JP2546178Y2 - Shift lever boots - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an improvement in a shift lever boot provided with an inner boot and an outer boot that cover a portion of a shift lever of a vehicle such as an automobile that protrudes from a floor panel.

[Prior Art] As is well known, a portion of a shift lever protruding from a floor panel is provided with a shift lever that prevents wind blown from the inside of the floor panel, and prevents articles and foreign matters in a vehicle compartment from falling into the floor panel. For reasons such as improving the appearance,
Covered with boots. Regarding such a shift lever boot, the present applicant has proposed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 61-142632 a structure in which the lower end surface of a single boot and the floor panel are brought into close contact with each other to suppress wind blown from the floor panel side.

This proposal is effective, but if this structure is applied to a boot with a double structure, the fitting between the upper end of the outer boot and the shift lever is insufficient, so that the air leaks from this gap and the driver The driver feels discomfort, especially when the shift lever is operated, so that the volume surrounded by the outer boot and the inner boot changes, so that it is inconvenient to make the lower end face of the boot adhere closely.

Further, a boot having a double structure is described in the microfilm of Japanese Utility Model Application No. 60-48815. However, in this known example, a console box whose opening is closed by outer boots is provided on the floor mat, and has a drawback that the console box needs to be attached and detached when attaching and detaching the floor mat.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Accordingly, the present invention provides a shift lever boot that prevents a wind from leaking from a shift lever fitting portion on an upper portion of a boot of a double structure shift lever. It is an object.

According to the present invention, a shift lever is attached to an opening of a floor panel by a bracket from below, and a lever of the shift lever projects from the opening. The flange portion is sandwiched and fixed between the floor panel and the bracket portion, the upper end opening of the inner boot is fitted in the middle of the lever portion, and the outer boot is provided to cover the inner boot, A flange portion of the outer boot is fixed to the floor panel, and an upper end opening of the outer boot is a shift lever boot fitted in contact with a grip portion provided at an upper end of the lever portion. A plurality of ribs protrude from the joint surface with the floor panel to provide a passage for communicating the inside and the outside of the outer boot, An opening edge of the floor mat is mounted in a concave portion of the fold portion adjacent to the flange portion of the boot.

The passage provided on the joint surface of the outer boot may be a groove.

[Effects] In the shift lever boot configured as described above, wind from below the floor panel flows to the outside of the outer boot through a passage formed on the joint surface with the floor panel. The outer boot has an opening edge portion of the floor mat inserted into a concave portion of the fold, and the passage does open to the lower surface of the floor mat, so that the wind does not flow into the room. The space surrounded by the outer boot and the inner boot changes in volume due to the shift operation, but the passage communicates with the outside, so that the wind leakage from the upper part of the outer boot is prevented.

The floor mat can be easily attached and detached simply by inserting the opening edge into the fold of the outer boot.
Also, the shift lever is fixed to the floor panel,
Even if the cab is tilted, the position of the relationship between the lever portion and the boot does not change, and the boot does not become detached or inserted at the time of tilting.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, an opening 1a of a cab floor panel 1 is shown.
(FIG. 3) shows a bracket portion 11 of a shift lever, which is indicated by a reference numeral 10 as a whole from below,
And a lever 12 protruding from the opening 1a.
A grip 13 is fixedly provided at an upper end of the grip. Between the bracket portion 11 and the members 2 and 3, the flange portion 22 of the inner boot 20 is fixedly provided between the insulator 5 contacting the bracket portion 11 and the members 2 and 3.
The upper end opening 21 is fitted in the middle of the lever portion 12.

On the other hand, an outer boot 30 is provided so as to cover the inner boot 20, and an upper end opening 31 of the outer boot 30 is fitted to the upper end of the lever 12 in contact with the grip 13. The flange portion 32 at the lower end of the outer boot 30 is fixed to a spring nut 5a of a floor panel by a plurality of bolts 6 (FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 2, bolt holes 34 are formed in front and rear portions of a joint surface 33 of the flange portion 32 with the floor panel 1.
A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) sections 35 extending in the front-rear direction and having substantially semicircular cross sections are provided between the projections 34. In the joint surface 33, passages 36, 36 for communicating the inside and the outside of the outer boot 30 with these ribs 35 are formed. The passage 36 can be formed by a groove.

Further, an opening edge 8a of the floor mat 8 is inserted into the fold 37 adjacent to the flange 32 of the outer boot 30.

Assembling of the shift lever 10 is performed as shown in FIG.

First, the outer boot 30 is fixed to the floor panel 1 by tightening the outer boot 30 to the spring nut 5 a with the bolt 6.

Next, the inner boot 20 is inserted into the lever portion 12 and fixed to the bracket portion 11 with the bolt 7 via the insulator 5 (FIG. 1).

Finally, the shift lever 10 is inserted into the floor panel opening 1a from below, and the lever 12 is inserted into the opening of the outer boot 30.
After inserting the bracket portion 11 to the members 2 and 3 with the bolts 4 and attaching the grip portion 13 to the lever portion 12, the operation is completed.

 Next, the operation will be described.

In a conventional dual-structure boot, the outer panel 1
As shown by the arrow B through the gap between the opening 31 of the outer boot 30 and the lever portion 12 as shown by an arrow A through the opening 1a from below, It also leaks to the grip 13 side. However, in the present invention, the wind from the opening 1a passes through the passage formed on the joint surface of the outer boot 30 with the inner panel 1 as shown by the arrow C.
Pass 36 and escape to the floor mat 8 side. Therefore,
As shown by the arrow B, the wind leaking to the grip 13 side is completely prevented.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention is configured as described above.
It has the following excellent effects.

(A) The wind from below the floor panel escapes from the passage at the joint surface between the outer boot and the floor panel to the lower surface of the floor mat, and leakage from the grip portion of the shift lever is prevented.

(B) Since the space surrounded by the outer boot and the inner boot is communicated to the outside by the passage at the joint surface of the outer boot, the volume is changed by operating the shift lever, and the wind leaks from the grip portion of the shift lever. Without happening,
Therefore, the outer boot can be made compact by reducing the volume of this space.

(C) The opening edge of the floor mat is inserted into the recess of the fold of the outer boot, so that the wind does not leak from the passage at the joint of the outer boot, and the floor mat is independent of the shift lever. Can be removed.

(D) Since the shift lever is mounted on the floor panel, the position of the lever and the boot remains the same even when the cab is tilted. In addition, the movement of the lever at the time of the shift operation is small, and the degree of freedom in designing the boot is large in combination with the degree of freedom in the inter-boot volume.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining an assembling mode of a shift lever. 1 ... floor panel, 10 ... shift lever, 20 ... inner boots, 30 ... outer boots, 33 ... joining surface, 35 ...
Rib, 36 ... passage

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A shift lever (10) is attached to an opening (1a) of the floor panel (1) from below by a bracket (11), and the shift lever (10) is opened from the opening (1a).
The lever part (12) of the inner boot (2
0) The flange part (22) is attached to the floor panel (1).
And the upper part (21) of the inner boot (20) is fitted in the middle of the lever part (12), and is fixed to the inner boot (20). An outer boot (30) is provided so as to cover the outer boot (30), a flange portion (32) of the outer boot (30) is fixed to the floor panel (1), and an upper end opening (31) of the outer boot (30) is provided.
Is a grip (13) provided at the upper end of the lever (12)
A plurality of ribs (35) projecting from a joint surface (33) of the flange portion (32) of the outer boot (30) with the floor panel (1). A passage (36) for communication between the inside and the outside of the (30) is provided, and a flange (32) of the outer boot (30) is provided.
The floor mat (8) is located in the recess of the fold (37) adjacent to
Shift lever boots, characterized in that the opening edge (8a) of the shift lever is mounted.