JP2534052Y2 - Car change lever - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field to which the Invention Belongs] The present invention relates to a change lever of an automobile, particularly to a change lever of a bendable automobile.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this kind of bendable change lever,
As shown in FIG. 5, a pin 23 is press-fitted into through holes formed at the upper end of the change arm 21 and the lower end of the change lever 22, respectively, and both ends are swaged by caulking both ends. There is an arrangement in which a fixing piece 24 for fixing the change arm 21 and the change lever 22 is provided, and the change lever 22 can be turned upside down by attaching and detaching the fixing piece 24 (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 49-58019). No.).

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the case of the conventional example as described above, it is necessary to pull out the fixing piece 24 each time the change lever 22 is tilted, and when the change lever 22 is returned to the upright state, the change lever 22 is raised. Thereafter, it is necessary to insert the fixing piece 24 for positioning, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome, and the position is not determined when the change lever 22 is tilted, and there is a wobble.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention has been made in order to solve the conventional problems as described above. The operation of raising and lowering the change lever is easy, and there is no wobble when the change lever is tilted. The gist of the invention is that the upper end of the upright arm and the lower end of the retractable lever are connected to each other at both ends of the opening through a cylindrical locking body attached to the upper end of the upright arm. Are resiliently urged inwardly from each other, and are rotatably connected by a U-shaped hinge having a pair of pins protruding coaxially from the inner surfaces of both side walls. At the time of raising, the tip of the movable shaft urged downward by the coil spring into the tiltable lever is inserted into a cylindrical locking hole formed on the upper end surface of the upright arm,
In addition, there is provided a change lever for a motor vehicle, wherein the tip of the movable shaft is fitted into a locking recess formed in a side wall of the locking body when the tilting lever is lowered.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a change lever, and an upright arm 2 and a U-shaped hinge 3 at the upper end of the upright arm 2. And a tiltable lever 4 which is connected so as to be able to move up and down. A short cylindrical locking body 5 is mounted on the outer side of the upper end of the upright arm 2. The locking body 5 has an arcuate surface having a left side wall projecting outward in FIG. 7, the arc surface 7
Is formed at the center thereof. Further, a cylindrical locking hole 9 having a predetermined depth is formed on the upper end surface of the upright arm 2, and a pin hole reaching the cylindrical locking hole 9 is formed at the upper end of the upright arm 2. Pin holes are formed at positions corresponding to the pin holes formed at the upper end of the upright arm 2 on the front and rear side walls 6, 6 of the locking body 5 mounted on the upper end of the upright arm 2 respectively.

On the other hand, the tiltable lever 4 has a cylindrical shape,
At the lower end of the side wall 10 fitted on the outside of the locking body 5, two pin holes having the same diameter as the above-mentioned pin hole are formed in the diameter direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the hinge 3 connecting the upper end of the upright arm 2 and the lower end of the tiltable lever 4 has side walls 11, 11 that abut against the outer side surface of the side wall 10 of the tiltable lever 4. 11 and a connecting portion 12 that connects one end of each of the side wall portions 11 and 11 and applies an inward elastic force to the both side wall portions 11 and 11 respectively.
And a pair of pivot pins 13, 13 fixed coaxially to each other on the inner surfaces of both side walls 11, 11, which are integrally formed of resin. However, without forming the entire hinge 3 with resin,
The connecting portion 12 may be a plate spring and the pivot pin 13 may be made of metal, and the two may be joined by welding, caulking, or the like.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a convex portion which swells flatly from the inner surfaces of both side walls 11 and 11 of the hinge 3, and the convex portion 14 serves as an outer surface of the side wall 10 of the tiltable lever 4 when the tiltable lever 4 falls down. To prevent the hinge 3 from rotating carelessly. Reference numeral 15 denotes a movable shaft disposed in the tiltable lever 4, and a distal end portion 15 a thereof is inserted into the cylindrical locking hole 9.
A coil spring 17 is interposed between a stopper 16 fixed below the movable shaft 15 and a top surface of the tiltable lever 4 to urge the movable shaft 15 downward. , Tiltable lever 4
A handle 18 is attached to the upper end of the movable shaft 15 projecting from the upper part of the handle. Reference numeral 19 denotes a horizontal column for fixing the lower end of the upright arm 2, and the end is fixed to the center of the movable plate 20. A support shaft 21 protrudes from the base of the movable plate 20 at the side thereof, and the support shaft 21 is rotatably inserted into a cylindrical portion 23 fixed to the vehicle body 22. The movable plate 20 is wound around the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 23, and one end is
While being fixed to 22, the other end is urged counterclockwise by a spring 24 locked to the movable plate 20.
Therefore, the upright arm 2 and the tiltable lever 4 are movable in the front-rear direction in FIG.

Then, the pin holes of the upright arm 2, the locking body 5 and the reversible lever 4 are made to correspond to each other, and the side walls 11, 11 of the hinge 3 are pushed out to make the pivot pins 13 correspond to the pin holes. When the pushing force of the walls 11, 11 is released, the pivot pins 13, 13 are inserted into the pin holes due to the restoring force of the connecting portion 12, and the two side walls 11, 11 are tiltable by the restoring force. Since the lever 4 is pressed against the outer surface of the side wall 10, the lever 4 does not accidentally come off. Thus, the upright arm 2 and the tiltable lever 4 are rotatably connected.

Therefore, at normal times, as shown in FIG.
Since the front end 15a of each of them is fitted in the cylindrical locking hole 9 formed in the upright arm 2, the two are integrated into the change lever 1, so that the change lever 1 is movable in the front-rear direction in FIG. By doing so, a change operation can be performed. When the tiltable lever 4 is tilted from the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the movable shaft 15 is pulled upward by the handle 18 against the elastic force of the coil spring 17 as shown in FIG. After the distal end 15a of the movable shaft 15 is detached from the cylindrical locking hole 9 of the upright arm 2, when the handle 18 is pushed leftward in FIG. 3, the tiltable lever 4 is pivoted on the pivot pins 13, 13. The tip 15a of the movable shaft 15 slides on the arcuate surface 7 of the locking body 5 when it falls down in the direction of the arrow. When the retractable lever 4 is in the horizontal state, the movable shaft 15 is moved by the restoring force of the coil spring 17.
Is fitted into the locking recess 8 of the locking body 5 and temporarily fixed.

In order to erect the tiltable lever 4 from this state shown in FIG. 3, when the tiltable lever 4 is pulled upward with a slightly strong force by the grip portion 18, the tip end 15a of the movable shaft 15
Is detached from the locking recess 8 against the elastic force of. Then, when the tiltable lever 4 is rotated in the clockwise arrow direction in FIG. 2 and the tiltable lever 4 is perpendicular to the upright arm 2, the distal end 15 a of the movable shaft 15 is moved by the restoring force of the coil spring 17. The vertical position is determined by entering the cylindrical locking hole 9 of the upright arm 2, and the tiltable lever 4 is fixed coaxially with the upright arm 2.

[Effect of the invention]

The change lever of the vehicle according to the present invention, as described above, the upper end of the upright arm and the lower end of the retractable lever, via a cylindrical locking body attached to the upper end of the upright arm,
When both side walls of the opening are elastic bodies urged inward from each other and are rotatably connected by a U-shaped hinge having a pair of pins protruding coaxially from the inner surfaces of the side walls. When the tilting lever is raised, the tip of the movable shaft urged downward by a coil spring into the tilting lever is inserted into a cylindrical locking hole formed in the upper end surface of the upright arm. Since the distal end of the movable shaft is fitted into the locking recess formed on the side wall of the locking body, the operation of raising and lowering the change lever is simple, and the operation of the change lever in a state where the change lever is tilted is easy. There are various effects such as no fluctuation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a change lever of a vehicle according to the present invention, in which a part of the change lever is cut off, FIG. 2 is a front view, in which a part of the change lever is cut away, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a connecting part of the change lever, and FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal front view of a conventional change lever. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Change lever 2 ... Upright arm 3 ... Hinge 4 ... Folding lever 5 ... Locking body 6 ... Front and rear side walls 7 ... Arc-shaped surface 8 Locking recess , 9 ... Cylindrical locking hole, 10 ... Side wall, 11 ... Side wall part, 12 ... Connection part, 13 ...
Pivot pin, 15… movable shaft, 15a… tip, 17…
Coil spring, 18 ... handle part.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An upper end of an upright arm and a lower end of a reversible lever are biased inwardly on both side walls of an opening via a cylindrical locking member mounted on an upper end of the upright arm. When the collapsible lever is raised when the collapsible lever is raised, the elastic body is rotatably connected by a U-shaped hinge having a pair of pins protruding coaxially from the inner surfaces of the side walls. The tip of the movable shaft urged downward by a coil spring into a cylindrical locking hole formed in the upper end surface of the upright arm, and when the tiltable lever is lowered, the tip of the movable shaft contacts the side wall of the locking body. A change lever for an automobile, wherein the change lever is configured to be fitted into each of the locking recesses formed in the vehicle.