JP6510249B2 - Cable mounting device in vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cable mounting device in a vehicle for facilitating mounting work for mounting a cable for connecting a transmission to an operation lever or the like on a vehicle body side.

  As a cable attachment device in the above-mentioned vehicles, there is a thing conventionally shown by "the Drawing 13" of the following patent documents 1 especially. According to this publication, a cable attachment device in a vehicle is a device for attaching a longitudinal middle portion of a cable passing through an opening formed in a vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel, the cable installation device being outside the central portion of the cable A cylindrical portion inserted and fixed to the opening, a large-diameter portion formed at one end of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction, and capable of being in contact with one surface of the vehicle body panel; The small diameter portion formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to allow passage, and the gap between the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter portion, and the large diameter portion And an insert body which can attach the middle portion of the cable to the vehicle body panel by pinching the vehicle body panel.

  When attaching the middle part of the cable to the vehicle body panel using the cable attachment device, first, from the space on the one surface side of the vehicle body panel, together with the middle part of the cable, The other end side and the small diameter ridge portion are inserted into the opening.

  Next, the large diameter portion is brought into contact with one surface of the vehicle body panel. Then, the insert is inserted into the gap between the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter ridge portion which is generated at this time. Then, the large diameter portion and the insertion body clamp the vehicle body panel, and the cable midway portion is attached to the vehicle body panel.

  Further, in addition to the above-described configuration, the above-mentioned cable attachment device is conventionally configured as follows.

  That is, in general, various vehicle parts are compactly disposed in the space of each part of a vehicle body of a vehicle, so a predetermined disposition space in which the cable is to be disposed tends to be narrow. On the other hand, although the above-mentioned cable can be elastically bent, it is not easy to bend and arrange the above-mentioned cable in the above-mentioned narrow arrangement space because the rigidity is large.

  Therefore, conventionally, the cable attachment device in a vehicle extends from the large diameter portion in the opposite direction to the opening of the vehicle body panel, and is gradually bent outward in the radial direction of the opening according to the extension. Inside, there is one equipped with a guide pipe for inserting another midway portion connected to the midway portion of the cable. According to this, when the midway portion of the cable is attached at a predetermined position around the axial center of the opening in the vehicle body panel using the cable attachment device, the other midway portion of the cable inserted in the guide pipe is The guide pipe is bent along the guide pipe and automatically arranged in the arrangement space, and this arrangement operation can be facilitated.

JP 2000-240635 A

  By the way, there is the following problem in the case of performing the attachment work of attaching the middle part of the cable to the vehicle body panel by the above-mentioned conventional cable attachment device.

  That is, as a first point, in order to arrange the other midway portion of the cable by the guide pipe in the arrangement space, the midway portion of the cable is placed together with the cable mounting device at a predetermined position around the axial center of the opening. It is required to position and attach them to the body panel. However, no consideration is given to the above-described requirements in the configuration of the prior art cable mounting device.

  As a second point, as described above, since the cable has high rigidity, first, the other end side of the cylindrical portion is inserted into the opening, and then, one side of the vehicle body panel is installed. When the above-mentioned large-diameter portion is to be brought into contact with the above, the rigidity of the above-mentioned cable is opposed to this operation, and the operation of the above-mentioned contact tends to be inhibited. For this reason, formation of the said clearance gap becomes difficult and insertion of the insert body to this clearance gap tends to become complicated.

  And according to the said 1st, 2nd point, there exists a problem that the attachment operation | work which attaches the middle part of the cable which penetrates the opening formed in the vehicle body panel to the said vehicle body panel is difficult easily.

  The present invention has been made focusing on the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to attach a longitudinal middle portion of a cable penetrating an opening formed in a vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel. To make it easy.

The invention of claim 1 relates to a cable attachment device 23 for attaching the longitudinal middle portion 18a of the cable 18 penetrating the opening 13 formed in the vehicle body panel 6 to the vehicle body panel 6,
The cylindrical portion 24 is fixed to the middle portion 18 a of the cable 18 and is inserted into the opening 13, and is formed at one axial end of the cylindrical portion 24 and abuts on one surface of the vehicle body panel 6 The large diameter portion 25 which is made possible, the small diameter portion 26 formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion 24 so as to be able to pass through the opening 13, the other surface of the vehicle body panel 6 and the above The middle portion 18a of the cable 18 can be attached to the vehicle body panel 6 by being inserted into the gap 27 between the small diameter cylinder portion 26 and holding the vehicle body panel 6 in cooperation with the diameter large flange portion 25 A cable mounting device in a vehicle comprising an insert 28
An engagement projection 32 is provided which extends from the large-diameter portion 25 and whose extension end 32a is engageable with the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6. Centering on the engagement portion of the engagement projection 32 The cylindrical portion 24 can be rotated A in the direction in which the large diameter portion 25 approaches one surface of the vehicle body panel 6, and the other end side of the cylindrical portion 24 can pass through the opening 13. The cable attachment device according to the present invention is provided with an input portion 33 which is formed on the cylindrical portion 24 and is capable of inputting an external force F for causing the rotation A.

  In this section, the reference numerals and the drawing numbers appended to the above terms do not limit the technical scope of the present invention to the contents of the “Example” section and the drawings.

  The effects of the present invention are as follows.

The invention of claim 1 is a cable attachment device for attaching a midway portion in the longitudinal direction of a cable penetrating an opening formed in a vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel, and externally fitted and fixed to the midway portion of the cable And a large-diameter portion formed on one end of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction and capable of coming into contact with one surface of the vehicle body panel, and the above-mentioned opening so as to be able to pass through the opening. The small diameter portion formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion is inserted into the gap between the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter portion, and in cooperation with the large diameter portion, the vehicle body In a cable attachment device in a vehicle, comprising: an insert body capable of attaching the middle portion of the cable to the vehicle body panel by clamping the panel;
An engagement protrusion is provided which extends from the large-diameter portion and whose extension end can be engaged with a portion of the vehicle body panel, and one of the vehicle body panels is provided with the engagement portion of the engagement protrusion as a center The cylindrical portion can be rotated in the direction in which the large-diameter portion approaches the surface, and is formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to be able to pass through the opening. An input unit is provided to allow input of an external force for causing the following effect.

  That is, in the case of mounting the cable in the longitudinal direction of the cable to the vehicle body panel using the cable mounting device, first, the other end of the cylindrical portion along with the cable in the middle, the diameter is small The collar portion and the input portion are inserted into the opening, and in this state, the extension end of the engagement protrusion is engaged with a portion of the vehicle body panel. Then, this engagement prevents the free rotation of the cable attachment device about the axis of the opening, and positions the cable attachment device in a predetermined position about the axis. At this time, the middle portion of the cable attached to the cable attachment device is also positioned at a predetermined position around the axis.

  Next, when an external force is input to the input portion, the large-diameter portion approaches the one surface of the vehicle body panel centering on the engagement portion of the extension end of the engagement protrusion with respect to a portion of the vehicle body panel The cylindrical portion pivots in the direction to move.

  When the large diameter portion abuts on one surface of the vehicle body panel, a gap of a predetermined shape is formed between the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter portion. Therefore, if the insert is inserted into the gap, the large diameter portion and the insert cooperate with each other to clamp the body panel, and the middle portion of the cable can be attached to the body panel. Installation work is completed.

  Therefore, in the mounting work, the work for positioning the middle part of the cable at a predetermined position around the axis of the opening is, as described above, the middle part of the cable and the other end side of the cylindrical part The mounting operation can be made easier by the fact that the insertion end is automatically achieved by engaging the extension end of the engaging projection with a portion of the vehicle body panel.

  Further, in the mounting operation, the rotation of the cylindrical portion centering on the engaging portion of the extending end portion of the engaging projection to the portion of the vehicle body panel is formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion. Since it is promoted by inputting an external force to the input unit, the mounting operation can be made easier accordingly.

  Moreover, the input operation of the external force to the input unit described above, the visual recognition operation that the gap is formed in the predetermined shape by the input of the external force, and the insertion operation of the insert into the gap are all Since the space can be concentrated from the space on the other surface side of the vehicle body panel, the mounting work can be further facilitated accordingly.

It is a side surface sectional view of a cable attachment device. It is a perspective development view of a cable attachment device. It is partial enlargement effect | action explanatory drawing of FIG.

  The cable mounting device in a vehicle according to the present invention realizes the purpose of facilitating the mounting work for attaching the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the cable penetrating the opening formed in the vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel. The mode for carrying out the present invention is as follows.

  That is, a cable mounting device in a vehicle is a device for mounting a longitudinal middle portion of a cable passing through an opening formed in a vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel. The cable attachment device is externally fitted and fixed to a midway portion of the cable, and is formed at a cylindrical portion inserted into the opening and one end of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction, on one surface of the vehicle body panel A large diameter flange portion which can be abutted, a small diameter ridge portion formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to be able to pass through the opening, the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter ridge And an insert body which can be attached to a midway portion of the cable to the vehicle body panel by being inserted into a gap between the vehicle body and the vehicle body panel in cooperation with the large diameter portion.

An engagement protrusion is provided which extends from the large-diameter portion and whose extended end is engageable with a part of the vehicle body panel. The cylindrical portion is pivotable in a direction in which the large-diameter large-diameter portion approaches one surface of the vehicle body panel about the engaging portion of the engaging protrusion. An input portion is formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to be able to pass through the opening, and an input portion capable of inputting an external force for causing the cylindrical portion to rotate is provided.

  In order to explain the present invention in more detail, an embodiment thereof will be described according to the attached drawings.

  In FIG.1, 2, the code | symbol 1 is a vehicle illustrated by a motor vehicle. Further, the arrow Fr indicates the front in the traveling direction of the vehicle 1.

  The inside of the vehicle body 2 of the vehicle 1 is a vehicle compartment 3, and a sheet metal panel 6 forming a floor panel (including a tunnel) of the vehicle body 2 is the vehicle compartment 3 and the vehicle exterior 7 below the vehicle compartment 3. I am divided. The body panel 6 includes a front panel 9 extending substantially horizontally, an inclined panel 10 integrally extending rearward and upward from the rear end of the front panel 9, and a rear upper end edge of the inclined panel 10. And a rear panel 11 extending integrally from the rear toward the rear. A transition portion from the front panel 9 to the inclined panel 10 is a bent portion 12, and the bent portion 12 linearly extends in the width direction of the vehicle body 2. Further, the inclined panel 10 is formed with an opening 13 which is a circular through hole.

  A cable 18 is provided for linking the transmission 17 of the transmission provided on the outside of the vehicle 7 to the transmission control lever 16 provided in the vehicle compartment 3 in such a way as to interlock. The cable 18 has an outer cable 20 and an inner cable 21 slidably inserted in the longitudinal direction with respect to the outer cable 20. A metallic cable attachment device 23 is provided for attaching the longitudinal middle portion 18 a of the cable 18 penetrating the opening 13 to the vehicle body panel 6.

  The cable mounting device 23 is fixed to the outer cable 20 at the middle portion 18a of the cable 18 by fitting it to the outer cable 20 and is inserted into the opening 13 and one axial end (rear lower end) of the cylindrical portion 24. And the other end of the cylindrical portion 24 so as to be able to pass through the opening 13 and the large-diameter portion 25 which can be brought into contact with one surface (lower surface) of the vehicle body panel 6 in a surface contact manner. A small fork part 26 formed on the part side (front upper end side), and a bifurcated board inserted in the gap 27 between the other surface (upper surface) of the vehicle body panel 6 and the small fork part 26 And an insert 28 which is an elastic grip. The cylindrical portion 24, the large diameter portion 25 and the small diameter portion 26 are integrally formed with each other by casting, and are disposed on the axial center 29 of the opening 13 and on the common axial center 29. Ru.

  The insert body 28 inserted into the gap 27 elastically clamps the inclined panel 10 of the vehicle body panel 6 in cooperation with the large diameter portion 25. Thus, the middle portion 18 a of the cable 18 is attached to the vehicle body panel 6 via the cable attachment device 23.

  The cable attachment device 23 extends from the large diameter portion 25 in the direction (backward) opposite to the opening 13 of the vehicle body panel 6 and bends in an arc shape gradually away from the shaft center 29 according to this extension. A guide pipe 31 is provided. From the midway portion 18 a of the cable 18, another midway portion 18 b continuing to the rear is inserted into the guide pipe 31. As a result, the other midway portion 18b of the cable 18 is made to conform to the bending shape of the guide pipe 31, and is bent into a predetermined shape.

  The cable attachment device 23 further includes an engagement protrusion 32 integrally extending forward and downward from a lower portion of the large diameter portion 25 and the cylindrical portion 24 so as to be able to pass through the opening 13. An outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 24 between the small diameter portion 26 and the input portion 33, and a wedge-shaped input portion 33 which is integrally formed apart from the small diameter portion 26 further to the other end side And a circumferential groove 34 formed in the The circumferential groove 34 is shaped so as to increase in width as it moves from the upper surface side to the lower surface side of the cylindrical portion 24.

  In FIG. 3, with the other end side of the cylindrical portion 24 inserted in the opening 13, the engagement protrusion 32 is formed on the mountain-bent portion 12 a of the lower surface of the bent portion 12 which is the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6. The extended end 32a is engageable. The extension end portion 32 a is formed in an inverted V shape, and the valley bending portion can be engaged with the mountain bending portion 12 a of the bending portion 12.

  In the direction (forward) in which the large-diameter large-diameter portion 25 approaches one surface of the body panel 6, centering on the engagement portion of the extension end 32a of the engagement projection 32 with the portion 37 of the body panel 6 The cylindrical portion 24 is capable of rotating A. An external force F for causing the rotation A of the cylindrical portion 24 described above can be input to the input portion 33.

  A jig 40 is provided to input an external force F to the input unit 33 in order to rotate the cylindrical portion 24. The jig 40 has a bifurcated plate-like shape, and is externally fitted in the circumferential groove 34 from the casing 3 side so as to be detachable. The tip end of the bifurcated portion of the jig 40 externally fitted to the circumferential groove 34 is engaged with the valley broken portion 12b of the upper surface of the bent portion 12 of the vehicle body panel 6 so as to be engageable with it from above.

  This jig 40 is held by holding the upper end portion of the jig 40 and turning the jig 40 forward about the tip of the jig 40 with respect to the valley bending portion 12 b of the bending portion 12. The base portion of the bifurcated portion is in pressure contact with the input portion 33, and the external force F is input to the input portion 33 by a small operation force based on the lever principle, and the rotation A of the cylindrical portion 24 is promoted.

  In all the drawings, in the case where the cable attachment device 23 is used to attach the mid-portion 18a in the longitudinal direction of the cable 18 to the vehicle body panel 6, first, as shown in FIG. The cable attachment device 23 is positioned together with the middle portion 18a of the cable 18 in the space 7 on the outside of the vehicle on the side of one of the two.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the other end of the cylindrical portion 24, the small diameter portion 26 and the input portion 33 are inserted into the opening 13 together with the middle portion 18 a of the cable 18 in this state, The extension end 32 a of the engaging projection 32 is engaged with the mountain-bent portion 12 a of the bending portion 12 which is the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6. Then, by this engagement, the cable mounting device 23 is prevented from free rotation around the axis 29 of the opening 13 and positioned at a predetermined position around the axis 29. At this time, the middle portion 18 a of the cable 18 attached to the cable attachment device 23 and the other middle portion 18 b connected to the middle portion 18 a and inserted in the guide pipe 31 are also the axial center 29. It is positioned at a predetermined position around it.

  Next, the jig 40 is externally fitted to the circumferential groove 34, and the tip of the jig 40 is engaged with the valley bending portion 12b of the bending portion 12, and the bifurcated portion of the jig 40 is The base is brought into contact with the input section 33. Then, from this state, the jig 40 is rotated forward B, and an external force F is input from the jig 40 to the input unit 33. Then, the diameter of one of the surfaces of the vehicle body panel 6 is centered on the engaging portion of the extension end 32a of the engaging projection 32 with the mountain fold 12a of the bent portion 12 which is the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6. The cylindrical portion 24 pivots in a direction (forward) in which the large collar portion 25 approaches.

  Then, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 1, the cylindrical portion 24 rotates A as shown by a solid line in FIG. 1 along with the forward rotation B of the jig 40 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. When the large diameter portion 25 abuts in a surface contact manner, a gap 27 having a predetermined shape is formed between the other surface of the vehicle body panel 6 and the small diameter portion 26. Therefore, if the insert 28 is inserted into the gap 27, the large diameter portion 25 and the insert 28 cooperate to clamp the inclined panel 10 of the vehicle body panel 6. Thus, the middle portion 18a of the cable 18 can be attached to the vehicle body panel 6, and then the jig 40 can be removed from the circumferential groove 34 as indicated by the one-dot chain line in FIG. Is over.

  Therefore, in the mounting work, the work for positioning the midway portion 18a and the other midway portion 18b of the cable 18 at a predetermined position around the axis 29 of the opening 13 is the midway portion of the cable 18 as described above. When the other end side of the cylindrical portion 24 is inserted into the opening 13 together with 18a, this is automatically achieved by engaging the extension end 32a of the engagement projection 32 with the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6 Therefore, the mounting work can be made easier by that much.

  Further, in the mounting operation, the rotation A of the cylindrical portion 24 centering on the engaging portion of the extending end portion 32a of the engaging projection 32 with the portion 37 of the vehicle body panel 6 described above corresponds to that of the cylindrical portion 24. Since it is promoted by inputting the external force F to the input portion 33 formed on the other end side, the mounting work can be made easier by that much.

  Moreover, the operation of inputting the external force F to the input unit 33 described above, the operation of visually recognizing that the gap 27 is formed in a predetermined shape by the input of the external force F, and the insertion of the insert 28 into the gap 27 The work can be concentrated from the compartment 3 space on the other surface side of the vehicle body panel 6 in any case, so the attachment work can be made easier by that much.

  The vehicle body panel 6 may be a mounting panel coupled to the main body of the vehicle body 2 for attaching the cable 18. Further, the opening 13 may be a notch. Further, the cable 18 may interlock the parking brake with the brake control lever 16, or interlock the fuel supply system with the accelerator pedal corresponding to the acceleration control lever 16. . In addition, the external force F may be input to the input unit 33 by any general-purpose tool without using the jig 40.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 vehicle 2 vehicle body 3 compartment 6 vehicle body panel 7 vehicle outside 12 bending part 12 a mountain bending part 12 b valley bending part 13 opening 18 cable 18 a middle part 18 b other middle part 23 cable mounting device 24 cylindrical part 25 diameter large diameter part 26 small diameter Flange part 27 Clearance 28 Insert body 29 Axial center 31 Guide pipe 32 Engaging projection 32a Extension end part 33 Input part 34 Circumferential groove 37 Part 40 Jig A A B Rotation B Rotation F External force

Claims (1)

A cable mounting device for attaching a longitudinally intermediate portion of a cable passing through an opening formed in a vehicle body panel to the vehicle body panel, the cylindrical portion being externally fitted and fixed to the intermediate portion of the cable and inserted into the opening A large-diameter portion formed at one end of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction and capable of contacting one surface of the vehicle body panel, and the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to be able to pass through the opening This is inserted into the gap between the small diameter portion formed on the other side, the other surface of the vehicle body panel and the small diameter portion, and by pinching the vehicle body panel in cooperation with the large diameter portion. A cable mounting apparatus in a vehicle, comprising: an insert body capable of mounting a midway portion of the cable to a vehicle body panel;
An engagement protrusion is provided which extends from the large-diameter portion and whose extension end can be engaged with a portion of the vehicle body panel, and one of the vehicle body panels is provided with the engagement portion of the engagement protrusion as a center The cylindrical portion can be rotated in the direction in which the large-diameter portion approaches the surface, and is formed on the other end side of the cylindrical portion so as to be able to pass through the opening. A cable mounting apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an input unit capable of inputting an external force for causing the vehicle to move.

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