JP5283540B2 - Interior equipment for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular interior trim device capable of suppressing a cover from being broken more significantly than a conventional one by setting an opening angle of a cover larger than the conventional one. <P>SOLUTION: The vehicular interior trim device is provided with a housing 20 and a cover 30 supported on the housing 20 to be rotatable at a closing position 30a and an opening position 30b rotating downward from the opening position 30a. The housing 20 is provided with a housing body 24 provided on a vertical wall surface 41 of a cabin to protrude to the cabin side and a bearing portion 25 provided to protrude from a lower end of the housing body 24 to the cabin side. The cover 30 is provided with a cover body 33 and a leg portion 34 extending downward from a lower end of one of both end portions of the cover body 33 in the device width direction and rotatably supported on the bearing portion 25. The cover 30 is fully opened by making a leg portion side end 33a of a portion positioned between the leg portions 34 of the cover body 33 abut on a lower surface 20a of the housing 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an interior device for a vehicle such as an emergency button switch device for a vehicle.

  12 to 18 show a case where the conventional vehicle interior device is a vehicle emergency button switch device. As shown in FIGS. 12 to 18, a conventional vehicle interior device 1 includes a housing 2 and a cover 3 that is rotatably supported by the housing 2 at a closed position and an open position that is rotated downward from the closed position. And have.

  The housing 2 includes a housing main body 2a provided so that the front surface 2c, which is a design surface, is flush with the vertical wall surface of the vehicle compartment, and a bearing provided so as to protrude from the lower end of the housing main body 2a toward the vehicle compartment. 2b.

The cover 3 includes a cover main body portion 3a and leg portions 3b that extend downward from lower ends of both ends in the apparatus width direction of the cover main body portion 3a when in the closed position and are rotatably supported by the bearing portion 2b. ing.

Moreover, the cover 3 is provided with the stopper part (contact part) 3c provided in the leg part 3b, as shown in FIG. The cover 3 is fully opened when the stopper portion 3c comes into contact with a portion other than the front surface 2c of the housing main body portion 2a. Due to the presence of the stopper portion 3c, the opening angle of the cover 3 (rotation angle with respect to the housing 2) is restricted to about 110 degrees.

If the stopper portion 3c is not provided, the opening angle of the cover 3 can be increased. In this case, the front surface 3d when the cover 3 is in the closed position comes into contact with the front surface 2c of the housing main body portion 2a. . Usually, the front surface 2c of the housing main body 2a and the front surface 3d of the cover 3 are surfaces that are always visible when the cover is closed, so that a surface treatment called “texture” is applied for matting (the fine irregularities are present). Existing). Therefore, when the front surface 3d of the cover 3 is in strong contact with the front surface 2c of the housing 2, the “texture” is crushed so that the marks are likely to remain, and the marks make the appearance of the device 1 when the cover 3 is in the closed position. It will be greatly damaged.
Therefore, in the prior art, the presence of the stopper portion 3c that restricts the opening angle of the cover 3 is essential.

However, the conventional vehicle interior device 1 has the following problems.
(I) Since the opening angle of the cover 3 is restricted to about 110 degrees (because the opening angle of the cover 3 is small), the cover 3 is momentarily opened when the user opens the cover 3, and the opening angle is larger than the predetermined full opening angle. There is a possibility that an unreasonable force to be applied is applied to the cover 3 (overopened).
(Ii) Since the opening angle of the cover 3 is limited to about 110 degrees (because the opening angle of the cover 3 is small), when the cover 3 is opened and a button is operated, the cover 3 and the finger are likely to interfere, The smooth operation may be hindered and the user may unintentionally over-open here.
(Iii) Since the distance between the stopper portion 3c and the rotation axis Q of the cover 3 is small, in the over-open state, as shown in FIG. There is also a problem that the cover 3 is damaged by a relatively small force in addition to the portion and the vicinity thereof.

JP 2002-63833 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an interior device for a vehicle that can make the opening angle of the cover larger than the conventional one and can prevent the cover from being damaged as compared with the conventional one.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) a housing;
A cover that is rotatably supported by the housing between a closed position and an open position rotated downward from the closed position;
Have
The housing includes a housing main body portion that is provided on the vertical wall surface of the passenger compartment so as to protrude toward the passenger compartment side, and a bearing portion that is provided so as to protrude from the lower end portion of the housing main body portion toward the passenger compartment.
The cover includes a cover main body portion and leg portions that extend downward from lower ends of both end portions in the apparatus width direction of the cover main body portion when being in the closed position and are rotatably supported by the bearing portion. And
The cover is an interior device for a vehicle in which a leg side end of a portion located between the leg portions of the cover main body portion is brought into a fully open state by contacting the lower surface of the housing.

According to the vehicle interior device of (1) above, the cover is in the fully open state with the leg side end of the portion located between the leg portions of the cover main body contacting the lower surface of the housing. Can be obtained.
(A) The conventionally required stopper is not necessary. Therefore, the opening angle of the cover can be increased as compared with the conventional case where the stopper portion is required.
Further, the leg side end of the portion located between the leg portions of the cover main body portion and the lower surface of the housing are more frequently viewed by the user than the front surface of the housing main body portion and the front surface of the cover when in the closed position. It is a low place. For this reason, even if the housing and the cover are subjected to crease processing and the crease is crushed and a trace remains, the crease is left on the front of the housing body and the front of the cover when in the closed position. Compared to the case, the frequency that the user visually recognizes the trace is low. Further, the leg side end of the portion located between the leg portions of the cover main body portion and the lower surface of the housing are exposed to light from the surroundings compared to the front surface of the housing main body portion and the front surface of the cover when in the closed position. It is a weak part (a dark part). For this reason, even if the housing and the cover are subjected to crease processing and the crease is crushed and a trace remains, the crease is left on the front of the housing body and the front of the cover when in the closed position. Compared to the case, the traces are not noticeable.
(B) The distance from the pivot axis of the cover to the abutting portion between the leg side end of the portion located between the leg parts of the cover main body and the lower surface of the housing is determined from the conventional cover pivot axis to the stopper. It can be made larger than the distance to the part, and the force applied to the cover in the over-open state can be reduced.

It is a front view when the cover exists in a closed position of the interior device for vehicles of the present invention example. It is a side view when a cover exists in a closed position of the interior device for vehicles of the example of the present invention. It is a bottom view when the cover is in the closed position of the vehicle interior device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a front view when the cover exists in an open position of the interior device for vehicles of the present invention example. It is a side view when the cover exists in an open position of the interior device for vehicles of the example of the present invention. It is a bottom view when the cover is in the open position of the vehicle interior device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the figure which showed the force relationship applied to a cover at the time of an overopening of the vehicle interior apparatus of this invention Example by Fa-Fc. It is a front view when the cover exists in a closed position of the conventional vehicle interior device. It is a side view when the cover exists in a closed position of the conventional vehicle interior device. It is a bottom view when the cover exists in a closed position of the conventional vehicle interior device. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the FF sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the part corresponding to the FF line | wire of FIG. 12 when a cover exists in an open position of the conventional vehicle interior device. It is the figure which showed the force relationship added to a cover at the time of overopening of the conventional vehicle interior device by Fa-Fc.

Below, the interior equipment for vehicles of the example of the present invention is explained. In the figure, UP indicates the upper side.
The vehicle interior device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a vehicle interior device such as an emergency button switch device for a vehicle disposed on an instrument panel, a console panel, or the like, which is an interior member of the vehicle. However, the vehicle interior device 10 may be a heater control device, a vehicle accessory device, an in-vehicle audio device, a navigation system device, or the like having a cover. Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention and the illustrated example, the case where the vehicle interior device 10 is a vehicle emergency button switch device will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the vehicle interior device 10 is rotatable in the vertical direction to a housing 20, a closed position 30 a in the housing 20, and an open position 30 b that is rotated downward from the closed position 30 a. And a supported cover 30.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a button 21, a substrate 22, and a switch 23 are attached to the housing 20. The button 21 is movably attached to the housing 20. The button 21 may be a push type, a slide type, or a seesaw type. By operating the button 21, the switch 23 on the substrate 22 is pushed and turned on electrically. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6, the design of the car may be provided in the button 21 at the design surface.

The housing 20 is made of resin, for example. The housing 20 may have a one-part configuration or a multi-part configuration. As shown in FIG. 3, the housing 20 includes a housing main body 24 provided on the vertical wall surface of the vehicle cabin (the vertical wall surface 41 of the instrument panel 40 or the like) so as to protrude toward the vehicle compartment side, and a lower end portion of the housing main body 24. And a bearing portion 25 that protrudes toward the passenger compartment.

As shown in FIG. 4, a button 21 and a switch 23 are arranged inside the housing main body 24. The bearing portion 25 is provided so as to protrude from the housing main body portion 24 toward the vehicle compartment side in a posture extending in the apparatus width direction (vehicle left-right direction). The lower surface of the bearing portion 25 is smoothly connected to the lower surface of the housing main body portion 24, and both lower surfaces constitute the lower surface 20 a of the housing 20.

The cover 30 is made of resin, for example. The cover 30 is a lid provided to prevent the user from operating the button 21 by mistake. The cover 30 may have a one-part configuration or a multiple-part configuration. In the illustrated example, the cover 30 has a multi-part configuration (two-component configuration), and the button 21 is seen through even when the U-shaped frame 31 and the cover 30 are in the closed position 30a. And a window 32 that is made of a plate-like transparent material and is fixed to the frame 31. However, the window body 32 may be made of a non-transparent material when the button 21 need not be seen through.

The cover 30 includes a cover main body portion 33 and leg portions 34 that extend downward from the lower ends of both ends in the apparatus width direction of the cover main body portion 33 when in the closed position 30a and are rotatably supported by the bearing portion 25. I have. As shown in FIG. 1, the cover main body 33 is configured by a portion other than both open ends of the U-shaped frame 31 and the window 32. The leg portion 34 is composed only of both open ends of the U-shaped frame 31.

The leg 34 is formed by fitting a not-shown columnar or cylindrical shaft provided on one of the bearing 25 and the leg 34 into a recess or hole provided on the other of the bearing 25 and the leg 34. The bearing portion 25 is supported so as to be rotatable about an axis extending in the apparatus width direction (about an axis perpendicular to the vertical direction). Since the leg portion 34 is rotatably supported by the bearing portion 25, the cover 30 is supported by the housing 20 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cover 30 is configured by engaging a claw portion 35 provided at or near the upper end portion of the cover 30 when in the closed position 30 a with a claw receiver 26 provided in the housing main body portion 24. The housing 20 is held in the closed position.
The cover 30 releases the engagement between the claw portion 35 and the claw receiver 26 and rotates the cover 30 in the closed position 30a to the open position 30b side manually or using power such as a spring (not shown). Rotate to the open position 30b side.
As shown in FIG. 9, the cover 30 is in a fully open state (open position 30 b) when the leg side end 33 a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body 33 abuts against the lower surface 20 a of the housing 20. . The distance from the pivot axis P of the cover 30 to the contact portion between the leg side end 33a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body 33 and the lower surface 20a of the housing 20 is the conventional cover. It is larger than the distance from the pivot axis to the stopper part (contact part).

Here, with reference to FIG. 11 and FIG. 18, the overopening strength (strength when an unreasonable force to open larger than a predetermined full opening angle is applied to the cover 30) will be described.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the relationship between forces Fa to Fc applied to the cover 30 when the vehicle storage device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is over-opened. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the force relationship applied to the cover 3 when the conventional vehicular storage device 1 is over-opened by Fa to Fc. Note that Fa is a load on the force point (finger operating force), Fb is a load on the action point (stopper, contact portion), and Fc is a load on the fulcrum. In addition, Fa is drawn for convenience with a size (length) of 10 mm at a point of 21 mm from the fulcrum.
Fb is obtained by generating a rotational moment that balances with the rotational moment due to Fa.
Fc is zero because the sum of each vector is zero (balanced).
Fc = − (Fa + Fb)
It is obtained by.

The following can be understood from FIGS. 11 and 18.
In the conventional apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 18, a load of “70” is applied to the contact portion (stopper portion 3 c) and “79.3” is applied to the fulcrum with respect to the operating force “10” to the cover 3. In the apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 11, the contact force is “51.2” and the fulcrum is “46.3” with respect to the operating force “10” to the cover 30.
Comparing the two,
The contact part is 51.2 ÷ 70 = 0.73 times,
The fulcrum is 46.3 ÷ 79.3 = 0.58 times.
That is, when the cover is over-opened with the same rotational moment, the force applied to the damaged part in each experiment is reduced by about 30 to 40%, and an improvement in over-opening strength is expected.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the embodiment of the present invention, since the cover 30 is in the fully open state because the leg side end 33a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body portion 33 is in contact with the lower surface 20a of the housing 20, it has been conventionally required. A stopper is not required. Therefore, the opening angle of the cover 30 can be increased as compared with the conventional case where the stopper portion is required.

The leg side end 33a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body 33 and the lower surface 20a of the housing 20 are compared with the front of the housing main body 24 and the front of the cover 30 when in the closed position. Is a place where the frequency of visual recognition is low. For this reason, even if the housing 20 and the cover 30 are subjected to a crease process and the crease is crushed and a trace remains, the crease is crushed on the front face of the housing body 24 and the front face of the cover 30 when in the closed position. The frequency with which the user visually recognizes the trace is lower than when the trace remains. Further, the leg side end 33a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body portion 33 and the lower surface 20a of the housing 20 are compared with the front surface of the housing main body portion 24 and the front surface of the cover 30 when in the closed position 30a. , It is a site where light irradiation from the surroundings is weak (a dark site). For this reason, even if the housing 20 and the cover 30 are subjected to embossing and the embossing is crushed and a mark remains, the embossing is not formed on the front surface of the housing main body 24 and the front surface of the cover 30 when it is in the closed position 30a. The traces are less noticeable than when the collapsed traces remain.

The distance from the pivot axis P of the cover 30 to the contact portion between the leg side end 33a of the portion located between the leg portions 34 of the cover main body 33 and the lower surface 20a of the housing 20 is defined as the conventional cover rotation. The distance from the shaft core to the stopper can be increased, and the force applied to the cover 30 in the overopened state can be reduced.

Since the housing 20 is provided on the vertical wall surface 41 of the passenger compartment so as to protrude toward the passenger compartment side, the cover 30 can be prevented from interfering with the vertical wall surface 41 of the passenger compartment when the cover 30 is in the open position 30b.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle interior apparatus 20 Housing 20a Housing lower surface 21 Button 22 Board | substrate 23 Switch 24 Housing main-body part 25 Bearing part 26 Claw receptacle 30 Cover 30a Closed position 30b Open position 31 Frame body 32 Window body 33 Cover main-body part 33a Cover main-body part Leg side end 34 of the part located between the leg parts Leg part 35 Claw part 40 Instrument panel 41 Vertical wall surface P Cover rotation axis

Claims (1)

A housing;
A cover that is rotatably supported by the housing between a closed position and an open position rotated downward from the closed position;
Have
The housing includes a housing main body portion that is provided on the vertical wall surface of the passenger compartment so as to protrude toward the passenger compartment side, and a bearing portion that is provided so as to protrude from the lower end portion of the housing main body portion toward the passenger compartment.
The cover includes a cover main body portion and leg portions that extend downward from lower ends of both end portions in the apparatus width direction of the cover main body portion when being in the closed position and are rotatably supported by the bearing portion. And
The cover is an interior device for a vehicle in which a leg side end of a portion located between the leg portions of the cover main body portion is brought into a fully open state by contacting the lower surface of the housing.

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