JP7143230B2 - Vehicle interior equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle interior device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a vehicle interior device such as that disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. Such a vehicle interior device has a housing that faces the interior of the vehicle and a cover that is rotatably supported with respect to the housing. Here, a claw portion is provided at the tip of the cover. The housing is provided with holes at positions corresponding to the claws. As a result, the cover retains the closed state by engaging the claws with the holes of the housing.

Japanese Patent No. 5283540

However, in the vehicle interior device as described above, the hole of the housing is exposed when the cover is open. Therefore, it is desired to further improve the design quality of the housing when the cover is open without increasing the number of parts.

The present invention has been devised in view of these points, and the problem to be solved by the present invention is to further improve the design quality of the housing in the open state of the cover without increasing the number of parts. It is intended to be an interior device for a vehicle.

A vehicle interior device for solving the above-described problems is a vehicle interior device, comprising a housing facing the interior of a vehicle, and a cover rotatably supported with respect to the housing, wherein the cover comprises a cover The main body portion and the cover main body portion rotate between a closed position in which the design surface of the cover main body portion is along the interior surface of the housing, and an open position in which the closed position rises toward the interior of the vehicle interior and rotates. a moving shaft, an arm connecting the rear surface opposite to the design surface and the shaft, and an engaging portion protruding outward from a part of the arm, wherein the housing includes: On the inner surface side opposite to the inner surface of the vehicle interior, the bearing portion that rotatably supports the shaft portion and the engaging portion are in contact with each other so as to overlap the rotation locus of rotation about the shaft portion. and a related engaged portion, wherein at least one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion is elastically deformed when the engaging portion passes through the engaged portion. With such a configuration, it is possible to reciprocate and rotate between the closed position and the open position.

One feature and advantage of the above configuration is that the engaging portion of the cover and the engaged portion of the housing are arranged on the inner surface side of the housing opposite to the inner surface of the vehicle interior.
Therefore, unlike the conventional housing, it is possible to obtain a configuration that does not require the provision of a hole with which the cover is engaged. Therefore, it is possible to provide a vehicle interior device that further improves the design quality of the housing in the open state of the cover without increasing the number of parts.

In the vehicle interior device, a push button switch is disposed at a position facing the back surface of the cover main body, and the back surface is provided with a projection projecting toward the push button switch. When a predetermined pressing force is applied to the designed surface of the cover main body toward the push button switch, the attitude of the cover main body changes and the push button switch can be pushed through the projection. may be

One feature and advantage of the above arrangement is that the push button switch can be pressed in an emergency with the cover closed.

In the above vehicle interior device, a part of the arm may be provided with a fragile portion that bends when the pressing force is applied.

One feature and advantage of the above arrangement is that a portion of the arm is provided with a weakened portion that flexes when a pressing force is applied. As a result, the posture of the cover body can be changed without complicating the configuration of the arm.

By employing the means of the above inventions, the present invention can provide a vehicle interior device that further improves the design quality of the housing in the open state of the cover without increasing the number of parts.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the front view which showed the outline|summary of the vehicle interior apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view of the interior device for the same vehicle. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view enlarging the IV section of FIG. 3 ; Fig. 2 is an overall perspective view of a cover of the interior device for the same vehicle; It is the front view which showed the open state of the cover of the interior device for the same vehicle. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 1; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 1; 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX of FIG. 1; It is a whole perspective view of the modification of the cover of the interior device for the same vehicle. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 9 when a modification of the cover of the vehicle interior device is applied. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 10 when a modification of the cover of the vehicle interior device is applied.

One aspect of an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. FIG. In the present embodiment, a vehicle emergency button switch device provided in an overhead console attached to the ceiling of a vehicle, among vehicle interior devices, will be described as an example. It should be noted that the vertical and horizontal directions shown in each figure are unified in the vertical and horizontal directions as seen from a person seated in the vehicle.

First, an overview of the overall configuration of the overhead console 10 will be described. The overhead console 10 is an accessory attached to the ceiling of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 1, the overhead console 10 is provided with a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the vehicle, and is provided with a vehicle emergency button switch device on its design surface.

The overhead console 10, as shown in FIGS. (push button switch), the bezel 20 (housing), etc. are combined so as to overlap and integrated and assembled to the ceiling of the vehicle. The guide panel 13 and the bezel 20 correspond to the "housing" in the present invention.

The bezel 20 facing the interior of the vehicle has a cover 30 that is rotatably supported with respect to the bezel 20 . The cover 30 has a closed position 30a (see FIGS. 4 and 7) along the surface of the bezel 20 on the interior side of the vehicle interior, and an open position 30a that rises toward the interior of the vehicle interior from the closed position 30a and rotates (rotates downward). It is rotatably supported between positions 30b (see FIGS. 4 and 8). As shown in FIG. 3, an emergency call button 16, a substrate 12, and a switch 17 are attached to the bezel 20. As shown in FIG. The emergency call button 16 is vertically slidably attached to the bezel 20 and the guide panel 13 (housing). The emergency call button 16 is exemplified as a push type, but may be a slide type or a seesaw type. By operating the emergency call button 16, the switch 17 on the board 12 is pushed and turned on electrically. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the emergency call button 16 may have a car pattern on its design surface.

Bezel 20 is made of resin, for example. The bezel 20 may be of a one-part construction or a multi-part construction. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bezel 20 is provided on the ceiling surface of the passenger compartment so as to protrude toward the passenger compartment. Further, on the side of the inner surface 21 of the bezel 20 opposite to the surface on the interior side of the vehicle, a bearing portion 23 for rotatably supporting a shaft portion 33 of the cover 30, which will be described later, and an engaging portion 35 of the cover 30 are provided on the shaft portion. It has an engaged portion 25 that is in contact with the locus of rotation that rotates about 33 . The engaged portion 25 is formed in a claw shape that can be engaged with the engaging portion 35 at a position adjacent to the bearing portion 23 . In this embodiment, the bearing portion 23 is provided on the inner panel 13 (housing), and the engaged portion 25 is provided on the bezel 20 . However, the bearing portion 23 and the engaged portion 25 may be provided on either the inner panel 13 or the bezel 20, which are housings.

The cover 30 is made of resin, for example, as shown in FIGS. The cover 30 is a lid provided to prevent the user from accidentally operating the emergency call button 16 . The cover 30 may be of a one-part construction or a multi-part construction. In addition, in this embodiment, the case where the cover 30 has a single component configuration and is made of a transparent resin material is shown. The cover 30 is mainly composed of a cover body portion 31 , a shaft portion 33 , an arm 34 and an engaging portion 35 .

The cover body portion 31 is a flat plate-like portion that covers the emergency call button 16 . The cover main body portion 31 is configured such that the emergency call button 16 is disposed at a position facing the rear surface 31b of the cover main body portion 31 . A projection 32 projecting toward the emergency call button 16 is provided on the rear surface 31 b of the cover main body 31 .

The shaft portion 33 has a closed position 30a in which the design surface 31a of the cover main body portion 31 is along the surface of the bezel 20 on the interior side of the vehicle interior, an open position 30b in which the closed position 30a rises toward the interior of the vehicle interior and rotates, It is a shaft-like part that rotates between The arm 34 is an arm-like portion that connects the shaft portion 33 and the back surface 31b opposite to the design surface 31a. The engaging portion 35 is a portion that protrudes outward from a portion of the arm 34 and engages with the engaged portion 25 of the bezel 20 . The engaging portion 35 of the present embodiment is formed in the shape of a bar extending from the outer surface of the arm 34 . A part of the arm 34 is provided with a fragile portion 36 that bends when a predetermined pressing force is applied to the design surface 31 a of the cover body portion 31 toward the emergency call button 16 . The fragile portion 36 is configured, for example, by making the thickness of the shaft of the arm 34 narrow and constricted. As a result, when the pressing force is applied, the fragile portion 36 is deformed first, so that the arm 34 as a whole can be bent.

Next, the operation of the vehicle emergency button switch device cover 30 in the overhead console 10 will be described. In the normal state, the cover 30 keeps the engaging portion 35 of the cover 30 and the engaged portion 25 of the bezel 20 in contact with each other so that the design surface 31a of the cover body portion 31 is kept in contact with each other. It is positioned at a closed position 30a along the surface of the bezel 20 on the interior side of the vehicle. Here, when the user operates the emergency call button 16, the finger is placed on the tip of the cover main body 31 to exert an operating force downward. Then, at least one of the engaging portion 35 and the engaged portion 25 of the cover 30 is elastically deformed so that the engaging portion 35 passes through the engaged portion 25 and moves from the closed position 30a to the open position 30b. Rotate toward.

9 and 10, when the cover 30 is in the closed position 30a and the emergency call button 16 is urgently desired to be pressed, the design surface 31a of the cover main body 31 is pressed against the emergency call button 16. By applying a predetermined pressing force, the fragile portion 36 is deformed to change the posture of the cover body portion 31, and the protrusion 32 becomes a pressing position 30c into which the emergency call button 16 can be pressed.

As described above, according to the overhead console 10 (vehicle interior device) of the present embodiment, the engaging portion 35 of the cover 30 and the engaged portion 25 of the bezel 20 (housing) are located on the interior side of the bezel 20. It is arranged on the inner surface side opposite to the surface. Therefore, unlike the conventional bezel 20, it is possible to obtain a configuration in which it is not necessary to provide a hole with which the cover 30 is engaged. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the design quality of the bezel 20 when the cover 30 is in the closed position 30a without increasing the number of parts.

In addition, when the cover 30 is in the closed position 30a, the emergency call button 16 (push button switch) can be pressed in an emergency. Also, a portion of the arm 34 is provided with a fragile portion 36 that bends when a pressing force is applied. Accordingly, the posture of the cover body portion 31 can be changed without complicating the configuration of the arm 34 .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and can be implemented in various other forms.

Although the engaging portion 35 of the present embodiment has been described as having an angular shape extending like a bar from the outer surface of the arm 34, it is not limited to this. For example, like the engaging portion 135 shown in FIGS.

Further, although the engaged portion 25 of the present embodiment has been described as having a claw shape that can be engaged with the engaging portion 35 at a position adjacent to the bearing portion 23, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, like the engaged portion 125 shown in FIGS. It may be arranged in a position where it does not.

In the present embodiment, the vehicle emergency button switch device provided in the overhead console attached to the ceiling of the vehicle has been exemplified and explained among the vehicle interior devices. However, the vehicle interior device is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a vehicle interior device such as a vehicle emergency button switch device arranged in an instrument panel, a console panel, or the like, which is an interior member of the vehicle. Further, the vehicle interior device may be a heater control device, a vehicle accessory case device, a vehicle audio device, a navigation system device, or the like, as long as it has a cover.

10 overhead console (vehicle interior equipment)
11 box panel 12 substrate 13 guide panel (housing)
14 Design lens 15 Design panel 16 Emergency call button (push button switch)
17 switch (push button switch)
20 bezel (housing)
21 inner surface 23 bearing portion 25 engaged portion 30 cover 30a closed position 30b open position 30c push position 31 cover body portion 31a design surface 31b back surface 32 protrusion 33 shaft portion 34 arm 35 engaging portion 36 fragile portion

Claims (3)

A vehicle interior device,
a housing facing the interior of the vehicle;
a cover rotatably supported with respect to the housing;
The cover is
a cover main body;
A shaft portion that rotates between a closed position in which the design surface of the cover main body portion is along the interior surface of the housing and an open position in which the design surface rises from the closed position toward the interior of the vehicle interior and rotates. When,
an arm that connects the back surface opposite to the design surface and the shaft portion;
an engaging portion protruding outward from a portion of the arm,
On the inner surface side of the housing opposite to the inner surface of the vehicle interior,
a bearing that rotatably supports the shaft;
an engaged portion having a relationship of being in contact with the engaging portion overlapping a rotation locus in which the engaging portion rotates about the shaft;
The cover is
When the engaging portion passes through the engaged portion, at least one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion is elastically deformed to reciprocate between the closed position and the open position. interior device for a vehicle that can be rotated by The vehicle interior device according to claim 1,
A push button switch is disposed at a position facing the back surface of the cover main body,
A protrusion protruding toward the push button switch is provided on the back surface,
When a predetermined pressing force is applied to the design surface of the cover main body toward the push button switch, the posture of the cover main body changes and the push button switch can be pushed through the projection. interior equipment. The vehicle interior device according to claim 2,
A vehicle interior device, wherein a part of the arm is provided with a fragile portion that bends when the pressing force is applied.

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