JPH039053Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a shift lever boot that has a boss portion at the top through which the shift lever passes, and whose lower side is attached to the edge of an opening provided in a passenger compartment.

[Prior Art] A shift lever that operates a transmission of an automobile projects into the vehicle interior through an opening that penetrates the floor of the vehicle interior. Since this opening is large enough not to interfere with the shift lever when it is moved, a shift lever boot is installed to cover this opening.

The general structure of this shift lever boot is that the center part engages with the shift lever and the peripheral part is attached to the edge of the opening, but it has enough flexibility to follow the interlocking of the shift lever. Due to this necessity, various proposals have been made regarding the shape, structure, material, mounting structure, etc. of the boot.

For example, Utility Model Application No. 59-54321, Utility Model Application No. 59-
Patent No. 117532 and Japanese Utility Model Application No. 57-174239 both disclose ideas regarding shift lever boots.

Among these, the one shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 57-174239 is taken as a prior art, as shown in FIG. 3, in which the shift lever 1 passes through the through hole 2 of the shift lever boot 3. It protrudes into the interior of the vehicle. The shift lever boot 3 is made of a flexible material such as rubber, has a conical side surface, and has a bellows portion 3a so as to be easily deformed.

The lower end 4 of the shift lever boot is attached to an opening formed in the floor of the vehicle compartment.

Such a conventional bellows-type shift lever boot has good followability mainly for vertical movement, but poor followability for lateral movement.
Particularly, when the center of rotation of the shift lever is far from the boot mounting surface, there is a problem in that the resistance when the lever moves laterally increases and the reaction force increases.

In addition, the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Application No. 59-4037 discloses a boot that follows the sliding and rotation of the control rod in the forward and backward directions, and the cross-sectional shape is approximately the same circular shape over the entire length in the longitudinal direction. ing.
Therefore, when applying the technology to a shift lever for shifting and selecting, this known technology cannot be applied because the tip of the shift lever is largely displaced around its base.

[Problems to be Solved] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a shift lever boot that is flexible in both the vertical and lateral directions and has a high degree of freedom.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, in a shift lever boot that has a boss portion at the top through which the shift lever passes and whose lower side is attached to the edge of an opening provided in a vehicle interior, the shift lever boot is a pair of first parts extending in the longitudinal direction parallel to the select surface or shift surface of the shift lever.
a pair of second side walls perpendicular to the first side wall and parallel to the shift surface or select surface of the shift lever, and an upper surface, the side walls extending from the edge of the opening toward the upper surface. It has a conical shape with a smaller cross-sectional shape, and has horizontal pleats formed on its side walls, and vertical pleats formed at least on a pair of first side walls extending in the longitudinal direction and on its upper surface.

[Operations and Effects of the Invention] Therefore, when the shift lever is operated in the shift direction or the select direction, the cross-sectional shape of the boot becomes substantially perpendicular to the side walls parallel to the select direction and the shift direction, and becomes cone-shaped. Because of this, vertical and horizontal bellows are formed, which improves the followability of the boot, eliminates the feeling of resistance during operation, and improves operability, durability, and lifespan.

Furthermore, since there are horizontal pleats that provide a degree of freedom in the vertical direction and vertical pleats on the pair of first side walls and the upper surface extending in the longitudinal direction, the above-mentioned effects become even more favorable.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show a shift lever boot embodying the present invention, and the shift lever boot, designated as a whole by the reference numeral 10, has a pair of first
, and a pair of second side walls 12 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a boss portion 14 through which a shift lever passes is formed in the center of the upper surface 13.
In FIG. 1, as is well known, the vertical direction of the cross section is the shift direction, and the horizontal direction is the select direction.

The first and second side walls 11, 12 have a so-called conical shape whose dimensions become smaller toward the top, and around them are horizontal pleats 15 that give freedom in the vertical direction, similar to conventional boots. is formed. By providing the horizontal pleats 15, the shift lever boot becomes easily deformable in the vertical direction and can follow the movement of the shift lever.

Next, longitudinal folds 16 are formed in the first longitudinal side wall 11 , and these folds 16 also extend to the upper surface 13 .

By forming this vertical pleat 16, the first
In the figure, the boots are more likely to deform in the left-right direction.

That is, in the present invention, since the boots are provided with horizontal pleats and vertical pleats along the longitudinal side walls,
It is easy to deform not only in the vertical direction but also in the longitudinal direction, and can follow the movement of the shift lever without resistance.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vertical pleats are formed only along the longitudinal side walls of the shift lever boot, which has a rectangular planar shape. If vertical folds are formed,
The flexibility of the boots is further improved.

Further, the shape of the boot is not limited to one having a rectangular planar shape, but the present invention can be applied to boots of various shapes such as a regular square, an ellipse, and an oval.

[Summary] As described above, this invention has a bellows-shaped shift lever boot with vertical pleats in addition to the conventional horizontal pleats, which makes the boot easier to deform in both the vertical and lateral directions, making it easier to shift the shift lever. This has the effect of making the operation smoother, and has the advantage that the life of the boot can be extended by increasing the degree of freedom.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the implementation of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a conventional boot. 10...Shift lever boot, 11...First side wall, 12...Second side wall, 13...Top surface, 14
...boss part, 15...horizontal folds, 16...vertical folds.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a shift lever boot that has a boss part on the top that allows the shift lever to pass through, and whose lower side is attached to the edge of an opening provided in the passenger compartment, the shift lever boot has a boss part that extends in the longitudinal direction parallel to the select surface or shift surface of the shift lever. a pair of first side walls extending;
a pair of second side walls that are perpendicular to the side walls of the shift lever and parallel to the shift surface or select surface of the shift lever; 1. A shift lever boot, characterized in that the shift lever boot is of a type, and has horizontal pleats formed on its side walls, and vertical pleats formed at least on a pair of first side walls extending in the longitudinal direction and on its upper surface.