JP5809431B2 - Vehicle door handle device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door handle device, and more particularly to a door handle device mounted on a double door.

  As a handle device to be mounted on a vehicle door provided with a double door, a thing described in Patent Document 1 is known. In this conventional example, the handle device includes an opening handle (handle body) and a lever (output lever) that is driven to rotate by the handle body and operates a door lock device that is fixed to the door in accordance with the rotation operation. It is attached to the rear door (polymerized door).

  The front end portion of the handle body is formed so as to abut on the overlapping side door when the front door (overlapping side door) is closed, and can be operated only when the overlapping side door is in the open state.

  However, in this conventional example, when the overlapping door is closed, the opening operation restriction to the to-be-polymerized door is performed by restricting the movement of the handle body. In such a case, there is a problem that an excessive load may be applied to the handle body or the front door that blocks the movement of the handle body.

  As a configuration capable of solving such a problem, as described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, a structure in which the handle body is swung when the overlapping door is in a closed state has been proposed.

  The conventional example described in Patent Document 2 includes a release handle 40 (handle body) that is rotated, an intermediate lever 56 (output lever) that is rotationally driven by the handle body, and a lockout lever 44 that is swingable. To the rear door 18.

  Between the handle body and the output lever, there is interposed a floating pin 64 that is driven by the lockout lever and moves between the connectable position and the connection release position in the window 58 established in the handle body. The operating force to the handle body can be transmitted to the output lever only when the floating pin is in the connectable position.

  The lockout lever is connected to the operation lever 48 (detection member) via the operation rod 78, and rotates from the initial position to the operation position in a state where the detection member is in contact with the front door 16. Due to the rotation of the detection member, the lockout lever rotates until the floating pin moves to the connection release position, and thereafter, the operating force to the handle body is not transmitted to the output lever 4.

  Furthermore, the conventional example described in Patent Document 3 includes a latch device assembled to a handle base, a detection lever (detection member) that is formed in a substantially triangular shape and protrudes from a window portion that is opened on a side wall of a door panel, and an open handle ( The handle body is fixedly connected to the door panel. The latch device is connected to the open lever (input lever) connected to the handle body, the open lever (output lever) that operates the latch unit, and the detection member, and outputs when the detection member detects the overlapping door. A lock lever that restrains the lever and a connecting spring that connects the input and output levers are arranged, and an operating force applied to the handle body is transmitted to the output lever via the connecting spring.

  When the overlapping door is in the closed state, the output lever is restrained by the lock lever, and the operation displacement to the handle body is absorbed by the elastic deformation of the connecting spring.

  These conventional examples described in Patent Documents 2 and 3 have an advantage over the conventional example described in Patent Document 1 in that an excessive load on the handle body and the like can be prevented. It is necessary to fix the detection member to the door panel using an appropriate fixing means, and the assembly workability is poor, and the detection member and the lockout lever or input lever are fixed to the fixing portions set on the panel. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to increase the relative position accuracy, and the operation reliability is liable to be lowered.

JP 2004-308182 A US Pat. No. 5,803,516 JP 2005-240454 A

  The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, has a good assembly workability to the vehicle body, and can prevent damage to parts when an improper operation is performed. An object is to provide a handle apparatus for a vehicle. Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door structure using the handle device.

  The handle device A is mounted on the polymerized side door 2 of the pair of doors 1 and 2 whose rotation ends overlap in the closed state, like a double door, and the handle body 3, the output lever 4, the clutch portion 5, and the detection member 6 is connected to the handle base 7.

  The clutch unit 5 is interposed between the handle body 3 and the output lever 4, and connects and disconnects the operating force transmission between the handle body 3 and the output lever 4. When the handle body 3 is operated with the clutch portion 5 in the “contact” state, the output lever 4 rotates, and the door lock device disposed in the doors 1 and 2 can be operated. On the other hand, since the operating force to the handle body 3 is not transmitted to the output lever 4 when the clutch portion 5 is in the “disengaged” state, the output lever 4 and thus the door lock device operates. There is no.

  When an operating force is applied to the handle main body 3 while the clutch portion 5 is in the “disconnected” state, the handle main body 3 operates in an idling state, so that damage to each part due to an excessive operating force load is prevented.

  The detection member 6 for changing the connection / disconnection state of the clutch part 5 is movable between a protruding position corresponding to the “contact” state of the clutch part 5 and an immersion position corresponding to the “disconnection” state of the clutch part 5. It is urged to the protruding position side and is connected to the handle base 7. The immersion position is a state in which the polymerization side door 1 is pushed into the polymerization side door 2 by the polymerization side door 1 when the polymerization side door 1 is closed. Move to the protruding position.

  Therefore, when the overlapping side door 1 is in the closed state, the detection member 6 moves to the immersive position, the clutch portion 5 shifts to the “disengaged” state, and the operation of the output lever 4 by the handle body 3 is The door 1 is allowed to open.

  In the present invention in which the detection member 6, the clutch portion 5, the handle main body 3, and the output lever 4 are mounted in advance on the handle base 7, the superposition side door 1 can be obtained simply by fixing the handle base 7 to the polymer side door 2. Since the opening / closing state of the door 1 can be detected and the access to the output lever 4 can be controlled accordingly, the assembly workability is improved as compared with the case where the opening / closing detection means for the overlapping door 1 is separately provided. Since the accuracy is mainly determined by the assembly accuracy of the handle device A and is not affected by the accuracy of the doors 1 and 2, the reliability of operation is also improved. Furthermore, since the open / close detection does not use electrical means by mechanical means, it does not require power supply, wiring, or the like.

  The clutch unit 5 has a connecting member disposed between input / output units movable in the same direction, and moves the connecting member between a connecting position for mechanically connecting the input / output units and a connecting release position. The interlocking of the connecting member to the detection member 6 can be realized by connecting both of them with an appropriate connecting means such as a rod rod.

In the present invention, the clutch portion 5 using the slider 10 as the connecting member is
An input lever 9 that is driven to rotate about the same axis as the output lever 4 by the handle body 3 and includes a pressing piece 8 in a predetermined range in the rotational radial direction;
A slider 10 connected to the output lever 4 and interposed between the input / output levers 9 and 4 and driven in the radial direction by the detection member 6 to move between the interference position with respect to the pressing piece 8 and the interference release position; It is configured with a.

  In such a configuration, when the input lever 9 is rotationally driven by the handle body 3 when the slider 10 is in the interference position, the rotational force of the input lever 9 is transmitted to the slider 10 via the pressing piece 8, and consequently connected to the slider 10. The output lever 4 can be operated. On the other hand, when the slider 10 is in the interference release position, the slider 10 cannot be driven by the pressing piece 8, and therefore the output lever 4 cannot be operated.

  Further, when the detection member 6 is configured to protrude in the opening / closing direction of the polymerized side door 2, attachment flexibility to the doors 1 and 2 is improved, and attachment workability to the doors 1 and 2 is improved. Will also improve. That is, when the detection member 6 protrudes in a direction orthogonal to the opening and closing direction of the polymerized side door 2 as in the conventional examples described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, the detection member 6 is inserted. The window 12 must be formed on the wall surface orthogonal to the opening / closing direction of the polymerized side door 2, and as a result, the mounting position of the handle device A incorporating the detection member 6 does not unnecessarily increase the size of the device. As long as it is limited to the position close to the wall surface on which the window 12 is formed, this is a restriction on the design of the mounting position.

  In general, the mounting operation of the handle device A on the door base 2a is performed by fitting the handle device A into the handle mounting hole 15 formed in the inner panel 2b by moving the handle device A from the indoor side toward the outdoor side. However, the operation of inserting the detection member 6 into the window 12 opened in the direction orthogonal to the mounting direction becomes an extra operation and reduces workability.

  On the other hand, when the detection member 6 protrudes in the opening / closing direction of the polymerized side door 2, the window 12 is opened in the opening / closing direction of the polymerized side door 2, and the attachment work line of the handle device A is connected to the polymerized side. When the opening / closing direction of the door 2 is set, the insertion operation of the detection member 6 into the window 12 is completed in accordance with the fitting operation of the handle device A into the handle mounting hole 15, so that the assembly workability is improved.

The detection member 6 can be formed in a straight shape that advances and retreats through a straight path in the opening and closing direction, but is formed in an arc shape having a uniform cross-sectional shape in the circumferential direction, and can swing around the arc curvature center As a result , the amount of dust and the like entering from the window 12 into the polymerized side door 2 can be reduced, and the structure of the handle device A can be simplified.

  That is, by swinging the detection member 6, it is possible to extract a displacement component in a direction that is within tolerance in addition to the opening / closing direction of the polymerization target door 2 from the detection member 6. As a result, even if the operation direction of the slider 10 and the polymerization-side door 2 opening / closing direction are different, there is no need to separately incorporate a direction changing mechanism, so that the entire structure is simplified. In addition, by forming the shape of the detection member 6 into an arc shape having the center of curvature as the center of curvature, the position where the polymerized side door 2 intersects the outer panel 2c, that is, the position of the window 12, is determined. Even if the rocking angles are different from each other, the cross-sectional area of the detection member 6 passing through the window 12 is also constant by forming a uniform cross section in the circumferential direction. As a result, the gap between the periphery of the window 12 and the detection member 6 can be made as small as possible, and entry of dust and the like from the window 12 can be prevented.

The vehicle door structure using the above handle device A is as follows.
A pair of door bases 1a and 2a whose rotating ends are superposed in a closed state, and a handle device A attached to the polymerized side door base 2a,
The handle device A includes a handle body 3, an output lever 4 that is rotationally driven by the handle body 3, a clutch portion 5 that connects and disconnects the operation force to the handle body 3 to the output lever 4, a protruding position, and a superposition side door base body A detection member 6 that is urged toward the projecting position and freely movable between the immersing position when interfering with 1a and that moves the clutch portion 5 to the "disengaged" state at the immersing position is connected to the handle base 7. As
The overlapping door base body 1a is formed with a closing detection surface 11 that is substantially orthogonal to the opening and closing direction that faces directly in the closed state.
The detection member 6 detects the closing detection surface 11 of the polymerization side door base body 1a through the window 12 opened in the polymerization side door base body 2a ,
The detection member 6 has an arc shape having a uniform cross-sectional shape in the circumferential direction and is pivotally supported around the center of curvature so as to be swingable.
Wherein the window 12, by a cap member 14 for closing the window 12 includes a tongue 13 which is in sliding contact with the detecting member 6 is configured to so that is mounted, it is possible to increase the operating reliability.

  The polymerization side door base 1a is formed with a closing detection surface 11 which is orthogonal to the opening and closing direction and is opposed in the closed state, and the detection member 6 of the handle device A is polymerized from a window 12 opened in the polymerization side door base 2a. It protrudes toward the door closing detection surface 11 of the side door base 1a. Even if the door closing detection surface 11 is newly set as the door closing detection surface 11, or the surface of the periphery of the overlapping side door base 2 a that is not set as the door closing detection surface 11 is used. May be.

  In the conventional examples described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above, the detection member 6 projects from the side wall of the polymerization-side door 2 and abuts on the side wall portion of the polymerization-side door 1 to detect the opening and closing of the polymerization-side door 1. However, in addition to being formed as an inclined surface, the side wall portion of the overlapping side door 1 is parallel to the outer surface that affects the appearance and the outer surface that determines the plate thickness at the overlapping portion with the polymerized side door 2. Higher dimensional accuracy cannot be expected because the dimension is less important than the back side. As a result, in each of the above conventional examples using the side wall portion of the overlapping side door 1 as the determination reference surface of the detecting member 6, a large variation occurs in the amount of movement of the detecting member 6 when the overlapping side door 1 is closed. Tend to be low. In order to absorb this variation and increase the determination accuracy, the initial protrusion amount of the detection member 6 can be detected so that the movement of the determination reference surface to the door closing corresponding position can be detected even when the determination reference surface varies in the separation direction. There is a drawback in that it becomes necessary to make it too large.

  On the other hand, when the door closing detection surface 11 that is substantially perpendicular to the opening / closing direction of the overlapping door 1 is set and used as the determination reference surface, the size of the door closing detection surface 11 that is substantially parallel to the outermost surface is managed. In combination with relatively easy things, it is possible to reduce the variation in the determination reference plane position in the closed state. For this reason, it is not necessary to consider excessive absorption with respect to the variation in the position of the determination reference surface, and further, the handle device A itself is expected to have high relative positional accuracy by being mounted on the handle base 7. As a result, it is possible to reduce the amount of absorption with respect to variations in accuracy, and this does not lead to an increase in the amount of protrusion of the detection member 6 in anticipation of these.

Further, the detection member 6 is formed in an arc shape having a uniform cross-sectional shape in the circumferential direction, is pivotally supported around the center of curvature and is provided with a tongue piece portion 13 that is in sliding contact with the detection member 6. When the cap member 14 that closes the window 12 is attached, as described above, the window 12 can have the minimum necessary opening area based on the cross-sectional area of the detection member 6, and the window 12 and the detection member Since the space between the sides of the door 6 can be closed, it is possible to effectively prevent dust and the like from entering the doors 1 and 2.
According to the present invention,
A door handle device for a vehicle to be attached to the to-be-polymerized side doors 2 of the pair of doors 1 and 2 whose rotating ends overlap in a closed state,
Handle body 3,
An output lever 4 that is rotationally driven by the handle body 3 ;
A clutch portion 5 for connecting / disconnecting transmission of an operating force to the handle body 3 to the output lever 4;
A detecting member 6 that is urged toward the protruding position and movable between the protruding position and the immersive position when interfering with the overlapping side door 1, and that causes the clutch portion 5 to transition to the "disengaged" state at the immersive position;
A vehicle door handle device mounted on the handle base 7, or
A pair of door bases 1a and 2a whose rotating ends are superposed in a closed state, and a handle device A attached to the polymerized side door base 2a,
The handle device A includes a handle body 3, an output lever 4 that is rotationally driven by the handle body 3, a clutch portion 5 that connects and disconnects the operation force to the handle body 3 to the output lever 4, a protruding position, and a superposition side door base body A detection member 6 that is urged toward the projecting position and freely movable between the immersing position when interfering with 1a and that moves the clutch portion 5 to the "disengaged" state at the immersing position is connected to the handle base 7. As
The overlapping door base body 1a is formed with a closing detection surface 11 that is substantially orthogonal to the opening and closing direction that faces directly in the closed state.
The detection member 6 can also provide a vehicle door structure that detects the closing detection surface 11 of the polymerization side door base 1a by passing through the window 12 opened in the polymerization side door base 2a.

  According to the present invention, since the components including the detection member are assembled on the handle base, the assembly workability to the vehicle body is good, and when the clutch portion is in the “disengaged” state, the handle main body is Since the other parts are not operated by swinging, it is possible to prevent damage to the parts when an inappropriate operation is performed.

It is a figure which shows the vehicle to which this invention was applied, (a) is a side view, (b) is the 1B-1B sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a rear view of a handle device. It is a figure which shows a handle | steering-wheel apparatus, (a) is the perspective view seen from the front direction, (b) is the perspective view seen from the back direction. 2A is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4A-4A in FIG. 2, and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4B-4B in FIG. It is a figure which shows the principal part of a handle apparatus, (a) is a front view, (b) is 5B-5B sectional drawing of (a), (c) is 5C sectional drawing of (b). It is a figure which shows the mounting state of a slider, (a) is an exploded view seen from the back direction, (b) is a 6B direction arrow view of (a), (c) is a 6C direction arrow view of (a), d) is a 6D direction arrow view of (c). It is a figure which shows the state which operated the handle | steering-wheel main body, (a) is a rear view, (b) is a figure corresponding to FIG.4 (b). It is a figure which shows the state which the detection member act | operated, (a) is a figure corresponding to Fig.4 (a), (b) is a rear view of the state which operated the handle | steering-wheel main body. It is a figure which shows the door structure equipped with the handle apparatus, (a) is a principal part enlarged view of FIG.1 (b), (b) is the 9B sectional view taken on the line of FIG.1 (b). It is a figure which shows the state which open | released the superposition | polymerization side door, (a) is a figure corresponding to FIG.9 (a), (b) is a figure corresponding to FIG.9 (b), (c) is FIG.10 (b). It is a principal part enlarged view.

  FIG. 1 shows a vehicle to which the handle device A is attached. The vehicle is mounted with a front door 1 that is pivotally supported at the front edge and disposed at the front of the vehicle, and a rear door 2 that is pivotally supported at the rear edge and disposed at the rear of the vehicle. The front door 1 and the rear door 2 are horizontally rotatable around the pivots 1d and 2d, and are rotated outward and opened as indicated by an arrow R in FIG. In order to open the front door 1, an outside handle 1 e is attached to the vehicle exterior wall surface of the front door 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the front door 1 and the rear door 2 are in a closed state, with the rotating doors facing down (rear side) and the front door 1 up (overlapping side). The handle device A is attached to the indoor side wall surface of the rear door, which is the polymerized side door 2.

  The handle device A is shown in FIG. The handle device A includes a handle main body 3, an output lever 4, a detection member 6, and a clutch portion 5 connected to a handle base 7 formed by connecting a proper number of cut and bent metal plates. As will be described later, the handle device A is fixed by fixing the handle base 7 to the inner panel 2b of the rear door 2, and the handle base 7 is provided with a panel mounting piece 16 in which a fixing element insertion hole 16a is formed.

  The handle body 3 is made by injection molding a synthetic resin material, and uses a pivot 3d with the operation portion 3a facing in the room and the axial length direction in the vertical direction (vehicle height direction). The handle base 7 is rotatably supported. Hereinafter, in this specification, unless otherwise specified, the vehicle height direction of the vehicle equipped with the handle device A is “up and down”, the vehicle length direction is “front and rear”, the vehicle width direction indoor side is “front”, and the opposite side Is “back”.

  The handle body 3 can be rotated between an initial rotation position shown in FIG. 4B and an operation rotation position shown in FIG. 7B by a stopper (not shown), and is rotated by an appropriate biasing means. It is biased to the position side. In order to rotate the handle body 3 against the urging force to the operation rotation position, the rear wall of the handle body 3 is provided with a finger hooking recess 3b that is long in the vertical direction.

  In addition, a rod connecting hole 3c is opened at the opposite end of the handle body 3 with respect to the operating portion 3a across the pivot 3d, and one end of the rod rod 17 whose other end is connected to the input lever 9 is a rod holder (not shown). It is connected via.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the input lever 9 is formed of a metal plate, and is rotatably connected to the handle base 7 using a lever rotation shaft 18 whose axial length direction is the front-back direction. The input lever 9 has an initial rotation position corresponding to the initial position of the handle body 3 as shown in FIG. 5A and an operation corresponding to the operation rotation position of the handle body 3 as shown in FIG. It can rotate between the rotational positions and is biased toward the initial position. In order to apply an urging force to the input lever 9, a torsion spring 19 whose legs are locked to the spring hooking portion 9a is wound around the lever rotating shaft 18 (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  Further, the input lever 9 is provided with a rod connecting piece 9b to which the other end of the rod rod 17 is connected, and a slider fitting recess 9c that is closed in the centripetal direction and opened in the centrifugal direction. The slider receiving piece 9d that forms the wall surface on the operation rotation position side of the slider fitting recess 9c has a length that extends over the entire stroke length of the slider 10, which will be described later, whereas the wall surface on the initial rotation position side of the slider fitting recess 9c. Is formed only at the base end of the slider fitting recess 9c.

  Further, the output lever 4 is disposed along the back wall of the input lever 9. The output lever 4 is formed of a metal plate and is slightly narrower than the width dimension of the latch coupling piece 4a coupled to a door lock device (not shown) and the slider fitting recess 9c, and the radial length of the slider receiver 9d. An elongated hole 4b having substantially the same length and length is provided, and is rotatably connected to the handle base 7 by the lever rotating shaft 18. The output lever 4 can rotate independently of the input lever 9, and the long hole 4b overlaps the slider fitting recess 9c of the input lever 9 at the initial rotation position shown in FIG. The output lever 4 is provided with a spring hooking portion 4c that overlaps with the spring hooking portion 9a of the input lever 9 at the initial rotation position, and the leg portion of the torsion spring 19 is locked, thereby guaranteeing the coincidence of the rotation posture at the initial rotation position. Is done.

  Between the input / output levers 9 and 4, a long hole 4 b of the output lever 4 and a slider 10 that constitutes the clutch portion 5 together with the input lever 9 are interposed. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the slider 10 is a piece-like member having a cylindrical portion 10 b projecting from the bottom wall surface of the rod guide portion 10 a into the elongated hole 4 b of the output lever 4. It is formed by injection molding.

  The rod guide portion 10a has a width dimension slightly longer than the width direction dimension of the long hole 4b of the output lever 4, has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a width dimension that allows the rod rod 20 described later to be inserted through the central portion through the center. The holding rod holding groove 10c is formed. Further, a small-judgment surface-shaped drive projection 21 having a curved surface 21a and a flat surface 21b as a peripheral wall bulges at the free end of the cylindrical portion 10b (see FIG. 6D). The curvature surface 21a of the drive protrusion 21 has an arc shape having a large diameter compared to the width dimension of the long hole 4b and a small diameter compared to the width dimension of the slider fitting recess 9c, and a flat surface 21b. The interval between them is set equal to the diameter of the cylindrical portion 10b.

  The slider 10 formed as described above is inserted around the long hole 4b from the back side in a posture in which the flat surface 21b of the driving protrusion 21 is along the long side of the long hole 4b, and then rotated around the cylindrical part 10b. Is attached. In the mounted state, the cylindrical portion 10 b is inserted into the long hole 4 b, the curvature surface 21 a is locked to the long hole 4 b and is prevented from coming off, and the curvature surface 21 a of the drive projection 21 is further moved to the slider receiver 9 d of the input lever 9. Confront the edge of the.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the slider 10 has the cylindrical portion 10b positioned near the lower end of the long hole 4b, and the connecting position where the drive protrusion 21 is fitted in the slider fitting recess 9c of the input lever 9. As shown in FIG. 8B, the cylindrical portion 10b is located in the vicinity of the upper end of the long hole 4b, and the drive projection 21 can move between the connection release position where the drive projection 21 is detached from the slider fitting recess 9c.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the handle body 3 is stroked from the initial position shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 to the operation rotation position, the input lever 9 is pushed by the rod rod 17 and is counterclockwise in FIG. Rotate to. At this time, when the slider 10 is in the coupling position, as shown in FIG. 7, the drive projection 21 is pushed by the wall surface of the slider fitting recess 9c, more precisely, the pressing piece 8, and rotates. The output lever 4 in which the portion 10b is fitted in the elongated hole 4b is also rotated, and the operating force to the handle body 3 is transmitted to the output lever 4.

  On the other hand, when the handle body 3 is operated, as shown in FIG. 8, when the slider 10 is in the connection release position, the input lever 9 cannot transmit the rotational force to the slider 10, so that only the input lever 9 rotates. Then, the handle body 3 is swung and the operating force is not transmitted to the output lever 4.

  Further, the rod 10 having one end connected to the detection member 6 is connected to the slider 10. As shown in FIG. 6, the slider 10 is provided with a rod insertion hole 10 d penetrating the bottom wall of the rod guide portion 10 a, the cylindrical portion 10 b, and the drive projection 21, and the rod 10 with the slider 10. The connecting end is bent in an L shape, and the rod rod 20 is mounted by fitting the base end of the bent portion into the rod holding groove 10c of the rod guide portion 10a and inserting the bent tip into the rod insertion hole 10d. Is done. As shown in FIG. 5, a retaining ring mounting groove 20a is formed at the free end of the rod bar 20, and the slider 10 of the rod bar 20 is mounted by mounting a retaining ring (not shown) in the retaining ring mounting groove 20a. Detachment from is regulated.

  The detection member 6 is made of a synthetic resin material, and is rotatably connected to the handle base 7 by a pivot 6a whose axial length faces the front-rear direction, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a rod insertion hole 6b is formed in the detection member 6 at a position slightly separated from the rotation center, and the other end of the rod rod 20 is inserted. The rod insertion hole 6b of the detection member 6 receives the rod rod 20 so as to be capable of precessing, and the insertion direction is in the rotation direction of the output lever 4 with respect to the rod rod 20 which is orthogonal to the rotation direction of the output lever 4. Degrees of freedom (in the direction of arrow S in FIG. 5A).

  Further, the detection member 6 is provided with a detection piece 6c. The detection piece 6c has a rectangular cross section and is formed in an arc shape centered on the pivot 6a in front view. As shown in FIG. 4A, a synthetic resin slide base 22 that supports the detection piece 6 c is fixed to the handle base 7 in order to ensure a smooth swinging operation of the detection member 6.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the detection member 6 has a protruding position where the tip of the detection piece 6 c protrudes from a window 12 described later, and an immersion position where the detection piece 6 c is immersed in the rear door 2 as shown in FIG. 8. When the detection member 6 is in the protruding position, the slider 10 is pushed downward by the rod rod 20 and held in the coupling position. On the other hand, when the detection member 6 moves to the immersive position, the slider 10 is pulled up and driven to the connection release position.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the detection member 6 is biased toward the protruding position by the torsion spring 23, and in the state where no load is applied to the detection member 6, the operating force to the handle body 3 is the clutch portion 5. Is transmitted to the output lever 4 and the door lock device can be operated. On the other hand, when a pressing force is applied to the free end portion of the detection piece 6c from the back side toward the front direction against the urging force of the torsion spring 23 to move the detection member 6 to the immersive position, the clutch portion 5 shifts to a disconnected state, and the output lever 4 cannot be driven by operating the handle body 3.

  FIG. 9 shows a door structure including the handle device A. The rear door 2 and the front door 1 have door bases 1a and 2a in which inner panels 1b and 2b arranged on the indoor side and outer panels 1c and 2c constituting the vehicle surface are joined in a bag shape, as described above. As described above, at the rotating end, the rear door 2 is overlapped downward (inside the room) and the front door 1 is overlapped upward (outside the room) to close the door.

  The outer panel 1c of the front door 1 is provided with a door closing detection surface 11 having a plane substantially parallel to the outer surface of the front door 1, and the outer panel 2c of the rear door 2 has a door closing detection surface 11 in the closed state. A window forming surface 24 is provided that is a flat surface facing substantially parallel.

  The handle device A is mounted by fitting the handle device A into the handle mounting hole 15 formed in the inner panel 2b of the rear door 2 from the indoor side, and mounting the panel mounting piece 16 of the handle base 7 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). ) Is fixed to the inner panel 2b.

  A trim panel 25 is disposed on the inner side wall surface of the inner panel 2b of the rear door 2, and an escutcheon 26 is connected to the handle device A so as to close a handle mounting opening 25a of the trim panel 25.

  Further, the window 12 is formed on the window forming surface 24 of the rear door 2, and the detection piece 6 c of the detection member 6 is inserted through the window 12 with the handle device A attached. As shown in FIG. 9, when the front door 1 is in the closed state, the detection piece 6 is pressed by the door closing detection surface 11 of the front door 1, so that the detection member 6 is held in the immersive position and the handle body 3 is operated. Therefore, the output lever 4 cannot be driven.

  When the front door 1 is opened from this state, as shown in FIG. 10, since the restraint on the detection member 6 is released, the detection member 6 returns to the protruding position by the restoring force of the torsion spring 23, and as a result, The clutch portion 5 changes from the disconnected state to the connected state, and the output lever 4 can be driven by the handle body 3.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (c), a cap member 14 is attached to the window 12. The cap member 14 includes a cap base 14 a formed of a relatively hard synthetic resin, and a cover member 14 b connected to the cap member 14. The cap base 14 a is attached to the window 12 at the periphery of the window 12. It is carried out by being elastically locked.

  The cover member 14b is formed of a slightly flexible synthetic resin material, and an insertion port 14c through which the detection piece 6c is inserted is opened at the center. The insertion opening 14c is formed to be slightly smaller than the cross section of the detection piece 6c, and the insertion opening 14c is cut in the radial direction to form a cantilever-like tongue piece 13.

  When the detection piece 6c is inserted through the insertion hole 14c, the tongue piece 13 is elastically bent and the free end presses against the side wall of the detection piece 6c, thereby closing the gap between the peripheral edge of the insertion hole 14c and the detection piece 6c. Thus, intrusion of dust and the like into the rear door 2 is prevented.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Superposition side door 1a Superposition side door base 2 Superposition side door 2a Superposition side door base 3 Handle body 4 Output lever 5 Clutch part 6 Detection member 7 Handle base 8 Pressing piece 9 Input lever 10 Slider 11 Closed door detection surface 12 Window 13 Tongue piece 14 Cap member A Handle device

Claims (2)

A door handle device for a vehicle to be attached to a to-be-polymerized side door of a pair of doors whose rotating ends overlap in a closed state,
The handle body,
An output lever driven to rotate by the handle body;
A clutch part for connecting / disconnecting transmission of operating force to the handle body to the output lever;
A detection member that is urged toward the protruding position and movable between the protruding position and the immersive position when interfering with the overlapping side door, and that moves the clutch portion to the "disconnected" state at the immersive position;
Is attached to the handle base ,
The detection member protrudes in the opening and closing direction of the polymerized side door,
The clutch portion is rotated by the handle body around the same axis as the output lever, and an input lever provided with a pressing piece in a predetermined range in the rotational radial direction;
A slider connected to the output lever and interposed between the input and output levers, driven in the radial direction by the detection member, and moved between the interference position with respect to the pressing piece and the interference release position;
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And the said detection member is formed in the circular arc shape which has a uniform cross-sectional shape in the circumferential direction, and is a vehicle door handle apparatus pivotally supported so that rocking | fluctuation around the circular arc curvature center is possible . A pair of door bases whose rotating ends overlap in a closed state, and a handle device attached to the polymerized side door base,
The handle device includes a handle main body, an output lever that is rotated by the handle main body, a clutch part that connects and disconnects transmission of an operation force to the handle main body to the output lever, a protruding position and an immersion position when interfering with the polymerization side door base body Is formed by connecting a detection member that is urged toward the projecting position side and is movable, and that moves the clutch portion to the “disengaged” state at the retracted position, to the handle base,
On the overlapping side door base, a closed door detection surface that is substantially orthogonal to the opening and closing direction that faces directly in the closed state is formed,
The detection member detects a closing detection surface of the polymerization side door base by inserting a window established in the polymerization side door base,
And the detection member has a circular arc shape having a uniform cross-sectional shape in the circumferential direction, and is pivotally supported so as to be swingable around the center of curvature.
A door structure of a vehicle in which a cap member that includes a tongue piece portion that is in sliding contact with a detection member and closes the window is mounted on the window.

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