JP2021035793A - vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle capable of achieving both a high getting in/off property and comfort regarding a back seat.SOLUTION: A vehicle includes a partition wall 17 for partitioning between a driver seat 12 and a plurality of back seats 13 in a cabin 11. Out of the plurality of back seats 13, a specified seat 15 arranged in the forefront row and arranged at the position overlapped with an opening/closing portion S by a side door 14 in the vehicle width direction can slide and move in the vehicle frontward/backward direction. A movable wall 19 of the partition wall 17 can open/close a movement path of the specified seat 15 in the cabin 11. As an arrangement form of the specified seat 15, one can be selected out of: a getting on/off arrangement form which is a state where the movement path is opened by the partition wall 17 and the specified seat 15 is in an advanced state further to the position of a vehicle front side than the partition wall 17; and a travelling arrangement form which is a state where the movement path is closed by the partition wall 17, and the specified seat 15 is in a state of being positioned on the vehicle back side with respect to the partition wall 17.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle.

In recent years, in vehicles such as automobiles, various measures have been taken to improve the comfort in the vehicle interior.
In the vehicle described in Patent Document 1, the passenger seat side seat can be slid back and forth between the position corresponding to the passenger seat and the position corresponding to the rear seat. This makes it possible to arrange seats in the passenger compartment with a high degree of freedom.

Patent Document 2 proposes to provide a partition wall between the front seat and the rear seat of the vehicle. In this vehicle, the rear seats in the passenger compartment can be made into a private space for occupants.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-249928 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-46104

When a partition wall is provided in the vehicle interior as in the vehicle described in Patent Document 2, the movement of the seat is restricted by the partition wall, so that the degree of freedom in arranging the seat arrangement is lowered. When the occupant gets on and off the rear seat, the seat near the door is temporarily moved to secure the flow line of the occupant. In this respect, in the vehicle described in Patent Document 2, it may be difficult to secure the amount of movement of the seat when the occupant gets on and off.

When the amount of movement of the seat near the door is restricted, the movement of the occupant when getting on and off the rear seat is made by making the seat foldable or a simple structure that is small enough not to get in the way. The line is secured. As a result, smooth entry and exit to and from the rear seats can be realized. However, on the other hand, the structure of the seat near the door is restricted, which may lead to a decrease in the appearance and comfort of the seat, which may lead to a decrease in the comfort of the occupants in the rear seat. ..

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle capable of achieving both high boarding / alighting comfort and comfort for the rear seats.

Vehicles for solving the above problems include front seats including a driver's seat, a plurality of rear seats arranged behind the front seats at intervals in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the front portion in the vehicle interior. In a vehicle having a seat and a partition wall partitioning between the plurality of rear seats, it is a specific seat arranged in the front row of the plurality of rear seats, and is an opening / closing portion by a side door and a vehicle width direction. The specific seats arranged at overlapping positions in the vehicle have a structure capable of sliding and moving in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the partition wall has a structure capable of opening and closing the movement path of the specific seats in the vehicle interior. As an arrangement mode of the specific seats, the vehicle is in a state in which the partition wall opens the movement path and the specific seats enter a position on the front side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall. The structure is such that the partition wall is in a state of blocking the movement path and the specific seat is in a state of being located on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall.

According to the above configuration, by changing the arrangement mode of the specific seats to the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, the specific seats are evacuated to the front of the vehicle from the vicinity of the opening / closing portion by the side door so as to widen the distance from the seats behind the specific seats. Can be done. As a result, it is possible to secure the flow line of the occupants in the vehicle interior, so that it is possible to obtain high boarding / alighting performance with respect to the rear seats. Moreover, by changing the arrangement mode of the specific seats to the traveling arrangement mode, the specific seats can be returned to the positions before being retracted to the front of the vehicle. This eliminates the need for the specific seat to have a foldable structure or a small and simple structure in order to secure the flow line of the occupants as described above. Therefore, it becomes possible to adopt a specific seat of the same quality as other seats, and it is possible to obtain high comfort for the rear seat.

In the vehicle, it is preferable to have an interlocking control unit that controls the moving position of the specific seat and the moving position of the partition wall in a manner in which the specific seat and the partition wall are interlocked.

According to the above configuration, when the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected, the partition wall is opened and the specific seat is moved forward, and when the traveling arrangement mode is selected, the partition wall is closed and the specific seat is moved to the rear. It is possible to control the movement of the seat in a state where the specific seat and the partition wall are interlocked with each other. Therefore, when switching the arrangement mode of the specific seats, the specific seats and the partition wall can be easily moved in an appropriate movement pattern.

In the vehicle, it is preferable that the interlocking control unit controls the moving position of the specific seat and the moving position of the partition wall in a manner interlocking with the opening / closing operation of the side door.

According to the above configuration, the partition wall is opened and the specific seat is moved forward according to the opening operation of the side door, or the partition wall is closed and the specific seat is moved forward according to the closing operation of the side door. It is possible to appropriately switch the arrangement mode of the specific seat according to the opening and closing of the side door.

In the vehicle, when the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat, the interlocking control unit opens the side door, opens the partition wall, and moves the specific seat forward. Is preferably controlled in a manner in which they are interlocked with each other.

According to the above configuration, when switching the arrangement mode of the specific seats to the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, the side doors, the partition wall, and the specific seats can be easily moved to a position suitable for getting on and off the occupant in an appropriate movement pattern. it can.

In the vehicle, the plurality of rear seats are preferably face-to-face four-seat seats in which both the front row and the rear row are two seats.
According to the above configuration, in a vehicle in which four facing seats are adopted as the rear seats, it is possible to achieve both high getting on and off and comfort of the rear seats.

According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve both high boarding / alighting comfort and comfort for the rear seats.

The schematic diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle interior at the time of the traveling arrangement mode of the vehicle of one Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the electric circuit structure of the vehicle. The schematic diagram which shows the structure of the passenger compartment in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode of the vehicle. The flowchart which shows the execution procedure of a motor control process.

Hereinafter, the vehicle of one embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, a driver's seat 12 is arranged in the front portion on the right side of the vehicle in the passenger compartment 11. In the vehicle of the present embodiment, only the driver's seat 12 is provided as the front seat, and the passenger seat is not provided.

A plurality of rear seats 13 arranged in two rows at intervals in the front-rear direction of the vehicle are arranged behind the driver's seat 12 in the vehicle interior 11. These rear seats 13 are four facing seats including two front row seats seated toward the rear of the vehicle and two rear row seats seated toward the front of the vehicle.

A side door 14 is provided on the left side of the vehicle. In the vehicle of the present embodiment, by opening the side door 14, the occupant can get on and off the rear seat 13 through the opening / closing portion S thereof.

In the present embodiment, the side door 14 side of the two front row seats in the rear seat 13, that is, the seat on the left side of the vehicle corresponds to the specific seat 15. The specific seat 15 is arranged at a position where it overlaps with the opening / closing portion S by the side door 14 in the vehicle width direction, specifically, at the traveling position PD shown in FIG. The specific seat 15 has a structure capable of sliding in the front-rear direction of the vehicle through guidance by a rail 16 provided on the floor of the vehicle interior 11. Specifically, it is possible to move the specific seat 15 to the traveling position PD that overlaps the opening / closing portion S of the side door 14 in the vehicle width direction and the boarding / alighting position PS that does not overlap the opening / closing portion S of the side door 14. ..

A partition wall 17 is provided in the passenger compartment 11 to partition the driver's seat 12 and the rear seat 13. The partition wall 17 has a fixed wall 18 fixed in the passenger compartment 11 and a moving wall 19 provided so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the moving direction of the specific seat 15, specifically, in the vehicle width direction. .. Both the fixed wall 18 and the moving wall 19 have a shape extending in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle vertical direction. The fixed wall 18 is arranged so as to partition between the driver's seat 12 and the rear seat 13 in a portion of the passenger compartment 11 on the driver's seat 12 side, specifically, in approximately half of the right side of the vehicle in the passenger compartment 11. The moving wall 19 separates the entire space between the driver's seat 12 and the rear seat 13 in the passenger compartment 11 together with the accommodation position PA accommodated inside the fixed wall 18 and the fixed wall 18 by escaping from the fixed wall 18. The position, in detail, can be moved to the partition position PP shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the moving wall 19 of the partition wall 17 has a structure capable of opening and closing a portion corresponding to the moving path of the specific seat 15, specifically, substantially half of the left side of the vehicle in the passenger compartment 11.

A boarding / alighting switch 21 is provided in the vicinity of the driver's seat 12 in the passenger compartment 11. The boarding / alighting switch 21 is operated when a occupant gets on and off the rear seat 13 when the vehicle is stopped, or when the occupant gets on and off the rear seat 13 is completed. Further, the side door 14 is provided with an open / close switch 22. The open / close switch 22 is operated when the side door 14 is opened or closed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a motor 24 is driven and connected to the side door 14. The side door 14 is opened and closed by controlling the operation of the motor 24. Further, a motor 25 is driven and connected to the specific seat 15. The specific seat 15 slides in the front-rear direction through the operation control of the motor 25. A motor 27 is driven and connected to the partition wall 17. The partition wall 17, specifically the moving wall 19, is driven to open and close through the operation control of the motor 27.

The vehicle of this embodiment has, for example, an electronic control device 20 mainly composed of a microcomputer. The drive circuits of the motors 24, 25, and 27 are connected to the electronic control device 20, and the output signals of various switches 21 and 22 are taken in. The electronic control device 20 performs various calculations based on the output signals of the various switches 21 and 22, and executes operation control of the motors 24, 25, and 27 based on the calculation results. In the present embodiment, the electronic control device 20 corresponds to the interlocking control unit.

Hereinafter, an execution mode of operation control (motor control) of each of the motors 24, 25, and 27 will be described together with their actions.
The motor control is executed so that the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15 is set to either a "boarding / alighting arrangement mode" suitable for getting on and off the occupant and a "traveling arrangement mode" suitable for traveling of the vehicle. In the vehicle of the present embodiment, either the boarding / alighting arrangement mode or the traveling arrangement mode can be selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is established through motor control, the side door 14 is in the open position as shown by the arrow A1 in the figure, and the partition wall 17 is the above-mentioned specific seat as shown by the arrow A2. The accommodation position PA in which the movement path of the 15 is opened is set, and the specific seat 15 is the boarding / alighting position PS that has entered the position on the front side of the vehicle from the partition wall 17 as shown by the arrow A3.

In the present embodiment, based on the results of various experiments and simulations by the inventor, the above-mentioned side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the specific seat 15 that enable the movement to be completed early within the movement speed range that does not cause discomfort to the occupant. The movement pattern of the partition wall 17, specifically, the movement timing and the movement speed are required in advance. Further, the control patterns of the motors 24, 25, and 27 capable of moving the side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 according to this movement pattern are obtained in advance and stored in the electronic control device 20. ing. Then, when the specific seat 15 is placed in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, the electronic control device 20 executes motor control based on the control pattern.

By setting the specific seat 15 in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode in this way, the partition wall 17 is moved to the accommodation position PA that does not interfere with the movement of the specific seat 15 in accordance with the opening operation of the side door 14, and the specific seat 15 is moved. Can be retracted to the front of the vehicle from the vicinity of the opening / closing portion S by the side door 14 so as to widen the distance from the seat behind the seat. As a result, it is possible to secure the flow lines of the occupants in the passenger compartment 11, and more specifically, the flow lines indicated by the white arrows in FIG. 3, so that it is possible to obtain high boarding / alighting performance with respect to the rear seat 13.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, the opening operation of the side door 14, the opening operation of the partition wall 17, and the forward movement of the specific seat 15 are interlocked with each other. It is controlled in such a manner. Therefore, at this time, the side door 14, the partition wall 17, and the specific seat 15 can be easily moved to a position suitable for getting on and off the occupant in an appropriate movement pattern.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, when the traveling arrangement mode is adopted through motor control, the side door 14 is in the closed position where the opening / closing portion S is closed, and the partition wall 17 is the partition position in which the movement path of the specific seat 15 is blocked. It becomes PP, and the specific seat 15 becomes the traveling position PD located on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall 17.

In the present embodiment, based on the results of various experiments and simulations by the inventor, the movement is completed at an early stage within a movement speed range that does not cause discomfort to the occupants when the specific seat 15 is set to the traveling arrangement mode. The movement pattern of the side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 is required in advance. Further, the control patterns of the motors 24, 25, and 27 capable of moving the side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 according to this movement pattern are obtained in advance and stored in the electronic control device 20. ing. Then, when the specific seat 15 is set to the traveling arrangement mode, the electronic control device 20 executes the motor control based on the control pattern.

By setting the specific seat 15 in the traveling arrangement mode in this way, the specific seat 15 can be returned to the traveling position PD before being retracted to the front of the vehicle. As a result, as described above, it is not necessary to make the specific seat a foldable structure or a small and simple structure in order to secure the flow line of the occupants. Therefore, the same quality as the other seats is adopted as the specific seat 15. can do. Therefore, it is possible to obtain high comfort for the specific seat 15, and thus the rear seat 13.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the traveling arrangement mode is selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, the closing operation of the side door 14, the closing operation of the partition wall 17, and the rearward movement of the specific seat 15 are interlocked with each other. It is controlled by the mode. Therefore, at this time, the side door 14, the partition wall 17, and the specific seat 15 can be easily moved to a position suitable for traveling of the vehicle in an appropriate movement pattern.

Hereinafter, a specific execution procedure of the processing related to the motor control will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 shows an execution procedure of processing related to motor control. The series of processes shown in the flowchart of the figure is executed by the electronic control device 20 as interrupt processing for each predetermined cycle.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this process, when it is determined that the various switches 21 and 22 have been operated in order to arrange the specific seat 15 in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode (step S11: YES), the motors 24, 25, 27 are used. Operation control is executed. Specifically, the operation of the motor 24 is controlled so as to open the side door 14 from the closed position to the open position (step S12), and the motor 27 opens the partition wall 17 from the partition position PP to the accommodation position PA. The operation is controlled (step S13). Further, the operation of the motor 25 is controlled so as to move the specific seat 15 from the traveling position PD to the boarding / alighting position PS in front of the vehicle (step S14).

In the process of step S11, when either the boarding / alighting switch 21 or the open / close switch 22 is operated when the specific seat 15 is in the traveling arrangement mode, various switches 21 are set to make the specific seat 15 into the boarding / alighting arrangement mode. It is determined that 22 has been operated. Further, the operation control of the motors 24, 25, 27 in the series of processes of steps S12 to S14 is executed according to the control pattern stored in advance in the electronic control device 20.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the various switches 21 and 22 have been operated in order to arrange the specific seat 15 in the traveling arrangement mode (step S11: NO and step S15: YES), the operation control of the motors 24, 25, 27 is performed. Is executed. Specifically, the operation of the motor 24 is controlled so as to close the side door 14 from the open position to the closed position (step S16), and the specific seat 15 is moved to the rear of the vehicle from the boarding / alighting position PS to the traveling position PD. The operation of the motor 25 is controlled (step S17). Further, the operation of the motor 27 is controlled so as to close the partition wall 17 from the accommodation position PA to the partition position PP (step S18).

In the process of step S15, when either the boarding / alighting switch 21 or the open / close switch 22 is operated when the specific seat 15 is in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, various switches 21 It is determined that 22 has been operated. Further, the operation control of the motors 24, 25, 27 in the series of processes of steps S16 to S18 is executed according to the control pattern stored in advance in the electronic control device 20.

On the other hand, there is neither a situation in which the various switches 21 and 22 are operated so as to make the specific seat 15 into the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, and a situation in which the various switches 21 and 22 are operated so as to make the specific seat 15 into the traveling arrangement mode. (Step S11: NO and step S15: NO), this process is terminated without executing the operation control of the motors 24, 25, and 27.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the effects described below can be obtained.
(1) As an arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, the partition wall 17 is in a state where the movement path of the specific seat 15 is opened, and the specific seat 15 is in a state where the specific seat 15 is in a position on the front side of the vehicle from the partition wall 17. The mode can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to obtain high boarding / alighting ability for the rear seat 13. Further, as the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, a traveling arrangement mode in which the partition wall 17 blocks the movement path of the specific seat 15 and the specific seat 15 is located behind the partition wall 17 is selected. Made possible. Therefore, high comfort for the rear seat 13 can be obtained.

(2) The moving position of the specific seat 15 and the moving position of the partition wall 17 are controlled in such a manner that the specific seat 15 and the partition wall 17 are interlocked with each other. Therefore, when the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected, the partition wall 17 is opened and the specific seat 15 is moved forward, and when the traveling arrangement mode is selected, the partition wall 17 is closed and the specific seat 15 is moved to the rear. Can be controlled in a state in which the specific seat 15 and the partition wall 17 are interlocked with each other. Therefore, when switching the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, the specific seat 15 and the partition wall 17 can be easily moved in an appropriate movement pattern.

(3) The moving position of the specific seat 15 and the moving position of the partition wall 17 are controlled in a manner linked to the opening / closing operation of the side door 14. Therefore, the partition wall 17 is opened and the specific seat 15 is moved forward according to the opening operation of the side door 14, or the partition wall 17 is closed and the specific seat 15 is moved forward according to the closing operation of the side door 14. The arrangement mode of the specific seat 15 can be appropriately switched according to the opening and closing of the side door 14.

(4) When the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15, the opening operation of the side door 14, the opening operation of the partition wall 17, and the forward movement of the specific seat 15 are controlled in a manner linked to each other. I did it. Therefore, when switching the arrangement mode of the specific seat 15 to the boarding / alighting arrangement mode, the side door 14, the partition wall 17, and the specific seat 15 can be easily moved to a position suitable for getting on and off the occupant in an appropriate movement pattern. it can.

(5) In a vehicle in which four facing seats are adopted as the rear seats 13, it is possible to achieve both high getting on and off and comfort of the rear seats 13.
The above embodiment can be modified and implemented as follows. The above embodiment and the following modified examples can be implemented in combination with each other within a technically consistent range.

-The interlocking of the side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 is not limited to being realized through the operation control of the motors 24, 25, and 27 that are driven and connected to them, and a link mechanism and a gear mechanism that connect them are provided. It may be realized by providing it.

-The opening / closing operation of the side door 14 may be controlled in a manner that does not interlock with the opening / closing operation of the partition wall 17 or the movement of the specific seat 15. For example, the open / close switch 22 can be used as an operation switch dedicated to the side door 14, and the operation control of the motor 24 for the side door 14 can be executed based on the operation of the open / close switch 22. At the same time, the boarding / alighting switch 21 is used as an operation switch dedicated to the specific seat 15 and the partition wall 17, and the operation control of the motor 25 for the specific seat 15 and the motor for the partition wall 17 are performed based on the operation of the boarding / alighting switch 21. The operation control of 27 can be executed.

-The operation control of the motor 24 is executed based on the operation of the operation switch dedicated to the side door 14, and the operation control of the motor 25 is executed based on the operation of the operation switch dedicated to the specific seat 15. The partition wall 17 The operation control of the motor 27 may be executed based on the operation of the dedicated operation switch. As a result, the side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 can all be made non-interlocked and can be moved at an arbitrary timing. According to such a configuration, the side door 14 is opened at an arbitrary timing after the specific seat 15 is placed in the boarding / alighting arrangement mode when the vehicle is stopped, or the specific seat 15 is partitioned while being in the traveling position PD while the vehicle is running. The vehicle interior 11 can be configured with a high degree of freedom, such as opening the wall 17.

-The side door 14, the specific seat 15, and the partition wall 17 are not limited to the electric type, but may be a manual type.
-When the occupant is seated in the specific seat 15, the movement speed of the specific seat 15 is slowed down compared to when it is not, or the movement of the specific seat 15 is prohibited. You may try to limit it. According to such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the discomfort given to the occupant due to the movement of the specific seat 15 while the occupant is seated.

-The vehicle according to the above embodiment is also applied to a vehicle in which front seats, which are seats arranged on the front side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall 17, are composed of a plurality of seats arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. can do.

-The vehicle according to the above embodiment can also be applied to a vehicle in which all the seats constituting the rear seat are seated facing forward.
-The vehicle according to the above embodiment is also applicable to a vehicle having a plurality of rear seats arranged in three or more rows at intervals in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. In the same configuration, the specific seat is a seat arranged in the front row among the plurality of rear seats, and is a seat arranged at a position overlapping with the opening / closing portion by the side door in the vehicle width direction.

11 ... passenger compartment, 12 ... driver's seat, 13 ... rear seat, 14 ... side door, 15 ... specific seat, 16 ... rail, 17 ... partition wall, 18 ... fixed wall, 19 ... moving wall, 20 ... electronic control device, 21 ... boarding / alighting switch, 22 ... open / close switch, 24, 25, 27 ... motor.

Claims (5)

Between the front seats including the driver's seat, a plurality of rear seats arranged behind the front seats at intervals in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the front seats and the plurality of rear seats in the passenger compartment. In a vehicle with a partition wall,
The specific seats arranged in the front row of the plurality of rear seats and arranged at positions overlapping with the opening / closing portion by the side door in the vehicle width direction can be slid and moved in the vehicle front-rear direction. It has a structure and
The partition wall has a structure capable of opening and closing the movement path of the specific seat in the passenger compartment.
The vehicle has, as the arrangement mode of the specific seats, a boarding / alighting arrangement mode in which the partition wall opens the movement path and the specific seat enters a position on the front side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall. It is characterized in that it has a structure capable of selecting a traveling arrangement mode in which the partition wall is in a state of blocking the movement path and the specific seat is in a state of being located on the rear side of the vehicle with respect to the partition wall. Vehicle. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an interlocking control unit that controls a moving position of the specific seat and a moving position of the partition wall in a manner in which the specific seat and the partition wall are interlocked. The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the interlocking control unit controls the moving position of the specific seat and the moving position of the partition wall in a manner interlocking with the opening / closing operation of the side door. When the boarding / alighting arrangement mode is selected as the arrangement mode of the specific seat, the interlocking control unit interlocks the opening operation of the side door, the opening operation of the partition wall, and the forward movement of the specific seat with each other. The vehicle according to claim 3, which is controlled by an embodiment. The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plurality of rear seats are face-to-face four-seat seats in which both the front row and the rear row are two seats.