JP2555361Y2 - Actuator bracket - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an actuator used, for example, for automatically opening a fuel lid of an automobile, and more particularly to an actuator bracket for supporting a cable connected to the actuator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 5 and 6 show an example of this type of actuator, and show a state where the actuator is attached to the actuator.

[0003] The illustrated actuator bracket 50
Is a separate body from the actuator 70, as shown in FIG. 5, a plan view of the vehicle-body-side contact plate 50 a having a planar shape larger than the outer dimensions of the actuator 70, The cable support plate 50b is bent substantially perpendicularly from the vehicle body-side contact plate 50a to the right side in FIG.

[0005] Further, the vehicle body-side abutting plate portion 50a has an upper portion and a lower portion in FIG.
Screw holes 50a1 and 50a2 corresponding to a and 74b are provided, respectively.

[0005] A groove 50b1 cut out from the right end edge in Fig. 6 toward the vehicle body side contact plate portion 50a is provided on the cable support plate portion 50b rightward from the center in Fig. 5. At two locations on the outer peripheral side of the groove 50b1, convex portions 50b2 projecting rightward in FIG.
50b3 are provided respectively.

On the other hand, the actuator 70 has a motor 7
1 through a power transmission mechanism (not shown) by rotation of the motor shaft 71a provided in the motor shaft 71a.
An output shaft 72 that rotates between a return position a and an output position b in FIG. 5 under the power of a is provided, and the center of a swing arm 73 is fixed to the output shaft 72 concentrically.

A return spring mounting portion 73 is provided on the base end of the swing arm 73, which is the left side in FIG.
The other end of a return spring 75 having one end locked to the housing 74 of the actuator 70 is locked to the return spring mounting portion 73a.

[0008] A cable connecting portion 73b having a cable locking hole 73b1 formed in the center is provided on the distal end side of the swing arm 73 on the right side in FIG.

Further, the housing 74 of the actuator 70 is provided with vehicle body attachment portions 74a and 74b having a rectangular outer shape at the upper end and the lower end in FIG. In the center, a damper 7 made of rubber and having round holes 76a, 76a formed in the center.
6, 76 are fitted.

Furthermore, nut members 77, 77 having the same shape are inserted into the round holes 76a, 76a of the dampers 76, 76.

The nut members 77, 77 have cylindrical portions 77a, 77a having a substantially cylindrical outer shape, and cylindrical portions 77a, 77a.
6 includes rectangular plate portions 77b, 77b which are crimped and fixed to the left end portion on the left side in FIG. 6, and the respective round holes 76a, 7 from the right side of the dampers 76, 76 in FIG.
6a, it fits into the dampers 76,76.

Further, female threads 77a1 and 77a1 are formed in the center of the cylindrical portions 77a and 77a, and the cylindrical portions 77a and 77a are formed in the round holes 76a and 76 of the dampers 76 and 76, respectively.
a and the female screws 77a1 and 77a1
Is the vehicle body side contact plate 50 of the actuator bracket 50
It corresponds to each screw hole 50a1 and 50a2 provided in a.

The actuator bracket 50 having such a structure is provided with a screw hole 50a of the vehicle body side contact plate 50a.
Screw holes B3, B4 provided in an actuator mounting portion B2 in which 1,50a2 are set on an inner panel B1 of the vehicle body B
And the vehicle body side contact plate 50a
Actuator 7 in the screw holes 50a1 and 50a2
0 mounting parts 74a, 74 provided in the housing 74
Then, screws 78 and 79 are inserted from the left side in FIG. 6 of the inner panel B1 into the respective screw holes B3 and B4.
And screw holes 50a1 and screw holes 50a2 into the vehicle body mounting portions 74a and 74b.

Screws 78 and 79 are attached to vehicle body mounting portions 74a and 7
Screws 78 and 79 are screwed into the cylindrical portion 4b.
Since the female screws a and 77a are screwed into the female screws 77a1 and 77a1, respectively, the actuator 70 is fixed to the inner panel B1 via the nut members 77 and 77 while the actuator bracket 50 is sandwiched between the inner panel B1 and the actuator.

A short shaft-shaped locking member 80a provided on the other end of a cable 80 having one end connected to a fuel lid (not shown) as a load, and an outer cable 81 provided on the outer peripheral side of the cable 80. The arrowhead-shaped support portion 81a provided on the other end side is drawn to the vicinity of the actuator 70, and the locking member 80a is inserted into the cable locking hole 73b1 formed in the swing arm 73 of the actuator 70.

Then, after the support portion 81a of the outer cable 81 is fitted into the groove 50b1 of the cable support plate portion 50b of the actuator bracket 50, the convex portions 50b2, 50b3 of the actuator bracket 50 are bent toward the support portion 81a. Thus, the outer cable 81 is supported by the actuator bracket 50.

Therefore, the motor 71 of the actuator 70
When a predetermined current is supplied to the swing arm 73 by rotating the motor shaft 71a to move the swing arm 73 from the return position a to the output position b via the power transmission mechanism against the elastic repulsive force of the return spring 75, , Cable 8
Since the zero locking member 80a rotates integrally with the swing arm 73, the cable 80 is pulled, and the fuel lid is opened.

When the current supply to the motor 71 is stopped, the swing arm 73 returns from the output position b to the return position a by the elastic restoring force of the return spring 75, and the cable 80 is returned.

However, in the above-described conventional actuator bracket 50, since the body-side contact plate portion 50a is larger than the external dimensions of the actuator 70, it is bulky and complicated in parts management. In the conventional actuator bracket 50, the actuator 7
When fixing 0, the actuator bracket 50 is temporarily positioned and temporarily fixed on the inner panel B1 side, and then the actuator 70 is fixed to the actuator bracket 50. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that workability is extremely poor.

[0020]

The problem to be solved is that if the actuator bracket has a larger outer size than the actuator, it is disadvantageous in parts management and the like, and the actuator bracket is separate from the actuator. That is, temporary fixing is required, and workability deteriorates.

[0021]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An actuator bracket according to the present invention has a cable connected to a swing arm provided on an actuator attached to a vehicle body in order to reduce the outer shape and improve workability in mounting. An actuator bracket for supporting,
A vehicle having a tubular portion formed in a tubular shape, a female screw formed on an inner surface of the tubular portion, and a vehicle body side contact surface abutting on a vehicle body of the vehicle at one end of the tubular portion; The fixing screw that has passed through the vehicle body is screwed into the female screw, so that the nut member fixed to the vehicle body on the vehicle body-side contact surface and the cylindrical portion of the nut member are externally fitted to contact the actuator. A damper for holding the actuator, a connecting member body integrally connected to the other end of the nut member, and a projection projecting orthogonally from the connecting member body.
A U-shaped concave portion capable of holding an outer peripheral portion of an outer cable of the cable;
The main feature of this is that it has a connecting member consisting of a cable holding projection that can hold the outer peripheral portion of the outer cable of the cable by the letter-shaped concave portion, which simplifies the work of fixing the actuator to the vehicle body. The objective was achieved without changing the shape of the actuator.

[0022]

In the actuator bracket according to the present invention, the connecting member is supported by the actuator by fitting the nut member into the damper, and is supported by the actuator without the intervention of the vehicle body panel. Then, the outer peripheral portion of the outer cable is held by a U-shaped concave portion, the outer cable is caulked by the cable holding projection, and the fixing screw inserted from the vehicle body side is screwed into the female screw of the nut member, thereby forming the actuator and the actuator. The actuator bracket is fixed to the vehicle body panel. Therefore, since the actuator bracket only needs to include the nut member fitted into the damper of the vehicle body mounting portion, the external dimensions are necessarily small, and the actuator bracket is fixed to the vehicle body while being supported by the actuator. Therefore, it is not necessary to temporarily fix the actuator bracket to the vehicle body side, as compared with a structure separately formed from the actuator.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of an actuator bracket according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The actuator bracket 1 shown in FIG.
It mainly comprises a nut member 2 and a connecting member 3 integrally formed with the nut member 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the nut member 2 is composed of a cylindrical portion 2a and a plate portion 2b, each of which has a cylindrical outer shape, and the lower end of the cylindrical portion 2a in FIG. A side contact surface 2a1 is formed, and a rectangular plate portion 2b is fixed to the upper end side in FIG.

At the center of the cylindrical portion 2a, there is formed a female screw 2a2 communicating from the vehicle body side contact surface 2a1 to the outside of the plate portion 2b. The upper surface of the plate portion 2b in FIG. The connecting member 3 is integrally attached to the nut member 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting member 3 is provided with a round hole-shaped nut member fitting hole 3a1 at the center on the left side of a substantially rectangular connecting member body 3a.
The female screw 2a2 of the nut member 2 is aligned with the nut member insertion hole 3a1.

The right side in FIG. 3 of the nut member insertion hole 3a1 is in a direction orthogonal to the front side in the figure from the upper end edge of the connecting member main body 3a in FIG. 3, that is, in the upper side in FIG. A protruding portion 3b protruding in a rectangular shape is provided.

Projecting pieces 3b1 and 3b2 projecting toward the upper side in FIG. 4 are provided at positions separated from each other on the tip side, which is the upper side in FIG. 4, of the projecting section 3b. Cable-clamping protrusions 3b3, 3b4 for crimping an outer cable 81 described later are provided on the distal ends of 3b1, 3b2.

At the center of each of the projecting pieces 3b1, 3b2,
A U-shaped recess 3b5 is provided which is cut away from the cable holding projections 3b3 and 3b4 toward the lower side in FIG. 4 to form a long dimension. The inner diameter of the U-shaped recess 3b5 will be described later. It is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the cable 81.

In the actuator bracket 1, the connecting member 3 is supported by the actuator 70 by fitting the nut member 2 into the round hole 76 a of the damper 76 provided on the upper side of the actuator 70 in FIG. . After the outer cable 81 provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cable 80 is held by the U-shaped concave portion 3b5, the outer cable 81 is crimped by the cable holding projections 3b3 and 3b5, and the screw hole B3 provided in the inner panel B1 is provided. , B4 are inserted into the female screws 2a2, 2a2 of the nut member 2, and the actuator 70 and the actuator bracket 1 are fixed to the inner panel B1.

On the other hand, the actuator 70 is the same as that shown in FIG. 5, and receives the power of the motor shaft 71a via a power transmission mechanism (not shown) when the motor shaft 71a of the motor 71 rotates. 1, an output shaft 72 that rotates between a return position a and an output position b in FIG. 1 is provided, and the center of a swing arm 73 is fixed concentrically with the output shaft 72.

A return spring mounting portion 73a is provided on the base end side, which is the left side of the swing arm 73 in FIG. 1, and one end of the return arm is connected to the housing 74 of the actuator 70. Return spring 7 stopped
5 is locked at the other end.

A cable locking hole 73b is provided at the center of the end of the swing arm 73 on the right side in FIG.
1 is provided with a cable connecting portion 73b.

The housing 74 of the actuator 70 is provided with vehicle body mounting portions 74a and 74b having a rectangular outer shape at the upper end side and the lower end side in FIG. 1, and at the center of the vehicle body mounting portions 74a and 74b. Dampers 76, 76 made of rubber and having round holes 76a, 76a formed in the center are fitted.

A round hole 76a of the other one of the dampers 76, 76, which is the lower side in FIG.
A single nut member 2 without the connecting member 3 is inserted.

When the actuator bracket 1 having such a structure is fixed to the inner panel B1,
Round hole 76 of damper 76 on one side of actuator 70
By fitting the nut member 2 of the actuator bracket 1 into a, it is supported by the actuator 70 side without passing through the inner panel B1 of the vehicle body B. The round hole 76a of the damper 76 on the other side of the actuator 70
The nuts 2a of the nut members 2 are inserted into the screw holes B3 and B4 provided in the actuator mounting portion B2 set in the inner panel B1 of the vehicle body B.
2 and the body-side contact surface 2a1 of the nut member 2 is brought into contact with the inner panel B1.
In FIG. 2, fixing screws 78, 79 are screwed into the female screws 2a2, 2a2 from the left side.

The fixing screws 78, 79 are connected to the female screws 2a2, 2
By screwing into the a2, the actuator 70 is fixed to the actuator mounting portion B2 of the inner panel B1.

A short shaft-shaped locking member 80a provided on the other end of the cable 80 having one end connected to a fuel lid (not shown) as a load, and an outer cable 81 provided on the outer peripheral side of the cable 80. An arrowhead-shaped support portion 81a provided on the other end side is pulled up to the vicinity of the actuator bracket 1, and a locking member 8 is inserted into a cable locking hole 73b1 formed in the swing arm 73 of the actuator 70.
0a is inserted.

The support portion 81a of the outer cable 81 is connected to the U-shaped recess 3 of the actuator bracket 1.
b5, and the supporting portion 81a is brought into contact with the U-shaped concave portion 3b5.

The supporting portion 81a of the outer cable 81 is U
When the cable holding projections 3b3 and 3b4 abut on the U-shaped recesses 3b5 as shown by phantom lines in FIG.
The outer cable 81 is supported by the actuator bracket 50 by caulking while being held on the b5 side.

Therefore, the motor 71 of the actuator 70
When a predetermined current is supplied to the swing arm 73 by rotating the motor shaft 71a to move the swing arm 73 from the return position a to the output position b via the power transmission mechanism against the elastic repulsive force of the return spring 75, , Cable 8
Since the zero locking member 80a rotates integrally with the swing arm 73, the cable 80 is pulled, and the fuel lid is opened.

When the current supply to the motor 71 is stopped, the swing arm 73 returns from the output position b to the return position a by the elastic restoring force of the return spring 75, so that the cable 80 is returned.

[0044]

As described above, since the actuator bracket according to the present invention has the above-described structure, the coupling member is supported by the actuator by fitting the nut member into the damper, and the vehicle body is It is supported by the actuator without passing through the panel. Then, the outer peripheral portion of the outer cable is held by a U-shaped concave portion, the outer cable is caulked by the cable holding projection, and the fixing screw inserted from the vehicle body side is screwed into the female screw of the nut member, thereby forming the actuator and the actuator. The actuator bracket is fixed to the vehicle body panel. Therefore, the actuator bracket only needs to be provided with the nut member fitted into the damper of the vehicle body mounting portion, and thus the outer dimensions may be necessarily small. Therefore, the outer dimensions are dramatically reduced as compared with the conventional one, and component management and the like are simplified. Also, since it is fixed to the vehicle body while being supported by the actuator,
It is not necessary to temporarily fix the actuator bracket to the vehicle body side, as compared with the one configured separately from the actuator. Therefore, since the work of temporarily fixing the actuator is omitted, it is not necessary to temporarily fix the actuator bracket to the vehicle body side as compared with a structure configured separately from the actuator, and it is extremely easy to fix the actuator to the vehicle body. Therefore, an excellent effect of improving productivity can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which an embodiment of an actuator bracket according to the present invention is assembled to an actuator.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view of the actuator bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the actuator bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the actuator bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state where a conventional actuator bracket is assembled to an actuator.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view of the actuator bracket shown in FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Actuator bracket 2 Nut member 2a Cylindrical part 2a2 Female screw 2a1 Car body side contact surface 3 Connecting member 3a Connecting member main body 3b Projection 3b3 Cable holding projection 3b4 Cable holding projection 3b5 U-shaped recess 70 Actuator 73 Swing arm 76 Damper 78 Fixing screw 80 Cable B1 (Car body) Inner panel

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An actuator bracket for supporting a cable connected to a swing arm provided on an actuator to a vehicle body of a vehicle, the actuator bracket having a tubular portion formed into a tubular shape, and a female portion provided on an inner surface of the tubular portion. Right
Formed at one end of the cylindrical portion against the vehicle body of the vehicle.
It has a contact surface on the vehicle body side to be touched, and the vehicle body of the vehicle is inserted
When the fixing screw is screwed into the female screw, the vehicle body
A nut member fixed to the vehicle body of the vehicle at a side contact surface
And the actuator is externally fitted to a cylindrical portion of the nut member, and
And a connecting member integrally connected to the other end of the nut member.
A main body, and a projection projecting in a direction orthogonal to the main body of the connecting member.
This projection has an outer casing for the cable.
A U-shaped recess capable of holding the outer periphery of the
The cable is located at the tip of the
Cable clamp that can clamp the outer periphery of the outer cable
And a connecting member comprising a holding portion.
Actuator bracket.