JP2022165309A - Stay - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a stay for supporting a supported article disposed in front of a driver seat, which can be fitted to an A pillar with high rigidity without interfering with a fixed article, for example, even when the fixed article is provided on the side surface of the in-vehicle side of the A pillar.SOLUTION: This stay comprises: an attachment 2 fitted to an A pillar 104; and a support 3 extending from the attachment 2 to support a supported article 103. The attachment 2 has first and second fixed parts 21 and 22 fixed to the side surface of the in-vehicle side of the A pillar 104 and spaced apart from each other, and a connection 23 for connecting the first and second fixed parts 21 and 22. The connection 23 has a bent shape projected in a direction away from a driver seat 102 with respect to a virtual straight line L connecting the first and second fixed parts 21 and 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a stay provided, for example, in the driver's cab of a mounted vehicle.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, stays are known that are used to support a support by means of an A-pillar in a cab of a vehicle.
For example, in Patent Document 1, a second fixing portion is provided integrally with an assist grip attached to an A-pillar, extends downward from the lower end of the assist grip, and supports a monitor that is a support. (equivalent to a stay) is disclosed.
On the other hand, in a mounted vehicle equipped with a device for a specific use or purpose, an operation box that enables the device to be operated in the driver's cabin may be arranged in front of the driver's seat.
When such an operation box is supported by the A pillar as a support, the external force applied to the support by the operator's operation is large, and the second fixing part fixed only to the lower end of the assist grip as described above causes the With such a stay, there is a possibility that sufficient rigidity cannot be ensured.
Therefore, for the purpose of supporting the A-pillar while ensuring sufficient rigidity even for a support to which such a relatively large external force is applied, for example, a An extending mounting portion and a support portion extending from the mounting portion for supporting a support, the mounting portion having two fixed portions spaced apart from each other, and through the two fixed portions It is conceivable to use a stay fixed to the A-pillar.

JP 2020-37334 A

By the way, in recent years, safety devices for monitoring erroneous operations by the driver have progressed dramatically. There may be
In such a case, with the above-described stay having two fixed portions, the fixed object and the mounting portion may interfere with each other, making it difficult to fix the mounting portion to the A-pillar.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the current situation described above, and is a stay that supports a support placed in front of the driver's seat, for example, it is fixed to the side surface of the A-pillar on the inner side of the vehicle. To provide a stay which can be attached to an A-pillar with high rigidity without interfering with a fixed object even when the object is provided.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above, and the means for solving the problems will now be described.

That is, the stay according to the present invention is a stay that supports a support placed in front of the driver's seat, and includes a mounting portion attached to the A-pillar and a support extending from the mounting portion and supporting the support. The mounting portion includes a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion that are fixed to the side surface of the A-pillar on the inner side of the vehicle and are spaced apart from each other; and the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. a connecting portion connecting the fixed portions, the connecting portion having a curved shape projecting in a direction away from the driver's seat with respect to an imaginary straight line connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion; characterized by becoming

With such a configuration, even if a fixed object is provided between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion on the side surface of the A-pillar on the vehicle inner side, the fixed object is bypassed. Therefore, the stay can be attached to the A-pillar via the attachment portion without interfering with the fixed object.

Further, in the stay according to the present invention, the A pillar is provided with an assist grip, and the mounting portion is configured such that the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are tightened together with the assist grip, thereby providing the A pillar with an assist grip. It is preferably fixed to the pillar.

By having such a configuration, the stay according to the present invention is firmly fixed to the A-pillar together with the assist grip via the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, so that there may be slight changes due to the driving of the vehicle. It is possible to prevent the mounting portion attached to the A-pillar from rattling due to vibration.
In addition, by being fastened together with the assist grip, there is no need to separately provide a member for attaching the stay to the A-pillar, and an increase in the number of parts constituting the stay can be prevented.

Further, in the stay according to the present invention, the convex end of the connecting portion of the mounting portion may be located on the driver's seat side with respect to the side edge portion of the A-pillar on the side opposite to the driver's seat side. is preferred.

With such a configuration, the convex end of the connecting portion does not protrude on the side of the A-pillar opposite to the driver's seat side, that is, on the windshield side. For, it does not interfere with the front view.

Further, in the stay according to the present invention, the second fixing portion is positioned below the first fixing portion, and the mounting portion extends downward from the second fixing portion along the imaginary straight line. It is preferable that the support portion has a suspension portion that extends toward the support from the extended end portion of the suspension portion.

With such a configuration, the support portion is positioned near the dashboard, so that the front view of the driver seated in the driver's seat is not greatly obstructed.

As effects of the present invention, the following effects are obtained.
That is, according to the stay according to the present invention, for example, even if a fixed object is provided on the side surface of the A pillar on the inner side of the vehicle, the A pillar does not interfere with the fixed object and maintains high rigidity. can be attached to

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the figure which showed the whole structure of the stay which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is the side view, (b) is the rear view. It is the figure which showed the inside of the cab of the vehicle provided with the stay in FIG. 1, Comprising: (a) is the side view, (b) is the front view. FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view showing the vicinity of the mounting portion of the stay in the cab of the vehicle having the stay in FIG. 1 ; FIG. 2 is an enlarged rear view showing the vicinity of the mounting portion of the stay in the cab of the vehicle having the stay shown in FIG. 1 ;

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.
1 to 4, the forward direction of the vehicle 100 is defined as the front for the sake of convenience in the following description. and the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the stay 1 in this embodiment is for supporting a support 103 arranged in front of the driver's seat 102 in the driver's cab 101 of the vehicle 100 from the A pillar 104. is.

Here, the vehicle 100 in the present embodiment is a mounted vehicle mounted with a device according to a specific application or purpose, such as a garbage truck. An operation box or the like that enables the device to be operated in the operator's cab 101 can be used.
In the vehicle 100, an assist grip 106 is attached to the side surface of the A pillar 104 on the vehicle inner side (driver's cab 101 side) so as to protrude toward the driver's seat 102 side (rear side in this embodiment). In addition, for example, a fixed object 105 such as a warning light that urges the driver to avoid an erroneous operation is placed at a position avoiding the assist grip 106 (more specifically, a position between a pair of connecting portions 106b and 106b described later). ).

Although details will be described later, the stay 1 has high rigidity without interfering with the fixed object 105 even when the fixed object 105 is provided on the side surface of the A-pillar 104 on the vehicle inner side. It is configured so that it can be attached to the A-pillar 104 in a folded state.

It should be noted that the vehicle 100 is not limited to a garbage truck, and may be any mounted vehicle equipped with devices according to specific uses and purposes.
That is, a garbage truck is a mounted vehicle equipped with a device for loading and transporting garbage. It may be a tank lorry or the like mounted with a container to carry the load, or it may be a so-called special-purpose vehicle equipped with equipment for a special purpose, such as an emergency vehicle.

The vehicle 100 may be a van or a flat body type truck generally used as a vehicle for loading cargo, which has a wide variety of uses and purposes, but is equipped with a device (cargo bed) according to the use and purpose. , a flat-bed semi-trailer, etc., which have a device (towed vehicle) according to the application and purpose.

Furthermore, the support 103 is not limited to the operation box as described above. good.

The stay 1 mainly includes an attachment portion 2 attached to an A-pillar 104 of the vehicle 100 and a support portion 3 extending from the attachment portion 2 and supporting a support 103 .
Here, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the support portion 3 is made of a rectangular plate-shaped member extending to one side, and is the lower end portion of the attachment portion 2 (more specifically, the suspension portion 24 described later). , it is arranged so that the plane faces substantially in the vertical direction and the extending direction is the direction toward the center of the cab 101 (the left direction in this embodiment).

After the support 103 is placed on the upper surface of the support portion 3, it is fixed to the support portion 3 by a commercially available fastening member or the like.
As a result, the support 103 is supported by the vehicle-interior side surface of the A-pillar 104 via the stay 1 .

As shown in FIG. 1( a ), the mounting portion 2 includes a first fixing portion 21 , a second fixing portion 22 spaced below the first fixing portion 21 , and these first fixing portions 21 and the second fixing portion 22 , and a suspension portion 24 extending downward from the second fixing portion 22 .

The first fixing portion 21 has a first through hole 21a and a first spacer 21b.
The first through hole 21a is provided in the upper end portion of the connection portion 23, and is perpendicular to the separation direction (vertical direction in this embodiment) of the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22. left-right direction) as an axial direction.
Further, the first spacer 21b is made of a tubular member, and as shown in FIG. (In the present embodiment, it is provided on the right side).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1(a), the second fixing portion 22 has a second through hole 22a and a second spacer 22b.
The second through-hole 22a is provided at the lower end of the connecting portion 23, and is perpendicular to the separation direction (vertical direction) of the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22, similarly to the first through-hole 21a. left-right direction) as an axial direction.
Similarly to the first spacer 21b, the second spacer 22b is also made of a tubular member, and as shown in FIG. It is provided so as to be located on one side (right side) in the axial direction with respect to.

A pair of regulating grooves 104a, 104a are provided on the side surface of the A pillar 104 on the vehicle interior side, and the mounting portion 2 is provided with a first spacer in the pair of regulating grooves 104a, 104a. After inserting 21b and second spacer 22b respectively, it is fixed to A-pillar 104 by a commercially available fastening member or the like via first through-hole 21a and second through-hole 22a.
That is, the mounting portion 2 is firmly fixed to the side surface of the A-pillar 104 on the inner side of the vehicle by the two fixing portions consisting of the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 .

As shown in FIG. 1A, for example, the connecting portion 23 is made of a belt-like flat plate member, and the flat portion is oriented in the axial direction (horizontal direction) of the first through hole 21a (or the second through hole 22a). is placed in
Further, as described above, the first through hole 21a and the second through hole 22a are provided in the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the connecting portion 23, respectively.

The connecting portion 23 is connected to the first fixing portion 21 (more specifically, the axis G1 of the first through hole 21a) and the second fixing portion 22 (more specifically, the axis of the second through hole 22a). G2) is curved in a substantially trapezoidal shape so as to protrude in a direction away from the driver's seat 102 (see FIG. 2A) (forward in this embodiment). Consists of shape.

Note that the shape of the connection portion 23 may be any shape as long as it projects in the direction (forward) away from the driver's seat 102 with respect to the virtual straight line L. It may have a shape such as a shape or an arc shape.

Here, in a state where the mounting portion 2 is attached to the A-pillar 104, the front end portion 23a, which is the convex end portion of the connecting portion 23, is the side edge of the A-pillar 104 opposite to the driver's seat 102 side ( In this embodiment, it is positioned on the driver's seat side (rear side in this embodiment) with respect to the front edge portion 104b).

Therefore, the front end portion 23a of the connection portion 23 protrudes forward of the A-pillar 104 and exists on the windshield 107 (see FIG. 4) side, so that the driver seated in the driver's seat 102 can see forward. no hindrance.

By the way, as described above, the assist grip 106 is provided on the side surface of the A-pillar 104 on the inner side of the vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 3, the assist grip 106 has a substantially "coil-like shape" consisting of a gripping portion 106a extending substantially in the vertical direction and a pair of connecting portions 106b and 106b extending substantially forward from both ends of the gripping portion 106a. ” is configured in the shape of a letter.

The assist grip 106 is attached to the A pillar 104 with the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 of the mounting portion 2 sandwiched between the extending ends of the pair of connecting portions 106b and 106b. installed.
That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the mounting portion 2 is configured such that the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 are fastened together with the extended ends of the pair of connecting portions 106b and 106b of the assist grip 106. , is fixed to the A-pillar 104 .

By having such a configuration, the stay 1 is firmly fixed to the A-pillar 104 together with the assist grip 106 via the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 of the mounting portion 2. It is possible to prevent the attachment portion 2 attached to the A-pillar 104 from rattling due to slight vibrations caused by driving the vehicle 100 (see FIG. 2(a)).
Further, since it is tightened together with the assist grip 106, there is no need to separately provide a member for attaching the stay 1 to the A-pillar 104, and an increase in the number of parts constituting the stay 1 can be prevented.

As described above, the suspending portion 24 is provided to extend downward from the second fixing portion 22. For example, as shown in FIG. It is formed by extending downward along the imaginary straight line L.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1(b), a fitting hole portion 24a penetrating in the thickness direction (horizontal direction in this embodiment) is provided at the lower end portion of the suspension portion 24, and the support portion 3 is fixed to the suspending portion 24 by welding or the like with one extending end portion (the right end portion in this embodiment) being inserted into the fitting hole portion 24a.
Thus, the support portion 3 is arranged to extend in the direction toward the support 103, that is, in the left direction toward the center of the cab 101 from the lower end portion, which is the extended end portion of the suspension portion 24. , is firmly fixed to the suspension 24 .

With such a configuration, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the support portion 3 is positioned near the upper side of the dashboard 108 in the driver's cab 101, and the driver seated in the driver's seat 102 can see the forward direction. It doesn't block your vision too much.

As described above, the stay 1 in this embodiment is a stay that supports the support 103 arranged in front of the driver's seat 102, and includes the attachment portion 2 attached to the A-pillar 104 and the attachment portion 2 extending from the attachment portion 2. , and a support 3 for supporting the support 103 .
In addition, the mounting portion 2 includes a first fixing portion 21 and a second fixing portion 22 which are fixed to the vehicle-interior side surface of the A-pillar 104 and arranged apart from each other, and the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion. 22, and a connecting portion 23 for connecting .
The connection portion 23 is characterized by having a curved shape projecting in a direction away from the driver's seat 102 with respect to the imaginary straight line L connecting the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 .

With such a configuration, for example, as shown in FIG. Also, by arranging the first fixing portion 21 and the second fixing portion 22 on both upper and lower sides of the fixed object 105, the connecting portion 23 can be arranged so as to bypass the fixed object 105 to the front side. , the stay 1 can be attached to the A-pillar 104 via the attachment portion 2 without interfering with the fixed object 105 .

Therefore, according to the stay 1 of the present embodiment, even if the fixed object 105 is provided on the side surface of the A-pillar 104 on the inside of the vehicle, the first fixing portion can be fixed without interfering with the fixed object 105. It can be attached to the A-pillar 104 with high rigidity through two fixing portions consisting of 21 and the second fixing portion 22 .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the embodiments are merely examples, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the description of the claims, and includes equivalent meanings and all changes within the scope of the claims.

Reference Signs List 1 stay 2 attachment portion 3 support portion 21 first fixing portion 22 second fixing portion 23 connection portion 23a front end portion (convex end portion) of the connection portion
24 suspension part 102 driver's seat 103 support 104 A pillar 104b front side edge (side edge) of A pillar
106 assist grip L imaginary straight line

Claims (4)

A stay that supports a support placed in front of the driver's seat,
a mounting portion attached to the A pillar;
a support portion extending from the mounting portion and supporting the support;
The mounting portion is
a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion which are fixed to the side surface of the A-pillar on the inner side of the vehicle and are spaced apart from each other;
a connecting portion that connects the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion;
The connecting part is
Consisting of a curved shape projecting in a direction away from the driver's seat with respect to a virtual straight line connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion,
A stay characterized by The A pillar is provided with an assist grip,
The mounting portion is fixed to the A-pillar by fastening the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion together with the assist grip,
The stay according to claim 1, characterized by: at the mounting portion,
The convex end of the connecting portion is located on the driver's seat side with respect to the side edge portion of the A-pillar on the side opposite to the driver's seat side,
The stay according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by: The second fixing portion is positioned below the first fixing portion,
the mounting portion has a suspension portion extending downward along the imaginary straight line from the second fixing portion;
The support portion extends from the extended end portion of the suspension portion toward the support.
The stay according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by:

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