JP2014015084A - Vehicle shift lever apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a plate structure thereby simplifying the assembly operation.SOLUTION: A vehicle shift lever apparatus includes: a base bracket 30; a ball part 20 connected with a shift lever 12; a socket 32 which rotatably supports the ball part 20; a ball support part 38 which supports the ball part 20 through the socket 32; a plate 34 which prevents the ball part 20 from being come off; holding claws 42 which restrict the plate 34 from moving upward along an axial direction of the shift lever 12; protruding pieces 44 of the plate 34 which are engaged with the holding claws 42; groove parts 48 of the plate 34 where the engagement with each holding claw 42 is released; and a claw part 52 which engages with an engagement part 50 formed at the plate 34 thereby preventing rotations of the plate 34 in a circumferential direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle shift lever device that operates a transmission with a shift lever.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a vehicle shift lever device 1 as shown in FIG. The shift lever device 1 is attached to the base plate 2 fixed to the vehicle body, the ball seat 5 that is mounted on the upper portion of the base plate 2 and supports the encapsulated balls 4 of the lever member 3, and the top of the base plate 2. The structure which has the upper support 6 which presses down the upper surface of the holding ball 4 is disclosed.

  In this shift lever device 1, when the upper support 6 is attached to the base plate 2, the upper support 6 is rotated in the circumferential direction with the upper support 6 being fitted on the base plate 2, thereby being provided on the upper portion of the base plate 2. It is assumed that the locking protrusion 8 of the upper support 6 can be attached to the lower portion of the protrusion 7 so as to be slid in a sliding contact state.

  Further, in the shift lever device 1, the inclined surfaces of the locking protrusions (not shown) provided on the upper support 6 and the base plate 2 are in sliding contact with each other by rotating the upper support 6 in the clockwise direction and mounting it. It is provided to fit. For this reason, it is possible to stabilize the mounting of the upper support 6 on the base plate 2 by the elastic deformation of the base plate 2 toward the radially inner side of the cylindrical body 9 and the elastic deformation of the upper support 6 toward the radially outer side. I can do it.

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  However, in the shift lever device 1 disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the lever member 3 is attached to the base plate 2, the movement restricting function for restricting the entrained ball 4 from moving upward, and the base plate 2. Since the upper support 6 has both functions of the anti-rotation function for preventing rotation, the configuration of the upper support 6 becomes complicated, and the assembly work (mounting work) of the upper support 6 becomes complicated. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle shift lever device that can simplify the configuration of the plate and simplify the assembly work.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle shift lever device that performs a shift operation of a transmission mounted on a vehicle using a shift lever, the base bracket being fixed to a vehicle body side, and the shift lever. A ball portion coupled to the socket, a socket that rotatably supports the ball portion, a ball support portion that is provided on the base bracket and supports the ball portion via the socket, and the socket and the base bracket The plate is provided between the base bracket and the base bracket, and the plate moves in the axial direction of the shift lever with the plate attached to the base bracket. And a restricting portion that restricts the position of the plate, and is provided on the plate. In the state where the engagement portion engaged with the restriction portion, the engagement release portion where the engagement with the restriction portion is released, and the socket are provided, and the plate is attached to the base bracket, And a detent portion for preventing rotation of the plate in the circumferential direction with respect to the base bracket.

  According to the present invention, during the operation of the shift lever, when the ball portion pushes up the plate to move upward, the base bracket restricts the plate from moving upward. In addition, when the plate is attached to the base bracket, the plate is prevented from rotating along the circumferential direction by the anti-rotation portion of the socket when the plate is rotated along the circumferential direction and attached to the base bracket. In this way, in the present invention, the base bracket regulates the upward movement of the plate, while the socket restricts the rotation of the plate in the circumferential direction. It can be simplified.

  Further, in the present invention, the rotation preventing portion is a claw portion that protrudes toward the plate and is provided so as to be elastically deformable in an axial direction of the shift lever. It has the latching | locking part latched by the said nail | claw part in the engaged state, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the present invention, the anti-rotation portion is provided so as to be elastically deformable by the claw portion, so that the protruding claw portion does not get in the way and the plate is rotated in the circumferential direction while being pressed against the base bracket side. Can do. Then, when the engagement portion of the plate reaches the position where it is engaged with the restriction portion of the base bracket, the elastic deformation of the claw portion is released, and the claw portion is locked to the locking portion of the plate, so that the plate Can be prevented. As a result, in the present invention, the configuration of the plate can be further simplified and the assembling work can be simplified.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a vehicle shift lever device that can simplify the configuration of the plate and simplify the assembly work.

It is a perspective view which shows the vehicle interior in which the shift lever apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention was assembled | attached to the center console panel. It is a partially broken perspective view of the shift lever device arranged in the center console panel. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the shift lever device shown in FIG. 2. It is an expansion disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between a socket and a plate. It is an expansion disassembled perspective view of the socket and plate seen from the arrow X1 direction of FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the socket and the plate as viewed from the direction of the arrow X2 in FIG. 5. (A)-(c) is a perspective view which shows the state which assembles | attaches a plate with respect to a base bracket. It is a disassembled perspective view of the shift lever apparatus disclosed by patent document 1. FIG.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a passenger compartment in which a shift lever device according to an embodiment of the present invention is assembled to a center console panel, and FIG. 2 is a partially broken perspective view of the shift lever device arranged in the center console panel. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the shift lever device shown in FIG. In the drawings, “front and rear”, “left and right”, and “up and down” indicate the vehicle longitudinal direction, the vehicle width direction, and the vehicle vertical direction, respectively.

  A shift lever device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs shift operation of a not-shown manual transmission (manual transmission) mounted on a vehicle by a shift lever 12, and as shown in FIG. A part of the shift lever 12 disposed on the upper surface of the panel 14 is provided so as to protrude from the shift knob skin 16.

  The shift lever device 10 pushes and pulls a select cable and a shift cable (not shown) by operating the shift lever 12 to shift a manual transmission (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shift lever 12 is connected to the shift rod 18, a shift knob 19 (see FIG. 1) that is held by the operator and connected to the upper end of the shift rod 18, and the lower end of the shift rod 18. And a ball portion 20. The ball portion 20 is provided with a pivot pin 26 that protrudes in a direction substantially orthogonal to the shift rod 18 and is inserted into an insertion hole 24 of a link plate 22 described later. As shown in FIG. 2, the shift lever 12 is provided so as to be tiltable along the vehicle front-rear direction (arrow A direction) and the vehicle width direction (arrow B) orthogonal to the vehicle front-rear direction. It can be tilted to the left and right along the direction.

  In the present embodiment, a floor panel shift in which the shift lever device 10 is disposed on the upper surface of the center console panel 14 is taken as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be a so-called instrument panel shift disposed on the instrument panel.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shift lever device 10 rotatably supports a base bracket 30 fixed to a vehicle body side member (not shown) such as a floor panel and the ball portion 20 of the shift lever 12. Socket 32, a plate 34 for preventing the ball portion 20 from coming off from the socket 32, and a link mechanism 36 connected to a manual transmission (not shown) via a cable, a rod or the like (not shown).

  The base bracket 30 is formed of a substantially cylindrical body and is provided with a ball support portion 38 that supports the ball portion 20 via a socket 32. On the outer diameter side of the ball support portion 38, a plurality of support columns 40 (in this embodiment, five support columns 40 are illustrated) protruding upward from the upper surface of the base bracket 30 are predetermined along the circumferential direction. They are spaced apart from each other. On both sides of the support column 40 along the outer peripheral surface of the ball support portion 38, a pair of coupling walls 41 extending from the support column 40 toward the ball support portion 38 and connecting the ball support portion 38 and the support column 40 are provided.

  A claw piece projecting inward in the radial direction is provided on the upper portion of the support column 40, and the plate 34 moves upward along the axial direction of the shift lever 12 with the plate 34 attached to the base bracket 30. A holding claw (restricting portion) 42 for restricting the movement is provided. A mounting groove 46 for mounting a protruding piece 44 of the plate 34 to be described later is formed below the holding claw 42.

  The plate 34 is disposed between the upper surface of the socket 32 and the holding claw 42 of the base bracket 30 and is formed by a substantially flat annular member. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a plurality of projecting pieces 44 projecting outward in the radial direction are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the plate 34 at a predetermined angle. A groove portion 48 is provided between the adjacent protruding pieces 44.

  In this case, the protruding piece 44 of the plate 34 functions as an engaging portion that is engaged with the holding claw (regulating portion) 42 of the base bracket 30 depending on the positional relationship in the circumferential direction with respect to the base bracket 30. Further, the groove portion 48 of the plate 34 functions as an engagement release portion that releases the engagement with the holding claw (regulation portion) 42 of the base bracket 30 due to the positional relationship in the circumferential direction with respect to the base bracket 30.

  On the inner diameter side of the plate 34, a locking portion 50 made of a rectangular through hole is provided. The locking portion 50 is locked to the claw portion 52 by fitting a claw portion 52 of the socket 32 described later in a state where the protruding piece 44 is held by the holding claw 42. Further, the plate 34 is provided with a curved portion 54 that protrudes upward as compared with other surfaces, and this curved portion 54 functions as a relief of the pivot pin 26 when the ball portion 20 tilts. It is.

  In this embodiment, the locking portion 50 that fits with the claw portion 52 of the socket 32 is formed by a through-hole that penetrates the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate 34, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lower surface of the plate 34 may be formed by a notch (not shown) in which a part of the lower surface is cut out so that the upper surface and the lower surface of the plate 34 are not penetrated.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the socket 32 includes a socket body 32 a made of, for example, a substantially cylindrical body made of a resin material. A holding space 56 that slidably holds the ball portion 20 of the shift lever 12 is provided in the socket body 32a. Further, a claw portion 52 that protrudes toward the plate 34 and elastically deforms in the axial direction of the shift lever 12 is provided at the upper end portion of the socket 32. The claw portion 52 functions as a detent portion that prevents the plate 34 from rotating in the circumferential direction with respect to the base bracket 30 in a state where the plate 34 is attached to the base bracket 30.

  The claw portion 52 is provided with an elastically deformable arm 62 having an upper surface 58a formed substantially flush with the upper end surface of the socket body 32a and a lower surface 58b forming a gap 60 between the socket body 32a. It is done. The arm 62 is formed to be curved along the peripheral surface of the socket body 32a as viewed from above. One end of the arm 62 is integrally coupled to the socket main body 32a and supported so as to be elastically deformable, and the other end of the arm 62 is formed as a free end separated from the socket main body 32a through the gap 60. The

  A protruding claw 64 that protrudes from the upper surface 58 a toward the plate 34 is formed at the free end of the arm 62. The projection claw 64 is fitted into and engaged with a locking portion 50 formed on the plate 34, thereby preventing the rotation of the plate 34 from rotating along the circumferential direction. The tip of the projection claw 64 is formed to protrude slightly upward from the upper surface 58a of the arm 62 and the upper end surface of the socket body 32a. Further, the projecting claw 64 and the arm 62 constituting the claw portion 52 can be integrally formed with the socket body 32a by, for example, a resin material, and can be easily manufactured at a reduced manufacturing cost.

  Further, the socket 32 has a partial spherical surface portion that protrudes inward in the radial direction of the socket body 32a and corresponds to the spherical surface of the ball portion 20, and includes a plurality of holding pieces 66 that hold the ball portion 20, and the socket body 32a. A plurality of slits 68 extending along the axial direction (longitudinal direction) are formed.

  2 and 3, the link mechanism 36 includes a link rod 70 that is supported by the base bracket 30, a link plate 22 that is connected to one end of the link rod 70, and a spring that biases the link plate 22. Member 72. The link plate 22 has an insertion hole 24 through which a pivot pin 26 protruding from the ball portion 20 is inserted.

  The shift lever device 10 according to the present embodiment is basically configured as described above. Next, the function and effect will be described.

  First, the case where the plate 34 is assembled to the base bracket 30 will be described. FIGS. 7A to 7C are perspective views showing a state in which the plate is assembled to the base bracket.

  The ball portion 20 of the shift lever 12 is inserted into the holding space 56 (see FIG. 3) of the socket 32, and the socket 32 into which the ball portion 20 is inserted is mounted in the ball support portion 38 of the base bracket 30 (see FIG. 7 (a)).

  Subsequently, the plate 34 through which the shift rod 18 of the shift lever 12 is inserted is displaced from the upper position of the socket 32 toward the upper end surface of the socket 32, and the plate 34 is placed on the upper end surface of the socket body 32a. In this case, the holding claw 42 of the support column 40 is located in the groove 48 between the protruding pieces 44 of the plate 34, and the holding claw 42 and the protruding piece 44 of the plate 34 are not yet engaged.

  After placing the plate 34, the plate 34 is rotated in the clockwise direction (arrow C direction) with the shift rod 18 as the center of rotation while pressing the plate 34 downward (see FIG. 7B). By rotating while pressing downward, the plurality of protruding pieces 44 provided on the outer peripheral side of the plate 34 are mounted in the mounting groove 46 of the column 40, and the protruding pieces 44 of the plate 34 are mounted on the column 40. Is engaged with the holding claws 42 (see FIG. 7C). As a result, the upward movement of the plate 34 is restricted by the holding claws 42 of the support column 40.

  When the plate 34 is rotated in the clockwise direction while being pressed downward, the protrusion claw 64 of the claw portion 52 is elastically deformed downward by the lower surface of the plate 34 via the arm 62. When the protruding piece 44 of the plate 34 is engaged with the holding claw 42 of the column 40, the elastic deformation of the protruding piece 64 of the claw portion 52 is released, and the rectangular engagement of the plate 34 is caused by the elastic force (returning force). It fits into the stop 50 (see FIG. 7C). As a result, the claw 64 of the claw portion 52 prevents the plate 34 from rotating in the circumferential direction.

  In this embodiment, when the shift lever 12 is operated, when the ball part 20 pushes up the plate 34 to move upward, the column 40 provided on the base bracket 30 moves upward. The holding claw 64 is regulated. In addition, when the plate 34 is attached to the base bracket 30, when the plate 34 is rotated along the circumferential direction and attached to the base bracket 30, the projection claw 64 of the claw portion 52 provided on the socket 32 causes the plate 34 to move. When the locking part 50 is locked, the plate 34 is prevented from rotating along the circumferential direction.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the upward movement of the plate 34 is restricted by the holding claws 42 of the support column 40 provided on the base bracket 30, while the rotation of the plate 34 in the circumferential direction is provided on the socket 32. Since it restrict | limits with the protrusion nail | claw 64 of the nail | claw part 52, the structure of the plate 34 can be simplified and the assembly | attachment operation | work can be simplified.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the projection claw 64 of the claw portion 52 is provided so as to be elastically deformable via the arm 62, so that the projection claw 64 does not get in the way and the plate 34 is pressed against the base bracket 30 side. In the state, it can be rotated in the circumferential direction. When the protruding piece 44 of the rotating plate 34 reaches a position where it engages with the holding claw 42 of the support column 40 provided on the base bracket 30, the elastic deformation of the protruding claw 64 of the claw portion 52 is released, and the plate 34. Since the locking portion 50 is locked by the projection claw 64 of the claw portion 52, the plate 34 can be prevented from rotating. As a result, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the plate 34 can be further simplified and the assembling work can be simplified.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the movement restricting function for restricting the ball portion 20 from moving upward and the anti-rotation function for preventing the rotation of the plate 34 with respect to the base bracket 30 are separately provided. By doing, the structure of the plate 34 can be simplified and the assembling work can be simplified.

10 Shift lever device (Vehicle shift lever device)
12 Shift lever 20 Ball part 30 Base bracket 32 Socket 34 Plate 38 Ball support part 42 Holding claw (regulation part)
44 Projection piece (engagement part)
48 Groove (disengagement part)
50 Locking part 52 Claw part (Non-rotating part)
62 Arm (claw part)
64 Protruding nail (nail part)

Claims (2)

A shift lever device for a vehicle that performs a shift operation of a transmission mounted on a vehicle by a shift lever,
A base bracket fixed to the vehicle body side,
A ball portion coupled to the shift lever;
A socket that rotatably supports the ball portion;
A ball support provided on the base bracket and supporting the ball through the socket;
A plate that is disposed between the socket and the base bracket and prevents the ball portion from coming off;
A restricting portion that is provided on the base bracket and restricts the plate from moving in the axial direction of the shift lever in a state where the plate is attached to the base bracket;
An engagement portion that is provided on the plate and is engaged with the restriction portion according to a positional relationship in a circumferential direction with respect to the base bracket; and an engagement release portion that is disengaged from the restriction portion;
A detent portion that is provided in the socket and prevents rotation of the plate in the circumferential direction relative to the base bracket in a state where the plate is attached to the base bracket.
A shift lever device for a vehicle, comprising: The vehicle shift lever device according to claim 1,
The detent portion is a claw portion that projects toward the plate and is provided so as to be elastically deformable in the axial direction of the shift lever
The plate has a locking portion that is locked to the claw portion in a state where the engaging portion is engaged with the restricting portion.

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