JP3360770B2 - Remote control lid lock 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 locking device, and more particularly, to a locking device which can be remotely operated by a latch attached to a glove box lid of a motor vehicle and provided at a position separated from a steering wheel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 2-134171, a lock device for remotely controlling a lid of a glove box in a passenger seat of an automobile by a handle provided on a driver's seat side and a cylinder lock is known. . The locking device includes a lid, a handle pivotally mounted on the lid and having an arm, and a cylinder lock rotatably attached to the lid between a locking position and an unlocking position. A rotation latch attached to the center of the lid movably between a door closing position engaging the striker and an opening position releasing the engagement with the striker; and an engagement lever engaging the rotation latch. , Which is pivotally supported by an eccentric pin provided on the rear surface of the rotor of the cylinder lock, engages with the rotation latch via an engagement lever, is moved between the unlock position and the lock position by the cylinder lock, and is locked by the arm of the handle. And a swinging lever which is moved between an unlocked position and a locking position. When the swing lever is in the unlocked position and the handle is operated, the arm moves the swing lever to the unlocked position, the rotating latch is moved to the door opening position, and the engagement between the rotating latch and the striker is released. You. When the swing lever is in the locked position and the handle is operated, the arm cannot move the swing lever to the unlocked position, the swing lever is held in the locked position, and the rotation latch is held in the closed position.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
While the lock device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 134171 has a rotary latch, a lid lock device performing remote control using a slider (sliding type latch) as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-55156 is proposed. It has not been. In the lock device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-134171, the engagement between the rotation latch and the engagement lever is released by relatively small movement of the engagement lever, and the rotation latch is rotated to the door opening position by the spring. 4-551
In the lock device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-56, there is a problem that a large stroke is required to pull the slider to the door opening position by the swinging piece.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote-operated lid lock device that can easily operate a slide-type latch provided movably in a straight line at a position separated from a handle by operating the handle. .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A remote-operated lid lock device according to the present invention comprises a frame (1), a pivotably mounted shaft near one end (1a) of the frame (1), and a projection (2a). A formed handle (2), a handle spring (3) for urging the handle (2) to the closed position, and a key attached to the frame (1) so as to be rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A latch slidably mounted on the frame (1) linearly and slidably between a cylinder (4) and a door closing position for engaging the striker (23) and an opening position for disengaging the striker (23). (Five)
And a latch spring that urges the latch (5) to the closed position.
(6), and a link lever (7) arranged to be swingable between a non-operation position and an operation position by a protrusion (2a) of the handle (2). The link lever (7) locked to the drive pin (4a) of the key cylinder (4) is arranged to be movable in the length direction between the unlocked position and the locked position by the key cylinder (4), and the handle (2 ), The latch (5) is moved from the closed position to the open position via the link lever (7). Key cylinder (4)
When is turned from the unlocked position to the locked position, the handle
The contact between the projection (2a) of (2) and the link lever (7) is released,
When the linkage lever (7) is in the locked position, the protrusion (2a) of the handle (2) does not come into contact with the linkage lever (7) and the linkage lever (7)
Is held in the inoperative position, and the latch (5) is held in the closed position. A link lever is connected to a pivot (12) provided at one end (1a) of the frame (1) outside the drive pin (4a) of the key cylinder (4).
One end (7e) of (7) is swingably attached. One end (8a) rotatably mounted on a shaft (13) attached near the other end (1b) of the frame (1), and the other end (7f) of the link lever (7) by the shaft (14). The latch lever (8) is provided with the other end (8b) pivotally mounted on the latch lever (8) and an intermediate portion (8c) that engages with the latch (5) between the one end (8a) and the other end (8b). Drive pin of key cylinder (4)
(4a) and the link lever (7) between the other end (7f) of the link lever (7).
Is pushed by the protrusion (2a) of the handle (2), so that the latch lever is pressed against the elasticity of the latch spring (6).
The latch (5) engaged with the intermediate portion (8c) of (8) is slid in the recess (15) to move to the door opening position. In an embodiment of the present invention,
The latch lever (8) is connected to the stopper (20) provided on the latch (5).
And is always in contact with the latch spring (6).

[0006]

[Function] Attach the handle (2) near one end (1a) of the frame (1) and attach the latch lever (8) to the other end of the frame (1).
(1b) Since it is pivotally mounted near it, when the handle (2) is remotely operated, the linkage between the link lever (7) and the latch lever (8) prevents the elasticity of the latch spring (6). Thus, the latch (5) can be slid linearly and smoothly from the closed position to the open position.

[0007]

Next, an embodiment of a remote control lid lock device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the remote control lid lock device according to the present invention includes a frame 1 having a mounting hole 10 formed at one end 1a, the other end 1b and an intermediate portion 1c. I have. Near the one end 1a of the frame 1, a handle 2 is pivotally mounted by a shaft 11 (FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 2, the handle 2 is urged to a closed position by a handle spring 3. A key cylinder 4 constituting a cylinder lock is rotatably attached to the frame 1 adjacent to the handle 2. The key cylinder 4 can rotate between the locking position and the unlocking position to move the link lever 7 in the length direction. As shown in FIG. 5, the drive pin 4a provided on the back of the key cylinder 4 is arranged in the long hole 7a of the link lever 7. The pivot 12 provided on the frame 1 is disposed in a fork 7h formed at one end 7e of the link lever 7, and the link lever 7 is
Is mounted to be pivotable about a pivot 12 provided at one end 1a of the frame 1 outside the drive pin 4a.

The protrusion 2a provided on the handle 2 is provided so as to be able to contact the bent portion 7b of the link lever 7. The protrusion 2 a of the handle 2 is provided inside the key cylinder 4. The link lever 7 is provided with a pair of notches 7c and 7d, and when the link lever 7 is in the unlocked position, the end 3a of the handle spring 3 is engaged with the notch 7c. The intermediate portion 1c of the frame 1 is provided with a guide portion 1d projecting from the intermediate portion 1c and extending in parallel at a predetermined distance, and a link lever 7 is arranged between the intermediate portion 1c and the guide portion 1d. The latch lever 8 has one end 8a rotatably mounted by a shaft 13 near the other end 1b of the frame 1. The shaft 1 fixed to the other end 8b of the latch lever 8
4 is a forked portion 7g formed at the other end 7f of the link lever 7
The other end 8b of the latch lever 8 is engaged with the link lever 7. In order to prevent the shaft 14 from falling off from the forked portion 7g, the shaft 14 is formed with a flange portion 14a having a rectangular cross section.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 5, 7 and 9,
A recess 15 in which the latch spring 6 and the latch 5 are arranged is formed near the other end 1b of the frame 1. The latch spring 6 is disposed between a boss 16 formed at the bottom of the recess 15 and a boss 17 formed at the bottom of the latch 5, and urges the latch 5 toward the closed position outside the recess 15. The latch 5 is capable of sliding movement within the recess 15, and has a guide wall 19 abutting against an inner surface 18 of the frame 1 forming the recess 15, a stopper 20 formed on the opposite side of the guide wall 19, and And an inclined surface 21 formed. The stopper portion 20 of the latch 5 urged to the door closing position by the latch spring 6 is always in contact with the intermediate portion 8c of the latch lever 8, thereby preventing the latch 5 from dropping out of the concave portion 15. A pair of arm portions 22 are formed in the frame 1, and together with the latch 5, form a holding space 24 for holding the striker 23 in a closed state. Thus, the latch 5
Is the door closing position engaged with the striker 23 and the striker 2
3 can be slid linearly between the door opening position where the engagement with the door 3 is released. The link lever 7 is connected between the drive pin 4a of the key cylinder 4 and the other end 7f of the link lever 7 by the protrusion 2 of the handle 2.
By pushing the latch 5, the latch 5 engaging with the intermediate portion 8 c of the latch lever 8 slides in the recess 15 against the elasticity of the latch spring 6 and moves to the door opening position.

In the above configuration, when the lid (not shown) to which the lid lock device according to the present invention is attached is closed, the striker 23 shown in FIG. 9 relatively comes into contact with the inclined surface 21 of the latch 5, and the latch spring The latch 5 moves from the closed position shown in FIG. When the striker 23 moves into the holding space 24, the latch 5
From the open position to the closed position shown in FIG. For this reason, the lid is fixed to the striker 23 and is kept in the closed state.

In order to release the lid from the striker 23, when the handle 2 is manually rotated, the protrusion 2a of the handle 2 presses the bent portion 7b of the link lever 7 downward. As a result, the link lever 7 moves from the non-operation position shown in FIG. 5 to the operation position shown in FIG.
Swing around 2. Therefore, the other end 8 b of the latch lever 8 moves integrally with the other end 7 f of the link lever 7, and the latch lever 8 rotates about the shaft 13. Accordingly, the intermediate portion 8c of the latch lever 8 moves from the closed position shown in FIG. 7 to the open position shown in FIG. 8, and the latch 5 is moved to the lower open position in FIG. Can be released from When you release your hand from handle 2,
The latch lever 8 is automatically returned to the closed position by the elastic force of the latch spring 6 and the handle spring 3, and the linkage lever 7 is moved from the operating position of FIG. The handle 2 is also automatically returned to the closed position by the elasticity of the latch spring 6 and the handle spring 3.

On the other hand, when the key cylinder 4 is rotated from the unlocked position to the locked position, the linkage lever 7 moves from the unlocked position to the left locked position along the length direction in FIG. The portion 3a is a notch 7 of the link lever 7.
Move to d. Even if handle 2 is manually operated, handle 2
The latch 5 cannot be moved to the door-opening position without the protrusion 2a of the lever 5 coming into contact with the bent portion 7b of the link lever 7, and the latch is held at the door-closing position. Engagement of the notches 7c and 7d with the end 3a of the handle spring 3 provides a sense of moderation in the rotation of the key cylinder 4.

As described above, according to the present invention, the handle 2
Is mounted near one end 1a of the frame 1 and the latch lever 8 is pivotally mounted near the other end 1b of the frame 1 so that when the handle 2 is remotely operated, the link lever 7 and the latch lever 8 By interlocking, the latch 5 can be slid linearly and smoothly from the closed position to the open position against the elasticity of the latch spring 6.

[0015]

As described above, in the remote-operated lid lock device of the present invention, the slide latch movably provided linearly at a position separated from the handle can be easily and smoothly operated by operating the handle. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a remote control lid lock device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the remote control lid lock device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the remote control lid lock device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the remote control lid lock device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the remote-operated lid lock device of FIG. 1 in a closed state;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the remote-operated lid lock device of FIG. 1 in an opened state;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the latch lever and the latch in the door closed position.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the latch lever and the latch at the door opening position.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a remotely operated lid lock device showing a latch.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ・ ・ Frame 、 1a ・ ・ One end 、 1b ・ ・ Other end 、
2 Handle, 2a Projection, 3 Handle Spring, 4 Key Cylinder, 4a Drive Pin, 5 Latch, 6 Latch Spring, 7
··· Link lever, 8 ·· Latch lever, 8a ··· One end, 8b ···· Other end, 8c ··· Intermediate part, 12 ·· Axis, 20 ·· Stopper part, 23 ·· Striker,

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 5-35982 (JP, U) JP-A 62-75171 (JP, U) JP 4-55156 (JP, U) JP-A 2- 62068 (JP, U) JP-A-2-134171 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E05B 65/12 B60R 7/06 E05C 21/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frame, a handle pivotally mounted near one end of the frame and having a protruding portion, a handle spring for urging the handle to a closed position, and a locked position and an unlocked position. A latch that is slidably mounted on the frame linearly and slidably between a key cylinder that is rotatably mounted on the frame and a closed position that engages the striker and an open position that disengages the striker. A latch spring for urging the latch to the closed position,
A link lever, which is swingably arranged between a non-operation position and an operation position by a protrusion of the handle, and wherein the link lever locked to the drive pin of the key cylinder is unlocked by the key cylinder; When the key cylinder is turned from the unlocked position to the locked position by moving the latch from the closed position to the open position via the linkage lever by operating the handle, When the contact between the protrusion of the handle and the link lever is released and the link lever is in the locked position, the protrusion of the handle does not contact the link lever, the link is held in the non-operation position, and the latch is closed. In the remote control lid lock device held at the position, one end of the link lever is swingably attached to a pivot provided at one end of the frame outside the drive pin of the key cylinder, and One end pivotally attached to a shaft mounted near the end, the other end pivotally attached to the other end of the linkage lever by the shaft, and an intermediate portion engaged with the latch between the one end and the other end Is provided on the latch lever, and the link lever is pushed by the protrusion of the handle between the drive pin of the key cylinder and the other end of the link lever, thereby engaging the latch lever in the middle of the latch lever against the elasticity of the latch spring. A remote-operated lid lock device characterized in that a mating latch is slid in a recess to move to a door opening position. 2. The remote control lid lock device according to claim 1, wherein the latch lever is engaged with a stopper provided on the latch and is always in contact with the latch spring.