CN100402349C - Steering column cover structure - Google Patents
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The invention provides a steering column cover structure for easily removing a column cover. This structure covers the periphery of a steering column with the column cover (16) by joining the column cover (16) divided into two parts in an inside joining part (31). An opening part (46) is formed in the column cover (16), and a tool guide groove (49) is formed by pointing to the joining part 31 in the vicinity of the opening part (46).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of steering column cover structure with excellent maintainability.
Background technology
As the steering column cover structure that covers around will Steering gear, existing making by screw retention is divided into the two-part structure (for example, with reference to Japanese kokai publication hei 8-99639 communique) that steering column cover and following steering column cover engage that goes up up and down.In addition, also have be divided into up and down two-part on the following steering column cover among steering column cover and the following steering column cover, be formed for carrying out the peristome of wiring operation, and with open-close lid with this peristome osed top structure (for example, with reference to Japanese kokai publication hei 9-169276 communique).
Summary of the invention
In recent years, ideas such as convenience during for manufacturing, be split into two-part steering column cover when engaging making, adopt above-mentioned screw fixation method and make the mode that is formed at an engaging pawl on the steering column cover and is formed at the textural association that the engagement section on another steering column cover fastens.Yet in order to improve aesthetic property, these junction surfaces are by the hidden inboards that are arranged on two cover parts of steering column cover, so when safeguarding etc. and need when steering column cover is taken off remove to remove the joint between the junction surface the expensive time of just having to.
Therefore, the objective of the invention is to, a kind of steering column cover structure that can easily steering column cover be taken off is provided.
In order to achieve the above object, in the technical scheme 1 described invention, be split into two-part steering column cover (for example the last steering column cover in the embodiment 15 and following steering column cover 16) and locate to engage by making at the junction surface (for example junction surface in the real-time mode 31) of inboard, and will cover around the Steering gear (for example Steering gear in the embodiment 12) with this steering column cover, wherein, on at least one side in above-mentioned steering column cover (for example following steering column cover 16 in the embodiment), be formed with peristome (for example peristome in the embodiment 46), and near this peristome, be formed with the instrument guide groove (for example instrument guide groove 49 in the embodiment) that points to above-mentioned junction surface.
The technical scheme 2 scheme 1 described feature that possesses skills in addition, in the edge of above-mentioned peristome, and on the extended line of the line at above-mentioned instrument guide groove and above-mentioned junction surface, is formed with grooving (for example grooving in the embodiment 52).
According to technical scheme 1 described invention, when from being formed at the peristome that is split at least one side in the two-part steering column cover, when instrument is inserted by near the instrument guide groove this peristome, because the instrument guide groove points to the junction surface of steering column cover inboard, so instrument is guided towards the junction surface.Therefore, can easily will be positioned at the joint releasing at the junction surface steering column cover inboard, that be difficult to see by instrument.Like this, when safeguarding etc., just can easily steering column cover be taken off.
According to technical scheme 2 described inventions, because in peristome edge, and on the extended line of the line at above-mentioned instrument guide groove and above-mentioned junction surface, be formed with grooving, thus when with instrument from grooving and the instrument guide groove when inserting of peristome by peristome, instrument is guided towards the junction surface.Like this, owing on the edge of the peristome more forward, be formed with grooving, can more easily remove the joint at junction surface by instrument than instrument guide groove.Therefore, when safeguarding etc., can more easily steering column cover be taken off.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram, the periphery of the Steering gear of the vehicle that steering column cover structure was suitable for of expression one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram, the steering column cover structure of expression one embodiment of the invention remove state behind the Steering gear.
Fig. 3 is the part amplification view, the junction surface of the steering column cover structure of expression one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the part amplification stereogram, the steering column cover structure of expression one embodiment of the invention want portion.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram, and expression is inserted state in the steering column cover structure of one embodiment of the invention with instrument.
The specific embodiment
Followingly describe with reference to the steering column cover structure of accompanying drawing to one embodiment of the invention.And, below the explanation in refer to vehicle all around all around.
As shown in Figure 1, be used for making the Steering gear 12 of the bearing circle 11 of Vehicular turn in supporting, be arranged in never graphic instrument carrier panel stretch out, near covering by steering column cover 13 around the part of bearing circle 11 1 sides.
For another shown in Figure 2, this steering column cover 13 is divided into two parts up and down, is made of last steering column cover 15 and following steering column cover 16.
Following steering column cover 16 comprises: lower cover portion 20, and it covers Steering gear 12 from downside; Lower-left side part cover portion 21, its left side edge from lower cover portion 20 is stretched out upward, and covers the bottom, left side of Steering gear 12; Bottom right side part cover portion 22, its right side edge from lower cover portion 20 is stretched out upward, and covers the lower right side of Steering gear 12.In lower cover portion 20, be formed with a plurality of screw fixed holes 23, it is used for lower cover portion 20 with screw retention to Steering gear 12.
Last steering column cover 15 as mentioned above, be be installed in Steering gear 12 on the part that engages of following steering column cover 16, it comprises: upper lid portion 27, it covers Steering gear 12 from upside; Upper left side part cover portion 28, its left side edge from upper lid portion 27 is stretched out downwards, and covers the left upper portion of Steering gear 12; Upper right side part cover portion 29, its right side edge from upper lid portion 27 is stretched out downwards, and covers the right upper portion of Steering gear 12.
Herein, by upper left side part cover portion 28 is engaged with lower-left side part cover portion 21, and upper right side part cover portion 29 is engaged with bottom right side part cover portion 22, thereby steering column cover 15 is engaged with following steering column cover 16, be formed as a single-piece steering column cover 13 like this, will cover around the Steering gear 12.
Herein, on making in steering column cover 15 and the junction surface, many places that following steering column cover 16 engages, make junction surface 31 that upper left side part cover portion 28 engages with lower-left side part cover portion 21 as shown in Figure 3, be positioned at the inboard of this two covers portion, be snap-in structure, when upper left side part cover portion 28 and lower-left side part cover portion 21 near the time just can block mutually.
That is to say, in upper left side part cover portion 28, form engaging pawl 38, described engaging pawl 38 has snap-latch piece 35 and snap fit tabs 37, wherein, snap-latch piece 35 from trip edge, the lower end 33a of main cover portion 33 to the inside (right side) curve, extend downwards more afterwards, wherein, described main cover portion 33 covers the bottom, left side of Steering gear 12; Snap fit tabs 37 from the bottom of snap-latch piece 35 laterally (left side) protrude, thereby side forms engaging section portion 36 thereon.On the snap fit tabs 37 of this engaging pawl 38, be formed with dip plane 37a in its outside, this dip plane 37a is near lower end side, and is just offside in the inboard.
In cooresponding lower-left side part cover portion 21 therewith, formed fastening plate 42, it protrudes at a distance of the lower position of predetermined distance to the inside from trip edge, the upper end 40a with main cover portion 40, thereby form engaging section portion 41 at its downside, wherein, described main cover portion 40 covers the left upper portion of Steering gear 12.
And, at 31 places, junction surface that constituted by these engaging pawls 38 and fastening plate 42, upper left side part cover portion 28 and lower-left side part cover portion 21 are approaching when making, until trip edge, the upper end 40a of the main cover portion 40 of trip edge, the lower end 33a of the main cover portion 33 of upper left side part cover portion 28 and lower-left side part cover portion 21 mutually during lapping, in this process, the snap fit tabs 37 of the engaging pawl 38 of upper left side part cover portion 28 is on the 37a of its dip plane, be subjected to the contact of the fastening plate 42 of lower-left side part cover portion 21, thereby engaging pawl 38 deflections, when the snap fit tabs 37 of upper left side part cover portion 28 is positioned at the downside of fastening plate 42 of lower-left side part cover portion 21, engaging pawl 38 restores, and its snap fit tabs 37 and the fastening plate 42 of lower-left side part cover portion 21 are fastened.That is to say that the engaging section portion 36 of snap fit tabs 37 is superimposed with the section of the engaging portion 41 of fastening plate 42.Meanwhile, the mutual butt of trip edge, upper end 40a of the main cover portion 40 of trip edge, the lower end 33a of the main cover portion 33 of upper left side part cover portion 28 and lower-left side part cover portion 21.
Under this state, 31 places at the junction surface, even upper left side part cover portion 28 will separate with lower-left side part cover portion 21, also can be owing to engaging section portion 36 is restricted with the section of engaging portion 41 mutual butts, thus trip edge, the lower end 33a of upper left side part cover portion 28 and trip edge, the upper end 40a of lower-left side part cover portion 21 can be remained the butt state.At this moment, junction surface 31 is positioned at the inboard of steering column cover 15 and following steering column cover 16.
And 31 places at the junction surface are when making engaging pawl 38 that deflection take place, thereby the engaging section portion 36 that makes its snap fit tabs 37 is when the engaging section portion 41 of the fastening plate 42 of lower-left side part cover portion 21 separates, just upper left side part cover portion 28 can be separated with lower-left side part cover portion 21, that is to say, it can be taken off.And, in lower-left side part cover portion 21, more be positioned at the rear side place with the engaging scope that engages pawl 38 than fastening plate 42, be formed with wall portion 44, this wall portion 44 generally perpendicularly erects from main cover portion 40 as shown in Figure 2, and extends up and down.
And, in the present embodiment, in the lower cover portion 20 as the following steering column cover 16 of the side in last steering column cover 15 and the following steering column cover 16, be formed with the peristome 46 that runs through above-below direction on the left of the deflection.This peristome 46 is used for disposing not shown tilting lever and it can be operated, and operates the angle of the adjustable whole Steering gear 12 of described tilting lever.And as shown in Figure 4, near the position, boundary being positioned at lower cover portion 20 and lower-left side part cover portion 21 this peristome 46 is formed with a pair of guide wall that is parallel to each other 48.As shown in Figure 5, these two guide wall 48 form along the line at peristome 46 and junction surface 31,48 of this two guide wall, are formed with the instrument guide groove 49 on the line that is positioned at peristome 46 and junction surface 31.Because this instrument guide groove 49 is positioned on the line at peristome 46 and junction surface 31,, this instrument guide groove 49 points to junction surface 31 so being formed.And the width of this instrument guide groove 49 is about 20mm.
In addition, in the present embodiment, left side edge rear portion at peristome 46, wall portion 51 on end below lower cover portion 20, in this wall portion 51, on the extended line of the instrument guide groove between two guide wall 48 49 and the line at junction surface 31, be formed with the recessed grooving of shape 52, this grooving 52 roughly has identical width with instrument guide groove 49.
And, be bonded with each other and under the state that covers on every side with Steering gear 12 at last steering column cover 15 and following steering column cover 16, when being installed in down last steering column cover 15 on the steering column cover 16 and taking off, can be with instrument, specifically with T type screwdriver from the peristome 46 of steering column cover 16 down by peristome 46 grooving 52 and near the instrument guide grooves 49 that are formed at the peristome 46 insert.Like this, because instrument guide groove 49 points to junction surface 31, and grooving 52 is formed on the extended line of line at instrument guide groove 49 and junction surface 31, so, as shown in Figure 5, T type screwdriver can be by 49 guidings of instrument guide groove in the position of fore-and-aft direction, can be in the position of left and right directions by main cover portion 40 guidings of lower-left side part cover portion 21, and can be in 31 stretching, extensions towards the junction surface in the steering column cover 16 down.The T type screwdriver that is directed to so finally as shown in Figure 3, enter between the main cover portion 40 of the dip plane 37a of engaging pawl 38 at junction surface 31 and lower-left side part cover portion 21, under this state, rotate T type screwdriver as required, just can make the engaging pawl 38 and the gap of main cover portion 40 become big, and its effect is, engaging pawl 38 deflections also break away from fastening plate 42, are disengaged thereby engage.
By adopting above-mentioned embodiment, when from being formed at as the peristome 46 on the following steering column cover 16 of at least one side in last steering column cover 15 and the following steering column cover 16, by being formed near this peristome 46 instrument guide grooves 49 when T type screwdriver is inserted, because instrument guide groove 49 points to the junction surface 31 that is positioned at steering column cover 15 and following steering column cover 16 inboards, so T type screwdriver is by 31 guidings towards the junction surface.Therefore, can easily will be positioned at the joint releasing at steering column cover 15 and following steering column cover junction surface 31 16 inboards, that be difficult to see by T type screwdriver.Therefore, also can be easily when safeguarding etc. with on steering column cover 15 take off from steering column cover 16 down.
In addition, because edge at peristome 46, on the extended line of the line at instrument guide groove 49 and junction surface 31, be formed with grooving 52, so when from grooving 52 and the instrument guide groove 49 when inserting T type screwdrivers of peristome 46 by peristome 46, T type screwdriver is by 31 guidings towards the junction surface.Like this, owing on the edge of the peristome 46 more forward, be formed with grooving 52, can more easily remove the joint at junction surface 31 by T type screwdriver than instrument guide groove 49.Therefore, can be more easily when safeguarding etc. with on steering column cover 15 take off from steering column cover 16 down.
And, be to describe in the 1st embodiment being inserted as example from tilting lever with peristome 46 as the T type screwdriver of instrument, can certainly safeguard that the peristome of usefulness inserts instrument from other distribution etc.In this case, can be provided with and to open and close or detachable lid, closed peristome when safeguarding.
In addition, as the junction surface 31 that can take off by instrument, except engaging pawl 38 is blocked the fastening plate 42, for example, can also form connecting hole forming on the snap-latch piece that extends in the upper left side part cover portion 28 downwards, and make the snap fit tabs that is formed in the lower-left side part cover portion 21 block this connecting hole, can also further consider modes such as screw retention in addition.
In addition, instrument guide groove 49 can also be forms between guide wall 48, but is for example forming recess in the lower-left side part cover portion 21, and with this as instrument guide groove 49.
Claims (2)
1. steering column cover structure, this steering column cover is divided into two parts, by these two parts are engaged at the side engagement portion place within it, to cover around the Steering gear, it is characterized in that, on at least one side in above-mentioned steering column cover, be formed with peristome, and near this peristome, be formed with the instrument guide groove that points to above-mentioned junction surface.
2. steering column cover structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, in the edge of above-mentioned peristome, and on the extended line of the line at above-mentioned instrument guide groove and above-mentioned junction surface, is formed with grooving.
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