JP2008056010A - Cabin equipment installation structure in vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain desired care by retaining sitting of a care worker on a seat in the stable state when the care worker cares a person to be cared on a placement base in the state that the care worker sits on the seat by a simple constitution by preventing the weight from unnecessarily becoming heavy. <P>SOLUTION: The cabin equipment installation structure in the vehicle is provided with a reinforcement part 35 for reinforcing a fixed part of a seat belt anchor 32 in a rear center pillar (pillar) 25. The placement base 41 for the person 40 to be cared is made mountable and the seat 44 sittable with the care worker 43 is provided in a cabin 5. The seat 44 is arranged near the rear center pillar (pillar) 25 in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1. A head rest 55 projected from the rear center pillar (pillar) 25 side toward the inside of the cabin 5 and supporting a head part of the care worker 43 sitting on the seat 44 is provided. After the head rest 55 is reinforced by the reinforcement part 35, it is supported on a portion of the rear center pillar (pillar) 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention arranges vehicle equipment such as a wheelchair-mounted person's mounting table and a passenger's seat at a specific position in the vehicle compartment, and firmly attaches the vehicle compartment equipment to a specific part of the vehicle body. The present invention relates to a vehicle interior equipment installation structure in a vehicle that is supported by the vehicle.

Conventionally, a vehicle interior equipment installation structure in a vehicle is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. According to this publication, a seat, which is a vehicle accessory, is disposed in one side of the vehicle compartment in the vehicle compartment. The seat is supported by the vehicle body so that an occupant can sit on the front of the vehicle body and can be folded to be compact.
JP-A-8-142725

  By the way, in the said prior art, the headrest which supports the passenger | crew's head seated on the seat | sheet is not provided. For this reason, the following inconvenience may occur. That is, for example, when a platform for a person being assisted such as a wheelchair is mounted in the passenger compartment, the occupant is seated on the seat as an assistant for the person being assisted, and remains in this seated state. An attempt is made to assist such as changing the posture of the person being assisted on the wheelchair or the wheelchair to a better state. In this case, since the headrest does not exist, the helper's head at the time of assistance is not supported on the vehicle body side, so the assistant to the seat by the reaction force from the person being assisted at the time of assistance There is a risk that inconvenience that the user's seating becomes unstable and the desired assistance becomes difficult.

  Therefore, in order to avoid the above inconvenience, it is conceivable to provide a headrest that supports the head of the assistant seated on the seat and to support the headrest on the vehicle body. In this case, it is necessary to ensure sufficient strength in the support portion of the headrest in the vehicle body in order to counter the reaction force from the person being assisted. However, if a headrest is provided as described above and a reinforcing material is provided in order to ensure sufficient strength at the headrest support portion in the vehicle body, the structure of the support portion becomes complicated and the weight thereof is increased. May cause unnecessary heavy weight.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a seat for a caregiver to be seated while enabling the placement of a placing table for the helped person in the passenger compartment. In the vehicle, when the assistant is sitting on the seat and assisting the person on the table, the sitting of the assistant on the seat is maintained in a stable state and desired assistance can be performed. In addition, this is achieved with a simple configuration and while preventing the weight from becoming unnecessarily heavy.

  Moreover, the other objective of this invention is to improve the freedom degree of assistance of the assistance person with respect to the said assistance person.

The invention of claim 1 includes a pillar 25 in which the vehicle body 2 forms a part of the side wall 9, and a reinforcing portion 35 that reinforces a fixing portion of the seat belt anchor 32 in the pillar 25. A mounting table 41 for the person being assisted 40 can be mounted in the chamber 5, and a seat 44 on which the assistant 43 can sit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 is provided on one side of the passenger compartment 5 on the pillar 25 side. In the vehicle
The seat 44 is disposed in the vicinity of the pillar 25 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1, protrudes inward of the passenger compartment 5 from the pillar 25 side, and supports the head of the assistant 43 sitting on the seat 44. A headrest 55 is provided, and the headrest 55 is supported by the pillar 25 reinforced by the reinforcing portion 35.

  According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the invention of claim 1, a back door opening 21 is formed on the rear surface of the vehicle body 2, and the mounting table 41 can be mounted in the vehicle compartment 5 through the back door opening 21. The protruding direction of the headrest 55 from the rear center pillar (pillar) 25 side can be changed to another protruding direction.

  In this section, the reference numerals appended to the above terms are not to be construed as limiting the technical scope of the present invention to the section “Example” described later or the contents of the drawings.

  The effects of the present invention are as follows.

The invention according to claim 1 includes a pillar in which the vehicle body forms a part of the side wall thereof, and a reinforcing portion that reinforces a fixing portion of the seat belt anchor in the pillar. In the vehicle in which a seat can be mounted and a seat on which the assistant can sit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided on one side of the pillar-side compartment,
In the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the seat is arranged in the vicinity of the pillar, and a headrest is provided that protrudes from the pillar side toward the inside of the passenger compartment and supports the head of the assistant seated on the seat. The pillar is reinforced by the reinforcing portion.

  For this reason, when the assistant is trying to change the posture of the person to be assisted on the mounting table or the posture of the mounting table to a better state while sitting on the seat, the assistant is not Even if a large reaction force is applied from the assistant, the assistant's head is supported by the headrest, so that the assistant's seating on the seat is maintained in a stable state. Therefore, the caregiver can make desired assistance to the person being assisted while sitting on the seat.

  Further, when performing the above-mentioned assistance, even if a large reaction force is applied to the support portion of the headrest in the pillar from the person being assisted through the assistant, as described above, the fixing portion of the seat belt anchor in the pillar is reinforced. Since the supporting portion of the headrest in the pillar is strongly reinforced, the supporting portion can strongly counter the reaction force. Therefore, as described above, the desired assistance for the person being assisted is achieved with a simple configuration and the weight is prevented from becoming unnecessarily heavy due to the use of the reinforcing portion for the seat belt anchor. The

  Further, even when a large impact force is generated between the assistant and the headrest in a collision accident with the vehicle, as described above, the support portion of the headrest in the pillar is strongly reinforced by using the reinforcement portion. Therefore, this support portion can strongly counter the impact force, and the sitting of the assistant on the seat is held in a stable state. Therefore, the protection of the caregiver in the case where the impact force is applied is more reliably achieved.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, a back door opening is formed on the rear surface of the vehicle body, the mounting table can be mounted in the vehicle compartment through the back door opening, and the protruding direction of the headrest from the pillar side is set to another protruding direction. It can be changed to

  For this reason, when an assistant tries to mount the mounting table in the passenger compartment through the back door opening, the protruding direction of the headrest can be changed so as not to obstruct the operation. . Therefore, the change of the protrusion direction of the headrest is convenient because the degree of freedom of assistance of the assistant relative to the person being assisted can be improved.

  The vehicle equipment installation structure in a vehicle according to the present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted equipment mounting table that can be mounted in a vehicle compartment, and a vehicle provided with a seat on which an assistant can be seated, while the assistant remains seated on the seat. Thus, when assisting the person being assisted on the table, the seating of the assistant on the seat is held in a stable state so that the desired assistance can be performed, and this is a simple configuration, and In order to achieve the object of preventing the weight from becoming unnecessarily heavy, the best mode for carrying out the present invention is as follows.

  That is, the vehicle body of the vehicle includes a pillar that constitutes a part of the side wall of the vehicle and a reinforcing portion that reinforces the fixing portion of the seat belt anchor in the pillar. A seat for the person being assisted can be mounted in the passenger compartment inside the vehicle body, and a seat on which the assistant can sit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided on one side of the passenger compartment on the pillar side. The seat is arranged in the vicinity of the pillar in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A headrest is provided that protrudes from the pillar side toward the inside of the passenger compartment and supports the head of the assistant seated on the seat. The headrest is supported by the pillar portion reinforced by the reinforcing portion.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, an embodiment thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In FIG. 2-4, reference numeral 1 in the figure is a vehicle exemplified by a one-box type automobile, and an arrow Fr indicates the front of the vehicle 1 in the traveling direction. Moreover, the right and left mentioned below shall mean the width direction of the vehicle 1 toward the said front.

  The vehicle 1 includes a vehicle body 2 made of sheet metal, and wheels 4 that are suspended at the front and rear portions of the vehicle body 2 and support the vehicle body 2 on a running surface 3. The interior of the vehicle body 2 is a casing 5.

  The vehicle body 2 constitutes a lower portion of the vehicle body 2 and forms a floor panel 8 that forms the lower surface of the vehicle compartment 5, and left and right sides of the vehicle body 2 constitutes a left side of the vehicle compartment 5, Side walls 9 and 10 that form the right side surface, and a roof panel 11 that forms an upper surface of the vehicle body 2 and forms the ceiling surface of the vehicle compartment 5 are provided.

  A front door opening 14 is formed at the front part of each of the side walls 9, 10, and a front door 15 is provided for closing the front door openings 14 so as to be openable and closable. A rear door opening 16 is formed in the middle of each of the side walls 9 and 10 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1, and a rear door 17 that closes each rear door opening 16 so as to be opened and closed is provided. Further, rear window openings 18 are formed at the rear portions of the side walls 9 and 10, respectively, and a wind panel 19 for closing the rear window openings 18 is provided. A back door opening 21 is formed on the rear surface of the vehicle body 2, and a back door 22 that closes the back door opening 21 so as to be opened and closed is provided.

  A front center pillar 24 is formed between the front door opening 14 and the rear door opening 16 on each side portion of the vehicle body 2. A rear center pillar 25 is formed between the rear door opening 16 and the rear window opening 18. A rear pillar 26 is formed between the rear window opening 18 and the back door opening 21. Each of the pillars 24 to 26 extends in the vertical direction and constitutes a part of the side walls 9 and 10.

  Each of the pillars 24 to 26 includes inner and outer panels 27 and 28 that face each other in the width direction of the vehicle 1 and are coupled to each other. Each of the pillars 24 to 26 is formed by the inner and outer panels 27 and 28 so that each section in the vertical direction is a closed section, and has a high strength and rigidity, and is a skeleton member of the vehicle body 2. .

  A pair of left and right front seats 29 and 30 are installed in the front portion of the vehicle compartment 5. One of the front seats 29 and 30 is a cockpit seat and the other is a passenger seat. A rear seat (not shown) can be installed in the middle of the vehicle compartment 5 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1, and this rear seat can be supported by the floor panel 8.

  A seat belt (not shown) that holds a seated person seated on the rear seat on the rear seat can be installed. A seat belt anchor 32 connected to one end of the seat belt is provided. A fastener 33 for fixing the seat belt anchor 32 to the upper portion of the rear center pillar 25 is provided. A reinforcing portion 35 that reinforces the fixing portion of the seat belt anchor 32 in the rear center pillar 25 is provided. The reinforcing portion 35 is made of sheet metal and is coupled to the inner surface of the inner panel 27 of the rear center pillar 25. The fastener 33 passes through the nut 36 fixed to the reinforcing portion 35, the seat belt anchor 32, the inner panel 27, and the reinforcing portion 35 sequentially from the vehicle compartment 5 side and is screwed into the nut 36. Bolts 37 are provided.

  An inclined base 39 is installed between the lower opening edge of the back door opening 21 opened by the opening operation of the back door 22 and the running surface 3 behind the vehicle 1. The inclined base 39 is normally folded and can be stored in the passenger compartment 5. A mounting table 41 for the person being assisted 40 can be mounted on the rear part of the vehicle compartment 5 through the back door opening 21 that has been moved on the inclined table 39 and opened as described above. The mounting table 41 is specifically a wheelchair, but may be a stretcher having a carriage.

  A seat 44 is provided on one side of the compartment 5 on the side of the rear center pillar 25 to which the reinforcing portion 35 is coupled. The seat 44 is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 in the vicinity of the front of the rear center pillar 25. The seat 44 protrudes rearward and upward from the rear end portion of the seat cushion 48, and is supported on the floor panel 8 by the rear legs 46 and 47 before extending in the longitudinal direction. A seat back 50 pivotally supported by a first pivot support 49, a second pivot support 51 for pivotally supporting the lower end portion of the front leg 46 on the floor panel 8, and an upper end portion of the rear leg 47 as the seat cushion. And a third pivotal support 52 for pivotal support by 48.

  The sheet 44 can be folded and can be stored in the folded compact state. Specifically, the seat back 50 is rotated forward A around the first pivotal support 49, the rear leg 47 is pivoted forward B around the third pivotal support 52, and then The seat cushion 48, the seat back 50, and the rear leg 47 are overlapped with each other. Then, if the stacked bodies 48, 50, 47 are pivoted forward C as a whole around the second pivotal support 51, the seat 44 can be stored in a compact state (in FIG. 5). , Dash-dot line).

  A headrest 55 is provided that projects from the rear center pillar 25 side toward the inside of the passenger compartment 5 and supports the head of the assistant 43 seated on the seat 44 from behind. The headrest 55 is firmly supported by a bracket 56 on the portion of the rear center pillar 25 reinforced by the reinforcing portion 35.

  The bracket 56 is formed on the rear center pillar 25 by protruding from the base plate 57 supported on the upper portion of the rear center pillar 25 by the fastener 33 instead of the seat belt anchor 32. A positioning pin 59 inserted into the positioning hole 58 and a circular support pipe 62 supported by the substrate 57 are provided with an axial center 61 extending substantially vertically. At the upper end of the support pipe 62, a plurality of (three) notches 63 that are open upward are formed.

  Further, the bracket 56 has a lower portion that is slidable in the axial direction with respect to the support pipe 62 and is rotatably fitted around the shaft center 61, and a diameter from the upper portion of the support rod 64. A lock that protrudes outward in the direction and is detachably locked to any of the locking portions 63 to prevent the support rod 64 from rotating D around the axis 61 relative to the support pipe 62. And a locked portion 65 that is a pin.

  The bracket 56 includes a pair of left and right support plates 68 and 68 projecting forward from the upper portion of the support rod 64, coupling plates 69 and 69 for coupling the support plates 68 and 68 to each other, and the headrest. A pair of left and right support arms 70 projecting rearward from the rear surface of 55, and a pair of left and right manual handle operating methods for removably fixing the protruding end portions of the support arms 70 to the support plates 68. Fasteners 71 and 71 are provided. The bolt holes 72 of these fasteners 71 have a long hole shape extending in the vertical direction. Thereby, the height of the headrest 55 with respect to the bracket 56 can be adjusted by an operation on each fastener 71.

  In the plan view of the vehicle 1 (FIGS. 3 and 6), the protruding direction (solid line in each figure) in which the headrest 55 is directed from the rear center pillar 25 side toward the inside of the vehicle compartment 5 is another protruding direction (FIG. 6). Middle, one-dot chain line).

  Specifically, in the drawings of the headrest 55 and the bracket 56, the support rod 64 is first lifted together with the headrest 55 with respect to the support pipe 62 of the bracket 56 from the state shown by the solid line. Thereby, the locked portion 65 is once detached from the locking portion 63. In this state, together with the headrest 55, the support rod 64 is rotated D around the axis 61 by a desired angle. Next, the support rod 64 is lowered together with the headrest 55, and the locked portion 65 is locked to one of the locking portions 63. Then, the projecting direction of the headrest 55 from the rear center pillar 25 side can be changed to another projecting direction. Then, at the position after the change, the rotation D of the headrest 55 around the axis 61 is prevented, that is, the headrest 55 is fixed to the rear center pillar 25 side.

  According to the above configuration, the seat 44 is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 1 in the vicinity of the rear center pillar 25, protrudes inward of the vehicle compartment 5 from the rear center pillar 25 side, and A headrest 55 that supports the head of the seated assistant 43 is provided, and the headrest 55 is supported by the portion of the rear center pillar 25 reinforced by the reinforcing portion 35.

  For this reason, when the assistant 43 tries to change the posture of the person to be assisted 40 on the table 41 or the table 41 to a better state while sitting on the seat 44, the above-mentioned Even if the assistant 43 is given a large reaction force from the person being assisted 40, the head of the assistant 43 is supported by the headrest 55, so the sitting of the assistant 43 on the seat 44 is stable. Kept in a state. Therefore, the assistant 43 can make desired assistance to the person being assisted 40 while sitting on the seat 44.

  Further, when performing the above assistance, as described above, even if a large reaction force is applied to the support portion of the headrest 55 in the rear center pillar 25 from the person being assisted 40 through the assistant 43, as described above, the rear center pillar 25. Since the reinforcing portion 35 that reinforces the fixing portion of the seat belt anchor 32 is utilized and the support portion of the headrest 55 in the rear center pillar 25 is strongly reinforced, the support portion can strongly counter the reaction force. . Therefore, as described above, the amount of use of the reinforcing portion 35 for the seat belt anchor 32 makes it possible to provide the desired assistance for the person being assisted 40 with a simple configuration and prevent the weight from becoming unnecessarily heavy. Achieved.

  Further, even when a large impact force is generated between the assistant 43 and the headrest 55 in a collision accident with the vehicle 1 or the like, as described above, the use of the reinforcing portion 35 causes the headrest 55 in the rear center pillar 25 to move. Since the support portion is strongly reinforced, the support portion can strongly resist the impact force, and the sitting of the assistant 43 on the seat 44 is held in a stable state. Therefore, the protection of the caregiver 43 when the impact force is applied is more reliably achieved.

  Further, as described above, the back door opening 21 is formed in the rear surface of the vehicle body 2, and the mounting table 41 can be mounted in the vehicle compartment 5 through the back door opening 21, and the headrest from the rear center pillar 25 side is provided. The protrusion direction of 55 can be changed to another protrusion direction.

  For this reason, when the assistant 43 tries to mount the mounting table 41 in the passenger compartment 5 through the back door opening 21 or to store the seat 44 by folding it, the protruding direction of the headrest 55 is described. Can be changed so as not to interfere with the above work. Therefore, by changing the protruding direction of the headrest 55, the degree of freedom of assistance of the assistant 43 with respect to the person being assisted 40 can be improved, which is convenient.

  Further, as described above, the locking portion 63 provided on the rear center pillar 25 side and the locked portion 65 provided on the headrest 55 side and detachably locked to the locking portion 63 are provided. The headrest 55 can be fixed to the rear center pillar 25 side in an arbitrary protruding direction of the headrest 55 from the rear center pillar 25 side by locking the locked portion 65 to the locking portion 63. Yes.

  Therefore, the headrest 55 can be easily protruded in a desired direction and fixed at the position by a simple configuration of the locking portion 63 and the locked portion 65. Therefore, the degree of freedom of assistance of the assistant 43 with respect to the person being assisted 40 is further improved.

  Although the above is based on the illustrated example, the seat 44 may be one in which the assistant 43 can be seated facing the rear of the vehicle 1. The seat 44 may be foldable by rotating the seat cushion 48 and the seat back 50 in the width direction of the vehicle 1. Further, the front and rear positions of the headrest 55 relative to the bracket 56 may be adjustable.

It is a fragmentary perspective view of a vehicle interior. It is a simplified side view of a vehicle. It is a simplified top view of a vehicle. It is a simplified rear view of a vehicle. FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged detail view of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged detail view of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Car body 5 Car compartment 8 Floor panel 9 Side wall 21 Back door opening 25 Rear center pillar (pillar)
32 Seat belt anchor 33 Fastener 35 Reinforcement part 40 Person to be assisted 41 Placement table 43 Person to be assisted 44 Seat 55 Headrest 56 Bracket D Rotation

Claims (2)

The vehicle body includes a pillar that constitutes a part of the side wall of the pillar, and a reinforcing portion that reinforces a fixing portion of the seat belt anchor in the pillar. In a vehicle in which a seat is provided on one side of the pillar-side passenger compartment, where an assistant can sit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
In the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the seat is arranged in the vicinity of the pillar, and a headrest is provided that protrudes from the pillar side toward the inside of the passenger compartment and supports the head of the assistant seated on the seat. A vehicle interior equipment installation structure in a vehicle, wherein the structure is supported by the pillar portion reinforced by the reinforcing portion.   A back door opening is formed on the rear surface of the vehicle body, the mounting table can be mounted in the vehicle compartment through the back door opening, and the protruding direction of the headrest from the pillar side can be changed to another protruding direction. The vehicle compartment equipment installation structure for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

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