JP2010179725A - Door trim structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a door trim structure of an automobile capable of safely supporting a getting-on-and-off operation at even a dark place and surely performing a notice display at even a dark place in a commercial car such as a taxi, in the door trim structure of the automobile integrally formed with a grip at an upper end part. <P>SOLUTION: This door trim structure includes a door trim body 4 mounted on an indoor surface of a door inner panel, a grip part 5 connected to an upper part of the door trim body 4 and having transparency or translucency and an upper end cross section swollen into a substantially semicircular shape, and a lighting means 6 provided in the grip part 5 to irradiate at least the inside of the grip part 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automobile door trim structure, and more particularly to an automobile door trim structure in which a grip for gripping when getting on and off is integrally formed.

For example, a door trim of a taxi vehicle is provided with a grip provided at a position where a hand of a seated occupant can reach, a clear case for inserting a paper-like announcement medium, and the like as a retrofit.
Among these, the grip is used when the door is opened and closed. However, particularly in a taxi, the rear seat door is automatically opened and closed, so it may be said that there is almost no opportunity for passengers to use the grip.

  On the other hand, the applicant of the present application disclosed a door structure in which a grip is integrally formed on a door trim in Patent Document 1. The grip disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a shape in which an upper end cross-section swells in a substantially semicircular shape so that a person can easily grip it. For this reason, it is easy to reach from the seat on which the occupant is seated, functions not only for opening and closing of the door, but also as an assist grip for supporting the body in a series of boarding and unloading operations, and is suitable not only for ordinary passenger cars but also for taxi vehicles be able to.

JP 2006-328916 A

As disclosed in Patent Document 1, by integrally forming the grip on the door trim, a grip member that has conventionally been a separate member becomes unnecessary, and in terms of manufacturing, it is possible to obtain the merit that the number of assembly steps and cost can be reduced. .
However, for passenger passengers who are users, even when a grip is formed near the upper end of the door trim, at night time, the grip part with the upper end section bulging into a substantially semicircular shape is not illuminated by illumination. There was a problem that visibility was poor and usability decreased.
Further, the notification medium provided in the door trim has a problem that it hardly functions as a notification because it is not illuminated at night.

  The present invention has been made under the circumstances as described above, and is an automobile door trim structure in which a grip is integrally formed at an upper end portion, and safely supports a getting-on / off operation even in a dark place. An object of the present invention is to provide an automobile door trim structure that can reliably display a notice even in a dark place.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an automobile door trim structure according to the present invention has a door trim main body mounted on an interior surface of a door inner panel, and is connected to an upper portion of the door trim main body, and has transparency or translucency. The upper end section is characterized by comprising a grip part having a substantially semicircular shape and illumination means provided at the grip part for irradiating at least the inside of the grip part.
The grip portion connected to the upper portion of the door trim main body is preferably provided continuously from one end to the other end in the width direction of the upper portion of the door trim main body.
Moreover, it is desirable that the illumination means is provided in a line shape along the width direction of the grip portion.
Further, a side surface facing the outside of the vehicle through the vehicle window is formed in the grip portion, and a gap capable of enclosing at least a sheet-like advertisement medium is provided along the side surface at a predetermined depth position from the surface of the side surface. It is desirable that
Moreover, it is preferable that the said grip part is formed with the acrylic resin.

By providing the grip portion configured in this manner, the grip portion can function as an assist grip for supporting the body in a series of boarding / alighting operations as well as opening / closing the door.
In addition, by providing illumination means in the grip portion, the visibility of the grip portion is improved at night, the passenger's feet can be illuminated brightly, and a safe boarding / exiting operation can be supported.
Furthermore, by providing a space in which the announcement medium can be installed, it is possible to obtain an advertising effect for passengers when getting on and off in addition to an advertising effect for passers-by outside the vehicle even in a dark place.
Also, in the grip section, the lighting means are arranged near the upper and lower ends of the vehicle interior side surface, and the display surface of the announcement medium faces the vehicle interior, providing brightly lit announcements to passengers in the vehicle. can do.

  According to the present invention, it is a door trim structure of an automobile in which a grip is integrally formed at an upper end portion, and safely supports a getting-on / off operation even in a dark place. In a commercial vehicle such as a taxi, even in a dark place It is possible to obtain a door trim structure of an automobile that can surely display a notice.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile door portion for explaining a door trim structure according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a human hand grasps the grip portion. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state in which a sheet-like advertisement medium is inserted into the grip portion. FIG. 5 is another view for explaining a state in which a sheet-like advertisement medium is inserted into the grip portion. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the LED illumination unit is turned on and the inside of the door is illuminated. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the LED illumination unit is turned on and the advertisement unit is illuminated.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of an automobile door trim structure according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile door portion for explaining a door trim structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. In the present embodiment, the door trim structure according to the present invention will be described as applied to a taxi vehicle.

  The illustrated door trim 1 includes a trim main body 4 that is mounted on the interior surface of a door inner panel (not shown) provided on an automobile door, and a grip portion 5 that is connected to the upper portion of the door trim main body 4. In these connections, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a connecting member 8 (for example, a steel frame) having high rigidity and protruding upward from the door inner panel is fitted into the grip portion 5 from the bottom surface. Established.

The grip portion 5 is provided continuously from one end to the other end in the width direction of the upper portion of the door trim body 5. The door trim body 4 is provided with an inside handle 2 and an armrest 3 for locking / releasing the door lock.
In the door trim structure according to the present invention, conventionally used materials and shapes can be applied to the door trim body 4 and the inside handle 2 and armrest 3 provided on the surface thereof. .

  The grip portion 5 is transparent or has a predetermined translucency, and is formed of, for example, an acrylic resin. The grip section 5 has an upper end section that swells in a substantially semicircular shape and fits into the palm of a person as shown in FIG. 3, and bulges toward the passenger compartment so that the passenger's hand can easily reach. ing. For this reason, in addition to opening and closing the door, it functions as an assist grip for supporting the body in a series of getting on and off operations.

  Also, on the vehicle inner side surface 5a of the grip portion 5, an illumination means on two lines, for example, an LED illumination portion 6 made of LEDs (light emitting diodes), is embedded in parallel in the lateral direction. For example, the line-shaped LED illumination unit 6 is configured such that a plurality of LED elements are arranged in a tube made of a transparent resin, and each element is lit (emitted) when a driving voltage is supplied from a power supply unit (not shown). It is made like that. The lighting timing of the LED illumination unit 6 is indispensable at least when the door is opened / closed, but by adjusting the driving voltage of the LED light emission, even when the vehicle is running, a certain amount of light emission occurs at night. Control to turn on may be performed.

When the LED illumination unit 6 is provided in this way, when it is lit, the grip unit 6 has translucency, so that at least the inside of the grip unit 6 is irradiated, and the entire shape of the grip unit 6 is raised particularly in a dark place. Can be made.
Further, in the dark place, the entire grip portion 6 functions as a light emitter, so that the feet when the door is opened can be brightly illuminated.

  In addition, the portion constituting the side surface 5c facing the outside of the vehicle (the window side) is particularly provided with an advertisement portion 7 formed of a colorless and transparent acrylic resin. In this advertising portion 7, a groove 9 (gap) capable of enclosing at least a sheet-like advertising medium 20 (referred to as the announcement sheet 20) is formed along the side surface 5c at a predetermined depth from the side surface 5c. Yes. Further, the groove portion 9 is formed at a predetermined depth from the upper end portion 5b of the advertising portion 7 downward.

In this advertisement part 7, as shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, it is set as the structure which can insert the notification sheet 20 which has translucency, for example in the groove part 9. As shown in FIG. That is, the side surface 5c facing the outside of the vehicle through the vehicle window 15 in the advertising unit 7 functions as an advertising surface.
Further, when the LED illumination unit 6 is turned on, as shown in FIG. 6, the entire grip unit 6 emits light, and thus functions as a backlight for brightly raising the announcement from the back side of the announcement sheet 20.
In addition, when the arrangement of the LED illumination unit 6 is in the vicinity of the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the vehicle inner side surface 5a so as not to disturb the passenger side in the vehicle, and the display surface of the notification sheet 20 is directed to the vehicle inner side, A brightly lit announcement is also provided to passengers in the car.

Further, in a dark place such as at night, as shown in FIG. 7, the LED illumination unit 6 emits light while the door is opened, thereby improving the visibility of the door grip body 5 and the inner space of the opened door. And the feet are brightly lit to support a series of passengers getting on and off.
Furthermore, since the LED illumination unit 6 emits light in a line shape along the width direction at the opened door, a danger with a subsequent vehicle or the like is avoided.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the grip part 5 having a transparent or predetermined translucency connected to the upper portion of the door trim main body 4 has a substantially semicircular upper end section, It fits in the palm of the car and bulges into the passenger compartment so that passengers can easily reach it. For this reason, it can function as an assist grip for supporting the body in a series of boarding / alighting operations as well as opening / closing the door.
Further, the grip portion 5 is provided with the LED illumination portion 6 as an illumination means, so that the visibility of the grip portion 5 is improved at night and the feet of passengers can be illuminated brightly, and a safe getting-on / off operation can be performed. Can be supported.
Furthermore, by providing the advertising unit 7 on which the announcement sheet 20 can be installed, it is possible to obtain an advertising effect for passengers when getting on and off, in addition to an advertising effect for passers-by outside the vehicle even in a dark place.
In addition, the LED illumination unit 6 is arranged in the vicinity of the upper end and lower end of the vehicle interior side surface 5a, and the display surface of the notification sheet 20 is directed toward the inside of the vehicle, thereby providing a brightly illuminated announcement to passengers in the vehicle. can do.

In addition, according to the said embodiment, although LED was used as an illumination means, it is not limited to it, You may use another element (for example, organic EL element) as a light source element.
Moreover, although the example which installs the notification sheet 20 near the vehicle window 15 was shown in the said embodiment, the structure which installs the notification sheet 20 near the vehicle interior may be sufficient.
Further, the present invention is not limited to vehicle types, and can be applied to any vehicle. That is, in the said embodiment, although the taxi vehicle was demonstrated to the example, it is applicable not only to a taxi but another commercial vehicle. Furthermore, if the advertising unit 7 is not used, it can be suitably used for general ordinary passenger cars and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door trim 2 Inside handle 3 Armrest 4 Door trim main body 5 Grip part 6 LED illumination part (illumination means)
7 Advertising part 8 Connecting member 9 Groove (gap)
20 Announcement sheet (sheet-shaped advertising media)

Claims (5)

A door trim structure of an automobile,
A door trim body mounted on the interior surface of the door inner panel;
A grip portion that is connected to the upper portion of the door trim body, has transparency or translucency, and has a shape in which the upper end cross-section swells in a substantially semicircular shape,
An automobile door trim structure comprising: an illumination unit that is provided in the grip portion and irradiates at least the inside of the grip portion.   2. The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion coupled to the upper portion of the door trim main body is provided continuously from one end to the other end in the width direction of the upper portion of the door trim main body. Door trim structure.   3. The door trim structure for an automobile according to claim 2, wherein the illumination means is provided in a line shape along the width direction of the grip portion.   In the grip portion, a side surface facing the outside of the vehicle through the vehicle window is formed, and a gap capable of enclosing at least a sheet-like advertisement medium is provided along the side surface at a predetermined depth position from the surface of the side surface. The automobile door trim structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the door trim structure of the automobile is provided.   5. The automobile door trim structure according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is made of an acrylic resin.

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