6. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 5, wherein the first joint bracket has a first end portion
connected to the first guide bracket to be vertically rotated, the
second joint bracket has a first end portion connected to the
second guide bracket to be vertically rotated, and rotating center
axes of the first joint bracket and the second joint bracket are
linearly consistent with each other when the guide portion is
deployed.
7. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of link brackets includes
a first connecting link having a first end portion connected to the
first joint bracket to be laterally rotatable, a second connecting
link having a first end portion connected to the second joint
bracket to be laterally rotatable, and a third connecting link
connected to a second end portion of the first connecting link and
a second end portion of the second connecting link to be laterally
rotatable.
8. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 7, wherein the third connecting link has a first end
portion connected to the second connecting link and a second end
portion connected to the first connecting link in a state where the
first connecting link and the second connecting link are crossed so
that when the guide portion is deployed, the first connecting link,
the second connecting link, and the third connecting link form a
triangular shape.
9. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 5, wherein the plurality of link brackets includes: a
bracket housing formed to communicate to the predetermined
direction and extending in a longitudinal direction of the bracket
housing; a light source portion provided inside the bracket housing
to radiate light to the rear; and a lens portion mounted on a
communicating end portion of the bracket housing and configured so
that the light radiated by the light source portion is emitted to
an outside of the bracket housing.
10. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 9, wherein the light source portion is disposed to be
spaced in the longitudinal direction of the bracket housing.
11. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 9, wherein the lens portion includes a transparent lens
disposed to face the light source portion and configured so that
the light source portion emits the light, and a reflector having an
external surface having a red-series color and having an internal
surface formed to absorb or reflect the light of the light source
portion to prevent the light from being emitted to the outside.
12. The warning message delivery apparatus of claim 9, further
including: a bezel portion provided between the bracket housing and
the lens portion for a lighting image and an appearance image,
wherein a first light guide extending in a longitudinal direction
of the bracket housing is provided onto the bezel portion in the
bracket housing to guide the light of the light source portion
between the reflector and the bezel portion.
13. The warning message delivery apparatus of claim 12, further
including a second light guide into which the light source portion
is placed, wherein the second light guide is connected to an end of
the bezel portion.
14. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion includes: a fixing bracket
configured to be fixed to the trunk lid and having an extending
installation portion; and a rotating bracket having a first one end
portion formed to surround the installation portion and configured
to be rotated and tilted laterally from the fixing bracket, and a
second end portion formed to accommodate the guide portion and
provided so that the guide portion is laterally rotatable.
15. The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle according
to claim 14, wherein the fixing bracket is formed with a plurality
of locking slits radially extending around a rotating center point
of the rotating bracket, and wherein the rotating bracket is formed
with a plurality of locking projections matched with the plurality
of locking slits as the plurality of locking projections radially
extends around the rotating center point of the rotating bracket.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority to Korean Patent
Application No. 10-2020-0112333 filed on Sep. 3, 2020, the entire
contents of which is incorporated herein for all purposes by this
reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a warning message delivery
apparatus of a vehicle having a tripod for delivering a safety
warning message in an emergency situation installed simply and
safely therein.
Description of Related Art
[0003] Various tools are required to flexibly cope with various
situations in a vehicle. Particularly, an emergency tripod for
making a driver in the rear vehicle recognize the situation upon
failure or accident of a vehicle on the road is essentially
required for the vehicle.
[0004] However, in the case of the emergency tripod, to warn the
driver in the traveling rear vehicle, there is a hassle of having
to move to the rear of the vehicle by about 150 to 200 m with the
emergency tripod for installation. Therefore, there may occur a
risk of the secondary accident in a process of installing the
emergency tripod.
[0005] Furthermore, since a conventional emergency tripod warns the
driver in the rear vehicle depending on the function of reflecting
the light of the traveling rear vehicle, there is also the
possibility of incurring the rear-end collision accident by the
incomplete warning, and particularly, there is a problem in that
the effectiveness of the reflector of the emergency tripod
significantly deteriorates in rainy weather or at night.
[0006] The information included in this Background of the Invention
section is only for enhancement of understanding of the general
background of the invention and may not be taken as an
acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information
forms the prior art already known to a person skilled in the
art.
BRIEF SUMMARY
[0007] Various aspects of the present invention are directed to
providing a warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle, which
deploys an emergency tripod by opening a trunk lid upon occurrence
of an emergency situation to deliver a warning message to a vehicle
entering the rear, and secures the visibility of the emergency
tripod to reduce the accident occurrence possibility.
[0008] A warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle according
to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention for
achieving the object includes: a mounting portion configured to be
fixed to an internal surface of a trunk lid; a guide portion
rotatably mounted on the mounting portion, and rotated by a weight
of the guide portion in a state where the trunk lid is opened and
deployed the rear of the vehicle; and an end portion rotatably
mounted on the guide portion and configured to be moved to the rear
of a vehicle together when the guide portion is deployed, and
deployed downward when the guide portion is completely opened and
converted into a shape of delivering a warning message.
[0009] The guide portion is configured to be deployed with an
inclination downwardly in the state where the trunk lid is
opened.
[0010] The guide portion includes: a first guide bracket and a
second guide bracket having one end portions provided on the
mounting portion to be laterally rotated, and the other end
portions connected to the end portion, and the first guide bracket
and the second guide bracket are rotated in directions opposite to
each other and deployed while being deployed toward the trunk lid
or retracted to the rear of the vehicle.
[0011] A circular gear is formed on each of one end portions of the
first guide bracket and the second guide bracket, and one end
portions of the first guide bracket and the second guide bracket
are gear-connected through the engagement of each circular
gear.
[0012] The end portion includes: a joint portion including a first
joint bracket rotatably connected to the other end portion of the
first guide bracket, and a second joint bracket rotatably connected
to the other end portion of the second guide bracket; and a
plurality of link brackets rotatably connected to the first joint
bracket and the second joint bracket and converted into the shape
of delivering the warning message when the guide portion is
completely deployed.
[0013] The first joint bracket has one end portion connected to the
first guide bracket to be vertically rotated, the second joint
bracket has one end portion connected to the second guide bracket
to be vertically rotated, and the rotating center axes of the first
joint bracket and the second joint bracket are linearly consistent
with each other when the guide portion is completely deployed.
[0014] The link bracket includes a first connecting link having one
end portion connected to the first joint bracket to be laterally
rotatable, a second connecting link having one end portion
connected to the second joint bracket to be laterally rotatable,
and a third connecting link connected to the other end portion of
the first connecting link and the other end portion of the second
connecting link to be laterally rotatable.
[0015] The third connecting link has one end portion connected to
the second connecting link and the other end portion connected to
the first connecting link in a state where the first connecting
link and the second connecting link are crossed such that when the
guide portion is deployed, the first connecting link, the second
connecting link, and the third connecting link form a triangular
shape.
[0016] The link bracket includes: a bracket housing formed to
communicate to the rear of the vehicle and extending in the
longitudinal direction thereof; a light source portion provided
inside the bracket housing to radiate light to the rear of the
vehicle; and a lens portion mounted on the communicating end
portion of the bracket housing and configured such that the light
radiated by the light source portion is emitted to the outside.
[0017] The light source portion is disposed to be spaced in the
longitudinal direction of the bracket housing.
[0018] The lens portion includes a transparent lens disposed to
face the light source portion and configured such that the light
source portion emits the light, and a reflector having an external
surface having a red-series color and having an internal surface
formed to absorb or reflect the light of the light source portion
to prevent the light from being emitted to the outside.
[0019] The mounting portion includes: a fixing bracket configured
to be fixed to the trunk lid and having an extending installation
portion; and a rotating bracket having one end portion formed to
surround the installation portion and provided on the fixing
bracket to be rotated and tilted laterally, and the other end
portion formed to accommodate the guide portion and provided such
that the guide portion is laterally rotatable.
[0020] The fixing bracket is formed with a plurality of locking
slits radially extending around the rotating center point of the
rotating bracket, and the rotating bracket is formed with a
plurality of locking projections matched with the plurality of
locking slits as the locking slits radially extend around the
rotating center point of the rotating bracket.
[0021] The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle formed
of the aforementioned structure deploys the emergency tripod by
opening the trunk lid upon occurrence of the emergency situation to
deliver the warning message to the vehicle entering the rear, and
secures the visibility of the emergency tripod to reduce the
accident occurrence possibility.
[0022] The methods and apparatuses of the present invention have
other features and advantages which will be apparent from or are
set forth in more detail in the accompanying drawings, which are
incorporated herein, and the following Detailed Description, which
together serve to explain certain principles of the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a warning message delivery
apparatus of a vehicle according to various exemplary embodiments
of the present invention.
[0024] FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are diagrams for
explaining a deployment operation of the warning message delivery
apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1.
[0025] FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a guide portion of the
warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in
FIG. 1.
[0026] FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an end portion of the
warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in
FIG. 1.
[0027] FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a light generating
structure of the end portion according to an exemplary embodiment
of the present invention.
[0028] FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a light generating
structure of the end portion according to another exemplary
embodiment of the present invention.
[0029] FIG. 10, and FIG. 11 are diagrams for explaining a mounting
portion of the warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle
illustrated in FIG. 1.
[0030] FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 are diagrams for explaining a
deployment location adjustment of the end portion in an emergency
situation.
[0031] It may be understood that the appended drawings are not
necessarily to scale, presenting a somewhat simplified
representation of various features illustrative of the basic
principles of the present invention. The specific design features
of the present invention as included herein, including, for
example, specific dimensions, orientations, locations, and shapes
will be determined in part by the particularly intended application
and use environment.
[0032] In the figures, reference numbers refer to the same or
equivalent portions of the present invention throughout the several
figures of the drawing.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0033] Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments
of the present invention(s), examples of which are illustrated in
the accompanying drawings and described below. While the present
invention(s) will be described in conjunction with exemplary
embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood that
the present description is not intended to limit the present
invention(s) to those exemplary embodiments. On the other hand, the
present invention(s) is/are intended to cover not only the
exemplary embodiments of the present invention, but also various
alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments,
which may be included within the spirit and scope of the present
invention as defined by the appended claims.
[0034] Hereinafter, a warning message delivery apparatus of a
vehicle according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention
will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0035] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a warning message delivery
apparatus of a vehicle according to various exemplary embodiments
of the present invention, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are
diagrams for explaining a deployment operation of the warning
message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1,
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a guide portion of the warning
message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1,
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an end portion of the warning
message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1,
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a light generating structure of
the end portion according to various exemplary embodiments of the
present invention, FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a light
generating structure of the end portion according to another
exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10, and FIG. 11
are diagrams for explaining a mounting portion of the warning
message delivery apparatus of the vehicle illustrated in FIG. 1,
and FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 are diagrams for explaining a deployment
location adjustment of the end portion in an emergency
situation.
[0036] As illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG.
5, a warning message delivery apparatus of a vehicle according to
various exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a
mounting portion 100 fixed to the internal surface of a trunk lid
T; a guide portion 200 provided on the mounting portion 100 to be
rotatable, and rotated by a weight of the guide portion in a state
where the trunk lid T is opened and deployed to the rear of the
vehicle; and an end portion 300 provided on the guide portion 200
and moved to the rear of the vehicle together upon deployment of
the guide portion 200, and deployed downward when the guide portion
200 is completely deployed and converted into a shape of delivering
a warning message.
[0037] As described above, the present invention includes the
mounting portion 100, the guide portion 200, and the end portion
300, in which the guide portion 200 and the end portion 300 are
deployed and moved to the rear of the vehicle together from the
mounting portion 100 fixed to the trunk lid T, and the end portion
300 is converted into the shape of delivering the warning
message.
[0038] That is, the mounting portion 100 may be fixed to the
internal surface of the trunk lid T, and the guide portion 200 may
be rotated in the lateral direction of the vehicle from the
mounting portion 100 to be stored in the trunk lid T side or
deployed to the rear of the vehicle. Here, the guide portion 200 is
rotated by its own weight when the trunk lid T is opened and
deployed to the rear of the vehicle such that the user may easily
deploy the guide portion 200. The location of the guide portion 200
may be fixed through a constraint means such as a strap, and the
constraint of the strap is released depending on whether it is used
such that the guide portion 200 and the end portion 300 may be
deployed by their own weights.
[0039] The end portion 300 is provided on the guide portion 200,
the location thereof is changed by the deployment operation of the
guide portion 200, and the end portion 300 is converted into the
shape of delivering the warning message while being deployed
downward when the guide portion 200 is completely deployed. The end
portion 300 may be converted into a polygonal shape or a circular
shape to deliver the warning message to the vehicle driver entering
the rear, and coated in color to secure visibility.
[0040] As described above, according to various exemplary
embodiments of the present invention, when the trunk lid T is
opened, the guide portion 200 is deployed to the rear of the
vehicle, and the end portion 300 moved to the rear of the vehicle
by the guide portion 200 is converted into the shape recognizable
by the driver in the rear vehicle and transferring the warning
message. The deployment operation of the guide portion 200 is
completed and then the deployed operation of the end portion 300 is
performed such that the guide portion 200 is not interfered with a
trunk compartment and peripheral components when being moved to the
rear of the vehicle, and the movement is completed and then the end
portion 300 may be unfolded, avoiding the interference with other
components and stably implementing the shape for delivering the
warning message.
[0041] Specifically describing the aforementioned present
invention, the guide portion 200 may be configured to be deployed
with an inclination downwardly in a state where the trunk lid T is
opened.
[0042] As illustrated in FIG. 1, as the guide portion 200 is
provided to have the inclination downwardly in the state where the
trunk lid T is opened, the guide portion 200 may be rotated and
deployed downward by its own weight when the trunk lid T is opened.
That is, the guide portion 200 may be rotated downward when the
trunk lid T is opened as the weight of the end portion 300 is added
together with its own weight. In the state where the trunk lid T is
opened, if the guide portion 200 is to be configured to be linearly
deployed to the rear of the vehicle, the deployment may not be
smoothly performed by its own weight, and if the guide portion 200
is to be configured to be vertically deployed downward, the end
portion 300 interferes with the trunk and the guide portion 200 is
not unfolded. Therefore, the guide portion 200 is configured to be
deployed with the inclination in the state where the trunk lid T is
opened.
[0043] Meanwhile, the guide portion 200 includes a first guide
bracket 210 and a second guide bracket 220 having one end portions
provided on the mounting portion 100 to be rotated laterally and
the other end portions connected to the end portion 300, and the
first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 may be
rotated in the opposite directions and deployed while being
deployed toward the trunk lid T or retracted to the rear of the
vehicle.
[0044] As illustrated in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the
guide portion 200 includes the first guide bracket 210 and the
second guide bracket 220, and the first guide bracket 210 and the
second guide bracket 220 are provided on the mounting portion 100
to be rotated and configured to be rotated in the opposite
directions. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the first guide
bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are rotated and
deployed toward the trunk lid T on the mounting portion 100 to
become the storage state. Here, as illustrated in FIG. 3, FIG. 4,
and FIG. 5, the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide
bracket 220 are rotated and retracted to the rear of the vehicle to
become the deployment state, and the end portion 300 connected to
the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 is
moved to the rear side of the vehicle.
[0045] To rotate the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide
bracket 220 in the opposite directions, a circular gear G is formed
on each of one end portions of the first guide bracket 210 and the
second guide bracket 220, and one end portions of the first guide
bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 may be gear-connected
through the engagement of each circular gear G.
[0046] As illustrated in FIG. 6, as the first guide bracket 210 and
the second guide bracket 220 are gear-connected through the
circular gear G formed on each of one end portions thereof, the
second guide bracket 220 is rotated counterclockwise when the first
guide bracket 210 is rotated clockwise, and the second guide
bracket 220 is rotated clockwise when the first guide bracket 210
is rotated counterclockwise. Therefore, the first guide bracket 210
and the second guide bracket 220 have the respective one end
portions connected through the circular gear G and the other end
portions rotated and moved, performing the deployed or retracted
operation.
[0047] As described above, as the first guide bracket 210 and the
second guide bracket 220 are rotated in the opposite directions,
the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are
converted into the storage state or the deployment state.
Furthermore, the radiuses according to the rotating operations of
the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are
reduced, reducing the installation space.
[0048] Meanwhile, the end portion 300 may include a joint portion
310 including a first joint bracket 311 rotatably connected to the
other end portion of the first guide bracket 210, and a second
joint bracket 312 rotatably connected to the other end portion of
the second guide bracket 220; and a plurality of link brackets 320
rotatably connected to the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312 and converted into a shape of delivering the
warning message when the guide portion 200 is completely
deployed.
[0049] As described above, the end portion 300 includes the joint
portion 310 and the link bracket 320, in which when the guide
portion 200 is completely deployed, the joint portion 310 is
rotated from the guide portion 200 to move the link bracket 320 to
be easily recognizable by the driver in the rear vehicle, and the
link bracket 320 is converted into the shape of delivering the
warning message such that the driver in the rear vehicle may
confirm the warning message.
[0050] That is, the joint portion 310 includes a first joint
bracket 311 connected to the first guide bracket 210 and a second
joint bracket 312 connected to the second guide bracket 220, and
when the locations of the plurality of link brackets 320 connected
to the first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 are
moved by the first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket
312, the respective link brackets 320 are rotated and converted
into the shape of delivering the warning message.
[0051] Specifically describing the above content, as illustrated in
FIGS. 5 and 7, the first joint bracket 311 has one end portion
connected to the first guide bracket 210 to be vertically
rotatable; the second joint bracket 312 has one end portion
connected to the second guide bracket 220 to be vertically
rotatable; and the rotating center axes of the first joint bracket
311 and the second joint bracket 312 are linearly consistent with
each other when the guide portion 200 is completely deployed.
[0052] Furthermore, the link bracket 320 includes a first
connecting link 321 having one end portion connected to the first
joint bracket 311 to be laterally rotatable, a second connecting
link 322 having one end portion connected to the second joint
bracket 312 to be laterally rotatable, and a third connecting link
323 connected to the other end portion of the first connecting link
321 and the other end portion of the second connecting link 322 to
be laterally rotatable.
[0053] As described above, the first joint bracket 311 is hinged to
the other end portion of the first guide bracket 210 to be
vertically rotated, and the second joint bracket 312 is hinged to
the other end portion of the second guide bracket 220 to be
vertically rotated. As the first guide bracket 210 and the second
guide bracket 220 have the respective one end portions connected to
each other and the other end portions rotated to be retracted or
unfolded, the first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket
312 are rotated and moved together.
[0054] Here, the link bracket 320 includes a first connecting link
321, a second connecting link 322, and a third connecting link 323
rotatably connected to each other, and the first connecting link
321, the second connecting link 322, and the third connecting link
323 are simultaneously rotated. As the first connecting link 321 is
connected to the first joint bracket 311 and the second connecting
link 322 is connected to the second joint bracket 312, if the
rotating center axes of the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312 are not consistent with each other by the
connection between the first connecting link 321 and the second
connecting link 322, the vertical rotations of the first joint
bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 are constrained, and
if the rotating center axes of the first joint bracket 311 and the
second joint bracket 312 are consistent with each other, the
vertical rotations of the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312 are allowed. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 2,
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, as the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312 rotated and moved with the rotations of the first
guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are connected to
the first connecting link 321 and the second connecting link 322,
respectively, if the rotating center axes of the first joint
bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 are not consistent
with each other, the rotations thereof are limited to the vertical
direction thereof. At the instant time, the connecting form of the
first connecting link 321, the second connecting link 322, and the
third connecting link 323 is changed while the first connecting
link 321 and the second connecting link 322 are deployed by the
retracting operations of the first guide bracket 210 and the second
guide bracket 220. Accordingly, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 7,
when the first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220
are completely rotated to be retracted, the rotating center axes of
the first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 are
linearly consistent with each other such that the first joint
bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 becomes a state of
being vertically rotatable. Therefore, the plurality of link
brackets 320 are rotated downward by their own weights via the
first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 to be
vertically mounted, as illustrated in FIG. 5.
[0055] As described above, according to various exemplary
embodiments of the present invention, when the guide portion 200 is
deployed, the joint portion 310 and the plurality of link brackets
320 configuring the end portion 300 are moved to the rear of the
vehicle together with the guide portion 200 and the plurality of
link brackets 320 are converted into the shape of delivering the
warning message, and when the guide portion 200 is completely
deployed, as the vertical rotation of the joint portion 310 is
allowed, the plurality of link brackets 320 are vertically mounted
downward. Therefore, in the state where the trunk lid T is opened,
the guide portion 200 avoids the interference with other components
when the end portion 300 is moved to the rear of the vehicle, and
as the end portion 300 is completely move to the rear of the
vehicle and then vertically disposed, the driver in the rear
vehicle easily recognizes the warning message according to the
shape of the end portion 300.
[0056] Here, the third connecting link 323 has one end portion
connected to the second connecting link 322 and the other end
portion connected to the first connecting link 321 in a state where
the first connecting link 321 and the second connecting link 322
are crossed such that when the guide portion 200 is deployed, the
first connecting link 321, the second connecting link 322, and the
third connecting link 323 may form a triangular shape. As described
above, when the guide portion 200 is completely deployed, the first
connecting link 321, the second connecting link 322, and the third
connecting link 323 may be deployed in the triangular shape to
deliver the warning message such as the emergency tripod.
Considering the implementation and storage of the triangular shape,
the lengths of the first connecting link 321, the second connecting
link 322, and the third connecting link 323 may be equally formed.
Furthermore, the link bracket 320 may change the message to be
delivered by further adding the connecting link in addition to the
first connecting link 321, the second connecting link 322, and the
third connecting link 323 or changing the shape of each connecting
link.
[0057] Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the link bracket 320
includes a bracket housing 324 formed to communicate to the rear
and extending in the longitudinal direction thereof; a light source
portion 325 provided inside the bracket housing 324 to radiate
light to the rear; and a lens portion 326 mounted on the
communicating end portion of the bracket housing 324 and configured
such that the light radiated by the light source portion 325 is
emitted to the outside. Furthermore, a bezel portion 327 may be
further provided between the bracket housing 324 and the lens
portion 326 for a lighting image and an appearance image.
[0058] As described above, each connecting link configuring the
link bracket 320 may be configured to radiate light. The link
bracket 320 includes the bracket housing 324, the light source
portion 325, and the lens portion 326, in which the bracket housing
324 is formed to communicate to the rear, and the light source
portion 325 is provided to radiate the light to the rear inside the
bracket housing 324. Furthermore, the open end portion of the
bracket housing 324 is mounted with the lens portion 326 and the
open end portion is closed. Here, the light source portion 325 may
be an LED. Therefore, as the light radiated by the light source
portion 325 is emitted to the outside through the lens portion 326
in the link bracket 320, it is easy to recognize the warning
message through the link bracket 320 in rainy weather or at
night.
[0059] As described above, the link bracket 320 is configured such
that the light is radiated, and the light source portion 325 may
radiate the light in various forms according to an exemplary
embodiment of the present invention. As the exemplary embodiment of
the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the light source
portion 325 may further include a light guide 335a extending in the
longitudinal direction of the bracket housing 324. That is, as the
light radiated by the LED is emitted through the light guide, the
light source portion 325 is configured in the form in which the
light is emitted in the longitudinal direction of the link bracket
320.
[0060] As an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a light
guide 335b is further installed in the bracket housing 324 and
connected to an end of the bezel portion 327, wherein the light
source portion 325 is mounted in the light guide 335b.
[0061] As illustrated in FIG. 9, the light source portion 325 is
disposed to be spaced in the longitudinal direction of the bracket
housing 324 and thus may be configured such that the light is
radiated in a dot type in the longitudinal direction of the link
bracket 320. This may be determined depending on the type of light
radiation, and changed depending on the number of LEDs configuring
the light source portion 325 and whether the light guide 335b is
used.
[0062] Meanwhile, the lens portion 326 may include a transparent
lens 326a disposed to face the light source portion 325 and
configured such that the light source portion 325 emits the light,
and a reflector 326b having the external surface having a
red-series color and the internal surface formed to absorb or
reflect the light of the light source portion 325 to prevent the
light from being emitted to the outside. Here, the transparent lens
326a and the reflector 326b extend in the longitudinal direction
thereof, and as the external surface of the reflector 326b has the
red-series color, the reflector 326b may be always identified.
Furthermore, as the internal surface of the reflector 326b is
configured to absorb or reflect the light, the light radiated by
the light source portion 325 is not emitted to the outside from the
reflector 326b. To the present end, a plurality of optics may be
formed on the internal surface of the reflector 326b, and made of a
material having a low light transmittance. Therefore, if the light
source portion 325 is operated to radiate the light, as the light
is emitted from only the transparent lens 326a, the image according
to the form of the link bracket 320 may be smoothly
implemented.
[0063] Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 10, and FIG. 11, the
mounting portion 100 includes a fixing bracket 110 fixed to the
trunk lid T and having an extending installation portion 111; and a
rotating bracket 120 having one end portion formed to surround the
installation portion 111 and configured to be rotated and tilted
laterally from the fixing bracket 110, and the other end portion
formed to accommodate the guide portion 200 and provided such that
the guide portion 200 is laterally rotatable.
[0064] Here, the fixing bracket 110 is fixed to the internal
surface of the trunk lid T, and the rotating bracket 120 is rotated
and tilted laterally from the fixing bracket 110 such that the
guide portion 200 and the end portion 300 connected thereto are in
place by their own weights. That is, upon the occurrence of the
emergency situation of the vehicle, the vehicle may be stopped in a
state of being tilted in the roll direction or the yaw direction
thereof. At the instant time, when the rotating bracket 120 is
laterally rotated from the fixing bracket 110, a clearance for the
roll direction may be absorbed, and when the rotating bracket 120
is laterally tilted thereon, a clearance for the yaw direction may
be adjusted.
[0065] The fixing bracket 110 may be formed with a plurality of
locking slits 112 radially extending around the rotating center
point of the rotating bracket 120, and the rotating bracket 120 may
be formed with a plurality of locking projections 121 matched with
the plurality of locking slits 112 as the plurality of locking
projections 121 radially extend around the rotating center point of
the rotating bracket 120.
[0066] Therefore, the rotating bracket 120 is connected to the
fixing bracket 110 through the connection between the locking slit
112 and the locking projection 121. Here, the rotating bracket 120
may be laterally rotated from the fixing bracket 110 through the
operation by which the locking projection 121 goes over the locking
slit 112. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the locations of
the guide portion 200 and the end portion 300 may be laterally
changed to adjust the location of the warning message through the
end portion 300 in the roll direction of the vehicle.
[0067] Furthermore, the rotating bracket 120 may be laterally
tilted from the fixing bracket 110 through the operation by which
the locking projection 121 is tilted in the extending direction of
the locking slit 112. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the
guide portion 200 and the end portion 300 are laterally tilted, and
the location of the warning message through the end portion 300 may
be adjusted in the yaw direction of the vehicle.
[0068] The aforementioned present invention may be operated as
below.
[0069] Initially, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the state where the
first guide bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are
deployed is maintained, and the link bracket 320 connected to each
of the first joint bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312
also becomes a state of being folded.
[0070] Here, when the trunk lid T is opened, the guide portion 200
and the end portion 300 perform the deployment operation by their
own weights. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 3, as the first guide
bracket 210 and the second guide bracket 220 are retracted, and the
deployment operation is performed while the first connecting link
321, the second connecting link 322, and the third connecting link
323 configuring the link bracket 320 are unfolded. At the instant
time, as the rotating center axes of the first joint bracket 311
and the second joint bracket 312 are not consistent with each
other, the link bracket 320 is deployed in the same direction as
the guide portion 200 by the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312.
[0071] Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the guide portion 200
and the end portion 300 are linearly deployed toward the rear of
the vehicle, and when the rotating center axes of the first joint
bracket 311 and the second joint bracket 312 are consistent with
each other, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the link bracket 320 is
rotated downward via the first joint bracket 311 and the second
joint bracket 312.
[0072] Therefore, the driver in the rear vehicle may recognize the
warning message by the shape of the emergency tripod as the first
connecting link 321, the second connecting link 322, and the third
connecting link 323 configuring the link bracket 320 are
unfolded.
[0073] The warning message delivery apparatus of the vehicle
configured as the aforementioned structure deploys the emergency
tripod by opening the trunk lid T to deliver the warning message to
the vehicle entering the rear upon the occurrence of the emergency
situation, and secures the visibility of the emergency tripod to
reduce the accident occurrence possibility.
[0074] For convenience in explanation and accurate definition in
the appended claims, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer",
"up", "down", "upwards", "downwards", "front", "rear", "back",
"inside", "outside", "inwardly", "outwardly", "interior",
"exterior", "internal", "external", "forwards", and "backwards" are
used to describe features of the exemplary embodiments with
reference to the positions of such features as displayed in the
figures. It will be further understood that the term "connect" or
its derivatives refer both to direct and indirect connection.
[0075] The foregoing descriptions of specific exemplary embodiments
of the present invention have been presented for purposes of
illustration and description. They are not intended to be
exhaustive or to limit the present invention to the precise forms
disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are
possible in light of the above teachings. The exemplary embodiments
were chosen and described to explain certain principles of the
present invention and their practical application, to enable others
skilled in the art to make and utilize various exemplary
embodiments of the present invention, as well as various
alternatives and modifications thereof. It is intended that the
scope of the present invention be defined by the Claims appended
hereto and their equivalents.
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