JP2004206913A - Assembling structure of electric module - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To engage a connector simultaneously with work for assembling an electric module side movable panel to a vehicle body side fixed panel using own weight of the movable panel. <P>SOLUTION: A cum groove 11b is moved along a pin 8c so that one connector 7 is moved in an engaging direction to be engaged with other connector 6, by opposing one connector 7 on an electric module side movable panel 2 to an engaging start position of other connector 6 on a vehicle body side fixed panel 1, and by moving downward a cum member 11 as dropping of the movable panel 2 in a vertical direction V by the own weight thereof in the final stage of the movement in a horizontal direction of the movable panel 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mounting structure of an electrical module, which is capable of mounting a movable panel on the electrical module side to a fixed panel on a vehicle body side of an automobile and fitting a connector at the same time.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a cam member having a cam groove inclined in a fitting direction is slidably provided in a housing of one connector, and a pin is provided in a housing of the other connector to engage with the cam groove of the cam member. Then, by sliding a cam member, a cam groove is moved along a pin, and one connector is fitted into the other connector (for example, see Patent Document 1). .
[0003]
In Patent Document 1, the connector is fitted with a light force by manually sliding the cam member.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-6-5148 [0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, at the time of assembling the electrical module side movable panel to the vehicle body fixed panel in the automobile assembly line, the guide groove of the electrical module side movable panel is engaged with the guide pin of the vehicle body side fixed panel, and the electrical module side In some cases, a structure is employed in which a movable panel is pushed in a horizontal direction and then moved downward by its own weight in a vertically downward direction to be positioned and assembled to a vehicle-body-side fixed panel.
[0006]
However, the electrical module-side movable panel is heavy enough to be suspended by a line hook and moved, and two workers manually handle the electrical module-side movable panel connector and the vehicle body-side fixed panel connector. After the fitting by the operation, a manual operation of pushing and moving the electric module side movable panel in the horizontal direction was required.
[0007]
In particular, since the connector fitting operation must be performed manually, even if the connector can be fitted with a light force using the cam member as described above, a multipolarized connector requiring a large insertion force is required. In this case, there is a problem that heavy work is required in combination with the assembling force of the movable panel on the electrical component module side.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in order to meet the above-mentioned demands, and utilizes the own weight of the electrical module-side movable panel so that the connector can be fitted simultaneously with the work of assembling the electrical module-side movable panel to the vehicle body-side fixed panel. It is an object of the present invention to provide an assembled structure of an electrical module.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a first aspect of the present invention is a method of assembling an electric module side movable panel to a vehicle body side fixed panel. After the electronic component module side movable panel is pushed and moved in the horizontal direction, it is dropped vertically downward by its own weight and positioned and assembled to the vehicle body side fixed panel,
A cam member having a cam groove inclined in the fitting direction is movably attached to the electrical module side movable panel in the fitting direction, and the cam member supports a housing of one of the connectors so as to be vertically movable. A housing of the other connector provided with a pin engageable with the cam groove of the cam member is attached to the vehicle body fixed panel, and at the end of the horizontal movement of the electric module side movable panel, one connector is connected to the other of the other. The cam member moves downward along with the vertical downward movement of the electrical module side movable panel by its own weight, facing the mating start position of the connector, so that the cam groove moves along the pin, and one of the connectors Are moved in the fitting direction so as to be fitted into the other connector.
[0010]
It is preferable that the housing of the one connector is provided with a guiding portion for facing the fitting start position while guiding the housing of the other connector when moving in the horizontal direction (claim 2).
[0011]
The cam member is provided with a temporary locking portion for temporarily locking the housing of one connector at the initial fitting position, and the temporary locking release for releasing the temporary locking to the other connector at an early stage of the fitting. Preferably, a portion is provided (claim 3).
[0012]
Function and Effect of the Invention
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the electrical module side movable panel is moved in the horizontal direction and is dropped vertically downward by its own weight, the cam member slides along with this, so that the cam is moved along the pin. As the groove moves, one connector moves in the fitting direction and automatically fits into the other connector. As described above, the connector can be fitted simultaneously with the work of assembling the movable panel on the electrical module side to the fixed panel on the vehicle body side by utilizing the own weight of the movable panel on the electrical module side. Is unnecessary, so that the workability is improved.
[0013]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, one connector is smoothly fitted into the other connector.
[0014]
According to the invention of claim 3, one of the connectors can be temporarily temporarily locked at the initial position of the fitting before the fitting, and the temporary locking is automatically released at the early stage of the fitting of the other connector. be able to.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 7, both outer surfaces of an electric module side movable panel (so-called cockpit module) 2 attached to a vehicle body side fixed panel 1 (see FIG. 3) in front of the driver's seat of the automobile as shown in FIG. 8. Each of the inverted L-shaped guide grooves 3 is formed.
[0017]
Guide pins 4 are provided on both inner side surfaces of the fitting portion of the vehicle body-side fixed panel 1 into which the electrical module side movable panel 2 is fitted.
[0018]
When assembling the electrical module side movable panel 2 to the vehicle body side fixed panel 1, the guide groove 3 of the electrical module side movable panel 2 is engaged with the guide pin 4 of the vehicle body side fixed panel 1.
[0019]
After that, as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, the electric module side movable panel 2 is pushed in the horizontal direction H and moved, then dropped by its own weight in the vertical downward direction V to be positioned on the vehicle body side fixed panel 1. Then, an assembling structure of fixing with bolts or the like is adopted.
[0020]
In the portion B in FIG. 7, the male connector 7 on the electrical module side movable panel 2 side is fitted to the female connector 6 on the vehicle body side fixed panel 1 side.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a female connector 6 is disposed on the vehicle body-side fixed panel 1 side in a lateral state with a terminal entrance facing the rear of the vehicle body. Is formed with a vertical shoe 8a.
[0022]
A fixed base 9 having a shoe groove 9a for slidably supporting the shoe 8a in a vertical direction is mounted inside the vehicle body-side fixed panel 1. The female connector 6 is normally held in the state shown in FIG.
[0023]
On both sides of the housing 8 of the female connector 6, a temporary lock releasing portion 8b and a pin 8c protruding laterally are formed at upper and lower positions.
[0024]
A male connector 7 is arranged on the side of the electric module side movable panel 2 in a lateral state with terminals facing toward the front of the vehicle body.
[0025]
On both sides of the housing 10 of the male connector 7, slits 10a (see FIG. 4 (c)) penetrating in the vertical direction are formed, and at the front thereof, a trumpet-shaped opening 10b is formed. ing.
[0026]
A substantially inverted U-shaped cam member 11 is provided in front view, and both leg portions 11a of the cam member 11 are inserted from above into the slits 10a of the housing 10 of the male connector 7, and the male connector 7 is formed by the cam member 11. Is slidably supported in the vertical direction.
[0027]
A front-rear shoe 11e is formed at the top of the cam member 11, and a shoe groove 2a is formed on the upper part of the electrical module side movable panel 2 to support the shoe 11e so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. ing. The cam member 11 is normally kept in the state of FIG.
[0028]
A cam groove 11b which is gradually inclined in the connector fitting direction is formed in both leg portions 11a of the cam member 11, and the front lower end of each cam groove 11b is open to the front edge of each leg portion 11a.
[0029]
At the front edge of each leg 11a, a temporary locking portion 11c for temporarily locking the temporary locking holes 10c (see FIG. 4 (c)) on both sides of the housing 10 of the male connector 7 is formed. The female connector 6 is held in the state of the initial fitting position in FIG. 3 in which the temporary locking hole 10c is temporarily locked by the temporary locking portion 11c and moved to the lowest position. The lowermost moving initial position is set slightly higher than the lowermost moving state of the female connector 6 so that the lower end of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 is connected to the guiding portion of the housing 10 of the male connector 7. 10b.
[0030]
A description will be given of a method of fitting the connector configured as described above at the time of assembling the electrical module side movable panel to the vehicle body side fixed panel 1.
[0031]
Before assembling the electrical module side movable panel to the vehicle body side fixed panel 1, as shown in FIG. 3, the female connector 6 on the vehicle body side fixed panel 1 side is held in a state of being moved to the lowest position by its own weight. At the same time, the male connector 7 on the electrical module side movable panel 2 side is temporarily locked and held in a state of being moved to the lowest position. Further, the cam member 11 is held in a state where it has moved last.
[0032]
When assembling the electrical module side movable panel 2 to the vehicle body side fixed panel 1, the guide groove 3 of the electrical module side movable panel 2 is engaged with the guide pin 4 of the vehicle body side fixed panel 1 from the state shown in FIG. When the electrical module side movable panel 2 is pushed in the horizontal direction H and moved to the pushed position shown in FIG. 8B, the lower end of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 is connected to the male connector 7 as shown in FIG. It comes to face the invitation portion 10b of the housing 10.
[0033]
In this state, when the electrical module side movable panel 2 is further pushed and moved in the horizontal direction H, the lower end portion of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 slides upward while being guided by the guiding portion 10b of the housing 10 of the male connector 7. 4 is opposed to the male connector 7 at the fitting start position in FIG. At this time, the pin 8c of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 is engaged with the entrance of the cam groove 11b of the cam member 11.
[0034]
From this state, the electrical module side movable panel 2 is further pushed in the horizontal direction H to move to a state shown in FIG. 8C, and the temporary lock release portions 8b of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 are 5, the temporary locking of the temporary locking hole 10c by the temporary locking portion 11c is released, and the male connector 7 slides up and down by the two legs 11a of the cam member 11, as shown in FIG. It becomes possible. At this time, the female connector 6 is in a semi-fitted state in which the female connector 6 is fitted to the hood 11d of the housing 11 of the male connector 7.
[0035]
Then, in the state of FIG. 8C, the electrical module side movable panel 2 falls in the vertical downward direction V by its own weight as shown in FIG. 8D. The electrical module side movable panel 2 which has been dropped and positioned in the vertical downward direction V by its own weight is thereafter fixed to the vehicle body side fixed panel 1 with bolts or the like.
[0036]
At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the male connector 7 is pushed down by the cam member 11, moves to the lowermost position together with the female connector 6 in a half-fitted state, and is held at the lowermost position. .
[0037]
In this state, the cam member 11 also moves down together with the electrical module side movable panel 2, so that the cam member on the electrical module side movable panel 2 side along the pin 8 c of the housing 8 of the female connector 6 on the vehicle body side fixed panel 1 side. The male connector 7 on the electrical component module side movable panel 2 side moves in the fitting direction by the front slide of the cam member 11 accompanying the movement of the cam groove 11b of the eleventh section 11 and automatically moves to the female connector 6 of the vehicle body side fixed panel 1. Will be fitted.
[0038]
In this way, the connectors 6 and 7 can be fitted simultaneously with the work of assembling the electrical module-side movable panel 2 to the vehicle body-side fixed panel 1 by utilizing the own weight of the electrical module-side movable panel 2. , 7 are not required, and the workability is improved.
[0039]
In addition, since the housing 10 of the male connector 7 is provided with the guiding portion 10b that faces the fitting start position while guiding the housing 8 of the female connector 6, the male connector 7 can be fitted into the female connector 6 smoothly. Become.
[0040]
Further, since the cam member 11 is provided with the temporary locking portion 11c of the housing 10 of the male connector 7 and the housing 8 of the female connector 6 is provided with the temporary locking releasing portion 8b, Can be accurately temporarily locked at the initial position of fitting, and the temporary locking can be automatically released at the initial stage of fitting of the female connector 6.
[0041]
In the above embodiment, the electrical module side movable panel 2 is dropped and positioned by its own weight on the vehicle body side fixed panel 1, and the door module and the center cluster module etc. are dropped and positioned by its own weight and assembled. The present invention can be applied to any of them.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connector before fitting.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cam member.
3A and 3B are initial fitting positions of the connector, wherein FIG. 3A is a side sectional view and FIG. 3B is a side view.
4A and 4B show a fitting start position of the connector, wherein FIG. 4A is a side sectional view, FIG. 4B is a side view, and FIG. 4C is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
FIGS. 5A and 5B show a temporary unlocking position of the male connector, wherein FIG. 5A is a side sectional view, FIG. 5B is a side view, and FIG. 5C is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
6 (a) is a side sectional view, FIG. 6 (b) is a side view, and FIG. 6 (c) is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 6 (b).
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an electric module side movable panel.
8 (a) to 8 (d) are explanatory views of an engagement relationship between a guide groove of a movable panel on the electrical component module side and a guide pin of a fixed panel on the vehicle body side.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body side fixed panel 2 Electric module side movable panel 3 Guide groove 4 Guide pin 6 Female connector (the other connector)
7 Male connector (one connector)
8 Housing 8b Temporary lock release part 8c Pin 10 Housing 10b Induction part 11 Cam member 11a Leg 11b Cam groove 11c Temporary lock H Horizontal direction V Vertical downward direction

Claims (3)

When assembling the electrical module side movable panel to the vehicle body side fixed panel, the electrical module side movable panel is engaged with the guide section of the electrical module side movable panel, and the electrical module side movable panel is pushed in the horizontal direction. After being moved, it is dropped vertically by its own weight and positioned on the vehicle body side fixed panel and assembled.
A cam member having a cam groove inclined in the fitting direction is movably attached to the electrical module side movable panel in the fitting direction, and the cam member supports a housing of one of the connectors so as to be vertically movable. A housing of the other connector provided with a pin engageable with the cam groove of the cam member is attached to the vehicle body fixed panel, and at the end of the horizontal movement of the electric module side movable panel, one connector is connected to the other of the other. The cam member moves downward along with the vertical downward movement of the electrical module side movable panel by its own weight, facing the mating start position of the connector, so that the cam groove moves along the pin, and one of the connectors Characterized by moving in the fitting direction to fit into the other connector. 2. The assembly structure for an electrical module according to claim 1, wherein the housing of the one connector is provided with a guiding portion for facing the fitting start position while guiding the housing of the other connector when moving in the horizontal direction. The cam member is provided with a temporary locking portion for temporarily locking one connector housing at a fitting initial position, and the other connector is provided with a temporary locking releasing portion for releasing the temporary locking at an early stage of fitting. The assembly structure for an electrical module according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:

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