JP2009041232A - Automobile door handle structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automobile door handle structure which enables a person to open a sliding door while gripping an inside door handle, by employing a simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: This automobile door handle structure 1 comprises a door opening/closing handle 2 which is rotatably mounted on the indoor-side wall surface 11 of the sliding door 10, and a gripping member 3 which is provided by the side of the door opening/closing handle 2. The gripping member 3 is arranged on the indoor side of the door opening/closing handle 2. The width of the gripping member 3 is set smaller than that of the door opening/closing handle 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an inside handle structure for operating a door of an automobile, and more particularly to an automobile door handle structure capable of opening a door together with a turning operation of the handle when the door is opened.

  The locking mechanism 120 of the conventional sliding door 110 of the vehicle shown in FIG. 7 includes a key cylinder 121, a control unit 122 that controls the locking and unlocking of the door in response to the locking and unlocking operations in the key cylinder 121, and a link. A lock part 124 that is connected to the control unit 122 by a member 123 and locks and unlocks the door, and an inside handle 130 that is provided inside the door as a door opening / closing handle and can be turned outside the door. And an outside handle 140 provided on the outside. In addition, 150 in FIG. 7 is a side window glass. In the figure, Fr represents the front of the vehicle, Up represents the upper side of the vehicle, and Out represents the direction outside the vehicle width.

In such a locking mechanism 120, when the key cylinder 121 receives a rotation operation of locking and unlocking by a key operation and the sliding door 110 is locked by the control unit 122, the inside handle 130 and the outside handle 140. No matter which of these is rotated, the lock portion 124 remains locked to open / close the slide door 110, and the opening operation of the slide door 110 is restricted.
On the other hand, when the slide door 110 is unlocked by the control unit 122, when either the inside handle 130 or the outside handle 140 is rotated, the lock unit 124 unlocks the opening / closing of the slide door 110, The sliding door 110 can be opened.

  When the occupant opens the closed slide door 110, the inside handle 130 needs to be operated. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the inside handle 130 is supported so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction in a recessed portion 111 in which the slide door 110 is recessed. As the connection structure, for example, the inside handle 130 is pivotally supported by a shaft member 131 disposed inside the door and extending in the vertical direction. In such a configuration, when opening the door 110, the inside handle 130 is rotated in the direction A shown in FIG. If the key cylinder 121 is unlocked at this time, the rotation of the inside handle 130 is transmitted to the control unit 122 and further transmitted to the lock portion 124 via the link member 123, and the lock of the door is released at the lock portion 124. The Thereby, the slide door 110 can be opened. In FIG. 8, 110A is a door outer panel, and 110B is a door inner panel.

A sliding door opening / closing mechanism provided with this type of inside handle is disclosed in Patent Document 1.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2006-45992 (FIG. 1, reference numeral 212)

  By the way, the opening operation of the slide door 110 includes the rearward movement of the vehicle as shown by an arrow α2 after the slide door 110 is shifted outwardly as shown by the arrow α1 in FIG. On the other hand, in the door operation when the occupant tries to open the slide door 110, the inside handle 130 is rotated in the direction A in the figure. At this time, since the steering operation direction (arrow A) by the occupant does not coincide with the initial opening direction (arrow B) of the slide door 110, the steering operation by the occupant cannot be directly linked to the opening operation of the door. It was necessary to perform the operation and the sliding door movement separately. For this reason, the occupant could not open the sliding door smoothly.

  The present invention has been created in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide an automobile door handle structure that allows a door to be moved together with an inside handle with a simple configuration. .

  In order to achieve the above object, an automobile door handle structure according to the present invention includes a door opening / closing handle rotatably attached to an interior side wall surface of an automobile door and a gripping member provided beside the door opening / closing handle. It is characterized by that.

  In the automobile door handle structure of the present invention, the gripping member is disposed, for example, on the indoor side of the door opening / closing handle, and preferably the lateral width of the gripping member is set narrower than the lateral width of the door opening / closing handle.

  According to the present invention, the grip member can be gripped together with the door opening / closing handle when the occupant rotates the door opening / closing handle. Therefore, the door opening / closing handle can be rotated while pushing the gripping member fixed to the door to the outside of the vehicle, so that the direction of force (handle operation direction) by the occupant accompanying the handle operation can be matched with the door opening direction. . Therefore, the steering wheel operation by the occupant can be directly connected to the opening operation of the door, and the door can be opened smoothly.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a sliding door 10 to which an automobile door handle structure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. In the figure, Fr represents the front of the vehicle, Up represents the upper side of the vehicle, and Out represents the direction outside the vehicle width.

  The slide door 10 is provided with the automobile door handle structure 1 at a portion of the interior side panel member, that is, the front edge portion of the door inner panel 11 and about the middle of the height. Reference numeral 12 denotes a side window glass.

The automobile door handle structure 1 includes a door opening / closing handle 2 and a gripping member 3.
The door opening / closing handle 2 is rotatably attached to a panel member on the indoor side of the slide door 10. The turning operation of the door opening / closing handle 2 is transmitted to a conventionally known door locking mechanism, and the opening / closing of the door is controlled. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the door locking mechanism 50 includes a key cylinder 51, a control unit 52 that controls the locking and unlocking of the slide door 10 in response to the locking and unlocking operations in the key cylinder 51, and a link A lock unit 54 that is connected to the control unit 52 by a member 53 and that locks and unlocks the door is provided. For example, an electronic control unit (ECU) can be used as the control unit 52, and the lock unit 54 can be configured as a latch mechanism.

  The door opening / closing handle 2 is formed as a substantially rectangular parallelepiped block. As shown in FIG. 2, brackets 2 </ b> A projecting outward are provided on the upper part of the block and the lower part of the block at positions in the middle of the lateral width on the back of the block. Holes 2B are formed in these brackets 2A.

On the other hand, at the handle installation location of the slide door 10, as shown in FIG. 2, the inner panel 11 is recessed toward the outer panel to form a recessed portion 11A. A bracket 11C is provided on the wall surface 11B forming the deep portion of the recessed portion 11A, and a shaft member 13 extending in the vertical direction is attached to the bracket 11C. The shaft member 13 is inserted into the hole 2 </ b> B of the bracket 2 </ b> A of the door opening / closing handle 2, so that the door opening / closing handle 2 is rotatably attached to the slide door 10.
The door opening / closing handle 2 is urged by an elastic means such as a spring or rubber not shown so that the wide surface S of the block always spreads in the vehicle front-rear direction as shown in FIG.

  The gripping member 3 is fixed to the indoor side wall surface of the slide door 10 so as to be provided beside the door opening / closing handle 2. Specifically, the gripping member 3 includes a rod-shaped portion extending in the vertical direction and mounting portions bent in the horizontal direction at the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the rod-shaped portion, and the upper and lower mounting portions are the chambers of the slide door 10. It is fixed to the inner wall surface. In the illustrated example, the gripping member 3 is disposed at a position within a predetermined distance from the position of the shaft member 13 of the door opening / closing handle 2 to the indoor side. Here, the lateral width W <b> 1 of the gripping member 3 is set to be narrower than the lateral width W <b> 2 of the door opening / closing handle 2. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gripping member 3 extends vertically in the middle of the width of the door opening / closing handle 2 in a state where the wide surface of the block of the door opening / closing handle 2 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. When viewed from the indoor side (FIG. 1), the left and right edges of the door opening / closing handle 2 protrude from both sides of the gripping member 3.

  When the occupant opens the slide door 10 having such an automobile door handle structure 1, the door opening / closing handle 2 is rotated in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. If the key cylinder 51 is unlocked at this time, the rotation of the door opening / closing handle 2 is transmitted to the control unit 52 and further transmitted to the lock portion 54 via the link member 53, and the lock of the door is released at the lock portion 54. Is done. Thereby, the slide door 10 can be opened.

  In the present embodiment, when the door opening / closing handle 2 is rotated, the holding member 3 can be gripped together with the door opening / closing handle 2. And since this holding member 3 is being fixed to the slide door 10, the door opening / closing handle | steering-wheel 2 can be rotated, pushing the holding member 3 to the vehicle outer side. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the force direction (handle operation direction) C by the occupant accompanying the handle operation can be matched with the initial opening direction (B direction) of the slide door 10.

Thus, according to the automobile door handle structure 1 according to the present embodiment, the handle operation by the occupant can be directly linked to the opening operation of the door, and the slide door 10 can be opened smoothly.
Also, when the slide door 10 is closed, the gripping member 3 is fixed to the slide door 10, so that the passenger can easily close the door by grasping the gripping member 3.
In this embodiment, the lateral width W2 of the door opening / closing handle 2 is set to be wider than the lateral width W1 of the gripping member 3, and when the door opening / closing handle 2 is rotated, the occupant holds the gripping member 3 together with the door opening / closing handle 2. Can be easily held.

  The automobile door handle structure 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be used not only for the sliding door 10 described above but also for other doors, and particularly when mounted on a “link type door” described below, the automobile door handle structure 1. With this function, the opening and closing of the door is performed in the form of making maximum use of the occupant's steering wheel operation, and the opening and closing of the door becomes even smoother and easier than the sliding door 10 described above.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the link type door 10 </ b> A. The link type door 10 </ b> A includes a first arm 60 having one end 61 attached to a door opening edge of the vehicle body 90 so as to be rotatable. And a second arm 70 having one end 71 attached to a door opening edge of the vehicle body 90 so as to be rotatable at a position P2 deviated from the vehicle body attachment position P1 in the vehicle rearward direction and the vehicle upward direction. The other end 62 of the first arm 60 is pivotably attached to the door body 80, and the second arm 70 is rotated at a position P4 that is shifted from the door mounting position P3 of the first arm 60 in the vehicle rearward direction and the vehicle upward direction. The other end 72 is movably attached to the door body 80. In the drawings, the detailed structure of the door body 80 is omitted, and the outline is represented by a dotted line.

  As shown in the figure, for example, as shown in the drawing, the first arm 60 and the second arm 70 are attached to brackets 63 and 73 which are fixed to the vehicle body 90 with rod-like shaft members 64 and 74. , 74 are attached to one end portions 61, 71 of the first arm 60 and the second arm 70, so that the first arm 60 and the second arm 70 rotate around the shaft members 64, 74. This attachment structure is also applied to a structure in which the first arm 60 and the second arm 70 are attached to the door body 80. The brackets 65, 75 fixed to the door body and the rod-like shaft members 66, 76 provided on the first arm 60 and the second arm 70 The first arm 60 and the second arm 70 rotate around the shaft members 66 and 76. In the figure, 81 is a center pillar.

Next, the opening / closing operation | movement of 10 A of link type doors is demonstrated using FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 82 denotes a quarter panel. In the drawing, the door body 80 is schematically shown with its detailed structure omitted.
When opening the door, the door body 80 moves backward from the closed position indicated by the solid line while largely shifting outward in the vehicle width direction while drawing an arcuate locus indicated by the dotted line. During this opening operation, the first arm 60 and the second arm 70 swing around the shaft members 64 and 74 on the vehicle body 90 side, and move backward while maintaining the door body 80 in a state parallel to the vehicle body side surface. Move. This type of "link type door" is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-90097.

  In the link type door 10A, the amount that the door body 80 shifts toward the outside of the vehicle body during the door opening process is larger than that of the sliding door 10. More necessary than the door 10. At this time, if the link type door 10A is equipped with the automobile door handle structure 1, the occupant can grip the holding member 3 together with the door opening / closing handle 2 and easily shift the door body 80 to the outside of the vehicle body. Can do. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the direction of the force (handle operation direction) C by the occupant accompanying the handle operation matches the opening direction (B direction) of the slide door 10, and the door body 80 is easily moved to the outside of the vehicle. Can do.

  Thus, according to the automobile door handle structure 1, since the gripping member 3 is fixed to the link type door 10A, the force that accompanies the handle operation when the occupant opens the link type door 10A is used to the maximum extent. Thus, it can be connected to the moving operation of the door 10A.

  The present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the door opening / closing handle in the present invention may be attached to a flat portion of the door inner panel without being provided in a recessed portion formed in the inner panel of the slide door. As shown in FIG. 1, the position of the grip member is not limited to the vehicle interior side of the door opening / closing handle. For example, the gripping member 3 does not overlap the door opening / closing handle 2 in the vehicle width direction as shown in FIG. In addition, it may be a position that is shifted rearward from the position of the door opening / closing handle 2 and may be a close position that can be held together when the door opening / closing handle 2 rotates. The lateral width of the door opening / closing handle may be approximately the same as the lateral width of the gripping member. Further, in the present invention, the door opening / closing handle is not limited to being supported so as to be rotatable in the middle of its width, but may be supported by the slide door so as to be rotatable at a position near either the left or right side edge. Good. It is obvious that the present invention can be applied not only to the right sliding door but also to the left sliding door. Furthermore, the structure for attaching the door opening / closing handle to the door is not limited to that of the present embodiment.

It is a figure which shows the sliding door to which the motor vehicle door handle structure which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the vehicle side wall part for demonstrating opening operation | movement of the sliding door of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the other door structure which can apply this invention. It is sectional drawing of the vehicle side wall part for demonstrating opening operation | movement of the door structure of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the motor vehicle door handle structure which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the sliding door of the conventional motor vehicle. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of an inside handle attachment location of the slide door shown in FIG. 7. It is sectional drawing of the vehicle side wall part for demonstrating opening operation | movement of the sliding door shown in FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile door handle structure 2 Door opening / closing handle 2A, 11C Bracket 2B Hole 3 Gripping member 10 Sliding door 10A Link-type door 11 Door inner panel 11A Recessed part 11B Wall surface 12 Side window glass 13 Shaft material 50 Door locking mechanism 51 Key cylinder 52 Control Unit 53 Link member 54 Lock portion 60 First arm 61, 71 One end portion 62, 72 Other end portion 63, 65, 73, 75 Bracket 64, 66, 74, 76 Shaft member 70 Second arm P1, P2 Car body mounting position P3 , P4 Door mounting position S Surface W1, W2 Horizontal width

Claims (3)

A door opening / closing handle rotatably attached to the interior side wall surface of the automobile door;
A gripping member provided beside the door opening / closing handle;
An automobile door handle structure characterized by comprising:   The automobile door handle structure according to claim 1, wherein the gripping member is disposed on the indoor side of the door opening / closing handle.   The vehicle door handle structure according to claim 2, wherein a lateral width of the gripping member is set narrower than a lateral width of the door opening / closing handle.

Images