JP2012091710A - Shift lever device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shift lever device which needs a minimum mounting area and an opening area formed on a floor surface and can suppress the number of parts and a production cost.SOLUTION: The shift lever device 10 is provided with a retainer 44 to project upward from a base 42. The slope 46 of the retainer 44 has with insertion holes 46a and 46b. A shift cable 50 and select cable 52 are taken out through the insertion holes 46a and 46b from the inside of a room to the outside. At installation on a floor surface F, the opening area of an opening OP formed below the retainer 44 in mounting the retainer is made to correspond to an area formed by projecting the retainer 44 on the floor surface F while mounting the shift lever device 10 on the floor surface F.

Description

  The present invention relates to a shift lever device used in a vehicle that employs a manual transmission.

  Conventionally, a shift lever device as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 below is employed in a vehicle employing a manual transmission. The shift lever device disclosed in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 is installed by fitting a box-like body in which a mechanism portion connected to the shift lever is accommodated in an opening formed on a floor surface of a vehicle. ing. Further, the shift lever device disclosed in Patent Document 3 is installed by fixing a plate body to which a mechanism portion connected to the shift lever is attached on the floor surface.

JP-A-1-169518 JP 2008-260368 A Japanese Patent No. 32006045

  In order to fit the box-shaped body when the box-shaped body containing the mechanism portion is fitted into the opening formed on the floor surface, as in the shift lever devices of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above. It is necessary to provide a large opening on the floor surface. Further, when the structures disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are employed, the flange of the box-shaped body must be attached to the floor surface, so that the installation area must be further increased accordingly. There is.

  Further, when the shift lever device is installed above the floor surface as in Patent Document 3, the cable connected to the mechanism portion connected to the shift lever needs to be laid on the floor surface. There is a problem that restrictions are placed on the layout of the arranged parts. In addition, when a structure such as Patent Document 3 is adopted, a holding member such as a grommet or a retainer must be attached to a hole for taking out the cable connected to the mechanism portion to the outside of the vehicle, increasing the number of parts, In addition, problems such as an increase in manufacturing cost occur.

  Accordingly, the present invention has an object to provide a shift lever device that can minimize the opening area formed in the installation area and the floor surface, and can suppress the number of parts and the manufacturing cost.

  The shift lever device of the present invention provided to solve the above-described problems is provided on a floor surface of a vehicle, a shift lever for performing a shift operation of a manual transmission, an operation mechanism unit coupled to the shift lever. An installation portion, and the installation portion includes a base portion installed along the floor surface, and a retainer portion protruding upward from the base portion, and is provided on the retainer portion. A cable connecting the operating mechanism portion and the manual transmission can be taken out from the upper side to the lower side of the base portion through a hole.

  In the shift lever device of the present invention, since the retainer portion for taking out the cable is provided so as to protrude upward from the base portion, it is only necessary to provide a small opening below the retainer portion when installing on the floor surface. It is not necessary to provide a large opening as in the prior art described above. In addition, since it is not necessary to provide a large opening on the floor surface, it is possible to minimize a decrease in the strength of the floor surface due to the provision of an opening for taking the cable out of the room.

  Since the shift lever device according to the present invention can reduce the opening for taking out the cable to the outside, the entry of sound or the like from the outside into the room can be minimized. In addition, the shift lever device according to the present invention prevents the stone jumped during traveling from colliding with the retainer part and mud from adhering to the retainer part because the retainer part exists above the floor surface in the installed state. can do.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the opening area formed in an installation area | region and a floor surface can be suppressed, and the shift lever apparatus which can aim at reduction of a number of parts and cost reduction can be provided.

It is a perspective view showing a shift lever device according to an embodiment of the present invention, It is sectional drawing which shows the installation state of the shift lever apparatus shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the installation state of the shift lever apparatus which concerns on a modification.

  A shift lever device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, detailed description of components having the same configurations as those conventionally known may be omitted.

  The shift lever device 10 employs a so-called FF (Front engine Front drive) drive system and is mounted on a vehicle employing a manual transmission 12. The shift lever device 10 includes a shift lever 20, an operation mechanism unit 30, and an installation unit 40, and has a structure in which a shift cable 50 and a select cable 52 are connected. The shift lever 20 is for performing a shift operation of the manual transmission 12 provided outside the vehicle, and has a structure in which a knob 24 is provided at the tip of the lever shaft 22.

  The operation mechanism unit 30 is a mechanism formed so as to connect the shift lever 20 and the installation unit 40 and operate in conjunction with the operation of the shift lever 20 in the same manner as conventionally known. The operation mechanism unit 30 is configured to be able to operate the shift lever 20 within a predetermined stroke width in the shift direction (front-rear direction) and the select direction (left-right direction). The operation mechanism section 30 is provided with a shift cable connection section 32 and a select cable connection section 34. A shift cable 50 is connected to the shift cable connecting portion 32, and a select cable 52 is connected to the select cable connecting portion 34.

  The installation portion 40 is a portion having the most characteristic configuration in the shift lever device 10. The installation part 40 is a metal member and is roughly divided into a base part 42 and a retainer part 44. The base portion 42 is a portion that is installed along the floor surface F that forms the bottom surface of the room when attached to the vehicle. The base portion 42 has a substantially flat plate shape and has a substantially rectangular external shape. The base part 42 is arrange | positioned on the floor surface F, and is fixed using fixing tools, such as a volt | bolt.

  The retainer portion 44 is formed integrally with the base portion 42 on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the base portion 42. The retainer portion 44 protrudes upward from the base portion 42. The retainer portion 44 has a cross-sectional shape bent into a substantially triangular shape, and has an inclined surface 46 that is inclined so as to face the shift lever 20 side. The inclined surface 46 is provided at a position adjacent to the manual transmission 12 side with respect to the shift lever 20.

  The inclined surface 46 is provided with insertion holes 46 a and 46 b for inserting the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52. When the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 are inserted into the insertion holes 46 a and 46 b, the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 intersect with the inclined surface 46. In the present embodiment, the inclination of the inclined surface 46 is set so that the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 pass through the inclined surface 46 substantially perpendicularly.

  A housing portion 48 is formed on the back side of the retainer portion 44 (the lower side when attached to the vehicle). The housing portion 48 accommodates a hub 54 provided between the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52. The hub 54 is fixed to the back surface 46 c side of the inclined surface 46. Thereby, in the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52, the length from the end part on the shift lever 20 side to the hub 54 is kept constant.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shift lever device 10 is arranged so that the retainer portion 44 covers the opening OP provided on the floor surface F from above, and the base portion 42 is fixed to the floor surface F by a fixture such as a bolt. It is installed by fixing to. As a result, the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 are taken out of the room through the opening OP, and are arranged so as to extend in the direction in which the manual transmission 12 is provided (the front side of the vehicle in this embodiment). Become.

  In the shift lever device 10 of the present embodiment, the retainer portion 44 provided for taking out the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 is provided so as to protrude upward from the base portion 42, and is connected to the floor surface F. It is only necessary to provide a small opening below the retainer portion 44 for installation. Specifically, the opening area of the opening OP may be an area formed by projecting the retainer portion 44 to the floor surface F side in a state where the shift lever device 10 is installed on the floor surface F. Therefore, the shift lever device 10 does not need a large installation area, and can secure a degree of freedom when laying out other parts on the floor surface F.

  Since the shift lever device 10 according to the present embodiment does not need to have a large opening OP when installed, the strength reduction of the floor surface F due to the formation of the opening OP can be minimized. Further, since the shift lever device 10 requires only a small opening area of the opening OP, it is possible to minimize the entry of sound or the like from the outside into the room.

  In the shift lever device 10 according to the present embodiment, the retainer portion 44 protrudes upward, so that the retainer portion 44 and the housing portion 48 exist above the floor surface F in the installed state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the stones that have jumped during traveling against the hub 54 accommodated in the retainer portion 44 and the housing portion 48 from colliding, and mud from adhering to the retainer portion 44 and the hub 54.

  In the shift lever device 10 of the present embodiment, the hub 54 is fixed to the inclined surface 46 of the retainer portion 44. Therefore, the length of the portion from the hub 54 to the end of the shift lever 20 side in the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 can be easily and reliably maintained constant.

  Further, in the shift lever device 10, the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 are held by fixing the hub 54 to the inclined surface 46, so that cable holding parts such as grommets and retainers are required. do not do. Therefore, the shift lever device 10 can be reduced in the number of parts and the manufacturing cost can be suppressed. Further, since the shift lever device 10 does not require holding tools such as grommets and retainers, it is possible to reduce the weight accordingly.

  The shift lever device 10 can take the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 out of the room through the opening OP and connect them to the manual transmission 12. Therefore, according to the shift lever device 10, it is not necessary to provide a space for arranging the shift cable 50 and the select cable 52 in the room, and the restrictions on the layout related to the components arranged in the room are minimized. be able to.

  In this embodiment, although the example which made the installation part 40 metal was illustrated, this invention is not necessarily limited to this, You may be comprised with raw materials, such as resin. Moreover, although the installation part 40 was formed integrally with the base part 42 and the retainer part 44, the present invention is not limited to this, and each is formed as a separate member and integrated. It is also possible to

  Although the retainer portion 44 of the installation portion 40 described above is formed so that the cross-sectional shape is substantially triangular, the cross-sectional shape of the retainer portion 44 may be other shapes. Specifically, the cross-sectional shape of the retainer portion 44 may be a substantially n-gonal shape (n = natural number) or a shape having only the inclined surface 46. Also in the case of such a configuration, by providing the one corresponding to the inclined surface 46 described above, the same operation and effect as those described above can be obtained.

  The shift lever device 10 of the present embodiment is mounted on a vehicle that employs a so-called FF drive system, but when mounted on a vehicle that employs an FR (Front engine Rear drive) drive system. As shown in FIG. 3, the same operation and effect can be obtained by making the installation part 40 and the like into a shape that is reversed in the front-rear direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Shift lever apparatus 12 Manual transmission 20 Shift lever 30 Operation mechanism part 40 Installation part 42 Base part 44 Retainer part 50 Shift cable 52 Select cable F Floor surface OP Opening

Claims (1)

A shift lever for shifting the manual transmission,
An operating mechanism connected to the shift lever;
An installation part installed on the floor surface of the vehicle,
The installation part is
A base portion installed along the floor surface;
A retainer portion protruding upward from the base portion;
A shift lever device characterized in that a cable connecting the operating mechanism part and the manual transmission can be taken out from the upper side to the lower side of the base part through a hole provided in the retainer part.

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