JP2002192953A - Automobile easily getting in and out - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile capable of easily getting in and out by providing a rotating/elevating seat even in the case not securing a large space in the seat upward direction. SOLUTION: This automobile is provided with the rotating/elevating automobile seat rotatable in the door direction adjacent to the seat and fixable of the rotation and a mechanism capable of opening/closing a roof for closing the door opening upper part. When the rotating/elevating seat faces to the advancing direction of the automobile, the opening/closing roof is closed, but when the rotating/elevating seat is rotated and a person gets in/out the rotating/ raising seat, the opening/closing roof is operated by linked with the operation of opening the adjoining door and rotating the rotating/elevating seat on the adjoining door side so that a large space can be secured in the rotating/elevating seat upper part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a motor vehicle suitable for the welfare of persons with disabilities and the elderly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in order to improve the ease of getting on and off a car for the purpose of welfare and the like, a rotating seat such as rotating a seat and projecting part or all of the seat outside the vehicle body, or descending outside the car after turning. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a seat rotation elevating device capable of directly descending on a road. (Hereinafter, the seats are unified, and the seats are rotated and lifted.) This method makes it possible to secure a lot of space for sitting on the seats, so that getting on and off is facilitated.
This seat rotating device is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-11-245697, and the seat rotating and lifting device is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-8-3009.
No. 89.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-052827 makes it easy to get off by lowering the seat cushion front portion from a normal state in which the front portion of the seat faces the front of the vehicle when the rotation of the rotating seat is completed. . Furthermore, sliding the seat makes it easy to move in and out of the vehicle. According to this embodiment, in a state where the rotation of the seat is completed more than a normal state in which the seat faces the front of the vehicle, the seat stops in a state where the front part of the seat is lowered, so that the head is positioned above the door opening adjacent to the rotating seat. It solves the danger of the department hitting.

[0004]

However, in this method, a large space cannot be secured in the upper direction of the seat in an automobile having a low body height, and the opening height of the door adjacent to the seat is low. Even if it is the technology of No., as long as the door opening height is determined due to the vehicle body structure, the head contacts the upper part of the door opening when a disabled person such as a disabled person or elderly person gets on and off the board Therefore, there is a problem that it is not easy to get on and off.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a rotation / rotation device in which a seat of a vehicle can rotate in a door direction adjacent to the seat, and the rotation can be fixed when facing a door opening direction adjacent to the seat. It is characterized by comprising a lifting seat and a mechanism that can open and close a roof (hereinafter, the roof is referred to as a roof door) that closes an upper part of a door adjacent to the seat in conjunction with rotation of the seat.

Therefore, when the door adjacent to the seat is opened, and when the rotating / elevating seat is rotated and when the passenger gets on / off the seat, the roof door above the door adjacent to the seat is opened, so that the door adjacent to the seat is opened. A large space can be secured at the upper part of the opening and above the rotating / elevating seat, and the disabled person and the elderly can use it easily.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is provided in which the roof door is opened / closed by turning in the vertical direction of the vehicle body with the connecting portion of the vehicle body as a fulcrum, in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating / elevating seat.

The vehicle body connecting portion of the roof door is connected perpendicularly or parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and is not limited to only one direction, but can correspond to the vehicle body shape.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the mechanism of the second aspect, the rotation of the roof door is interlocked with the rotating / elevating seat, and a mechanism for rotating the roof door alone is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mechanism capable of stopping and holding the rotation of the roof door at any position on the opening / closing track, so that the user can easily get on and off even in bad weather such as rain or snow. I can do it.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is characterized in that the roof door slides vertically or parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating seat. In addition, the sliding of the roof door is not limited to only one direction, but can correspond to the shape of the body of the automobile.

In the sixth aspect, the mechanism of the fifth aspect and the slide of the roof door are interlocked with the rotating / elevating seat, and the slide mechanism of the roof door alone is combined to be used even in bad weather such as rain or snow. Good getting on and off of the person can be secured.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.
1 is an automobile, 2 is a revolving / elevating seat, 3 is a door adjacent to the two revolving / elevating seats, and 4 is a roof door that can be opened and closed to close the upper part of the door 3 adjacent to the two revolving / elevating seats. .

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of one embodiment of an automobile, which is not limited to a small passenger car, but is applicable to all automobiles.

The automobile 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a seat which can be rotated in the direction of the door 3 adjacent to the revolving / elevating seat 2 and can be fixed when facing the opening direction of the door 3. The rotating / elevating seat 2 may be a mechanism having a sliding or lifting function outside the vehicle body after the rotation and falling while protruding outside the vehicle body, and the seat mechanism is not limited.

The roof door 4 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The roof door 4 is a mechanism in which a connection surface with the vehicle body is connected to the roof 5 by a hinge. The roof door 4 rotates vertically with the hinge portion as a fulcrum by the driving force of the small motor 11. The roof door 4 is integrated with a portion adjacent to and in contact with the door 3 so that the rotating / elevating seat 2 sides and the upper portion from the opening lower portion of the door 3 (the step portion of the vehicle) to the connection portion of the roof door 4 and the roof 5. Large space can be secured. In addition to the roof door 4 connected in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the automobile 1 shown in FIG. 1, the same applies to the roof doors 4 to 4 shown in FIGS.

In the fifth embodiment, the roof door 7 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 has a function of opening and closing in a sliding manner by the driving force of the small motor 11, and includes a portion adjacent to and in contact with the roof door 7 and the door 3. By opening the roof door 7, a large space can be secured on the side and upper part of the rotating / elevating seat 2 from the lower part of the opening of the door 3 to the roof door opening end of the roof 5. The sliding direction is the automobile 1 shown in FIG.
Open or close parallel to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the automobile 1 shown in FIG. This sliding roof door 7
Because the opening and closing direction differs depending on the shape of the car body,
The opening / closing direction is not limited to one direction.

Further, the only difference is the opening / closing type of whether the roof door 4 according to the second aspect rotates vertically or the roof door 7 according to the fifth aspect slides, and the operating mechanism and the operating order are common. , The roof door 4.

After the door 3 is opened first, the roof door 4 rotates. Further, by setting the opening / closing order in this manner, the door 3 can be opened / closed even when the roof door 4 is not rotated, and can be used similarly to a normal automobile.

In order to control the opening / closing order of the roof door 4 and the door 3, a door sensor 12 for detecting the door opening / closing is provided to the door 3.
The roof door 4 is not opened or closed unless the door 3 is open. This is similarly controlled in the case where the interlocking operation mechanism of the rotating / elevating seat 2 and the roof door 4 and the case where the roof door 4 is independently opened and closed.

A description will now be given of a method of using the rotating / elevating seat 2 shown in FIG. First, when the door 3 is opened and a caregiver or the like rotates the rotating / elevating seat in the direction of the door 3, the operation sensor 10 attached to the rotating / elevating seat operates to activate the roof operating door rotating motor 11 to activate the roof door 4. Start to open.

This interlocking operation mechanism is set by the main control unit 9 so that the entire operation rotation angle of the revolving / elevating seat 2 and the entire opening / closing operation range of the roof door 4 are interlocked at a ratio of 1: 1. Rotating / elevating seat 2 is set to 5
When it rotates 0%, the roof door 4 rotates to a position 50% of the operating range. Further, when the rotation is further advanced and the rotating / operating seat is rotated to the position of the operation angle of 100%, the roof door 4 is simultaneously opened in the operation range of 100%.
As a result, as shown in FIG.
When the roof door 4 is turned in the opening direction, the roof door 4 is in the open state with the maximum operating range, and a large space can be secured above the opening of the door 3 and above the rotating / elevating seat. This one-to-one rotation ratio ensures that the user sitting on the rotating / elevating seat can secure the head space at a position where the head space needs to be ensured, and the operation speed of the roof door 4 is also reduced by the user. It is controlled so that it can operate without giving fear.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1, the rotating / elevating seat equipped with the slide mechanism and the rotating / elevating seat equipped with the lift mechanism are operated to make the rotating / elevating seat protrude outside the vehicle body. It will be. At that time, a large space is already secured at the upper part of the occupant sitting on the seat 2, so that a space that is extremely easy to get on and off can be secured.

In addition, when riding, the occupant is placed on the rotating / elevating seat 2 with the sliding mechanism and the rotating / elevating seat equipped with the lift mechanism. , Operate each mechanism and move inside the car. Next, at the same time as the caregiver or the like rotates the rotating / elevating seat 2 in the traveling direction of the vehicle, the roof door 4 starts to close, and when the rotating / elevating seat 2 finishes turning in the traveling direction, the roof door 4 is closed.

Further, in the third, fourth and sixth aspects, in addition to the mechanism of the second and fifth aspects, the roof door 4 can be opened and closed independently. In this case, a seat interlocking and changeover switch 8 is provided, and by switching the switch 8 to an independent operation, a door sensor 12 installed on the revolving door 3 detects a door open / closed state. After opening, the opening and closing mechanism of the roof door 4 operates.

In this case, the operation of the roof door 4 can be stopped at an arbitrary position irrespective of the position of the revolving / elevating seat 2 during independent operation. Further, when the roof door 4 is closed, the door sensor is operated in a state where the door 3 is opened by the door sensor, thereby preventing a problem due to interference of a contact portion between the door 3 and the roof door 4.

[0027]

As a result, the present invention ensures a large seat upper space at the time of getting on and off, minimizes the caregiver's labor at the time of interlocking operation, and prevents rain and snow at the time of single operation. In the event of bad weather, the roof door can be opened to the minimum necessary to protect the occupants from bad weather, and regardless of the degree of occupant obstacles, it is easy to get on and off even if the vehicle height is low. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the automobile shown in FIG. 1 in a normal state.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a rotating / elevating seat of the automobile shown in FIG. 1 is rotated to an adjacent door opening.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of opening and closing the roof door of the automobile shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of opening and closing the roof door of the automobile shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example in which the roof door of the automobile shown in FIG. 1 is slid and opened.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which the roof door of the automobile shown in FIG. 1 is slid and opened.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing operation control of the automobile shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Revolving / elevating seat 3 Door adjacent to revolving / elevating seat 4 Roof that opens and closes up and down 5 Roof 6 Roof that closes the upper part of door opening 7 Slide opening and closing roof 8 Switching switch 9 Main control unit 10 Operation sensor 11 Motor 12 Door sensor 13 Single operation switch

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A seat, wherein a seat of an automobile is rotatable in a direction of a door adjacent to the seat, and is rotatable when facing a door opening direction adjacent to the seat, and a roof for closing an upper portion of the door adjacent to the seat. And a mechanism that can be opened and closed in conjunction with the rotation of the seat. 2. A roof, which interlocks with the rotation of the seat and closes an upper part of a door adjacent to the seat, opens and closes in a vertical direction of the vehicle body with a connection point with the vehicle body as a fulcrum. Item 1. The vehicle according to item 1. 3. A mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the mechanism according to claim 2 and the mechanism for independently rotating the roof are provided.
Car. 4. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism capable of rotating and opening and closing the roof in a vertical direction of the vehicle body and stopping and holding the roof at any position on an opening and closing track. 5. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a mechanism that slides and opens and closes a roof that closes an upper part of a door adjacent to the seat in conjunction with rotation of the seat. 6. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a function of claim 5 and a mechanism for independently opening and closing a roof for closing an upper part of a door adjacent to the seat, and stopping at any position on a slide track.