JPH0562319U - Car operating lever structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the operability of the change lever and the parking brake lever while improving the side through property. [Structure] The change lever 10 is arranged on the console portion 16 so as to be oriented in the vehicle front-rear direction. Change lever 10
An operation grip 22 is provided on the tip portion 10b of the. Change the body of the parking brake lever 12 to the change lever 1
Both sides of 0 of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction and the front of the vehicle are formed in a U shape surrounding the vehicle at appropriate intervals. Parking brake lever 12
The operation grip 30 is attached to the front end portion 12b of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. The turning position of the change lever 10 in the P range position and the turning position of the parking brake lever 12 in the braking state are set to substantially the same height. The upper ends of the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 in the parked state are set below the peripheral edge upper surface 14b of the seat 14a of the driver's seat 14.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a vehicle operating lever structure, and more particularly to a vehicle operating lever structure in which a change lever of an automatic transmission and a parking brake lever are arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction of a driver's seat.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, floor shift type change levers are mainly used as the operating levers for automobile transmissions, and floor type brake levers are often used as parking brake operating levers. These change levers and parking brake levers are located in the console section between the driver seat and the passenger seat, which are bucket seats.

By the way, when the change lever and the parking brake lever are arranged in the console portion as described above, the both levers are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction with some overlap.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional vehicle operation lever structure, as described above, the change lever and the parking brake lever are arranged side by side in the console portion. Is narrowed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. Therefore, the space between the change lever and the parking brake lever is inevitably narrowed, and the operability of each operating lever is deteriorated. Therefore, if an attempt is made to widen the space between the change lever and the parking brake lever in order to improve the operability of these operation levers, the seat widths of the driver's seat and the passenger's seat must be narrowed, resulting in poor riding comfort. Resulting in.

Further, each range position is selected in a state where the change lever is largely projected upward, and the parking brake lever is pulled up largely during parking. Therefore, during parking, the change lever and the parking brake lever are largely projected upward between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. Therefore, there is a problem that the side through property between the driver's seat and the passenger seat is deteriorated.

In view of the conventional problems, the present invention provides an operating lever structure for an automobile, which can improve the operability of the change lever and the parking brake lever while improving the side through property. With the goal.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a vehicle in which a change lever of an automatic transmission and a parking brake lever are arranged laterally of a driver's seat in the vehicle width direction. The parking brake lever operating grips are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction with the front and rear facing toward the front of the vehicle. The vehicle is arranged so as to be oriented in the vehicle width direction so as to be covered, and the rotational positions of the change lever and the parking brake lever at the time of parking are set below the upper surface position of the seat periphery of the driver's seat.

[0008]

[Action]

 In the vehicle operating lever structure of the present invention configured as described above, the operating lever of the parking brake lever is disposed so as to extend in front of the vehicle from the operating lever of the change lever, and the operating grip of the operating lever of the change lever is located in front of the vehicle. Since the vehicle width direction is arranged so as to cover the sides with an appropriate gap, the operation grips of the change lever and the parking brake lever are offset in the vehicle front-rear direction, and A sufficient operating space can be secured. Therefore, the space occupied by both the change lever and the parking brake lever can be narrowed on the side of the driver's seat while maintaining their operability.

Further, since the turning positions of the change lever and the parking brake lever during parking are set below the upper surface position of the seat periphery of the driver's seat, both levers project from the upper surface of the seat in the parking state. Since this can be prevented, the side-through property can be significantly improved.

[0010]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a vehicle operating lever structure according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view showing an operating state, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an attached state, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part. Is.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation lever of this embodiment is composed of a change lever 10 of an automatic transmission and a parking brake lever 12. The change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 are arranged in the console portion 16 between the driver's seat 14 and the passenger seat 15. In FIG. 2, I is an instrument panel and S is a steering wheel.

The change lever 10 is disposed substantially in the center of the console portion 16 in the vehicle width direction so as to be oriented in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the base end portion 10 a of the change lever 10 is fixed to the floor side of a base plate 18. It is rotatably attached to the shaft via a pivot 20. On the other hand, an operating grip 22 is provided on the tip portion 10b of the change lever 10, and the driver grips and rotates the operating grip 22 to select the range position of the automatic transmission. The operation grip 22 extends straight from the main body of the change lever 10 and is arranged in the vehicle front-rear direction. A select button 24 is provided at the tip of the operation grip 22. The select button 24 is pressed with the thumb while holding the operation grip 22.

The change lever 10 is in the state of being put into the parking range P at the solid line position in FIG. 1, and is rotated upward from the parking range P position, whereby the reverse range R, the neutral range N, The drive range D, the second range 2 and the low range L are sequentially selected. The position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in the figure is the low range L position, and this L position is the uppermost rotating position of the change lever 10, and the P position is the lowermost rotating position.

The parking brake lever 12 is formed in a U-shape so that the main body part thereof surrounds both sides of the change lever 10 in the vehicle width direction and the front of the vehicle at appropriate intervals, and the base end portion 12 a of the parking brake lever 12 is It is rotatably attached to a base plate 28 via a pivot 26. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, an operating grip 30 is attached to the front end portion 12b of the parking brake lever 12 so as to be oriented in the vehicle width direction, and the operating grip 30 side of the operating grip 30 (in this embodiment, FIG. A release button 32 is provided at the end of the center right side. Similarly to the select button 24, the release button 32 is also pressed with the thumb while holding the operation portion lip 30.

The base plate 28 is formed in a fan shape around the pivot 26, and a ratchet 28 a formed on the outer periphery of the base plate 28 can be engaged with a claw piece 34 provided in the main body portion of the parking brake lever 12. ing. This claw piece 34 is released from the engagement by pushing the release button 32. The parking brake lever 12 is in the non-braking state at the chain double-dashed line position in FIG. 1, and is brought into the braking state by being pulled up from this non-braking position to the solid line position.

Here, in the present embodiment, the rotational position of the change lever 10 in the P range position and the rotational position of the parking brake lever 12 in the braking state are set to have substantially the same height. Further, when the change lever 10 is in the P range and the parking brake lever 12 is in the braking position as described above, the upper ends of the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 are located on the seat 14a of the driver's seat 14. It is set to be lower than the upper surface 14b of the peripheral portion. In this case, since the driver's seat 14 and the passenger seat 15 are set at substantially the same height, the upper ends of the change lever 10 in the P range position and the parking brake lever 12 in the braking position are The seat 15a of the passenger seat 15 is set below the upper surface 15b of the peripheral edge portion.

In the operation lever structure of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the parking brake lever 12 is formed in a U shape so as to surround the change lever 10, and the operation grip 30 of the parking brake lever 12 is changed. Since the operation grips 22 of the lever 10 are arranged in the vehicle width direction on the front side of the vehicle at appropriate intervals, the operation grips 22 and 30 of the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 are offset in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Thus, it is possible to secure a sufficient operation space for each of the operation grips 22 and 30.

Therefore, the space occupied by the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 is narrowed between the driver's seat 14 and the passenger seat 15 while maintaining their operability. can do. Therefore, it is possible to secure a sufficient seat area for the driver's seat 14 and the passenger seat, and to greatly improve the riding comfort.

Further, in the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12, the change lever 10 is set to the P range position and the parking break lever 12 is set to the braking state in the parking state. At this time, since the change lever 10 and the parking brake lever 12 are set below the peripheral upper surfaces 14b and 15b of the seats 14a and 15a of the driver's seat 14 and the passenger's seat 15, the occupant in the parked state is It is possible to facilitate the movement to and from the passenger seat 15 and achieve a great improvement in the side through property.

[0020]

As described above, in the vehicle operating lever structure of the present invention, the operating grip of the parking brake lever is arranged to extend forward of the vehicle from the operating lever of the change lever, and Since the operation grips are arranged so as to be oriented in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the front side of the vehicle at an appropriate interval, it is possible to offset each operation grip in the vehicle front-rear direction and sufficiently secure each operation space. .. Therefore, the change lever and the parking brake lever are located on the side of the driver's seat, while maintaining their respective operability, the space occupied by these levers is made narrower, and the seat area of the driver's seat is sufficiently increased. Can be secured.

Further, since the rotational positions of the change lever and the parking brake lever at the time of parking are set to be lower than the upper surface position of the seat periphery of the driver's seat, both levers project from the upper surface of the seat in the parking state. Since it is possible to prevent this, various excellent effects that the side slewing property can be remarkably improved can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an operating state of an operating lever showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an operating lever attached to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the operation lever according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Change Lever (Operating Lever) 12 Parking Brake Lever (Operating Lever) 14 Driver's Seat 15 Passenger's Seat 14a, 15a Seat 14b, 15b
Seat peripheral edge upper surface 16 Console portion 22,30 Operation grip

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a vehicle in which a change lever and a parking brake lever of an automatic transmission are arranged laterally of a driver's seat in a vehicle, the change lever and the parking brake lever are respectively oriented in a vehicle front-rear direction. Are installed side by side in the vehicle width direction, and the operating grip of this parking brake lever is
The change lever operation grip extends forward of the vehicle, and is arranged in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the change lever operation grip at an appropriate interval, and
An operating lever structure for an automobile, wherein rotational positions of the change lever and the parking brake lever during parking are set to be lower than an upper surface position of a seat periphery of a driver's seat.