JP2007064722A - Instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instrument which can reduce a phenomenon in which a buffer member falls off by elaborating the buffer member glued to the instrument. <P>SOLUTION: The buffer member 15 is arranged with glue at an appropriate position on the periphery of a cover plate 11 covering the front open side of an instrument case 1. The periphery of the cover plate 11 is pressed against an outer visor 12 through the buffer member 15. The buffer member 15 is formed of a thicker sheet-like material and is provided with a notch 16 for imparting flexibility. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an instrument device for attaching instruments mounted on, for example, an automobile to a dashboard on the driver's seat side.

Conventionally, as instrument devices installed in automobiles, instruments such as speedometers, tachometers, thermometers, alarm devices for notifying the driver of the status of various devices, and the like are housed in an instrument case. In this case, the instrument case that houses the instruments, alarm devices, etc. is covered with a transparent cover plate made of a synthetic resin material so that dust does not enter from the upper surface side of the instruments, etc. ing. In addition, the instrument case is provided with a frame part for attachment to the vehicle body side, and the instrument case is fixed and held by a fixing screw via the frame part on the vehicle body side. At this time, the outer visor of the dashboard is disposed so as to abut on the front side of the instrument, that is, the front side of the cover plate, and the periphery of the cover plate is hidden to improve the appearance of the instrument device. At this time, although the appearance is good, because the vibration of the vehicle body may be transmitted to the instrument device due to the abutment between the cover plate side of the instrument device and the outer visor side, the squeezing noise and abnormal noise may occur, so the applicant of the present application In the instrument device cover plate, the lower edge of the cover plate is proposed to cover the abutment piece with a rubber cap so that it does not cause squeaking or abnormal noise.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-76217

  By the way, in the instrument device such as Patent Document 1 described above, it is possible to prevent a squeaking noise or an abnormal noise that is likely to be generated due to vibration between the cover plate side positioned on the lower side and the outer visor of the dashboard. However, since there is no space to provide the abutment piece on the cover plate side located on the upper side, a cushioning member such as rubber or non-woven fabric is generally attached with a double-sided tape etc. to provide a cushioning action is doing. As a result, a buffer member is interposed between the cover plate side and the dashboard side, so that it is possible to prevent squeaking noise and abnormal noise caused by vibration, etc. When the sheet-like thickness dimension of a nonwoven fabric or the like is set to be thick, there is a problem that a part attached with an adhesive tape is peeled off.

  That is, there is no problem in the case where the cushioning member is made of a material such as rubber or non-woven fabric, which is elastic, so that there is no problem. For example, the corner side of the cover plate located on the upper side (upper side) ( If the buffer member is attached along the curved part), the material itself such as rubber or non-woven fabric that is the buffer member is elastic over time, so the more the thickness of the buffer member is set, the more There is a problem that the action of returning to the surface becomes easy to work, and as a result, it tends to partially peel off.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an instrument device capable of suppressing the phenomenon that the buffer member is peeled off by devising a buffer member attached to the cover plate side of the instrument device in order to cope with the above-described problems. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a buffer member that is attached to a peripheral portion of a cover plate that covers the open front side of the instrument case by attaching the buffer member to the cover. In the instrument device in which the peripheral portion of the plate is disposed so as to abut against the outer visor, the buffer member is formed by a relatively thick sheet-like member, and a notch is provided for flexibility. It is the instrument device characterized by comprising.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the instrument device according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of slits are formed as the cut portions of the buffer member.

  In the present invention, a buffer member is disposed at an appropriate position on the periphery of the cover plate covering the front open side of the instrument case, and the peripheral portion of the cover plate is disposed against the outer visor via the buffer member. In the instrument device configured as described above, the buffer member is formed by a relatively thick sheet-like member, and is a meter device characterized in that a cut portion is provided to give flexibility, Even if it is bent and pasted, the action of returning to the original state can be divided by the cut portion, and this prevents the phenomenon that the adhesive force is maintained and peeled off in a state of being folded and pasted, and a good buffer The effect can be maintained, whereby the initial purpose can be achieved.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the buffer member is disposed at an appropriate position on the peripheral portion of the cover plate covering the front open side of the instrument case, and the peripheral portion of the cover plate is pushed against the outer visor via the buffer member. An instrument device configured to be disposed in contact, wherein the buffer member is formed by a relatively thick sheet-like member, and is provided with a notch for flexibility. It is. With this configuration, even if the cushioning member is attached to the corner or curved portion, the stress that is attached following the shape and tries to return to the original by the cut portion can be divided and bent. Can maintain a good state and maintain a good buffering effect of the instrument device.

  In addition, in the instrument device according to claim 1, by forming a plurality of slits as the cut portions of the buffer member, it is easy to attach following the concavo-convex shape, and stress that tends to return to the original by the plurality of slits. It can be divided finely, and thereby the phenomenon that the adhesive force is maintained and peeled off can be suppressed as much as possible. (Claim 2)

  Hereinafter, based on the attached drawings, an embodiment in which the instrument device of the present invention is applied to an indicating instrument for a vehicle will be described.

  A first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, this type of instrument device includes an indicator instrument consisting of a speedometer in the center, an indicator instrument consisting of a tachometer on the right side, an indicator instrument consisting of a fuel gauge and a thermometer on the left side, and a travel distance indicator. Further, a gear position indicator, various detection indicators, and the like are arranged, and each is accommodated in the instrument case 1.

  In this case, in the indicating instrument consisting of a speedometer located in the center of FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 2, the measuring instrument main body 2 is accommodated in the measuring instrument case 1. A pointer 4 that rotates about the pointer shaft 3 as an axis is press-fitted and fixed to the tip end side of the provided pointer shaft 3. As the pointer structure in this embodiment, a light emitting pointer 4 formed of a transparent synthetic resin such as an acrylic resin is used.

  On the back side of the pointer 4, a display board 5 provided with an indicator portion made of scales, numbers, symbols and the like is disposed. Further, a light circuit case 6 is provided on the back side of the display board 5 and a rigid circuit board 6 is provided, and a part of the instrument case 1 made of synthetic resin is formed between the circuit board 6 and the display board 5. 7 is disposed. On the circuit board 6, a light source (light emitting diode 8) for transmitting and illuminating the scale portion of the display plate 5 and numerals and the like facing the light case 7, and for emitting and illuminating the pointer 4 A pointer light source (light emitting diode 9) is mounted. The instrument body 2 that rotates the pointer shaft 3 is fixedly attached to the back side of the circuit board 6.

  An instrument hood 10 constituting a part of an instrument case surrounding the display board 5 while concealing the periphery of the display board 5 is disposed on the front side of the display board 5. It is configured to be covered with a transparent cover plate 11 made of a synthetic resin material so that dust and the like do not enter from the upper surface side of indicator instruments and the like.

  Further, an outer visor 12 such as a dashboard of a vehicle is provided on the front outer peripheral portion of the cover plate 11 of the instrument device. The outer visor 12 covers the outer peripheral portion of the cover plate 11 so that the appearance of the instrument device can be improved.

  In the first embodiment, the lower peripheral portion of the cover plate 11 is provided with a buffer mechanism having a conventional structure previously proposed by the applicant of the present application. That is, an abutting piece 13 is integrally provided on the lower peripheral edge portion of the cover plate 11, and the abutting piece 13 is provided with a rubber cap 14 so as not to cause symptoms such as a squeaking noise or an abnormal noise. Yes.

  In addition, in accordance with the first embodiment, a non-woven fabric having a relatively thick dimension as the buffer member 15 is an adhesive, for example, a double-sided tape, at the corner portion located at the center of the upper peripheral edge of the cover plate 11. Affixed via glue or glue. In this case, the nonwoven fabric which is the sheet-like cushioning member 15 is provided with a plurality of slits 16 which are cut and formed through the back side at a predetermined interval. In the first embodiment, each slit 16 is provided with 3 slits. It is configured to be provided side by side in the row.

  In the instrument device according to the first embodiment having the above-described configuration, the outer peripheral portion of the front side of the cover plate 11 and the outer visor of the dashboard are arranged so that the outer visor 12 of the dashboard is disposed on the front side of the cover plate 11 without any gap. 12 can be kept in contact with each other through the rubber cap 14 and the buffer member 15, and the upper peripheral edge of the cover plate 11 can be maintained. Even if a non-woven fabric that is a buffer member 15 having a relatively thick dimension is attached along the curved shape of the corner located at the center of the portion, the state of being attached following the shape is maintained. That is, it is possible to divide the stress to return to the original by the cut portion formed of the slit 16 provided in the buffer member 15, thereby maintaining the bent state and maintaining the good buffer effect of the instrument device. Thus, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent a stagnation noise or an abnormal noise that is likely to be generated due to vibration or the like which has been a problem in the past.

  5 to 8 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a front view of the instrument device, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the instrument device, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part of FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view and a perspective view showing the buffer member of the second embodiment. In this case, two cushioning members are provided at appropriate positions on the front peripheral side of the cover plate 11 of the instrument device, that is, two upper peripheral portions and two lower peripheral portions which are front peripheral portions of the cover plate 11 in this embodiment. A non-work cloth having a relatively thick wall thickness of 15 is affixed via a double-sided tape, and is provided in a positional relationship where it is placed against the outer visor 12 of the dashboard.

  In the second embodiment, a plurality of long and narrow slits 16A are formed in a tandem state at a predetermined interval in the nonwoven fabric that is the buffer member 15, and in the second embodiment, each slit 16A is formed. Are arranged side by side in three rows, and are easily attached by following the shape of the cover plate 11 that is the object to be attached, and are not easily peeled off by the elongated long slit 16A. It is provided so that the stress to be returned can be finely divided.

  With this configuration, the outer peripheral portion on the front surface side of the cover plate 11 is arranged in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above so that the outer visor 12 of the dashboard is disposed on the front surface side of the cover plate 11 without a gap. When the outer visor 12 of the dashboard is abutted and disposed, the favorable cushioning effect can be maintained by the abutting arrangement via the respective buffer members 15. At this time, when the non-woven fabric that is the buffer member 15 is attached to the appropriate position of the peripheral portion of the cover plate 11 along the curved shape of the corner portion positioned at the peripheral portion, the state of being attached following the shape is affixed. Persisted.

  That is, since the stress due to self-elasticity that tries to return to the bent portion of the buffer member 15 made of a sheet can be divided by the cut portion formed by the long hole-shaped slit 16A provided in the buffer member 15. Even if the buffer member 15 is set to be relatively thick, it can maintain the state of being attached following the shape of the bent state, and it is easy to generate stagnation due to vibration or the like It is possible to maintain a good buffering effect while preventing noise and abnormal sounds.

  Moreover, in each Example, since it can give flexibility by providing the slit 16 and the long hole-shaped slit 16A in the buffer member 15 which consists of one sheet | seat material, it is in the shape which is the target object to be affixed. Since there is no need to attach a number of cushioning materials individually, there is also an effect that the bonding workability can be easily performed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, although unemployed cloth is used as the material of the buffer member 15, rubber or relatively soft foamed plastic may be used as the material of the buffer member 15. In FIG. 9A, the slit 16 and the long slit 16A are formed. As an embodiment of the cut portion provided in the buffer member, as shown in FIG. The same effect can also be obtained by providing slits 16B provided in the row direction, and slits 16C formed by shallow notches provided in a lattice shape as shown in FIG. 9B. At this time, the slits 16C having shallow notches provided in a lattice shape are useful because the slits 16C are provided in the vertical and horizontal directions, and can be attached following the fine irregularities in the front, rear, left and right.

  In addition, a slit portion (cut portion) is formed by combining the slits 16B and 16C having shallow notches with the slits 16 having slits formed in the penetrating state shown in each embodiment and slits 16A having a long hole shape. The buffer member may be configured to be easily bent.

  In addition, what is necessary is just to arrange | position the attachment position, the number, etc. of the buffer member 15 stuck on the peripheral part of the cover plate of an instrument apparatus according to the shape, magnitude | size, etc. of an instrument apparatus.

  In addition, as described in detail in the above-described embodiments, the instrument device has been described by taking the indicator instrument for the vehicle as an example. However, the instrument device is not limited to the instrument for the vehicle, but may be applied to the instrument for ships or the instrument of agricultural machinery. Is possible.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an instrument device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the instrument device of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a main part of the instrument device of FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are a front view and a perspective view of a buffer member applied to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a front view of an instrument device showing a second embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the instrument device of FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a main part of the instrument device of FIG. FIGS. 8A and 8B are a front view and a perspective view, partly in section, of a buffer member applied to the second embodiment. FIGS. 9A and 9B are perspective views showing examples of embodiments of different buffer members.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument case 2 Instrument body 3 Pointer axis 4 Pointer 5 Display board 6 Circuit board 7 Light case 8 Light source (light emitting diode)
9 Light source for pointer (light emitting diode)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Instrument food | hood 11 Cover plate 12 Outer visor 13 Attaching piece 14 Rubber cap (buffer member)
15 Buffer member (nonwoven fabric)
16 Slit (Incision)
16A Slotted slit (cut)

Claims (2)

  A buffer member is attached to an appropriate position on the peripheral edge of the cover plate that covers the front open side of the instrument case, and the peripheral part of the cover plate is abutted against the outer visor via the buffer member. In the instrument device, the buffer member is formed by a relatively thick sheet-like member, and a notch portion is provided to give flexibility.   The instrument device according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of slits as the cut portion of the buffer member.

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