CN215245081U - Steering device - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a turn to device possesses the little and compact structure's of size control switch device to when driver's operation turns to the device, can be holding convenient and quick operation control switch device under the state of holding the steering wheel. The steering device includes: a steering wheel that is rotationally operated by a driver and is connected to a steering mechanism of a vehicle; and a control switch device which is provided to extend from an inner peripheral surface of the steering wheel toward a center side of the steering wheel and includes an operation switch operable to an electronic device; and the operation switch is arranged on the peripheral side surface of the control switch device.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a turn to the device, especially relate to a device that turns to that vehicle was used.
Background
In the related art, in the vehicle industry, particularly in the automobile manufacturing industry, as user values, hobbies, tastes, and the like are diversified, the design of devices inside the vehicle is creatively designed to improve the design of the entire vehicle, and various attempts have been made in various aspects. The design of equipment in the vehicle interior is considered to emphasize functionality, and some designs are considered to emphasize beauty.
A steering apparatus of a vehicle mounts a steering wheel on a steering shaft that protrudes from the front of a driver's seat toward the upper rear of the vehicle. The lower end side of the steering shaft is connected to a steering mechanism of the front wheel below the front side of the driver's seat. The steering wheel includes a hub portion coupled to a front end portion of a steering shaft, a rim portion (steering wheel) to be gripped by a driver, and a plurality of spokes coupling the hub portion and the rim portion. The steering apparatus is provided with a hub portion that is coupled to a steering shaft (rotation center axis) of a steering wheel and also serves as a support portion of the steering wheel.
A switch device of a steering device in the related art is attached to a spoke portion that connects a hub portion and a rim portion, and the spoke portion extends from the hub portion (or boss) connected to a steering shaft toward an inner peripheral surface of the rim portion to be gripped by a driver.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[ problem to be solved by the utility model ]
However, in the conventional vehicle steering apparatus, since the distance between the rim portion gripped by the driver and the switch device is relatively long, the driver cannot operate the switch device while holding the steering wheel, that is, the driver cannot operate the switch device while holding the steering wheel, for example, cannot press the operation knob of the switch device while holding the steering wheel.
Further, the switch device is provided on the spoke portion extending from the boss toward the inner peripheral surface of the rim portion, and the spoke portion provided with the switch device is increased in size, so that the presence of the spoke portion provided with the switch causes a view of the inner peripheral side of the rim portion toward the instrument panel to be blocked, thereby causing a problem of obstructing the visibility of the instrument panel on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a steering device which is equipped with a small-sized and compact control switch device, and which can be operated conveniently and quickly in a state where a driver holds a steering wheel when operating the steering device, thereby improving the operability of the steering device of a vehicle and the convenience in operation thereof, and thus improving the design of the interior of the vehicle in which the functionality is emphasized, and also improving the design in which the aesthetic appearance is emphasized.
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In order to achieve the object, according to the technical solution of an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a steering device, including: a steering wheel that is rotationally operated by a driver and is connected to a steering mechanism of a vehicle; and a control switch device which is provided to extend from an inner peripheral surface of the steering wheel toward a center side of the steering wheel and includes an operation switch operable to an electronic device; and the operation switch is arranged on the peripheral side surface of the control switch device.
In this way, the control switch device including the operation switch for operating the electronic device is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the steering wheel and extends toward the center of the steering wheel, and the operation switch is provided on the outer peripheral side surface portion of the control switch device, so that the operation switch can be pressed down easily and quickly with the hand of the driver holding the steering wheel. Therefore, the operability of the control switch device arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the steering wheel is improved, the whole design is improved, and the interior design of the vehicle is more attractive.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation switch is provided so as to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface portion of the control switch device.
In this way, the operation switch is provided so as to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface of the control switch device, and the driver can accurately recognize the position of the operation switch, thereby conveniently pressing the operation switch.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the control switch device includes a rib provided at an outer peripheral portion of the operation switch.
In this way, the ribs are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation switch, and it is possible to prevent the operation switch from being erroneously operated by being erroneously touched during the operation of the steering wheel in a normal manner or during the operation of the inner ring portion of the steering wheel.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the steering mechanism is located at a position overlapping with a rotation center axis of the steering wheel in a front view of the steering wheel.
In this way, the steering mechanism is disposed at a position overlapping the rotation center axis of the steering wheel in the front view of the steering wheel, and the operation of the steering wheel can be reliably transmitted to the steering mechanism of the wheel.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the steering mechanism is located at a lower position than a rotation center axis of the steering wheel in a front view of the steering wheel.
In this way, the steering mechanism is provided at a position lower than the rotation center axis of the steering wheel in the front view of the steering wheel, and the control switch device including the operation switch for operating the electronic device is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the steering wheel and extends toward the center side of the steering wheel, and the steering mechanism does not occupy a large amount of space on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel, and the steering mechanism does not greatly shield the view in the instrument panel direction on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel, so that the visibility in the instrument panel direction can be improved.
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Based on the above, the utility model discloses a steering device, owing to will possess the control switch device setting that is used for carrying out the operating switch who operates electronic equipment at the inner peripheral surface of steering wheel and extend towards the center side of steering wheel, steering device possesses the little and compact structure's of size control switch device to when the driver operates steering device, can hold convenient and quick operation control switch device under the state of holding the steering wheel, promote the maneuverability and the convenience in the operation of the device that turns to of vehicle from this. Therefore, the operability of the control switch device arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the steering wheel is improved, the whole design is improved, and the interior design of the vehicle is more attractive.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a steering device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the steering device of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a modification of the steering device of fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a steering device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the steering device of fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a modification of the steering device of fig. 4.
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100. 100A: steering device
102. 102A: rudder mechanism
110. 110A: steering wheel
110H: wheel hub part
110R: rim part
110S: spoke part
112: inner peripheral surface
120: control switch device
122: operating switch
124: outer peripheral side surface part
126: ribs
h. H: height
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Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments described below, the same reference numerals are assigned to common parts, and redundant description is omitted. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments described below, when reference is made to the number, amount, and the like, the scope of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the number, amount, and the like, unless otherwise specified. In the following embodiments, each constituent element is not necessarily essential to the present invention, except for the specific description. In the following description, when there are a plurality of embodiments, the characteristic portions of the respective embodiments can be appropriately combined and previously determined from the beginning, unless otherwise specified.
The present embodiment proposes a steering device for a vehicle. Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a steering device according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, fig. 1 is a schematic view seen from directly above a steering wheel of a steering apparatus. Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the steering device of fig. 1.
In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1, a steering device 100 for a vehicle mounts a steering wheel 110 on a steering shaft that protrudes from the front of a driving seat toward the upper rear of the vehicle. The lower end side of the steering shaft is connected to a steering mechanism 102 of the front wheels below the front side of the driving seat. The steering wheel 110 includes a hub portion (hub)110H coupled to a front end portion of the steering shaft, a rim portion (rim)110R gripped by the driver, and a plurality of spokes (spokes) 110S coupling the hub portion and the rim portion. The boss portion 110H is disposed at the rotation center position (on the rotation center axis) of the annular rim portion 110R. An airbag module or the like that also functions as a horn switch may be attached to the surface of the hub portion 110H facing the driver's seat.
In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the steering mechanism 102 is located at a position overlapping the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110 in a front view of the steering wheel 110. In other words, the steering mechanism 102 is located at a position of the steering wheel 110 that overlaps the hub portion 110H. By providing the steering mechanism 102 at a position overlapping the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110 in the front view of the steering wheel 110, the operation of the steering wheel 110 can be reliably transmitted to the steering mechanism 102 of the wheels to control the steering of the wheels.
In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 2, a steering wheel 110 of a steering device 100 that is rotated by a driver is connected to a steering mechanism 102 of a vehicle. The steering device 100 further includes a control switch device 120, the control switch device 120 being provided to extend from the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110 toward the center side of the steering wheel 110, and including an operation switch 122 operable to an electronic device of the vehicle; and the operation switch 122 is provided on an outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120.
In this way, by providing the control switch device 120 including the operation switch 122 for operating the electronic device on the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110 and extending toward the center of the steering wheel 110 and providing the operation switch 122 on the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120, the driver can easily and quickly press the operation switch 122 with his hand holding the steering wheel 110.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the control switch device 120 is a control switch device that can be used to operate various devices such as an automatic transmission, for example. The driver operates the control switch device 120 to perform, for example, a technique of manually shifting up or down during running in a running speed range. The control switch device 120 may be any of various control switch devices for operating a winker switch, a wiper switch, an operation switch of a navigation device, an emergency flash switch, and the like, which are generally provided in a steering column or the like. The present invention is not limited thereto.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the operation switch device 120 of the steering device 100 includes at least one operation switch 122 for operating various electronic devices of the vehicle. As shown in fig. 2, a plurality of operation switches 122 are provided on an outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120. Operation switches 122 operable for different electronic devices or in-vehicle devices are provided on the upper surface, lower surface, front surface, rear surface, and inner surface facing the center side of the steering wheel 110 of the outer peripheral side surface portion 124 of the control switch device 120. Since the plurality of operation switches 122 are provided on the outer peripheral side surface portion 124 of the control switch device 120 extending from the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110 toward the center side of the steering wheel 110, not only the operability provided on the steering wheel 110 but also the overall design is improved, and the interior design of the vehicle is more beautiful. Further, the driver can press the operation switch 122 conveniently and quickly with his hand holding the steering wheel 110.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the operation switch 122 provided on the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120 is provided so as to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface 124. In this way, by providing the operation switch 122 so as to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120, the driver can correctly recognize the position of the operation switch 122 and can conveniently press the operation switch 122.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a modification of the steering device 100 of fig. 1. In one embodiment of the present invention, the control switch device 120 includes a rib 126, and the rib 126 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation switch 122. As shown in fig. 3, a rib 126 is provided around each operation switch 122 protruding from the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120, that is, on the outer peripheral portion of each operation switch 122, in other words, the rib 126 is provided so as to surround each operation switch 122 from the periphery of the operation switch 122. In the present embodiment, the height H of the rib 126 protruding from the surface on which the rib 126 is provided may be set to be greater than or equal to the height H (H ≧ H) of the operation switch 122 near the rib 126 protruding from the surface on which the rib is provided (i.e., the surface of the outer peripheral side surface portion 124). As described above, since the rib 126 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation switch 122, the rib 126 provided on the periphery of the operation switch 122 is less likely to be touched by the finger of the driver in an unintended case during the operation of the steering wheel 110 in a normal state or during the operation of the inner ring portion of the steering wheel 110, and it is possible to prevent the operation switch 122 from being erroneously actuated by the driver by erroneously touching the operation switch 122.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a steering device 100A according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the steering device of fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a modification of the steering device of fig. 4. Although the steering device 100A of the embodiment shown in fig. 4 has substantially the same basic configuration as the steering device 100 of the above-described embodiment, the installation position of the steering mechanism 102A of the embodiment of fig. 4 is different from the installation position of the steering mechanism 102 of the above-described embodiment. In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the steering mechanism 102A is located at a position lower than the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A in the front view of the steering wheel 110A. In other words, the steering mechanism 102A is not arranged at the center of the steering wheel 110A as in the steering mechanism 102 in the embodiment shown in fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 4, the steering mechanism 102A is disposed on the inner circumferential surface 112 of the steering wheel 110A relatively close to the driver. The steering wheel 110A in the present embodiment may be configured such that the steering mechanism 102A is a mechanical operation transmission mechanism, for example, which is disposed at a position offset from the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A. In this case, the operation of the steering wheel 110A can be reliably transmitted to the steering mechanism 102A of the wheel through the mechanical operation transmission mechanism. Further, the operation transmission mechanism is disposed at a position offset from the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A (for example, fig. 4 shows the disposition position at a portion of the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110A relatively close to the driver), and therefore does not greatly obstruct the view in the dashboard direction on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel 110A. In the present embodiment, both the steering shaft and the steering mechanism 102A that rotatably support the steering wheel 110A are disposed at positions that do not overlap the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A in the front view of the steering wheel 110A. Further, the rudder mechanism 102A is disposed at a position lower than the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A in a front view of the steering wheel 110A.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, a space portion that does not block the field of view in the instrument panel direction can be secured on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel 110A, and the field of view in the instrument panel direction is improved. Therefore, the degree of freedom in arrangement of the constituent members can be improved. Therefore, the configuration of the steering device 100A according to the present embodiment is advantageous in terms of the layout of the components of the vehicle.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the control switch device 120 of the steering device 100A is provided to extend from the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110 toward the center side of the steering wheel 110A. The plurality of operation switches 122 are provided on an outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120. As shown in fig. 5, the operation switch 122 provided on the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120 is provided to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface 124. In this way, the driver can correctly recognize the position of the operation switch 122, and can conveniently press the operation switch 122.
As shown in fig. 6, in the steering device 100A, a rib 126 is provided around each operation switch 122 protruding from the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120, that is, on the outer peripheral portion of each operation switch 122, in other words, the rib 126 is provided so as to surround each operation switch 122 from the periphery of the operation switch 122. As shown in fig. 6, in the steering device 100A, a rib 126 is provided around each operation switch 122 protruding from the outer peripheral side surface 124 of the control switch device 120, that is, on the outer peripheral portion of each operation switch 122, in other words, the rib 126 is provided so as to surround each operation switch 122 from the periphery of the operation switch 122. In the present embodiment, the height H of the rib 126 protruding from the surface on which the rib 126 is provided may be set to be greater than or equal to the height H (H ≧ H) of the operation switch 122 near the rib 126 protruding from the surface on which the rib is provided (i.e., the surface of the outer peripheral side surface portion 124).
As described above, since the rib 126 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the operation switch 122, the rib 126 provided around the operation switch 122 is relatively unlikely to be touched by the finger of the driver in an unintended case during the operation of the steering wheel 110A in a normal operation or the operation of the inner ring portion of the steering wheel 110A, and it is possible to prevent the operation switch 122 from being erroneously actuated by the driver by erroneously touching the operation switch 122.
In this way, the steering mechanism 102A is disposed at a position lower than the rotation center axis of the steering wheel 110A in the front view of the steering wheel 110A, and the control switch device 120 including the operation switch 122 for operating the electronic device is disposed on the inner peripheral surface 112 of the steering wheel 110A and extends toward the center of the steering wheel 110A, so that the steering mechanism 102A does not occupy a large amount of space on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel 110A, and the steering mechanism 102A does not greatly block the view in the dashboard direction on the inner peripheral side of the steering wheel 110A, thereby improving the visibility in the dashboard direction.
Based on the above, the utility model discloses a steering device, owing to will possess the control switch device setting that is used for carrying out the operating switch who operates electronic equipment at the inner peripheral surface of steering wheel and extend towards the center side of steering wheel, steering device possesses the little and compact structure's of size control switch device to when the driver operates steering device, can hold convenient and quick operation control switch device under the state of holding the steering wheel, promote the maneuverability and the convenience in the operation of the device that turns to of vehicle from this. Therefore, the operability of the control switch device arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the steering wheel is improved, the whole design is improved, and the interior design of the vehicle is more attractive.
The utility model discloses a turn to device all is applicable to the steering wheel of different grade type (steering wheel 110 of the embodiment shown as figure 1 and steering wheel 110A of the embodiment shown as figure 4) to turn to the device and possess the little and compact structure's of size control switch device, when the driver operates the device that turns to, can hold convenient and quick operation control switch device under the state of steering wheel in the hand. Therefore, the operability and the convenience of operation of the steering wheel of the vehicle are improved, and the design of emphasizing functionality and the design of emphasizing beauty of the equipment in the vehicle are improved.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. A steering device, characterized by comprising:
a steering wheel that is rotationally operated by a driver and is connected to a steering mechanism of a vehicle; and
a control switch device which is provided to extend from an inner peripheral surface of the steering wheel toward a center side of the steering wheel and includes an operation switch operable to an electronic device; and is
The operation switch is provided on an outer peripheral side surface portion of the control switch device.
2. The steering device according to claim 1, wherein the operation switch is provided to protrude from the outer peripheral side surface portion of the control switch device.
3. The steering device according to claim 2, wherein the control switch device is provided with a rib provided at an outer peripheral portion of the operation switch.
4. The steering device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rudder mechanism is located at a position overlapping with a rotation center axis of the steering wheel in a front view of the steering wheel.
5. The steering device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rudder mechanism is located at a position lower than a rotation center axis of the steering wheel in a front view of the steering wheel.
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