JPH0579612U - Knob mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a knob mounting structure for improving the appearance quality. [Structure] The knob mounting structure E of the present invention is a lever 20.
The mounting thread 21 is formed on the upper part of the
Is screwed into the inner spacer 13, and at the predetermined circumferential mounting position of the knob 10 to the lever 20, the lever 2
It is configured to fix the knob 10 by attaching a modified washer 30 that blocks the rotation of the knob 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a knob mounted on the upper part of a lever.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a shift lever for operating an automatic transmission of an automobile comprises a knob 1 and a lever 2 having an upper part mounted on the knob 1, and a push button 3 provided on the knob 1 is compressed by a compression spring. When the lever 2 is pressed against the spring force, the lever 2 is slidably provided and the operating rod 5 is operated.

Then, after the upper part of the lever 2 is inserted into the mounting hole 1a formed in the knob 1, the knob 1 is mounted on the lever 2 using a mounting screw 6 as a fixing means. At this time, the knob 1 is mounted on the lever 1 by screwing the mounting screw 6 from the mounting hole 1b formed at the predetermined circumferential position on the knob 1 to the screw portion 2b formed at the predetermined vertical position on the lever 2. It is set so as to be fixed at a predetermined circumferential mounting position and vertical mounting position with respect to 2, respectively.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the shift lever, the head of the mounting screw 6 after the fixing is completed is exposed from the knob 1 as shown in FIG. Thus, the exposed state of the head of the mounting screw 6 is not preferable in terms of appearance quality, and impairs a high-class feeling.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a knob mounting structure for improving the appearance quality.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a knob mounting structure in which an inner spacer is integrally molded with a knob, and an upper portion of the lever is mounted on the inner spacer. Form a mounting screw part on the upper part of the, screw this mounting screw part to the inner spacer, and at the predetermined circumferential mounting position with respect to the lever of the knob, attach a deformed washer that prevents rotation of the knob to the lever. The feature is that the knob is fixed by.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to this invention, the knob can be fixed to the lever at a predetermined vertical mounting position by the mounting screw portion formed on the upper portion of the lever. Further, the modified washer attached to the lever allows the knob to be fixed to the lever at a predetermined circumferential attachment position. In this way, since the knob can be attached to the lever without exposing the fixing means, the appearance quality can be improved.

[0008]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

1 to 5 relate to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a knob mounting structure, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view of the modified washer, FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view of the escutcheon cap, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG.

In the figure, E is a knob mounting structure for a shift lever for operating an automatic transmission of an automobile, which is an example of a knob. An inner spacer 13 is integrally formed on the knob 10, and the lever 20 is attached to the inner spacer 13. The upper part is attached.

In particular, according to the present invention, a mounting screw portion 21 is formed on the upper portion of the lever 20, the mounting screw portion 21 is screwed into the inner spacer 13, and the knob 10 is mounted in a predetermined circumferential direction on the lever 20. At the position, the characteristic feature is that the knob 10 is fixed by attaching a modified washer 30 that prevents the knob 10 from rotating at the position.

Next, the structure of the present invention will be described in more detail.

The lever 20 is formed in a pipe shape, and the operation rod 5 shown in FIG. 8 is slidably fitted to the inner peripheral surface 20a. A mounting screw portion 21 is formed on the upper portion of the lever 20, and the outer peripheral surface of the mounting screw portion 21 has a width across flats formed by a pair of flat portions 22a and 22b cut parallel to the axis over the entire length. The part 22 is formed.

The knob 10 is composed of an outer cover 11 made of synthetic resin and an inner spacer 13 made of a high-strength member made of light metal or the like integrally formed on the outer cover 11 via a rim member 12. The push button 3 shown in FIG. 8 is slidably inserted. Further, the inner spacer 13 is formed with a female screw portion 13a, which is screwed with the mounting screw portion 21 of the lever 20, on the axis thereof over a predetermined length from the bottom surface.

A nut 23 is screwed to the lower portion of the mounting screw portion 21 of the lever 20, and a deformed washer 30 is inserted into a two-face width portion 22 below the nut 23. The deformed washer 30 has a deformed hole 31 formed in the center thereof having flat portions 31a and 31b having the same shape as the two-width portion 22 of the lever 20, and the outer peripheral surface thereof has, for example, the flat portion of the deformed hole 31. A pair of protrusions 32 and 33 orthogonal to 31a and 31b are formed. Moreover, the inner spacer 13 is also formed with protrusions 13c and 13d having the same shape as the protrusions 32 and 33.

An escutcheon cap 40 made of synthetic resin is attached to the lever 20 below the deformed washer 30, and the escutcheon cap 40 is composed of a large diameter portion 41 and a small diameter portion 42, and an inner spacer is attached to the axial portion. Insertion holes 40a and 40b for inserting the lever 13 and the lever 13 are formed. Further, on the outer peripheral surfaces of the large-diameter portion 41 and the small-diameter portion 42, there are provided a pair of cutout grooves 43, 44 into which the pair of protruding portions 32, 33 of the deformed washer 30 and the protruding portions 13c, 13d of the inner spacer 13 are inserted. The insertion hole 40a is formed so as to face the entire length. Further, a pair of convex portions 45 and 46 are formed on the top of the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 42 so as to be orthogonal to the pair of notch grooves 43 and 44. The convex portions 45 and 46 are formed inside the rim member 12. A pair of recesses 12a, 12b formed at a predetermined circumferential mounting position are elastically press-fitted on the peripheral surface. At this time, the top surface of the large diameter portion 41 is set to abut on the bottom surface of the rim member 12, and the deformed washer 30 inserted into the cutout grooves 43 and 44 of the escutcheon cap 40 is set to abut the bottom surface of the nut 23, respectively.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In order to attach the knob 10 to the lever 20, first, the lever 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 40b of the escutcheon cap 40 in which the protrusions 32 and 33 are inserted into the cutout grooves 43 and 44. Then, the nut 23 is screwed into the mounting screw portion 21 of the lever 20 up to the vicinity of the lower end.

After mounting the nut 23, the variant washer 30 and the escutcheon cap 40 on the lever 20 as described above, the mounting screw portion 21 is screwed into the female screw portion 13 a of the inner spacer 13. At that time, the protrusions 13c and 13d of the inner spacer 13 are aligned with the protrusions 32 and 33 of the deformed washer 30.

Subsequently, the nut 23 is screwed in until its top surface abuts on the bottom surface of the inner spacer 13. Finally, the convex portions 45 and 46 of the escutcheon cap 40 are elastically press-fitted into the concave portions 12a and 12b of the rim member 12.

According to the above-described knob mounting structure E, by screwing the mounting thread portion 21 of the lever 20 into the female thread portion 13b of the inner spacer 13, the knob 10 is mounted at a predetermined vertical mounting position with respect to the lever 20. Can be fixed to. Further, by attaching the deformed washer 30 attached to the two-width portion 22 of the lever 20 to the rim member 12 via the escutcheon cap 40, the knob 10 is fixed to the lever 20 at a predetermined circumferential attachment position. be able to. In this way, since the knob 10 can be attached to the lever 20 without exposing the fixing means, the appearance quality can be improved.

6 to 8 relate to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the knob mounting structure, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6, and FIG. It is a perspective explanatory view showing a relation between an inner spacer and a variant washer.

In this second embodiment, a small diameter portion 13e having cutout grooves 13f, 13f formed at the predetermined lower end of the inner spacer 13A so as to face the axis at a predetermined circumferential position is formed. The protrusions 32 and 33 of the deformed washer 30 attached to the two-width portion 22 of the lever 20 are bent and abutted on the portion 13e. The nut 23 is screwed to the mounting screw portion 21 of the lever 20 through the deformed washer 30. Further, the escutcheon cap 40A does not have the notch grooves 43 and 44 shown in the first embodiment, but the projections 45 and 46 are simply elastically pressed into the recesses 12a and 12b of the rim member 12.

Other configurations and operations are similar to those shown in the first embodiment, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0025]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the knob can be fixed to the lever at a predetermined vertical mounting position by the mounting screw formed on the upper portion of the lever. Further, the knobs can be fixed to the lever at predetermined mounting positions in the circumferential direction by the deformed washers attached to the lever. In this way, since the knob can be attached to the lever without exposing the fixing means, the appearance quality can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional explanatory view of a knob mounting structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

3 is a perspective explanatory view of the variant washer shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

4 is a perspective explanatory view of the escutcheon cap shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a knob mounting structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a cross sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG.

8 is a perspective explanatory view showing the relationship between the inner spacer shown in FIG. 6 and the modified washer.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a conventional knob mounting structure.

10 is an explanatory diagram viewed from the arrow X in FIG. 9. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 E Knob mounting structure 10 Knob 13 Inner spacer 13A Inner spacer 13a Female thread 13e Small diameter section 20 Lever 21 Mounting thread 22 2 Face width 23 Nut 30 Special washer 31 Special hole 32 Projection 33 Projection 40 Escushion cap 40A

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An inner spacer is integrally formed on the knob,
A knob mounting structure in which an upper portion of a lever is mounted on the inner spacer, a mounting screw portion is formed on an upper portion of the lever, and the mounting screw portion is screwed into the inner spacer, and at the same time, is fixed to a lever of the knob. The knob mounting structure is characterized in that the knob is fixed by mounting a deformed washer that prevents the knob from rotating at the circumferential mounting position.