JP2015231770A - Vehicular handle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular handle device having an excellent mounting workability.SOLUTION: A vehicular handle device is provided in which an operation switch 5 is fixed, via a spacer 4, to a handle base 3 rotatably holding an operation handle, and fixed to a vehicular door 2. The operation switch 5 is housed in a switch housing concavity 7 formed in a body part 6 of the spacer 4 repulsively locked to the rear surface of the handle base 3, and held in a posture so that an operation head part 8 is exposed on the surface of the handle base 3 from a through-hole part 9 opened on the handle base 3; also a lid part 10 is provided to the spacer 4, the lid part 10 repulsively being locked at a peripheral part of an opening of the switch housing concavity 7, blocking the opening of the switch housing concavity 7.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle handle device.

  As a vehicle handle device in which an operation switch is exposed on the door surface, the one described in Patent Document 1 is known. In this conventional example, the operation switch is mounted by being pushed into the locking hole of the door panel from the door panel surface side.

JP 2008-261175 A

  However, in the above-described conventional example, since the operation switch is mounted on the door panel surface side, it is necessary to insert the lead wire or the connector fixed to the tip of the lead wire into the locking hole at the time of mounting. In addition, there is a drawback that the mounting workability is poor.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle handle device having good mounting workability.

According to the present invention, the object is
A vehicle handle device in which an operation switch 5 is fixed via a spacer 4 to a handle base 3 fixed to a vehicle door 2 while holding the operation handle 1 rotatably.
The operation switch 5 is housed in a switch housing recess 7 formed in the main body 6 of the spacer 4 that is elastically locked to the back surface of the handle base 3, and a through hole in which the operation head 8 is opened in the handle base 3. Held in a posture exposed from the portion 9 to the surface of the handle base 3,
In addition, the spacer 4 is achieved by providing a vehicle handle device provided with a lid portion 10 that is elastically locked to the opening peripheral portion of the switch housing recess 7 to close the opening of the switch housing recess 7. The

  In the present invention, since the operation switch 5 is mounted on the back surface of the handle base 3 via the spacer 4, the operation of passing the lead wire 12 of the operation switch 5 wired in the door 2 through the front and back of the handle base 3 is performed. Since it becomes unnecessary, assembly workability is improved.

  Further, since the inside of the door 2 is a closed section as compared with the surface of the door 2 and is not easily affected by wind or the like, the water once infiltrated is hardly blown away by the wind or evaporated and stays for a long time. Although it is not desirable as an environment for holding electronic components due to many tendencies, in the present invention in which the opening of the spacer 4 that accommodates the operation switch 5 is closed by the lid portion 10, water immersion into the spacer 4 is effectively prevented. Therefore, deterioration of the operation switch 5 with time can be prevented.

As another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
The operation switch 5 can be elastically locked to the main body portion 6 of the spacer 4 to constitute a vehicle handle device in which disengagement from the spacer 4 is restricted when the operation head 8 is pressed.

  The operation switch 5 can be held in the spacer 4 by filling the switch housing recess 7 with a sealing resin or the like. In addition to improving workability, it is possible to reliably prevent the operation switch 5 from being detached in the sub-assembled state or from being removed from the spacer 4 when the operation head 8 of the operation switch 5 is pressed.

Furthermore, as another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
The spacer 4 is a vehicle handle device formed by integrally molding the main body portion 6, the lid portion 10, and the flexible deformation portion 11 that connects the main body portion 6 and the lid portion 10 with a synthetic resin material. Can be configured.

  In this aspect, since the spacer 4 is formed as an integrally molded product of synthetic resin including the main body portion 6, the lid portion 10, and the flexible deformation portion 11, it becomes possible to reduce the manufacturing cost, and The flexible deformation portion 11 becomes a hinge portion when the lid portion 10 is attached to the main body portion 6, and therefore does not hinder the closing operation.

As another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
The spacer 4 is mounted by elastically locking the main body 6 to the handle base 3 by pushing the handle 4 into the handle base 3, and the operation switch 5 is inserted into the switch receiving recess 7 in the pushing direction of the spacer 4. Contained,
In addition, the lid portion 10 of the spacer 4 has an appropriate rigidity and can constitute a vehicle handle device that is used as a push-in operation surface during a push-in operation to the handle base 3.

  In this embodiment, the operation switch 5 is configured such that the switch sub-assembly body, which is accommodated in the switch accommodating recess 7 in the direction in which the operation head 8 is at the top and the operation head 8 is exposed from the spacer 4, is applied to the handle base 3. The operation head 8 is exposed from the handle base 3 by starting and locking. The lid 10 that closes the switch housing recess 7 can be used as a push-in operation surface when the switch sub-assembly body is mounted on the handle base 3, and the handle 10 has an appropriate rigidity. It is possible to prevent an operation force from being applied to the operation switch 5 when the base 3 is attached.

Furthermore, as another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,
The lid portion 10 can be configured to constitute a vehicle handle device that elastically locks on the handle base 3 and shares a load when the operation head 8 is pressed.

  In this embodiment, since the spacer 4 is connected to the handle base 3 at the main body 6 and the lid 10, the holding strength can be increased.

  According to the present invention, since it is not necessary to route the lead wire between the front and back panels, the mounting workability can be improved, and the operation switch can be provided by disposing the operation switch main body inside the door. It is possible to effectively prevent deterioration over time due to water immersion or the like.

It is a figure which shows this invention, (a) is a front view which shows the attachment state to a door, (b) is a side view. It is a rear view of a handle device. 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views of the handle device, in which FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3A-3A in FIG. 2 and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the handle device, where (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 4A-4A in FIG. 2, (b) is an enlarged view of the main part of (a), and (c) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 4C-4C in FIG. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and subsequent figures, the handle device is formed by connecting an operation handle 1 to a handle base 3 fixed to a door 2 so as to be rotatable around a rotation center (C1).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the handle base 3 is provided with a recessed portion 3a for handling at the center, and the rear end portion of the operation handle 1 arranged so as to cover the recessed portion 3a (hereinafter referred to in this specification). The left side of FIG. 1A is referred to as “front”, the left side of FIG. 1B is referred to as “front surface”, and the opposite side is referred to as “rear surface” with reference to the mounting posture to the vehicle. When the rotation is performed, the lever 13 connected to the handle base 3 rotates around the rotation center (C13), and the door lock device (not shown) is operated via the cable device or the like connected to the lever 13.

  Whether or not the operation handle 1 can be operated to the door lock device is controlled by a lock locking unit (not shown), and an operation switch 5 is arranged to change the state of the lock locking unit. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation switch 5 is a push switch for depressing the operation head 8 provided at the tip, and is fixed to the back surface of the ceiling wall surface of the recess 3 a of the handle base 3 via the spacer 4.

  The spacer 4 is formed by injection molding a synthetic resin material and integrally molding the main body portion 6, the lid portion 10, and the flexible deformation portion 11. The main body 6 is formed with a switch accommodating recess 7 for accommodating the operation switch 5, and the operation switch 5 can be elastically deformed by being pushed in the direction of the arrow (P) in FIG. The claw 5 a is elastically locked to the locking step 4 a of the spacer 4 and attached.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A, the wall surface of the switch housing recess 7 is provided with a notch 7 a for allowing the lead wire 12 drawn from the operation switch 5 to pass therethrough.

  The lid portion 10 can be shifted to a posture in which the open portion of the switch accommodating recess 7 is closed by elastically bending the flexible deformation portion 11 and rotating the free end. The closed state is maintained by elastically locking the locking hook 10a formed at the end to the locking slit 6a of the main body 6 (see FIG. 4B).

  The operation switch 5 is attached to the handle base 3 while being sub-assembled to the spacer 4, and the handle base 3 has a spacer holding frame 14 for attaching the spacer 4 as shown in FIG. A through-hole 9 for exposing the operation head 8 of the operation switch 5 is provided. A linear spring 15 is attached to the spacer holding frame 14, and when the spacer 4 is pushed in, the locking projection 15 a bent by the spring 15 is pushed by the peripheral wall of the spacer 4 and once elastically outward. After the deformation, it is elastically locked to the slit 4b cut out on the side wall of the spacer 4 and is prevented from coming off.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 4C, the lid portion 10 of the spacer 4 is provided with a locking piece 10 b, and when the main body portion 6 is attached to the spacer holding frame 14. Locks to the locked portion 3b of the handle base 3 (see FIG. 4C).

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the operation switch 5 is housed in the switch housing recess 7, and the sub-assembled spacer 4 in which the opening of the switch housing recess 7 is closed by the lid 10 is attached to the spacer holding frame 14 of the handle base 3. The attachment work to the handle base 3 is completed simply by pressing. Since the opening of the switch housing recess 7 is closed by the lid 10 in the mounting completion state, it is possible to prevent water from entering the switch housing recess 7.

  Further, since the lid portion 10 is formed to have an appropriate rigidity, an excessive load is applied to the internal operation switch 5 even if the lid portion 10 is used as a push-in operation surface when the handle base 3 of the spacer 4 is mounted. Never give.

  Further, since the spacer 4 is locked to the handle base 3 at the main body 6 and the lid 10, the holding strength is high, and the operation switch 5 can be easily detached by pushing the operation head 8. There is no.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation handle 2 Door 3 Handle base 4 Spacer 5 Operation switch 6 Main body part 7 Switch accommodation recessed part 8 Operation head 9 Through-hole part 10 Lid part 11 Flexible deformation part

Claims (5)

A vehicle handle device in which an operation switch is fixed via a spacer to a handle base that is rotatably fixed to a vehicle door by holding an operation handle.
The operation switch is housed in a switch housing recess formed in a main body portion of a spacer that is elastically locked to the back surface of the handle base, and an operation head is exposed to the handle base surface from a through-hole portion formed in the handle base. Held in a posture to
The spacer is provided with a lid portion that is elastically locked to the opening peripheral portion of the switch housing recess to close the opening of the switch housing recess.   The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the operation switch is elastically locked to a main body portion of the spacer and is prevented from being detached from the spacer when the operation head is pressed down.   3. The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is formed by integrally molding the main body portion, the lid portion, and a flexible deformation portion that connects the main body portion and the lid portion with a synthetic resin material. . The spacer is mounted by elastically locking the main body portion to the handle base by a pushing operation to the handle base, and the operation switch is received by being inserted into the switch receiving recess in the pushing direction of the spacer,
4. The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the lid portion of the spacer has an appropriate rigidity and is used as a push-in operation surface during a push-in operation to the handle base.   The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the lid portion is elastically locked to a handle base to share a load when the operation head is pressed.

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