JP5277329B2 - Vehicle switch - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular switch capable of sensuously and quickly grasping a portion to be operated, and improving operability. <P>SOLUTION: In this vehicular switch, a first operation member 21 formed of a single member is arranged on a mounting surface 26 of a vehicle, and the first operation member 21 is constituted so that it can be operated to be inclined. A plurality of protrusions 27 which can be operated to be pressed are provided on an outer edge of the first operation member 21. Between the respective protrusions 27, cut-out parts 30 formed lower than the protrusions 27 are provided, and a curve part 24 whose portion sandwiched between the cut-out parts 30 is gradually narrower and reaches each of the protrusions 27 is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle switch provided on, for example, a steering wheel.

  Conventionally, a cross-type vehicle switch is known. For example, this cross-type switch provided on the steering wheel is used as an input for in-vehicle display devices. By using the cross-type switch, selection of setting items in the horizontal and vertical directions displayed on the display device can be made horizontally. It is excellent in that it can be operated sensibly in the vertical direction, and the operability of the passenger is improved (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-96245 A

  In the above conventional vehicle switch, the direction of item selection does not change even when the steering wheel is operated by changing the control by the switch operation according to the steering angle of the steering wheel. There is a problem that it is necessary to operate while confirming the part to be performed, and as a result, it is not possible to perform the operation easily.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle switch that can quickly and intuitively grasp a site to be operated and improve operability.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the invention described in claim 1 is configured such that a first operation member formed of a single member (for example, the first operation members 21 and 41 in the embodiment) is attached to a vehicle mounting surface (for example, The first operation member is configured to be tiltable and can be pressed on the outer edge portion of the first operation member (for example, the bulge in the embodiment). A plurality of portions 27, 47), and a switch-off portion formed lower than the pressable portion (for example, the cut-off portion in the embodiment) between the pressable portions. 30), and a curved portion (for example, the curved portion 24 in the embodiment) is provided so that the portion sandwiched between the scraping portions gradually decreases in width and reaches each of the pressable portions. And features.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, a first operating member (for example, the first operating members 21 and 41 in the embodiment) formed from a single member is attached to a vehicle mounting surface (for example, the mounting surface 26 in the embodiment, 36), the first operating member is formed in a curved cross-sectional shape with the center portion recessed most toward the back, and can be tilted, and can be pressed to the outer edge of the first operating member. A switch for a vehicle in which a plurality of portions (for example, the raised portions 27 and 47 in the embodiment) are provided, and between the respective pressable portions, a scraping portion (lower than the pressable portion) ( For example, a bending portion 30) in the embodiment is provided, and a portion that is sandwiched by the cutting portion gradually decreases in width and reaches a portion that can be pressed (for example, the bending portion 24 in the embodiment). And it is provided.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, a first operating member (for example, the first operating members 21 and 41 in the embodiment) formed from a single member is attached to a vehicle mounting surface (for example, the mounting surface 26 in the embodiment, 36), the first operation member is configured to be tiltable, and a plurality of pressable portions (for example, raised portions 27 and 47 in the embodiment) are provided on the outer edge portion of the first operation member. The first operating member is formed in a circular shape when viewed from the front, and the pressable portion is arranged concentrically with respect to a central portion of the operating member. Between parts, a scraping part (for example, the sawing part 30 in the embodiment) formed lower than the pressable part is provided, and a portion sandwiched between the sawing parts gradually becomes narrower. Serial curved portion leading to the depressable portion (e.g., the bending portion 24 in the embodiment), characterized in that is provided.
In the invention described in claim 4, the first operating member formed of a single member (for example, the first operating members 21 and 41 in the embodiment) is attached to the mounting surface of the vehicle (for example, the mounting surface 26 in the embodiment, 36), the first operating member is formed in a curved cross-sectional shape with the center portion recessed most toward the back, and can be tilted, and can be pressed to the outer edge of the first operating member. A switch for a vehicle in which a plurality of parts (for example, the raised portions 27 and 47 in the embodiment) are provided, wherein the first operation member is formed in a circular shape in a front view, and the pressable part is a center of the operation member Is disposed concentrically with respect to the portion, and between each of the pressable portions, a scraping portion formed lower than the pressable portion (for example, the scraping portion 30 in the embodiment) is provided, Said Curved portion extending to the each pressable portion width gradually the portion sandwiched between the drop unit is narrowed (for example, the bending portion 24 in the embodiment), characterized in that is provided.

  According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the pressable portion of the first operation member can be quickly and clearly grasped, and the operation can be performed without visual observation, and the possibility of erroneous operation is reduced. Therefore, the operability can be improved.

1 is a front view of a steering wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a meter panel. It is a perspective view of the switch for left vehicles. It is a front view of the switch for left vehicles. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. It is a front view of 2nd Embodiment of the switch for left side vehicles. It is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of FIG.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the steering wheel 1 includes a boss portion 2 fixed to a steering shaft (not shown), an annular rim portion 3 held by a driver, and a spoke portion that connects the rim portion 3 and the boss portion 2. 4. An air bag unit (not shown) is housed in the boss portion 2 and a horn switch 5 is provided on the upper surface.

  When the steering wheel 1 is in the neutral position, the spoke portion 4 includes a left spoke portion 10 that extends to the left side, a right spoke portion 11 that extends to the right side, and a lower spoke portion 12 that extends downward. The left spoke portion 10 and the right spoke portion 11 are provided with a left vehicle switch 13 and a right vehicle switch 14, respectively. Here, the left vehicle switch 13 and the right vehicle switch 14 are disposed at a distance Y above the lateral axis J of the left spoke portion 10 and the right spoke portion 11, and The left vehicle switch 13 and the right vehicle switch 14 are easily operated by the thumb of an occupant holding the steering wheel 1 at a position of a distance X inward from the outer edge.

FIG. 2 shows a meter panel 15 having a speedometer 16 at the center, a tachometer 17 on the left side, and a fuel gauge 18 adjacent to the right side, and a multi-information display 19 at the center of the speedometer 16. Is provided.
The multi-information display 19 normally displays operation screens related to audio, navigation, air conditioners, and trip meters, but is also used as a display unit for customization settings.

  Specifically, customized settings are the door, window setting, trip meter and fuel consumption interlock reset for average fuel consumption, smart key setting, etc., assuming that multiple drivers can share and use the vehicle. This is customization of various basic settings of the vehicle. When this is set, customization item information is displayed on the multi-information display 19 in a hierarchical structure. The left vehicle switch 13 described above is used to select / determine selection items of the hierarchical structure used for such customization.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the left vehicle switch 13 includes a first operation member 21 having a circular shape when viewed from the front, which is attached to a circular recess 20 formed on the attachment surface 26 of the left spoke portion 10. ing.
The first operation member 21 is formed of a single resin member, and can be tilted only in the left direction, the right direction, the upward direction, and the downward direction by a mechanism unit (not shown) provided therein, and when it tilts, The item corresponding to the tilted direction is selected.

The first operating member 21 includes a curved portion 24 having a curved cross-sectional shape with the central portion recessed most deeply on the back side. The curved portion 24 is continuously formed toward the outer edge, and a second portion is provided at the central portion of the curved portion 24. An insertion hole 23 of the operation member 22 is provided, and the second operation member 22 is attached to the insertion hole 23 so as to be pressed.
The second operation member 22 has a circular cross section and includes a top portion 25 that is curved in the opposite direction to the first operation member 21, that is, a top portion 25 that protrudes toward the front side, and performs a determination operation of pressing the top portion 25. The top portion 25 of the second operating member 22 is set to the same height as the mounting surface 26 of the left spoke portion 10, and the peripheral portion of the second operating member 22 is the edge of the insertion hole 23, that is, the left spoke portion 10 is attached. The height is set to be equivalent to the surface 26.

  The first operating member 21 protrudes to the front side compared to the other parts, that is, the diagonally upper left direction, the diagonally upper right direction, the diagonally lower left direction, and the diagonally lower right direction, at the outer edge of the left direction, the right direction, the upward direction, and the downward direction. The raised portions 27 are arranged at 90 degree intervals on a concentric circle with respect to the central portion. The outer surface 27a of the raised portion 27 is raised along the curved outer wall portion 28 of the first operating member 21, and protrudes to the near side with a height higher than the mounting surface 26 of the left spoke portion 10 by h (see FIG. 5), the inner peripheral side is provided with an edge portion 29 as a ridgeline.

  Between the raised portions 27 of the outer edge portions of the first operation member 21 in the left direction, the right direction, the upper direction, and the lower direction, respectively, at a position lower than the mounting surface 26 of the first operation member 21 by Δh. A sawing-off portion 30 is provided by horizontally cutting the raised portion 27 (see FIG. 5). Here, an intermediate portion of the shaving-off portion 30 formed so as to straddle between the raised portions 27 is connected by a gentle arc-shaped ridgeline 31 in which an adjacent portion to the curved portion 24 warps inward.

  Therefore, the first operating member 21 having the second operating member 22 at the center has a line-symmetric shape, and the curved portion 24 has a corner portion where the four raised portions 27, 27, 27, 27 are formed. The curved portion 24 has a substantially rhombic shape, and the portion sandwiched between the pair of shaving-off portions 30, 30 gradually decreases in width and reaches each raised portion 27. In addition, the triangular mark 32 which turned the apex angle corresponding to the left direction, the right direction, the upper direction, and the downward direction is attached | subjected to the site | part adjacent to the protruding part 27 of the curved part 24, respectively (FIG. 1). Only displayed).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the right vehicle switch 14 includes a first operation member 41 having a circular shape when viewed from the front, which is attached to a circular concave portion 37 formed on the attachment surface 36 of the right spoke portion 11. .
The first operating member 41 of the right vehicle switch 14 is also formed from a single resin member. The right vehicle switch 14 can be tilted only upward and downward by a mechanism (not shown) provided inside, and when tilted, the contact provided therein is conducted and tilted (upward and downward) ) Is performed.

  The first operation member 41 also includes a curved portion 44 having a curved cross-sectional shape with the central portion recessed most deeply on the back side. The curved portion 44 is continuously formed toward the outer edge, and the central portion includes the second operating member 42. An insertion hole 43 is provided, and a second operating member 42 having a circular cross section is attached thereto so as to be pressed. The second operation member 42 includes a top portion 45 that is convex toward the front side, and is the same as the left vehicle switch 13 in that the determination operation is performed by pressing the second operation member 42. The top portion 45 of the second operation member 42 is set to the same height as the attachment surface 36 of the right spoke portion 11.

  The right-side vehicle switch 14 is provided for selecting / determining cruise control, and is a bulge that protrudes to the front side compared to the other part, that is, the left direction and the right direction, at the outer edge portion in the upward and downward directions. The portions 47 are provided concentrically with the central portion at intervals of 180 degrees. The outer surface of the raised portion 47 is raised along the curved outer wall portion of the first operating member 41 and protrudes to the near side higher than the attachment surface 36 of the right spoke portion 11 like the left vehicle switch 13. The inner peripheral side includes an edge portion 49 as a ridge line.

  In the same way as the left vehicle switch 13, between the raised portions 47 of the upper and lower outer edge portions of the first operating member 41 of the right vehicle switch 14 formed in this way, that is, on the left and right sides. A shaving-off portion 50 is formed by horizontally cutting the raised portion 47 at a position lower than the mounting surface 36 of each first operating member 41, and an intermediate portion of the shaving-off portion 50 formed so as to straddle between the raised portions 47 is The adjacent portion with the curved portion 44 is connected by a gentle arc-shaped ridge line 51 that warps inward.

  Therefore, the first operation member 41 of the right vehicle switch 14 having the second operation member 42 at the center has a line-symmetric shape, and the bending portion 44 has a long axis at a portion where the two raised portions 47 and 47 are formed. The curved portion 44 reaches the raised portion 47 with the upper and lower portions sandwiched between the pair of shaving-off portions 50 becoming gradually narrower in width. Note that a mark 52 of “+” is attached to the upper part and “−” is attached to the lower part of the part adjacent to the raised part 47 of the curved part 44 (shown only in FIG. 1).

  According to the first embodiment, when the left vehicle switch 13 is operated, the customization item displayed on the multi-information display 19 of the meter panel 15 is selected by the first operation member 21, and then the second operation member. Press 22 to determine. That is, the first operation member 21 is used to select the target item by pressing the up direction or the down direction, and the hierarchical selection items set in the display item are selected to the left, right, up, down. Select the target item by pressing the direction. And finally, it determines with the 2nd operation member 22, and the setting of a customization item is complete | finished. Therefore, a reliable operation can be performed by dividing the functions into the first operation member 21 and the second operation member 22.

  By the way, when selecting a selection item set hierarchically as described above, an operation of pressing the left direction, the right direction, the upward direction, and the downward direction is required. In the first operation member 21, a finger is placed on the bending portion 24, and the finger is narrowed toward the outer side in the radial direction toward the left direction, the right direction, the upper direction, or the lower direction. Only by moving along the direction, the direction can be easily determined sensuously to reach the raised portion 27. Further, by touching the edge portion 29 higher than the attachment surface 26, it is possible to confirm without viewing the operation point, and if the edge portion 29 is pressed to the back side without viewing, the corresponding item can be selected reliably. it can.

In this case, when the finger sliding the curved portion 24 reaches the arcuate ridgeline 31 that is the boundary between the scraping portion 30 and the curved portion 24, instead of the edge portion 29 of the raised portion 27, the attachment surface 26. Since it is a low position, it can be grasped sensuously with the fingertip, so that it can be corrected in the correct direction without visual inspection.
Of course, the second operating member 22 for making the determination can be easily recognized without visual confirmation because the top 25 which is in the center of the first operating member 21 and is convex toward the front side can be recognized as an operating point. Can grasp.

  Thus, the raised portion 27, which is a pressable portion of the first operating member 21, can be quickly and clearly grasped, and the operation can be performed without visual observation, and the possibility of erroneous operation can be reduced. Can be improved.

  In addition, unlike the first operation member 21, the second operation member 22 curved in the opposite direction can be quickly grasped without being visually observed, and the second operation member 22 is accommodated in the first operation member 21, and the second operation member 22 is accommodated in the first operation member 21. 2 Since the peripheral edge portion of the operation member 22 coincides with the edge portion of the insertion hole 23, that is, the height position of the curved portion 24 of the first operation member 21, the appearance quality can be improved.

  On the other hand, in the right vehicle switch 14, when pressing the upward and downward directions, the first operating member 41 places the finger on the curved portion 44 and gradually narrows the finger toward either the upward or downward direction. The direction can be easily determined sensuously and the ridge 47 can be reached simply by moving in the direction in which it is formed. Further, by touching the edge portion 49 of the raised portion 47 that is higher than the mounting surface 36, the operation point can be confirmed without visually observing, and if the edge portion 49 is pressed to the back side, increase / decrease of the required speed is surely selected. can do.

Further, when the finger sliding the curved portion 44 reaches the arcuate ridge line 51 that is the boundary between the scraping portion 50 and the curved portion 44, instead of the edge portion 49 of the raised portion 47, On the other hand, since it is a low position, it can be grasped sensuously by the fingertip because it is a low position, so that it can be corrected in the correct direction without visual inspection.
Therefore, the raised portion 47, which is a pressable portion of the first operating member 41, can be quickly and clearly grasped, the operation can be performed without visual observation, and the possibility of erroneous operation can be reduced, so that the operability is improved. be able to.
Further, unlike the first operation member 41, the top 45 of the second operation member 42 curved in the opposite direction can be quickly grasped without being visually observed, and the second operation member 42 is accommodated in the first operation member 41, and Since the peripheral edge of the operation member 42 coincides with the edge of the insertion hole 43, that is, the height position of the curved portion 44 of the first operation member 41, the appearance quality can be improved. 13 is the same.

  6 and 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the second operating member 22 is omitted from the left vehicle switch 13 in the first embodiment. The determination operation by the second operation member 22 can be performed by adding a determination item to the operation of the first operation member 21 or the selection item of the multi-information display 19, and the second operation member 22 can be omitted. Since this embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the insertion hole is not provided in the central portion of the bending portion 54, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  Also in this embodiment, as in the first embodiment described above, it is not necessary to visually confirm the pressing place and the operability is improved, and correction in the correct direction can be easily performed without visual inspection. In addition, the possibility of erroneous operation can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the case where a vehicle switch is provided in the spoke portion 4 has been described as an example, but the rim portion 3 and the boss portion (horn switch) other than the spoke portion 4 are described. 2) or a bracket provided on the spoke 4 or rim 3.
Further, the present invention can be applied to a switch installed on an instrument panel or the like other than the steering wheel 1. Furthermore, although the case where the 1st operation members 21 and 41 were circular shape by the front view was taken as an example, if it is line symmetrical, it will not be restricted to a circular shape. Further, the number of the raised portions 27 and 47 is not limited to four of the left vehicle switch 13 and two of the right vehicle switch 14 and may be plural.

21, 41 First operation member 26, 36 Mounting surface 27, 47 Raised portion (pressable part)
30 Saw-off part 24 Curved part

Claims (4)

  A first operation member formed from a single member is disposed on a mounting surface of a vehicle, the first operation member is configured to be tiltable and can be pressed to an outer edge portion of the first operation member. A switch for a vehicle in which a plurality of switchable parts are provided between the pressable parts, and a part between the pressable parts is provided. A vehicular switch, characterized in that a curved portion is provided to reach each of the pressable portions.   A first operation member formed from a single member is disposed on the mounting surface of the vehicle, and the first operation member is formed into a curved cross-sectional shape with the center portion recessed most on the back side so that the tilt operation can be performed. A switch for a vehicle in which a plurality of pressable portions that can be pressed are provided on an outer edge portion of the first operating member, wherein a gap formed between the pressable portions is lower than the pressable portion. A switch for a vehicle, wherein a drop portion is provided, and a portion sandwiched between the saw drop portions is provided with a curved portion that gradually decreases in width and reaches each of the pressable portions.   A first operation member formed from a single member is disposed on a mounting surface of a vehicle, the first operation member is configured to be tiltable and can be pressed to an outer edge portion of the first operation member. The first operating member is formed in a circular shape when viewed from the front, and the pressable portion is arranged concentrically with respect to the central portion of the operating member, Between each pressable part, there is provided a scraping portion formed lower than the pressable part, and a portion sandwiched between the sawing parts is gradually narrowed to reach each pressable part. The switch for vehicles characterized by the above-mentioned.   A first operation member formed from a single member is disposed on the mounting surface of the vehicle, and the first operation member is formed into a curved cross-sectional shape with the center portion recessed most on the back side so that the tilt operation can be performed. A switch for a vehicle in which a plurality of pressable portions that can be pressed are provided on an outer edge portion of the first operation member, wherein the first operation member is formed in a circular shape in a front view, and the pressable portion is the operation portion A portion arranged concentrically with respect to the central portion of the member, and provided between each of the pressable portions, a sawing-off portion formed lower than the pressable portion, and sandwiched between the shaving-off portions A vehicular switch, characterized in that a bending portion is provided which gradually decreases in width and reaches each of the pressable portions.

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