JPH0518944U - Operation position display device for shift lever of automatic transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The display instruction translucent part for displaying the operation position of the shift lever can be illuminated substantially evenly. [Configuration] Outer case 11 has a shift lever passage hole
12 and the display unit 13 are formed. A through hole for a shift lever is formed in a slide plate slidably arranged inside a passage hole (12), and an indicator section (22) is provided so as to face the inside of a display section (13). The display unit 13 includes an indicator light transmitting unit 16 formed along the passage hole 12 side and a display light transmitting unit 17 formed at a position opposite to the passage hole 12.
And have. The lamps are arranged inside the display translucent portion 17 so as to face each other, and the indicator portion 22 of the slide plate 20 is projectingly provided inside the instruction translucent portion 16 of the display portion 13 while holding a light guide gap 24.
The surface of the pointing portion (22) facing the pointing light transmitting portion (16) is made into a curved surface (25) which approaches the pointing light transmitting portion (16) side from the front end side toward the base end side. [Effect] The light reflected by the indicator is converged on the indicator translucent portion and illuminated substantially uniformly.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift lever operation position display device for an automatic transmission, and more particularly, to a device that optically displays the shift lever operation position.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 An operation position display device for a shift lever of an automatic transmission of an automobile is described, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-159526 or Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-135645. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, this structure forms a passage hole 2 through which the shift lever passes on the upper surface of the outer case 1, and inside the passage hole 2 along the inner surface of the outer case 1 in the front-back direction. A slide plate 3 to be slid is arranged, a through hole 4 for inserting a shift lever is formed in the slide plate 3, and the slide plate 3 is moved in the front-rear direction in accordance with the movement of the shift lever in the front-rear direction. In this way, the lamp 8 is disposed inside the display light-transmitting portion 7 of the light-transmitting plate 6 of the display portion 5, and the display light-transmitting portion 7 displays the operation position of the shift lever and the display light-transmitting portion. An instruction light-transmitting portion 9 adjacent to the portion 7 is provided on the slide plate 3 so as to indicate the shift position of the shift lever. Then, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5, the indicator light-transmitting portion 9 of the display portion 5 is configured so that the light reflected on the inner surface of the display light-transmitting portion 7 is reflected by the indicator portion 10 and illuminated. The indicator portion 10 has a structure in which it is inclined so as to approach the indicator light transmitting portion 9 from the lamp 8 side toward the base end side.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the structure of the conventional operation position display device of the shift lever, the indicator portion 10 is an inclined surface so as to approach the indicator light transmitting portion 9 from the lamp 8 side toward the base end side. There is a problem that the amount of light reflected to the base end side of the portion 9 is small, and the indicator light transmitting portion 9 of the display portion 5 is bright on the display light transmitting portion 7 side on the front end side and dark on the passage hole 2 side on the base end side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an operation position display device for a shift lever of an automatic transmission, which is capable of illuminating a pointing portion substantially evenly without using a light guide member or the like and having a compact structure. Is provided.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The operation position display device of the shift lever of the automatic transmission according to the present invention is slidable inside an outer case having a through hole of the shift lever and a display portion corresponding to the through hole, and the through hole of the shift lever. A shift provided with a slide plate which is disposed and which forms a through hole of the shift lever and which has a pointing portion protruding from the inside of the display portion, and a lamp disposed inside the display portion. In the lever operation position display device, the display portion is formed in parallel with the indicator light transmitting portion formed along the passage hole side and adjacent to the instruction light transmitting portion in parallel with the passage hole. A display translucent section, the lamp is disposed inside the display translucent section of the display section, and the indicator section of the slide plate is guided inside the indicator translucent section of the display section. Hold the light gap and project it The surface opposed to the indication light transmitting portion parts toward the distal end side to the proximal end side is obtained by the 灣曲 surface approaching the instruction translucent portion.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the operation position display device of the shift lever of the automatic transmission according to the present invention, the display translucent part of the display part of the outer case is illuminated by the lamp arranged inside. Further, in the indicator translucent portion at the set position of the shift lever, the light from the lamp is reflected on the inner surface of the display translucent portion, and the reflected light is further reflected and illuminated by the indicator portion to instruct the operation position. .. In addition, since the surface of the indicator is opposed to the indicator transparent portion and is a curved surface that approaches the indicator transparent portion side from the distal end side toward the proximal end side, the light reflected by the indicator is reflected by the indicator transparent portion. The light that is focused on and is incident on the pointing light-transmitting portion from the pointing portion is substantially uniform, and the pointing light-transmitting portion of the display portion is substantially evenly illuminated without using a light guide member or the like.

[0007]

【Example】

 A configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an outer case formed of synthetic resin or the like, and a through hole 12 for a shift lever of the automatic transmission is formed in the front-rear direction on the upper surface of the outer case 11. As shown in FIG. 3, the passage hole 12 is formed with a parking operation position, a reverse operation position, a neutral operation position, a drive operation position and a second speed (S) operation position in a straight line position.

A display portion 13 is formed along the passage hole 12 on one side of the upper surface (right side in FIG. 3) of the outer case 11. The display portion 13 is formed by a translucent plate 15 fitted in a window hole 14 opened on the upper surface of the outer case 11. Further, the plate 15 has a window-shaped indicating light-transmitting position for indicating the respective operating positions corresponding to the parking operation position, the reverse operation position, the neutral operation position, the drive operation position, and the second speed operation position of the passage hole 12. The portion 16 is formed on the passage hole 12 side. Further, the parking operation position, the reverse operation position, the neutral operation position, the drive operation position, and the second speed operation position are displayed adjacently to one side (right side in FIG. 3) of each instruction light-transmitting portion 16. Translucent parts 17 are formed on the side opposite to the passage hole 12 side. Then, the instruction translucent portion 16 and the display translucent portion 17 at the parking operation position, the reverse operation position, the neutral operation position, the drive operation position, the second speed operation position are printed on the plate 15 by a white hole, a character, It is formed of figures.

Next, 20 is a slide plate that slides in the front-rear direction along the inner surface of the passage hole 12 of the outer case 11, and has a through hole 21 through which the shift lever is inserted. An indicator 22 is formed on one side (the right side in FIG. 1) of the through hole 21 of the slide plate 20, and a tape 23 such as a red fluorescent member is attached to the indicator 22. Reference numeral 22 is selectively opposed to the inner side of the indicator transparent portion 16 at the parking operation position, the reverse operation position, the neutral operation position, the drive operation position, and the second speed operation position of the outer case 11 by sliding the slide plate 20. It has become so.

The pointing portion 22 of the slide plate 20 is provided inside the pointing light transmitting portion 16 of the display portion 13 so as to hold a light guide gap 24 and protrudes from the pointing light transmitting portion 16 of the pointing portion 22. The surface opposed to is formed on the curved surface 25 that approaches the indicating light transmitting portion 16 side from the distal end side toward the proximal end side.

Reference numeral 30 denotes an inner case, which is formed in a case shape having an open upper surface and which corresponds to the inside of the display translucent portion 17 and a guide portion of the indicator portion 22 of the slide plate 20. 32 and are formed. The slide plate 20 is slidably held between the guide portion 33 of the inner case 30 and the guide portions 34 formed on the left and right peripheral edges of the passage hole 12 of the outer case 11. The inner case 30 is fixed to the outer case 11 with screws or the like.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a lamp, which illuminates the display light-transmitting portion 17 with direct light on the lamp housing portion 31, and the light reflected on the inner surface of the display light-transmitting portion 17 is directed to the indicator portion 22. The tape 23 is reflected to illuminate the pointing light-transmitting portion 16.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

The light of the lamp 35 supported by the lamp housing part 31 of the inner case 30 is directly incident on the display translucent part 17 of the display part 13 of the outer case 11, the display translucent part 17 is illuminated, and the shift lever Display the operation position. Further, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 2, in the indicator transparent portion 16 at the set position of the shift lever, the light from the lamp 35 is reflected on the inner surface of the display transparent portion 17, and the reflected light is further reflected by the indicator 22. It is reflected and illuminated to indicate the operation position. In addition, since the pointing portion 22 has a surface facing the pointing transparent portion 16 that is a curved surface 25 that approaches the pointing transparent portion side from the front end side toward the proximal end side, the light reflected by the pointing portion 22 is The amount of light that is focused on the transparent light-transmitting portion 16 and that is incident on the transparent light-transmitting portion 16 from the indicator 22 increases, and the light is illuminated substantially uniformly. Then, when the shift lever of the automatic transmission is operated along the passage hole 12 of the outer case 11 in accordance with the display translucent portion 17 of the display unit 13, the slide plate 20 and the inner case 11 are moved in accordance with the movement of the shift lever. Move to and from case 30. The movement of the slide plate 20 moves the indicator portion 22 on one side, the indicator portion 22 faces the indicator light transmitting portion 16 corresponding to the operation position of the shift lever, and the light of the lamp 35 passes through the indicator light transmitting portion 16. Illuminates in red and indicates the operating position of the shift lever.

The tape 23 has a shape that matches the curve of the curved surface 25 of the indicating portion 22 in advance, so that the tape 23 is less likely to be deformed by heat or the like and is not peeled off.

Further, when the emission color of the lamp 35 is red, it is not necessary to attach the tape 23 of the red fluorescent material to the indicating portion 22, and it may be a reflecting surface. Further, the illumination color of the indicator light transmitting unit 16 is not limited to red.

[0018]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the present invention, the indicator portion of the slide plate is projected inside the indicator light-transmitting portion of the display portion while holding a light-transmitting gap, and the surface of the indicator portion facing the indicator light-transmitting portion is arranged from the front end side. Since it is a curved surface that approaches the indicator transparent portion side toward the end side, the indicator transparent portion at the set position of the shift lever reflects the light from the lamp on the inner surface of the display transparent portion. When the light is further reflected by the indicator and illuminated, and when the operation position is indicated, the light reflected by the indicator is condensed on the indicator light-transmitting portion, and the light incident on the instruction light-transmitting portion from the indicator is It becomes substantially uniform, there is no place where it becomes dark, and the indicator light-transmitting part of the display part is illuminated substantially evenly without using a light guide member or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an operation position display device of a shift lever of an automatic transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the same as above.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional shift lever operation position display device for an automatic transmission.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a part of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Outer case 12 Passage hole 13 Display section 16 Indicator light transmitting section 17 Indicator light transmitting section 20 Slide plate 21 Through hole 22 Indicator section 24 Light guide gap 25 Curved surface 35 Lamp

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A shift lever passage hole, an outer case having a display portion corresponding to the passage hole, and a shift lever through hole formed slidably inside the shift lever passage hole. In addition, in the operation position display device of the shift lever, which comprises a slide plate having a pointing portion projecting from the inside of the display portion so as to face the inside of the display portion, and a shift lever operation position display device, The indicator light transmitting portion is formed along the passage hole side, and the display light transmitting portion is formed adjacent to the instruction light transmitting portion in a parallel shape at a position opposite to the passage hole. The indicator portion of the slide plate is projectingly provided inside the indicator light transmitting portion of the display portion while holding a light guide gap. Set the surface facing the indicator transparent part from the tip side. An operation position display device for a shift lever of an automatic transmission, characterized by a curved surface that is close to the pointing light transmitting portion side toward the end side.