JP2003019926A - On-vehicle electronic appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle electronic appliance which can operate a unit with a memory stick fitted thereto from a front side, and need not form an operation hole in a movable panel or a hole for inserting the memory stick. SOLUTION: The movable panel 11 is provided forward of a case 1. The movable panel 11 is set from an erected attitude to a collapsed attitude. When the movable panel is in the collapsed attitude, an opening part 7 appears in a fixed panel 3, a unit 50 is pressed by a press projection 61, and an operation surface 50a can be operated from a forward side of the opening part 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an on-vehicle electronic device in which a movable panel located in front of a case is in a tilted posture, and in particular, when the movable panel is in a tilted posture, a memory stick or the like is mounted. The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted electronic device that enables a unit to be operated from the front of a case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In-vehicle electronic devices for audio or car navigation are 1DIN size or 2D
A case such as an IN is embedded in a dashboard or an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment, and a nose provided in front of the case appears on the front surface of the dashboard or the instrument panel.

This type of vehicle-mounted electronic device is usually provided with a drive unit into which a disk, a tape cassette, etc. are loaded. Furthermore, in recent vehicle-mounted electronic devices, it is also considered to incorporate a unit for loading and unloading a memory stick (memory card).

[0004]

However, the area of the nose provided on the front surface of the in-vehicle electronic device is limited, and various operations such as operation buttons and rotary operation knobs are provided within this limited area. Display devices such as members and liquid crystal displays are arranged. Therefore, if this nose is provided with an insertion opening such as a memory stick together with an insertion opening for the disk or tape cassette, the area of the front surface of the nose is restricted, and the display area of the display device becomes narrower. Or you can not arrange the required number of operation buttons,
Or you have to use very small control buttons,
Inconvenience such as occurs.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides an on-vehicle electronic device which can widely use the front surface of a movable panel and can also operate a unit for mounting a memory stick or the like. It is an object.

[0006]

An on-vehicle electronic device according to the present invention comprises a case having an opening in the front, a movable panel positioned in front of the case, and a standing posture for covering the movable panel on the front surface of the case. And a posture control means for rotating the upper part of the panel to a tilted position in which the upper part of the panel rotates toward the bottom of the case,
A unit for reading and / or storing data located in the case, wherein the unit is operably exposed through the opening when the movable panel is in the tilted posture. It is a thing.

Since the unit is exposed from the opening of the case when the movable panel is in a tilted posture, it is not necessary to form an opening for operating the unit on the front surface of the movable panel, and the case is not necessary. The area in front of can be effectively used.

Further, unit position setting means for advancing the unit from the inside of the case toward the opening may be provided when the movable panel is in the tilted posture.

Preferably, the unit, when advanced by the unit position setting means, is inclined such that the front surface thereof is directed obliquely forward.

Further, the attitude control means and the unit position setting means may be driven by the same power source.

For example, the unit holds a memory stick detachably, and allows the memory stick to be attached and detached from the opening.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a movable panel is in a standing posture in front of a case in a vehicle-mounted electronic device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a movable panel in a tilted posture in front of the case. 3 to 6 are perspective views showing the state.
Is a sectional view showing the operation, and FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the advancing / retreating driving means.

The case 1 of this on-vehicle electronic device includes a housing 2
And a fixed panel 3 fixed to the front surface thereof. The housing 2 has a 1DIN size or a 2DIN size, and the housing 2 is embedded in, for example, a dashboard or an instrument panel of a vehicle compartment. At this time, the fixed panel 3 substantially coincides with the surface of the dashboard or the instrument panel.

As shown in FIG. 3, inside the housing 2, the lower side is the unit storage area 4 and the upper side is the installation area 5 for the internal equipment. In the illustrated embodiment, this installation area 5
A disk drive mechanism 6 for driving a CD, a DVD, an MD, or the like is installed in. Further, various electronic circuits for audio, screen display, radio, etc. are also installed in the installation area 5.

A unit 50 in which a memory stick (card type storage medium) is mounted is housed in the lower housing area 4. The front surface of the unit 50 is an operation surface 50a. As shown in FIG.
a, a mounting slit 54 for mounting the memory stick M
Are formed. An eject button 55 is provided on the side of the operation surface 50a. When the eject button 55 is pressed, the eject mechanism in the unit 50 operates and the memory stick M moves into the mounting slit 54.
Emitted from.

As shown in FIG. 2, an opening 7 is formed on the front surface 3a of the fixed panel 3 forming a part of the case 1 at a position offset to the lower side. The opening 7 is formed in a rectangular shape that is long in the left-right direction, and a pair of slits 7a, 7a extending upward are formed on both left and right sides of the opening 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the opening 7 is formed in the housing area 4 in the housing 2.
It leads to.

At a position near the upper side of the front surface of the fixed panel 3, there is an opening / closing port 8 through which a recording medium such as a disc D can be inserted and ejected. The doorway 8 is opened at a position where the disc D can be inserted into and ejected from the disc drive mechanism 6 installed in the installation area 5 in the housing 2.

In this on-vehicle electronic device, a movable panel 11 is provided as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the movable panel 11 is in an upright posture and substantially covers the front surface 3a of the fixed panel 3, and as shown in FIGS. It can be turned to a tilted posture.

In the standing posture shown in FIG. 1, an operation member is provided on the operation surface 11a of the movable panel 11 facing forward, or an operation member and a display member are provided.
In the embodiment of FIG. 2, a rotary operation member 13a and a push button operation member are arranged on the operation surface 11a, and a display member (display panel) 14 such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL display is further provided. It is provided.

On the screen of the display member 14, various kinds of audio information, for example, the song number of the disc, the channel selection in the case of radio reception, the title of the audio distributed by radio, the map display of the navigation system and the TV image reception are displayed. The screen etc. is displayed.

In the housing 2, a posture control means 20 for rotating the movable panel 11 from the standing posture to a tilted posture, a unit position setting means 60, the posture control means 20 and a unit. An advance / retreat drive means 40 for operating the position setting means 60 is provided.

The switching means 20 and the unit position setting means 60 are provided with a switching member 21 which reciprocates in the housing 2. As shown in FIG. 7, the switching member 21 is bent in a U-shape by a sheet metal material, and the bottom plate 2 is superposed on the upper surface of the bottom surface 2 a of the housing 2.
1a and a pair of side plates 21 bent upward on both left and right sides (upper and lower sides in FIG. 7) of the bottom plate 21a.
b and 21b. The bottom plate 21a is formed with elongated holes 21c, 21c extending in the front-rear direction. A pair of guide pins 22, 22 are fixed to the bottom surface 2a of the housing 2, and the elongated holes 21c, 21c are formed in the guide pins 2.
By sliding 2 and 22, the switching member 21 is supported by the housing 2 so as to be movable forward and backward.

In the attitude control means 20, a connecting shaft 25 is fixed to the lower side of both side surfaces of the movable panel 11 shown in FIG. 3, and the connecting shaft 25 is provided at the tip of the side plate 21b of the switching member 21. It is rotatably supported. Restricting shafts 26 are provided on both side surfaces of the movable panel 11 at positions closer to the upper side than the connecting shaft 25.
An arm-shaped regulating member 27 is rotatably connected to the. A control shaft 28 is fixed to the base end of the regulating member 27.

A guide member (not shown) is fixedly provided inside the housing 2, and the guide member is linearly formed in the front-rear direction along the bottom surface 2a of the housing 2. A control guide portion 31 having an elongated slot is formed, and the control shaft 2
8 is slidably inserted in the regulation guide portion 31.

As shown in FIG. 3, the guide member has a front guide portion 3 formed of an elongated hole extending linearly in the front-rear direction.
2 is formed, and a rear guide portion 33 formed by a dogleg-shaped elongated hole is formed on the rear side. A pair of guide shafts 51 and 52 are provided on both sides of the unit 50, respectively.
Is fixed, the guide shaft 51 is slidably guided by the front guide portion 32, and the guide shaft 52 is slidably guided by the rear guide portion 33.

A pull-in biasing member 53 of a tension coil spring is provided between the unit 50 and the inside of the housing 2, so that the unit 50 is always biased in the back direction of the housing 2. Has been done. The unit position setting means 6 is provided on the side plate 21b of the switching member 21.
The pressing protrusion 61 forming 0 is integrally formed, and the pressing protrusion 61 faces the position where the rear end of the unit 50 can be pressed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the bottom surface 2a of the housing 2 is shown.
The advancing / retreating drive means 40 for moving the switching member 21 back and forth is provided on the top.

In the advancing / retreating drive means 40, a rotating body 41 is supported on the bottom surface 2a of the housing 2 so as to be rotatable around a shaft 42. Around the rotary body 41, arc-shaped predetermined module teeth 41a around the shaft 42 are formed,
The rotating body 41 constitutes a partial gear. A reduction gear 45 that applies a rotational force to the teeth 41a is provided on the bottom surface 2a, and a motor M that applies a rotational force to the rotating body 41 via the reduction gear 45 is provided.

A rotary arm 41b is integrally formed in a portion of the rotary body 41 where the teeth 41a are not provided, and a sliding pin 43 is fixed to the tip of the rotary arm 41b. An elongated hole 44 extending in the left-right direction is formed in the bottom plate 21a of the switching member 21, and the sliding pin 43 is slidably inserted in the elongated hole 44.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the rotator 41 is rotated most in the counterclockwise direction, the switching member 21 causes the case 1 to move.
Most pulled in. From that state, the rotating body 41 rotates clockwise, and while the rotating arm 41b rotates to the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 7, the switching member 21 is most advanced forward of the case 1.

Next, the operation of the on-vehicle electronic equipment will be described. In the state shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 7, the rotating body 41 is rotated counterclockwise, and the switching member 21 is drawn inward of the housing 2. At this time, the regulation member 27
The control shaft 28 provided at the base end portion of the above contacts the rear end portion of the regulation guide portion 31, and as a result, the movable panel 11 is placed in the standing posture and is installed on the front surface 3 a of the fixed panel 3. The opening 7 of the fixed panel 3 is closed by the movable panel 11.

The pressing projection 61 provided at the rear end of the switching member 21 is separated from the rear end of the unit 50, and the unit 50 is pulled inward by the pull-in biasing member 53 into the housing 2. ing. Therefore, both the guide shafts 51 and 52 have moved to the rear end portions of the front guide portion 32 and the rear guide portion 33. The unit 50 is the bottom plate 2 of the housing 2.
It is in a posture almost parallel to a.
The operation surface 50a of the is retracted rearward from the opening 7.

When the rotator 41 rotates clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 7, the switching member 21 projects forward from the opening 7 of the fixed panel 3. 3, 4, 5, and 6 sequentially show a process in which the switching member 21 gradually protrudes from the opening 7. When the switching member 21 projects forward, the movable panel 11 connected to it moves forward together.

At this time, when the control shaft 28 provided at the rear end of the regulation member 27 reaches the tip of the regulation guide portion 32 and the switching member 21 subsequently advances, the regulation member 27 is moved.
Due to this, the regulation shaft 26 of the movable panel 11 is regulated by the regulation member 27. Therefore, the movable panel 11 is connected to the connecting shaft 2.
5 moves forward, and with the connecting shaft 25 as a fulcrum, the upper end passes in front of the front surface 3a of the fixed panel 3 and rotates clockwise in the drawing so as to face the bottom plate 2a of the housing 2. The rotation angle of the movable panel 11 can be controlled by controlling the rotation angle of the rotating body 41 shown in FIG. 7 to control the amount of forward movement of the switching member 21.

Therefore, if the motor M is stopped when the switching member 21 advances to any of the positions shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6, the movable panel 11 is stopped at the position of the inclined posture shown in each of the drawings. be able to.

When the movable panel 11 is rotated to the posture shown in FIG. 5 and stopped, the movable panel 11 closes the opening 7 of the fixed panel 3. At this time, the entrance 8 of the disk appears above the movable panel 11. Therefore, when a disc D such as a CD is inserted from the entrance / exit 8, the disc D is pulled into the disc drive mechanism 6 in the case 1 and loaded. Further, the disk D in the disk drive mechanism 6 can be ejected from the entrance / exit 8.

Further, when the switching member 21 is projected to the position of FIG. 6 and the movable panel 11 is rotated to the tilted posture of FIG. 6 through the postures of FIGS. 4 and 5, the fixed panel 3 is formed. The opening 7 appears, and the operation surface 5 of the unit 50
0a is exposed from the opening 7. Also, the switching member 2
When 1 moves forward, the unit 50 is pushed out toward the opening 7 by the pressing protrusion 61 provided on the switching member 21. At this time, the guide shaft 5 provided in the unit 50
1 advances linearly along the front guide portion 32, and the guide shaft 52 advances along the dogleg-shaped rear guide portion 33. In the state of FIG.
To the lower end of. Therefore, the unit 50 includes the operation surface 50.
a is inclined upward and advances to a position approaching the inside of the opening 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this state, it is possible to put a finger into the opening 7 that opens above the movable panel 11 in the tilted posture, and press the eject button 55 of the unit 50. The memory stick M can be ejected. Further, the memory stick M can also be mounted from the mounting slit 54 of the unit 50.
In particular, since the operation surface 55a is located in the opening 7 in an obliquely upward posture, it is easy to operate the operation surface 55a from the front.

In the above embodiment, the unit 50
Is urged in the pull-in direction by the pull-in urging member 53, and is pushed out by the pressing protrusion 61 provided in the switching member 21. However, conversely, the unit 50 is biased forward by the biasing means, and when the switching member 21 moves rearward, the switching member 21 pushes the unit 50 into the rear side of the housing 2 or moves it. The unit 50 may be pushed into the housing 2 by the panel 11.

The unit 50 is a unit to which a memory stick, a memory card or the like is attached, or a unit having a built-in memory which does not insert or pull out the stick or the card, and is operated from the outside. It may be.

Further, in FIG. 6, the unit 50 can be operated from the opening 7 when the movable panel is tilted substantially horizontally. However, when the movable panel is in an inclined posture, the unit 50 can be operated from the opening. It may be operable.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the movable panel is in the tilted posture, the unit to which the memory stick or the like is attached can be operated from the opening portion. There is no need to open holes for operation or slits for inserting memory sticks.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a movable panel is in an upright posture in a vehicle-mounted electronic device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the movable panel is in a tilted posture in front of the case,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the movable panel is in a standing posture,

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the movable panel has started to rotate,

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the movable panel is further rotated,

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the movable panel is in a hand-folded posture,

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing advancing / retreating driving means,

[Explanation of symbols]

1 case 2 housing 3 fixed panel 4 storage area 5 installation areas 6 Disk drive mechanism 7 openings 8 doorways 11 Movable panel 11a Operation surface 13a operation member 14 Display member 20 Attitude control means 21 Switching member 21b Side plate 25 connecting shaft 26 regulated axes 27 Control member 28 control axes 31 Regulation Guidance Department 32 Front guide 33 Rear guide 40 Forward / backward drive means 41 rotating body 41b rotating arm 43 Sliding pin 50 units 50a Operation surface 60 unit position setting means 61 Pressing protrusion

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A case having an opening in the front, a movable panel positioned in front of the case, and an upper part of the panel pivoting toward a bottom of the case from an upright posture in which the movable panel covers the front surface of the case. It has a posture control means for rotating to a tilted posture, and a unit for reading and / or storing data located in the case, and when the movable panel is in the tilted posture, the unit is opened from the opening. A vehicle-mounted electronic device, which is operably exposed. 2. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising unit position setting means for advancing the unit from the inside of the case toward the opening when the movable panel is in the tilted posture. machine. 3. The vehicle-mounted electronic device according to claim 2, wherein when the unit is moved forward by the unit position setting means, the front surface of the unit is tilted in a posture in which the front surface is directed obliquely forward. 4. The on-vehicle electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the attitude control unit and the unit position setting unit are driven by the same power source. 5. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, wherein the unit removably holds a card-type storage medium, and the card-type storage medium can be attached to and detached from the opening. Electronics.