JP3751272B2 - Vanity mirror device for trunk - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a trunk vanity mirror device that is provided in a trunk lid that is attached to a motorcycle or the like and is used for adjusting personal tastes, and more particularly to a back plate of a vanity mirror that is provided on an inner wall of the trunk lid. The present invention relates to an improvement in a structure in which a pair of bearing members rotatably supported on a pivot are fixed so that a vanity mirror can be rotated between a storage position overlapping an inner wall of a trunk lid and an arbitrary use position.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional vanity mirror device for trunks, in order to hold the vanity mirror at an arbitrary use position, the steel plate is bent along the outer periphery of the pivot, and the two ends overlapped with each other are fixed to the back plate with bolts, thereby bearing members. When fixing, the bolt tightening torque is adjusted to give the bearing member a certain tightening force against the pivot, and the vanity mirror is stopped at any use position by the frictional resistance between the bearing member and the pivot. I am doing so.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it is not easy to always manage the tightening force applied to the bearing member. This affects the assembly of the vanity mirror device, and if the tightening force is too strong, the rotating operation feeling of the vanity mirror becomes worse. If it is too weak, it becomes difficult to stably hold the vanity mirror at any use position.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the above-described vanity mirror device for a trunk which can always stably hold a vanity mirror in an arbitrary use position without affecting assemblability. The purpose is to provide.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention secures a vanity mirror to a trunk lid by attaching a pair of bearing members rotatably supported to a pivot provided on an inner wall of the trunk lid to the back plate of the vanity mirror. In the trunk vanity mirror device capable of rotating between a storage position overlapping the inner wall and an arbitrary use position, the both sides of the pivot shaft are clamped between the bearing members on the back plate. A holding member formed by connecting a pair of elastic clamping plates capable of holding the vanity mirror in an arbitrary use position in a U shape is attached , and a pair of ears are integrally formed on both sides of the holding member. The first feature is that the portion is fixed to the back plate together with the bearing member by a common fixing member . The common fixing member corresponds to a bolt 24 and a nut 25 in an embodiment of the present invention described later.
[0006]
According to the first feature, when the user rotates the vanity mirror, the bearing member of the back plate rotates around the pivot axis, and the pair of elastic clamping plates of the holding member that rotate at the same time moves the outer peripheral surface of the pivot shaft. Continue to pinch while sliding. Therefore, if the user releases his hand from the vanity mirror at the desired usage position, the opposing elastic clamping plates generate rotational resistance due to friction with the pivot due to the clamping pressure, thereby holding the vanity mirror at the usage position. can do. In particular, since both elastic clamping plates always exert a constant clamping force with respect to the pivot axis, the rotational resistance with respect to the pivot axis is always stable regardless of the frictional resistance between the bearing member and the pivot axis, and any vanity mirror can be attached to any The vanity mirror device can be securely held at the use position and can contribute to the improvement of the assemblability , and is installed using a relatively wide space between the holding member and the pair of bearing members. Can be avoided. Further, since the pair of ears integrally formed on both sides of the holding member are fixed to the back plate together with the bearing member by a common fixing member, the fixing member for both the bearing member and the holding member is made common so that the parts This results in a reduction in the number of points, which can further improve assembly and reduce costs.
[0007]
According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the first feature, the distal end portion of each elastic clamping plate is divided into a plurality of elastic pieces that are independently pressed against the pivot by a plurality of slits. Features.
[0008]
According to this second feature, each elastic pinch plate can be accurately pressed against the pivot over its entire width, and the frictional resistance between each elastic pinch plate and the pivot can be further stabilized. By adjusting the width of the slit, it is possible to adjust the pressing force with respect to the pivot of each elastic piece.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on a preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle having a trunk to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of a vanity mirror by opening the trunk of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram of the vanity mirror device, and FIG. 9 is another operation explanatory diagram of the vanity mirror device.
[0014]
First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the trunk of the motorcycle M is equipped with a trunk 2 behind the seat 1. The trunk 2 includes a trunk box 2a fixed to the vehicle body, and a trunk lid 2b that is pivotally supported at the front end of the trunk box 2a. A vanity mirror 5 is attached to the inner wall of the trunk lid 2b. It is done.
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vanity mirror 5 is housed in a horizontally-long rectangular synthetic resin back plate 6 and a rectangular shallow recess 6a formed on the front surface of the back plate 6. A frame-shaped support frame 9 made of a synthetic resin that is coupled to the back plate 6 by elastically engaging the plurality of locking claws 8, 8... With the plurality of locking holes 7, 7. The support frame 9 includes a mirror plate 10 having a mirror surface facing the inside of the frame-shaped portion, and a press plate 11 connected to the support frame so as to hold the mirror plate 10 in cooperation with the support frame 9. The support frame 9 and the presser plate 11 constitute a mirror support 12 that holds the mirror plate 10. A cushion material 13 made of urethane foam or the like is interposed between the mirror support 12 and the back plate 6 in a compressed state.
[0016]
The support frame 9 is also provided with a pair of left and right lamp units 14, 14 with the mirror plate 10 in between. The support frame 9 further has a synthetic resin cover 15 that can rotate between a closed position C that covers the mirror surface of the mirror plate 10 and the lamp units 14 and 14 and an open position D that opens them. A click stopper (not shown) is provided between the cover 15 and the support frame 9 so as to hold the cover 15 at the closed position C and the open position D.
[0017]
Next, a structure for attaching the vanity mirror 5 to the trunk lid 2b will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0018]
4 and 5, an attachment member 17 that supports the back plate 6 of the vanity mirror 5 is provided on the inner wall of the trunk lid 2 b. The mounting member 17 includes a frame 18 formed by bending a round bar into a rectangle, and a pair of mounting plates 19 welded to the left and right short sides of the frame 18, and the mounting plate 19 is a bolt 20. Thus, it is fixed to the inner wall of the trunk lid 2b. The upper long side portion 21 of the frame 18 is a pivot that supports the back plate 6 so as to be rotatable, and the lower long side portion 22 holds the vanity mirror 5 in the storage position A that overlaps the inner wall of the trunk lid 2b. It is used as a holding shaft.
[0019]
That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the pivot 21 supports a pair of left and right bearing members 23, 23 fixed to the upper part of the back surface of the back plate 6 of the vanity mirror 5 by bolts 24 and nuts 25. These bearing members 23, 23 are formed by bending both ends of a steel plate along the outer periphery of the pivot 21 and fixing them to the back plate 6 with the bolts 24 and nuts 25. , 23 is given an appropriate tightening force with respect to the pivot 21. In order to define the fitting position between the bearing members 23, 23 and the pivot 21, the back plate 6 has a pair of positioning projections 26, 26 facing the left and right outer surfaces of the frame 18 at the retracted position A of the vanity mirror 5. Is formed.
[0020]
Thus, the vanity mirror 5 can be rotated between the storage position A and the arbitrary use position B around the pivot 21, and the holding member 27 for holding the back plate 6 at the arbitrary use position B is provided. Together with the bearing members 23 and 23, the bolt 24 and nut 25 are fixed to the back plate 6. The holding member 27 is formed by connecting a pair of elastic clamping plates 28, 28 made of steel plates that elastically clamp both side surfaces of the pivot 21 between the left and right bearing members 23, 23 in a U-shape. Ear pieces 29 and 29 projecting from the left and right ends of the elastic clamping plates 28 and 28 are fixed to the back plate 6 together with the bearing members 23 and 23. The distal end portion of each elastic clamping plate 28 is divided into a plurality of elastic pieces 28a, 28a... That can independently press contact with the outer peripheral surface of the pivot 21 by a plurality of slits 30, 30.
[0021]
At the left and right corners of the lower portion of the back plate 6, finger hooks 31 used for rotating the back plate 6 to the use position B are projected.
[0022]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, clip means 32 for holding the vanity mirror 5 in the storage position A in cooperation with the holding shaft 22 is provided in the center in the longitudinal direction of the back plate 6. The clip means 32 is composed of a pair of clip pieces 33a and 33b that grip both upper and lower side surfaces of the holding shaft 22, and in the illustrated example, two pairs of the clip pieces 33a and 33b are provided. At that time, a crank-shaped slit 36 is formed in the back plate 6 so that both clip pieces 33 a and 33 b are formed by a part of the back plate 6.
[0023]
Thus, the pair of clip pieces 33a and 33b rise from the back plate 6 and intersect with each other immediately before the holding shaft 22, and the tips of the elastic finger portions 34a and 34b. The claw portions 35a and 35b are formed on the opposite sides of the base ends of the elastic finger portions 34a and 34b by the elastic force of the elastic finger portions 34a and 34b. Engage with one side of shaft 22.
[0024]
The cushion material 13 interposed between the back plate 6 and the mirror support 12 is disposed at a position corresponding to the clip means 32.
[0025]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
[0026]
When the vanity mirror 5 is used, as shown in FIG. 2, when the trunk lid 2b is opened, the cover 15 is first opened downward, the finger is placed on the finger rest 31 at the bottom of the back plate 6 and pulled forward. The pair of clip pieces 33 a and 33 b are detached from the holding shaft 22, and the bearing members 23 and 23 of the back plate 6 are rotated around the pivot shaft 21, whereby the vanity mirror 5 is rotated upward. Meanwhile, the pair of elastic clamping plates 28 that rotate integrally with the bearing members 23 and 23 continue to clamp while sliding on the outer peripheral surface of the fixed pivot 21. Therefore, if the user removes his / her hand from the finger-holding portion 31 at the desired use position B, in addition to the rotational resistance due to friction between the bearing members 23 and 23 and the pivot 21, the opposing elastic clamping plates 28 and 28 are caused by the clamping pressure. The vanity mirror 5 can be held at the use position B by generating a large rotational resistance due to friction with the pivot 21. In particular, since both elastic clamping plates 28 and 28 always exert a constant clamping pressure with respect to the pivot 21, the rotational resistance with respect to the pivot 21 is always maintained regardless of the tightening force of the bearing members 23 and 23 with respect to the pivot 21. It becomes stable and the vanity mirror 5 can be reliably held at an arbitrary use position B. Accordingly, the tightening force of the bearing members 23 and 23 with respect to the pivot 21 may be such that no looseness is generated between them, so that strict management of the tightening force is unnecessary, which can contribute to improvement in assemblability. Moreover, since the holding member 27 is installed using a relatively wide space between the pair of bearing members 23, 23, an increase in size of the vanity mirror device is avoided.
[0027]
Further, the tip of each elastic clamping plate 28, 28 is divided into a plurality of elastic pieces 28a, 28a ... that are independently pressed against the pivot 21 by a plurality of slits 30, 30 ... The clamping plates 28, 28 can be accurately pressed against the pivot 21 over the entire width thereof, and the frictional resistance between the elastic clamping plates 28, 28 and the pivot 21 can be further stabilized, and the slits 30, 30,. By adjusting the width, it is possible to adjust the pressing force of each elastic piece 28a, 28a.
[0028]
Further, the holding member 27 has a pair of left and right ear portions 29, 29 fixed together with the pair of left and right bearing members 23, 23 to the back plate 6 by a common bolt 24 and nut 25, thereby reducing the number of parts. This can contribute to further improvement of assembly and cost reduction.
[0029]
If the lamps of the lighting units 14, 14 are turned on, the vanity mirror 5 can be used even at night, and not only the luggage in the trunk box 2a can be confirmed.
[0030]
After the vanity mirror 5 is used, if the cover 15 is closed and pressed against the inner wall side of the trunk lid 2b, the vanity mirror 5 returns to the use position B where it overlaps the inner wall of the trunk lid 2b, and each pair of clip pieces 33a , 33b, the holding shaft 22 is received between the claw portions 35a, 35b, and the vanity mirror 5 is held at the storage position A by gripping it.
[0031]
By the way, the elastic fingers 34a, 34b of the pair of clip pieces 33a, 33b that stand up from the back surface of the back plate 6 intersect with each other immediately before the holding shaft 22 as described above, and the claw portions 35a, 35b at the tips thereof are Since the elastic fingers 34a and 34b are elastically engaged with one side of the holding shaft 22 on the side opposite to the base ends thereof, the holding shaft 22 is pushed between the claws 35a and 35b as shown in FIG. At the same time, the elastic fingers 34a and 34b bend so as to widen the gap between the claws 35a and 35b, so that the holding shaft 22 can be pushed between the claws 35a and 35b with a relatively light pressing force. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, when the vanity mirror 5 is held at the storage position A, when an impact force is applied to pull both the clip pieces 33a and 33b away from the holding shaft 22, both of them are caused accordingly. Since the elastic fingers 34a and 34b are bent so as to narrow the gap between the claws 35a and 35b, the frictional resistance between the claws 35a and 35b and the holding shaft 22 is increased, and the holding shaft 22 of the clip pieces 33a and 33b is increased. The holding power against increases. Therefore, in the retracted state of the vanity mirror 5, it is possible to prevent the vanity mirror 5 from rotating away from the storage position A due to vertical vibration during traveling of the motorcycle.
[0032]
Thus, the holding power of the vanity mirror 5 at the storage position A can be enhanced while allowing the vanity mirror 5 to be easily returned from the use position B to the storage position A.
[0033]
On the other hand, when the vanity mirror 5 is operated from the storage position A to an arbitrary use position B, the left and right finger hanging portions 31 below the back plate 6 are pulled forward, so that the clip means 32 is made of a synthetic resin in the longitudinal center. Since the back plate 6 is somewhat elastically deformed, the claw portions 35a, 35b of the pair of clip pieces 33a, 33b are sequentially detached from the holding shaft 22 from one side, As a result, the clip pieces 33a and 33b can be detached from the holding shaft 22 with a relatively light operating force.
[0034]
Further, when the vanity mirror 5 is vigorously returned from the use position B to the storage position A, the impact force is transmitted to the back plate 6, and the impact force is a cushion material 13 between the back plate 6 and the mirror support 12. Therefore, the generation of abnormal noise due to the impact vibration of the back plate 6 can be suppressed.
[0035]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the pivot shaft 21 and the holding shaft 22 are integrally formed on the frame 18 fixed to the trunk lid 2b. However, they can be separated and fixed individually to the trunk lid 2b.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first feature of the present invention, the vanity mirror is attached to the back plate of the vanity mirror by fixing the pair of bearing members rotatably supported on the pivot provided on the inner wall of the trunk lid. In a vanity mirror device for a trunk, which can be rotated between a storage position overlapping an inner wall of a trunk lid and an arbitrary use position, both side surfaces of the pivot shaft are sandwiched between the bearing members and the back plate. Since a holding member formed by connecting a pair of elastic clamping plates that can hold the vanity mirror in an arbitrary use position in a U shape is attached, the opposing elastic clamping plates are connected to the pivot by the clamping pressure. By generating rotational resistance due to friction, the vanity mirror can be held at an arbitrary use position. In particular, since both elastic clamping plates always exert a constant clamping force with respect to the pivot axis, the rotational resistance with respect to the pivot axis is always stable regardless of the frictional resistance between the bearing member and the pivot axis, and any vanity mirror can be attached to any It can be securely held at the use position, which can contribute to the improvement of assembly. Moreover, since the installation is performed using a relatively wide space between the holding member and the pair of bearing members, it is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the vanity mirror device. Further, a pair of ears are integrally formed on both sides of the holding member, and these ears are fixed to the back plate together with the bearing member by a common fixing member. By sharing, it is possible to reduce the number of parts, further improve assembly and reduce costs.
[0037]
Further, according to the second feature of the present invention, in addition to the first feature, the distal end portion of each elastic clamping plate is formed into a plurality of elastic pieces that are independently press-contacted to the pivot by a plurality of slits. Since it is divided, each elastic clamping plate can be accurately pressed against the pivot over its entire width, and the frictional resistance between each elastic clamping plate and the pivot can be more stabilized. By adjusting, it is possible to adjust the pressure contact force with respect to the pivot of each elastic piece.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle equipped with a trunk to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a vanity mirror is used by opening the trunk of FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the vanity mirror device. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating different operations of the vanity mirror device.
A ... Storage position B ... Use position 2 ... Trunk 2b ... Trunk lid 5 ... Vanity mirror 6 ... Back plate 21 ... Pivots 24, 25 ... common fixing members (bolts and nuts)
27... Holding member 28... Elastic clamping plate 28 a... Elastic piece 29.

Claims (2)

A pair of bearing members (23) rotatably supported on a pivot (21) provided on the inner wall of the trunk lid (2b) is fixed to the back plate (6) of the vanity mirror (5), and the vanity mirror ( 5) In the vanity mirror device for trunks, which can be rotated between a storage position (A) overlapping the inner wall of the trunk lid (2b) and an arbitrary use position (B).
A pair of elastic members capable of holding the vanity mirror (5) at an arbitrary use position (B) by sandwiching both side surfaces of the pivot (21) between the bearing members (23) on the back plate (6). A holding member (27) formed by connecting the holding plates (28, 28) in a U-shape is attached ,
A pair of ears (29, 29) are integrally formed on both sides of the holding member (27), and these ears (29, 29) are shared with the bearing member (23) to the back plate (6). A trunk vanity mirror device characterized by being fixed by fixing members (24, 25) . The trunk vanity mirror device according to claim 1,
The tip of each elastic clamping plate (28, 28) is divided into a plurality of elastic pieces (28a, 28a,...) That are independently pressed against the pivot (21) by a plurality of slits. to, vanity mirror equipment for the trunk.

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