JP2008132804A - Assist grip - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure convenience and safety at the time of getting in/out while reducing the number of illumination lights of a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: This assist grip 9 is mounted on a front passenger seat side of an instrument panel 1 of the vehicle so as to project to inside of a cabin and extend to the vehicle width direction. A grip main body 22 of the assist grip 9 is arranged above a glove box 7 of the instrument panel 1. An illumination light 35 is mounted to the grip main body 22, and irradiates the floor before the front passenger seat and inside of the glove box 7 when the glove box 7 is opened in the lighting state. The illumination light 35 is lit when either one of the glove box 7 or a side door on the front passenger seat side is opened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an assist grip attached to a passenger seat side of an instrument panel of a vehicle.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for the convenience and safety when getting on and off a vehicle, it is well known to attach an assist grip or to provide a door lamp that lights when the door is opened on the interior surface of the side door. The assist grip is also used for maintaining a posture of a passenger when riding, and is generally known to be attached to a pillar or a roof side rail. For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, an instrument panel is used. It has been proposed to be installed on the passenger seat side. On the other hand, the door lamp is called a courtesy lamp and illuminates the feet below the door when the side door is opened.

In addition to the above door lights, the vehicle is also provided with various illumination lights depending on the purpose. For example, the glove box is opened in the glove box provided on the instrument panel on the passenger seat side. A glove box lamp is installed to light up and illuminate the interior.
Japanese Patent No. 355524

  By the way, in order to improve convenience and safety at the time of getting on and off, it is more suitable if there is an illuminating lamp that illuminates the floor in front of the seat.

  However, in that case, if the height of the illuminating lamp that illuminates the floor in front of the seat is high, the driver's driving is hindered.

  Also, in addition to door lights and glove box lighting, if lighting is provided to illuminate the floor in front of the seat, that is, if multiple lighting is provided for each purpose and irradiation position, the parts As the number of points increases, the subsequent maintenance needs to be performed for each illumination lamp, and it is inevitable that the cost increases as a whole.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and an object of the present invention is to ensure convenience and safety at the time of getting on and off of a vehicle while using a small number of illumination lights. .

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, an assist grip is attached to the upper side of the glove box of the instrument panel, and an illumination lamp that irradiates downward is provided on the assist grip.

  Specifically, an assist grip according to a first aspect of the present invention is an assist grip that is attached to the passenger seat side of an instrument panel in a vehicle so as to protrude into the vehicle interior and extend in the vehicle width direction. The grip body disposed on the upper side of the glove box, and provided on the grip body, illuminates the floor in front of the passenger seat when illuminated, and the interior of the glove box when the glove box is opened. The illuminating lamp is configured to be lit when at least one of the glove box and the passenger side door is opened.

  The assist grip according to the second invention is configured such that the illuminating lamp in the assist grip according to the first invention is turned on also by an operation of a manual switch.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the illuminating lamp is provided on the grip body of the assist grip so as to be turned on when at least one of the glove box and the passenger seat side door is opened. It has the function of irradiating the inside of the glove box and the floor when it is opened, and the function of irradiating the floor when the passenger side door is opened. That is, the illumination lamp provided on the assist grip not only illuminates the interior of the glove box when it is opened, but also illuminates the passenger side floor. And the convenience is improved, the floor is illuminated when the door is opened, and the feet of the occupants become brighter, so it is possible to ensure safety when getting on and off the vehicle, and The number of lighting lamps can be reduced.

  Further, since the illumination lamp illuminates the floor below the assist grip provided on the passenger seat side and the inside of the glove box, it is difficult to enter the driver's field of view even when it is lit, and it is difficult to hinder driving.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, it becomes possible to turn on the illumination lamp without opening the glove box or the side door by operating the manual switch, and this illumination lamp is used for reading a book or viewing a map. It can also be used as a lamp, and the convenience can be further improved without increasing the number of illumination lamps.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel of a vehicle. A side air outlet 3 is provided at the passenger seat side end (left side end in FIG. 1), and two center side air is provided at the center in the vehicle width direction. Air outlets 5 are opened, and louvers 6 for changing the direction of air-conditioning air are provided at the air outlets 3 and 5, respectively. A glove box 7 is provided on the instrument panel 1 between the side air outlet 3 and the central air outlet 5 and facing a passenger seat (not shown).

(Glove box)
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, a box storage portion 11 that is recessed toward the front of the vehicle is formed in the passenger seat side lower portion of the resin instrument panel 1. A made glove box 7 is housed so as to be rotatable about the lower end. The glove box 7 is a box-like one having an open upper side, and is standing upright continuously with the lid portion 13 having a double structure in which the outer lid panel 13a and the inner lid panel 13b are superposed, and the lower end of the inner lid panel 13b. And a pair of left and right sides integrally connecting the rear wall portion 15 constituting the back side portion (vehicle front side portion) of the glove box 7 and the side edges on both the left and right sides of the lid portion 13 and the back wall portion 15. Side wall part 17 (only one is shown in FIG. 2). A rotating shaft 21 extending in the horizontal left-right direction (vehicle width direction) is integrally projected at the lower end portion of the outer surface of each side wall portion 17, and the rotating shaft 21 is rotatable on the side wall of the box storage portion 11. Thus, the glove box 7 is configured to be rotatable. The outer panel 13a of the lid portion 13 is formed so as to have substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the lower cross-sectional shape of the instrument panel 1 on both the left and right sides of the box storage portion 11, and forwardly with the glove box 7 facing the back side. When rotated in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2, the glove box 7 is in the closed position as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, while the lid portion 13 closes the opening of the box storage portion 11. When the glove box 7 is rotated backward (clockwise in FIG. 2) toward the front side, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. The lid portion 13 is configured to be substantially horizontal.

  An opening / closing recess 19 is formed at the upper center of the outer lid panel 13a of the lid 13 and the lid 13 is locked to the instrument panel 1 by a lock mechanism (not shown) provided in the opening / closing recess 19. Thus, the glove box 7 can be locked and fixed in the closed position. Then, by inserting a finger into the opening / closing recess 19 from the front side and pulling the lid portion 13, the lock mechanism of the opening / closing recess 19 is unlocked and the glove box 7 is opened. The goods can be taken in and out.

(Assist grip)
And the assist grip 9 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is arrange | positioned at the instrument panel 1 of this glove box 7 upper side. As shown in FIG. 3, the assist grip 9 includes a grip body 22 that is curved in a substantially C shape in plan view. The grip body 22 is attached to the upper side of the glove box 7 of the instrument panel 1 so as to protrude into the vehicle interior and extend in the vehicle width direction. Specifically, the grip body 22 includes a grip portion 23 that is disposed away from the instrument panel 1 at the rear of the vehicle and that extends in the vehicle width direction and has a substantially elliptical cross section in the longitudinal direction. A pair of left and right mounting legs 25 extending forward from the left and right ends of the grip portion 23 toward the instrument panel 1 are provided.

  A grip-side attachment hole 27 that penetrates in the vehicle front-rear direction is opened in the attachment leg portion 25. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, a bolt 29 is inserted into the grip side mounting hole 27 from the rear side of the vehicle, and is screwed into a screw member 31 such as a nut provided on the instrument panel 1, whereby the grip body. 22 is attached to the instrument panel 1.

  The grip body 22 may be attached to a reinforcing member such as a well-known reinforcement provided in the instrument panel 1 so as to extend in the vehicle width direction via a bracket.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the grip portion 23 of the grip body 22 is formed in a hollow structure having a hollow portion 45 inside. A fitting recess 33 that is recessed in a substantially rectangular cross section toward the upper side (left side in FIG. 5) is formed at the center in the elliptical major axis direction at the lower part (right side in FIG. 5) of the grip part 23. The grip body 22 is formed by, for example, gas injection molding of a resin material, and a hollow portion 45 is formed by a gas injected into the interior at the time of molding, and the grip body 22 is formed by the hollow portion 45. Is lighter.

(Lighting)
An illumination lamp 35 is fitted and fixed in the fitting recess 33 of the grip body 22. As shown in FIG. 4, the illuminating lamp 35 includes a box-shaped casing 37 that is open at the bottom, and a translucent member made of a transparent material that is fixed to the lower side (opening side) of the casing 37 so as to cover the opening. 39 and a long lamp 41 (shown in FIG. 5) housed in the casing 37. The casing 37 has an outer shape that is substantially the same as the inner surface of the fitting recess 33 of the grip body 22, and can be fitted into the fitting recess 33. In addition, the translucent member 39 is formed such that its elliptical minor axis central portion is slightly curved outward so as to be flush with the outer surface of the grip portion 23 formed in a circular arc shape in cross section. The length of the translucent member 39 is longer than the casing 37 so that both ends in the length direction project from the casing 37, and screw holes that penetrate the translucent member 39 in the thickness direction are formed in these projecting portions. 43 is opened. After the casing 37 of the illuminating lamp 35 is fitted into the fitting recess 33, the mounting lamp 44 is inserted into these screw holes 43 and screwed into the grip body 22, so that the illuminating lamp 35 is attached to the grip body 22. It is designed to be fixed.

  As described above, as shown in FIG. 2, when the lamp 41 is lit, the illuminating lamp 35 irradiates a vehicle floor (not shown) in front of the passenger seat toward the lower side of the assist grip 9 and opens the glove box 7. When attached, it is attached to the grip body 22 so as to irradiate the inside of the glove box 7 and its periphery. In other words, the illuminating lamp 35 is disposed on the lower surface of the grip body 22, and the light of the lamp 41 is irradiated from the translucent member 39 to illuminate the feet of the occupant, illuminate the inside of the glove box 7, and assist. It is possible to illuminate a book, a map, or the like provided below the grip 9.

(Lighting circuit)
As shown in FIG. 3, an electric wire 51 connected to the lamp 41 is inserted into the casing 37 of the illuminating lamp 35, and the electric wire 51 passes through the hollow portion 45 inside the grip body 22 and is pulled out from the mounting leg portion 25. After that, it extends to the back side through a hole (not shown) of the instrument panel 1 and is connected to a connector 53 located on the back side of the instrument panel 1. The connector 53, together with the electric wire 51, constitutes an illumination circuit 55 for lighting the lamp 41. The illumination circuit 55 includes three switches 57, 59, 61 connected in parallel. One terminal of these switches 57, 59, 61 is connected to the electric wire 51 through the connector 53, and the other terminal is connected to the in-vehicle power source 63. The switches 57, 59, 61 are for switching the lamp 41 between on and off, and a door switch 57 that is switched ON / OFF in conjunction with opening / closing of a passenger side side door (not shown). A glove box switch 59 that is switched ON / OFF in conjunction with opening and closing of the glove box 7 and a manual switch 61 that is switched ON / OFF by manual operation.

  That is, the door switch 57 is turned on when the side door on the passenger seat side is opened and is turned off when the side door is closed. Similarly, the glove box switch 59 is turned on when the glove box 7 is opened. It operates so that it is turned on and turned off when it is closed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the manual switch 61 is provided on the side of the instrument panel 1 on the vehicle center side of the assist grip 9 and is turned on by the ON operation and turned off by the OFF operation. To do. The lamp 41 is turned on when these switches 57, 59, 61 are turned on, and is turned off when turned off.

  Since the switches 57, 59 and 61 are connected in parallel, the lamp 41 is at least one of opening the glove box 7, opening the passenger side door, or turning on the manual switch 61. It is configured to light up when one operation is performed.

(Effect of embodiment)
Therefore, in the assist grip 9 of the present embodiment, when the side door on the passenger seat side is opened, the door switch 57 is turned on, the illumination lamp 35 is lit, the floor in front of the passenger seat is illuminated, and the passenger's feet are Since it is illuminated, safety when getting on and off the vehicle can be ensured. When the glove box 7 is opened, the glove box switch 59 is turned on and the illumination lamp 35 is turned on to illuminate the inside of the glove box 7 and the floor. In addition, it is possible to collect items dropped on the floor and improve convenience. On the other hand, even when both the side door and the glove box 7 are closed, the manual switch 61 can be turned on manually to turn on the illuminating lamp 35. This is useful when reading a book or viewing a map. The illumination lamp 35 can be used, and the convenience can be further improved without increasing the number of illumination lamps.

  The illumination lamp 35 provided on the grip body 22 of the assist grip 9 is at least one of when the glove box 7 is opened, when the passenger side door is opened, and when the manual switch 61 is turned on. Lights when one operation is performed. This one illuminating lamp 35 has the function of irradiating the inside of the glove box 7 and the function of irradiating the floor. For this reason, the number of illuminating lamps can be reduced to make the vehicle illumination device inexpensive, and convenience and safety when getting on and off the vehicle can be ensured.

  Further, since the illumination lamp 35 is irradiated toward the lower side of the assist grip 9 provided on the passenger seat side, even if the illumination lamp 35 is lit, it is difficult to enter the driver's field of view, and it is difficult to hinder driving.

  Moreover, since the illumination lamp 35 is provided on the assist grip 9 provided for assisting when getting on and off and maintaining the posture at the time of boarding, it is not necessary to separately secure a place for attaching the illumination lamp 35. .

Further, since the illumination lamp 35 is fitted into the fitting recess 33 of the grip body 22 so as not to protrude outside the grip body 22, the illumination lamp 35 does not get in the way even when the assist grip 9 is gripped. It is difficult for a local load to act on 35, and the breakage thereof can be prevented.
(Other embodiments)
In addition, the above-mentioned embodiment is an illustration of this invention, Comprising: This invention is not limited to this example. For example, the following configuration may be used.

  That is, in the said embodiment, although the elongate lamp 41 was used as a light source of the illuminating lamp 35, it is not limited to this, You may use a spherical and elliptical lamp. In short, any lamp having an illumination function may be used, and the shape, number, etc. thereof are not limited.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the grip main body 22 was shape | molded by gas injection molding and it was set as the shape which has the hollow part 45, you may shape | mold by the general injection molding which does not have the hollow part 45.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the casing 37 and the translucent member 39 of the illuminating lamp 35 were comprised by another member, these can also be shape | molded integrally and the shape of the illuminating lamp 35 is also limited to the said embodiment. Various forms are possible without.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the holding part 23 of the assist grip 9 was made into the substantially elliptical cross section, circular shape and a substantially rectangular shape may be sufficient.

  As described above, the present invention is useful for the assist grip attached to the passenger seat side of the instrument panel.

It is the perspective view which looked at the passenger seat side of the instrument panel which attached the assist grip which concerns on this embodiment from the vehicle interior. It is the II-II line expanded sectional view of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assist grip which concerns on FIG. 1 with a lighting circuit. It is a perspective view which expands and shows an illumination lamp. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 7 Glove box 9 Assist grip 22 Grip main body 35 Illumination lamp 57 Door switch 59 Glove box switch 61 Manual switch

Claims (2)

An assist grip attached to the passenger seat side of the instrument panel in the vehicle so as to protrude into the vehicle interior and extend in the vehicle width direction,
A grip body disposed above the glove box of the instrument panel;
Provided with the grip body, and in a lighting state, illuminates the floor in front of the passenger seat, and is equipped with an illuminating lamp attached to irradiate the inside of the glove box when the glove box is opened,
The assist grip, wherein the illumination lamp is configured to be lit when at least one of the glove box and the passenger side door is opened. The assist grip of claim 1,
An assist grip, wherein the illumination lamp is configured to be turned on also by an operation of a manual switch.

Images