JP2020107516A - Vehicle lever switch device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle lever switch device capable of reducing manufacturing costs and simplifying operation feeling adjustment work.SOLUTION: A vehicle lever switch device 1 includes a case member 10, a lever member 20, a click crest member 30 having a plurality of click crests 31 and 32 having different heights along the rotation direction of the lever member 20 and being attachable to and detachable from the case member, and a click pin member 40 provided on the lever member 20, and the click pin member 40 abuts on click grooves 33 and 34 between the adjacent click crests 31 and 32, and the common click crest member 30 can be assembled to both a right handle case member 10R and a left handle case member 10L by reversing the front and back in the thickness direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle lever switch device that gives a click feeling to a turning operation of a lever member.

Various lever switch devices are attached to a steering column of a vehicle. This lever switch device includes, for example, blinking a turn signal lamp (flasher lamp), switching the light of a headlamp to a high beam or a low beam, changing the operating speed of a wiper, operating a washer, and an exhaust brake. There are things to adjust. For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 propose a cancel mechanism for a turn signal switch device.

Such a lever switch device includes a case member attached to a steering column portion, a lever member pivotally supported by the case member, a click mountain member assembled to the case member, and a tip portion of the lever member. And a click pin member provided in. The click pin member comes into contact with the plurality of click grooves of the click crest member to give a click feeling (moderation feeling) to the rotation of the lever member.

In such a lever switch device, there is a lever switch device in which an operation load is gradually increased along a rotation operation direction of a lever member. In such a lever switch device, the heights of the plurality of click ridges formed on the click ridge member are gradually increased in the rotation direction of the lever member, and the click pin member is moved along with the rotation operation of the lever member. Since the height of the click hill over which the vehicle overwhelms gradually increases, the operating load of the lever member gradually increases along the rotation direction.

JP, 10-236225, A JP, 2009-205966, A

By the way, there are right-hand drive type and left-hand drive type vehicles, and in the right-hand drive type vehicle and the left-hand drive type vehicle, the lever member arrangement of the lever switch device is left and right opposite to the handle. There is. Therefore, a click crest member in which a plurality of click crests whose height changes along the turning direction of the lever member is formed on a lever switch device of a right-hand drive vehicle and a left-hand drive vehicle. When a member is incorporated, the changes in the height of the click ridges of the click ridge member may be opposite to each other on the left and right.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare two types of click crest members, which increases the manufacturing cost, and it is necessary to adjust the operation feeling separately on the left and right sides, which requires a lot of time and labor for the work. was there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lever switch device for a vehicle that can reduce manufacturing cost and simplify adjustment work of an operation feeling.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a case member attached to a steering column portion, a lever member pivotally supported by the case member in a predetermined rotation direction, and the rotation of the lever member. A plurality of click ridges having different heights along the moving direction, a click ridge member that is attachable to and detachable from the case member, and a click pin member provided at a tip end portion of the lever member, A lever switch device for a vehicle in which a click pin member comes into contact with a click groove between adjacent click crests, wherein a common click crest member is turned upside down in the thickness direction thereof for a right handle case member and a left handle. The first feature is that it can be assembled to any of the case members.

In addition to the first feature, the present invention provides a plurality of click crest members corresponding to attachment of the click crest members to the right handle case member or the left handle case member in two front and back directions. A second feature is that it has an engaging portion, and the right handle case member and the left handle case member have an engaged portion that engages with any of the plurality of engaging portions.

In addition to the first and second characteristics, the present invention has a third characteristic that the lever member has a plurality of the click pin members at its tip.

In addition to the first feature of the present invention, in addition to the first feature, the right handle case member and the left handle case member have a convex portion that restricts the assembling direction of the click crest member to one direction. It is a feature of.

Further, in addition to the first characteristic, the present invention provides a second click groove corresponding to a second rotation direction different from the rotation direction, separately from the click mountain member. It is a feature of.

In addition to the first characteristic, the present invention has a sixth characteristic that the click crest member has a second click groove corresponding to a second rotation direction different from the rotation direction. ..

According to the present invention, since the click crest members are respectively incorporated in the left handle case member and the right handle case member by reversing the front and back in the thickness direction, the left handle lever switch device and the right handle lever switch device are incorporated. On the other hand, the click crest member can be shared, and the manufacturing cost of the click crest member can be kept low. Further, even if the click crest member is turned upside down and assembled to the left handle case member and the right handle case member, the click crests of the click claw member do not change, so that the operation feeling of the lever member is left. The same applies to the lever switch device for the handle and the lever switch device for the right handle, and the adjustment is simplified because individual adjustment of the operation feeling is unnecessary.

It is a side view of the lever switch device for vehicles concerning the present invention. It is a top view of the lever switch device for vehicles concerning the present invention. It is the XX sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of a lever switch device for vehicles concerning the present invention. It is a top view of the click mountain member of the lever switch for vehicles concerning the present invention. It is a top view which removes and shows the cover member of the lever switch device for left handles concerning the present invention. It is a top view which removes and shows the cover member of the lever switch device for right handles concerning the present invention. (A) is a plan view of the left and right case members, (b) is a plan view of the click crest member with the front and back reversed, and (c) is a plan view showing a state in which the click crest member is assembled to the left and right case members. Is. It is a top view of the lever switch device for vehicles concerning the modification of the present invention. It is the YY sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a side view of a lever switch device for a vehicle according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the lever switch device for a vehicle, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a lever switch for the vehicle. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the click crest member.

The illustrated vehicle lever switch device (hereinafter simply referred to as “lever switch device”) 1 is a case member attached to a steering column portion (not shown) in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle via a base member 2 shown in FIG. 10, a lever member 20 rotatably supported on the case member 10 in a predetermined rotation direction (arrows a and b in FIGS. 2 and 4), and detachably assembled in the case member 10. The click crest member 30 (see FIG. 4) and the two click pin members 40 (see FIG. 4) provided at the tip of the lever member 20 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the case member 10 is a rectangular box-shaped member having an open top surface, and a circular ring-shaped fitting groove 11 is formed on the bottom surface thereof. An engaging projection 12 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 4) that constitutes an engaged portion is provided at a predetermined position on the inner surface of the vertical wall of the case member 10 that faces each other. The upper surface opening of the case member 10 is closed by a rectangular plate-shaped cover member 13, as shown in FIGS.

The lever member 20 is a round bar-shaped member, and as shown in FIG. 4, a connecting member 21 having a fan shape in plan view is connected to a tip end of the lever member 20 by a shaft 22 integrally formed with the lever member 20. Has been done. A hollow rectangular block 23 is integrally formed at the center of the connecting member 21, and both sides of the rectangular block 23 are slanted in a plan view so as to open in a direction opposite to the lever member 20. The rectangular box-shaped holders 24 arranged in each are integrally formed. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a cylindrical boss 23a is integrally erected on the upper surface of the rectangular block 23, and a cylindrical boss 23a is provided on the lower surface of the rectangular block 23 as shown in FIG. Shaped protrusions 23b are formed. A rib-shaped stopper 21a that is long in the longitudinal direction is integrally provided at the center in the width direction of the arcuate curved outer surface of the hollow block of the connecting member 21.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the connecting member 21 has a cylindrical shape formed on the lower surface by fitting a boss 23a standing on the upper surface of the rectangular block 23 into a circular recess 13a formed on the inner surface of the cover member 13. By fitting the convex portion 23b of the above into the fitting groove 11 provided upright on the bottom surface of the case member 10, the case member 10 is rotated together with the lever member 20 in a predetermined rotation direction (directions of arrows a and b in FIG. 4). It is movably supported. Further, the lever member 20 is rotated by the connecting member 21 and the case member 10 by a shaft 22 shown in FIG. 4 in a second rotating direction (direction of arrows c and d in FIG. 1) orthogonal to a predetermined rotating direction. It is pivotally supported.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the tip portion of the lever member 20 is inserted into the inside of the connecting member 21, and the second click pin member 25 is slidably fitted therein. .. Here, the second click pin member 25 is urged outward by the spring 26. As shown in FIG. 3, click ridges 27 are integrally formed on the inner wall surface of the connecting member 21, and click grooves 28 are formed on both sides of the click ridges 27. Then, the second click pin member 25 is selectively engaged with these click grooves 28 by the rotation of the lever member 20 in the second rotation direction (directions of arrows c and d in FIG. 1). A click feeling is given to the rotation of the lever member 20 in the second rotation direction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the click crest member 30 is a plate member having a substantially U shape in plan view, and is cut out in a substantially rectangular shape at the center of the arcuate inner peripheral surface thereof. A stopper groove 30a is formed. A stopper 21a protruding from the outer surface of the connecting member 21 faces the stopper groove 30a. When the stopper 21a contacts the end surface of the stopper groove 30a, the pivotable angle of the lever member 20 is increased. Regulated.

A plurality of click ridges 31 and 32 are formed on both sides (upper and lower sides) of the stopper groove 30a of the click ridge member 30 so as to sandwich the stopper groove 30a. Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the heights of the plurality of click crests 31 formed on one side (upper side in FIG. 5) are set to increase from the central portion toward the outside (upper side in FIG. 5). The depth of the click groove 33 formed between adjacent ones of the click ridges 31 gradually increases from the center toward the outside. On the other hand, the heights of the plurality of click crests 32 formed on the other side (the lower side of FIG. 5) are set so as to decrease from the center toward the outside (the lower side of FIG. 5), The depth of the click groove 34 formed between the adjacent ones of the click ridges 32 is gradually reduced from the center toward the outside.

A plurality of flexible engaging pieces (two types of engaging pieces 35 and 36 in FIG. 5) are arranged side by side on the outer surface (upper and lower end surfaces in FIG. 5) on the short side of the click crest member 30. Has been done. As shown in FIG. 4, these two types of engagement pieces 35 and 36 are integrally formed with engagement claws 35a and 36a, respectively, which form an engagement portion at their upper and lower ends.

As shown in FIG. 4, the click crest member 30 configured as described above is incorporated into the case member 10 from above in FIG. 4, and the engaging claws are respectively formed on the upper ends of the two engaging pieces 35. 35a engages with two engaging projections 12 (only one is shown in FIG. 4) provided on the inner wall of the case member 10 so that the click crest member 30 is removably assembled inside the case member 10. To be

Two click pin members 40 are provided as shown in FIG. 4, and these are assembled and held in the holder 24 through the opening of the holder 24 formed in the connecting member 21. These click pin members 40 are urged by springs (not shown) and are in contact with the click grooves 33 and 34 of the click crest member 30 while being pressed.

Next, the operation of the lever switch device 1 configured as described above will be described.

For example, when the lever member 20 is in the non-operating state, the click pin member 40 provided at the tip of the lever member 20 is in contact with the shallowest part of the click grooves 33, 34 of the click crest member 30. .. When the driver rotates the lever member 20 in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 2 from this state, the click pin member 40 sequentially contacts the next click grooves 33 and 34 of the click crest member 30 to rotate the lever member 20. Although a click feeling is given to the click pin 31, since the height of the click crests 31 and 32 gradually increases along the rotation direction of the lever member 20, the click pin member 40 needs to get over the click crests 31 and 32 that gradually increase. There is. Therefore, the operation load of the lever member 20 gradually increases along the operation direction (direction of arrow b in FIG. 4).

On the contrary, when the lever member 20 is returned in the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 4, the heights of the click ridges 31 and 32 of the click ridge member 30 gradually decrease along the operating direction, so that the lever member 20 is reduced. The operating load of is gradually reduced along the operating direction.

When the lever member 20 is rotated in the second rotation direction shown in FIG. 3 (directions c and d in FIG. 1), a click feeling is imparted to the rotation of the lever member 20 as described above. To be done.

By the way, there are a right-hand drive type vehicle and a left-hand drive type vehicle, and in the right-hand drive type vehicle and the left-hand drive type vehicle, the arrangement of the lever member 20 of the lever switch device 1 is reversed with respect to the handle. There is something that becomes. 6 to FIG. 6 show the configurations of the lever switch devices 1L and 1R provided in the left-hand drive vehicle and the right-hand drive vehicle, respectively, and the procedure for assembling the click crest member 30 in these lever switch devices 1L and 1R. It will be described below based on FIG. In the present embodiment, the case member corresponding to the lever switch device 1L is referred to as a left handle case member 10L, and the case member corresponding to the lever switch 1R is referred to as a right handle case member 10R.

6 is a plan view showing the left lever switch device with the cover member removed, FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the right lever switch device with the cover member removed, and FIG. 8A is a plan view showing the left and right case members. FIG. 8B is a plan view of the click crest member with the front and back reversed, and FIG. 8C is a plan view showing a state in which the click crest member is attached to the left and right case members. In the plan view, the front surface in the thickness direction of the click crest member 30 assembled to the left lever switch device 1L is referred to as A surface, and the back surface is referred to as B surface.

In the left lever switch device 1L arranged on the left side of the steering wheel of the vehicle, as shown in FIG. 6, the click crest member 30 is incorporated into the left handle case member 10L with the A surface facing upward. In the right lever switch device 1R, as shown in FIG. 7, the click crest member 30 reverses the front and back in the thickness direction, that is, the click crest member 30 is the B surface opposite to the A surface shown in FIG. Is installed in the case member 10R for the right handle with the side facing up. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

That is, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8A, a left handle case member 10L and a right handle case member 10R are prepared. Here, the left engaging projections 12L are provided at the illustrated positions (inside) indicated by white arrows on the inner surfaces of the vertical handle walls of the left handle case member 10L that face each other. Right engagement protrusions 12R are provided at the illustrated positions (outside) indicated by white arrows on the inner surfaces of the opposing vertical walls.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C, the click crest member 30 is incorporated in the left handle case member 10L with the A surface facing upward. At this time, since the pair of left engagement projections 12L projectingly provided on the left handle case member 10L engage with the engagement claws 36a formed on the upper ends of the engagement pieces 36 inside the click crest member 30. The click crest member 30 is securely fixed to the left handle case member 10L. In the left handle case member 10L, no member that can be engaged with the engaging claw 35a is provided at a position corresponding to the engaging claw 35a.

Further, in the right handle case member 10R, as shown in FIGS. 8(b) and 8(c), the click crest member 30 has its front and back sides in the thickness direction reversed, and the B surface (the surface opposite to the A surface) ( It is assembled with the back side of the A side) facing up. At this time, since the pair of right engagement protrusions 12R projectingly provided on the right handle case member 10R engage with the engagement claws 35a formed on the upper ends of the engagement pieces 35 on the outside of the click crest member 30. The click crest member 30 is securely fixed to the right handle case member 10R. In the right handle case member 10R, no member that can be engaged with the engaging claw 36a is provided at a position corresponding to the engaging claw 36a.

As shown in FIG. 8C, a rib-shaped convex portion 50 that prevents the click crest member 30 from being assembled to the left handle case member 10L and the right handle case member 10R in an incompatible mounting direction. (Regulation section) is provided. If the click crest member 30 has a shape such that the projection 50 and the click crest member 30 interfere with each other when the assembling direction is unsuitable, the click crest member 30 can be prevented from being erroneously assembled. .. The shape of the restriction portion is not limited to this form, and the click mountain member 30 may be provided with a convex portion and the case member 10 may be provided with a concave portion (regulation portion).

As described above, in the present embodiment, since the click crest members 30 are respectively incorporated in the left handle case member 10L and the right handle case member 10R by reversing the front and back in the thickness direction, the left side shown in FIG. The click crest member 30 can be shared by the lever switch device 1L and the right lever switch device 1R shown in FIG. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately prepare the click crest member 30 for each of the left lever switch device 1L and the right lever switch device 1R, and the manufacturing cost of the click crest member 30 can be kept low.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8C, even if the front and the back of the click crest member 30 are reversed and assembled to the left handle case member 10L and the right handle case member 10R, the click crests 31 of the click mountain member 30, Since there is no change in the arrangement of 32, the operation feeling of the lever member 20 is the same for the left lever switch device 1L and the right lever switch device 1R, and the adjustment of the operation feeling is not necessary and the adjustment is simplified.

Further, in the present embodiment, the click crest member 30 has two engaging claws 35a, 36a corresponding to the attachment of the click crest member 30 to the right handle case member 10R or the left handle case member 10L in two front and back directions. Since the right handle case member 10R and the left handle case member 10L have the engagement protrusions 12 that engage with either of the two engagement claws 35a and 36a, the front and back sides of the click crest member in the thickness direction. By reversing and assembling the left handle case member and the right handle case member, the click crest member can be reliably fixed to both the left handle case member and the right handle case member.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the two click pin members 40 are provided at the tip end portion of the lever member 20, the wear of the click crest member 30 and the click pin member 40 is reduced and the durability of the vehicle lever switch device 1 is reduced. Can be improved.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the left handle case member 10L and the right handle case member 10R are provided with the protrusions 50 that restrict the assembling direction of the click claw member to one direction. Can be reliably prevented.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the second click groove 28 corresponding to the second rotation direction is provided separately from the click crest member 30, the rotation of the lever member 20 in the second rotation direction is performed. It is possible to give a click feeling also to.

Here, modified examples of the present invention are shown in FIGS.

9 is a plan view of a lever switch device for a vehicle according to a modified example of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. 9. In these drawings, those shown in FIGS. The same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the repeated description thereof will be omitted below.

In the vehicle lever switch device 100 according to the present modification, as shown in FIG. 10, the click claw member 300 is provided with a click groove (a click groove shown in FIG. 5) that gives a click feeling in a predetermined rotation direction of the lever member 20. (Corresponding to 33 and 34 in the crest 30) and a second click groove 280 for giving a click feeling in the second rotation direction of the lever member 20 are formed. It should be noted that the click pin member 400 is in contact with the second click groove 280, and the second rotation of the lever member 20 is caused by the contact of the click pin member 400 with the second click groove 280 selectively. A required click feeling is given in the direction.

Note that the present invention is not limited to application to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims and the description and drawings. Of course. For example, in the embodiment, two click pin members 40 are provided at the tip end portion of the lever member 20 and two sets of click crests 31 and 32 of the click crest member 30 corresponding thereto are provided, but these are not provided. The numbers of the click pin member 40 and the click mountain rows 31 and 32 are not limited to this.

1,100 Vehicle lever switch device 1L Left handle lever switch device 1R Right handle lever switch device 10 Case member 10L Left handle case member 10R Right handle case member 12 Engagement protrusion (engaged part)
12L Left side engaging protrusion 12R Right side engaging protrusion 20 Lever member 21 Connecting member 25 Second click pin member 28,280 Second click groove 30,300 Click crest member 31,32 Click crest 33,34 Click groove 35,36 Engaging piece 35a, 36a Engaging claw (engaging portion)
40,400 Click pin member 50 Convex part

Claims (6)

A case member attached to the steering column part,
A lever member pivotally supported by the case member so as to be rotatable in a predetermined rotation direction;
A plurality of click ridges having different heights along the rotation direction of the lever member, and a click ridge member that is attachable to and detachable from the case member;
A click pin member provided at the tip of the lever member,
Equipped with
A lever switch device for a vehicle, wherein the click pin member comes into contact with a click groove between the adjacent click mountains,
A lever switch device for a vehicle, wherein the common click crest member can be assembled on either the right handle case member or the left handle case member by reversing the front and back in the thickness direction. The click crest member has a plurality of engaging portions corresponding to attachment of the click crest member to the right handle case member or the left handle case member in two front and back directions,
The vehicle lever switch device according to claim 1, wherein the right handle case member and the left handle case member have an engaged portion that engages with any one of the plurality of engaging portions. The lever switch device for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lever member has a plurality of the click pin members at a tip portion thereof. The lever switch device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the case member for the right handle and the case member for the left handle have a restricting portion that restricts an assembling direction of the click crest member to one direction. The lever switch device for a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a second click groove corresponding to a second rotation direction different from the rotation direction, separately from the click crest member. The vehicle lever switch device according to claim 1, wherein the click crest member has a second click groove corresponding to a second rotation direction different from the rotation direction.

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