JP2014172533A - Article fixture to air-conditioner louver of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an article fixture to an air-conditioner louver which can generate no rattling on an air-conditioner louver, clamp even an air-conditioner louver thin in a vertical direction with a sufficient clamping power, and cause little increase in power required for mounting even when mounted on a thick air-conditioner louver.SOLUTION: This article fixture comprises a stem to be connected to an article and a clamping part formed by extending from the stem, where the clamping part has a pair of clamping pieces and makes the pair of clamping pieces form a plurality of projections of dimensions longer in the height direction than in the longitudinal width direction on at least one of opposite faces formed by separation.

Description

The present invention relates to a fixture for an air conditioner louver portion for arranging an article such as a fragrance container on the front surface of an air conditioner outlet of an automobile.

As a conventional article mounting tool for an air conditioner louver 110 of an automobile, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 8-91108, as shown in FIG. One side 123 that extends and the other thin side 124, a hook portion 125 formed at the free end of the one side 123, and a hook portion 125 of the one side 123 and a tip between the other thin side 124. An article mounting tool for an air conditioner louver including a louver insertion opening 126 of an air conditioner outlet is disclosed.

Further, as an article attachment for other conventional automobile air conditioner louvers, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-86257, as shown in FIG. 16, it extends away from a rod-like attachment base 122 connectable to a holder body 120. One side 123 and the other thin side 124, a hook part 125 formed at the free end of the one side 123, and a hook part 125 of the one side 123 and a tip of the other thin side 124. A louver insertion opening 126 of an air conditioner outlet, the one side 123 and the other thin side 124 are surrounded, and the other thin side with respect to the one side 123 is movable in a direction to come in contact with the hook portion 125 along these. An article attachment for an air conditioner louver comprising 124 separation prevention rings 127 is disclosed.

In addition, as an article mounting tool for other conventional automobile air conditioner louvers, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2007-526778 discloses a mounting base 131 that can be connected to an evaporator 130 of a radioactive substance forming an aromatic unit as shown in FIG. There is disclosed an article attachment for an air conditioner louver constituted by a holding portion 132 composed of one side and the other side extending away from each other.

However, since the article attachment for the air conditioner louver disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-91108 has the hook portion 125, it has a merit that it cannot be easily detached even if it is pulled after being attached to the air conditioner louver 110. Although it is suitable for use in heavy objects such as, the back and forth length of the internal space is formed long in order to give versatility, and particularly when it is removed from the air conditioner louver 110, the back and forth direction rattling occurs during use. It has a drawback in that knowledge is required for operation.

Further, an article attachment for an air conditioner louver disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-86257 has an anti-separation ring 127 on the other thin side 124 with respect to the one side 123 that is movable in a direction to be separated from and contacting the hook portion 125. By using it, it is possible to eliminate the disadvantages of the above-mentioned JP-A-8-91108 and eliminate rattling while maintaining versatility, but it has the disadvantage that the structure becomes complicated and the cost is increased, and the shape becomes large. .

In addition, the article attachment for the air conditioner louver disclosed in JP-T-2007-526778 has a holding portion 132 composed of one side and the other side extending away from the attachment base 131 that can be connected to the evaporator 130. Although it has the structure which has flexibility and the some convex part 133 formed in the inner surface clamps the air-conditioner louver 110, it has an effect which can be attached to the air-conditioner louver 110 without generating backlash. Since the air conditioner louver 110 varies in size and shape for each vehicle type, when the air conditioner louver 110 having a thin vertical thickness is designed so that it can be held with a sufficient holding force, the fixture has a thickness in the vertical direction. When it is attached to a thick air conditioner louver 110, a large force is required for its attachment and detachment, and there is a disadvantage that workability is deteriorated. There is a risk of damage to the air conditioner louver 110 when makes a detachable operation on significantly thicker air conditioning louvers 110.

JP-A-8-91108 JP-A-9-86257 Special Table 2007-526778

The article attachment tool for an air conditioner louver of an automobile according to the present invention can be attached to the air conditioner louver without causing rattling, and an air conditioner louver with a thin thickness in the vertical direction can be clamped with sufficient holding force. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an article attachment tool for an air conditioner louver with little increase in force required for attaching / detaching even when the air conditioner louver is attached in a thick direction.

An article attachment for an air conditioner louver of an automobile according to the present invention is an article attachment configured to be able to place an article in front of an air conditioner outlet of an automobile, and extends from the base connected to the article. A plurality of protrusions each having a formed holding portion, wherein the pair of holding pieces have opposed surfaces formed apart from each other, and at least one of the opposed surfaces has a height dimension that is longer than a front-rear width; Is formed.

Furthermore, it is preferable that a plurality of protrusions be formed on both surfaces of the opposing surfaces of the pair of sandwiching pieces.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the minimum dimension of the gap between the tips of the protrusions formed on both sides of the opposing surface is 1.5 mm or less.

Furthermore, the protrusion is preferably formed in a rib shape continuous in the width direction.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the protrusion is formed to be inclined in the base direction.

Further, a hook portion capable of gripping the air conditioner louver may be formed at one end portion of the pair of sandwiching pieces.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the base portion of the clamping portion is formed integrally with at least a part of the article.

Further, the base portion of the clamping portion may be configured to be detachable from the article.

An article attachment for an air conditioner louver according to the present invention is an article attachment comprising a base connected to an article and a clamping part formed extending from the base, and the clamping part includes a pair of clamping pieces. A plurality of protrusions are formed on at least one of the opposing surfaces formed to be spaced apart from each other, and the protrusions are formed such that the height dimension is longer than the front-rear width. Because it is configured, it can be mounted on the air conditioner louver without rattling, and even an air conditioner louver with a thin vertical thickness can be clamped with sufficient holding force, and the mounting tool can be attached to an air conditioner louver with a large vertical thickness. Even when it is attached, it has the effect of reducing the increase in the force required for its attachment / detachment.

Further, when the projection is formed to be inclined in the base direction, the force required when the fixture is detached from the air conditioner louver is larger than the force required when the fixture is attached to the air conditioner louver. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an article fixture that has good workability during mounting and is not easily detached.

It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state to the air-conditioner louver in 1st Example of this invention. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the modification of 1st Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of 1st Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows 2nd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment method to the air-conditioner louver in 2nd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment state of the article attachment tool to the air-conditioner louver in 2nd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment state to the air-conditioner louver in 2nd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the expansion | deployment state of 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows 4th Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the modification of 4th Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows 5th Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the modification of 5th Example of this invention. It is a side view which shows a prior art. It is a side view which shows another prior art. It is sectional drawing which shows another prior art.

Example 1

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the article fixture for the air conditioner louver according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a volatile fragrance container 51 having a vapor permeable membrane, and a front surface of the volatile fragrance container 51 (automobile). A front case 52 that holds the back surface of the volatile fragrance container 51 (a surface that faces the air conditioner outlet of the automobile), the front case 52 and the rear case. An article 50 is constituted by the engaging means 54 of 53, and the article fixture 1 is used to arrange the article 50 in the vicinity of the air conditioner outlet 100 of the automobile. And extending from the base 2, and comprising a clamping part 3 for clamping the louver 110 of the air conditioner outlet. In this embodiment, the base 2 is configured integrally with the rear case 53.In the present invention, the article 50 is not limited to the fragrance, and can be used for existing air-conditioner louver attachments.

The sandwiching portion 3 is made of a material having flexibility and is preferably made of a material having chemical resistance so as not to be deteriorated by a volatilized aromatic component. In this embodiment, a polyurethane elastomer is used. Alternatively, another material having flexibility such as polypropylene or polypropylene may be used. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, you may form the article fixture 1 combining several materials.

The sandwiching portion 3 has a pair of sandwiching pieces 4 formed to be separated from each other, and four opposing rib-like projections 5 in the width direction (left-right direction) are provided on the opposing surfaces of the pair of sandwiching pieces 4. The protrusion 5 is formed to have a length in the height direction longer than the front-rear width, so that a louver 110 provided in the air conditioner outlet 100 of the automobile between the pair of sandwiching pieces 4 of the sandwiching portion 3 is formed. When the is inserted, the protrusion 5 is easily deformed to receive the louver 110. Although the thickness of the projection 5 is a thin piece of 1 mm, various conditions such as the number and thickness of the projection 5 should be set appropriately according to the dimensional conditions, material, article weight, etc. of each part. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the protrusion 5 may be formed in a columnar shape, and a plurality of protrusions 5 may be formed in the width direction and the front-rear direction, respectively. Anyway.

Further, in this embodiment, the gap L between the tips of the protrusions 5 formed on both surfaces of the opposed surfaces of the pair of sandwiching pieces 4 is formed to be 1 mm. Since it has a thickness of about 5 mm to 4 mm, it is suitable for all existing louvers, and in order to generate a sufficient clamping force, between the tips of the projections 5 formed on both sides of the opposing surfaces of the pair of clamping pieces 4 It is desirable that the minimum dimension of the gap be 1.2 mm or less which is 20% or more narrower than the thickness of the smallest louver 110. However, if the thickness of all the louvers 110 is not suitable, for example, the minimum dimension of the gap between the tips of the protrusions 5 may be about 2 mm.

In this embodiment, when the air conditioner louver 110 is inserted between the pair of sandwiching pieces 4 of the sandwiching portion 3, the projection 5 is placed vertically so that the projection 5 can be easily deformed to easily receive the louver 110. Inclined by 30 ° from the direction toward the base 2. The inclination of the protrusion 5 increases the resistance force in the direction of removing the clamping portion 3 with respect to the air conditioner louver 110, so that the article mounting tool 1 is detached from the air conditioner louver 110 due to the vibration or shaking of the automobile during use of the article 50. The effect of preventing is increased. The inclination of the protrusion 5 in the direction of the base 2 is preferably set in the range of 0 ° to 45 °.
Example 2

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the article fixture for the air conditioner louver according to the second embodiment of the present invention is provided with a constricted portion 7 on the base 2 of the article fixture 1 of the first embodiment, and the back side of the article 50. The article fixture 1 is configured to be detachable with respect to the article 50 by forming a groove portion 55 adapted to the size of the constricted portion 7 of the article fixture 1.
Example 3

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the article fixture for the air conditioner louver according to the third embodiment of the present invention is capable of separating the pair of clamping pieces 4 in the clamping section 3 of the article fixture 1 according to the second embodiment. By constructing the hinge coupling portion 8 of each attachment member 1 at the outer end of the separation surface of the base 2 of the article attachment member 1 separated into two parts, it is easy to assemble the article attachments 1 together. become. In the present embodiment, the hinge coupling portion 8 may be omitted. (Not shown)
Example 4

As shown in FIG. 11, the article fixture for the air conditioner louver according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is the one of the pair of clamping pieces 4 in the clamping portion 3 of the article fixture 1 according to the second embodiment. A plurality of protrusions 5 are formed only on the opposing surface. Note that the mounting member 1 having this configuration may be applied to the article mounting tool 1 for the air conditioner louver 110 of the first embodiment. When the air conditioner louver 110 is mounted, if the holding piece 4 formed with the protrusion 5 is mounted on the lower side, the deformation of the protrusion 5 due to weight can be reduced. In the present embodiment, a plurality of uneven surfaces 9 may be formed on the opposing surface of the other sandwiching piece 4 as shown in FIG.
Example 5

As shown in FIG. 13, an article attachment for an air conditioner louver according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention includes an air conditioner at the tip of a holding piece 4 that does not have a protrusion 5 among the holding parts 3 described in the third embodiment. The hook portion 10 that can hold the louver 110 is formed. When the louver 110 is attached to the air conditioner louver 110, if the holding piece 4 formed with the protrusion 5 is attached downward, the protrusion 5 is deformed by weight. Due to this structure, even if the article 50 is heavy, this structure does not easily come off from the air conditioner louver 110, and the projection 5 formed on the holding piece 4 that does not form the hook 10. Even if it is mounted on a narrow louver 110, it has an excellent effect in that no rattling occurs. In the configuration of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the protrusion 5 may be provided on the opposing surface of the holding piece 4 on which the hook 10 is formed. In this case, the louver 110 having a large curvature on the upper surface is provided. When used, the function of reducing the rotational movement (swing) in the front-rear direction of the article fixture 1 is enhanced.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be industrially used as an attachment for an air conditioner louver part for placing an article such as a fragrance container on the front surface of an air conditioner outlet of an automobile.

1: article attachment, 2: base, 3: clamping part, 4: clamping piece, 5: protrusion, 7: constricted part, 8: hinge coupling part, 9: uneven surface, 10: hook part, 50: article, 51 : Volatile fragrance container, 52: Front case, 53: Rear case, 54: Engaging means, 55: Groove, 100: Air conditioner outlet, 110: Louver, 120: Holder body, 122: Mounting base, 123: One 124: the other thin piece, 125: hook portion, 126: louver insertion port, 127: separation preventing ring, 130: evaporator, 131: mounting base, 132: holding portion, 133: convex portion

Claims (8)

An article fixture configured to be able to place an article in front of an air conditioner outlet of an automobile,
A base portion connected to an article; and a sandwiching portion formed extending from the base portion, wherein the pair of sandwiching pieces have opposing surfaces formed apart from each other, and are provided on at least one surface of the opposing surfaces. Is an article attachment tool for an air conditioner outlet louver, wherein a plurality of protrusions having a dimension in the height direction longer than the front-rear width are formed. The article attachment tool for an air conditioner outlet louver according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of protrusions are formed on both surfaces of the opposing surfaces of the pair of sandwiching pieces. 3. The article attachment tool for an air conditioner outlet louver according to claim 2, wherein the minimum dimension of the gap between the tips of the protrusions formed on both sides of the opposing surface is 1.5 mm or less. The article attachment tool for an air conditioner outlet louver according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protrusion is formed in a rib shape continuous in the width direction. The article attachment tool for an air conditioner outlet louver according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the protrusion is formed to be inclined in the base direction. 6. The article mounting tool for an air conditioner outlet louver according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a hook portion capable of gripping the air conditioner louver is formed at one end of the pair of sandwiching pieces. The base part of the said article fixture is comprised integrally with at least one part of an article, The article fixture with respect to the louver of the air-conditioner outlet of any one of Claims 1-6 characterized by the above-mentioned. The base part of the said article fixture is comprised so that attachment or detachment is possible with respect to articles, The article fixture with respect to the louver of the air-conditioner outlet of any one of Claims 1-7 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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