JP2592868Y2 - Lever switch device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lever switch device having a lever rotatably provided on a body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A lever switch device of this type, for example, a vehicle lever combination switch device, has a body attached to an upper end of a steering pipe, and
A turn signal switch lever is provided rotatably on this body, and the lever is turned right by a detent mechanism.
It is configured to be able to be held at each position of “neutral” and “left turn”. The body is covered by a column cover, and the lever penetrates a lever insertion opening formed in the column cover.

In the above configuration, the lever insertion opening is formed in a long hole shape so as to allow the lever to rotate.
The body was visible through the lever insertion slot, and the appearance was not good. On the other hand, there is a configuration in which a base portion of the lever is penetrated by a rubber cover member, and the periphery of the base portion of the lever is covered by the cover member.

According to this configuration, when the lever rotates, the cover member is deformed and the rotation is allowed.
The through hole of the cover member through which the lever passes can be reduced. As a result, only the cover member can be seen through the lever insertion opening and the body cannot be seen, so that the appearance is improved.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, when the cover member is mounted and fixed to the body or the lever, it must be mounted using a component such as a pin, and the workability of mounting is poor. There was
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a lever switch device that can simplify a work of attaching a cover member for covering the periphery of a base end portion of a lever to a body.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a lever switch device comprising: a body cover for covering a body;
Lever provided movably and formed on the body cover
And a lever insertion port provided with a lever insertion port through which the lever is inserted .
A cover member made of an elastic material , which is disposed on the side and penetrates a base end portion of the lever and is provided so as to cover the periphery of the base end portion, and a mounting plate portion provided on the cover member.
Features and formed fitting hole so as to penetrate into the mounting plate portion, provided in said body, a by fitting the fitting Goana was a mounting claw for mounting said cover member to said body Having.

[0007]

According to the above means, the cover member is attached to the body by fitting the mounting claw provided on the body into the fitting hole formed in the cover member. The mounting is completed, and the mounting work is greatly simplified.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a wiper switch device of an automobile lever combination switch device will be described with reference to the drawings. First, in FIG. 2 showing the overall configuration of the wiper switch device, a body 1 is attached to an upper end portion of a steering pipe (not shown), and a steering shaft (not shown) is provided in a tubular portion 2 formed in a central portion. ) Is inserted. An operation lever 3 for a wiper switch is provided at the left end of the body 1 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 4 as a rotation fulcrum, as shown in FIG.

In this case, the operation lever 3 is provided with a detent mechanism (not shown) provided at the tip (right end in the figure).
Thus, there are four positions: an off position, an intermittent operating position,
It is configured to be held at the low-speed operation position and the high-speed operation position, respectively. In FIG. 2, the position of the operation lever 3 indicated by the solid line is the off position, and the position of the operation lever 3 indicated by the two-dot chain line is the high-speed operation position.

The operating lever 3 also serves as a washer switch, and is provided rotatably between a position shown by a solid line and a position shown by a two-dot chain line with respect to the body 1, as shown in FIG. Have been. In this case, when the operation lever 3 is rotated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line, the washer is operated and the cleaning liquid is sprayed. When the rotation of the operation lever 3 is stopped, the operation lever 3 returns to the original position (the position indicated by the solid line) which is the inoperative position of the washer.

An area around the base end (right end in the figure) of the operation lever 3 in the body 1 is covered with a cover member 5 made of, for example, rubber, which is an elastic material. The cover member 5 is integrally formed of rubber, and as shown in FIG. 3, a cover portion 6 having a substantially rectangular plate shape,
3 is provided on the left side surface in FIG. A through-hole 6a is formed in the lower half of the cover 6, and the base end portion of the operation lever 3 is inserted through the through-hole 6a.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the size of the opening of the through hole 6a is configured to correspond to the range of rotation of the operation lever 3, and allows the operation lever 3 to rotate. It has become. In this case, since the opening edge of the through-hole 6a is made of a thin rubber material and formed in a stepped shape, it can be deformed quite freely. The structure is such that it easily deforms when it hits the edge of the opening. 2, three fitting holes 7a, 7b, 7c for attachment are formed in the attachment plate portion 7. As shown in FIG. The both ends of the mounting plate 7 and the cover 6
Are formed between the reinforcing walls 8.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, three mounting claws 9 and 1 are provided around the shaft 4 at the left end of the body 1.
0 and 11 are protruded, and these three mounting claws 9 and 1 are provided.
0 and 11 are fitting holes 7a and 7 of the mounting plate 7 of the cover member 5.
The cover member 5 is attached to the body 1 by fitting to b and 7c. In this case, three mounting claws 9, 1
As shown in FIG. 1, the center mounting claw 10 of 0 and 11 has a claw portion formed to the right, and the remaining two mounting claws 9 and 11 have claw portions formed to the left. With
The cover member 5 is firmly attached to the body 1 without rattling. Thereby, the cover member 5
The upper part of the side surface of the body 1 and the upper part thereof and the left part of the upper surface of the body 1 are covered.

The outer periphery of the body 1 has a body cover
, For example, covered by a column cover 12. Operation lever 3 of this column cover 12
A lever insertion opening 13 is formed at a portion corresponding to the base end portion of the operation lever 3, and the operation lever 3 passes through the lever insertion opening 13. In this case, the size of the opening of the lever insertion opening 13 is set so that the rotation operation of the operation lever 3 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) is permitted.
It is set to be considerably larger than the outer diameter dimension. Here, the size of the opening of the through hole 6 a of the cover member 5 is considerably smaller than the size of the opening of the lever insertion opening 13. This is because the position of the through hole 6a of the cover member 5 is close to the rotation center (the shaft portion 4) of the operation lever 3, whereas the position of the lever insertion port 13 is far from the rotation center of the operation lever 3. is there.

According to this embodiment having the above-described structure, the periphery of the base end portion of the operation lever 3 is covered with the rubber cover member 5, so that the lever insertion opening 13 of the column cover 12 is provided.
Even if the opening area is large, only the cover member 5 can be seen through the lever insertion opening 13 and the body 1 cannot be seen, so that the appearance is improved. Further, the cover member 5 is attached to the body 1
Since the mounting operation is performed only by fitting the mounting claws 9, 10, 11 and the fitting holes 7a, 7b, 7c of the cover member 5, the assembling operation can be greatly simplified.

In the above embodiment, three mounting claws 9, 1
Although the cover member 5 is attached to the body 1 by the 0, 11 and the fitting holes 7a, 7b, 7c, the present invention is not limited to this, and one, two, or four or more mounting claws and fitting holes are used. You may comprise so that it may be attached.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has a configuration in which the cover member is attached to the body by fitting the mounting claws provided on the body into the fitting holes formed in the cover member. Therefore, the mounting of the cover member can be completed with one touch, and an excellent effect that the mounting operation is greatly simplified is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cover member.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a body, 3 is an operation lever, 4 is a shaft, 5 is a cover member, 6 is a cover, 6a is a through hole, 7 is a mounting plate, 7
a, 7b, 7c are fitting holes, 9, 10, 11 are mounting claws, 1
2 indicates a column cover, and 13 indicates a lever insertion port.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A body cover for covering the body;
A lever rotatably provided on the body cover and the body cover
And a lever insertion port formed to allow the lever to pass therethrough.
In Ete comprising a lever switch device, are disposed inside the body cover, along with passing the proximal portion of the lever, the stretchable material made cover member provided so as to cover the peripheral base end portion, to the cover member a mounting plate part provided, attached to mount and formed fitting hole so as to penetrate into the mounting plate portion, provided in said body, said cover member by fitting said fitting Goana to the body A lever switch device comprising a claw.