JP2004316164A - Door handle device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handle device which is equipped with electric equipment, and which enables assembly of a grip by preconnecting a connector for a harness connected to the electric euipment to the harness. <P>SOLUTION: This door handle device for a vehicle is constituted by providing a hole 27, into which the connector 51 can be inserted, in a base 25. The door handle device is equipped with: a frame which is to be fixed to the in-vehicle side of an outside panel member of a door for the vehicle; the grip which is arranged in the frame from the out-of-vehicle side of the outside panel member and which is equipped with the electric equipment; and the harness which makes the grip constituted in such a manner as to be equipped with the base and a cover, which makes one end of an arm, formed in such a manner as to protrude from the base, turnably engaged with the frame, which makes the electric equipment arranged between the base and the cover, and which has the connector connected to the electric equipment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vehicle door handle device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional door handle device, a device described in Patent Document 1 described below is a known technology. As shown in FIG. 5, the conventional door handle device 10 includes a grip 20 which is gripped by an operator to open and close a door 30 of the vehicle. Further, the grip 20 is configured to include a base 25 and a cover 41 attached to the base 25. The base 25 includes an arm 21 extending inward of the vehicle on an outer panel 31 of the door 30, and a tip end (not shown) of the base 25 is rotatably engaged with a member (not shown) fixed to the door 30, and a grip 20. Swings by the operation of.
[0003]
An electric component is disposed between the base 25 and the cover 20, and the harness 50 connected to the electric component is guided into the door 30 through the hole 27 formed in the arm 21. And, it is configured to be connected to the control device on the vehicle side by a connector 51 attached to the tip of the harness 50. The base 25 and the cover 20 are fixed by screws 44 and attached in close contact with each other by the engagement of the concave portion 22 formed inside the hole 27 and the hook 42 formed in the cover 20.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-30844
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-described configuration of the prior art, the arm 21 needs to be large in order to make the hole 27 large so that the connector 51 can pass therethrough, which leads to an increase in the size of the door handle device. In order to prevent an increase in size, the electrical component is arranged on the grip 20, the harness 50 is passed through the hole 27, and then the connector 51 is assembled. However, in this step, since the operation test of the electric component is performed before the assembly with the grip 20 in a state where the connector is not connected, it is not sufficient to detect an electric failure at the joint. Was.
[0006]
Further, since the concave portion 22 for fixing the base 25 and the cover 20 is formed inside the hole 27, when forming the base 25, the concave portion 22 is formed by a so-called undercut which cannot be formed by two ordinary upper and lower dies. Because of the shape, the recess 22 was additionally processed by cutting after molding. For this reason, processing costs have been increased. The present invention enables the connector to be pre-coupled to the harness so that it can be assembled to the grip, allows a complete test to be performed before the electric components are assembled to the grip 20, and enables the base 25 to be formed at low cost. It is a technical task to realize a configuration that performs the above.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first technical means adopted in the present invention to solve the above problem is a frame fixed to the inside of a vehicle outside panel member of a vehicle door, and a vehicle outside of the outside panel member with respect to the frame. And a grip provided with an electrical component, and the grip is configured to have a base and a cover, and one end of an arm formed to project from the base is rotatably engaged with the frame. And a door handle device including a harness having a connector connected to the electrical component, wherein the electrical component is arranged between the base and the cover, wherein the base has a hole through which the connector can be inserted. It is.
[0008]
With this configuration, the electrical component can be assembled in the grip with the connector connected to the harness in advance.
[0009]
Preferably, in addition to the first technical means, a groove is formed in the arm so as to communicate with the hole formed in the base, and the harness can be stored in the groove, and a guide that covers the groove is provided. It is good to be constituted so that it may be provided.
[0010]
With this configuration, the harness is housed in the groove and held by the guide.
[0011]
More preferably, in addition to the first technical means, a projection for locking the cover and the arm is provided inside the hole.
[0012]
With this configuration, the additional processing by cutting can be abolished, and an inexpensive base can be formed.
[0013]
Still more preferably, in addition to the first technical means, the guide includes a contact portion elastically contacting the frame.
[0014]
With this configuration, the abutment portion of the guide acts to reduce backlash between the grip and the frame.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The door handle device 10 according to the present invention includes electrical components that operate to detect that an operator has approached a hand to the door handle device 10, and controls switching of a vehicle door from a locked state to an unlocked state. The door opening / closing system is configured.
[0016]
FIG. 1 shows a state where the door handle device 10 is attached to a vehicle door 30. The door handle device 10 mainly includes a frame 11 and a grip 20. The frame 11 is made of resin, and is fixed to the outer panel 31 of the vehicle door 30 inside the vehicle (the lower side in FIG. 1) with two screws 45. The longitudinal direction of the frame 11 is the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (the left-right direction in FIG. 1), and has a gentle concave shape that matches the concave shape of the outer panel 31. The frame 11 has openings 12 and 13 formed in the front part and the rear part of the frame 11 in the vehicle front-rear direction. An arm 21 formed on a base 25 of the grip 20 described later is inserted into the opening 12. In addition, a handle lever 28 formed on a base 25 and a key cylinder 24 fixed to a cap 23 described later are inserted through the opening 13.
[0017]
The grip 20 is formed of a base 25 made of metal or resin and a cover 41. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the base 25 and the cover 41 are fixed by two screws 44. Further, a hook 42 is formed so as to protrude from a surface of the cover 41 opposite to the base 25, and the hook 42 is engaged with a projection 22 formed on an inner wall of a hole 27 provided at a front portion of the base 25, thereby providing a strong connection. It is configured to be assembled to As a result, the grip 20, which is a portion that is gripped and operated by the operator, is configured to be closely attached to the surface where the base 25 and the cover 41 are joined so that no claw or the like is caught on the surface. . Further, a hollow portion 56 is provided inside the grip 20 surrounded by the base 25 and the cover 41, and an electrical component 55 described later is housed in the hollow portion 56.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the arm 21 is bent near the front side of the hole 27 of the base 25 and extends from the surface opposite to the surface to which the cover 41 is attached to bend toward the front of the vehicle. Is formed. A groove 26 having a rectangular cross-section opening to the rear of the vehicle is formed on the surface of the arm 21, and the groove 26 extends outward from the inside of the vehicle so as to be connected to the hole 27. The above-mentioned projections 22 are provided at the edge of the hole 27, and when the base 25 is formed, it can be formed by only two molds which are separated inward and outward in FIG. For this reason, there is no need to use an expensive forming method such as additional processing of cutting after forming or use of a slide die, and there is an advantage of being inexpensive.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. A guide 60 made of a thin resin material is attached to the arm 21 so as to cover the arm 21. The guide 60 has holes 62 and 64 at a plurality of locations, and is fitted so that the positioning projections 21c and 21e provided on the arm 21 fit and do not come off.
[0020]
After the arm 21 is inserted into the space 11 c through the opening 12 of the frame 11, the handle 20 is inserted into the opening 13, so that the grip 20 is assembled to the frame 11. As a result, the grip 20 is mounted on the outer panel 31 of the vehicle door 30 so as to be rotatable around the tip of the arm 21. In this assembled state, the handle lever 28 is connected to a door lock device (not shown). When the grip 20 is operated to swing from the vehicle door 30 to the outside of the vehicle (upward in FIG. 4), the latch mechanism (not shown) of the door lock device is operated, and the vehicle door 30 is opened. Configuration.
[0021]
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, a contact portion 61 formed into a ring shape is formed so that the guide 60 has elasticity. When the arm 21 is inserted into the frame 11 as shown in FIG. 1, the contact portion 61 comes into contact with the inner surface of the frame 11 so as to exert a biasing force, thereby suppressing the play between the frame 11 and the grip 20. I have.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, an electrical component 55 including a sensor electrode 51, a transmitting antenna 52, a lock switch 53, and the like is disposed in a hollow portion 56 in the grip 20. The electrical component 55 configured as described above controls the door lock device together with a vehicle-side control device (not shown). For example, when the lock switch 53 is pressed under the condition that the approach of the human hand to the grip 20 is detected by the action of the sensor electrode 51 and the transmitting antenna 52, the door lock device is changed from the unlocked state to the locked state. It operates so that it may shift.
[0023]
A harness 50 for transmitting and receiving signals and supplying electric power is connected to the electrical component 55. The harness 50 passes through the hole 27 formed in the base 25 and the opening 12 of the frame 11, and It extends into the door 30. The harness 50 is housed halfway in the groove 22 formed in the arm 21 and guided so as to be held by the guide 60. A connector 51 is attached to an end of the harness 50 and is connected to a device on the vehicle side.
[0024]
In the manufacturing process of the door handle device 10, the electrical component 55 is assembled separately from the structural components of the door handle device 10 and subjected to an operation test. The harness 50 and the connector 51 are connected to the electric component 55 thus assembled. The hole 27 is set to a size that allows the connector 51 to pass therethrough so that the connector 51 can be guided through the hole 27 after the electrical component 55 is attached to the base 25. Since the groove 12 can hold the harness 50 by being covered with the guide 60 after storing the harness 50, the cross-sectional area of the groove 12 can be made small and the arm 21 does not need to be made large.
[0025]
With the electrical component 55 configured as described above, an operation test can be performed with the harness 50 and the connector 51 connected, so that troubles due to poor connection or the like can be reduced.
[0026]
The door handle device 10 configured as described above detects the proximity state of the hand from the change in the capacitance with the electrical component 55 when the operator approaches the hand to the door handle device 10, and based on the change amount, A switch signal for switching to the unlocked state is sent to the door lock device to operate the door lock device so as to switch from the locked state to the unlocked state.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, an assembling operation test is performed in a state where the harness 50 and the connector 51 are connected to the electrical component 55 in advance, and then the electrical component 55 can be assembled to the door handle device 10. Can be surely guaranteed.
[0028]
Further, the base 25 of the grip 20 can be formed into a shape that can be formed by an inexpensive molding die, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a door handle device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing a part of a grip of the door handle device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of a base of the door handle device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a guide of the door handle device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of a door handle device according to the related art.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Door handle device 11 Frame 20 Grip 21 Arm 22 Projection 25 Base 26 Groove 27 Hole 30 Door 31 Outer panel 41 Cover 50 Harness 51 Connector 55 Electrical component 60 Guide 61 Contact part

Claims (4)

A frame fixed to the inside of the vehicle on the outside panel member of the vehicle door,
A grip provided with electrical components and disposed on the frame from the outside of the outer panel member with respect to the frame;
The grip is configured to include a base and a cover, one end of an arm formed to project from the base is rotatably engaged with the frame, and the electric component is disposed between the base and the cover. And a door handle device including a harness having a connector connected to the electrical component,
A door handle device for a vehicle, wherein a hole through which the connector can be inserted is provided in the base. 2. The vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein a groove communicating with the hole formed in the base is formed in the arm, the harness can be stored in the groove, and a guide that covers the groove is provided. 3. Handle device. 2. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a projection for locking the cover and the arm is provided inside the hole. The vehicle door handle device according to claim 1, wherein the guide is configured to include a contact portion that elastically contacts the frame.

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