Scooter Rear Light Layout for Compact Tail and Clear Winkers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional scooter-type vehicles face an issue where the rear portion increases in size due to the placement of left and right winkers on the side covers, which are separated from the taillight, making it impossible to miniaturize the vehicle while ensuring proper identification of the taillight and winkers.
Innovation Solution
The left and right winkers are positioned below the taillight and covered by a winker cover, with the taillight and winkers configured to minimize the width of the side covers, allowing for a compact design that maintains visual recognition and reduces the vehicle's size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If the left and right winkers are disposed on the side covers separated from the taillight, then the identification of the taillight and winkers is improved, but the rear portion of the vehicle increases in size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the winkers from a lateral arrangement (on side covers) to a vertical arrangement (below the taillight). This dimensional change allows the winkers to be separated from the taillight for identification purposes while utilizing the vertical space rather than expanding the horizontal width, thus maintaining a compact rear portion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent integrates the winker cover with the side cover structure, creating a unified body cover assembly. This merging eliminates the need for separate winker mounting structures and allows the winkers to be positioned below the taillight within the integrated cover design, achieving compactness while maintaining identification.
2Volume of moving object
If the left and right winkers are moved below the taillight to reduce width, then the vehicle size is minimized, but the winkers may not be properly identified when activated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different transparency qualities to different parts of the cover structure. The winker cover is configured to be translucent or transparent in the regions where the winkers are positioned, allowing the winker light to be clearly visible when activated. This local quality change ensures identification while maintaining the compact vertical arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the light-emitting properties of the winkers and taillight with potentially different colors or light characteristics. The winker cover is designed to allow the winker light to pass through and be distinguishable from the taillight, ensuring proper identification through optical properties rather than spatial separation.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a sporty scooter-type vehicle (1) which prevents a rear portion of a vehicle (1) from increase in size while ensuring an identification of a taillight (TL) and left and right winkers (WL, WR). The scooter-type vehicle (1) of the present invention includes a rear cover (40) including a winker cover (50) and a left side cover (41L) and a right side cover (41R) which are respectively disposed on a left side of the vehicle (1) and a right side of the vehicle (1) in a rear view, a taillight (TL), a left winker (WL) disposed on the left side in a rear view, and a right winker (WR) disposed on the right side in a rear view. The left winker (WL) includes a left winker translucent cover (WLC) which has a left winker light-emitting surface (WLS) and the right winker (WL) includes a right winker translucent cover (WRC) which has a right winker light-emitting surface (WRS). At least a portion of an upper edge of each of the left side cover (41L) and the right side cover (41R) extends rearward. At least a portion of a lower edge of each of the left side cover (41L) and the right side cover (41R) extends rearward and upward. A rear end , at which the upper edge and the lower edge of each of the left side cover (41L) and the right side cover (41R) intersect, overlaps with the taillight (TL). The taillight (TL) includes a translucent cover (TLC). The translucent cover (TLC) includes an upper light-emitting surface which extends from a rear edge of the translucent cover (TLC) to an upper side and a front side, and a lower light-emitting surface which extends from the rear edge of the translucent cover (TLC) to a lower side and the front side. A rear end of the translucent cover (TLC) is disposed on the rear side of the rear end of each of the left side cover (41L) and the right side cover (41R). The left winker and the right winker (WL, WR) are disposed on the lower side of the taillight (TL) in the rear view and an entire portion of the left winker light-emitting surface (WLS) and the right winker light-emitting surface (WRS) is disposed between a left end and a right end of the translucent cover (TLC) of the taillight in the rear view.