JP2001349320A - Cable fitting structure of lever - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cable fitting structure of a lever capable of reducing the cost and facilitating assembling. SOLUTION: In this cable fitting structure of the lever 103 for fitting a cable 104 provided with a locking member 151 extending in the direction intersecting perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the cable at the end part, a cylindrical part 161 rotatably supporting the locking member 151 is formed, the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical part 161 is provided with a first circumferential cutout hole 163 for penetrating the cable 104, and a second cutout hole 165 is provided extending from the end face of the lever 103 to the first cutout hole 163.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable mounting structure of a lever for mounting a cable provided with a locking member extending at an end in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a fuel lid opener which is a device for opening a fuel lid and a track lid opener which is a device for opening a trunk lid, an unlocking of the fuel lid and the trunk lid is provided in a vehicle cabin through a cable. It is designed to be operated with a lever.

[0003] As an example of the attachment of such a lever to a cable, there is a structure as shown in FIG. In this figure, a cable 9 is attached to a cable attachment portion 7 of a lever 5 rotatably provided on a bracket 3 using a pin 1.

[0004] At the end of the cable 9 is provided a columnar locking member 11 extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cable 9. On the other hand, the cable attachment portion 7 is obtained by bending in the direction of arrow I, and includes two opposed first and second attachment surfaces 21 and 23 having a space S therebetween.

The width of this space is set to be larger than the diameter of the cable 9. A columnar locking member 11 can be engaged with the first and second mounting surfaces 21 and 23,
The first and second holes 25 and 27 that rotatably support the locking member 11 are opened so as to face each other.

Further, the second mounting surface 23 is provided with a cutout hole 29 from the lower end to the second hole 27, through which the cable 9 can be inserted. The cable 9 is attached to the lever 5 by holding the locking member 11 in the state shown by a two-dot chain line so that the cable 9 can be inserted into the notch hole 29.
Is engaged with the first hole 25 from the hole 27.

[0007] The second and first holes 27,
When the engagement with the cable 25 is completed, the cable 9 is rotated in the direction of the arrow II in the space S to set the cable 9 at the solid line position. By rotating the cable 9 in the direction of arrow II, the cable 9 is prevented from being pulled out through the cutout hole 29, and the attachment of the cable 9 to the lever 5 is completed.

[0008]

However, the cable mounting structure of the above-described lever has the following problems.

Since the first mounting surface 21 and the second mounting surface 23 are required, a large amount of material is required and the cost is high. It is difficult to accurately determine the positions of the first hole 25 and the second hole 27 by bending.

If the positional accuracy between the first hole 25 and the second hole 27 is not good, the locking member 11 of the cable 9 is difficult to engage, and it is difficult to assemble. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a lever cable mounting structure capable of reducing costs.

A second object is to provide a lever cable mounting structure that can be easily assembled.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, which solves the above-mentioned problems, comprises a cable mounting structure for a lever for mounting a cable having an end provided with a locking member extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cable. Forming a cylindrical tubular portion rotatably supporting the locking member, providing a first notch hole in a circumferential direction through which the cable can be inserted in a tubular surface of the tubular portion, and an end surface of the lever; To the first notch hole,
A lever cable mounting structure having a second cutout hole.

At the time of attachment, the locking member is fitted to the tubular portion with the cable arranged along the second cutout hole. When the fitting of the locking portion to the tubular portion is completed, the cable is rotated along the first cutout hole, and the cable is inserted into the first cutout hole.

By inserting the cable through the first notch hole, the cable is prevented from coming out of the second notch hole, and the attachment of the cable to the lever is completed. The first and second surfaces provided with opposing holes are required, and in the present invention, compared with the conventional cable mounting structure requiring a large amount of material, in the present invention, it is sufficient if the area for forming the cylindrical portion is sufficient.
Cost reduction can be achieved.

Since there is only one hole in which the locking member fits, as compared with the conventional example in which the locking member is fitted into two holes where it is difficult to accurately determine the position, assembly is easy.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present embodiment is an example in which a lock for a fuel lid and a trunk lid is provided in a vehicle, and is applied to a lever for operating a lock via a cable.

First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG. In this figure, a trunk lever 10 for operating a lock of a trunk lid via a cable 102 is shown.
1 and a fuel lever 103 for operating the lock of the fuel lid via a cable 104
It is rotatably attached to the opener bracket 107 using.

Caps 109 and 111 made of resin or the like are attached to the operation portions 101a and 103a of the trunk lever 101 and the fuel lever 103, respectively.
One end is locked by the opener bracket 107, and the other end is the trunk lever 101, the fuel lever 1
03 are urged in the direction of arrow I by the springs 131 and 132 locked.

Then, the trunk lever 101, the fuel lever 103, the pin 105, the opener bracket 10
7 is inserted through the opening 125 formed in the convex member 121 of the underbody 120 and is screwed into the screw hole 124 of the opener bracket 107.
By using 23, it is mounted in the convex member 121.

The trunk lever 101 and the fuel lever 103 project into the room through an opening 125 provided on the slope of the member 121. Next, the cable attachment structure of the lever will be described with reference to FIG.

Since the cable mounting structure of the trunk lever 101 is the same as the cable mounting structure of the fuel lever 103, the description will be made using the cable mounting structure of the fuel lever 103 shown in FIG.
Description of the cable mounting structure 1 will be omitted.

In this figure, at the end of the cable 104, there is provided a columnar locking member 151 extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cable 104. The cable attachment portion 103b of the fuel lever 103 has a bottomed cylindrical portion 16 that rotatably supports the locking member 151.
1 is formed by burring.

A first notch 163 in the circumferential direction through which the cable 104 can be inserted is formed in the cylindrical surface 161a of the cylindrical portion 161.
Is provided. Further, a second notch hole 165 is provided from the lower end surface of the cable attachment portion 103b to the first notch hole 163.

When mounting, the second notch 16
In a state where the cable 104 is arranged along 5 (indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure), the locking member 151 is fitted to the tubular portion 161.

When the engagement of the locking member 151 with the tubular portion 161 is completed, the cable 104 is connected to the first cutout hole 163.
And the cable 104 is inserted into the first cutout hole 163.

The cable 104 is connected to the first notch hole 163
The cable 104 is prevented from falling out of the second notch hole 165 by being inserted into the
To the lever 103 is completed.

According to the above-described structure, the first embodiment requires the first and second surfaces provided with the opposing holes, and in this embodiment, compared to the conventional cable mounting structure which requires a large amount of material.
It is sufficient if there is enough space to form the cylindrical portion 161, so that the cost can be reduced.

Further, the locking member 1 is different from the conventional example in which the locking member is fitted into two holes where it is difficult to accurately determine the position.
Since there is only one hole into which 51 is fitted, assembly is easy. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Although the cylindrical portion 161 in the above embodiment has a bottomed cylindrical shape, it may have a bottomless cylindrical shape.

The shape of the cylindrical portion is not limited to a cylindrical shape. The cross section may be polygonal as long as the locking member 151 can be rotated inside in a cylindrical shape. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a lever for operating a fuel lid and a trunk lid has been described. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to the operation lever and the like.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, a cylindrical portion for rotatably supporting a locking member is formed, and a peripheral surface through which the cable can be inserted into the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical portion. By providing a first notch hole in the direction, and providing a second notch hole from the end face of the lever to the first notch hole,
First and second surfaces with opposing holes are required,
Compared to the conventional cable mounting structure that requires a lot of material,
It is sufficient if the area for forming the cylindrical portion is sufficient, so that the cost can be reduced.

Since there is only one hole in which the locking member fits, as compared with the conventional example in which the locking member is fitted into two holes where it is difficult to accurately determine the position, assembly is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of an opener using a lever provided with a cable attachment structure according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a cable mounting structure of the lever shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a conventional lever cable mounting structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 103 Fuel lever (lever) 104 Cable 161 Cylindrical part 163 First notch hole 165 Second notch hole

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cable attachment structure for a lever for attaching a cable having an end provided with a locking member extending in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cable, wherein the tubular portion rotatably supports the locking member. A first notch hole in the circumferential direction through which the cable can be inserted is provided in the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical portion, and a second notch hole is provided from the end surface of the lever to the first notch hole.
A cable mounting structure for a lever, characterized in that a notch hole is provided.