JPH09109801A - Centralized switch assmbly for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of switches by providing a switch base copied from the shape of a car body around a driver's seat, and arranging plural switch operating parts at the positions related to each object to be switched. SOLUTION: When a centralized switch assembly 27 is applied to a sedan type passenger car, it is provided on the center console part. The switch assembly 27 is formed by providing plural switch operating parts which correspond to the positions related to each object (attachments) to be operated on a switch base 28, the outer shell of which is copied from the shape of the upper face of the car body. Out of the switch base 28, on the center part of corresponding part of a roof, a harzard switch 29 is provided, on a corresponding part of a window, a power windor switch 30 is provided, on a corresponding part of a hood, a fog lamp switch 31 is provided, on a corresponding part of a trunk, a rear fog lamp switch 32 is provided. Further, on parts corresponding to other accessory devices, a rear defogger switch 33, mirror-switching and adjusting switches 34, 35, and a mirror storage switch 36 are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle collective switch including a plurality of switch operation units for operating a plurality of operation targets provided in an automobile by a driver's operation.

[0002]

In automobiles, for example, power windows, electric door mirrors, fog lights,
It is equipped with a plurality of auxiliary devices (operation targets) that are operated by the switch operation of the driver, such as a rear defogger. In this case, the switch operating portions for operating the above-described devices are individually provided around the driver's seat 1 as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

Specifically, four power window switches 2 corresponding to the four windows on the left, right, front and rear are provided in the door trim 3 portion. A door mirror storage switch 6, a mirror adjustment switch 7, a mirror left / right changeover switch 8, and a rear fog lamp switch 9 are arranged on the right side of the steering wheel 5 of the instrument panel 4. Further, a fog lamp switch 10, a rear defogger switch 11, and a hazard switch 12 are provided on the left side of the steering wheel 5.

However, in such a structure in which the switches are distributed in various places, when the driver operates these switches, the position of the switches is visually confirmed or groped to confirm the operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to operate a plurality of objects to be operated by a driver's operation of a switch operation section, and to improve the operability of the switch. The present invention is to provide a collective switch for an automobile capable of

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle collective switch including a plurality of switch operating portions for operating a plurality of operation targets provided in an automobile by a driver's operation. A switch base having a shape imitating the body shape of an automobile is provided around the driver's seat, and the plurality of switch operating parts are arranged at positions of the switch base which are associated with respective operation targets (claim Invention of Item 1).

Further, more specifically, a hazard switch is provided at a position corresponding to the central portion of the roof of the switch base (invention of claim 2), or a plurality of power window switches are provided in the switch base. Can be provided at positions corresponding to the windows (invention of claim 3).

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to, for example, a sedan type passenger car will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 2 shows a driver's seat 21 of a car.
The part is shown schematically. An instrument panel 22 is provided at the front of the driver's seat 21, and an instrument panel 23 and a steering wheel 24 are provided at the instrument panel 22. Also, the driver's seat 21
A door trim (door) 25 is provided on the right side of the vehicle, and a center console 26 is provided on the left side of the driver's seat 21 (a boundary with the passenger seat).

The central console 26 is provided with a collective switch 27 according to this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the collective switch 27 includes a switch base 28 made of, for example, a plastic, and a plurality of switch operating sections described below. In this case, the plurality of switch operating portions are arranged in the portion of the switch base 28 associated with each operation target (attached device), and are arranged so as to extend over almost the entire portion thereof.

The outer shell of the switch base 28 has a so-called miniature outer shape imitating the upper surface of the body of an automobile (in this case, a sedan type passenger car), and is provided on the upper surface of the center console 26 so as to face forward. ing.
Therefore, the switch base 28 has a roof-corresponding portion that bulges upward through the four inclined surfaces in the central portion of the front hood-corresponding portion and the rear trunk-corresponding portion, and the roof-corresponding portion. The front and rear slopes are the front wind,
It is a rear window corresponding portion, and the left and right inclined surfaces are respectively the wind corresponding portions.

A push button type hazard switch 29 for lighting and extinguishing a hazard lamp to be operated is provided in the central portion of the roof corresponding portion of the switch base 28. An equilateral triangle mark indicating the hazard switch 29 is formed on the circular push button portion.

A plurality of power window switches 30 for opening and closing a power window to be operated are provided at the left and right window corresponding portions of the switch base 28. In this case, four power window switches 30 corresponding to the left, right, front and rear windows are provided at corresponding positions. The power window switch 30 is configured to raise (close) the window by operating the operation knob upward, and lower (open) the window by operating the operation knob downward.

A fog lamp to be operated is lit on the front hood-corresponding part of the switch base 28.
A fog lamp switch 31 for turning off the light is provided, and a rear trunk corresponding part of the switch base 28 is provided with a rear fog lamp switch 32 for turning on and off the rear fog lamp to be operated. . The operation lever portions of the fog lamp switch 31 and the rear fog lamp switch 32 have a substantially rectangular shape, and a mark indicating the fog lamp is formed on each of them.

A rear window corresponding portion of the switch base 28 is provided with a push button type rear defogger switch 33 for turning on and off a rear defogger as an operation target. A mark indicating the rear defogger is also formed on a substantially rectangular push button portion of the rear defogger switch 33.

Further, the front window corresponding portion of the switch base 28 is a mirror adjusting switch for adjusting the angle of the door mirror to be operated,
A slide type mirror changeover switch 34 and a so-called seesaw type mirror adjustment switch 35 are provided. The mirror changeover switch 34 slides the operation knob from the intermediate position to the right or left,
Configured to select the right or left door mirrors,
Upon selection, by pressing the front, rear, left and right parts of the operator of the mirror adjustment switch 35, the angle of the door mirror is adjusted in the direction corresponding to the pressed position.

At the right end of the rear window corresponding portion of the switch base 28, there is provided a mirror storing switch 36 for storing and pulling out the door mirror to be operated. This mirror storage switch 3
The reference numeral 6 allows the door mirror to be stowed and pulled out by operating an operation lever that projects rightward and imitates a door mirror.

The collective switch 27 configured as described above
In this case, since a plurality of switches, which are conventionally arranged in a distributed manner, are concentrated in one place, the driver has a switch for operating each operation target in advance in the collective switch 27 portion. It is known that when the switch operation is performed, the switch operation can be performed without searching for other positions. Moreover, since the collective switch 27 is provided in the center console 26 which is very close to the driver's seat and has a large space, for example, the switch is provided in a portion of the steering wheel which is in the shade. Differently, the driver can easily perform the switch operation by extending the left hand slightly to the side.

In the collective switch 27, the switches 29 to 36 are arranged at the positions associated with the respective objects to be operated in the miniature switch base 28 of the automobile. Not only is it easy to understand whether or not it corresponds to the operation target, but it becomes possible to know the position of the switch by hand without knowing the position of the desired switch at a glance. Each switch 29-36
It becomes possible to operate.

Further, particularly in the present embodiment, since the hazard switch 29, which may be required to be operated quickly, is provided in the central portion of the switch base 28, which is the central portion of the roof-corresponding portion, so that the hazard switch 29 can be easily operated. The operability was extremely good.

As described above, according to the collective switch 27 of the present embodiment, a plurality of operation targets in the automobile are operated by the switch operation of the driver, and the plurality of switches 29 to 36 are formed in the body shape of the automobile. Since it is incorporated in the switch base 28 having a modeled shape, each switch 29
It is possible to significantly improve the operability of ~ 36.

Although the hazard switch 29, the power window switch 30 and the like are provided as the switches in the above embodiment, it is not necessary to have all of the switches 29 to 36, and other than these. The operation target such as a sunroof, an audio device, a vehicle interior light, an air conditioner, or the like may be provided with a switch. Further, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied not only to sedan type automobiles but also to various automobiles. In addition, the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the gist.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the automobile collective switch of the present invention, a plurality of operation targets in the automobile are operated by the switch operation of the driver, and the body shape of the automobile is A switch base having a shape imitating the above is provided around the driver's seat, and a plurality of switch operating portions are arranged at positions related to each operation target of the switch base, so that the operability of the switch can be improved. It has an excellent practical effect of being able to do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is an enlarged perspective view of a collective switch.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a driver seat portion.

FIG. 3 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawing, 21 is a driver's seat, 26 is a center console, and 2
7 is a collective switch, 28 is a switch base, 29 is a hazard switch, 30 is a power window switch, 31 is a fog lamp switch, 32 is a rear fog lamp switch, 33 is a rear defogger switch, 34 is a mirror changeover switch, 35 is a mirror adjustment switch, Reference numeral 36 denotes a mirror storage switch.

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location B60S 1/02 B60S 1/02 C

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of motion objects provided on a vehicle are
It is provided with a plurality of switch operating portions for operating by a driver's operation, and a switch base having a shape imitating the body shape of an automobile is provided around the driver's seat, and the plurality of switch operating portions are provided with the switch. A collective switch for an automobile, which is arranged at a position related to each operation target in a base. 2. The switch operating section includes a hazard switch, and the hazard switch is provided at a position corresponding to a central portion of the roof of the switch base. Collective switch for automobiles. 3. The switch operating unit includes a plurality of power window switches, and the power window switches are respectively provided at positions corresponding to the windows of the switch base. Item 1. An automobile collective switch according to item 1 or 2.