CN1209398A

CN1209398A - Buttonhole device for cable

Info

Publication number: CN1209398A
Application number: CN98118465A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 香坂幸男; 中能信尚; 吴幸玉
Original assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 1997-08-22
Filing date: 1998-08-20
Publication date: 1999-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 2018-08-20
Also published as: KR100287507B1; JP3309065B2; JPH1169573A; TW355167B; CN1091701C; KR19990023202A

Abstract

A buttonhole device is used to help cable extend through a grommet on a board element or a wall element, wherein an outer piece which is substantially bombous and is disposed an inner axial hole, is tightly installed in the buttonhole; and an inner piece is tightly accomodated in the inner axial hole of the outer piece, which is suitable for tightly accomodating the cable therein. The inner piece has a non-circular cross section and the inner axial hole has a cross section substantially complementary to the cross section of inner piece. Thus, cable is easy to be reliably fixed, and is impossible to move axially and rotate and is no need of fixing the cable on the fixing piece near the buttonhole. In order to facilitate the installation, the outer piece is composed of two articulated half flaps.

Description

The Buttonhole device that cable is used

The present invention relates to the Buttonhole device that a kind of cable is used by plate or wall spare, the Buttonhole device that is suitable for when particularly the cable by Buttonhole device has at least an end to move.

Can control in the anti-lock brake system of each single wheel braking force one, be provided with the rotation sensor that connects with each wheel so that detect the speed of rotation of relevant wheel.This rotation sensor typically is linked on the steering swivel, this steering swivel is the part of wheel suspension, rotatably mounted wheel, and because steering swivel will move up and down with respect to vehicle body, transmitting the cable that the rotation sensor output signal uses needs to adapt to this motion.

Usually, as shown in Figure 4, the cable C that extends out from rotation sensor P has a pars intermedia to be linked on the steering swivel by a plurality of support S, also have another to be linked on the inside face of wheel housing by a support B, between two pars intermedias, form a flaccid part so that adapt to steering swivel moving up and down like this with respect to vehicle body from rotation sensor P pars intermedia far away.This flaccid part can make cable C avoid too much torsional stress and tensile stress.The part of the cable C that extends out from the support B other end extend through the wheel housing and be connected to be located between driving engine or between the passenger in circuit on.

According to such arrangement, need on the eyelet trim that a buttonhole G is fitted in the wheel housing so that prevent to make the edge injury cable C of the plate of wheel housing.Support B also must prevent the N/R motion of cable with respect to buttonhole G, because this motion finally can damage cable C.Therefore a kind of like this device is very expensive, because it needs a large amount of members and the sizable fitting work of quantity.

Because this problem that prior art exists, a main purpose of the present invention is the Buttonhole device that will provide a kind of cable to use, and this device must be simple, no matter and be that Master Cost or set-up cost all must be economical.

Second purpose of the present invention is the Buttonhole device that will provide a kind of cable to use, and this device must can prevent effectively that cable is impaired in use.

The 3rd purpose of the present invention is the Buttonhole device that will provide a kind of cable to use, and this device has suitable seal ability.

According to the present invention, these purposes can be by a suitable cable extension that makes by reaching at the Buttonhole device of eyelet on the plate or on the wall spare, this Buttonhole device has: the columnar outer part that is essentially that is suitable for being fitted in securely in the eyelet has an in-to-in axial hole on it; With internals that are suitable for securely cable being admitted in the inside axial hole that self can be received within outer part within it securely; Wherein internals have a non-circular cross-sectional plane, and inner axial hole has a cross-sectional plane complementary basically with the internals cross-sectional plane.Perhaps, internals can be made the overcoat of cable, buttonhole just can be made of the outer part of cylindrical shape separately like this.

Under any situation in these two kinds, cable can both be fixed easily and reliably, and axial motion and rotatablely moving can not take place, and does not need cable is fixed near the buttonhole the connecting element.In other words, buttonhole can provide such one to make the power that cable is maintained fixed and can not need to provide in addition support or other fasteners.The representative type way is cylindrical part to be made semicylindrical two halves lobe linked together by a hinge, and with press device two opposition terminations of two halves lobe is closed, and forms a complete cylindrical shape gabarit like this.

The outer part of cylindrical shape can comprise also that a radial flange of making and one are used for respect to eyelet and the resilient projection of stationary cylinder profile part on an one axial end, as long as a part of plate or wall spare around eyelet are cooperated with radial flange, and simply the outer part of cylindrical shape is shifted onto in the hole, just outer part can be fitted in the hole securely.

And internals can be provided with a pair of bead of configuration in the axial direction, and the distance that they separate each other is equivalent to the axial length of the inside axial hole of outer part, so just can both simple, yet reliable mode fixedly internals do not allow it mobile vertically.For can be preferably with respect to eyelet and supporting cable, even will be dragged continually when an end of cable, also too much stress is not applied thereon, internals can be made with the elastomeric material of rubber-like.

Below in conjunction with description of drawings the present invention, wherein:

Fig. 1 is for using the transparent view of front wheel suspension of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram according to Buttonhole device of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the front elevation of eyelet; And

Fig. 4 is the transparent view of traditional Buttonhole device.

Fig. 1 illustrates a major part of front wheel suspension, comprises rotatably mounted the steering swivel 2 of the wheel hub of wheel 5 (braking rotor) 1.The upper and lower end of steering swivel 2 is connected to the outer end of upper and

lower arm

3 and 4 respectively by sphero-joint.Upper and

lower arm

3 and 4 cardinal extremity are attached to by pivot with propping up and make the wheel hub 1 can vertical shifting on the vehicle body.

The rotation sensor 6 of an electromagnetism is attached on the part of steering swivel 2 by bolt, so that be used for detecting the speed of rotation speed of rotation of the axletree on the wheel hub 1 (or be attached to) of wheel 5.There is a cable 7 to extend out and is used for transmitting the output signal that sends from sensor 6 from rotation sensor 6.The centre portion of cable 7 is attached on steering swivel 2 and the upper arm 3 regularly by support 8 and bolt.That part of cable 7 that extends between the support 8 that is attached to steering swivel 2 and upper arm 3 just has a flaccid part like this, can adapt to because the walking about up and down and the relative angular motion between spindle arm 2 and upper arm 3 that divertical motion is produced of wheel.

In cable 7 extends between driving engine by an eyelet 10 that forms on wheel housing (plate) 9 from upper arm 3.Be equipped with the buttonhole 11 of cable 7 usefulness on eyelet 10, this also will illustrate in greater detail below.That part of cable 7 that extends between the support 8 of upper arm 3 and buttonhole 11 is endowed certain slackness so that adapt to the perpendicular movement of upper arm 3 with respect to vehicle body.

Consult Fig. 2, the more detailed details of buttonhole shown in it 11, buttonhole 11 is made of a suitable outer part 11a and a suitable internals 11b who is fixed on the cable 7 who is fitted on the eyelet 10 in this example.

Outer part 11a is mainly linked with hinge 13 by two semicylindrical half lobe 12a and 12b, like this, just can form a complete cylindrical shape when this two and half lobe is closed together.Outer part 11a its closure state form a cross-sectional plane be non-circular, for example be the endoporus 15 of alphabetical D shape.Hinge 13 is made of a part that two and half lobe 12a and 12b are connected to holistic attenuation in this example.The free end of a 12a from two and half lobes stretches out an elastomeric fastener 14 and can engage with the cavity (not illustrating in the drawings) that the free end of second half lobe 12b forms selectively.

Part 11a axial end is provided with a radial flange 18 outside.Be shaped on a rectangle projection 16a at the root of bead 18 near the free end of second half lobe 12b, can complementally admit the part of rectangle projection 16a then being shaped on a cavity 16b, so that strengthen the joint that forms by elastic component 14 between the free end of two and half lobe 12a and 12b near the free end of one and half lobe 12a.Be shaped on a plurality of (is two in this example) resilient projection 19 outside on the part that the oblique angle of close bead 18 roots of part 11a main portion outside face is relative, part 11a was bonded in the eyelet 10 securely outside the elastic force that overcomes resilient projection 19 from its axial end away from bead 18 with the outer part 11a of box lunch made when being pushed in the eyelet 10.

The eyelet of making on wheel housing 9 10 is provided with a chain breach as shown in Figure 3, and rectangle protuberance 16a is just engaged by this breach when outer part 12a is fitted in the eyelet 10, so that prevent that outer part 12a is with respect to the plate of wheel housing 9 and rotate.Outer part 12a typically comes out to have the Plastic Parts of rigidity to make by Unitarily molded.

On the other hand, internals 11b is typically become to be generally cylindrical shape by the elastic body moulding of rubber-like and constitutes, and suitablely is fixed on around the overcoat of cable 7 with adhesive agent.Internals 11b respectively is provided with a radial flange 20 on its each axial end, and the part of extending between two beads has a D shape cross-sectional plane, with the shape of cross section complementation of outer part 11a endoporus 15.Axial distance between two beads 20 is chosen to be that the axial length with outer part 11a endoporus 15 is identical basically.

After internals 11b is fixed on the cable 7, internals 11b is received in the endoporus 15 from the groove 21 that forms between the free end of the two and half lobe 12a of outer part 11a and 12b.Then with outer part 11a closure, and be fitted into vertically in the eyelet 10 until surround the parts of the plate of eyelet 10 and be plugged on and cause outer part 11a to be securely fixed in the eyelet 10 between bead 18 and the resilient projection 19 together with internals 11b.Like this because the cooperation of the breach 17 of the cooperation of bead 18 and resilient projection 19 and rectangle protuberance 16a and eyelet 10, outer part 11a just can fix and can prevent axial motion and rotatablely move.Internals 11b is owing to the cooperation between two complementary cross-sectional planes of inside axial hole of the major part of the cooperation of the bead 20 of internals 11b and outer part 11a end axial surface and internals 11b and outer part 11a also can prevent from axial motion and rotatablely move to fix with respect to outer part.

Because cable 7 for example is securely fixed on the internals with adhesive agent, cable is just firmly fixed with respect to the plate of wheel shell 9, thereby can prevent axial motion and rotatablely move.

In the above-described embodiments, internals 11b is one fen part of opening, but it also can be linked to be an integral body with the overcoat of cable.Cable is fixed on the steering swivel on two points and is fixed on the upper arm, but the pattern that cable is attached on the movable member can freely be selected, depend on the pattern of used wheel suspension and rotation sensor, this all knows those skilled in the art.In fact application of the present invention is not limited on the cable that wheel rotation sensor uses, and may be used on any needs cable is passed through on the purposes of plate or wall spare.

Though the present invention describes with regard to preferred embodiment, obviously, concerning those skilled in the art, within the scope of in claims, listing within the present invention, may make various changes and modification.

Claims

1. one kind is used for making cable extension by on the plate or the Buttonhole device of the eyelet of making on the wall spare, and this device comprises:

One is essentially columnar part (11a), one in-to-in axial hole (15) is arranged on it, and having a side channel (21) can allow cable (7) to be received within the axial hole, cylindrical component also has a gabarit and can allow it to be fitted in securely in the eyelet (10);

It is characterized by, cable has a non-circular cross-sectional plane, and inner axial hole has a cross-sectional plane complementary basically with cable cross-section.

2. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 1, it is characterized by, cylindrical component comprises two semicylindrical half lobes (12a, 12b), and this half lobe is linked together by a hinge (13).

3. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 2, it is characterized by, two and half lobes are provided with device (14) and can be used to make two opposition ends of two and half lobes to push joint, thereby form a complete cylindrical shape gabarit.

4. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 1, it is characterized by, cylindrical component also comprises a radial flange (18) of making and a resilient projection (19) on an one axial end, as long as wherein will engage with radial flange around the plate of eyelet or the part of wall spare, resilient projection (19) is just can make cylindrical component fix with respect to eyelet (10).

5. one kind is used for making cable extension to pass through the Buttonhole device of eyelet on plate or wall spare, and this device has:

One be suitable for being fitted in securely in the eyelet (10), be essentially columnar outer part (11a), an in-to-in axial hole (15) is arranged on it; With

One is suitable for securely cable (7) being admitted the internals (11b) in the inside axial hole (15) that self can be received within outer part (11a) within it securely;

It is characterized by, internals have a non-circular cross-sectional plane, and inner axial hole has a cross-sectional plane complementary basically with the internals cross-sectional plane.

6. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 5, it is characterized by, the outer part of cylindrical shape comprises two semicylindrical half lobes (12a, 12b), and this half lobe is linked together by a hinge (13).

7. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 6, it is characterized by, two and half lobes are provided with device (14) and can be used to make two opposition ends of two and half lobes to push joint, thereby form a complete cylindrical shape gabarit.

8. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 5, it is characterized by, the outer part of cylindrical shape also comprises a radial flange (18) of making and a resilient projection (19) on an one axial end, as long as wherein will engage with radial flange around the plate of eyelet (10) or the part of wall spare, resilient projection (19) is just can make the outer part of cylindrical shape fix with respect to eyelet.

9. according to the Buttonhole device of claim 5, it is characterized by, internals are provided with a pair of radial flange (20), and the distance that they are spaced apart from each other is equivalent to the axial length of the inside axial hole (15) of outer part (11a).