JP2000079851A - On-vehicle acoustic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the displacement between a detachable face part attached to a body case installed with a plurality of acoustic apparatuses, and a finish plate attached to the body case. SOLUTION: In this on-vehicle acoustic device, a face part 33 can is detachably attached to a body case 11 installed with a CD drive 21, and a CD can be inserted to the CD drive 21 from a CD insertion port 41 formed on the face part 33 through a CD insertion port formed on the front surface of the CD drive. A finish plate 25 to cover the CD insertion port is installed to the front surface of the CD drive 21, a tapered part 25a with the almost same form and the almost same size as the CD insertion port is formed at the position opposing to the CD insertion port of the finish plate 25, and a tapered part 41a for guiding the tapered part 25a formed to the finish plate 25 to the position of the CD insertion port 41 when the face part 33 is attached to the body case 11 is formed at the CD insertion port 41.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reduces the positional deviation between an operation unit (hereinafter referred to as a face) detachable from a main body case in which a plurality of audio devices are mounted and a finish plate mounted on each audio device. The present invention relates to an on-vehicle acoustic device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an on-vehicle audio device mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, audio equipment such as a cassette deck and a CD player is mounted on a main body case. A face part for operating the device is assembled.

[0003] As a conventional on-vehicle acoustic device in which mounting of an audio device on a main body case and assembling of a face portion on the main body case are simplified, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei.
A vehicle sound system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 0-204, and a vehicle acoustic system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-244636 are known.

In the automobile sound system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 2-190030, a CD mechanism subassembly (corresponding to a drive) 111 is inserted into a common main chassis (corresponding to a main body case) 110 as shown in FIG. And
By mounting a CD bezel subassembly (corresponding to the face portion) 112 on the front surface of the main chassis 110 in which the CD mechanism subassembly 111 is inserted, a CD-radio can be obtained.

A DAT-radio is obtained by inserting a DAT mechanism subassembly 113 into the main chassis 110 and assembling a DAT bezel subassembly 114 on the front surface of the main chassis 110 in which the DAT mechanism subassembly 113 is inserted.

A cassette radio is obtained by inserting the cassette mechanism subassembly 115 into the main chassis 110 and assembling the cassette bezel subassembly 116 on the front surface of the main chassis 110 in which the cassette mechanism subassembly 115 is inserted.

[0007] Each mechanism subassembly includes a CD, a DA,
T, a mechanism 111 for searching a signal recorded from a cassette
a, 113a, 115a and control boards 111b, 11
3b and 115b are provided. Each bezel subassembly is provided with a respective bezel front plate 112a, 114a, 116a and a coupled bezel substrate 112b, 114b, 116b.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, a vehicle acoustic system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-244636 has an amplifier 21 mounted on a chassis 212 (corresponding to a main body case).
6, by inserting the tuner 218, the equalizer 220, and the tape player 222, and assembling a front plate (corresponding to a face portion) 214 on the front surface of the chassis 212. Further, in such a vehicle acoustic system, a target vehicle acoustic system can be obtained by combining a plurality of types of drives such as the amplifier 216 and assembling the face corresponding to the combination to the chassis 212.

[0009]

However, in the automobile sound system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. HEI 2-190030, the first intersection that occurs when a drive is mounted on the main body case, and the face portion is attached to the main body case. Due to the second intersection that occurs when the media is attached, the media insertion opening for inserting the media often has a misalignment.

[0010] For this reason, the positional deviation has been absorbed by enlarging the medium insertion port provided on the face portion side or providing a guide in the secondary insertion port provided on the drive side.

However, if the medium insertion opening is enlarged, an unnatural partition line may be seen. Further, when the position shift occurs, the cassette, C
Media such as D and MD may not operate normally, which may degrade product quality.

In the face portion of an automobile sound system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 2-190030 and the face portion of an automobile sound system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-244636, respective drives are used. There is provided a device in which a medium insertion port, an eject button, and the like according to are fixed.

However, it is necessary to assemble a face portion corresponding to a combination of a plurality of drives mounted on the main body case into the main body case, and it is necessary to prepare a plurality of types of face portions. That is, since the face portion is not common to a plurality of types of drives, considerable cost is required for the face portion.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the positional deviation between the face portion detachably attached to the main body case on which a plurality of audio devices are mounted and the finish plate attached to the main body case, and to operate the medium normally. A first object is to provide a vehicle-mounted acoustic device.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide an on-vehicle acoustic device capable of reducing costs by using a common face portion for a plurality of acoustic devices.

[0016]

The present invention has the following arrangement to solve the above-mentioned problems. According to a first aspect of the present invention, an operation unit is detachable from a main body case in which an audio device is mounted, and is formed on a front portion of the audio device from a first medium insertion opening formed in the operation unit. A vehicle-mounted audio device capable of inserting a medium into the audio device through a second medium insertion port, the finish for covering the second medium insertion port formed on a front portion of the audio device. A plate is attached to the front surface of the audio device, and an insertion port protrusion having substantially the same shape and size as the second medium insertion port is formed at a position of the finish plate opposite to the second medium insertion port. A guide section for guiding the insertion port projection formed on the finish plate to a position of the first medium insertion port formed on the operation section when the operation section is assembled to the main body case. Said Characterized by being formed in one of the medium insertion slot.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the operation unit is slid when the operation unit is assembled to the main body case, the insertion port protrusion formed on the finish plate is moved to the guide formed on the operation unit. The first section formed on the operation section by the section
Is guided to the position of the medium insertion port. In other words, since there is no displacement between the finish plate and the operation unit,
There is no positional deviation between the first medium insertion port and the second medium insertion port. Therefore, it is possible to provide an on-vehicle acoustic device capable of operating a medium normally.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the main body case is provided with a connection connector connectable to an input / output side of the audio device, and the connection connector is provided with an insertion port protrusion formed on the finish plate. Is a connector that can be aligned in the vertical and horizontal directions.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the operation unit is assembled to the main body case, the insertion port protrusion formed on the finish plate can be moved vertically and horizontally by the alignable connector. Since the projection of the insertion port of the finish plate is guided to the position of the first medium insertion port formed in the operation section, there is no positional deviation between the finish plate and the operation section.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the projection of the insertion opening comprises:
The guide portion is formed in a tapered shape, and the guide portion is formed in a tapered shape so as to fit into the tapered insertion opening protrusion.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the insertion port projection and the guide section are formed in a tapered shape, the insertion port projection of the finish plate is formed by this taper.
Since the guide is guided to the position of the first medium insertion opening formed in the operation unit, there is no displacement between the finish plate and the operation unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a guide mechanism for guiding the audio device to a predetermined position on the main body case is formed on the main body case.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the audio device is guided to the predetermined position of the main body case by the guide mechanism formed on the main body case, the positional deviation can be reduced.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of the audio devices are mounted on the main body case, the finish plate is provided for each of the audio devices, and each of the guide portion and the insertion port protrusion is provided. Is provided for each audio device.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of audio devices are mounted on the main body case, the finish plate is provided for each audio device, and each of the guide portion and the insertion port protrusion is By being provided for each audio device, there is no positional deviation between the first medium insertion port and the second medium insertion port for each audio device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first slot portion into which a first audio device having a first width size can be inserted, the first slot portion being disposed above or below the first slot portion, and
A main body case having a second slot portion into which a second audio device having a second width size smaller than the width size of the main body case can be inserted; A first medium insertion slot for inserting a medium into the first audio device inserted into the first slot portion, and a medium to the second audio device inserted into the second slot portion And an operation unit having a second medium insertion port for inserting a medium.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the first audio equipment having the first width can be inserted into the first slot of the main body case, and the first audio equipment can be inserted into the second slot of the main body case.
A second audio device having a second width smaller than the width of the first audio device can be inserted, and an operation unit detachable from the main body case includes an operation switch, a second operation device for inserting a medium into the first audio device. Since it has one medium insertion opening and a second medium insertion opening for inserting a medium into the second audio equipment, for example, even if the second audio equipment is replaced with another audio equipment of the same size, the operation can be performed. Since the parts can be used in common, the cost can be reduced.

[0028]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a vehicle acoustic apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a side view of an on-vehicle acoustic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an overall configuration diagram of an on-vehicle acoustic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The on-vehicle acoustic device is a metal box-shaped main body case 11 to which two acoustic devices mounted on a vehicle can be attached and detached.
Having. The body case 11 is provided with a control board 13 having a central processing unit (CPU) and the like (not shown).
On the control board 13, two alignment connectors 15 and 17 that can be aligned are attached with a predetermined space therebetween.

Two guide rails 19 are attached to the right inner side of the main body case 11 and the right side of the connector 39 described later so as to divide the internal space of the main body case 11 into an upper slot portion and a lower slot portion. ing. These two guide rails 19 have a guide function for guiding, for example, a CD drive 21 as one of the two audio devices to an upper slot (corresponding to a first slot) in the main body case 11. Have.

A projection guide portion is provided on the side surface of the audio device such as the CD drive 21 and a groove guide portion is provided at a position on the side surface of the main body case 11 which faces the side surface of the audio device. The CD drive 21 may be guided inside the main body case 11 by the protrusion guide sliding on the groove guide.

A connector 22 is mounted on the rear surface of the CD drive 21 at a position facing the alignment connector 15, and the connector 22 is connected to the alignment connector 15 when the CD drive 21 is mounted.

In the space on the right side of the lower slot (corresponding to the second slot) of the main body case 11, a cassette drive 23, for example, as the other audio equipment can be inserted. The centering connector 1 is provided on the rear surface of the cassette drive 23.
The connector 24 is attached to a position facing the connector 7, and the connector 24 is connected to the alignment connector 17 when the cassette drive 23 is mounted.

The alignment connectors 15 and 17 are connected to the body case 1
1 is connected to the CD drive 21 and the cassette drive 23, and is made of a member capable of moving each drive mounted on the main body case 11 so as to be movable in the vertical and horizontal directions.

In the left space of the lower slot portion, a connector 39 for connecting the face portion 33 and the main body case 11 is arranged.
It is attached to the control board 13.

At the front of the CD drive 21, a CD as a second medium insertion slot for inserting a CD as a medium is provided.
A CD eject switch 2 for removing a CD from the CD drive 21 is provided on the right side of the insertion slot 26 and the CD insertion slot 26.
7 are provided. A CD finish plate 25 is attached to the front of the CD drive 21 so as to cover the CD insertion slot 26 and the CD eject switch 27.

The CD finish plate 25 includes
In order to fit the CD finish plate 25 and the face portion 33 smoothly, the CD insertion slot 26 and the CD
At a position facing the eject button 27, a CD finish plate taper portion 25a as a trapezoidal insertion opening protrusion is formed. The tip of the CD finish plate taper portion 25a is opened so that a CD can be inserted into the CD drive 21.

A cassette insertion slot 30 as a second medium insertion slot for inserting a cassette is provided on the front surface of the cassette drive 23, and a cassette for removing the cassette from the cassette drive 23 is provided on the right side of the cassette insertion slot 30. A cassette eject switch 31 is provided. The cassette insertion slot 30 and the cassette eject switch 3
A cassette finish plate 29 is attached to the front of the cassette drive 23 so as to cover the cassette drive plate 1.

In order to smoothly fit the cassette finish plate 29 and the face portion 33 into the cassette finish plate 29, a trapezoidal insertion is provided at a position facing the cassette insertion slot 30 and the cassette eject button 31. A cassette finish plate taper portion 29a as a mouth projection is formed.
The end of the cassette finish plate taper portion 29a is opened so that the cassette can be inserted into the cassette drive 23.

The CD finish plate taper 25a and the cassette finish plate taper 2
9a is movable in the vertical and horizontal directions by the centering function of the centering connectors 15 and 17.

The face section 33 as an operation section is provided with a plurality of operation switches for operating each drive mounted on the main body case 11, and is detachably mounted on the main body case 11 on which the CD drive 21 and the cassette drive 23 are mounted. It is possible. The face portion 33 is connected to the main body case 11 by the connector 39 described above, and controls the CD drive 21 and the cassette drive 23 inserted into the main body case 11 by a selected operation switch.

The face section 33 is provided with an operation switch 45, a display 46 for displaying information of each drive, and a connector 47 connected to the connector 39. Further, the face portion 33 is provided on a C drive provided on the front surface of the CD drive 21.
A CD insertion slot 41 serving as a first medium insertion slot for inserting a CD, and a cassette insertion slot 30 provided on the front face of the cassette drive 23, at a position facing the D insertion slot 26.
A cassette insertion opening 43 as a first medium insertion opening for inserting a cassette is formed at a position opposed to.

CD insertion slot 4 formed in face portion 33
1, a CD insertion port taper portion 41a is formed as a guide portion to be fitted to the CD finish plate taper portion 25a, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a cassette insertion slot 43 formed in the face portion 33 has
A cassette insertion port taper portion 43a as a guide portion to be fitted with the cassette finish plate taper portion 29a is formed.

The MD drive 51 shown in FIG.
According to the IN size standard, the size of the cassette drive 23 is the same as that of the cassette drive 23, and can be attached to and detached from the lower slot of the main body case 11 instead of the cassette drive 23.

The MD drive 51 has an MD
MD insertion slot 55 for inserting the MD, and MD eject switch 5 for taking out the MD from the MD drive 51
3 are provided. The cassette finish plate 29 is attached to the front of the MD drive 51 so as to cover the MD insertion slot 55 and the MD eject switch 53.

Next, the procedure for assembling the components constituting the on-vehicle acoustic device of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the face part is being assembled to the main body case. FIG. 4 shows a state after the face portion is assembled to the main body case.

First, C is inserted into the upper slot of the main body case 11.
The D drive 21 is inserted, and the cassette drive 23 is inserted into the lower slot of the main body case 11. At this time, CD
The drive 21 is smoothly guided into the main body case 11 by the guide rail 19 provided on the main body case 11.

Because the CD drive 21 is fixed at a predetermined position on the main body case 11, the CD drive 2
The crossing that occurs when the device 1 is mounted on the main body case 11 can be further reduced.

The connector 22 provided on the CD drive 21 is connected to the alignment connector 15, and the connector 24 provided on the cassette drive 23 is connected to the alignment connector 1.
7 is connected.

Next, a CD finish plate 25 is mounted on the front surface of the CD drive 21 mounted on the main body case 11, and a cassette finish plate 29 is mounted on the front surface of the cassette drive 23 mounted on the main body case 11.

Further, the connector 47 of the face portion 33 is connected to the connector 39 of the main body case 11 and the face portion 3 is connected.
3 is attached to the main body case 11. At this time, in a state in which the face portion 33 covers the main body case 11 and is being assembled, the CD finish plate taper portion 25a fits tightly with the CD insertion opening taper portion 41a formed in the face portion 33 as shown in FIG. And the taper portion 29a of the cassette finish plate 29
Does not fit exactly into the tapered portion 43a of the cassette insertion opening formed in the above.

That is, when the face part 33 is being assembled, the face part 33 is displaced in the vertical and horizontal directions as shown in part A, and the connector is incomplete as shown in part B. Misalignment due to fitting has occurred.

Further, when the face portion 33 is slid in the vertical and horizontal directions, the centering connectors 15 and 17 are moved, and
D finish plate taper part 25a is face part 3
3 is guided to the CD insertion port tapered portion 41a. At the same time, the cassette finish plate taper portion 29a is guided to the cassette insertion opening taper portion 43a formed in the face portion 33.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the CD finish plate taper portion 25a fits tightly with the CD insertion port taper portion 41a formed on the operation portion 33, and the cassette finish plate taper portion 29a fits on the operation portion 33. It fits tightly with the formed cassette insertion port taper 43a.

That is, the face portion 33 is
After assembling, the line of the finish plate and the line of the face portion 33 are fitted exactly, and the positional deviation between the finish plate and the face portion 33 can be corrected.

Therefore, the CD insertion slot 2 of the CD drive 21
6 and the CD slot 41 of the operation unit 33, and the cassette slot 30 and the operation unit 33 of the cassette drive 23.
Of the cassette insertion slot 43, an unnatural partition line cannot be seen, and a medium such as a cassette, a CD, and an MD can operate normally.

At this time, since the face portion 33 is fixed to the main body case 11 by screwing or the like, C
D drive 21 and cassette drive 23 are main body case 1
It can be fixed to 1.

Further, a CD drive 21 having a large lateral width is disposed in the upper slot portion, and a cassette drive 23 having a small lateral size is disposed in the lower slot portion. Alternatively, the CD drive 21 is disposed in the upper slot portion. Even if the MD drive 51 is arranged in the lower slot, each drive can be controlled by attaching the common face portion 33 to the main body case 11.

That is, since the face portion 33 can be used in common for a plurality of drives, it is possible to provide an in-vehicle acoustic device with reduced cost.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the vehicle-mounted acoustic device according to the above-described embodiment. In the embodiment, for example, a CD drive, a cassette drive, and an MD drive are exemplified as audio devices, but the audio devices are not limited to these audio devices, and for example, audio devices such as radios, tuners, and amplifiers. Or other audio equipment.

In the embodiment, the upper slot portion has C
Although the D drive is inserted and the cassette drive is inserted into the lower slot, the cassette drive may be inserted into the upper slot and the CD drive may be inserted into the lower slot. In this case, the operation switch of the face portion, the position and shape of the medium insertion port, and the like may be changed according to the arrangement of the drive.

In addition, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

[0063]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the operating section is slid when the operating section is assembled to the main body case, the insertion port projection formed on the finish plate is formed on the operating section. The guide unit guides the first medium insertion opening formed in the operation unit. That is, since there is no displacement between the finish plate and the operation unit, there is no displacement between the first medium insertion port and the second medium insertion port. Therefore, it is possible to provide an on-vehicle acoustic device capable of operating a medium normally.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the operation section is assembled to the main body case, the insertion port projection formed on the finish plate can be moved vertically and horizontally by the alignable connector. Since the projection of the insertion port of the finish plate is guided to the position of the first medium insertion port formed in the operation section, there is no positional deviation between the finish plate and the operation section.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the insertion port projection and the guide section are formed in a tapered shape, the insertion port projection of the finish plate is formed by this taper.
Since the guide is guided to the position of the first medium insertion opening formed in the operation unit, there is no displacement between the finish plate and the operation unit.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the audio device is guided to the predetermined position of the main body case by the guide mechanism formed on the main body case, the positional deviation can be reduced.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of audio devices are mounted on the main body case, the finish plate is provided for each audio device, and each of the guide portion and the insertion port projection portion is By being provided for each audio device, there is no positional deviation between the first medium insertion port and the second medium insertion port for each audio device.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the first audio equipment having the first width can be inserted into the first slot of the main body case, and the first audio device can be inserted into the second slot of the main body case.
A second audio device having a second width smaller than the width of the first audio device can be inserted, and an operation unit detachable from the main body case includes an operation switch, a second operation device for inserting a medium into the first audio device. Since it has one medium insertion opening and a second medium insertion opening for inserting a medium into the second audio equipment, for example, even if the second audio equipment is replaced with another audio equipment of the same size, the operation can be performed. Since the parts can be used in common, the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an on-vehicle acoustic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a vehicle-mounted acoustic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which the face part is being assembled to a main body case.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state after the face portion is assembled to a main body case.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional automobile sound system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional automobile acoustic system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Main body case 13 Control board 15, 17 Alignment connector 19 Guide rail 21 CD drive 22, 24 connector 23 Cassette drive 25 CD finish plate 25a CD finish plate taper part 26, 41 CD insertion slot 27 CD eject switch 29 Cassette finish plate 29a Cassette finish plate taper 30, 43 Cassette insertion slot 31 Cassette eject switch 33 Face 39, 47 Connector 41a CD insertion taper 43a Cassette insertion taper 45 Operation switch 46 Display 51 MD drive 53 MD eject switch 55 MD insertion

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takeyuki Amari 2771 Ooka, Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture Inside Yazaki Sogyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ichiro Kataoka 2771 Ooka, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture Yazaki Sogyo Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3D020 BA02 BB01 BC01 BD02 BD13 4E360 AA02 AB14 AB17 AB18 AB20 AB23 AB54 BA02 BC05 BD03 BD05 CA08 EA03 EA13 EB04 EC05 EC16 ED02 ED03 ED28 FA05 FA08 FA16 GA08 GA53 GB12 GB13 GB14

Claims (6)

[Claims] An operation unit is detachable from a main body case in which an audio device is mounted, and a first medium insertion opening formed in the operation unit is provided on a front surface of the audio device. 2. An on-vehicle audio device capable of inserting a medium into the audio device through a medium insertion port of No. 2, wherein a finish plate for covering the second medium insertion port formed on a front portion of the audio device is provided. Attached to the front part of the audio device, forming an insertion port protrusion having substantially the same shape and size as the second medium insertion port at a position facing the second medium insertion port of the finish plate, When the operation unit is assembled to the main body case, the guide unit for guiding the insertion-port protrusion formed on the finish plate to the position of the first medium insertion port formed on the operation unit is the first unit. 1 Vehicle audio apparatus being characterized in that formed on the medium insertion port. 2. The main body case is provided with a connection connector connectable to an input / output side of the audio equipment, and the connection connector moves an insertion port protrusion formed on the finish plate in up, down, left, and right directions. The on-vehicle acoustic device according to claim 1, wherein the connector is a connector that can be aligned. 3. The insertion port projection is formed in a tapered shape, and the guide portion is formed in a tapered shape so as to fit into the tapered insertion port projection. The on-vehicle acoustic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The in-vehicle acoustic device according to claim 1, wherein a guide mechanism for guiding the audio device to a predetermined position of the main body case is formed in the main body case. 5. When the plurality of audio devices are mounted on the main body case, the finish plate is provided for each audio device, and each of the guide portion and the insertion port protrusion is provided for each of the audio devices. The on-vehicle acoustic device according to claim 1, wherein the on-vehicle acoustic device is provided for each vehicle. 6. A first slot portion into which a first audio device having a first width size can be inserted, which is disposed above or below the first slot portion, and is larger than the first width size. A main body case having a second slot portion into which a second audio device having a small second width size can be inserted; a main body case detachable from the main body case, having an operation switch; A first medium insertion slot for inserting a medium into the first audio device inserted into the slot, and a first medium insertion slot for inserting a medium into the second audio device inserted into the second slot; An in-vehicle acoustic device, comprising: an operation unit having a second medium insertion port.