JPH06346645A - Operating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve assembly precision and quality of a resilient product by a method wherein a groove part is formed in the mating surface of a housing to contain an actuator mechanism and a resilient product formed of a soft resin material is molded in two colors thereat for integral formation. CONSTITUTION:A case 51 is molded by using top and bottom molds through injection-molding. The case 51 then forms the bottom mold and seals 52 and 53 and stoppers 54 and 55 are injection-molded in a holding groove formed in the case 51 by using the top mold in a given shape for integral formation. In this case, the seals 52 and 53 and the stoppers 54 and 55 form a resilient product formed of a soft synthetic resin. Since a need for a work to assemble a resilient product to a housing is eliminated, this constitution prevents the occurrence of defective assembly, improves precision of a resilient product assembly part, and executes easy and reliable ensurance of functional quality of the resilient product.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device and is used as an actuator for switching a door locking device to a locked / unlocked state.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of operating device, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-91376 is known. This has an actuator mechanism for switching a latch mechanism for keeping a vehicle door closed to a vehicle body to an operable state or an inoperable state, and a housing for accommodating the actuator mechanism. In this case, an elastic body such as a stopper for regulating the operating range of the output member of the actuator mechanism, which is made of a rubber material and configured as a member separate from the housing, and a seal, etc., for ensuring the watertightness of the housing are mounted. It was

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, the elastic body mounted on the housing is made of a rubber material in order to ensure its own function, and is therefore formed as a separate member from the housing. Therefore, when the elastic body is attached to the housing, it is necessary to assemble the elastic body to the housing. As a result, it is easy to cause problems such as improper assembly (protrusion, detachment / falling, floating, etc.) and deterioration of the function of the elastic body due to variations in the dimensions of the elastic body assembly part of the housing. It was difficult to secure the functional quality easily and surely.

Therefore, it is a technical object of the present invention to provide an operating device capable of easily and reliably ensuring the functional quality of an elastic body.

[0006]

[Constitution of the invention]

[0007]

The technical means taken in the present invention to solve the above technical problems is a groove formed in a housing, and a groove formed in the groove and integrally mounted on the housing. That is, it has an elastic body made of a soft resin material.

[0008]

According to the above technical means, since the elastic body is made of the soft resin material, it is molded in the groove and integrally mounted in the housing. As a result, when the elastic body is attached to the housing, it is not necessary to assemble the elastic body with respect to the housing. As a result, defective assembly or the like does not occur, and the dimensional accuracy of the elastic body assembly portion of the housing is not affected, so that the functional quality of the elastic body can be easily and reliably ensured.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a door locking device 1 for holding a vehicle door (not shown) in a closed state with respect to a vehicle body (not shown) includes a housing body 41 and a cover 42. The latch mechanism 6 housed in the first housing 4 composed of the actuator main body 41 of the first housing 4 and the actuator mechanism 2 housed in the second housing 5 composed of the case 51
The link mechanism 3 is arranged on the second housings 4 and 5.

The latch mechanism 6 has a well-known structure, and as shown in FIG. 2, a latch 61 that can be engaged and disengaged with a striker (not shown), and a pole 62 that can be engaged and disengaged with the latch 61.
It consists of

The actuator mechanism 2 has a well-known structure and is composed of a motor 21, an output member 22, and a linking member 23 for linking the motor 21 and the output member 22, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. ing.

The link mechanism 3 has a well-known structure, and as shown in FIG. 1, a lift lever 31 connected to a pole of the latch mechanism and an output member 2 of the actuator mechanism 2.
The locking lever 32 is linked to the locking lever 32, and the lift lever 31 is connected to the locking lever 32 and the open lever 33 is detachably linked to the locking lever 32.

In the above structure, when the motor 21 of the actuator mechanism 2 is operated, the actuator mechanism 2
The link mechanism 3 via the link member 23 and the output member 22 of
The locking lever 32 of rotates. As a result, the door locking device 1 is in a locked state in which the linkage between the lift lever 31 and the locking lever 32 of the link mechanism 3 is broken (the open lever 33 is removed from the engagement / disconnection locus between the lift lever 31 and the open lever 33). Condition) or lift lever 3
The lock lever 1 and the locking lever 33 are in an unlocked state (the open lever 33 is located on the locus of engagement / disengagement between the lift lever 31 and the open lever 33). or,
When the open lever 33 is operated in the unlocked state of the door lock device 1, the lift lever 33 rotates via the engagement between the open lever 33 and the lift lever 31, and the pawl 62 of the latch mechanism 6 operates. As a result, the door lock device 1 releases the engagement between the pole 62 and the latch 61 from the latch state (the vehicle door closed state) in which the latch 61 engaged with the striker and the pole 62 are engaged. The striker enters the unlatched state (the vehicle door can be opened and closed) in which the engagement can be released.

As shown in FIG. 5, the second housing 5
The case 51 is made of a thermoplastic resin, and the case 5
1 includes a holding projection 51a that holds the motor 21 of the actuator mechanism 2 and a support shaft 5 that supports the link member 23.
A support hole 51c for supporting the 1b and the output member 22 is integrally formed. Also, the housing body 4 of the case 51
Holding grooves 51e and 51f in which seals 52 and 53 to be described later are mounted around the joint surface 51d with 1 and the support hole 51c.
However, a holding groove 51g in which stoppers 54 and 55 to be described later are mounted is provided at a predetermined portion of the case 51 sandwiching the output member 23.
51h are formed respectively. The motor 21 is fitted and held by the holding protrusion 51a to the case 51, the output member 22 is inserted and supported in the support hole portion 51b and is supported by the case 51, and the linkage member 23 is inserted and supported in the support shaft portion 51b.
Can be installed respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 6, the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 are made of a thermoplastic elastomer resin having a predetermined elasticity (for example, a high rail or Toyo manufactured by Toray Deyupon Co., Ltd.). It consists of Perprene made by Spinning Co., Ltd.). The sealing material 52 is the case 51.
Is integrally mounted in the holding groove 51e of the housing 51 and comes into contact with the housing body 41 so as to contact the housing body 41 and the case 51.
A watertightness inside the second housing 5 is ensured by sealing the space between and. The sealing material 53 is a holding groove 51f of the case 51.
It is integrally mounted inside, and contacts the output member 22 to seal around the support hole portion 51c of the case 51 to ensure watertightness inside the second housing 5. Stoppers 54,5
5 is integrally mounted in the holding grooves 51g and 51h of the case 51, and the output member 22 is sandwiched by the output member 22.
The output members 22 are arranged on both sides of the output member 22 and abut on the output member 22, thereby defining the operating range of the output member 22 when the door locking device 1 is switched between unlocking and unlocking.

In the above structure, the seals 52, 53
And the stoppers 54, 55 are as follows in the case 51.
It is attached to the.

First, the case 51 is molded into a predetermined shape by the injection molding using an upper mold and a lower mold having a predetermined shape. After that, the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 are formed in the case 51 in a predetermined shape by the injection molding using the case 51 as a lower mold and an upper mold of a predetermined shape (so-called two-color molding). As a result, the seal 52,
53 and stoppers 54, 55 are holding grooves 51e, 51f,
It is molded in 51g and 51h and is integrally attached to the case 51.

As described above, the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 are made of a thermoplastic elastomer resin having a predetermined elasticity, and the holding grooves 51e, 51f, 51.
Molded in g, 51h (holding grooves 51e, 51f, 5
Since it is integrally mounted in 1g and 51h), the seals 52 and 53 and the stoppers 54 and 55 can be integrally mounted in the case 51 by two-color molding. As a result, seal 5
When the 2, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 are attached to the case 51, it is not necessary to assemble the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 to the case 51. This allows
Assembling failure of the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 does not occur, so that the functional quality of the seals 52, 53 and the stoppers 54, 55 is easily and surely ensured.

As shown in FIG. 7, as a modified example of the seal 52, a lip portion 52a may be formed on the seal 52 to further improve the sealing performance between the case 51 and the housing body 41. The lip portion 52a can be easily molded because the seal 52 is formed by the in-mold molding. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in order to further improve the sealing performance between the case 51 and the housing body 41, the protrusion 41a (see FIG. ) Or the maze portion 41b (FIGS. 7 and 8) may be formed.

[0021]

According to the present invention, since the elastic body is made of the soft resin material, the elastic body can be molded in the groove and integrally mounted in the housing. As a result, when the elastic body is attached to the housing, it is not necessary to assemble the elastic body with respect to the housing. As a result, no assembly failure will occur,
Further, the dimensional accuracy of the elastic body assembly portion of the housing is not affected, and thus the functional quality of the elastic body can be easily and surely ensured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a door locking device using an operating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a door locking device using the operating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the operating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the housing of the operating device according to the present invention before the elastic body is attached.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the housing of the operating device according to the present invention after the elastic body is attached.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of an elastic body and a portion where the elastic body is arranged in the operating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a portion in which an elastic body of the operating device according to the present invention is arranged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Actuator mechanism 5 Second housing (housing) 41 Housing main body (housing) 51 Case (housing) 52 Seal (elastic body) 53 Seal (elastic body) 54 Stopper (elastic body) 55 Stopper (elastic body) 51e Holding groove (groove part) ) 51f Holding groove (groove portion) 51g Holding groove (groove portion) 51h Holding groove (groove portion)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operating device having an actuator mechanism and a housing for accommodating the actuator mechanism therein, wherein a groove portion formed in the housing and a soft member formed in the groove portion and integrally attached to the housing. An operating device having an elastic body made of a resin material.