JPH07332478A - Inclinable type shift level device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an inclinable shift lever device which is constituted to cause the fall of a lever body without any trouble even in such a state that a press button is left pressed or the press button is left released. CONSTITUTION:A lever body 2 comprises a lower lever 3; and an upper lever 4 pivotally mounted on the upper end thereof in such a state that it can fall in a lateral direction. A slider 9 having a lock member 10 is arranged in the lower lever 3 and the lock member 10 is engaged with a guide plate 13. A long groove 23 in a lateral direction is formed in the upper end of the slider 9, and the lower end part 21 of an elevation rod 20 operated by a press button in the upper lever 4 is engaged with the long groove 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foldable shift lever device used in an automobile equipped with an automatic transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A shift lever device for an automobile equipped with an automatic transmission has a lever body pivotally attached to a base so as to be swingable in a front-rear direction, and a lock member operated by a push button therein. By incorporating and engaging this lock member with the guide plate on the base side, the lever main body is prevented from being inadvertently moved with respect to a specific position such as back or parking. However, since such a conventional shift lever device projects from the console on the side of the driver's seat, the lever body is an obstacle when trying to get out of the door on the passenger side, for example.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, a retractable shift lever device has been developed in which the lever body can be tilted in the lateral direction of the vehicle body at the parking position. However, since a lock member that is raised and lowered by a push button is incorporated inside such a lever body, the rotation center when the lever body is tilted and the rotation center of the operating shaft of the lock member must be aligned. For example, the lever body cannot be tilted. For this reason, it is usually necessary to release the push button and then tilt the lever body.

However, there is a driver who pushes the push button to put the lever main body into the parking position and at the same time tries to tilt the lever main body while pushing the push button.
In the conventional retractable shift lever device, in such a case, an unreasonable force may be applied to the operation shaft of the lever body or the lock member, which may deform or damage the device.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and allows the lever body to be tilted without any trouble even while the push button is being pressed or released. It is made to provide a shift lever device.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A folding type shift lever device of the present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, has a lower part in which a lever main body is pivotally attached to a base so as to be swingable in the front-back direction. The slider is divided into a lever and an upper lever pivotally attached to the upper end of the lower lever so as to be tilted laterally, and a slider provided with a lock member engaged with a guide plate on the base side is provided inside the lower lever. A lateral long groove is formed at the upper end of the slider, and an elevating rod operated by a push button is provided inside the upper lever, and the lower end of the rod is engaged with the long groove. Is.

[0007]

In the retractable shift lever device of the present invention, the upper lever can be tilted laterally in the state where the lever body is in the parking position, which is no different from the conventional retractable shift lever device. However, in the present invention, since the lateral long groove is formed in the upper end of the slider provided with the lock member on the lower lever side, the lower end portion of the lifting rod on the upper lever side is engaged with this long groove. By sliding the lower end portion of the elevating rod inside the long groove as shown in FIG. 5, the lever body can be tilted without any trouble even when the push button is pressed or released.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a front view of the retractable shift lever device, and FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof. In these figures, 1 is a base having a pair of left and right vertical walls 1a and 1b, and 2 is a lever body supported by the base 1. The lever body 2 is divided into a lower lever 3 and an upper lever 4.

The lower lever 3 has an inverted T-shape as shown in FIG. 2, and by supporting the horizontal shaft portion 5 at the lower end between the vertical walls 1a and 1b of the base 1, Base 1
It is possible to swing in the front-back direction with respect to. A shift arm 6 as shown in FIG. 1 is provided at the lower end of the lower lever 3 so as to project the movement of the lower lever 3 to an automatic transmission.

The vertical shaft portion 7 of the lower lever 3 is hollow, and as shown in FIG. 3, a slider 9 which is constantly urged upward by a spring 8 is housed therein. In addition, the slider 9 is provided with a rod-shaped lock member 10 that protrudes to both sides in the horizontal direction. The lock member 10 penetrates to the outside via longitudinal long grooves 11 formed on both sides of the vertical shaft portion 7 of the lower lever 3, and a guide plate 13 formed on the upper end portion of the vertical wall 1b of the base 1. Is engaged with.

The guide plate 12 formed on the upper end of the vertical wall 1a of the base 1 has a substantially arcuate shape as shown in FIG. 1, and the lever body 2 (lower lever 3) has the parking structure shown in FIG. The upper part is notched so that the upper lever 4 can be tilted only when in the position.

The guide plate 13 has a general shape shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 and has a plurality of engaging portions 15 corresponding to respective positions such as parking, reverse, neutral and drive windows. Is formed in. 5 and 6 show a state in which the lock member 10 has entered the parking engaging portion 15 of the guide plate 13.

A cylindrical body 16 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 is integrally provided on the outer side surface of the lower lever 3, and a box-shaped receiving fitting 17 is provided at the upper end thereof. The L-shaped metal fitting 18 provided at the lower end of the upper lever 4 is the receiving metal fitting.
17 is pivotally supported by a shaft 19. The box-shaped bracket 17 is notched in only one direction, and the upper lever 4 can be tilted about the shaft 19 only in that direction. A ball spring 16a as shown in FIG. 4 is incorporated inside the cylindrical body 16, and by engaging with the notch of the L-shaped metal fitting 18, the upper lever 4 is stabilized at the vertical position and the horizontal position. It is devised to let you.

Inside the upper lever 4, there is provided a lifting rod 20 which is operated by a push button at the upper end.
The elevating rod 20 is constantly urged upward by a built-in spring (not shown) of the upper lever 4. A lower end portion 21 of the elevating rod 20 is bent into an L shape. On the other hand, a vertical cam plate 22 is provided on the upper end surface of the slider 9 on the lower lever 3 side. This cam plate 22
2, a long groove 23 is formed therein, and the lower end portion 21 of the elevating rod 20 is engaged with the long groove 23. Long groove
The reference numeral 23 extends horizontally in the direction in which the upper lever 4 is tilted.
Further, when the lifting rod 20 is elastically bulged upward by the built-in spring, the lower end portion 21 of the lifting rod 20 is positioned on the same axis as the shaft 19 pivotally mounting the upper lever 4.

The folding type shift lever device thus constructed can operate the lever main body 2 in the front-rear direction as in the conventional device. When pushing the lever to a specific position such as parking or reverse, push the button.
When the elevating rod 20 is pushed down by 30, the lower end portion 21 of the elevating rod 20 pushes down the slider 9 via the cam plate 22, and the rod-shaped lock members 10 projecting to both sides of the slider 9 engage the engaging portion 15 of the guide plate 13. It is a structure that is out of. The above-mentioned normal operation method is completely the same as the conventional one, but the retractable shift lever device of the present invention has the upper lever 4
It is very different from the conventional one when tilting the.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, when the lever main body 2 is put in the parking position and then the push button 30 is released, the elevating rod 20 is urged upward by the built-in spring of the upper lever 4. I take the. At this time, since the lower end portion 21 of the lifting rod 20 is located on the same axis as the shaft 19 of the upper lever 4, if a lateral force is applied to the upper lever 4 as it is, the upper lever 4 is tilted to the horizontal position as shown in FIG. be able to.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the push button 30 is pushed down while the lever body 2 is in the parking position, the lower end portion 21 of the elevating rod 20 becomes lower than the shaft 19 of the upper lever 4. . However, since the lower end portion 21 of the elevating rod 20 is engaged with the long groove 23 of the slider 9, the elevating rod 20 does not hinder the rotation of the upper lever 4 about the shaft 19 and the lateral force is applied to the upper lever 4 as it is. By adding, the upper lever 4 can be tilted to the horizontal position as shown in FIG. At this time, the lower end portion 21 of the lifting rod 20 has a long groove.
It will slide inside 23.

[0018]

As described above, the retractable shift lever device of the present invention can tilt the upper lever without any trouble even when the push button is released or when the push button is pushed down. There is no possibility that an unreasonable force is applied to the operation shaft of the lever body or the lock member as in the conventional case and the device is deformed or damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a retractable shift lever device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the retractable shift lever device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a lower lever.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Figure 5] Put the lever body into the parking position,
It is a perspective view which shows the state which released the push button.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lever body is tilted down with the push button released.

FIG. 7: Put the lever body in the parking position,
It is a perspective view which shows the state which pressed the push button.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lever body is tilted down while pushing a push button.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Base 1a Vertical wall 1b Vertical wall 2 Lever body 3 Lower lever 4 Upper lever 5 Horizontal shaft part 6 Shift arm 7 Vertical shaft part 8 Spring 9 Slider 10 Rod-shaped lock member 11 Long groove 12 Guide plate 13 Guide plate 15 Engagement part 16 Cylindrical body 16a Ball spring 17 Box-shaped bracket 18 L-shaped bracket 19 Axis 20 Lifting rod 21 Lower end 22 Cam plate 23 Long groove 30 Push button

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lever body is divided into a lower lever pivotally attached to a base so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction, and an upper lever pivotally attached to an upper end of the lower lever so as to be tilted laterally. In addition, a slider with a lock member that engages with the guide plate on the base side is provided inside the lower lever, and a lateral long groove is formed at the upper end of the slider, while a push button is used inside the upper lever. A retractable shift lever device, characterized in that an elevating rod is provided, and a lower end portion thereof is engaged with the long groove.