JP2002127775A - Shift lever unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the unevenness of the position of a shift lever unit body and a console upon their mounting by employing a simple mounting constitution, wherein the facing distance between a slide cover and the inner surface of the console is minimized, the slide cover going forward and back from the unit body upon swinging of the shift lever. SOLUTION: The unit body 14 of a shift lever unit 10 has a fixing means 34 and 36 on its front and rear part, respectively, wherein each fixing means connecting and fixing the consoles 20 and 22 to the unit body 14, and minimizing the facing distance between the slide cover 16 and a projecting part 26 and 28 of the console 20 and 22, which are projecting because of the arrangement of other components, upon moving forward and back of the slide cover 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift lever device, and more particularly, to a shift lever device having a slide cover which moves forward and backward in accordance with the swinging operation of the shift lever, and for arranging other parts and securing a necessary space in a vehicle interior. More particularly, the present invention relates to a shift lever device capable of easily improving the assembling accuracy when assembling a console having a projecting portion projecting inward.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic transmission vehicles (AT vehicles) and the like are provided with a shift lever device that swings in the front-rear direction of the vehicle in order to perform a shift operation or the like. In this shift lever device, usually, a rod-shaped shift lever protrudes from a swing guide groove formed on the upper surface of the device main body, and when operated, a driver moves the shift lever along the swing guide groove. At this time, in order to prevent foreign matter such as dust and small articles from entering the inside of the apparatus main body from a portion of the swing guide groove where the shift lever does not exist, a slide cover that covers the swing guide groove where the shift lever does not exist is arranged. I have. The slide cover has, for example, a thin plate shape having a length approximately twice the length of the swing guide groove, and the shift lever penetrates a substantially central portion of the thin plate and slides with the shift lever. . Therefore, when the shift lever is swung in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the slide cover also moves together with the shift lever. However, since the slide cover has approximately twice the length of the swing guide groove, the shift lever does not exist. It is configured to cover the swing guide groove.

A shift lever device having such a slide cover is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-315069.

[0004]

A console combined with a shift lever device is used for securing other components such as a lever for a side brake, an audio and an air conditioner, and for holding a beverage can. The surface side is recessed to secure pocket space and the like. As a result, the console will form a large protrusion on the inside. In such a case, in order to effectively use the vehicle interior space, it is necessary to increase the size of the recess. That is, it is necessary to increase the size of the protrusion.

However, the combination of a shift lever device and a console, such as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-315069, is generally such that the shift lever device is fixed to the vehicle and the console is separately fixed to the vehicle. Have been.
The assembling of the shift lever device and the vehicle and the assembling of the console and the vehicle have variations. Therefore, the relative positional relationship between the shift lever device and the console also greatly varies. As described above, when the slide cover moves back and forth with the sliding of the shift lever,
There is a possibility of contact with the protruding inner surface of the console, which may hinder breakage or advance / retreat. For this reason, the distance between the slide cover that moves forward and backward and the inner surface of the console needs to be large enough with a margin in consideration of the variation.
In this case, when the cabin space is determined, that is, when the shape of the console cannot be changed, there is a problem that the design of the shift lever device is restricted.
Conversely, if the design of the shift lever device cannot be changed,
The design on the console side is restricted. That is, the formation of the protruding portion is prevented (the formation of the recess on the surface side is prevented),
There is a problem that the degree of freedom in designing the interior of the vehicle interior is reduced. It is conceivable to provide guide rails and the like for guiding the slide cover's advance and retreat operations to eliminate variations during assembly. It is not preferable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to suppress a variation at the time of assembling an apparatus main body with an easy structure, and to minimize a distance between an advancing / retracting slide cover and an inner surface of a console. It is an object of the present invention to provide a shift lever device which can be used.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an apparatus body having a shift lever swingable in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and a cover through which the shift lever penetrates. A slide cover that covers a guide groove that guides the swing of the shift lever, and that slides forward and backward from the apparatus main body in accordance with the forward and backward swing of the shift lever. And, at the rear position, each has fixing means for connecting and fixing the device main body and the console, each fixing means,
When the slide cover is advanced or retracted, the facing distance of the inwardly protruding portion of the console for disposing other components is kept to a minimum.

According to this configuration, the apparatus main body and the console are fixed to the console at the front position and the rear position of the apparatus main body. At this time, since the apparatus main body is fixed to the console at the front position and the rear position, it is possible to fix the console in a state where the positioning adjustment with respect to the console in the front-rear direction is accurately performed. That is, the facing distance between the inner surface of the console and the apparatus main body can be accurately managed. Therefore, unlike the related art, there is no need to form a space in which variations are taken into account, and it is possible to maintain the facing distance to a minimum, and it is not necessary to secure a space that is not originally required,
The degree of freedom in designing the shift lever device is improved. Similarly, the degree of freedom in designing the console side is improved.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a shift lever device 1 according to this embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the configuration of No. 0, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining the assembly structure.

The shift lever device 10 includes a swing shaft of a shift lever 12 for performing a shift selection operation by a driver, a swing inhibition mechanism for selectively limiting the swing of the shift lever 12, and the like. It comprises a main body 14, a slide cover 16 which swings with the shift lever 12, and the like. The shift lever 12 swings along a swing guide groove 18 formed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 14. At this time, in order to prevent foreign matter such as dust and small articles from entering the inside of the apparatus main body 14 from the portion of the swing guide groove 18 where the shift lever 12 does not exist, a slide covering the swing guide groove 18 where the shift lever 12 does not exist. A cover 16 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slide cover 16 has, for example, a thin plate shape having a length approximately twice the length of the swing guide groove, and has a shift lever 1 at a substantially central portion thereof.
2 is penetrated. Therefore, when the shift lever 12 is swung in the front-rear direction of the vehicle (the left-right direction in FIG. 1), the slide cover 16 moves together with the shift lever 12. At this time, since the slide cover 16 has a length approximately twice as long as the swing guide groove 18, the slide guide groove 18 where the shift lever 12 does not exist can be covered. as a result,
In accordance with the amount of swing of the shift lever 12, it projects from the front or the rear of the apparatus main body 14 as shown by a dashed line in FIG.

Such a shift lever device 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the consoles 20 and 22 are combined and arranged in a space formed by the consoles 20 and 22. Specifically, the floor 2 of the vehicle
4, the shift lever device 10 is fixed, and consoles 20 and 22 are connected to the shift lever device 10 before and after the shift lever device 10. Of course, the consoles 20 and 22 may have an integral structure having an opening for accommodating the shift lever device 10.

The feature of this embodiment is that the connection between the apparatus main body 14 and the consoles 20 and 22 is fixed by fixing means disposed at the front and rear positions of the apparatus main body 14.

As described above, the consoles 20, 22
Has projections 26 and 28 which protrude largely inward to dent the surface side in order to dispose other components well and to secure a necessary space in the vehicle interior. For example, the console 20 on the front side of the vehicle is largely recessed on the front side to form a pocket space 30 for storing and holding beverage cans and the like (projection 26). On the other hand, the rear console 22 is provided with the arranged side brake lever 32.
In order to secure a gripping space for (1), the surface side is largely recessed (protruding portion 28). Thus, the large protrusion 2
When the shift lever device 10 is connected to the consoles 20 and 22 having the consoles 6 and 28, consideration must be given to avoiding interference with the slide cover 16 that moves forward and backward with the swing of the shift lever 12.

In this embodiment, the console 20,
A fixing means 34 arranged at a position in front of the shift lever device 10 to fix the shift lever device 10 to the shift lever device 22;
This is performed by fixing means 36 formed at the rear position. In the case of the present embodiment, the fixing means 34 is formed at a front position of the shift lever device 10 through an opening 20a formed in a flange protruding from the console 20, as shown in FIGS. A screw 34a that can be screwed and fixed to the formed flange 38 is used. In addition, the screw 36a is similarly used for the fixing means 36.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3B, a flange 3 formed at a front position of the shift lever device 10 is provided.
For example, two positioning projections 38 a are formed on the opening 8, and can be inserted (penetrated) into an opening 20 b formed in a flange projecting from the console 20. Similarly,
For example, two positioning projections 38a are also formed on the flange 38 formed at the rear position of the shift lever device 10, and can be freely inserted into an opening 22b formed on the flange protruding from the console 22. Therefore, prior to fixing by the screws 34a and 36a, the protrusions 38a
The positioning is performed by engaging the openings 20b and 22b with the consoles 20 and 22 at the front position and the rear position of the shift lever device 10.
Therefore, the shift lever device 10 can be fixed in a state where the positioning adjustment of the shift lever device 10 with respect to the consoles 20 and 22 has been accurately performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the facing distance A between the projecting portion 26 of the console 20 and the slide cover 16 that has advanced from the front side of the apparatus body 14,
Alternatively, the projecting portion 28 of the console 22 and the device body 14
, The facing distance B with the slide cover 16 that has advanced from the rear side can be accurately managed. As a result, it is not necessary to consider the assembly variation between the shift lever device 10 and the consoles 20 and 22, and it is possible to design the facing distances A and B to the required minimum values. As a result, in the design of the shift lever device 10 and the consoles 20 and 22, the available space is expanded, and the degree of freedom in design can be improved. In the case of the present embodiment, the fixing means 3
Reference numerals 4 and 36 denote entrances and exits 14 where the slide cover 16 advances and retreats.
It is formed near a. That is, in the apparatus main body 14, since the fixing can be performed in the vicinity of the portion where the slide cover 16 and the protruding portions 26 and 28 approach, the facing distances A and B can be managed well.

In this embodiment, a front cover 40 for covering the connection between the shift lever device 10 and the consoles 20 and 22 is mounted from the upper surface side of the device main body 14.
The front cover 40 is, for example, a nail 4 formed on the back surface.
0a to the consoles 20, 2 as shown in FIG.
2, the flanges (20a, 20b, 22a, 2
2b is formed in the middle portion of the flange 20c,
It is mounted by engaging with 22c.

In this embodiment, the fixing means 34, 3
6 shows a case where the screws are 34a and 34b,
Regarding the connection relationship between the shift lever device 10 and the consoles 20 and 22, any means can be used as long as it can accurately position the slide cover 16 in the forward and backward directions in which the slide cover 16 moves forward and backward. Similar effects can be obtained. Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the fixing means is arranged one at each of the front and rear, but it may be fixed at a plurality of front and rear positions as necessary.

In the present embodiment, the shift lever 12
Swings along a swing guide groove that extends linearly in the front-rear direction, but a so-called gate type shift that moves in the front-rear direction while partially moving left and right along a crank-shaped groove Also in the lever, when the shift lever swings in the front-rear direction, the slide cover advances and retreats in the front-rear direction, so that the present embodiment can be applied and the same effect can be obtained.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the apparatus main body is fixed to the console at the front position and the rear position. As a result, it is possible to fix the console in a state where the console is accurately positioned in the front-rear direction. That is, the facing distance between the inner surface of the console and the apparatus main body can be accurately managed. Therefore, unlike the related art, it is not necessary to form a space in which variation is taken into consideration, and it is possible to keep the facing distance to a minimum, and it is not necessary to secure a space that is originally unnecessary, and it is not necessary to design a shift lever device. The degree of freedom is improved. Similarly, the degree of freedom in designing the console side is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a configuration of a shift lever device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an assembly structure of a shift lever device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a combined state of the shift lever device according to the embodiment of the present invention at the time of assembly.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 shift lever device, 12 shift lever, 14
Device body, 16 slide cover, 20, 22 console, 26, 28 protrusion, 34, 36 fixing means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device body having a shift lever swingable in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, and a cover through which the shift lever penetrates, covers a guide groove for guiding the swing of the shift lever, and includes a front and rear of the shift lever. A shift cover that slides back and forth from the device main body with the swing, wherein the device main body includes fixing means for connecting and fixing the device main body and the console at the front position and the rear position, respectively. A shift lever device, wherein each fixing means maintains a minimum facing distance to a protrusion of the console that protrudes inward for disposing other components when the slide cover advances and retreats.