JPH0649771Y2 - Vehicle sill knob - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a vehicle sill knob.

(Prior Art) In the publicly known Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 48-49720 filed by the applicant of the present invention, the sill knob is unlocked because it is dangerous to drive the sill knob without locking it. At this time, in order to inform the driver of this, a light-emitting body attached to the head of the sill knob is turned on.

In addition, in the publicly known, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-190473, as one method for preventing the driver from forgetting the lock and parking,
A description is given of a device in which a room lamp is turned on to notify when the vehicle is separated from the vehicle body without being locked.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the former case, it is dangerous to drive without pushing the sill knob and lock it, so that the light emitter attached to the head of the sill knob lights up to inform the driver of this. However, when the engine is stopped, the light-emitting body is not turned on, so that there is no action of notifying that the vehicle is unlocked during parking. Further, the cover of FIG. 2 in the publicly known example of the former publication has a structure in which the cover is brought into contact with and joined to the upper surface of the metal fitting, so that the joint may sometimes come off. Since the cover shown in FIG. 3 of the publication has a structure screwed onto the upper part of the sill knob, the sill knob cannot be attached unless it has a cylindrical shape.

The latter one describes a device that prevents the room lamp from turning off when the engine is stopped without locking the sill knob and the car is separated from the vehicle body. Yes, it is difficult to confirm because it is a position that you can not see unless you look into it, and it is incomplete as a method to prevent you from forgetting the door lock and parking because it is not known even in a bright place or during the day when it is lit.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the present invention is attached to the left and right doors of the vehicle body 1, respectively, and is pulled up to be in an unlocked state, and when pushed down to be in a locked state. The light emitting body 5 is attached to the head portion 7 of the sill knob body 6 mounted at a position visible from the outside, the engagement groove 10 is formed on the outer circumference of the head portion of the sill knob body 6, and the engagement groove 10 is engaged on the inside of the lower portion. The transparent or semi-transparent synthetic resin cover 8 of the light-emitting body 5 having the engaging projections 9 is inserted from above to be detachably attached, and the light-emitting body 5 is unlocked by pulling up the sill knob body 6. The vehicle sill knob is configured so that it is energized only when the engine is stopped and the sill knob body 6 is pushed in, and when the engine is driven, the energization is cut off.

The present invention also provides the above-mentioned luminous body 5 according to the above.
Is a vehicular sylknob that is made to repeat light and dark with a fixed cycle.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a vehicle body, 2 is a left / right front door, 3 is a left / right rear door, and 4 is attached to the front and rear doors 2 and 3, respectively. It's Cirnobu. As is well known, when the sill knob 4 is pressed with a fingertip and pushed down, the lock device installed in the door is locked, and when it is pulled up with the fingertip, the lock device is unlocked. As shown in FIG. 1, the sill knob 4 is attached to a position visible from the outside through the window glass.

Thus, the sill knob 4 of the present invention is provided with a light-emitting body 5 which lights up in a state of protruding above the unlocked state and notifies the unlocked state, and this point is the gist of the invention.

That is, 6 is a sill knob body made of synthetic resin, the light emitting body 5 is attached to the upper surface of the head portion 7, and the upper portion of the light emitting body 5 is covered with a transparent or semitransparent cover 8 with a slight gap. Siege. It is more effective that the light emitter 5 repeats light and dark with a constant cycle.

The cover 8 is made of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and an inner ring rib 9 is formed on the inner periphery of its lower edge, and the inner rib 9 is pushed in from above to form the inner rib 9 on the sill knob body 6. groove
Removably fit to 10.

Reference numerals 11 and 12 denote a pair of elastic conductive pieces, the upper end of which is connected to the light-emitting body 5 and the lower end of which forms a dogleg-shaped contact portion 13 and 14 which projects laterally beyond the sill knob body 6.

Reference numerals 15 and 16 denote space portions formed on the left and right sides of the sill knob body 6 in which the contact portions 13 and 14 operate. 17 is the SILNOB 4
A guide cylinder for vertically moving the sill knob located on the outer periphery of the sill knob. When the sill knob body 6 is pushed down with a fingertip, the sill knob body 6 is buried in the guide cylinder 17, and when the sill knob body 6 is pulled up with a fingertip, the sill knob body 6 is It projects above the guide cylinder 17.

The guide cylinder 17 is provided with contact mechanisms 18 and 19. Contact mechanism 1
The positions of 8 and 19 do not contact the contact parts 13 and 14 when the sill knob 4 is pushed in, and contact the contact parts 13 and 14 when the sill knob 4 is pulled up to cause the light emitter 5 to emit light. . As the light emitting body 5, a light emitting diode or the like may be used as well as a normal miniature lamp.

As the lighting circuit of the light-emitting body 5, a lock lever detection switch of the lock device body can be used in addition to the switch mechanism shown in FIG. Further, the light-emitting body 5 is turned on only when the engine is stopped to prevent the lighting during driving. That is, it is connected to an on / off circuit operated by operating the key 20.

(Operation) Next, the operation will be described.

Since the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, the cover 8 is made of transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and an annular inner rib 9 is formed on the inner periphery of the lower edge of the cover 8, and the inner rib 9 is pushed in from above to cover the inside. Rib 9
Since it is removably fitted into the engagement groove 10 formed in the sill knob body 6, the sill knob body is not cylindrical as in the known example, but can be attached to a flat sill knob.

In the locked state where the sill knob body 6 is pushed down with a fingertip, the contact portions 13 and 14 of the elastic conducting pieces 11 and 12 are separated from the contact mechanisms 18 and 19 of the guide cylinder 17, and the lighting circuit of the light emitting body 5 is It does not light when it is opened and not energized, but the sill knob body 6
When the engine is stopped in the unlocked state of being pulled up, the contact portions 13 and 14 of the elastic conducting pieces 11 and 12 come into contact with the contact mechanisms 18 and 19 of the guide cylinder 17, and the lighting circuit of the light emitter 5 is closed. It is energized and turned on.

Therefore, when the vehicle is parked in a parking lot, etc., the sillknob body 6 mounted at a position visible from the outside through the window glass
Since the light-emitting body 5 of the head 7 of the head shines brightly, this can be confirmed even from a distant position, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to lock. Especially when it is dark at night,
More effective.

The light emitter 5 emits light only when the engine is stopped by operating the key 20, and does not emit light during operation when the engine is started.

(Effect) Among the above-mentioned publicly known examples, the former one is dangerous to drive without pushing the sill knob and locking it, so that the light emitter attached to the head of the sill knob is turned on so as to inform the driver of this. However, when the engine is stopped, the light-emitting body is not turned on, so that there is no action of notifying that the vehicle is unlocked during parking. Further, the cover of FIG. 2 in the publicly known example of the former publication has a structure in which the cover is brought into contact with and joined to the upper surface of the metal fitting, so that the joint may sometimes come off. Since the cover shown in FIG. 3 of the publication has a structure screwed onto the upper part of the sill knob, the sill knob cannot be attached unless it has a cylindrical shape.

The latter one describes a device that prevents the room lamp from turning off when the engine is stopped without locking the sill knob and the car is separated from the vehicle body. Yes, it is difficult to check because it is a position that you can not see unless you look into it, and it is incomplete as a method to prevent you from forgetting the door lock and parking because it is not known even in a bright place or when it is lit in the daytime .

However, the present invention is attached to the left and right side doors of the vehicle body 1, respectively, and is pulled up to be unlocked, and pushed down to be locked, which is mounted at a position visible from the outside through the window glass. The light-emitting body 5 is attached to the head 7 of the main body 6, the engaging groove 10 is formed on the outer circumference of the head of the sill knob body 6, and the engaging protrusion 9 that engages with the engaging groove 10 is provided inside the lower part to be transparent. Alternatively, the synthetic resin cover 8 of the light emitting body 5 which is semi-transparent is pushed in from above to be detachably attached, and the light emitting body 5 is energized only when the sill knob body 6 is pulled up and the engine is stopped. Since the sill knob body 6 is a vehicle sill knob that is configured to be turned off when the sill knob body 6 is pushed in or locked or when the engine is driven, a. When it is pulled up to the unlocked state When it is pushed down, it is locked and the light emitter 5 is attached to the head 7 of the sill knob body 6 which is attached to a position visible from the outside through the window glass. Therefore, the light emitter 5 is located at a remote position through the window glass. Can be seen from.

(B) A composite of the light-emitting body 5 which is transparent or semi-transparent and has an engaging groove 10 formed on the outer periphery of the head of the sill knob body 6 and an engaging protrusion 9 engaging with the engaging groove 10 on the lower inner side. Since the resin cover 8 is pushed in from above and is detachably attached, the cover 8 can be attached with a sill knob having any cross-sectional shape. It is removable and easy to operate.

(C) The light-emitting body 5 is energized only when the sill knob body 6 is in the unlocked state and the engine is stopped, and is de-energized when the sill knob body 6 is pushed in or locked or the engine is driven. Therefore, in combination with the above configuration, there is an effect that the vehicle unlocked state can be confirmed from a distance.

Further, in the present invention, in the above-mentioned one, since the light-emitting body 5 is a vehicle sill knob which repeats light and dark at a constant cycle, more attention should be paid by repeating light and dark. There is an effect that can be evoked.

Has the effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view, FIG. 2 is an embodiment diagram of a sill knob, and FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram. Explanation of symbols 1 ... Body, 2 ... Left and right front doors, 3 ... Left and right rear doors, 4
...... Silknob, 5 ...... Light emitter, 6 ...... Silknob body, 7
...... Head, 8 ... Cover, 9 ... Inner rib, 10 ... Engagement groove, 11 ... Elastic conducting piece, 12 ... Elastic conducting piece, 13 ... V-shaped contact portion, 14 ... … V-shaped contact part, 15 …… working space part, 16 …… working space part, 17 …… guide tube, 18 …… contact mechanism, 19 …… contact mechanism, 20 …… key.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sill knob body mounted on the left and right doors of a vehicle body 1, respectively, when it is pulled up, it is unlocked, when it is pushed down, it is locked, and it is mounted at a position visible from the outside through the window glass. Attach the light emitter 5 to the head 7 of 6,
The synthetic resin of the light emitting body 5, which is transparent or translucent, has an engaging groove 10 formed on the outer periphery of the head of the sill knob body 6 and an engaging protrusion 9 engaging with the engaging groove 10 on the lower inner side. The cover 8 is pushed in from above and is detachably attached.
A vehicle sill knob configured to be energized only when the sill knob body 6 is pulled up and unlocked and when the engine is stopped, and to be deenergized when the sill knob body 6 is pushed in and locked or when the engine is driven. 2. The sill knob for a vehicle according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, wherein the light-emitting body 5 repeats light and dark at a constant cycle.