JP6173127B2 - Vehicle display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle display device attached to a vehicle such as an electric bicycle.

  Conventionally, this type of vehicle display device has been attached to the handle of an electric bicycle, and the liquid crystal screen of the display device has a variety of travel-related items such as travel speed, travel distance, remaining battery level, and assist mode. Information is displayed. A USB terminal is provided in the case of the display device, and an openable / closable cap that covers the USB terminal is provided in the case. The case can be divided into two parts, an upper case body and a lower case body.

  Patent Document 1 below discloses a video camera provided with a cap.

JP 2010-238660

  However, in the conventional type, when replacing the cap, it is necessary to disassemble the case into an upper case body and a lower case body and to remove the cap from the case.

  Moreover, in the said patent document 1, as FIG. 8 of this literature 1 shows, the camera case of a video camera can be divided into 2 into the 1st outer housing | casing 2 and the 2nd outer housing 3, and a cap When replacing 1, it is necessary to disassemble the camera case into the first outer housing 2 and the second outer housing 3 and to remove the cap 1 from the camera case. There is.

  An object of this invention is to provide the display apparatus for vehicles which can replace | exchange a cap easily.

In order to achieve the above object, the first invention is a display device attached to a vehicle,
An external connection terminal that can be connected to other devices is provided in the case.
An openable / closable cap that covers the external connection terminal is detachably provided on the case.
The cap has a tongue portion inserted into the case,
When the cap is closed, the tongue piece is inserted into the case,
When the cap is opened, the tongue piece can be pulled out from the inside of the case,
The tongue piece is provided with a retaining part,
A regulation body is provided in the case,
A notch is formed in the regulating body,
The notch has an open end with one end open,
The tongue piece is removably inserted into the notch,
The pull-out amount of the tongue piece is regulated to a predetermined pull-out amount by engaging the retaining portion with the regulating body,
A separation preventing member that prevents the tongue piece from separating from the notch is provided in the case,
The separation preventing member is detachable from the case from the outside.

  According to this, the tongue piece portion can be detached from the notch portion by removing the separation preventing member from the case. As a result, the retaining portion does not engage with the restricting body, and the restriction of the amount of the tongue piece portion is released, so that the tongue piece portion can be pulled out from the inside of the case to remove the cap from the case.

  Thereafter, the tongue portion of another new cap is inserted into the case from the outside, and is inserted into the cutout portion of the restricting body. Thereafter, by attaching the separation preventing member to the case from the outside, the tongue piece portion is prevented from separating from the notch portion, and a new cap is provided on the case. Thus, since it is possible to replace the cap from the outside of the case with the case being assembled without disassembling the case into two, the cap can be easily replaced.

In the vehicle display device according to the second aspect of the invention, the separation preventing member has a rod-shaped portion and a mounting plate provided on the rod-shaped portion,
The case is formed with a through-hole penetrating inside and outside,
The rod-shaped part is inserted into the through hole from the outside and enters the case,
A mounting plate is detachably attached to the surface of the case,
The rod-shaped portion prevents the tongue piece portion from being detached from the cutout portion by the tip of the rod-shaped portion facing the open end of the cutout portion.

  According to this, the detachment preventing member is removed from the case by removing the mounting plate from the case and removing the rod-like portion from the through hole to the outside of the case. Further, the detachment preventing member is attached to the case by inserting the rod-like portion into the case through the through hole and attaching the attachment plate to the case.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the cap can be easily replaced.

1 is a side view of a bicycle in a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the display apparatus attached to the bicycle similarly. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the display device, showing a state in which the display member is mounted on the support member. It is a perspective view of a display apparatus and shows the state which removed the display member from the support member. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the display device. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the display member of the display device as viewed from the bottom side, showing a state where the cap and the separation preventing member are removed. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the engagement hole and the engagement claw of the display device, showing a state where the engagement claw is removed below the engagement hole. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view when the display member of the display device is mounted on the support member, showing a state in which the engagement claw and the engagement hole are engaged. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the engagement hole and the engagement claw of the display device, showing a state where the engagement claw is inserted into the engagement hole. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view when the display member of the display device is slid in the detaching direction with respect to the support member. It is a XX arrow line view in FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of a display member when the cap of the display device is opened. It is a perspective view of the cap of a display apparatus same as the above. It is the perspective view which removed the cap of the display apparatus and saw a part of the upper case body of the display member from the lower side. It is the perspective view which inserted the tongue piece part of the cap of the display apparatus into the notch part, and saw a part of upper case body of the display member from the downward direction. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a mounting position of a cap of the display member of the display device, showing a state in which the cap and the separation preventing member are mounted. It is a XX arrow line view in FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the display member of the display apparatus from the bottom, and shows the state where the separation prevention member was attached to the lower case body of the display member. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a separation preventing member for a display member of the display device. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the attachment location of the cap of the display member of a display apparatus, and shows the state which removed the detachment | blocking prevention member and detached the tongue piece part of the cap from the notch part below. It is a XX arrow line view in FIG. It is a perspective view of the display apparatus attached to the bicycle in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an electric bicycle which is an example of a vehicle. The electric bicycle 1 includes a frame 2, a handle 3, a front wheel 4, a rear wheel 5, a chain (not shown) that transmits the pedaling force of the pedal 6 to the rear wheel 5, and an auxiliary driving force applied to the chain. An electric auxiliary driving device 8 and a battery 9 for supplying electric power to the auxiliary driving device 8 are provided. The auxiliary drive device 8 is composed of a motor 8a, a speed reducer, and the like.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electric bicycle 1 is provided with a display device 15 that displays various travel information such as travel speed, travel distance, time, battery 9 remaining amount, assist mode, and the like. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the display device 15 includes a support member 16 attached to the handle 3 (an example of a fixing member) and a display member 17 that is detachably joined to the support member 16. .

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the display member 17 is electrically connected to the first case 20, the liquid crystal screen unit 21, the first circuit board 22, and the first circuit board 22. And a plurality of first connection terminals 23. The first case 20 is vertically divided into an upper case body 24 and a lower case body 25. The upper case body 24 and the lower case body 25 are connected by a plurality of screws. The upper case body 24 has a transparent plate 26 made of glass or resin at the top. The first circuit board 22 is held in the first case 20. The liquid crystal screen unit 21 is provided on the first circuit board 22 and is accommodated in the first case 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the support member 16 includes an annular mounting portion 35, a second case 36, a second circuit board 37 accommodated in the second case 36, and a second And a plurality of second connection terminals 38 electrically connected to the circuit board 37.

  The first case 20 has a first joint surface 31 to be joined to the second case 36 at the lower part. The second case 36 has a second joint surface 40 that joins the first joint surface 31 of the first case 20 at the top.

The display member 17 can be attached to and detached from the support member 16 by sliding in the attachment / detachment directions A and B (corresponding to the front-rear direction) along the first and second joining surfaces 31 and 40.
As shown in FIG. 6, the tip (lower end) of the first connection terminal 23 is exposed at the first joint surface 31, and as shown in FIG. 4, the tip (upper end) of the second connection terminal 38. ) Is exposed on the second bonding surface 40. When the display member 17 is attached to the support member 16, as shown in FIG. 5, the front end portion of the first connection terminal 23 contacts the front end portion of the second connection terminal 38, and the first circuit board 22 and the first Two circuit boards 37 are electrically connected via the first and second connection terminals 23 and 38.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an engagement hole 60 (an example of a first engagement portion) is provided on the lower surface of the first case 20 of the display member 17. The engagement hole 60 has an insertion hole 60 a formed inside the first case 20, and an opening 60 b that communicates with the insertion hole 60 a and opens on the lower surface of the first case 20. ing. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, an engagement claw 61 (an example of a second engagement portion) is provided on the upper surface of the second case 36 of the support member 16.

  As shown by phantom lines in FIGS. 8 and 9, the engagement hole 60 is engaged with the engagement claw 61 in the mounting direction A (front to back direction) in which the display member 17 is mounted on the support member 16. As shown in the solid line of FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the display member 17 is disengaged from the engaging claw 61 in the disengagement direction B (rearward to front) from which the display member 17 is disengaged from the support member 16. 8 and 9, when the engagement hole 60 is engaged with the engagement claw 61, the engagement claw 61 is inserted into the insertion hole 60a from the opening 60b. Further, when the engagement hole 60 is detached from the engagement claw 61 as shown in the solid line of FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the engagement claw 61 is removed from the insertion hole portion 60a and opened as shown in FIG. The part 60b is extracted below the first case 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the engagement hole 60 and the engagement claw 61 are provided in a pair of left and right in the width direction (left and right direction), and three sets ( A plurality of sets).

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the display member 17 is provided with a power operation button 67 for switching power on and off.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, a USB terminal 88 (an example of an external connection terminal) that can be connected to a personal computer (an example of another device) is provided in the first case 20 (an example of a case) of the display member 17. ) Is provided. 2 to 4, 11, and 12, an openable / closable cap 89 that covers the USB terminal 88 is detachably provided on the first case 20. A terminal attachment opening 90 is formed in the first case 20, and the USB terminal 88 is provided facing the terminal attachment opening 90.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the cap 89 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and has a square plate-like main body 92 and an elongated tongue piece 93 provided on the main body 92. ing. A storage space 94 is formed in the first case 20, and as shown in FIG. 11, the tongue piece 93 is inserted into the storage space 94 when the cap 89 is closed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, when the cap 89 is opened, the tongue piece 93 can be pulled out from the storage space 94 to the outside of the first case 20.

  A retaining portion 95 is provided at the tip of the tongue piece portion 93. The thickness and width of the retaining portion 95 are formed larger than the thickness and width of the tongue piece portion 93. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a regulation plate 97 (an example of a regulation body) is provided in the storage space 94, and a notch 98 is formed in the regulation plate 97. The notch 98 has an open end 98a (see FIG. 21) with the lower end (an example of one end) open. As shown in FIGS. 15-17, the tongue piece part 93 is inserted in the notch part 98 so that it can detach | leave from the downward direction. As shown in FIG. 15, when the retaining portion 95 is engaged with the restricting plate 97, the pull-out amount of the tongue piece 93 is restricted to a predetermined pull-out amount.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 16 to 19, a detachment preventing member 101 that prevents the tongue piece 93 from detaching downward from the notch 98 is provided on the lower case body 25 of the first case 20. Yes. The separation preventing member 101 includes a rod-shaped portion 102 having a T-shaped cross section and a mounting plate 103 provided on the rod-shaped portion 102. The lower case body 25 of the first case 20 is formed with a T-shaped through hole 104 penetrating inward and outward. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the rod-like portion 102 is inserted into the through hole 104 from the outside (below) of the first case 20 and enters the storage space 94. The tip (upper end) of the rod-like portion 102 faces the open end 98a of the notch 98 of the restriction plate 97 from below, so that the rod-like portion 102 prevents the tongue piece 93 from detaching downward from the notch 98. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the attachment plate 103 is attached to the lower case body 25 of the first case 20 so as to be detachable from the outside by screws 105, and constitutes a corner portion of the first case 20. . As shown in FIG. 6, a positioning protrusion 106 is provided on the mounting plate 103, and a positioning hole 107 is formed in the first case 20. When the mounting plate 103 is mounted on the first case 20, the positioning projection 106 is fitted into the positioning hole 107, whereby the mounting position of the mounting plate 103 is accurately determined.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When the display member 17 is attached to the support member 16 as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of each first connection terminal 23 comes into contact with the tip of each second connection terminal 38, as shown in FIG. The first circuit board 22 and the second circuit board 37 are electrically connected via the first and second connection terminals 23 and 38. When the operation button 67 is pressed, the power of the battery 9 is supplied from the second circuit board 37 to the first circuit board 22 via the first and second connection terminals 23 and 38, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, various travel information is displayed on the liquid crystal screen unit 21 of the display member 17.

  When the display member 17 is mounted on the support member 16, the display member 17 is lowered toward the support member 16 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, and each of the support members 16 is shown in FIGS. The engaging claws 61 are inserted into the openings 60b of the respective engaging holes 60 of the display member 17 from below, and the display member 17 is slid in the mounting direction A as indicated by phantom lines in FIGS. Thereby, each engagement claw 61 is inserted into the insertion hole 60a from the opening 60b of each engagement hole 60, and each engagement hole 60 and each engagement claw 61 are engaged. As a result, the display member 17 is attached to the support member 16.

  Further, when the display member 17 is removed from the support member 16, as shown in the solid line of FIG. 9 and FIG. Then, the display member 17 is lifted from the support member 16 and the engaging claws 61 are separated below the opening 60b as shown in FIGS. As a result, the respective engagement holes 60 and the respective engagement claws 61 are detached, and the display member 17 is detached from the support member 16.

  After the display member 17 is removed from the support member 16 as described above, the cap 89 of the display member 17 is opened to expose the USB terminal 88 as shown in FIG. The display member 17 can be connected to the personal computer via the USB cable by inserting one end of the USB cable. Then, by operating the personal computer, various traveling information stored in the memory in the display member 17 can be analyzed by the personal computer to diagnose the presence or absence of abnormality of the motor 8a and the like.

  When opening the cap 89, the cap 89 can be easily opened by pulling the tongue piece 93 out of the first case 20 while rotating the cap 89. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, when the retaining portion 95 is engaged with the restricting plate 97, the pull-out amount of the tongue piece 93 is restricted to a predetermined pull-out amount. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the tongue piece 93 from being pulled out from the first case 20 to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, since the tip of the rod-like portion 102 of the separation preventing member 101 faces the open end 98a of the notch 98 of the restricting plate 97 from below, the tongue piece 93 is notched. Leaving 98 downward is prevented.

  When replacing the cap 89, with the cap 89 opened, the screw 105 is removed and the mounting plate 103 is removed from the lower case body 25 of the first case 20 as shown in FIGS. The separation preventing member 101 can be removed from the first case 20 by removing the rod-like portion 102 downward from the through hole 104 (see FIG. 6). As a result, the tongue piece 93 can be detached downward from the notch 98 of the restriction plate 97.

  In this manner, by removing the tongue piece portion 93 from the notch portion 98, the retaining portion 95 is not engaged with the restriction plate 97, and the restriction on the pull-out amount of the tongue piece portion 93 is released. For this reason, the tongue piece 93 can be pulled out of the first case 20 from the storage space 94 through the terminal attachment opening 90. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, the cap 89 can be removed from the first case 20 without disassembling the first case 20 into the upper case body 24 and the lower case body 25.

  After that, as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the tongue piece 93 of another new cap 89 is inserted into the storage space 94 from the outside of the first case 20 through the terminal mounting opening 90, and FIG. As shown by 17, it is inserted into the notch 98 from below. Next, the rod-like portion 102 is inserted into the through-hole 104, and the attachment plate 103 is fastened to the lower case body 25 of the first case 20 by using the screw 105, thereby removing as shown in FIGS. The blocking member 101 is attached to the first case 20.

  As a result, the tongue piece 93 is prevented from detaching downward from the notch 98, and the first case 20 is renewed as shown in FIG. 4 without disassembling the upper case body 24 and the lower case body 25. A cap 89 can be attached to the first case 20. As described above, since the detachment preventing member 101 can be attached and detached from the outside of the first case 20, when replacing the cap 89, the first case 20 is replaced with the upper case body 24 and the lower case body 25. It is not necessary to disassemble the cap 89, and the cap 89 can be exchanged from the outside of the first case 20 in a state where the first case 20 is assembled, and the cap 89 can be easily exchanged.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the display device 15 capable of removing the display member 17 from the support member 16 is described. However, in the second embodiment described below, As shown in FIG. 22, the display device 123 is not a detachable configuration, but is a display device 123 in which a display member 121 and a support member 122 are integrally formed. A cap 89 is provided on the case 124 of the display member 121, and a USB terminal 88 and the like are provided inside the case 124. The case 124 is divided into an upper case body 24 and a lower case body 25.

According to this, the same operation and effect as the first embodiment can be obtained.
In each of the above embodiments, the USB terminal 88 has been described as an example of the external connection terminal, but the present invention is not limited to the USB terminal 88 and may be another type of terminal.

  The present invention is most suitable for a display device attached to an electric bicycle, but may be attached to a bicycle other than the electric bicycle, or may be attached to a vehicle other than the bicycle, such as a motorcycle or a wheelchair.

1 Electric bicycle (vehicle)
15 display device 20 first case (case)
88 USB terminal (external connection terminal)
89 Cap 93 Tongue piece 95 Retaining part 97 Restriction plate (regulator)
98 Notch 98a Open end 101 Detachment prevention member 102 Rod-like part 103 Mounting plate 104 Through-hole 123 Display device 124 Case

Claims (2)

A display device attached to a vehicle,
An external connection terminal that can be connected to other devices is provided in the case.
An openable / closable cap that covers the external connection terminal is detachably provided on the case.
The cap has a tongue portion inserted into the case,
When the cap is closed, the tongue piece is inserted into the case,
When the cap is opened, the tongue piece can be pulled out from the inside of the case,
The tongue piece is provided with a retaining part,
A regulation body is provided in the case,
A notch is formed in the regulating body,
The notch has an open end with one end open,
The tongue piece is removably inserted into the notch,
The pull-out amount of the tongue piece is regulated to a predetermined pull-out amount by engaging the retaining portion with the regulating body,
A separation preventing member that prevents the tongue piece from separating from the notch is provided in the case,
A display device for vehicles, wherein the separation preventing member is detachable from the case from the outside. The separation preventing member has a rod-shaped portion and a mounting plate provided on the rod-shaped portion,
The case is formed with a through-hole penetrating inside and outside,
The rod-shaped part is inserted into the through hole from the outside and enters the case,
A mounting plate is detachably attached to the surface of the case,
The vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the rod-shaped portion prevents the tongue piece portion from being detached from the cut-out portion by causing the tip of the rod-shaped portion to face the open end of the cut-out portion.

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