KR100789742B1 - Handle for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a vehicle handle is installed on a support rod mounted on a roof panel of a vehicle, the vehicle handle comprising: ultraviolet light emitting means for emitting ultraviolet light by receiving power from a power supply means of the vehicle; A handle portion including the ultraviolet light emitting means therein and having a hollow formed therein through which ultraviolet light emitted from the ultraviolet light emitting means passes; It is provided on the upper end of the handle portion, the user grasps the handle portion and moves to the lower power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting means, the power supply for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting means when the handle portion is returned from the user to the original position An applicator; And a connection part for connecting the handle part to the support rod. According to the disclosed vehicle handle, in order to sterilize the handle portion contaminated by bacteria, by having an ultraviolet light emitting means for emitting ultraviolet rays in the hollow formed inside the handle portion, to ensure that the handle portion is always kept clean, and through the handle portion It is effective in preventing the spread of bacteria.

Vehicle, handle, UV, sterilization

Description

Handle for vehicles

1 is a schematic view showing a conventional handle,

2 is a perspective view of a vehicle handle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the vehicle handle shown in FIG. 2,

4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the vehicle handle illustrated in FIG. 2 is moved downward;

5 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the vehicle handle shown in FIG. 4.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100 ... Antibacterial handle 110 ... Handle

111 Lower handle 112 Upper handle

120 Ultraviolet light emitting means 130 Power supply

131 ... Housing 132 ... Cap

133 ... Link 134 ... Elastic member

140 ... Connection

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle handle, and more particularly, to a vehicle handle installed in a bus, an electric vehicle, or the like.

In general, the handle for a vehicle is installed in a bus or an electric vehicle for boarding a standing occupant. As is well known, a bus, an electric vehicle, etc. for a standing occupant may occur due to the occupant falling due to inertia during cornering or sudden braking. Handles are installed to prevent accidents.

1 is a schematic diagram illustrating such a conventional handle.

Referring to the drawings, the conventional handle 10, which is mounted on the support rod 1 mounted on the roof panel of the vehicle, a ring-shaped handle portion 11 and the support rod (1) provided to be grabbed by the user, that is, the standing occupant (1) ) Is provided with a connection portion 12 for connecting the handle portion 11 to a predetermined position.

Here, the connection part 12 is generally formed of a material such as leather or synthetic resin strip, and the support rod 1 is equipped with a flow preventing ring 2 so that the connection part 12 does not move along the support rod 1. The connection part 12 can maintain a predetermined position.

However, since the conventional handles are alternately held by several people, the handles are contaminated by germs on the hands of people, and the hands of those who hold such handles are contaminated by germs, thereby mediating bacterial transmission. There is a problem that becomes.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handle for a vehicle having an improved structure so as not to be contaminated by bacteria even when several people take turns using it.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

Vehicle handle of the present invention for achieving the above object, the vehicle handle is installed on the support rod mounted on the roof panel of the vehicle, the ultraviolet light emitting means for emitting ultraviolet light by receiving power from the power supply means of the vehicle; A handle portion including the ultraviolet light emitting means therein and having a hollow formed therein through which ultraviolet light emitted from the ultraviolet light emitting means passes; It is provided on the upper end of the handle portion, the user grasps the handle portion and moves to the lower power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting means, the power supply for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting means when the handle portion is returned from the user to the original position An applicator; And a connection part connecting the handle part to the support rod.

Here, the power applying unit, the upper end is coupled to the connecting portion, the through hole is formed therein, the lower end has a diameter smaller than the through hole and the housing is formed with an opening opening communicating with the through hole; A cap having a diameter larger than that of the opening and disposed inside the housing, the cap connecting the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting means when an upper end contacts the upper surface of the housing; An upper end coupled with the cap and a lower end coupled with the handle to move the lower portion of the handle to move the cap in contact with the upper surface of the housing to lower the link to cut off power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting means; And an elastic member disposed between the cap and the lower end of the housing to provide a restoring force for moving the cap upward.

In addition, the handle portion preferably extends from an upper portion of the handle portion to include a cover portion integrally supporting the outer side of the power applying portion.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

2 is a perspective view of a vehicle handle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the vehicle handle shown in FIG.

Here, the same reference numerals as in the above-described drawings indicate the same members having the same function.

First, referring to Figure 2, the vehicle handle 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the handle portion 110, ultraviolet light emitting means 120, the power supply unit 130 and the connecting portion 140 Include.

First, the handle part 110 is provided to be held by the user, and may be divided into a lower handle part 111, which is a part held by the user, and an upper handle part 112 disposed thereon.

The lower handle 111 is preferably formed of a plastic material having a transparent or translucent property, the hollow 111a is formed therein. The lower handle 111 may be formed in a circular ring shape, as in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Alternatively, the lower handle part 111 may be formed in a polygonal ring shape such as a triangular or quadrangular ring shape.

In addition, the upper handle portion 112 is a portion located above the lower handle portion 111 and extends upward from the lower handle portion 111 to be integrally formed. Inside the upper handle portion 112, the hollow 111a formed inside the lower handle portion 111 is extended to the upper position, the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 to be described later is disposed in the extended hollow 111a Can be. In addition, the outer surface (112a) of the upper handle portion 112, by having a flat surface so that the picture or text can be printed or carved, may have an advertising effect.

In addition, the handle portion 110 may further include a cover portion 113 extending upward from the upper handle portion 112 to surround the outside of the power applying unit 130. The cover portion 113 is preferably formed integrally with the handle portion 110, and distributes the force applied when the user grasps the handle portion 110 by hand, and at the same time the power supply unit 130 It protects you.

Next, the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120, as the ultraviolet irradiation to the interior of the handle portion 110, preferably, it is preferably an ultraviolet LED lamp for emitting ultraviolet light having a sterilizing action, in addition to the sterilization action Any device can be applied.

Here, the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 is disposed inside the handle portion 110, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper handle portion 112, that is, the hollow 111a extending into the upper handle portion 112 One is disposed in, but is not limited to this, a plurality may be disposed in a predetermined position of the hollow 111a formed in the lower handle portion (111).

The ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 is disposed in the handle 110 as described above, by irradiating ultraviolet light toward the hollow 111a formed in the lower handle 111, the lower handle portion contaminated by bacteria It serves to sterilize (111). That is, the ultraviolet rays irradiated by the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 are transmitted to the entire hollow 111a formed inside the lower handle portion 111 and transmitted through the surface of the lower handle portion 111 to be sterilized. Done.

In addition, the ultraviolet light emitted from the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 and transmitted to the surface of the lower handle part 111 may serve as a path guide and a lighting role at night. At this time, by applying a UV coating on the surface of the lower handle 111, it is preferable to be able to block the ultraviolet light is not transmitted to the outside.

Since the lower handle 111 is a portion that is alternately caught by a number of people, it can be easily contaminated by bacteria on a person's hand, and thus can be a carrier of bacteria causing various diseases. Therefore, the vehicle handle 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, as described above, in order to sterilize the lower handle portion 111 contaminated by bacteria, the hollow 111a formed inside the lower handle portion 111 By providing an ultraviolet light emitting means 120 for emitting ultraviolet light, the lower handle portion 111 to maintain a clean state at all times, to prevent the transmission of various bacteria through the lower handle portion (111).

On the other hand, the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 applied to the vehicle handle 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may be operated by receiving power from a power supply means (not shown) of the vehicle. To this end, the power line 2 connected to the power means of the vehicle extends through the inside of the support rod 1 to connect the power means of the vehicle and the ultraviolet light emitting means 120, through which the ultraviolet light emitting means from the power means of the vehicle. Power is supplied to 120.

The power applying unit 130 is disposed between the power lines 2 to connect or space the power lines 2 to connect or cut off the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting means 120. .

Below, with reference to Figure 3, the structure of such a power applying unit 130 will be described in detail.

Referring to the drawings, the power applying unit 130 includes a housing 131, a cap 132, a link 133, and an elastic member 134.

First, it is preferable that the housing 131 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which a through hole 131a is formed. The housing 131 has a diameter smaller than the through hole 131a at a lower end thereof, and an opening 131b communicating with the through hole 131a is formed, and the upper end is coupled to the connection part 140.

At this time, the connection portion 140, as connecting the handle portion 110 to the support rod 1, can be freely bent, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the power supply unit 130 combined with the handle portion 110 By combining with and supporting the upper portion, it takes a structure that is also connected to the handle portion 110 is also coupled to the power supply unit 130. Here, the connecting portion 140 is coupled to the support rod 1, the other end is coupled to the upper end of the housing 131, but may be in the form of a band formed of a material such as leather, synthetic resin, as in the preferred embodiment of the present invention It is preferable that it is cylindrical shape in which a hollow was formed.

On the other hand, the power line (2) connected from the power supply means of the vehicle through the interior of the support rod (1) is branched at the contact point of the support rod (1) and the connection portion 2 and extends into the connection portion 140, such power line 2 penetrates the upper end of the housing 131 and is connected to the first tangent plate 131c disposed at the upper end of the housing 131.

Next, the cap 132 is disposed inside the housing 131, and moves in and out of the housing 131 according to the movement of the link 133, which will be described later. It is disposed to face the first tangent plate 131c.

Next, the link 133 is inserted into the housing 131 through the opening 131b formed at the bottom of the housing 131, and the upper end is coupled to the approximately center of the lower end of the cap 132, and the lower end is Handle portion 110, more specifically, to the upper end of the upper handle portion 112 is coupled. Inside the link 133, a power line 2 extending from the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 and penetrating the upper handle portion 112 passes, and the power line 2 includes a link 133 and a cap. It may be connected to the second tangential plate 132a through 132.

Finally, the elastic member 134 is disposed inside the housing 131, more specifically, between the cap 132 and the lower end of the housing 131, one end of which is coupled to the lower end of the cap 132. , The other end is coupled to the lower end of the housing 131. As the elastic member 134, the coil spring is illustrated in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto, and any means for providing an elastic restoring force may be applied.

4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the vehicle handle illustrated in FIG. 2 is moved downward, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the vehicle handle illustrated in FIG. 4.

Hereinafter, the operation relationship of the handle for a vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to Figures 2 to 5 will be described in detail.

Vehicle handle 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the user does not use, that is, when the user does not hold the handle 110 by hand, as shown in Figure 2, the ultraviolet light emitting means ( 120 is turned on to maintain the sterilizing action on the surface of the handle 110, by the light irradiated by the ultraviolet light emitting means 120, and also serves as a guide and lighting role at night.

Referring to the power supply unit 130 in this state, as shown in Figure 3, the first contact plate 131c connected to the power line 2 extending from the power supply means of the vehicle, and the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 The second contact plate 132a to which the power supply line 2 extended from) is in contact with each other, and the elastic member 134 supports the cap 132 upwards, thereby placing the cap 132 on the top of the cap 132. The second contact plate 132a may continuously maintain the contact state with the first connection plate 131c to allow the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 to continuously emit ultraviolet light.

In this state, when the user grabs the handle 110 and a force is applied downward, as shown in FIG. 4, the handle 110 moves downward, and the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 is turned off. As a result, sterilization of the surface of the handle 110 is stopped. This is to prevent ultraviolet rays harmful to the human body from coming into contact with the user's hand when the user holds the handle 110 by hand.

Looking at the power supply unit 130 in this state, as shown in Figure 5, the link 133 coupled to the upper end of the upper handle portion 112, the lower portion with the handle portion 110 to move to the lower portion Moving, the cap 132 coupled to the top of the link 133 is also moved to the lower with it. Accordingly, the second contact plate 132a disposed on the upper end of the cap 132 is spaced apart from the first contact plate 131c to cut off the power supplied from the power supply means of the vehicle, thereby preventing from the ultraviolet light emitting means 120. Stops ultraviolet light emission.

At this time, when the hand holding the handle 110 is applied to the side of the handle 110 due to the shaking of the vehicle, the link 133 or the link 133 and the upper handle 112 by this force. ) May damage the joint. For this reason, the vehicle handle 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a cover portion 113 extending upward from the upper handle portion 112, the cover portion 113, the power supply unit ( 130) by dispersing the force that can be concentrated on the portion of the link 133 by surrounding and supporting the outside, thereby preventing damage to the portion of the link 133, and protects the power applying unit 130 from external impact.

On the other hand, when the user grasps the handle 110, the ultraviolet light emitting means 120 is turned off, when the user releases the handle 110, the elastic that was pressed by the cap 132 moved downward The handle 110, the link 133, and the cap 132 are moved upward by the elastic restoring force of the member 134. In this case, the second contact plate 132a disposed on the upper portion of the cap 132 comes into contact with the first contact plate 131c again, and thus power is supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting unit 120 again to emit ultraviolet light. When the means 120 is turned on again, the vehicle handle 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention maintains the sterilizing action on the surface of the handle portion 110 again.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

According to the vehicle handle of the present invention, in order to sterilize the handle portion contaminated by bacteria, by providing ultraviolet light emitting means for irradiating ultraviolet rays into the hollow formed inside the handle portion, the handle portion can always be kept clean, the handle portion It is effective to prevent the transmission of various bacteria through.

In addition, when the user is holding the handle portion, the power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting means is cut off so that the ultraviolet light emitting means does not turn on so that the ultraviolet light does not directly touch the human body, there is an advantage that the user is not exposed to the danger of ultraviolet light.

Claims (3)

In the vehicle handle that is installed on the support rod mounted on the roof panel of the vehicle, Ultraviolet light emitting means for emitting power by receiving power from a power supply means of the vehicle; A handle portion including the ultraviolet light emitting means therein and having a hollow formed therein through which ultraviolet light emitted from the ultraviolet light emitting means passes; It is provided on the upper end of the handle portion, the user grasps the handle portion and moves to the lower power supply to the ultraviolet light emitting means, the power supply for supplying power to the ultraviolet light emitting means when the handle portion is returned from the user to the original position An applicator; And Vehicle handle including a connection for connecting the handle portion to the support rod. The method of claim 1, wherein the power applying unit, A housing having an upper end coupled to the connection part, a through hole formed therein, and an opening formed at a lower end thereof having a diameter smaller than the through hole and communicating with the through hole; A cap having a diameter larger than that of the opening and disposed inside the housing, the cap connecting the power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting means when an upper end contacts the upper surface of the housing; An upper end coupled to the cap and a lower end coupled to the handle to move the lower portion to move the cap in contact with the upper surface of the housing to lower the link to cut off power supplied to the ultraviolet light emitting means; And And an elastic member disposed between the cap and the lower end of the housing to provide a restoring force for moving the cap upward. The method of claim 1, The handle part is a vehicle handle, characterized in that integrally provided with a cover portion extending from the upper portion of the handle portion to surround the power applying portion outside.

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