JP2007247721A - Locking device for sliding mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a locking device for a sliding mechanism, capable of locking a movable body to a predetermined position while effectively absorbing the kinetic energy of the movable body sliding in one direction. <P>SOLUTION: The movable body 17 slidable along a guide rail 16 can be driven to slide in one direction by an actuator A. A locking member 22 is provided right under a shock absorbing member 20 provided on the lower part of the movable body 17, in spaced relation. When the movable body 17 slides down, the shock absorbing member 20 is plastically deformed colliding with the locking member 22 and locked thereto. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a locking device for a slide mechanism that effectively absorbs kinetic energy of a moving body that is slidably driven in one direction along a guide rail and locks it at a predetermined stop position.

Conventionally, a movable body (retractor) is slidably provided on a fixed guide rail, and the movable body is slid in one direction by the operation of an actuator, and the sliding of the moving body is stopped by the end of the operation of the actuator. A mechanism locking device is disclosed, for example, in Patent Document 1 described later.
JP 2003-25956 A

  However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is no means for actively absorbing the kinetic energy acting on the sliding moving body when it is stopped at the locked position. Not only is it difficult to sufficiently buffer and absorb this shock, but the lock position of the moving body is not constant, and it is difficult to prevent reverse sliding due to the reband force.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when a moving body that slides in one direction stops at a predetermined position, it effectively absorbs the kinetic energy acting thereon and ensures that the moving body is at a predetermined position. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel slide mechanism locking device which can be locked to a sliding mechanism.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is directed to a guide rail, a movable body that is slidable along the guide rail, and an actuator that slides the movable body in one direction along the guide rail. And an impact absorbing member provided on the moving body and a lock member opposed to the impact absorbing member with a space therebetween, and when the moving body slides to a predetermined position in one direction, the impact absorbing member is , And is plastically deformed by colliding with the lock member and locked there.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the moving body includes a retractor for a seat belt device of a vehicle.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, in the locking device of the slide mechanism, the moving body can be locked at a predetermined position while effectively absorbing the kinetic energy of the moving body that slides in one direction.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the retractor can be locked at a predetermined position while effectively absorbing the kinetic energy of the retractor provided slidably on the seat belt device of the vehicle, and the rebound of the retractor is prevented. Thus, it is possible to prevent the tension of the seat belt from decreasing.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below based on examples of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. This embodiment is a case where the locking device of the slide mechanism of the present invention is implemented in a vehicle seat belt device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 2-2 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view, and FIG. 7 is an operation diagram of the impact absorbing member and the lock member.

  In FIG. 1, a seat 2 is provided on a floor panel 1 constituting a part of a vehicle body B, and a seat belt device S is provided on the seat 2.

  A buckle 4 is provided on the support frame 3 on the floor panel 1 at a lower portion on one side of the seat 2, and a shoulder through anchor 6 is provided on the upper portion of the center pillar 5 on the side of the vehicle body B. Yes. A buckle plate 9 slidably provided on the seat belt 8 is detachably attached to the buckle 4, and the seat belt 8 is slidably supported on the shoulder through anchor 6. Below the shoulder through anchor 6, the center pillar 5 supports the retractor R so that it can slide in the vertical direction as will be described later. One end of the seat belt 8 is attached to the retractor R, It is caught so that it can be pulled out. The seat belt 8 pulled out from the retractor R is bound to a fixing member 10 provided on the vehicle body B at the lower portion on the other side of the seat 2 via the shoulder through anchor 6 and the buckle plate 9.

  The retractor R incorporates a conventionally known lock mechanism 11 (see FIG. 4) for prohibiting the withdrawal of the seat belt 8 when an impact occurs.

  Next, the structure of the locking device of the slide mechanism according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the center pillar 5, a base plate 15 for fixing a slide mechanism locking device according to the present invention is fixed to the lower half of the center pillar 5. The substrate 15 is integrally provided with a guide rail 16 having a cross section “with” along the longitudinal direction (vertical direction). The guide rail 16 includes a movable body accommodated in the center pillar 5. A guide groove having a 17-shaped “cross groove” shape is slidably fitted, whereby the movable body 17 is slidable in the vertical direction along the guide rail 16. The retractor R is integrally fixed to the movable body 17, and the movable body 17 constitutes an inertia mass member that can slide along the guide rail 16 together with the retractor R.

  A guide rod 18 that extends vertically in parallel with the guide rail 16 is fixed to the substrate 15, and an extension portion 17 a that extends to one side of the moving body 17 is slidable on the guide rod 18. It is penetrated by. An impact absorbing member 20 having an axial line in the vertical direction is suspended below the extension 17a of the moving body 17. The shock absorbing member 20 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the lower end thereof is opened, and the inner peripheral edge of the lower end is formed on a tapered surface 20a that expands downward, and is described later. When it collides with the member 22, it is made into the shape which is easy to carry out plastic deformation to an axial direction and radial direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 6, immediately below the shock absorbing member 20, a lock member 22 facing the shock absorbing member 20 with a space therebetween is firmly attached to the lower portion of the substrate 15 and the guide rod 18. It is fixed. The lock member 22 is formed in a hollow block shape from a material harder than the shock absorbing member 20, and an opening 23 is formed in the upper wall surface. The opening area of the opening 23 is slightly larger than the cross-sectional area so that the shock absorbing member 20 can enter.

  The moving body 17 provided with the retractor R is locked at the set position on the guide rail 16. In this embodiment, the moving body 17 is attached to the guide rail 16 via the shear pin 25 as shown in FIG. It is connected. When the shear pin 25 is broken by the operation of an actuator A, which will be described later, the movable body 17 can slide downward along the guide rail 16 and the guide rod 18.

  The substrate 15 is provided with an actuator A for forcibly sliding the movable body 17 together with the retractor R downward. As shown in FIG. 2, the actuator A is provided on an air cylinder 27 extending in the vertical direction in parallel with the guide rails 16, and on the upper portion of the air cylinder 27. An inflator 28 that supplies gas energy to the chamber a and an accumulator 29 that is connected to the upper air chamber a are provided, and an extension 17a of the moving body 17 is connected to the lower end of the piston rod 27a of the air cylinder 27. ing.

  The inflator 28 is connected to an impact detection means (not shown) attached to an appropriate position of the vehicle body B. The impact detection means is activated when an impact satisfying a predetermined condition is detected there. An impact detection signal is output to 28, and the inflator 28 is activated.

  Next, the operation of this one embodiment will be described.

  When an impact force is applied to the vehicle body due to a collision accident while the vehicle is running, when the collision input is input to the actuator A, the inflator 28 is activated and the gas energy output from the inflator 28 is stored in the accumulator 29. Then, the air cylinder 27 is extended by the gas energy from the accumulator 29, the piston rod 27a is pushed downward, and a downward pressing force acts on the moving body 17 connected to the piston rod 27a. As a result, the shear pin 25 that has locked the movable body 17 to the guide rail 16 is broken, and the movable body 17 slides forward along the guide rail 16 together with the retractor R, and is connected to the retractor R. The belt 8 is pulled downward, that is, in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the occupant.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), the shock absorbing member 20 that hangs down integrally with the lower part of the movable body 17 by sliding downward is provided in the lock member 22 through the opening 23 in the upper wall of the lock member 22. Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (B), the lower end thereof collides with the bottom wall surface of the lock member 22. Due to the impact at that time, the shock absorbing member 20 is plastically deformed in a bellows shape in the axial direction and the radial direction, and is closely engaged with the opening 23 to be integrated with the lock member 22. Thereby, the moving body 17 is effectively absorbed by the kinetic energy acting thereon and is locked by the lock member 22. As a result, the movable body 17 is prevented from sliding backward together with the retractor R, and the tension acting on the seat belt 8 can be prevented from decreasing, and an unnecessary gap is generated between the occupant and the seat belt 8. Thus, the restraint state of the occupant by the seat belt 8 can be properly maintained.

  The presence of the accumulator 29 makes it possible to temporarily store the gas energy generated by the ignition of the inflator 28. The air cylinder 27 is continuously extended for a time longer than the combustion time of the inflator 28, so that the seat belt 8 The applied tension can be applied for a long time.

  FIG. 8 shows a modified example of the shock absorbing member.

  FIG. 8A shows a first modification of the shock absorbing member 20, which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a cross section is provided at the bottom center of the bottom wall. The dovetail-shaped protrusion 20b is integrally formed.

  FIG. 8B shows a second modified example of the shock absorbing member 20, which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape with an open bottom surface, and has a divergent expansion at the bottom. The opening 20c is integrally formed.

  Further, FIG. 8C shows a third modified example of the shock absorbing member 20, which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape with an open bottom surface, and has a circumferential interval in the lower part thereof. A plurality of (four) cuts 20d having an inverted V-shaped cross section are formed.

  The shock absorbing members 20 of the first to third modified examples all enter the lock member 22 and are plastically deformed in the axial direction and the radial direction thereof, thereby absorbing the kinetic energy acting on the moving body 17. The movable member 17 is engaged with the lock member integrally to prevent the movable member 17 from sliding backward.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the Example, A various Example is possible within the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is implemented in a vehicle seat belt apparatus has been described, but it is needless to say that the present invention can also be implemented in other apparatuses.

A perspective view of a seat belt device of a vehicle provided with a locking device of a slide mechanism Enlarged cross-sectional view along line 2-2 in FIG. Enlarged cross-sectional view along line 3-3 in FIG. Enlarged partial cross-sectional view along line 4-4 in FIG. Enlarged partial cross-sectional view along line 5-5 in FIG. Enlarged partial sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. Action diagram of shock absorbing member and lock member Cross-sectional views of first to third modifications of the shock absorbing member

Explanation of symbols

16 ... guide rail 17 ... moving body 20 ... shock absorbing member 22 ...・ Locking member A ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Actuator R ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Retractor S ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Seat belt device

Claims (2)

Guide rail (16), movable body (17) provided to be slidable along the guide rail (16), and actuator for sliding the movable body (17) in one direction along the guide rail (16) (A), an impact absorbing member (20) provided on the movable body (17), and a lock member (22) opposed to the impact absorbing member (20) with a gap therebetween,
When the movable body (17) slides to a predetermined position in one direction, the impact absorbing member (20) collides with the lock member (22) and is plastically deformed and locked there. A slide mechanism locking device. The slide mechanism locking device according to claim 1, wherein the movable body (17) includes a retractor (R) of a seat belt device (S) of a vehicle.

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