JPH0640288Y2 - Vehicle door handle structure - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a structure of a door handle provided in a vehicle door, and more particularly to an improvement of a door bezel that accommodates and supports a door outer handle.

(Prior Art) Today, as a general side door of an automobile, as shown in FIG. 5, it has a door main body a and a door glass b that moves up and down from the door main body a. It is known that the front end is hinged to a pillar on the vehicle body side and can be opened and closed by rotating with respect to the vehicle body. A lock mechanism c configured to be freely engageable with the vehicle body is provided at the rear end of the door body a. Also, on the outer surface of the door body a, at the rear part thereof, slightly below the waist line e,
A pull-up type door outer handle d is also provided, which doubles as a gripper for opening and closing and an operation unit for releasing the operation of the lock mechanism c. The handle d is housed in a door bezel f attached to the door body a, and the door bezel f has a key cylinder g for locking and unlocking the side door.
Is provided. The handle d and the key cylinder g are connected to the lock mechanism c by a release rod h and a lock rod i, respectively, and the side door is disengaged from the vehicle body by operating the handle d and the key cylinder g. It is configured to lock and unlock.

By the way, in view of the operability of the door outer handle and the design requirements of the vehicle body, there are some which employ a vertical handle d as shown in FIG. This vertical handle d
At a position close to the lock mechanism c at the rear end of the door body a in the vehicle front-rear direction, the door body a is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft j extending in the up-and-down direction and pulled forward in the vehicle body to rotate in the direction of arrow A in FIG. By moving it, the side door is opened.

Further, as another example in which the vertical type door outer handle that rotates in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body is disclosed, Japanese Patent Application No. 63-6
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 6318, there is a door structure in which a substantially vertical door outer handle is provided at a rear end portion on a waistline of a side door.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, the vertical door outer handle as described above is
In either case, a recess for inserting a hand on the back side of the handle is formed by a recess extending between the door outer panel and the pillar on the vehicle body side. For this reason, a boundary portion (D portion in FIG. 6) between the door body and the vehicle body exists in the recess, and when the handle is grasped, if the insertion direction of the hand is incorrect, the boundary portion is touched. There is a risk that the door will be pinched, and a smooth door opening / closing operation cannot be performed. In particular, during a so-called self-locking operation in which a locked state is obtained at the same time when the side door is closed, the door is closed while the handle is gripped, so that the possibility of pinching the hand at the boundary increases.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to obtain a door handle structure in which a hand is not caught when the door is opened and closed.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a solution means provided by the present invention is hinged to an edge portion of a door opening formed in a vehicle body, and the hinge is rotated about a rotation center. It is premised on the structure of the door handle arranged on the outer side of the door that moves to open and close the door opening. And the door handle above,
It is housed and supported by the door bezel attached to the door skin. Further, the door bezel is formed with a part of the door edge portion so as to be adjacent to the door opening edge in the closed state of the door, and is provided with a recess that allows a hand to be grasped by inserting a hand from the outside of the door. Further, the recess is formed at a position having a predetermined dimension with respect to the edge of the door bezel that is continuous with the edge of the door.

(Operation) According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the door bezel has the recess capable of gripping the door handle at a position having a predetermined dimension with respect to the edge of the door bezel, so that the door is opened or self-locked. In the above, the occupant inserts his / her hand into the recess from the outer peripheral edge side of the door handle to perform the opening / closing operation. At this time, since the recess is formed at a position that has a predetermined dimension with the edge of the door bezel, there is no boundary between the recess and the vehicle body side. Therefore, it is possible to solve the problem that an occupant sandwiches his / her hand between the door body and the vehicle body during the opening / closing operation.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail.

The vehicle in this embodiment is of a coupe type with a low vehicle height, as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, side doors 2 that are opened and closed when an occupant gets on and off the vehicle are disposed on both left and right sides of the vehicle body 1, and the vehicle height of the vehicle body 1 is designed to be low. The side door 2 is also arranged at a low position.

The side door 2 includes a door body 2a formed by a door outer panel 2b and a door inner panel 2c and a sash 6, and an internal space 2d is formed between the two panels 2b and 2c.

The front end of the door body a is a front pillar of the vehicle body 1.
A hinge is rotatably connected to the la, and when the occupant gets on and off, the hinge is pivoted about the pivot to open and close the door opening.
On the other hand, a lock mechanism 3 for engaging and disengaging the side door 2 with respect to the vehicle body 1 is provided at the rear end of the door body 2a. The lock mechanism 3 has a well-known structure in which the door body 2a is engaged and held by the vehicle body 1 by the latch engaging the striker 1c fixed to the front end portion of the rear pillar 1b of the vehicle body 1. ing.

Further, in the internal space 2d of the door body 2a, a door glass 4 that opens and closes the door window by being moved up and down in the vertical direction of the side door 2 while being guided by the sash 6, and a window regulator (not shown) for driving the door glass 4 are provided. Is provided.

Then, on the waist line e of the door body 2a and at the rear end of the door body 2a, the door outer handle 5 (hereinafter,
A handle) is provided. The arrangement position of the handle 5 is taken into consideration in order to eliminate the deterioration of the operability due to the side door 2 being in the low position as described above.

The structure around the handle 5 will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, an outer bezel 7, an inner bezel 8, a release rod 9, a key cylinder 10, a lock rod are provided around the handle 5. 11 etc. are arranged.

The outer bezel 7 serves as a mounting portion of the handle 5 and is installed over the sash 6 and the door body 2a, and the door outer panel is provided via a support bracket 7f located inside the vehicle interior. 2b and sash 6
Installed on. As shown in FIG. 1, the outer bezel 7 has a rear end portion 7a formed in an arc shape in conformity with the shape of the sash 6, and a lower end portion 7b and a front end portion 7c formed in a linear shape. The portion 7c also serves as a guide for raising and lowering the door glass 4. Therefore, the outer bezel 7 forms the rear edge of the side door 2 near the waistline 2e together with the sash 6. As a result, when the side door 2 is closed, the rear end 7a is adjacent to the door opening edge.

Further, the outer bezel 7 is formed with a recess 7d which is recessed toward the inside of the vehicle as a feature of the present invention. The recess 7d is a concave portion formed in a substantially semicircular shape corresponding to the shape of the outer bezel 7 in the substantially central portion of the outer bezel 7, and the depth thereof is as shown in FIGS. It is set to a few cm to allow insertion of. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the recess 7d has an insertion hole 7e for inserting one end of the handle 5 into the curved surface on the upper side thereof.
Has been drilled. Therefore, the recess 7d is formed only by the outer bezel 7, and the rear pillars on the vehicle body side are formed.
It is formed at a position with a predetermined dimension of 1b.

On the other hand, the inner bezel 8 is a member located on the vehicle interior side for the purpose of improving the appearance of the vehicle interior, and is formed in a flat plate shape in conformity with the shape of the outer bezel 7 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. And a support bracket located outside the passenger compartment
It is attached to the door inner panel 2c and the sash 6 via 8a.

The handle 5 includes a grip portion 5a extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and a lever portion 5b protruding from the upper end of the grip portion 5a toward the inside of the vehicle compartment. Then, the lever portion 5b
Is a space formed between the outer bezel 7 and the inner bezel 8 in the recess 7d of the outer bezel 7 toward the inner bezel 8 from the insertion hole 7e, and projects from the rear surface of the outer bezel 7. Support shaft 12 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body on the handle support bracket 7g
The handlebar 5 is pivotally supported by the outer bezel 7 and is pivotally attached to the outer bezel 7 laterally of the vehicle body.

That is, the recess 7d is formed so as to be located on the vehicle body rear side of the grip portion 5a of the handle 5, and the grip portion 5a of the handle 5 is configured to be operated from the right side (rear side) thereof. .

Further, one end of a release rod 9 connected to the lock mechanism 3 is rotatably attached to the tip of the lever portion 5b. When the release rod 9 moves downward, the lock mechanism 3 is operated to release the side door 2. Therefore, with the above-described structure, when the handle 5 is rotated about the support shaft 12 in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 3, the lever portion 5b is rotated downward. As a result, the release rod 9 moves downward as shown by the arrow C in FIG. 3 to release the engagement of the lock mechanism 3.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a key cylinder 10 is arranged below the handle 5 on the door outer panel 2b. The key cylinder 10 has a lock rod 11 at one end on the inner space 2d side. It is linked to 3. As a result, the locking / unlocking operation of the side door 2 is performed by the key operation of the key cylinder 10 as in the conventional case.

Although the above-described configuration relates to the handle on the left side of the vehicle body, the handle provided on the side door on the right side of the vehicle body has the same configuration.

Therefore, in the above-described embodiment, when the handle 5 is gripped when the side door 2 is opened by such a configuration, the hand is inserted into the recess 7d located on the right side of the handle 5 and gripped. At this time, the recess 7d is the outer bezel 7
Since it is formed of only the door body 2a as in the past
There is no need to pinch a hand between the rear pillar 1b on the side of the vehicle body 1 and a smooth door opening / closing operation.

In this example, the door structure in which the handle 5 is arranged at the rear end of the side door 2 and above the waist line 2e has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to apply the invention to the side door 2 in which the handle 5 is provided below the waist line 2e, which is a typical location. Further, the rotation support position of the handle 5 may be the lower end of the handle 5, and the handle 5 may be rotated downward when the side door 2 is opened. Further, the handle may be supported so as to rotate in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the recess that allows the user to grip the door handle by inserting a hand into the door bezel from the outer edge side of the door handle has a predetermined size with the edge portion of the door bezel. Since it is formed by existing, there is no boundary portion with the vehicle body side as in the conventional case in the recess,
Therefore, there is an effect that a passenger does not pinch his / her hand between the door body and the vehicle body during the opening / closing operation, and a smooth opening / closing operation of the door can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing the vicinity of the door outer handle, FIG. 2 is a side view of a vehicle adopting the structure of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV. FIG. 5 is a side view of a side door having a conventional pull-up type handle, and FIG. 6 is a lateral cross-sectional view around a conventional vertical door outer handle. 1 …… Body 2 …… Side door (door) 5 …… Outer door handle 7 …… Outer bezel (door bezel) 7d …… Recess

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A door handle which is hinged to an edge portion of a door opening formed in a vehicle body and which is opened and closed with respect to a door which opens and closes the door opening by rotating around the hinge. The door handle is accommodated in and supported by a door bezel attached to the outer plate of the door, and the door bezel is positioned at one edge of the door so as to be adjacent to the door opening edge when the door is closed. And a recess that allows the hand to be gripped by inserting a hand from the outside of the door, and the recess has a predetermined dimension with respect to the edge of the door bezel that is continuous with the edge of the door. A door handle structure for a vehicle, wherein the door handle structure is formed in a predetermined position.