JP6178778B2 - Pull handle for vehicle door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pocket-shaped pull handle provided on a vehicle door, and more particularly to a technique for improving grip performance without impairing design.

  A grip portion that is integrally provided on the vehicle door so as to form a pocket shape having an opening portion that opens upward, and a finger is inserted into the opening portion and that forms a side wall of the pocket shape inside the vehicle interior A pull handle that is used to open and close the vehicle door is known. The device described in Patent Document 1 is an example, and is provided integrally with the armrest, and a cushioning material is provided between the core material and the skin material in the same manner as the armrest so that a soft tactile sensation is obtained. Yes. Further, in Patent Document 2, a concave portion is provided on the outer wall surface located outside the pocket shape of the gripping portion at a position slightly lowering downward from the opening, and the wrist side portion of the palm when gripping the gripping portion. Describes a technique that allows the upper end portion of the gripping portion to be securely gripped and gripped with the finger inserted into the opening by entering the recess.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.2-1218 JP-A-8-156596

  However, in the pull handle described in Patent Document 1, since the cushion material is provided in the entire area of the gripping part, the grip performance that can grip the gripping part reliably is inferior to that of Patent Document 2, while The pull handle described in Patent Literature 2 has a problem in that the design of the gripping portion is restricted compared to Patent Literature 1 because it is necessary to provide a recess in the outer wall surface (the surface on the vehicle interior side) of the gripping portion. It was.

  The present invention has been made against the background of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to improve grip performance in a pocket-shaped pull handle provided on a vehicle door without impairing the design of the grip portion. It is in.

  In order to achieve such an object, the first invention is provided integrally with a vehicle door so as to form a pocket shape having an opening opening upward, and a finger is inserted into the opening, and the pocket shape In the pull handle used to open and close the vehicle door, the grip portion constituting the side wall of the vehicle interior side is gripped. (A) The outer wall located outside the pocket shape of the grip portion is (B) The substrate is provided with a recess at a position descending from the opening to the lower side, and a base material and a soft skin material covering the substrate. And (c) the recess is provided with a cushion material between the skin material so as to fill the recess.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the pull handle for the vehicle door according to the first aspect of the present invention, the recess is provided so as to protrude from the opening to the front side of the vehicle in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the pull handle of the vehicle door according to the first or second aspect of the invention is arranged so that the skin material is in close contact with the base material above the recess of the gripping portion. In addition, it is smoothly curved toward the inside of the pocket shape as it goes upward, and the curved portion is gripped.

  In such a vehicle door pull handle, a concave portion is provided in the base material of the overlapping material constituting the outer wall of the gripping portion, and a cushion material is provided between the skin material so as to fill the concave portion. Therefore, when inserting the finger into the opening and gripping the grip part with the palm, the cushion material is crushed and dented so that the upper end part of the grip part can be securely gripped and gripped. This makes it easier to open and close the vehicle door. In addition, the skin material bulges due to the elasticity of the cushion material during the non-opening / closing operation, so that it can be made into an external shape that is smoothly continuous to other parts than the recess, for example, regardless of the improvement in grip performance due to the recess. Design properties can be ensured.

  In the second invention, since the concave portion is provided so as to protrude from the opening to the front side of the vehicle in the vehicle front-rear direction, the cushion material is also crushed for the thumb protruding from the palm to the front side of the vehicle when gripping the gripping portion. It can be pushed into the recess, and the upper end portion of the grip portion can be gripped more easily and reliably by the palm and fingers.

  In the third invention, on the vehicle upper side than the concave portion of the grip portion, the skin material is superimposed so as to be in close contact with the base material, and is smoothly curved toward the inside of the pocket shape as it goes upward. Because the curved part is gripped, it fits the shape of the hand when gripping an object, making it easier to grip, and since there is no cushion material, the opening and closing operation force is directly transmitted to the vehicle door, so that it can be opened and closed properly can do.

It is the schematic front view which looked at the door for vehicles to which the present invention was applied from the design side (vehicle interior side). It is sectional drawing of the II-II arrow part in FIG. 1, ie, a pull handle part. It is sectional drawing which shows the state by which the holding part of the pull handle of FIG. 2 was hold | gripped.

  The pull handle of the present invention is integrally incorporated in, for example, an armrest that is integrally fixed to the door trim. Alternatively, the pull handle may be incorporated in a member other than the armrest such as a switch case provided with a power window switch or the like. Various modes are possible, such as being able to arrange the pull handle alone on the door trim.

  The outer wall of the gripping part is made of a superposed material, and the base material of the superposed material can be a plate metal material or a synthetic resin material having a relatively high rigidity, for example, hard polyvinyl chloride. Polypropylene, polyethylene, ABS and the like are preferably used. This overlapping material is configured separately from the door trim, for example, and is integrally fixed to the door trim by a locking claw, welding, adhesive, fixing screw, etc., but the base material of the overlapping material is integrated with the door trim. It is also possible to provide it. As the skin material for the overlapping material, for example, various types of thermoplastic resins such as soft polyvinyl chloride, styrene, olefin, and polyester, woven fabric, nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric, and the like are preferably used. As the cushion material, for example, a soft polyurethane foam or other elastic material is used. However, a large number of elastically deformable minute protrusions or rib-shaped (thin plate-like) protrusions that can be elastically deformed can be provided. Various aspects are possible. The microprotrusions are preferably configured to be elastically deformed in one direction, for example, and are arranged according to a predetermined arrangement pattern such as a lattice shape so that the deformation directions (falling directions) thereof are different. The inner wall located inside the pocket shape can be configured using the same material as the base material of the above-mentioned superposition material, for example, but the superposition material with the skin material superimposed on the base material is adopted like the outer wall It is also possible to make it integral with the outer wall. The inner wall is configured separately from the door trim, for example, and is integrally fixed to the door trim by a locking claw, welding, adhesive, fixing screw, or the like, but can also be provided integrally with the door trim. For example, a hollow portion is provided between the outer wall and the inner wall of the grip portion.

  The upper end portion of the gripping portion, that is, the pocket-shaped opening portion is provided along the vehicle front-rear direction so that the opening portion opens upward, but does not necessarily have to be in a substantially horizontal direction, and upward or downward toward the front side of the vehicle. It can also provide so that it may incline toward. The concave portion provided in the base material of the overlapping material that constitutes the outer wall of the gripping portion is for making it easy to grip the upper end portion of the gripping portion, and the U-shaped cross section in the vehicle vertical direction opens to the vehicle interior side. Alternatively, it may be partially recessed such as a V shape or an arc shape, but may be continuously recessed to the lower end portion of the gripping portion like an inverted L shape. The concave portion is provided, for example, along the upper end portion of the gripping portion, that is, along the pocket-shaped opening, and the front end thereof is provided so as to protrude from the opening to the vehicle front side as in the second invention. For example, when (the dimension in the vehicle longitudinal direction) is sufficiently larger than the width dimension of the hand, it may be provided only at the portion directly below the opening. Various modes are possible, such as being substantially the same width as the opening and being offset from the opening toward the front of the vehicle.

  In the third aspect of the invention, there is no cushion material on the upper side of the vehicle with respect to the recess, and the skin material is superimposed so as to be in close contact with the base material. Also, a relatively thin cushion material layer may be provided. In the third aspect of the invention, a curved portion that smoothly curves is provided at the upper end portion of the outer wall, and the curved portion is gripped. Various modes are possible, such as may form a rectangular shape.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the drawings are appropriately simplified or modified for explanation, and the dimensional ratios, shapes, and the like of the respective parts are not necessarily drawn accurately.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a vehicle door 10 to which the present invention is applied as viewed from the design surface side (vehicle interior side), and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. The vehicle door 10 is disposed on the right side surface of the vehicle and is opened and closed around a substantially vertical axis via a hinge (not shown) provided at the front end portion of the vehicle front side. 12 and a door trim lower 14, and an armrest 16 is integrally fixed to a boundary portion between the door trim upper 12 and the door trim lower 14. Both the door trim upper 12 and the door trim lower 14 are made of a synthetic resin material having relatively high rigidity such as hard polyvinyl chloride.

  The armrest 16 has a long longitudinal shape in the vehicle front-rear direction, and is disposed in a substantially horizontal posture, and an armrest portion 20 is provided in the rear portion, and a power window is provided in the front portion. A switch arrangement portion 22 in which switches and the like are arranged is provided, and a pull handle portion 24 that is gripped when the vehicle door 10 is opened and closed is provided in an intermediate portion therebetween. As is clear from the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the pull handle portion 24 has a pocket shape having an opening 30 that opens upward. As shown in FIG. The finger 34 of the hand 32 is inserted, and the grip portion 36 constituting the side wall of the pocket-shaped interior of the vehicle interior is gripped between the palm 38 of the hand 32 and the finger 34 to open and close the vehicle door 10. It is a part used for. A hand 32 in FIG. 3 is a view as seen from the little finger side of the right hand.

  The grip portion 36 is provided between the inner wall 40 located inside the pocket shape, that is, on the door trim upper 12 side, the outer wall 42 located outside the pocket shape, ie, on the vehicle interior side, and the inner wall 40 and the outer wall 42. A hollow structure having a hollow portion 44 is formed. The inner wall 40 is provided integrally with the door trim lower 14, and is a portion provided so as to protrude further upward from a connecting portion 46 connected to the lower end portion of the door trim upper 12. A pocket shape having a U-shaped cross section is formed by the lower end portion.

  The outer wall 42 of the grip portion 36 is configured separately from the door trim lower 14 with a laminated material having a plate-like base material 50 and a soft skin material 52 covering the base material 50, and has an outer peripheral edge portion. Is abutted against the door trim lower 14 and is integrally fixed by a locking claw, welding, adhesive or the like. The base material 50 is made of a synthetic resin material having relatively high rigidity such as hard polyvinyl chloride, and the skin material 52 is elastically deformable such as soft polyvinyl chloride, styrene, olefin, polyester, or the like. It is composed of a thermoplastic resin. The base material 50 is provided with a recess 54 that is recessed toward the inner wall 40 at a position that is lowered downward by a predetermined dimension from the opening 30 that is the upper end portion of the grip portion 36. An elastically deformable cushioning material 56 such as a soft polyurethane foam is provided between the skin material 52 and the outer skin material 52 so as to be buried. The concave portion 54 is provided substantially horizontally along the upper end portion of the gripping portion 36, that is, along the pocket-shaped opening 30, and has an inverted L shape in the longitudinal section shown in FIG. 2 so as to reach the lower end portion of the gripping portion 36. On the other hand, the cushion material 56 has a curved shape in which the skin material 52 smoothly swells toward the vehicle interior side as shown in FIG. It is embedded so as to have a smoothly continuous appearance. The outer peripheral edge portion of the skin material 52 is wound around and fixed to the outer peripheral edge of the base material 50.

  As described above, the concave portion 54 is provided in the base material 50 and the cushion material 56 is embedded, whereby the finger 34 is inserted into the opening 30 and the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 is gripped with the palm 38. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the cushion material 56 is crushed and dented by the wrist side portion of the palm 38, so that the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 can be securely gripped and gripped. Can be easily opened and closed. In other words, the concave portion 54 and the cushion material 56 are provided to ensure that the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 can be gripped when the wrist side portion of the palm 38 is pushed into the concave portion 54. Accordingly, it is provided at a position lower than the upper end of the gripping portion 36 by a predetermined dimension.

  On the upper side of the vehicle with respect to the recess 54, the skin material 52 is superimposed so as to be in close contact with the base material 50, and is smoothly curved to the inside of the pocket shape as it goes upward according to the grip shape of the hand 32. And is abutted against the upper end of the inner wall 40 so that the curved portion is gripped. The concave portion 54 and the cushion material 56 are provided so as to protrude from the opening 30 to the vehicle front side in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the cushion material also applies to the thumb protruding from the palm 38 toward the vehicle front side when the grip portion 36 is gripped. 56 can be pushed into the recess 54 while being crushed, and the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 can be more easily and reliably gripped between the palm 38 and the finger 34.

  As described above, the pull handle portion 24 of the vehicle door 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with the concave portion 54 in the base material 50 of the overlapping material constituting the outer wall 42 of the grip portion 36 and fills the concave portion 54. Since the cushion material 56 is provided between the skin material 52 and the skin material 52, the finger 34 is inserted into the opening 30 and the grip portion 36 is gripped with the palm 38 as shown in FIG. When the cushion material 56 is crushed and recessed, the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 can be securely gripped and gripped, and the opening / closing operation of the vehicle door 10 is facilitated. Further, during the non-opening / closing operation, the skin material 52 is bulged by the elasticity of the cushion material 56, and has an appearance shape that smoothly continues to a portion other than the concave portion 54. Design properties can be ensured.

  Further, since the concave portion 54 is provided so as to protrude from the opening 30 to the vehicle front side in the vehicle front-rear direction, the cushion material 56 is also applied to the thumb protruding from the palm 38 toward the vehicle front side when the grip portion 36 is gripped. It can be pushed into the recess 54 while being crushed, and the upper end portion of the grip portion 36 can be gripped more easily and reliably by the palm 38 and the finger 34.

  Further, on the vehicle upper side than the concave portion 54 of the gripping portion 36, the skin material 52 is superimposed so as to be in close contact with the base material 50, and is smoothly curved toward the inside of the pocket shape as it goes upward. Since the curved portion is gripped, it fits into the grip shape of the hand 32 when gripping an object, making it easier to grip, and since there is no cushion material 56, the opening / closing operation force is directly transmitted to the vehicle door 10. Can be opened and closed properly.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described in detail based on drawing, this is an embodiment to the last, and this invention is implemented in the aspect which added various change and improvement based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Can do.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10: Door for vehicles 24: Pull handle part (pull handle) 30: Opening part 32: Hand 34: Finger 36: Grip part 42: Outer wall 50: Base material 52: Skin material 54: Recessed part 56: Cushion material

Claims (3)

A grip portion that is integrally provided in the vehicle door so as to form a pocket shape having an opening portion that opens upward, a finger is inserted into the opening portion, and constitutes a side wall on the vehicle interior side of the pocket shape. In the pull handle used to open and close the vehicle door,
The outer wall located on the outside of the pocket shape of the gripping part is composed of a laminated material having a base material and a soft material skin material covering the base material,
The substrate is provided with a recess at a position lowered from the opening to the lower side,
A pull handle for a vehicle door, wherein a cushioning material is provided between the recess and the skin material so as to fill the recess. 2. The pull handle for a vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the recess is provided so as to protrude from the opening to the vehicle front side in the vehicle front-rear direction. On the vehicle upper side than the concave portion of the grip portion, the skin material is superimposed so as to be in close contact with the base material, and is smoothly curved to the inside of the pocket shape as it goes upward. The pull handle for a vehicle door according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the curved portion is gripped.

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