JP2007055323A - Shift lever device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shift lever device for a vehicle wherein an influence on shift lever operational feeling exerted by a second slide cover can be made smaller than conventional. <P>SOLUTION: The shift lever device 10 for the vehicle comprises a shift lever device main body 20 with a guide hole extending in longitudinal and lateral directions of the vehicle, a shift lever 30 inserted in the guide hole 21, capable of swinging in the longitudinal and lateral directions of the vehicle, a first slide cover 40 with a first insertion part 41 for insertion of the shift lever 30 for closing the guide hole 21, and the second slide cover 50 attached to the first slide cover 40, with a second insertion part 51 for the insertion of the shift lever 30, for closing the first insertion part 41. On the second slide cover 50, a through-hole 52 is provided at a portion invisible from the first insertion part 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle shift lever device in which a shift lever can swing in the vehicle front-rear and left-right directions.

  Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-122858 discloses a shift lever that can swing in the vehicle front-rear and left-right directions, a rectangular first slide cover that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a first slide cover that is pivotally attached. A shift lever device having a substantially circular second slide cover is disclosed. The first slide cover is movable in the vehicle front-rear direction along a slide cover guide provided in the shift lever device main body. The first slide cover is curved upward. The second slide cover closes a long hole provided in the first slide cover. The second slide cover is preferably curved upward in accordance with the shape of the first slide cover in order to reduce the vertical distance from the first slide cover.

However, the shift lever device disclosed in the above publication has the following problems.
When the second slide cover is curved upward, when the shift lever is operated in the left-right direction of the vehicle, the second slide cover must be rotated while being deformed with respect to the first slide cover by the shift lever. . Therefore, when the second slide cover is circular, the second slide cover has a great influence on the operation feeling of the shift lever.
In order to reduce the influence on the shift lever operation feeling, it is conceivable to provide a cutout (recessed portion) 5a in the second slide cover 5 as shown in FIG. However, if the notch 5a is provided, the peripheral portion 5b of the notch 5a may be caught by the slide cover guide 2a. Further, when the peripheral portion 5b hangs down due to long-term use or the like (when the peripheral portion 5b hangs down), the peripheral portion 5b is easily caught on the slide cover guide 2a. When a guide groove for the shift lever is provided below the slide cover, the peripheral portion 5b of the notch 5a of the second slide cover 5 may be caught in this guide groove.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-122858

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the influence of the second slide cover on the operation feeling of the shift lever is great.
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular shift lever device in which the influence of the second slide cover on the shift lever operation feeling can be made smaller than before.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) a shift lever device body provided with a guide hole extending in the vehicle front-rear / left-right direction;
A shift lever inserted through the guide hole and swingable in the vehicle front-rear and left-right directions;
A first slide cover that includes the first insertion portion for inserting the shift lever and closes the guide hole;
A second slide cover that is attached to the first slide cover and includes a second insertion portion for inserting the shift lever, and closes the first insertion portion;
Have
A vehicular shift lever device in which a through hole is provided in a portion of the second slide cover that cannot be seen from the first insertion portion.

In the vehicle shift lever device of (1), since the through hole is provided in the second slide cover, no through hole is provided in the second slide cover, and the second slide cover is substantially circular. Compared with a certain case, the second slide cover can be easily deformed. Therefore, the influence of the second slide cover on the shift lever operation feeling is small as compared to the case where the second slide cover is not provided with a through hole and the second slide cover is substantially circular.
Moreover, since it is a through-hole (since it is not a notch), even if a through-hole is provided, the outer edge part of a 2nd slide cover maintains substantially circular shape. Therefore, the second slide cover is less likely to be caught by the slide cover guide than when the cutout is provided (as compared with the case of FIG. 4).

1 to 3 show a vehicle shift lever device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The vehicle shift lever device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a gate type shift lever device including a single zigzag-shaped shift lever passage, and has a plurality of shift lever passages and an S position and a + position. A sequential type shift lever device having a-position may be used. FIG. 1 shows a case where the shift lever device 10 is a sequential type shift lever device.
As shown in FIG. 1, the shift lever device 10 has a shift lever device main body 20 provided with a guide hole 21 extending in the vehicle front-rear / left-right direction, and is swingable in the vehicle front-rear / left-right direction through the guide hole 21. A first slide cover 40 that includes a shift lever 30, a first insertion portion 41 for inserting the shift lever 30, closes the guide hole 21, and a second slide cover 40 that is attached to the first slide cover 40 and for inserting the shift lever 30. A second slide cover 50 that includes the insertion portion 51 and closes the first insertion portion 41.

The shift lever device main body 20 is made of resin, for example. The shift lever device main body 20 is fixed to the vehicle. The shift lever device body 20 may have a one-part configuration or a multi-part configuration. The guide hole 21 is formed on the upper surface of the shift lever device main body 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the shift lever device main body 20 includes a slide cover guide 22 that slidably supports the first slide cover 40. The slide cover guide 22 may be composed of one part, or may be composed of another part divided into two parts.
The slide cover guide 22 is lowered downward toward the vehicle front side or the vehicle rear side. The slide cover guide 22 is provided on both sides of the first slide cover 40 in the vehicle left-right direction. The slide cover guide 22 extends continuously or intermittently in the vehicle front-rear direction, and supports the first slide cover 40 so as to be slidable in the vehicle front-rear direction. In FIG. 2, the slide cover guide 22 is provided over almost the entire length of the first slide cover 40, but the slide cover guide 22 may be provided only at the front and rear ends of the first slide cover 40.

  The shift lever 30 extends in the vertical direction. The shift lever 30 is swingably supported by a shaft (not shown) provided in the shift lever device main body 20 at the lower end. The shift lever 30 is inserted through the second insertion portion 51, the first insertion portion 41, and the guide hole 21 at the intermediate portion in the vertical direction.

The first slide cover 40 is made of, for example, a soft resin. The first slide cover 40 is made of a rectangular member extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the first slide cover 40 reduces the amount of protrusion of the first slide cover 40 in the vehicle front-rear direction to reduce the size of the shift lever device 10, and the operating force of the shift lever 30. In order to reduce this, it is curved upward. However, the first slide cover 40 may be configured such that the vehicle front-rear direction center is straight and only the vehicle front-rear direction end is curved. The first slide cover 40 is lowered downward toward the vehicle front side or the vehicle rear side. The length of the first slide cover 40 in the vehicle front-rear direction is greater than the length of the guide hole 21 in the vehicle front-rear direction. The length (width) of the first slide cover 40 in the left-right direction of the vehicle is larger than the length of the guide hole 21 in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The first slide cover 40 covers the guide hole 21 from below, and prevents the inside of the shift lever device 10 from being seen through the guide hole 21.
As shown in FIG. 1, the first insertion portion 41 includes a through hole extending in the vehicle left-right direction. The vehicle right side end of the first insertion portion 41 is at the same or substantially the same position as the vehicle right end of the guide hole 21, and the vehicle left end of the first insertion portion 41 is the same as the vehicle left end of the guide hole 21. Or in approximately the same position. The length (width) of the first insertion portion 41 in the vehicle front-rear direction is substantially the same as the diameter of the shift lever 30.
When the shift lever 30 swings in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the first slide cover 40 moves in the vehicle longitudinal direction as the shift lever 30 swings in the vehicle longitudinal direction. When the shift lever 40 swings in the left-right direction of the vehicle, the first slide cover 40 does not move because the shift lever 30 moves in the first insertion portion 41.

  The second slide cover 50 is made of, for example, a soft resin. The second slide cover 50 is circular or substantially circular. The second slide cover 50 is rotatably held by the first slide cover 40 at the center. The second slide cover 50 is located below the first slide cover 40, covers the first insertion part 41 from below, and prevents the inside of the shift lever device 10 from being seen through the first insertion part 41. is doing. The second slide cover 50 moves in the vehicle front-rear direction together with the first slide cover 40 when the shift lever 30 swings in the vehicle front-rear direction. When the shift lever 30 swings in the vehicle left-right direction, the first slide cover 50 moves first. The slide cover 40 is rotated.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the second slide cover 50 is curved upward in accordance with the shape of the first slide cover 40 in order to reduce the vertical distance from the first slide cover 40. (The second slide cover 50 is originally flat but curved as a result of being along the first slide cover 40). Since the second slide cover 50 is curved upward, when the shift lever 30 is operated in the left-right direction of the vehicle, the second slide cover 50 is deformed with respect to the first slide cover 40 by the shift lever 30. Must be rotated. For this reason, the second slide cover 50 has an influence on the feeling of operation of the shift lever 30, and the second slide cover 50 is used to suppress the sliding sound between the first slide cover 40 and the second slide cover 50. It is desirable that the force required for the deformation is small.

The 2nd penetration part 51 may consist of a through-hole, and may consist of a notch (recessed part) provided in the 2nd slide cover 50 (in the example of illustration, the 2nd penetration part 51 penetrates. Shows the case of holes). The 2nd penetration part 51 is extended in the vehicle front-back direction, as shown in FIG.
The second slide cover 50 has a through hole 52 in a portion that cannot be seen from the first insertion portion 41 even when the shift lever 30 is operated and the second slide cover 50 rotates with respect to the first slide cover 40. Is provided. A second slide cover 50 is provided around the through hole 52 over the entire circumference of the through hole 52. The through hole 52 is formed by making a hole in the second slide cover 50 leaving the outer periphery of the second slide cover 50. The shape of the through-hole 52 is a substantially trapezoidal shape whose width increases as the distance from the rotation center P increases. However, the shape of the through-hole 52 is not limited to this shape. If the force required to deform the second slide cover 50 without being visible from the first insertion portion 41 can be reduced, a rectangular shape, It may be a shape such as a triangle. In FIG. 2, the rotation center P and the through hole 52 are positioned on the vehicle rear side of the first insertion hole 41, but the vehicle is located in front of the first insertion hole 41, contrary to FIG. 2. It is good also as a structure that the rotation center P and the through-hole 52 are located in the side.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the embodiment of the present invention, since the through hole 52 is provided in the second slide cover 50, the through hole 52 is not provided in the second slide cover 50, and the second slide cover 50 is substantially circular. Compared to the case, the second slide cover 50 can be easily deformed. Therefore, the influence of the second slide cover 50 on the operational feeling of the shift lever 30 is compared with the case where the second slide cover 50 is not provided with the through hole 52 and the second slide cover 50 is substantially circular. There are few.
Moreover, since it is a through-hole (since it is not a notch), even if the through-hole 52 is provided, the outer edge part of the 2nd slide cover 50 maintains substantially circular shape. Therefore, the second slide cover 50 is less likely to be caught on the slide cover guide 22 than when the cutout is provided (as compared with the case of FIG. 4).
Further, since it is only necessary to make a hole in the second slide cover 50, an increase in cost can be reduced.

1 is a schematic plan view of a vehicle shift lever device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the 1st, 2nd slide cover and slide cover guide of the shift lever apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a top view which shows the 1st, 2nd slide cover and slide cover guide at the time of providing a notch (recessed part) in the 2nd slide cover of the conventional shift lever apparatus for vehicles.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle shift lever apparatus 20 Shift lever apparatus main body 21 Guide hole 22 Slide cover guide 30 Shift lever 40 1st slide cover 41 1st insertion part 50 2nd slide cover 51 2nd insertion part 52 Through-hole

Claims (1)

A shift lever device body provided with guide holes extending in the vehicle front-rear and left-right directions;
A shift lever inserted through the guide hole and swingable in the vehicle front-rear and left-right directions;
A first slide cover that includes the first insertion portion for inserting the shift lever and closes the guide hole;
A second slide cover that is attached to the first slide cover and includes a second insertion portion for inserting the shift lever, and closes the first insertion portion;
Have
A vehicular shift lever device in which a through hole is provided in a portion of the second slide cover that cannot be seen from the first insertion portion.

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