JP2000135952A - Steering column cover having housing material holding means - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily take out a steering column cover, to make the steering column cover invisible from the outside of a car, and to reduce risk of a theft by forming an opening hole on the under surface side of the steering column cover for covering a steering shaft, and holding a housing material such as a card by the cover inside surface. SOLUTION: This steering column cover covers a shaft by two parts of an upper 3 and a lower 4, and is fixed by a screw. An opening hole 5 is formed on the inside from the outside surface in the lower 4, and the taper surface 6 gentle toward the inside from the outside surface of the lower 4 is formed on the front side of the opening hole 5. In inserting cards, when inserting the cards from the opening hole 5 with the taper surface 6 as a guide, the card tip stops by abutting to a stopper 10. A projecting part 9 of the plate-like spring tip is elastically deformed to bring the cards into pressure contact with the inside surface of the lower 4. When the cards are pulled with stronger force than the force of the pressure contact, the cards can be pulled out of a housing part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steering column cover provided with an article integrally with a steering column cover body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 61-105257, a box having an open upper surface is attached to the lower surface of a column cover body, and a small container is formed by the box and the lower surface of the column cover body. Steering covers with such accessories are well known.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, there is no holding means, so that what is stored in the accessory case generates abnormal noise due to vibration of the vehicle body, and the bottom of the box body is inclined, so that the bottom side is inclined. And it was difficult to take it out. or,
When there is no card slot, it is sandwiched between sun visors etc., but it is easy to see from the outside of the car and there is a risk of theft. is there.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a steering column cover which is located between an instrument panel and a steering wheel in a vehicle interior and covers a steering shaft. An opening hole is formed in the lower surface side of the steering column cover so that stored items such as cards are held on the inner surface of the steering column cover.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a steering wheel, and reference numeral 2 denotes a wiper switch disposed on the back side. The steering column cover covers the shaft with two parts, an upper 3 and a lower 4, and is fixed with screws or the like. An opening 5 is formed in the lower 4 inwardly of the outer surface, and a gentle tapered surface 6 is formed in front of the opening 5 toward the inside of the outer surface of the lower 4. The front side of the plate-shaped spring 7 is fixed to the inner surface of the opening hole 5 with screws 8, and the projection 9 on the far side is pressed against the inner surface of the lower 4 by its own elasticity. In the vicinity of the end of the plate-shaped spring 7, a stopper 10 with which the leading end of the card comes into contact integrally with the lower 4 is provided in a protruding manner.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of the lower 4, and when a contact rib 11 cut out in a semicircle and a contact rib cut out in a semicircle on the upper side are combined, the outer diameter of the shaft becomes, Rib 11 on steering shaft (not shown)
Abuts to prevent backlash of the steering column cover. 12 and 13 are bosses for assembling the upper 3 and the lower 4.

Next, the operation will be described. When inserting the cards and the like through the opening hole 5 using the tapered surface 6 as a guide, the card tip hits the stopper 10 and stops.
The protrusion 9 at the tip of the plate-like spring is elastically deformed in a direction away from the inner surface of the column cover, and presses the cards and the like against the inner surface of the lower 4. Then, the leading end of the card hits the stopper 10, and the card stops at a predetermined position. When the cards are pulled with a force stronger than the pressure contact force, the cards can be pulled out from the storage section.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention in which a charger for a portable telephone can be incorporated in the first embodiment. Lower 1
4 shows the same opening hole 15, tapered surface 16,
A plate spring 17 is attached. Reference numeral 18 denotes a charger of the mobile phone 19, and a protrusion 20 at the tip of the plate-shaped spring 17 is pressed against the upper surface of the charger 18.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inside of the lower case in which two card storage sections are provided in parallel to separately store different cards, but the card storage sections may be provided in series.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a steering column cover which is located between an instrument panel and a steering wheel in a vehicle interior and covers a steering shaft. It is formed so that the contents such as cards are held inside the steering column cover, so it is not visible from the outside of the vehicle, the risk of theft is extremely small, and the cards are not exposed to direct sunlight, heat Can prevent deformation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the inside of a lower part of the steering column cover of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the inner appearance of a lower provided with a plurality of card storage units.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steering wheel 2 Wiper switch 3 Upper of steering cover 4 Lower of steering cover 5 Opening hole 6 Taper surface 7 Plate spring 8 Screw 9 Projection 10 Stopper 11 Resting rib 12, 13 Boss

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A steering column cover which is located between an instrument panel and a steering wheel in a vehicle interior and covers a steering shaft, wherein an opening hole is formed on a lower surface side of the steering column cover, and a card is provided. A steering column cover having stored object holding means for holding the stored items such as the inside of the steering column cover. 2. A steering column cover having stored object holding means according to claim 1, wherein one end of the plate-shaped spring is fixed to a steering column cover near an opening hole, and the other end is pressed against an inner surface on the back side of the steering column cover. . 3. The steering column cover has a tapered surface integrally formed with the steering column cover in front of the storage object insertion opening and inside the outer surface of the lower surface of the steering column cover to guide the storage object. 3. A steering column cover having the storage object holding means according to claim 1, wherein the steering column cover does not protrude from an outer surface.