CN211549234U - Vehicle door opening/closing operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a vehicle door switching operating means that convenience of use is good. Comprising: a door operation unit (4) that is disposed in an operation space (2) in a door (1) of a vehicle and that opens and closes the door (1) by operating an operation opening (3) provided in the door (1); an electric actuator (6) that drives the cover (5) that blocks the operation opening (3) at the blocking position to an open position inside the door (1); a press-in operation detection switch (7) for detecting a push operation from the open position of the cover (5) further toward the inside of the door (1); and a control unit that controls the electric actuator (6), drives the cover (5) to the open position on the condition that the user outside the vehicle is authenticated, and drives the cover (5) to the closed position side in response to the push operation of the cover (5) being detected by the push-in operation detection switch (7).

Description

Vehicle door opening/closing operation device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle is with door switching operating means.

Background

As a vehicle door opening/closing operation device for a vehicle, a device described in patent document 1 is known. In this conventional example, an opening is opened in a door of a vehicle, and the opening is closed by a trim cover that rotates between a closed position and an open position.

A first detection switch and a second detection switch are arranged in the opening, the decoration cover which is biased to the closing position side by the first return spring is pushed into the opening by manually overcoming the reaction force of the first return spring, when the first detection switch is rotated to be in the ON (ON) state, user authentication is executed, and then the exposed operation member is pushed by the operation of pushing the decoration cover into the opening, the second detection switch is switched to be in the ON state, thereby driving the electric motor, and the door latch device is in the non-locking state.

Further, in the case where the electric motor is disabled due to exhaustion of the battery or the like, the door latch device can be moved to the unlocked state by pushing in the operating member after the cylinder lock fixed to the door is operated to move to the unlocked state.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2013-151800

Problem to be solved by the utility model

However, in the above-described conventional example, the operation of the decorative cover requires that the decorative cover be manually pushed against the force applied to the closed position side, and after the door is operated by being pushed into the opening, the decorative cover also moves in the door closing direction when the hand is to be pulled out of the opening, and therefore, there is a risk of pinching a finger or the like, and there is a problem of poor usability.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door opening/closing operation device which is convenient to use.

Means for solving the problems

According to the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a door opening/closing operation device for a vehicle, comprising: a door operation unit 4 disposed in an operation space 2 in a door 1 of a vehicle, and configured to be operated from an operation opening 3 provided in the door 1 to open and close the door 1; an electric actuator 6 that drives the cover 5 that blocks the operation opening 3 at the blocking position to an open position inside the door 1; a press-in operation detection switch 7 for detecting a push operation from the open position of the cover 5 further toward the inside of the door 1; and a control unit 8 that controls the electric actuator 6, drives the cover 5 to the open position on the condition that the user outside the vehicle is authenticated, and drives the cover 5 to the closed position side in accordance with the pushing operation of the cover 5 detected by the pushing operation detection switch 7.

In the present invention, the door operation unit 4 for opening and closing the door 1 is disposed in the operation space 2 in the door 1 so as to prevent the door operation unit from protruding to the outside, and the door 1 is provided with the operation opening 3 blocked by the cover 5 so as to allow the door operation unit 4 to be operated.

The cover 5 that closes the operation opening 3 at the closing position can be moved to an open position set inside the door 1, and the operation opening 3 is opened by the movement to the open position, whereby the door operation unit 4 can be operated.

The door operating unit 4 can function not only as a handle when the door 1 is moved to the open state, but also as a latch release unit 11a of the door latch device 11 in the door 1, and can also function as a switch for electrically locking and unlocking the door latch device 11.

The control unit 8, which controls the operation of the cover 5 by the electric actuator 6, drives the cover 5 from the closed position to the open position when the authentication unit 13 authenticates the user outside the vehicle, and drives the cover 5 to the closed position by further pushing the cover 5 in the open position into the door 1.

As a result, the user does not need to push the cover 5 in against the urging force or pull the hand out of the operation opening 3 in a state where the cover 5 urged in the closing direction is pressed, and can recognize that the authentication is established for himself by moving the cover 5 to the open position, so that the usability is improved.

In this case, the following vehicle door opening/closing operation device is configured: in the case where the control unit 8 drives the cover 5 to the closing position side with a delay of an appropriate time from the detection of the pushing operation of the cover 5 by the pushing operation detection switch 7, the movement of the cover 5 to the closing position side is delayed, so that a time until the hand is pulled out from the operation opening 3 can be secured, and the hand can be pulled out without touching the cover 5.

Further, the following vehicle door opening/closing operation device is configured: in the case where the authentication start switch 10 is disposed in the cover 5, and the authentication start switch 10 starts the mutual communication with the electronic key 9 held by the user to start the authentication operation of the electronic key 9, the user starts the authentication operation only by operating the authentication start switch 10 of the cover 5, and thus the usability is improved.

The authentication start switch 10 may be a capacitive sensor or the like in addition to the push switch, and when the authentication start switch 10 is a capacitive sensor, the user can start the authentication operation by simply touching the cover 5.

In this case, the following vehicle door opening/closing operation device is configured: the controller 8 moves the latch device 11 that maintains the closed state of the door 1 to the unlocked state in response to the driving of the cover 5 to the open position, and in this case, the latch device 11 moves from the locked state to the unlocked state at the same time as the authentication is established, so that the door 1 can be opened only by the latch release operation of the door operating unit 4 and the pulling-out operation of the door 1 thereafter.

Further, the following vehicle door opening/closing operation device can be configured: when the pushing operation of the cover 5 is detected by the pushing operation detection switch 7, the control unit 8 moves the door latch device 11, which maintains the door 1 in the closed state, to the locked state.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle door opening/closing operation device including: the cover body 5 is biased toward the closed door position side so that the cover body can be manually moved to the open position, and a cylinder lock 12 for moving a door latch device 11 for maintaining the closed door state of the door 1 to an unlocked state is disposed in the operation space 2.

The utility model discloses in, under emergency such as battery exhaustion, after impressing the cover body 5 to door 1 in through manual, operate drum lock 12 through real unblock key, make door latch device 11 become the unblock state to can open door 1.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a view showing the present invention, fig. 1 (a) is a view of a vehicle door as viewed from the front, and fig. 1 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1B-1B of fig. 1 (a).

Fig. 2 is a view in the direction 2A of fig. 1 (b).

Fig. 3 is a view showing the cover body, fig. 3 (a) is a rear view, and fig. 3 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3B-3B of fig. 3 (a).

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the driving unit.

Fig. 5 is a view showing the transmission member and the cam member, fig. 5 (a) is a plan view, and fig. 5 (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5B-5B of fig. 5 (a).

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the cover is moved to the open position, fig. 6 (a) is a view showing an unoperated state of the door operation unit, and fig. 6 (b) is a view showing a state in which the door operation unit is operated.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the operation of the cam member, fig. 7 (a) is a diagram showing an initial position, and fig. 7 (b) is a diagram showing a state in which the cover is driven to the open position.

Fig. 8 corresponds to fig. 7, and shows an operation of the cam member in an emergency.

Fig. 9 is an overall configuration diagram of the vehicle door opening/closing operation device.

Description of reference numerals:

1: a door; 2: an operating space; 3: an operation opening; 4: a door operating part; 5: a cover body; 6: an electric actuator; 7: a press-in operation detection switch; 8: a control unit; 9: an electronic key; 10: an authentication start switch; 11: a door latch lock device; 12: a cylinder lock.

Detailed Description

As shown in fig. 1, an operation opening 3 is opened in an outer panel 1a of a door 1, an operation space 2 is set in the door 1, and the operation space 2 communicates with a space outside the vehicle via the operation opening 3.

The vehicle door opening/closing operation device includes a base 15, a cover 5 rotatably coupled to a bearing piece 15a formed on the base 15, and a driving portion 14, and the base 15 is fixed to the door 1 by an appropriate method.

The door operating portion 4 is disposed at the upper end edge portion of the base 15. In this example, the door operating portion 4 is formed in a rod shape long in the front-rear direction, and is vertically and rotatably connected to the base body 15 via a rotating shaft 4 a.

In the present specification, the vehicle longitudinal direction, that is, the left-right direction in fig. 1 (a), is referred to as the "front-rear direction", the vehicle lateral direction (left side in fig. 1 (b)) is referred to as the "front direction", and the vehicle interior direction is referred to as the "rear direction", with reference to the state of being mounted on the vehicle.

The door operating portion 4 is rotatable from an initial rotational position shown in fig. 1b to an operation rotational position rotated counterclockwise in fig. 1b (see fig. 6 b), and is biased toward the initial rotational position by a torsion spring 4 b.

As shown in fig. 1 (b), the door operating portion 4 is positioned at the top of the operating space 2 in a state of being coupled to the base body 15, and a recess 4c is formed in the longitudinal direction on the lower surface to facilitate the pressing operation with a finger.

Further, a coupling projection 4d is provided projecting from the rear surface side at the central portion in the front-rear direction of the door operating portion 4, and a coupling portion 4e to which the latch transmission member 16 is coupled is formed at the free end portion of the coupling projection 4 d. In this example, a cable device is used as the latch transmission member 16, the cable device having an inner cable 16b movably inserted into an outer cable 16a fixed to the base 15, one end of the inner cable 16b being connected to the connecting portion 4e, and the other end being connected to a latch release portion 11a of the door latch device 11 fixed to the door 1 for maintaining the closed state of the door 1.

Therefore, in this example, the door operation unit 4 is pushed in the rear direction, the coupling unit 4e is moved upward, the latch release unit 11a of the door latch device 11 can be operated to release the latch, and in this state, the door 1 can be opened by holding the door operation unit 4 with a hand and pulling it forward.

In the above, the door operating portion 4 is formed in a rod shape, but may be formed of a raised portion for a handle in addition to the rod-shaped portion. In this case, after the latch of the door latch device 11 is released by operating the lever-shaped portion, a finger can be placed on the knob for the handle to apply an opening operation force to the door 1.

In the present example, the cable device is used for the latch transmission member 16, but a latch lever or the like may be used.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 3, the cover 5 includes a plate portion 5a and leg portions 5b projecting from the rear surfaces of both front and rear end portions of the plate portion 5 a. A capacitive sensor as an authentication start switch 10 is fixed to the plate portion 5a over substantially the entire length in the longitudinal direction.

The free end of the leg portion 5b is bent to the back surface side to form an "く" shape, the bent portion is formed with an insertion hole 5d of the rotating shaft 5c connected to the cover 5, and the tip of the leg portion 5b is formed with a connecting projection 5 e. In this example, the coupling projection 5e is formed as a rod body spanning between the opposed legs 5 b.

The cover 5 formed as described above is rotatable between the closing position shown in fig. 1b and the opening position (see fig. 6) rotated clockwise in fig. 1b about the rotation axis, and is biased toward the closing position by the torsion spring 17.

As shown in fig. 1 (a), the cover 5 closes the operation opening 3 at the closing position. Ideally: the plate portion 5a is flush with the panel surface on the periphery of the operation opening 3 in the closed position so that the plate portion 5a does not protrude from the surface of the door 1 when the cover 5 is in the closed position.

The driving unit 14 includes an electric actuator 6 for driving the cover 5, a cam member 18 driven by the electric actuator 6, and a cam follower 19 driven in the vertical direction by the cam member 18, and the driving unit 14 is accommodated in a housing 14a fixed to the base 15. In this example, a motor is used as the electric actuator 6.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the cam member 18 includes a gear portion 18a at one end thereof, is rotatably coupled to the housing 14a, and is rotationally driven by meshing the gear portion 18a with a gear or a gear train, not shown, fixed to a rotation shaft of the motor. Further, the cam member 18 is provided with a cam portion 18b at an end opposite to the gear portion 18a, and a switch pressing portion 18c is provided at an intermediate portion of the cam portion 18 b. The cam portion 18b is formed in an arc shape protruding from the surface side wall surface of the cam member 18.

The cam follower 19 includes a U-shaped cover locking portion 19a at an upper end thereof and a spring support rod 19b at a lower end thereof, is disposed so as to cover the cam member 18 from the back side thereof, and is held in the housing 14a so as to be movable up and down. In order to allow the vertical movement of the cam follower 19 relative to the cam member 18, a vertically long, elongated insertion hole 19c is opened in the cam follower 19, and a rotation center protrusion 18d of the cam member 18 is inserted therethrough (see fig. 4).

The cam follower 19 is coupled to the cover body 5 by locking the cover locking portion 19a to the coupling projection 5e of the cover body 5, and is biased upward by a compression spring 20 wound around the spring support rod 19b, the upper end of which abuts on the base end of the spring support rod 19b, and the lower end of which abuts on the guide hole 14b of the housing 14a (see fig. 1 (b)).

As shown in fig. 5, the cam follower 19 is formed with a cam support portion 19d corresponding to the cam portion 18b of the cam member 18, and the cam support portion 19d is pressed against the cam portion 18b of the cover 5 by the compression spring 20.

Therefore, in this example, when the cam member 18 is rotationally driven clockwise in fig. 4 by the electric actuator 6, the cam portion 18b abuts on the cam support portion 19d of the cam follower 19, and then the cam follower 19 is moved downward against the reaction force of the compression spring 20. As the cam follower 19 moves downward, the coupling projection 5e of the cover 5 is pulled downward, and as a result, the cover 5 is rotationally driven clockwise in fig. 1 (b) about the rotational center, that is, in the direction of the open position, and stops at the open position.

A state detector 21 is formed in the housing 14a of the drive unit 14. The state detector 21 is composed of an initial position detection switch 21a, an on detection switch 21b, and a push-in operation detection switch 7, each of which is formed of a micro switch, and the state detector 21 detects the rotational position of the cam member 18 by being pushed down by the switch pushing portion 18c of the cam member 18 to perform a switching operation.

That is, as shown in fig. 7 (a), when the cover 5 is at the closing position, the cam member 18 is not rotationally driven, and in this state, only the initial position detection switch 21a is in the on state, and the open detection switch 21b and the pushing operation detection switch 7 are in the OFF (OFF) state. As shown in fig. 7 (b), when the cover 5 is driven from this state to the open position by the cam, the initial position detection switch 21a is turned off, the open detection switch 21b is turned on, and the press-in operation detection switch 7 is kept in the off state.

As shown in fig. 5 (b), the force transmission from the cam member 18 to the cam follower 19 that drives the cover 5 is achieved by contact transmission in which the cam portion 18b of the cam member 18 presses the cam support portion 19d of the cam follower 19, and therefore independent movement of the cam follower 19 with respect to the pressing direction of the cam member 18 (the direction of arrow F in fig. 5 (b)) is permitted.

As a result, in the state of fig. 7 (b), that is, after the cover 5 is driven to the open position, the cover 5 can be pushed inward the door 1 without being subjected to resistance by the cam member 18, and when the cover 5 is further manually pushed and rotated beyond the open position, the coupling projection 5e of the cover 5 moves downward, and the push-in operation detection switch 7 moves to the on state.

The cylinder lock 12 is fixed to the base body 15. The cylinder lock 12 is capable of rotating the plug, not shown, by a real unlocking key, and as shown in fig. 6, the cylinder lock 12 is disposed at a position where the unlocking key can be inserted into the head portion in a state where the cover body 5 is rotated to the open position, and in this example, is disposed so that the head portion is positioned on the side wall portion of the operation space 2.

As shown in fig. 9, the cylinder lock 12 can manually operate the locking/unlocking operation portion 11b and the latch release portion 11a of the door latch device 11 by an appropriate operation force transmission means 12a such as a lever or a cable device, and first, the plug of the cylinder lock 12 is rotated to move to the unlocked state and release the latch, and thereafter, in a state where the unlocking key is inserted, an operation force for opening the door 1 is applied to the unlocking key, whereby the door 1 can be opened.

The vehicle door opening/closing operation device includes a control unit 8. As shown in fig. 9, the control unit 8 includes a CPU8a and a memory 8b as components, and operates the authentication unit 13, the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5, and the actuator 22 for locking and unlocking the latch in a predetermined order. The control unit 8 refers to an output from the state monitoring unit 23 that detects the locked/unlocked state of the door 1, for example, when controlling the above-described units.

Hereinafter, the operation of the vehicle door opening/closing operation device will be described with reference to fig. 9. First, when the user touches cover 5 in the closed state while riding in the vehicle, capacitive sensor as authentication start switch 10 detects the touch, and control unit 8 that senses the touch outputs an authentication start command to authentication unit 13. The control unit 8 that has received the authentication start command waits for receiving the authentication code from the electronic key 9 after the authentication unit 13 is activated and the authentication code output request signal is output from the authentication unit 13 to the electronic key 9 held by the user, and when the authentication of the authentication code from the electronic key 9 is established, the control unit 8 drives the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5 to move the cover 5 to the open position and drives the actuator 22 for locking and unlocking the latch to unlock the latch device 11.

In the present example, although the case where the authentication in the authentication unit 13 is started by touching the authentication start switch 10 is shown, it is also possible to output an activation signal from the electronic key 9 held by the user, that is, to output the authentication code without waiting for an authentication code output request from the authentication unit 13.

In this state, when the user operates the door operating portion 4, the latch of the latch device 11 is released, and then the door 1 is rotated by pulling the door operating portion 4, so that the door 1 can be opened.

As described above, when the door 1 is opened and the vehicle enters, the operation of the shift lever or the locking operation of the inside handle is performed, the state monitoring unit 23 senses that the open detection switch 21b of the state detecting unit 21 is on, and the control unit 8 drives the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5 to the closed position side. The cover 5 biased to the closing position by the torsion spring 17 is released from its support by the driving of the actuator 6, and moves to the closing position by the biasing force, thereby closing the operation opening 3.

On the other hand, when the user gets off the vehicle, when the state monitoring unit 23 detects an operation to the inside handle or an unlocking operation to the inside handle, the control unit 8 drives the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5 to move the cover 5 to the open position on condition that the initial position detection switch 21a of the state detection unit 21 is turned on.

When the user gets off the vehicle and pushes the cover 5 further into the door 1 from the open position, the push-in operation detection switch 7 is turned on as described above, and the controller 8 that detects this turns on the latch lock/unlock actuator 22 to shift the door latch device 11 to the locked state. When the change of the press-in operation detection switch 7 to the on state is sensed, the control unit 8 starts a timer, not shown, to start a timer operation, and after a predetermined set time has elapsed, operates the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5 to move the cover 5 to the closing position.

As described above, by delaying the timing of movement of the cover 5 in the closing direction for a predetermined time (about 1 to 2 seconds) after the locking operation, the time for pulling out the hand from the operation opening 3 is ensured, and the collision between the hand and the cover 5 can be reliably prevented.

Note that the locking operation can be performed not by the operation of the cover 5 but by the activation signal from the electronic key 9, and when the locking operation is performed only by the remote controller operation using the electronic key 9, the configuration may be such that: even if the inside handle is operated from the indoor side, the opening operation of the cover 5 is not performed, and only the locking operation by the remote controller operation is waited for.

For example, when the battery of the electronic key 9 dedicated to the activation operation runs out, as described above, regardless of the position of the cam portion 18b of the cam member 18, as shown in fig. 8, the cover 5 is allowed to be pushed inward, and in this state, the lock/unlock operation portion 11b and the latch release portion 11a of the door latch device 11 are manually operated by inserting the unlock key into the cylinder lock 12, whereby the door 1 can be opened, and after entering the vehicle, the state transition of the state monitoring portion 23 caused by the normal operation of the shift lever or the like in the vehicle is triggered (trigger), whereby the actuator 6 for driving the cover 5 is operated, and the cover 5 is closed.

Claims (6)

1. A vehicle door opening/closing operation device is characterized by comprising:

a door operation unit disposed in an operation space in a door of a vehicle, and operated from an operation opening provided in the door to open and close the door;

an electric actuator that drives a cover that blocks the operation opening at a blocking position to an open position inside the door;

a press-in operation detection switch for detecting a push operation of the cover body to the inside of the door beyond the open position; and

and a control unit that controls the electric actuator, drives the cover body to the open position on the condition that a user outside the vehicle is authenticated, and drives the cover body to the closed position side on the basis of detection of a pushing operation of the cover body by the pushing operation detection switch.

2. The vehicle door opening/closing operation device according to claim 1,

the control unit drives the cover body to the blocking position side with a delay of an appropriate time from the detection of the pushing operation of the cover body by the press-in operation detection switch.

3. The vehicle door opening/closing operation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

an authentication start switch is disposed in the cover body, and the authentication start switch starts communication with an electronic key held by a user to start an authentication operation of the electronic key.

4. The vehicle door opening/closing operation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

The control unit moves the door latch device, which maintains the closed state of the door, to the unlocked state in response to the cover being driven to the open position.

5. The vehicle door opening/closing operation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the control unit moves a door latch device, which maintains a closed door state of the door, to a locked state when the pushing operation of the cover body is detected by the push-in operation detection switch.

6. The vehicle door opening/closing operation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein,

the cover body can be manually moved to the open position by applying a force to the closed position side,

a cylinder lock is disposed in the operating space to move a door latch device, which maintains a closed door state, to an unlocked state.

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