JP4363049B2 - Vehicle shift control cable routing structure and routing method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shift control cable routing structure and a routing method for a vehicle in which a shift control cable for transmitting a shift operation of a shift lever to a transmission (transmission device) is arranged along a duct of an air conditioning unit. It is.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, for example, in a vehicle such as a passenger car, a console extending in the front-rear direction is disposed at the center in the left-right direction of the floor panel, and the center in the left-right direction (center in the vehicle width direction) of the instrument panel provided at the front end of the passenger compartment. An air conditioning unit is arranged inside, and ducts that guide the air from this air conditioning unit to the rear seat of the passenger compartment are located on both sides of the console and extend toward the rear of the passenger compartment along the floor panel. It is normal (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-321519 [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in such a vehicle, it is conceivable that the shift lever of the transmission is provided at the center in the left-right direction of the instrument panel, and the shift operation of the shift lever is transmitted to the transmission by the shift control cable. In this case, it is desirable to route the shift control cable downward.
[0005]
If the shift control cable is routed in this way, the duct of the air conditioning unit and the shift control cable interfere with each other. Therefore, in a vehicle having a duct as described above, the shift control cable can be routed downward. There wasn't.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shift control cable routing structure and routing method for a vehicle that can be routed downward.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, according to the first aspect of the present invention , an air conditioning unit is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction in an instrument panel provided at the front of the passenger compartment, and the rear seat of the passenger compartment is air-conditioned. duct for guiding the air is extended toward the rear seat of the passenger compartment along the floor panel from the air conditioning unit, the instrument panel shift lever is mounted, it is mounted a shift operation of the shift lever to the vehicle body A shift control cable for transmitting to the transmission is routed from the shift lever side toward the floor panel side, and the duct is connected to the upper duct portion and the lower duct portion at a portion in the instrument panel. is divided, the shift control cable insertion hole for-installing of the vehicle which is formed across the upper duct portion and a lower duct section shifting controller A Lumpur cable arrangement structure, the first in the upper duct section, the second transverse branch duct portion and the first, first, second vertical branch duct extending downward from the second lateral branch duct portion And the third and fourth branch vertical duct portions fitted to the first and second vertical branch duct portions are formed in the vertical duct portion of the lower duct, and the insertion Vehicle shift control in which a hole is formed between the first and second lateral branch duct portions, the first and second longitudinal branch duct portions, and the third and fourth branch longitudinal duct portions. It is characterized by a cable routing structure.
According to the invention of claim 2, the air-conditioning lower duct having a pair of upward branching duct portions forming an upward recess formed at the upper front end is directed along the floor panel from the front of the passenger compartment toward the rear seat. The shift control cable is disposed and temporarily held in the upward recess, and the shift control cable is inserted into the engine room on the front side from the cable insertion hole at the front of the vehicle body. A cockpit module having a control device provided with a shift lever is attached to the front part of the passenger compartment, and then a pair of downward branch duct parts provided in the upper duct Are connected to the pair of upward branch ducts, respectively, and the shift control device is routed in the insertion hole, and then the front A shift control cable, characterized in that the shift control cable routing method for a vehicle for connecting to the shift lever.
[0008]
According to the configuration of claim 1 and the routing method of claim 2 , the shift control cable can be easily routed downward.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Constitution]
In FIG. 1A, 1 is a vehicle body of an automobile (vehicle), 2 is a passenger compartment of the vehicle body 1, and 3 is a floor panel (vehicle body panel) in the passenger compartment 2. A tunnel portion (bulging protrusion) 3a extending in the front-rear direction and protruding upward is formed at the center of the floor panel 3 in the vehicle width direction. A console (not shown) is attached on the tunnel portion 3a.
[0010]
Further, a lower end of a dash panel (vehicle body panel) 4 is connected to the front edge of the floor panel 3 as shown in FIG. An inclined wall 4a that is inclined obliquely upward and forward is formed at the lower portion of the center portion of the dash panel 4 in the vehicle width direction, and a cable insertion hole 4b is formed in the inclined wall 4a.
[0011]
Further, a cockpit module 5 is attached to the front edge of the vehicle compartment 2. The cockpit module 5 includes an instrument panel 6 in which a meter (not shown), its electronic control parts, a harness, and the like are incorporated, and an instrument module 7 incorporated in the instrument panel 6.
[0012]
The instrument module 7 includes a steering member 8 made of pipe that extends to the left and right ends of the instrument panel 6, and an air conditioning unit 9 that is attached to the center in the left-right direction (the center in the vehicle width direction) of the steering member 8. Both ends of the steering member 8 are fixed to a position (not shown) of the vehicle body 1 so as to be detachable.
[0013]
Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, the steering member 8 is provided with a stay 10 that extends close to the right side of the air conditioning unit 9. The stay 10 is fixed to the steering member-side upper stay member 10a having a U-shaped cross-section with its upper end welded to the steering member 8 and extending downward, and to the lower end of the upper stay member 10a. The lower stay member 10b has a U-shaped cross section.
[0014]
A bracket 11 for attaching the stay is fixed to a portion near the front end of the tunnel portion 3a. The bracket 11 has an H-shaped attachment piece 11a that protrudes upward from the right side (driver's seat side) of the tunnel 3a. And the lower end part of the lower stay member 10b is attached to this attachment piece 11a.
[0015]
In addition, ducts 12 and 13 that guide the air conditioned by the air conditioning unit 9 to the rear seat (not shown) of the passenger compartment 2 are provided at the lower end of the air conditioning unit 9. The ducts 12 and 13 are extended toward the rear seat of the passenger compartment 2 along both sides of the tunnel portion 3a and the floor panel 3.
[0016]
The duct 12 has an upper duct 14 connected to an air outlet (not shown) of the air conditioning unit 9 and a lower duct 15 connected to the lower end of the upper duct 14. The duct 13 has an upper duct 16 connected to an air outlet (not shown) of the air conditioning unit 9 and a lower duct 17 connected to the lower end of the upper duct 16.
[0017]
As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2 to 4, the upper duct 16 includes a vertical duct portion 18 that extends downward from the air conditioning unit 9, and a horizontal duct portion that extends laterally from the lower end of the vertical duct portion 18. 19
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lateral duct portion 19 extends downward from the first and second lateral branch duct portions 20 and 21 that branch into two and the lateral branch duct portions 20 and 21. The first and second branch vertical duct portions (downward branch duct portions) 20a and 21a are provided. Between the first horizontal branch duct portion 20 and the first branch vertical duct portion 20a and the first horizontal branch duct portion 21 and the first branch vertical duct portion 21a, the side (lateral direction) and the top and bottom. A concave portion (lateral concave portion) 22 to be opened is formed.
[0019]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the lower duct 17 is positioned below the upper duct 16 and extends vertically, and a duct portion 17b extending rearward from the longitudinal duct portion 17a. Have And the 3rd, 4th branch vertical duct part (upward branch duct part) 23 and 24 branched into two is formed in the upper end part of the vertical duct part 17a, and this 3rd, 4th branch vertical duct part is formed. Between 23 and 24, the upward recessed part 25 open | released upwards and a horizontal direction is formed.
[0020]
Moreover, annular portions (cylinder portions) 23a, 24a having an outer shape larger than the lower side outer shape are formed at the upper ends of the third and fourth branch vertical duct portions 23, 24. The first and second branched vertical duct portions 20a and 21a of the duct 16 are fitted. As a result, the duct 13 is formed with a cable routing insertion hole 26 composed of a downward recess 22 and an upward recess 25 across the upper duct 16 and the lower duct.
[0021]
Such a floor panel 3 and portions of the lower ducts 12 and 13 along the floor panel 3 are covered with a carpet 27.
[0022]
Furthermore, a control device 28 is attached to the upper stay member 10a for operating to a lever operation position such as a parking position, a back position, a neutral position, and a shift range (drive range). This control device 28 is also incorporated in advance as a part of the cockpit module 5.
[0023]
The control device 28 includes a bracket 29 fixed to the upper stay member 10a, a shift lever (select lever) 31 having a lower end attached to the bracket 29 via a support shaft 30a so as to be able to rotate back and forth, and a shift lever. A positioning device (not shown in detail) for positioning the lever 31 at the lever operating position is provided. An arm portion 31 a extending forward is integrally provided at the lower end portion of the shift lever 31.
[0024]
A shift control cable 32 is interposed between the shift lever 31 and an automatic transmission (AT transmission) (not shown). The shift control cable 32 includes a tube 32a and a cable 32b that is slidably held by the tube 32a.
[0025]
A bracket 33 that covers the cable insertion hole 4b is detachably fixed to the inclined wall 4a of the dash panel 4 by bolts 34 and nuts 35, and a bracket for cable attachment that protrudes to the front at the lower end of the upper stay member 10. 36 is fixed. The bracket 33 holds the lower end portion of the tube 32a of the shift control cable 32, and the bracket 36 holds the upper end portion of the tube 32a in a detachable manner.
[0026]
The upper end portion of the cable 32 is rotatably held by the arm portion 31a of the shift lever 31 via the support shaft 37, and the other end portion of the cable 32 is attached to a shift operation unit (not shown) of the automatic transmission. .
[Action]
Next, a shift control cable routing structure for a vehicle having such a configuration will be described.
[0027]
In such a configuration, by operating the shift lever 31 back and forth, the shift lever 31 is positioned at the lever operation positions such as the parking position, the back position, the neutral position, the shift range (drive range) described above, and the like. It is possible to perform a shifting operation of the automatic transmission that does not.
[0028]
Further, a case where the cockpit module 5, the ducts 12, 13, the carpet 27, the shift control cable 32, and the like are assembled in such a shift control cable routing structure will be described.
(1) Assembly of the lower ducts 15 and 17 First, the lower ducts 15 and 17 of the ducts 12 and 13 are positioned on the left and right of the tunnel portion 3a as shown in FIG. To do. In this state, the vertical duct portion 17a protrudes upward at the front end portion of the lower duct 17, and the third and fourth branch vertical duct portions 23, 24 at the upper end portion of the vertical duct portion 17a. An upward recess 25 is formed between the upper and lateral directions.
(2) Temporary holding of the shift control cable 32 In this state, the intermediate portion of the shift control cable 32 is placed and temporarily held in the upward concave portion 25 as shown in FIG. 5 (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2). Shift control cable 32). On the other hand, the cable 32b of the shift control cable 32 is inserted into the front side of the dash panel 4 from the cable insertion hole 4b of the inclined wall 4a as shown in FIG. 2, and one end (lower end) of the tube 32b of the shift control cable 32 is inserted. The cable insertion hole 4b is covered with the inclined wall 4a. And this bracket 33 is fixed to the inclined wall 4a with the volt | bolt 34 and the nut 35 (refer FIG.2, FIG.3, FIG.5).
[0029]
In this state, the annular portions (cylinder portions) 23a, 24a provided in the third and fourth branch vertical duct portions 23, 24 are formed to have an outer shape larger than the lower side, and the shift control cable 32 is recessed upward. 25, the shift control cable 32 is not easily detached upward due to the action of the annular portions (cylinder portions) 23a and 24a.
[0030]
At this stage, the automatic transmission (AT transmission) is not mounted on the vehicle body 1, and the front end portion of the cable 32b of the shift control cable 32 is not connected to the automatic transmission.
[0031]
Note that either the fixing of the bracket 33 to the inclined wall 4a or the placement of the shift control cable 32 in the upward concave portion 25 may be performed first.
(3) Assembly of the cockpit module 5 In this state, the steering member 8 provided in the instrument module 7 of the cockpit module 5 is fixed to the vehicle body 1 at a position not shown, and the bracket 11 provided on the vehicle body 1 is attached to the mounting piece 11a. The cockpit module 5 is attached to the vehicle body 1 by fixing the lower end portion of the lower stay member 10b with bolts and nuts (not shown) (see FIGS. 1 (a) and 2).
(4) Assembly of the upper ducts 14 and 16 In this state, the upper ducts 14 and 16 are assembled to the lower ducts 15 and 17 as shown in FIGS. At this time, the first and second laterally branched duct portions 20 and 21 of the upper duct 14 are annular portions (tubular portions) 23 a provided in the third and fourth branched vertical duct portions 23 and 24 of the lower duct 17. The insertion hole 26 formed between the upper duct 16 and the lower duct 17 is formed by fitting the upper duct 16 to the lower duct 17 by being fitted to the 24a, and the shift control cable is formed in the insertion hole 26. 32 is routed.
(5) Assembly of the shift control cable 32 to the cockpit module 5 At the center of the cockpit module 5 in the left-right direction, there is a device arrangement such as an air conditioner control unit or AV equipment that opens rearward in the passenger compartment 2. A central opening (not shown) for installation is provided. Therefore, before these devices are mounted in the central opening, the shift control cable 32 temporarily held in the insertion hole 26 of the duct 13 is pulled out from the insertion hole 26 through the central opening, and this pulled out shift control cable 32 is provided. 2 is fixed to the bracket 36 as shown in FIG. 2, and the end of the cable 32b protruding from the tube 32a of the shift control cable 32 is connected to the arm 31a of the shift lever 31 with a support shaft 37 such as a connecting pin. The cable 32b can be interlocked with the shift lever 31 through the shift control cable 32 (see FIGS. 3 and 4).
[0032]
Thereafter, when the automatic transmission is disposed in the engine room E in the front portion of the vehicle body 1, the front end portion of the cable 32b of the shift control cable 32 is connected to the shift operation portion of the automatic transmission.
[0033]
In the shift control cable routing structure according to the embodiment of the invention described above, the air conditioning unit 9 is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction in the instrument panel 6 provided at the front of the vehicle compartment 2, and the vehicle Ducts 12 and 13 for guiding the air conditioned to the rear seat of the compartment 2 are extended from the air conditioning unit 9 along the floor panel 3 toward the rear seat of the compartment 2. In addition, a shift lever 31 is mounted on the instrument panel 6, and a shift control cable 32 for transmitting a shift operation of the shift lever 31 to the transmission mounted on the vehicle body 1 is provided from the shift lever 31 side to the floor panel 3. It is routed to the side. Further, an insertion hole 26 for cable routing is formed in a portion of the duct 13 in the instrument panel 6, and the shift control cable 32 is connected to the floor panel from the shift lever 31 side through the insertion hole 26. It is routed toward the 3rd side.
[0034]
According to this configuration, the shift control cable 32 can be easily routed downward.
[0035]
In the embodiment of the present invention, the duct 13 is divided into the upper duct 16 and the lower duct 17 at the position of the insertion hole 26 so that a pair of branched vertical ducts are formed at the upper end of the lower duct 17. Portions 23 and 24 are formed.
[0036]
According to this configuration, the insertion hole 26 straddling the upper duct 16 and the lower duct 17 separates the upper duct 16 from the lower duct 17, so that the upward concave portion 25 formed on the upper end portion of the lower duct 17 and the upper duct 16 are separated. It is divided into a recess 22 formed at the end of the duct 16. And the insertion hole 26 by the upward recessed part 25 and the recessed part 22 is formed by couple | bonding the lower end part of the upper side duct 16 with the upper end part of the lower side duct 17. FIG.
[0037]
Therefore, in order to route the shift control cable 32 in the insertion hole 26, it is only necessary to separate the upper duct 16 from the lower duct 17 and place the shift control cable 32 in the upward recess 25 from above. Thereafter, when the lower end portion of the upper duct 16 is coupled to the upper end portion of the lower duct 17, the shift control cable 32 is routed in the insertion hole 26 and temporarily held. As a result, the workability of routing the shift control cable 32 to the insertion hole 26 is good.
[0038]
Further, in the shift control cable routing structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, annular portions 23a and 24a larger than the lower outer shape are formed at the upper ends of the pair of branch vertical duct portions 23 and 24 of the lower duct 17. Has been. According to this configuration, the annular portion makes it difficult to remove the shift control cable, so that the temporary holding of the shift control cable becomes more reliable.
[0039]
Furthermore, in the shift control cable routing structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, the duct 13 includes a lateral duct portion 19 that extends laterally and a longitudinal duct portion that extends downward from the lateral duct portion 19 (the first and first ducts of the upper duct 16). The second branch vertical duct portions 20a and 21a and the vertical duct portion 17a of the lower duct 17 are provided, and the insertion hole 26 has a horizontal duct portion 19 and the vertical duct portion (first and second branches of the upper duct 16). The vertical duct portions 20a and 21a and the vertical duct portion 17a of the lower duct 17) are formed in an inverted L shape, and a shift control cable is inserted and routed through the insertion hole 26.
[0040]
According to this configuration, the shift control cable 32 can be temporarily held by being locked to the side surface of the insertion hole 26 before the cockpit module 5 having a configuration in which the main parts are incorporated in the instrument panel is attached to the vehicle body 1. Therefore, the assembly property of the shift control cable 32 is improved.
[0041]
Furthermore, in the shift control cable routing method according to the embodiment of the present invention, a pair of upward branch duct portions (third and fourth branch vertical duct portions 23, 24) forming the upward recess 25 are provided at the upper front end. The air conditioning lower duct 17 is mounted along the floor panel 3 from the front part of the passenger compartment 2 toward the rear seat side, and a shift control cable 32 is disposed and temporarily held in the upward recess 25, and The shift control cable 32 is inserted into the front engine room E through the cable insertion hole 4b at the front of the vehicle body, so that an intermediate portion of the shift control cable 32 is held at the front of the vehicle body 1. Then, the cockpit module 5 provided with the control device 28 including the shift lever 31 is attached to the front portion of the vehicle compartment 2, and then a pair of downward branch duct portions (first and second) provided in the upper duct 16. Are connected to the pair of upward branch duct portions (third and fourth branch vertical duct portions 23, 24), respectively, and the shift control cable 32 is arranged in the insertion hole 26. After that, the shift control cable 32 is connected to the shift lever 31.
[0042]
According to this shift control cable routing method, after the lower duct 17 is mounted on the floor panel 3 and before the upper duct 16 is mounted on the lower duct 17, the shift control cable 32 is directed upward. It is arranged so as to be placed in the recess 25 from above and temporarily held. As a result, it is easy to route the shift control cable 32 for temporary holding. The shift control cable 32 temporarily held in the state where the cockpit module 5 is mounted on the front portion of the passenger compartment 2 is connected to the shift lever 31 provided in the cockpit module 5, so that the shift control cable 32 is shifted. The shift control cable 32 can be easily routed with respect to the shift lever 31 provided in the cockpit module 5 without performing a search operation for connecting to the lever 31.
[0043]
【The invention's effect】
Since it was constituted as described above, according to the first and second aspects of the invention, the shift control cable can be easily routed downward.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a vehicle body provided with a shift control cable routing structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a schematic perspective view showing a relationship between a cockpit module provided in a vehicle compartment of FIG. It is.
FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a main part of a shift control cable routing structure according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the shift control cable routing structure of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view of FIG. 3 viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
5 is a schematic perspective view showing a state before the upper duct and cockpit module of FIG. 3 are attached.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Car body 2 ... Vehicle compartment 3 ... Floor panel 4 ... Dash panel (vehicle body)
4b ... Cable insertion hole 5 ... Cockpit module 6 ... Instrument panel 9 ... Air conditioning unit 12, 13 ... Duct 16 ... Upper duct 17 ... Lower duct 17a ... Vertical duct part 20a ... 1st branch vertical duct part 21a ... 2nd branch vertical duct part 22 ... Recessed part (horizontal recessed part)
23 ... 3rd branch vertical duct part 24 ... 4th branch vertical duct part 23a, 24a ... annular part 25 ... upward recessed part 26 ... insertion hole 31 ... shift lever 32. ..Shift control cable E ... Engine room

Claims (2)

An air conditioning unit is disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction in an instrument panel provided at the front of the passenger compartment, and a duct for guiding the air conditioned to the rear seat of the passenger compartment extends from the air conditioning unit along the floor panel. extends towards the rear seat of the passenger compartment, said instrument panel shift lever is mounted on the shift control cable the shift lever side for transmitting the shift operation of the shift lever in the loaded transmission to the vehicle body together it is routed toward the floor panel side from
The duct is divided into an upper duct portion and a lower duct portion at a portion in the instrument panel, and an insertion hole for the shift control cable is formed across the upper duct portion and the lower duct portion . A shift control cable routing structure for a vehicle,
The upper duct portion includes first and second laterally branched duct portions and first and second longitudinally branched duct portions extending downward from the first and second laterally branched duct portions. The third and fourth branch vertical duct portions fitted with the second vertical branch duct portions are formed in the vertical duct portion of the lower duct, and the insertion holes are the first and second insertion holes. A shift control cable for a vehicle, wherein the shift control cable is formed between the lateral branch duct section, the first and second longitudinal branch duct sections, and the third and fourth branch longitudinal duct sections. Construction.   A pair of upward branching ducts that form upward recesses are installed along the floor panel from the front part of the passenger compartment to the rear seat side, and the lower ducts for air conditioning are mounted on the front end and shifted to the upward recesses. A control cable is provided and temporarily held, and the shift control cable is inserted into the front engine compartment from the cable insertion hole at the front of the vehicle body, and the intermediate portion of the shift control cable is held at the front of the vehicle body. Then, a cockpit module provided with a control device including a shift lever is attached to the front part of the passenger compartment, and a pair of downward branch ducts provided in the upper duct is then replaced with the pair of upward branch ducts. The shift control device is routed through the insertion hole, and then the shift control cable is connected. Shift control cable routing method for a vehicle, characterized in that connecting Le to the shift lever.

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