JP2006281937A - Register for air-conditioning - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a register for air-conditioning with good operability having a blowing port and an operation part installed at separated positions. <P>SOLUTION: This register for air-conditioning comprises a register panel, a tubular retainer, a vertical blade and a horizontal blade rotatably accommodated and supported by the retainer, and an operation part on the surface inside a compartment. It has an input part installed at the bottom part of the register panel in the compartment and positioning a wind direction of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade; a rotary shaft comprising a rod-like member connecting the input part and the vertical blade and arranged in a rotatable condition, rotating by transition in a horizontal direction of a spherical part, and rotating the vertical blade by this rotation; and a vertical shaft comprising a rod-like member connecting the input part and the horizontal blade and arranged in a reciprocatable condition in the vertical direction, shifted in the vertical direction by transition in the vertical direction of the spherical part, and rotating the horizontal blade by this shifting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioning register that blows out air for air conditioning. More specifically, the present invention relates to an air conditioning register in which an opening portion of a register in a vehicle compartment and an operation unit that adjusts the wind direction of the register are separated.

  In a vehicle, air-conditioning air is prepared by an air conditioner, and the air-conditioning air is blown into the passenger compartment to adjust the temperature in the passenger compartment. The air-conditioning air is blown out into the passenger compartment through an air-conditioning register provided in the passenger compartment. A general air-conditioning register includes a register panel having a blowout port, a cylindrical retainer having a ventilation path communicating with the blowout port, and a plurality of vertical blades and horizontal blades rotatably supported and housed in the retainer, It is composed of The air for air conditioning is blown out in a desired direction by adjusting the direction of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade.

  The vertical blade and the horizontal blade are provided with knobs that protrude toward the vehicle interior side. The orientation of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade is adjusted by rotating each blade by operating this knob and directing the blade in a desired direction. That is, the air-conditioning air blowing direction is adjusted by operating the knob protruding from the blowing port.

  However, recent vehicles are also required to improve the design of the vehicle interior. With the demand for design, the distance between the air outlet and the occupant is increased. When the distance between the air outlet and the occupant becomes long, it becomes difficult for the occupant to reach the knob protruding from the air outlet, and there is a problem that the operability is lowered.

  In order to eliminate this deterioration in operability, there has been proposed an air conditioning register that can be remotely operated by disposing the operation unit away from the air conditioning register. Such an air conditioning register is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an air-conditioning register provided at a position where an outlet and an adjustment lever for operating a blade are separated from each other. An air conditioning register is disclosed that transmits on separate wires.

However, the wire that transmits the change of the spherical portion caused by the operation of the adjustment lever in the air conditioning register of Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is difficult to directly transmit the operation of the adjustment lever. Specifically, the wire has a configuration in which a metal wire is inserted into an outer cylinder such as a resin, and an operation input is transmitted by pulling the metal wire. And the wire is installed by fixing the both ends of an outer cylinder. That is, the entire length of the wire is not fixed. As a result, when the metal wire is pulled, the position of the portion where the wire is not fixed is shifted. That is, a part of the force for pulling the metal wire is used for the displacement of the wire, resulting in a loss of force. As a result, it has been difficult to point the blade in a desired direction.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-20949

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioning register having excellent operational feeling in an air conditioning register provided at a position where the air outlet and the operation unit are separated from each other.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have studied the remote operation of the air-conditioning register, and as a result have come to make the present invention.

  That is, the air-conditioning register of the present invention includes a register panel provided in the passenger compartment having an air-conditioning air outlet, a cylindrical retainer provided in the register panel and having an air passage communicating with the outlet, and the retainer. A vertical blade that is rotatably supported and housed and can adjust the air direction of air for air conditioning in the horizontal direction, and a horizontal blade that is supported and housed in a retainer so that the air direction of air for air conditioning can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and An operation portion is formed on the surface on the vehicle interior side, and is rotated by the operation of the operation portion and has a spherical portion having a rotation center when rotated by the operation, and a rotation support portion that supports the spherical portion in a rotatable state. An input unit for determining the wind direction of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade that are provided by the operation unit appearing in the vehicle compartment below the register panel in the vehicle interior; It is made of a rod-like member that is arranged in a rotatable state to be connected to the blade, and rotates by the lateral displacement of the spherical portion, and this rotation connects the rotary shaft that rotates the vertical blade, and the input portion and the horizontal blade. It is composed of a rod-shaped member arranged so as to be able to reciprocate in the vertical direction, and has a vertical shaft that shifts in the vertical direction by the vertical shift of the spherical portion and rotates the horizontal blade by this shift. To do.

  The air-conditioning register according to the present invention has an input unit for giving an instruction for shifting the vertical blade and the horizontal blade in a desired direction at a position below and apart from the outlet. And this input part and each braid | blade are connected by the shaft. Since the shaft connecting the input unit and each blade can directly transmit the operation input to the input unit to each blade, the air conditioning register of the present invention has a high operational feeling. Furthermore, it shows that an input part and a blower outlet can be installed in the position which left | separated, and the freedom degree of design improves.

  The air-conditioning register of the present invention includes a register panel, a retainer, a vertical blade, a horizontal blade, an input unit, a rotating shaft, and a vertical shaft.

  The register panel has an air outlet for air conditioning that is exposed in the passenger compartment. In other words, a blow-out port from which air-conditioning air is blown out is formed in the passenger compartment.

  The retainer is a cylindrical member that is provided on the register panel and has an air passage that communicates with the outlet. That is, the retainer defines a ventilation path through which air for air conditioning flows. The retainer is a member that allows air for air conditioning to flow to the outlet, and the end on the register panel side is formed in a shape that substantially matches the outlet. Thereby, the air-conditioning air that has flowed through the retainer is blown out from the outlet without leaking.

  The vertical blade and the horizontal blade are members that are rotatably supported and housed in the retainer and adjust the air direction of the air-conditioning air. The vertical blade is supported and stored in a state in which the vertical blade extends in the retainer, and the horizontal blade is extended in the horizontal direction in the retainer. The vertical blade adjusts the direction in which the air-conditioning air is blown out in the horizontal direction. The horizontal blade adjusts the direction in which the air-conditioning air is blown out in the vertical direction. In the air conditioning register of the present invention, the horizontal direction and the vertical direction indicate directions perpendicular to each other. It is preferable that the horizontal direction indicates the vehicle width direction of the vehicle and the vertical direction indicates the vertical direction of the vehicle.

  The input part is formed with an operation part on the surface on the vehicle interior side, is rotated by the operation of the operation part, and has a spherical part having a rotation center when rotated by the operation, and a rotation that supports the spherical part in a rotatable state. And a wind portion of the vertical blades and the horizontal blades that are provided in the passenger compartment below the register panel in the passenger compartment. The input unit determines the wind direction of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade.

  A rotating shaft consists of a rod-shaped member arrange | positioned in the rotatable state connected to an input part and a vertical blade. The rotating shaft is rotated by the lateral displacement of the spherical portion, and the vertical blade is rotated by this rotation. That is, the rotating shaft is a member that rotates in response to an input from the input unit and rotates the vertical blade in this direction so as to be directed in a desired direction.

  The vertical shaft is made of a rod-like member that is arranged in a state in which the input portion and the horizontal blade can be reciprocated in the vertical direction. And it changes to a vertical direction by the vertical change of a spherical part, and a horizontal blade is rotated by this change. That is, the vertical shaft is a member that shifts in the vertical direction by an input from the input unit and rotates the horizontal blade by this shift to direct it in a desired direction.

  Both the rotary shaft and the vertical shaft are made of rod-shaped members. By being made of a rod-like member, the operation of the input unit is directly transmitted to each blade. The rotating shaft and the vertical shaft are arranged in a state of extending in the vertical direction because the input portion is provided below the outlet. It is preferable that all the rod-shaped members constituting each shaft have high rigidity. Since each shaft has high rigidity, loss of force due to deformation of the shaft itself does not occur, and an instruction from the input unit can be transmitted to the blade to which each is connected without loss. The material of the rod-shaped member constituting each shaft is not particularly limited, but is preferably made of metal.

  The rotary shaft and the vertical shaft may be directly connected to the input unit and each blade, or may be connected via power transmission means such as a gear.

  In the air-conditioning register of the present invention, the operation part on the surface side of the spherical part is provided in the vehicle interior, and this operation part is operated to rotate the spherical part. Of the rotation of the spherical portion, the horizontal shift is transmitted to the rotary shaft, and the vertical shift is transmitted to the vertical shaft to rotate each blade.

  The connection between the input portion and each shaft is not particularly limited as long as it is a connection method that can transmit a lateral shift to the rotating shaft and a vertical shift to the vertical shaft in the rotation of the spherical portion.

  The input unit has a substantially fan-shaped horizontal rotation gear that protrudes from the back surface of the spherical portion along a plane extending in the horizontal direction and has a gear on the outer circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. It is preferable to have an input gear that meshes with the rotating gear. Since the input portion has a rotation gear and the rotation shaft has an input gear meshing with the rotation gear, the rotation of the spherical portion generated by the operation of the operation portion of the input portion is transmitted to the rotation shaft.

  The input unit has a substantially fan-shaped longitudinally rotating gear having a protruding portion that protrudes from the back surface of the spherical portion along a plane extending in the longitudinal direction, and a gear on the outer circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. It is preferable that a substantially fan-shaped counter gear that meshes with each other is disposed, and one end of the vertical shaft is connected to the counter gear. Of the rotation of the spherical portion generated by the operation of the operation unit of the input unit, the vertical shift is transmitted to the vertical shaft.

  Further, the connection between each blade and each shaft is not particularly limited.

  The other end of the rotating shaft has an output gear formed coaxially with the rotating shaft, and the vertical blade has a vertical blade gear formed coaxially with the rotating shaft of the vertical blade, and the output gear and the vertical blade gear are It is preferable that it meshes. By having the meshing output gear and the vertical blade gear, the rotation of the rotary shaft is transmitted to the vertical blade.

  It is preferable that the horizontal blade has a connection portion for rotating the horizontal blade along the rotation axis, and the other end portion of the vertical shaft is connected to the connection portion. As a result, the horizontal blade can be rotated by the vertical displacement of the vertical shaft.

  The connecting portions at both ends of the vertical shaft are preferably connected in a state where the vertical shaft can swing by ball joints or the like. Thereby, the circular motion by rotation of a spherical part can be transmitted.

  The air-conditioning register of the present invention can have the same configuration as a conventionally known air-conditioning register except that the input unit and each blade are connected by a shaft.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described using examples.

(Example)
As an example of the present invention, an air conditioning register for a vehicle was produced. The configuration of the air-conditioning register of the embodiment is shown in FIGS.

  The air-conditioning register of the embodiment includes a register panel 1, a retainer 2, a horizontal blade 3, a vertical blade 4, an input unit 5, a rotating shaft 6 and a vertical shaft 7.

  The register panel 1 has a blowout port 10 opened in the vehicle interior of the vehicle. Further, the vicinity of the outlet of the retainer 2 is held.

  The retainer 2 communicates with an air conditioner (not shown) for preparing air-conditioning air and the outlet 10 of the register panel 1, and the air-conditioning air prepared by the air-conditioner partitions the air flow path inside. Have The retainer 2 of this embodiment defines an air flow path having a rectangular cross section near the blow-off opening.

  The horizontal blade 3 is a substantially band-shaped member that is rotatably supported and accommodated inside the ventilation path of the retainer 2. The horizontal blade 3 is assembled in a state that it can be rotated with the front end portion in the width direction of the band as a rotation axis, and both end portions in the direction in which the band extends are supported by a pair of side walls near the opening of the retainer 2. It has been.

  And the horizontal blade 3 was assembled so that a plurality of sheets (four sheets in the embodiment) were kept parallel to each other. Specifically, each of the plurality of horizontal blades 3 is connected by the connection member 31 on the proximal side from the rotation axis of the horizontal blade 3. Thereby, the parallel state of each horizontal blade 3 was maintained. The connection member 31 has a plate-like shape having a connection main body 310 to which the respective horizontal blades 3 are connected, and a connection end 311 that is integrated with the connection main body 310 and protrudes from the connection main body 310 to the proximal end side. It is a member. The connection member 31 has a rotation center 312 in the vicinity of the tip end of the connection end 311, and rotates around the rotation center 312.

  The vertical blade 4 is a substantially band-shaped member that is rotatably supported and accommodated inside the ventilation path of the retainer 2. The vertical blade 4 is assembled in a state in which the center of the belt in the width direction can be rotated as a rotation axis, and both ends in the direction in which the belt extends are supported by the upper and lower walls near the opening of the retainer 2. It has been. The vertical blades 4 are assembled such that the width direction of the belt is arranged along the flow direction of the air-conditioning air, and the rotation shaft is positioned on the tip side from the center in the width direction.

  The vertical blades 4 were assembled so that a plurality of the blades 4 were maintained parallel to each other. Specifically, the respective rotation shafts of the plurality of vertical blades 4 are fixed to a substantially rod-shaped connection member 41 extending in the width direction. Since the vertical blade 4 is fixed to the connection member 41, the orientation of the vertical blade 4 can be changed by moving the connection member 41. It has shown in FIGS. 1-2 so that the connection state of the vertical blade 4 and the connection member 41 may be understood. 1 and 2 show only the register panel 1, the retainer 2, the vertical blade 4 and the connecting member 41 so that the state of connection between them can be understood. FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which the width direction of the vertical blade 4 is the flow direction of the air-conditioning air, and FIG.

  In addition, a vertical blade rotation gear 41 provided integrally with the rotation shaft is provided on the rotation shaft of the vertical blade 40 disposed on one end side of the plurality of vertical blades 4. The vertical blade rotation gear 41 has a substantially fan shape in which a gear is formed on the outer circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. Here, the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction of the vertical blade rotation gear 41 is formed along a circle centered on the rotation axis. FIG. 3 shows the state of connection between the vertical blade 4 and the vertical blade rotating gear 41. FIG. 3 is a top view of the vertical blade 4 to which the vertical blade rotation gear 41 is connected, and shows the input unit 5 and the rotation shaft 6 together.

  The input portion 5 includes a spherical portion 50 having a rotation center 500 and an operation portion 502 having an operation knob 501 projecting into a vehicle interior on a substantially hemispherical surface centered on the rotation center 500, and the spherical portion 50. And a support portion 51 that supports the spherical portion 50 in a rotatable state with the operation knob 501 exposed in the vehicle interior. In the present embodiment, the surface of the support portion 51 is exposed in the passenger compartment.

  In the air-conditioning register of this embodiment, the input unit 5 is provided with an operation knob 501 of the operation unit 502 exposed below the outlet 10 in the passenger compartment.

  On the back side of the spherical portion 50 (the surface on which the operation knob 501 is not formed), there is a protrusion 520 protruding from the rotation center 500, and a gear is provided on the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction at the tip of the protrusion 520. A horizontal rotation gear 52 including a fan-shaped gear main body 521 is formed. The gear portion 521 of the lateral rotation gear 52 is arranged along a plane extending in the lateral direction. Here, the outer circumferential surface of the gear main body 521 of the lateral rotation gear 52 is formed along a circle centered on the rotation center 500 of the spherical portion 50. The gear body 521 of the lateral rotation gear 52 changes in the circumferential direction along with the lateral rotational movement when the spherical portion 50 rotates.

  On the back side of the spherical portion 50 (the surface on which the operation knob 501 is not formed), there is a protrusion 530 protruding from the rotation center 500, and a gear is provided on the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction at the tip of the protrusion 530. A vertical rotation gear 53 including a fan-shaped gear main body 531 is formed. The gear portion 531 of the vertical rotation gear 53 is arranged along a plane extending in the vertical direction. Here, the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction of the gear portion 531 of the vertical rotation gear 53 is formed along a circle centered on the rotation center 500 of the spherical portion 50. The gear main body portion 531 of the vertical rotation gear 53 changes in the circumferential direction along with the vertical rotational movement when the spherical portion 50 rotates.

  The air-conditioning register of this embodiment is provided with an opposing gear 54 that meshes with the gear of the gear portion 531 of the longitudinal rotation gear 53. The counter gear 54 is provided to maintain the position of the longitudinal rotation gear 53.

  The rotating shaft 6 includes a rod-shaped main body portion made of metal, an input gear having a gear formed on a circumferential outer peripheral surface provided integrally with one end portion (lower end portion) of the main body portion, and a main body portion. And an output gear 60 having a gear formed on the outer peripheral surface in the circumferential direction integrally provided at the other end portion (upper end portion).

  The rotary shaft 6 connects the input unit 5 and the vertical blade 4 in a rotatable state. The rotation shaft 6 has an input gear at one end meshed with the lateral rotation gear 52. Further, the output gear 60 meshes with the vertical blade rotation gear 42.

  The vertical shaft 7 is a rod-shaped member made of metal. The vertical shaft 7 connects the opposing gear 54 and the tip of the connection end 311 of the connection member 31 of the horizontal blade 3. Further, the longitudinal shaft 7 is connected to the longitudinal rotation gear 53 and the lateral blade 3 through connection members 70 and 71. The vertical shaft 7 and the connecting members 70 and 71 are swingable through a ball joint. In order to understand the connection method of the vertical shaft 7, FIG.

  The air-conditioning register of this embodiment determines the direction of air-conditioning air to be blown out from the outlet by operating the operation knob 501 of the operation unit 502 exposed in the passenger compartment. When the operation knob 502 is operated, the spherical portion 50 rotates (changes) around the rotation center 500. At this time, the back surface side of the spherical portion 50 also rotates about the rotation center 500. That is, the horizontal rotation gear 52 and the vertical rotation gear 53 also rotate around the rotation center 500. The outer peripheral surfaces in the circumferential direction of the horizontal rotation gear 52 and the vertical rotation gear 53 also rotate around the rotation center 500.

  Of the rotation of the spherical portion 50, the lateral rotation is output to the lateral rotation gear 52. When the lateral rotation gear 52 rotates in the lateral direction, the outer circumferential surface of the gear main body 521 of the lateral rotation gear 52 rotates around the rotation center 500 and rotates through the input gear 61 engaged with the rotation. The main body 60 of the rotating shaft 6 is rotated by being transmitted to the shaft 6. The rotation of the main body 60 of the rotary shaft 6 rotates the vertical blade rotation gear 42 via the output gear 62. When the vertical blade rotation gear 42 rotates, the vertical blade 4 supported coaxially rotates and shifts. As a result, the vertical blade 4 faces a desired direction.

  Of the rotation of the spherical portion 50, the rotation in the vertical direction is output to the vertical rotation gear 53. When the vertical rotation gear 53 rotates in the vertical direction, the vertical shaft 7 connected to the vertical rotation gear 53 changes in the vertical direction. And the front-end | tip part of the connection end part 311 connected to the vertical shaft 7 is shifted to the vertical direction, and the connection member 31 is rotated centering on a rotation center. By this rotation, the connection main body 310 of the connection member 31 is shifted in the vertical direction, and the horizontal blade 3 is rotated and shifted. As a result, the lateral blade 3 is directed in a desired direction.

  In the air conditioning register of this embodiment, the longitudinal rotation gear 53 is engaged with the counter gear 54. By this opposing gear 54, it is possible to prevent the vertical rotation gear 53 from rotating in the vertical direction (the vertical rotation gear 53 is shifted downward) due to the weight of the vertical shaft 7 itself.

  The air-conditioning register of this embodiment transmits the input of the input unit 5 to the blades 3 and 4 through the rotary shaft 6 and the vertical shaft 7. Since the rotary shaft 6 and the vertical shaft 7 are made of metal rod-like members, the output of the input unit 5 (rotation around the rotation center 500) can be transmitted without loss. As a result, the air conditioning register of this example had a high operational feeling.

It is an upper side figure of the blower outlet vicinity of the air-conditioning register | resistor of an Example. It is an upper side figure of the blower outlet vicinity of the air-conditioning register | resistor of an Example. It is the top view which showed arrangement | positioning of a vertical blade and a vertical blade rotation gear in the air-conditioning register | resistor of an Example. It is sectional drawing which showed the mode of the connection of the vertical shaft of the register | resistor for an air conditioning of an Example.

Explanation of symbols

1: Register panel 10: Outlet 2: Retainer 3: Horizontal blade 31: Connection member 310: Connection main body 311: Connection end 312: Center of rotation 4, 40: Vertical blade 41: Connection member 42: Vertical blade rotation gear 5 : Input part 50: Spherical part 500: Center of rotation 501: Operation knob 502: Operation part 51: Support part 52: Lateral rotation gear 520: Projection part 521: Gear body part 53: Vertical rotation gear 530: Projection part 531: Gear body Portion 54: Opposing gear 6: Rotating shaft 60: Output gear 7: Vertical shaft

Claims (2)

A register panel provided in the passenger compartment and having an air-conditioning air outlet;
A cylindrical retainer provided in the register panel and having a ventilation path communicating with the outlet;
A vertical blade that is rotatably supported and housed in the retainer and capable of adjusting the air direction of the air-conditioning air in the horizontal direction;
A horizontal blade that is rotatably supported and housed in the retainer and capable of adjusting the air direction of the air-conditioning air in the vertical direction;
An operation portion is formed on the surface of the vehicle interior side, and is rotated by the operation of the operation portion, and has a spherical portion having a rotation center when rotated by the operation, and a rotation support portion that supports the spherical portion in a rotatable state. And an input unit for determining the wind direction of the vertical blade and the horizontal blade that the operation unit is exposed to the vehicle interior below the register panel in the vehicle interior;
A rotating shaft that is composed of a rod-like member that is rotatably arranged to be connected to the input unit and the vertical blade, and is rotated by a lateral displacement of the spherical portion, and rotates the vertical blade by this rotation;
It consists of a rod-like member arranged in a state in which it can reciprocate in the vertical direction connecting the input part and the horizontal blade, and it shifts in the vertical direction due to the vertical shift of the spherical part. A vertical shaft that rotates,
The air-conditioning register characterized by having.   The input section has a substantially fan-shaped lateral rotation gear that protrudes from the back surface of the spherical section along a plane extending in the lateral direction and has a gear on the outer circumferential surface in the circumferential direction, and has one end of the rotation shaft. The air-conditioning register according to claim 1, further comprising an input gear meshing with the lateral rotation gear.

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