JP5152850B2 - Vehicle speed meter for motorcycles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a motorcycle speed meter including a twin-lens meter and a combination switch.

As an example of a conventional vehicle speed meter for motorcycles, there is a known structure in which a warning lamp unit is arranged so as to be flush with the surface of the upper case in a portion surrounded by a twin-lens meter and a main key provided in the upper case of the meter. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-50832

  However, in the conventional motorcycle speed meter described in Patent Document 1, the upper case surface is substantially flush with the ground because the upper case surface is flush with the upper case surface, that is, the warning lamp unit is provided parallel to the upper case surface. When it is arranged so as to be horizontal, there is a problem that it is difficult to see the warning lamp from the eyes of the passenger. In addition, the upper case warning lamp installation part is surrounded by the binocular meter opening and the main key opening, and the upper case of the part tends to be thin, and it is necessary to improve the strength by erecting ribs. There was a problem of not becoming.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and improve the visibility so that the passenger can easily see the display part, and further secure the space for the display part mounting part of the upper cover to improve the strength. It is to provide a vehicle speed meter.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1
A meter unit constituting a twin-lens meter;
An upper cover having a binocular meter opening and a combination switch opening disposed in close proximity, and covering the binocular meter from above;
A lower cover that covers the binocular meter from below;
In a vehicle speed meter for a motorcycle, comprising a combination switch attached to the combination switch opening of the upper cover,
A display component attachment portion for attaching a display component is formed in a portion of the upper cover surrounded by the opening for the two-lens meter and the opening for the combination switch, and the display component attachment portion is formed from the front with respect to the upper case surface. front inclined toward the rear name a convex upward,
The wall thickness behind the display component mounting portion so that the mating surfaces of the upper cover and the lower cover have the same height on the front and rear sides from the surface of the upper plate portion located between the openings for the two-lens meter It is characterized by thinning .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the display component is a product mark that displays a manufacturer's brand .

  According to the motorcycle speed meter according to claim 1, a display part attaching portion for attaching a display part is formed in a portion surrounded by the two-eye meter opening and the combination switch opening of the upper cover. Since the part is inclined from the front to the rear and the front part has a convex shape, it is easy for the occupant to see the display component and the visibility can be improved. In particular, when the display component is a manufacturer's brand name, vehicle pet name, or the like, the user's sense of ownership can be improved. Further, the portion of the upper cover surrounded by the twin-lens meter and the combination switch has a three-dimensional shape, and the strength of the display component mounting portion of the upper cover can be improved.

In addition, since the thickness of the rear part of the display component mounting part is made thin so that the mating surfaces of the upper cover and the lower cover are the same height on the front and rear sides, the display part mounting part may be inclined. However, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of a step between the front surface and the rear surface of the mating surface of the upper cover and the lower cover by avoiding the interference of the display component mounting portion. This eliminates the need for special processing such as making the mating surfaces of the upper cover and the lower cover different between the front and the rear, thereby increasing versatility. Furthermore, the display part mounting part interferes with the lower cover because the mating surface of the upper cover and lower cover is formed with a thin thickness behind the display part mounting part so that the front and rear have the same height. Thus, it is possible to avoid the restriction on the inclination angle of the display component mounting portion. Therefore, with such a configuration, it is possible to increase the inclination of the display component mounting portion and eliminate the step between the mating surfaces of the upper cover and the lower cover.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a vehicle speed meter for a motorcycle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partial configuration diagram showing a configuration of a part of a front wheel steering system of a motorcycle equipped with a motorcycle speed meter according to the present invention. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the front wheel steering system of the motorcycle shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a motorcycle speed meter viewed from the occupant, and FIG. 4 is an IV of the motorcycle speed meter shown in FIG. FIG. In the description, front, rear, right, left, upper, and lower refer to directions viewed from a passenger who rides the motorcycle.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front wheel steering system 1 of the motorcycle is steerable to the head pipe 3 via the body frame 2, the head pipe 3 provided at the front end of the body frame 2, and the top bridge 4. Front fork 5, a front wheel (not shown) attached to the lower end of the front fork 5, and a bar handle 7 attached to the top bridge 4 via left and right holders 6. A headlight unit 8 is disposed above 5. A motorcycle speed meter 20 according to the present invention is attached to the top bridge 4 via a stay 9.

  Furthermore, the motorcycle has a fuel tank 11 disposed at the upper part of the body frame 2 and a seat 12 on which a driver is disposed behind the fuel tank 11. Not only can a passenger be seated in the rear.

  A motorcycle speed meter 20 according to the present invention includes a meter unit 25 that constitutes a twin-lens meter, a twin-lens meter opening 31 and a combination switch opening 32 that are arranged close to each other. An upper cover 30 that covers the two-lens meter from below, an external cover 50 that covers the lower cover 40 from below, and a combination switch 35 that is attached to the combination switch opening 32 of the upper cover 30. Is provided.

  The meter unit 25 constitutes a twin-lens meter. The twin-lens meter according to the present embodiment displays at least two of the two-wheel-type motors such as a speedometer, a tachometer, a neutral lamp, a turn indicator lighting confirmation lamp, and a high beam condition confirmation lamp. To do. In addition, these displays may be numerical displays using a dial and a pointer, or may be digital displays. In addition to the display of these operating states, other instruments such as a fuel gauge, a water temperature gauge, and an indicator lamp may be included.

  The upper cover 30 is made of resin, and as shown in FIG. 3, a binocular meter opening 31 is provided so that the driver can check the meter with the binocular meter covered from above. It is covered with the illustrated transparent protective cover. In addition, the binocular meter openings 31 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the front-rear direction, and a combination switch is placed on the symmetry line of the binocular meter opening 31 at the rear (driver side) of the binocular meter opening 31. Opening openings 32 are arranged close to each other. An isosceles triangle is formed by connecting the centers of the binocular meter opening 31 and the combination switch opening 32 with virtual lines, and the portion surrounded by the binocular meter opening 31 and the combination switch opening 32 is A region for attaching a display component as the display component mounting portion 37 is secured.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the upper cover 30 further includes an upper plate portion 33 and a peripheral wall portion 34 extending downward from the outer edge of the upper plate portion 33, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 33 a project from the lower surface of the upper plate portion 33. Formed. A stepped portion 34 a that functions as a mating surface when the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 are assembled is formed on the back surface of the front peripheral wall portion 34 positioned in front of the upper surface cover 30, and the peripheral wall portion 34 behind the upper cover 30. A step portion 34b is formed on the back surface of the plate to function as a mating surface when the upper cover 30 and the outer cover 50 are assembled. In addition, a cylindrical projection 33 c having a screw hole 33 b for fixing the lower cover 40 and the outer cover 50 to the upper cover 30 is integrally formed in front of the upper cover 30.

  The display component mounting portion 37 provided on the upper cover 30 is positioned substantially at the center of the upper cover 30, and is formed so as to be inclined downward from the front to the rear and to have a convex shape at the front portion 37a. Specifically, the front part 37a of the display component mounting part 37 is provided with a convex part 37b that forms a convex shape upward, and from the rear lower end part of the convex part 37b toward the rear, with respect to the upper plate part 33 of the upper cover 30. An inclined portion 37c that is inclined downward is formed. The rear end of the inclined portion 37 c intersects with the annular portion 32 a that forms the combination switch opening 32 provided in the upper cover 30 behind the display component mounting portion 37. Thereby, a recessed part is formed by the convex part 37b, the inclination part 37c, and the annular part 32a, and the product mark 39 as a display component is attached to the recessed part. The lower surface of the annular portion 32a functions as a mating surface between the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 at the rear, and has the same height as the step portion 34a of the front peripheral wall portion 34.

  The display parts are not limited to the product mark 39, but various display lamps for grasping the state of the motorcycle such as a warning lamp indicating that the fuel has been reduced to a predetermined amount, a neutral lamp, and a display lamp for informing the high beam of the headlight. including. The alternate long and short dash lines shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate the correlation between the driver's and rear passenger's line of sight and the inclination angle between the surface of the upper cover 30 and the display component mounting portion 37, respectively. The line of sight of the rear occupant, the parallel lines of the surface of the upper cover 30 (the surface of the upper plate portion 33) drawn from the display component mounting portion 37, and the inclination of the display component mounting portion 37 (inclined portion 37c) are shown.

  In addition, the lower surface 37e of the rear end portion of the inclined portion 37c is made thin so that the mating surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 have the same height in the front and the rear, behind the display component mounting portion 37. Formed. That is, the lower surface 37e of the lower end portion of the inclined portion 37c is substantially parallel to the surface of the upper plate portion 33 of the upper cover 30. As a result, the inclined portion 37c does not interfere with the lower cover 40 (specifically, an inner protrusion 41d of the lower cover 40 described later), and the lower cover 40 is provided even when the display component mounting portion 37 is inclined. It is possible to eliminate the occurrence of a step between the front surface and the rear surface of the mating surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 without any special processing.

  The combination switch 35 is attached to the combination opening 32 formed in the upper cover 30 from above. The combination switch 35 functions as an ignition switch and a steering lock. The combination switch 35 has a cylinder lock 35a on the upper portion thereof, and an ignition key 60 is inserted into the cylinder lock 35a and rotated to the left and right to thereby turn the ignition. Switch ON / OFF, and lock and release the rotation around the head pipe of the front wheel drive system.

  The lower cover 40 is made of resin, has a peripheral wall portion 41 and a bottom plate portion 42 that closes the lower end of the peripheral wall portion 41, and opens upward. The lower cover 40 covers the twin-lens meter from below, is attached to the upper cover 30 while avoiding the combination switch 35, and stores the twin-lens meter in a space formed by the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40. Further, the bottom plate portion 42 is configured to expose the wiring 62 of the twin-lens meter from the space.

  Further, at the front ends of the front and rear peripheral wall portions 41 of the lower cover 40, there are provided mounting plate portions 41b protruding outward from the peripheral wall portion 41 in parallel with the bottom plate portion 42, and the mounting plate portion 41b has outer protrusions 41c and Two protrusions of the inner protrusion 41d are provided. The front and rear inner protrusions 41d and the front and rear outer protrusions 41c are formed at the same height. FIG. 4 shows the front end surface of the inner protrusion connecting the front and rear inner protrusions 41d and the front and rear inner protrusions 41c. The outer projection tip surface connecting the two is indicated by a one-dot chain line. When the upper cover 30 is attached to the lower cover 40, the upper end surface of the front outer protrusion 41 c is in surface contact with the step 34 a of the upper cover to perform vertical alignment, and the inner protrusion 41 d is the frontmost part of the upper cover 30. Positioning in the front-rear direction is performed by contacting one of the reinforcing ribs 33a located on the side surface on the side surface. In addition, when the upper cover 30 is attached to the lower cover 40 below the mounting plate portion 41 b of the front peripheral wall portion 41, an external which will be described later is provided between the peripheral wall portion 34 of the upper cover 30 and the peripheral wall portion 41 of the lower cover 40. In order to sandwich the second peripheral wall portion 51c of the cover 50, a thick portion 41e is formed. On the other hand, at the rear of the lower cover 40, when the upper cover 30 is attached to the lower cover 40, the upper end surface of the outer protrusion 41 c comes into contact with the lower surface of the annular portion 32 a that forms the combination switch opening 32. 30 and the lower cover 40 are aligned in the vertical direction. The rear inner protrusion 41d is in contact with the lower surface 37e of the display component mounting portion 37, and alignment is performed. Further, when the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 are attached, the portion facing the screw hole 33b of the upper cover 30 is concentric with the screw hole 33b in the cylindrical protrusion 33c provided in the upper cover 30. And an annular protrusion 42b that aligns with the cylindrical protrusion 33c is formed around the screw hole 42a.

  The outer cover 50 is made of resin and includes a peripheral wall portion 51 and a bottom plate portion 52 that closes a lower end portion of the peripheral wall portion 51, and the front peripheral wall portion 51 rises upward from the bottom plate portion 52. A mounting plate portion 51b that protrudes forward from the first peripheral wall portion 51a so as to be parallel to the bottom plate portion 52 is provided, and a second peripheral wall portion 51c that rises further upward is provided at the tip of the mounting plate portion 51b. When the external cover 50 is assembled to the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40, the screw holes 33 b are formed in the mounting plate portion 51 b at portions facing the screw holes 33 b and 42 a formed in the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40. , 42a is formed with a screw hole 51d so as to be concentric.

  The outer cover 50 entirely covers the meter unit 25 and the combination switch 35 from below, and the tip of the second peripheral wall portion 51c is placed in a state where the meter unit 25 is housed in the space formed by the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40. The upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 are fitted into the fitting groove formed by the thick portion 41e, and the tip of the rear peripheral wall 51 is aligned with the step 34b provided on the rear peripheral wall 34 of the upper cover 30. Arranged. Then, the upper cover 30, the lower cover 40, and the outer cover 50 are screwed into the screw holes 33 b, 42 a, 51 d that are concentric with the upper cover 30, the lower cover 40, and the outer cover 50 combined. Assemble. Further, the bottom plate portion 52 of the external cover 50 is configured to expose the twin-lens meter wiring 62 and the combination switch wiring 63 to the outside.

  In the motorcycle speed meter 20 described above, since the display component 39 is inclined from the upper plate portion 33 of the upper cover 30, as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 1 and FIG. It is easy to see and the visibility is improved. When the rear occupant is seated, the display components are easily seen from the rear occupant and the visibility is improved. In particular, when the upper plate portion 33 of the upper cover 30 is provided substantially parallel to the ground, the visibility can be greatly improved. Further, by providing the convex portion 37b and the inclined portion 37c, the portion of the upper cover 30 surrounded by the binocular meter opening 31 and the combination switch opening 32 has a relatively three-dimensional shape. The strength of the resin upper cover 30 can be improved.

  Further, according to the motorcycle speed meter 20 of the present invention, the rear surface 37e of the rear end portion of the inclined portion 37c is located behind the display component mounting portion 37 so that the mating surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 are frontward and rearward. It is formed by reducing the wall thickness so as to be the same height. That is, the lower surface 37e of the display component mounting portion 37 is formed to have a small thickness so as not to interfere with the inner protrusion 41d of the lower cover 40, thereby aligning the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 forward and rearward. A step can be eliminated on the surface (tip surface of the outer protrusion shown in FIG. 4). This eliminates the need for special processing such as making the mating surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 40 different between the front and the rear, thereby increasing versatility. Further, by reducing the thickness of the lower surface 37e of the display component mounting portion 37, the front end surface of the inner protrusion 41d (the inner protrusion front end surface shown in FIG. 4) can be formed at the same height on the front and rear sides. . This eliminates the need for special processing such as making the inner protrusion 41d of the lower cover 40 stepped between the front and the rear, thereby increasing versatility. Further, by reducing the thickness of the lower surface 37e of the display component mounting portion 37, it is possible to avoid a restriction on the inclination angle of the inclined portion 37c of the display component mounting portion 37, and the vehicle speed meter 20 for motorcycles can be avoided. The inclination of the inclined portion 37c can be adjusted according to the arrangement situation. Further, sink marks when the upper cover 30 is injection-molded can be prevented.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The front wheel steering system 1 ′ of the motorcycle shown in FIG. 5 includes a so-called separate handle 7 ′ in which a pair of left and right handles are independent, and the left and right separate handles 7 ′ are respectively attached to the front fork 5 via clamps 16. It is different from the front wheel steering system 1 of the motorcycle shown in FIG. 1 in that it is fixed. Therefore, in the first embodiment, a part of the bar handle 7 exists above the top bridge 4. However, in the second embodiment that employs the separate handle 7 ′, the top bridge 4 ′ is exposed to the occupant. It will be.

  In the second embodiment, in consideration of the fact that the top bridge 4 ′ is exposed to the occupant, the display component attaching portion 37 ′ is provided on the top bridge 4 ′. By making the front part of the display component mounting portion 37 ′ convex and inclining from the front to the rear, the visibility of the display component can be improved as in the first embodiment.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A change, improvement, etc. are possible suitably.

1 is a partial configuration diagram showing a configuration of a part of a front wheel steering system of a motorcycle equipped with a motorcycle speed meter according to the present invention. Partial enlarged view of the front wheel steering system of the motorcycle shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing of the motorcycle speed meter for the motorcycle according to the first embodiment of the present invention as seen from the passenger. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the motorcycle speed meter shown in Fig. 3 taken along line IV-IV. Explanatory drawing of the motorcycle speed meter of the second embodiment according to the present invention as seen from the passenger

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front-wheel steering system of a motorcycle 20 Vehicle speed meter for motorcycle 25 Meter unit 30 Upper cover 31 Binocular meter opening 32 Combination switch opening 37 Display component mounting portion 37a Front portion 39 Display component 40 Lower cover 50 External cover

Claims (2)

A meter unit that constitutes a twin-lens meter disposed in close proximity;
An upper cover having an opening for a twin-lens meter and an opening for a combination switch, and covering the twin-lens meter from above;
A lower cover that covers the binocular meter from below;
In a vehicle speed meter for a motorcycle, comprising a combination switch attached to the combination switch opening of the upper cover,
A display component attaching portion for attaching a display component is formed in a portion surrounded by the opening for the two-eye meter and the opening for the combination switch of the upper cover,
The display component mounting section, a front inclined downward from the front to the rear to name a convex shape,
The wall thickness behind the display component mounting portion so that the mating surfaces of the upper cover and the lower cover have the same height on the front and rear sides from the surface of the upper plate portion located between the openings for the two-lens meter A vehicle speed meter for motorcycles, characterized in that it is made thinner . The motorcycle speed meter according to claim 1, wherein the display component is a product mark for displaying a manufacturer's brand.

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