JPH0831158A - On-vehicle apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the size of an apparatus by providing an apparatus operating section with a locking mechanism which engageably and disengageably locks the apparatus operating section to an apparatus body. CONSTITUTION:The apparatus body 1a of a disk player 1 is mounted within a space 3 formed in a dashboard 2 of a vehicle. This player 1 has the apparatus operating section 1b removably disposed in a housing section 8 formed at the front part of the body 1a in addition to the body 1a mounted at the vehicle. The apparatus operating section 1b is provided with a locking device 9 with which the operating section 1b is attachably and detachably locked to the apparatus body 1a. A user pushes an unlocking button 23 in the case of being apart from the vehicle by parking. As a result, the front end 19a of a locking lever 19 is unlocked and released from a locking hole 21. Simultaneously, the operating section 1b is slightly inclined by the pressing force of a pressing lever 15, by which the engaging state of an engaging projection 10 and an engaging hole 11 is released and the operating part 1b is pushed forward from the housing section 8 by the pressing force of the lever 15. Then operating section 1b is easily removed from the housing section 8 by holding the operating section 1b and pulling the section forward.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device such as a disk player, a tape recorder, a radio, etc. mounted on a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an in-vehicle disc player, which is an example of this type of in-vehicle device, a device body having a pickup unit is mounted on a vehicle, and a device is operated in a storage section formed at the front of the device body. There is a device provided with a lock device that can be pulled out and that locks the device operation part to the device body so that the device operation part can be engaged and disengaged.When parking and leaving the vehicle, the lock device is operated to lock. By releasing, the device operating section is removed from the device body, and this prevents the vehicle-mounted disc player from being stolen.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the above conventional configuration,
Since the lock device is provided in the device main body, the width of the device main body is increased by the amount provided with the lock device, and accordingly, the entire disc player is also increased in size, so that the disc player is narrow in a dashboard or the like. There is a problem that it is difficult to incorporate in the space.

The present invention has been made in view of the above drawbacks of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle-mounted device which can be downsized (particularly in the left-right direction).

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided so as to be able to be pulled out into a device main body to be mounted on a vehicle and a storage portion formed at a front portion of the device main body. And a lock device for removably locking the device operation unit to the device body, the lock device being provided in the device operation unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the lock device is pivotally attached to an equipment operating portion and is pressed by a spring so that a tip portion is formed on a side wall portion of the equipment body. The lock lever fitted into the lock hole, and the lock lever is provided on the front surface of the device operating portion so as to face the lock lever and is pushed toward the inside of the device operating portion, so that the lock lever is unlocked against the spring. It is characterized in that it comprises a lock release button that is rotated to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, an engaging protrusion that engages with the peripheral edge of the lock hole is provided at the tip of the lock lever. There is.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the engaging protrusion extends to the inside of an imaginary circle passing through the tip of the lock lever about the pivotal fulcrum of the lock lever. Is characterized by.

[0009]

In the invention according to claim 1, when the vehicle is parked and is to be separated from the vehicle, the lock device is operated to release the state in which the device operating portion is locked to the device body, and then the device operating portion is moved to the device. All you have to do is remove it from the storage part of the main body. This can prevent the on-vehicle device from being stolen.

Since the locking device is provided in the device operating section, the in-vehicle device of the present invention can be made smaller than the conventional device in which the locking device is provided in the device body. , The vehicle-mounted device can be easily incorporated in a narrow space such as a dashboard.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the front end of the lock lever is disengaged from the lock hole of the device body and the lock can be easily released only by pressing the lock release button provided on the front surface of the device operation portion. Further, the front end portion of the lock lever is fitted into the lock hole by simply pushing the device operation portion into the housing portion of the device body, and the lock state can be easily achieved. Further, the lock device includes a spring, a lock lever, and a lock release button, and has a simple structure, is hard to break down, and is inexpensive to manufacture.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the engaging protrusion that engages with the peripheral portion of the lock hole is provided at the tip of the lock lever, the locked state is more reliably maintained. be able to.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the engaging protrusion extends to the inside of the virtual circle passing through the tip of the lock lever about the pivotal fulcrum of the lock lever, the lock release button is pushed. By doing so, the engagement state between the engagement protrusion and the peripheral edge of the lock hole can be easily canceled.However, when the device operating portion is pulled forward without pressing the lock release button, The engagement state between the fitting protrusion and the peripheral portion of the lock hole is not canceled, and thus the device operation unit can be prevented from being forcibly pulled out from the storage unit.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show an in-vehicle disc player 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a device body 1a having a pickup unit is mounted in a space 3 formed in a dashboard 2 of a vehicle. A device operation section 1b having a disk insertion port 4, a disk ejecting push button 5, a music selection button 6, a display section 7 and the like on the front surface is detachably provided in a storage section 8 formed on the front surface of the apparatus body 1a. A lock device 9 for releasably locking the device operating portion 1b to the device body 1a is provided at one end of the device operating portion 1b, and the other end of the device operating portion 1b is provided at the side wall of the device body 1a so as to project. An engaging hole 11 that engages with the locking projection 10 is formed, and a pressing lever 15 having a base end portion rotatably pivoted through a pivot shaft 12 is provided in the device body 1a. 15
Is stored in the storage portion 8 by being urged by the spring 13 and the tip portion 15a thereof is projected into the storage portion 8 through the through hole 14 formed in the bottom wall of the storage portion 8. The device operating portion 1b is pressed in the pull-out direction.

The lock device 9 is, as shown in FIG.
The base end portion is pivotally attached to the device operating portion 1b via the pivot shaft 17, and is urged by the elastic linear spring 18 to form the tip portion 19.
a is a lock lever 19 fitted into a lock hole 21 formed in the side wall of the device body 1a through a through hole 20 formed in the side wall of the device operation part 1b, and a penetrating hole formed in the front wall of the device operation part 1b. It is movably inserted into the hole 22 (see FIG. 1).
At the same time, the rear end of the lock release button 23 is in contact with the lock lever 19, and the lock release button 23 is pushed toward the inside of the device operation portion 1b from the locked state shown by the solid line in FIG. As shown by a virtual line, the lock lever 19 is rotated in the unlocking direction against the spring 18. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 24 denotes a lock release button retaining collar that is provided at a central portion of the lock release button 23.

In the above structure, the lock release button 23 may be pressed when leaving the vehicle after parking. As a result, the tip portion 19a of the lock lever 19 is locked in the lock hole 21.
And the lock is released, and the device operation unit 1b
Is slightly tilted by the pressing force of the pressing lever 15, and the engagement state between the locking projection 10 and the engaging hole 11 is released, and as shown by the phantom line in FIG. Is pushed forward from the storage section 8. Therefore, by grasping the device operating portion 1b and pulling it forward, the device operating portion 1b can be easily pulled out from the storage portion 8.

The lock device 9 is provided in the device operating portion 1b, and the width of the device body 1a is smaller than that of the conventional device in which the lock device is provided in the device body 1a. The on-vehicle disc player 1 can be downsized, and thus the on-vehicle disc player 1 can be easily incorporated into the narrow space 3 of the dashboard 2.

In the above embodiment, the device operating portion 1b is locked to the device body 1a by simply inserting the tip end portion 19a of the lock lever 19 into the lock hole 21, but as shown in FIG. 4, the tip end of the lock lever 19 is locked. An engaging protrusion 26 that engages with the peripheral portion of the lock hole 21 may be provided on the portion 19a so as to project. As a result, the locked state can be retained more reliably.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging projection 26 is extended to the inside of an imaginary circle K passing through the tip of the lock lever 19 about the pivot shaft 17 which is the pivotal fulcrum of the lock lever 19. It is preferable. As a result, when the lock release button 23 is pressed, the engagement state between the engagement protrusion 26 and the peripheral portion of the lock hole 21 can be easily canceled, but without pressing the lock release button 23. Equipment operation unit 1
When b is pulled forward, the tip portion 19a has no choice but to escape along the circumference of the virtual circle K, and therefore the engagement state between the engagement projection portion 26 and the peripheral portion of the lock hole 21 cannot be canceled, and Thus, it is possible to prevent the device operation unit 1b from being forcibly pulled out from the storage unit 8.

In the above embodiment, the in-vehicle disc player has been described as an example, but other than this, the invention can be applied to various in-vehicle devices such as an in-vehicle tape recorder and an in-vehicle radio.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the lock device is provided in the device operating portion, the vehicle-mounted device of the present invention is more suitable than the conventional device in which the lock device is provided in the device body. The device can be miniaturized, which allows
The in-vehicle device can be easily incorporated in a narrow space such as a dashboard.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the lock device includes the spring, the lock lever, and the lock release button, and has a simple structure, is hard to break down, and is inexpensive to manufacture.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the engaging protrusion that engages with the peripheral portion of the lock hole is provided at the tip of the lock lever, the locked state is more reliably maintained. be able to.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the engaging protrusion extends to the inside of a virtual circle passing through the tip of the lock lever about the pivot of the lock lever, the lock release button is pressed. If the device operating portion is pulled forward without being engaged, the engagement state between the engagement protrusion and the peripheral portion of the lock hole is not canceled, and thus the device operating portion is forcibly pulled out from the storage portion. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view of a vehicle-mounted disc player according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of a vehicle-mounted disc player that is another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of an essential part of a vehicle-mounted disc player that is still another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 vehicle-mounted disc player 1a device body 1b device operation part 8 storage part 9 locking device 18 spring 19 lock lever 19a lock lever tip 21 lock hole 23 lock release button 26 engaging protrusion K virtual circle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A device main body to be mounted on a vehicle, and a device operating part provided in a storage part formed at a front part of the device main body so as to be able to be pulled out. The device operating part is detachable from the device main body. An in-vehicle device, wherein a lock device that locks as much as possible is provided in the device operation unit. 2. A lock lever, wherein the lock device is pivotally attached to an equipment operating portion, is pressed by a spring, and has a tip portion fitted into a lock hole formed in a side wall portion of the equipment body, and the lock lever. And a lock release button which is provided on the front surface of the device operation unit so as to face the device and is pushed toward the inside of the device operation unit to rotate the lock lever in the unlocking direction against the spring. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1. 3. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 2, wherein an engaging protrusion that engages with the peripheral edge of the lock hole is provided at the tip of the lock lever. 4. The in-vehicle device according to claim 3, wherein the engagement protrusion extends to the inside of a virtual circle passing through the tip of the lock lever about the pivot of the lock lever.