JP2008114757A - Dust reduction device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dust reduction device capable of suppressing the entry of dust and pollens into a cabin inside. <P>SOLUTION: With a vehicle 1 stopped, when an occupant performs operation to release door lock by a remote-control switch 11, scavenging air A is blown out of an air outlet of a side-view mirror 4. When the blown out scavenging air A hits the occupant, dust 12 and pollens adhered to the occupant is removed. When a door 3 is opened, blowing of the scavenging air A is stopped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a dust reduction device that reduces the amount of dust such as dust and pollen that enters a passenger compartment of an automobile.

When an occupant gets into an automobile cabin, dust such as dust or pollen may enter the cabin from the opening of the cabin door. When the vehicle door is opened, the air curtain is formed in the door opening to prevent dust and pollen from entering the vehicle interior through the door opening. Dust reduction devices have been proposed. (For example, patent document 1).
JP 2006-1493 A

  However, in the prior art described in Patent Document 1 described above, by forming an air curtain at the door opening of the automobile, dust such as dust and pollen is prevented from entering the vehicle interior from the door opening. However, if the above dust penetrates to the vicinity of the door opening and adheres to, for example, the edge or packing of the passenger compartment door, the air curtain is released after the passenger compartment door is closed. There was a problem that the dust adhering to the vicinity of the door opening portion entered the vehicle interior.

  Then, an object of this invention is to obtain the dust reduction apparatus which can suppress the penetration | invasion into the vehicle interior of dust, such as dust and pollen.

  The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the door mirror (4) of the vehicle (1) is provided with air outlets (6, 6A, 6B, 6C) for blowing out air.

  In the invention concerning Claim 2, the detection part (10) which detects the operation | movement which a passenger | crew gets in in the said vehicle interior (2) is provided, and the said outlet (6, 6A) is detected by this detection part (10). 6B, 6C), air is blown out.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, before the occupant gets into the passenger compartment, the air blown out from the door mirror of the vehicle is applied to the occupant to eliminate dust such as dust and pollen attached to the occupant. Therefore, when the occupant gets into the passenger compartment, dust intrusion into the passenger compartment can be suppressed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, air can be automatically blown out from the air outlet provided in the door mirror of the vehicle by detecting the movement of the occupant entering the vehicle interior by the detection unit.

  Hereinafter, a dust reduction device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a plan view of a vehicle equipped with a dust reduction device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows a state in which an occupant operates a remote control switch. (B) is a figure which shows the state which blows off air from the blower outlet provided in the door mirror of the vehicle, (c) is a figure which shows the state from which the dust adhering to a passenger | crew was removed, FIG. 2 is a dust reduction apparatus. FIG. 3 is a side view of the door mirror provided with the dust reducing device, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the dust reducing device suppresses dust intrusion into the vehicle compartment.

  A vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a door 3 that closes an opening at a side of a passenger compartment 2, and a door mirror 4 is provided in front of the door 3.

  And the dust reduction apparatus 5 concerning this embodiment is provided in the base part 4a of the door mirror 4, the blower outlet 6 which blows off air to the running direction rear side of the vehicle 1, and the door mirror 4 is incorporated, and a lower air inlet 7 is provided with a blower 9 that introduces air from 7 and sends the air to the air outlet 6 via the wind direction control blade 8 and a detection unit 10 that detects an operation in which an occupant gets into the passenger compartment 2. Since the door mirror 4 is positioned in the vicinity of the waist (abdomen) of the occupant (adult) when the occupant is in a standing posture before getting into the vehicle 1, the air outlet 6 is provided in the door mirror 4 as in the present embodiment. If it is, it will become easy to ensure a required wind force without excess and deficiency from a passenger | crew's head to a foot part.

  And in this embodiment, the penetration | invasion of the dust 12 to the compartment 2 is suppressed according to the process sequence shown in FIG. That is, when the vehicle 1 is stopped and the door 3 is in a locked state, if the occupant operates the door lock release with the remote control switch 11 as a procedure S1, the blower 9 is activated as a procedure S2 and the scavenging air flows from the outlet 6 Since A is blown out, dust 12 such as dust and pollen attached to the occupant is eliminated by applying the blown-out scavenging air A to the occupant. Next, when the door 3 of the passenger compartment 2 is opened as step S3, the opening operation of the door 3 is detected by the detection unit 10, and the blower 9 is stopped as step S4.

  On the other hand, when the opening operation of the door 3 is not detected in the above step S3, when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the operation of the blower 9 as the step S5, the flow proceeds to the step S4 to protect the battery and the blower 9 is stopped. Furthermore, even before the predetermined time has elapsed, if it is determined in step S6 that the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the specified value, the process proceeds to step S4 and the blower 9 is stopped.

  In the first embodiment configured as described above, before the occupant gets into the passenger compartment 2, the blown-out scavenging air A can be applied to the occupant to eliminate the dust 12 adhering to the occupant. When the occupant gets into the passenger compartment 2, the dust 12 can be prevented from entering the passenger compartment 2.

  In the first embodiment, the case where the occupant detects the boarding operation when the remote control switch 11 is operated to release the door lock is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the door lock is performed by another method. Release (for example, a lock release operation using a door key or a collation operation between an electronic key held by a passenger and an electronic lock of the vehicle 1) may be detected as a boarding operation. Further, it goes without saying that the operation may be started based on a ventilation start instruction from a remote controller or the like, regardless of boarding detection.

  (Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 is a front view of a vehicle equipped with a dust reducing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 (a) is a view showing a state in which air is blown out from a blowout port of a door mirror. (B) is a figure which shows the state which blows off air from the vent blower outlet in a vehicle interior, FIG. 6 is a perspective view which shows the dust reduction apparatus concerning this embodiment, FIG. 7 is a side view of a door mirror, FIG. The front view which shows the modification of a blower outlet, FIG. 9: is a front view which shows the other modification of a blower outlet. The dust reducing device 5A according to the present embodiment includes the same components as the dust reducing device 5 according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by common reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  The vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 5 has an air conditioning unit 13 that air-conditions the passenger compartment 2. The air conditioning unit 13 introduces outside air from the outside of the passenger compartment 2 and sends out air (not shown). ). Further, a vent outlet 14 is formed in the instrument panel 2a to blow out air toward the passenger compartment 2.

  In the present embodiment, the dust reduction device 5 </ b> A is provided at the base portion 4 a of the door mirror 4, and the circular air outlet 6 that blows air to the rear side in the traveling direction of the vehicle 1 and the blower of the air conditioning unit 13 An air guide duct 15 that sends air to the air outlet 6 and a detection unit (not shown) that detects an operation of an occupant entering the passenger compartment 2 are provided. In a state where the door 3 is closed, the communication port 15a that opens to the side surface of the instrument panel 2a and the communication port 15b that opens to the panel of the door 3 or the trim overlap each other and connect to the door 3 from the instrument panel 2a. The air guide duct 15 is formed.

  A switching door 16 is provided in the middle of the air guide duct 15, and by this switching operation, a blowout from the outlet 6 of the door mirror 4 (FIG. 5A) and a vent outlet in the passenger compartment 2. 14 (FIG. 5B) can be switched.

  In the second embodiment, when the occupant performs an operation of releasing the door lock while the vehicle 1 is stopped and the door 3 is closed, the air blower of the air conditioning unit 13 operates for a predetermined time and the air guide duct. Air is sent through 15, and scavenging air A blows out from the outlet 6 of the door mirror 4. Then, the blown out scavenging air A hits the occupant, and dust 12 such as dust and pollen adhering to the occupant is removed.

  Even in the second embodiment configured as described above, the dust 12 attached to the occupant by the scavenging air A from the air outlet 6 of the door mirror 4 before the occupant gets into the passenger compartment 2 is eliminated. It is possible to suppress the dust 12 from entering the passenger compartment 2 when entering the passenger compartment 2.

  In addition, in this 2nd Embodiment, although the case where the circular blower outlet 6 was provided in the root part 4a of the door mirror 4 was illustrated, this invention is not limited to this, For example, as shown in FIG. A wide scavenging air may be blown out by providing a horizontally long air outlet 6A extending in the left-right direction at the lower part of the main body 4b of the door mirror 4. Also, as shown in FIG. A scavenging air may be blown out from a position farther away from the door 3 by providing a vertically long outlet 6B extending in the vertical direction on the side away from the door 3.

  (Third Embodiment) FIG. 10 is a side view of a door mirror provided with a dust reducing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The dust reduction device 5B according to this embodiment includes the same components as the dust reduction device 5 according to the first embodiment and the dust reduction device 5A according to the second embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by common reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  The dust reduction device 5B according to the present embodiment includes an air outlet 6C that is formed in the main body 4b of the door mirror 4 and blows air toward the rear side in the traveling direction of the vehicle 1, and the air outlet 6C is provided in the main body 4b of the door mirror 4. It can be opened and closed by a mirror portion 4c that is rotatably supported.

  That is, in the third embodiment, when the vehicle 1 is stopped and the door 3 is closed, when the occupant operates the door lock release, the mirror portion 4c of the door mirror 4 rotates and the air outlet 6C opens. Since the air blower of the air conditioning unit 13 is operated for a predetermined time and air is sent through the air guide duct 15 and the scavenging air A is blown out from the outlet 6C of the door mirror 4, the blown scavenging air is blown out. The dust 12 attached to the occupant by the wind A is eliminated. Next, when a predetermined time elapses after opening, the air blower of the air conditioning unit 13 is stopped, and the mirror portion 4c is rotated to a position before the operation is started to close the air outlet 6C.

  According to the third embodiment configured as described above, the same effects as those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be obtained, and when the air blower of the air conditioning unit 13 is stopped, it is rotated to the main body of the door mirror 4. Since the air outlet 6C is closed by the movably supported mirror portion 4c, it is possible to prevent dirt from entering the air guide duct 15 from the air outlet 6C when not in use and scattering of the dirt together with the scavenging air. it can.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a top view of the vehicle provided with the dust reduction apparatus concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a figure which shows the state which a passenger | crew operates a remote control switch, (b) is provided in the door mirror of a vehicle. The figure which shows the state which blows off air from the blower outlet, (c) is a figure which shows the state from which the dust adhering to a passenger | crew was excluded. It is a front view of the door mirror which provided the dust reduction device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of the door mirror which provided the dust reduction device concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of suppressing the dust penetration | invasion to a compartment by the dust reduction apparatus concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the vehicle provided with the dust reduction device concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a figure which shows the state which blows off air from the blower outlet of a door mirror, (b) is a vent in a vehicle interior. It is a figure which shows the state which blows off air from a blower outlet. It is a perspective view which shows the dust reduction apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the door mirror which provided the dust reduction apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the blower outlet of the dust reduction apparatus concerning the modification of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the blower outlet of the dust reduction apparatus concerning another modification of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of a door mirror provided with the dust reduction device concerning a 3rd embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Car compartment 3 Door 4 Door mirror 4a Root part 4b Main body 4c Mirror part 5, 5A, 5B Dust reduction device 6, 6A, 6B, 6C Air outlet 7 Air inlet 8 Wind direction control blade 9 Blower 10 Detection part 11 Remote control switch 12 Dust 13 Air-conditioning unit 14 Vent outlet 15 Air guide duct 15a, 15b Communication port 16 Switching door

Claims (2)

  A dust reduction device characterized in that an air outlet (6, 6A, 6B, 6C) for blowing out air is provided in a door mirror (4) of a vehicle (1).   A detection unit (10) for detecting the movement of an occupant in the passenger compartment (2) is provided, and air is blown out from the outlet (6, 6A, 6B, 6C) by the detection of the detection unit (10). The dust reduction device according to claim 1, wherein

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