JPH09216527A - Shift device for transmission - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contrive so that the operation of a slide cover can be carried out smoothly. SOLUTION: The shift device for a transmission made of a thermoplastic resin material is composed of a thin plate shape slide cover 1 consisting of a strip paper shape plane figure, a shift lever, mounted in a mounting hole 19 installed near the center part of the slide cover 1, for carrying out the speed change operation of a transmission and a casing in-stalled on the floor of a car body for storing these shift lever and slide cover 1. The casing is formed by two division method of an upper case 2 and lower case 3 and the slide cover 1 is held by the upper rail 21 formed on the upper case 2 and a lower rail 31 formed on the lower case 3. A guide 15 consisting of a tongue piece shape projection for carrying out the slide of this slide cover 1 smoothly by engaging with said lower rail 31 is installed on this slide cover 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift device for a transmission used for a gear shifting operation of a vehicle transmission (transmission), and more particularly to a gear shift device that operates in response to actuation of a shift lever for gear shifting operation. The present invention relates to an improvement of a slide cover that serves to cover (cover) an opening of a casing provided for operating the shift lever.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional shift device for a transmission is a shift lever that shifts the transmission, an indicator that operates in response to the operation of the shift lever, and that displays the shift state of the transmission, and these. Each functional component is housed and includes a casing or the like attached to the floor of the vehicle body or the like. Further, in the case of such a configuration, the upper surface portion of the casing has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in, the opening 90 is provided in correspondence with the operation of the shift lever 50.
Further, the opening 90 is mounted on the shift lever 50 and operates in response to the operation of the shift lever 50, and the opening 90 is formed.
The slide cover 10 is provided so as to operate so as to constantly close. Further, an indicator 70 for displaying a shift position (shift state) of the transmission according to the operation of the shift lever 50 is provided at a side end portion of the slide cover 10. . The slide cover 10 having such a configuration has a strip shape in a plan view, and the slide cover 10 having such a strip shape has a casing shape as shown in FIG. It is designed to be installed on a slide rail 330 formed on the lower case 30. Further, the slide cover 10 installed on the slide rail 330 is adapted to slide on the slide rail 330 according to the operation of the shift lever 50, and the slide cover 10 is moved laterally during the slide movement. The lateral movement of the slide cover 10 is restricted by the guide ribs 310 provided on both side surfaces of the slide cover 10 so as not to shift in the direction.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional one, the portion of the slide cover 10 is wound downward at the distal end portion in the longitudinal direction in accordance with the shift operation of the shift lever 50. It is one that has become. Thus, the slide cover 10
Since it requires elastic deformation, it has a thin plate shape and is formed of a plastic molded product or the like. And
In many cases, the thin plate-shaped slide cover 10 is
It is designed to be integrally molded by injection molding means or the like. Further, a gate for injecting a plastic material is provided at the side end portion thereof. Therefore, burrs are formed on this side end portion by the residual plastic material or the like generated at the gate. If the burr is not removed, the burr remaining at the side end of the slide cover 10 is provided on the casing (lower case 30) when the slide cover 10 is assembled as shown in FIG. The guide ribs 310 thus formed may come into contact with each other when the shift lever 50 is operated. Then, due to this contact, the operation feeling when the shift lever 50 is operated is impaired. In order to solve such a problem, it is an object of the invention to provide a transmission shift device having a structure in which the side end of the slide cover and the guide rib do not come into contact with each other when the shift lever is operated. It is an object (problem) of the present invention.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, in the invention according to claim 1, a shift lever for shifting the transmission, an indicator that operates in response to the operation of the shift lever and displays a shift state of the transmission, and each of these indicators. Regarding a transmission shift device including a casing or the like for accommodating functional parts, the transmission shift device is attached to the shift lever, operates together with the shift lever, and plays a role of closing the shift lever operating opening of the casing. The slide cover is a thin plate and has a strip-shaped planar shape, and the one side of the strip-shaped member is along the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped member and both sides thereof. It is decided to adopt a configuration in which a guide including a continuous body of a plurality of tongue-shaped protrusions is provided at the end.

[0005] By adopting the above configuration, the present invention has the following functions. A slide cover having a strip-shaped planar form, having slide guides on both side ends of the tongue-shaped protruding continuum,
When the shift lever is installed in such a state that it is installed at the opening of the casing, the slide cover that operates in response to the operation of the shift lever operates smoothly. That is, the slide cover according to the present invention is made of an elastic body, has a strip shape, and is formed by continuously providing tongue-shaped protrusions at both end portions thereof. It has a guide (see FIG. 3). When such a slide cover is installed on the rails of the casing, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the vertical direction is pressed by the upper rails and the lower rails provided on the casing, and the horizontal direction (horizontal direction). Direction), the tongue-shaped guide engages with a lower rail provided on the casing (lower case). Therefore, when the slide cover slides in the longitudinal direction by the operation of the shift lever, the slide cover smoothly slides along the rail (lower rail).

Further, the guides provided on the present slide cover have a tongue-like shape, and these are formed independently of each other. Therefore, the elastic deformation of the entire slide cover in the bending direction is not impaired. As a result, the tip of this slide cover is elastically deformed (bending)
Can be performed (see FIG. 4). Therefore, the sliding movement of the main slide cover, which operates in response to the operation of the shift lever, is smoothly performed.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 will be described. The basic points of the present invention are the same as those of the first aspect. The feature is that, in addition to the invention according to claim 1, the slide cover is made of a thermoplastic resin material and includes a tongue-shaped guide, and these are formed by injection molding means. That is, they are integrally formed. By adopting such a configuration, the slide cover having a predetermined rigidity and a predetermined bending elasticity can be efficiently formed (manufactured). Further, since the slide cover is configured such that its side end does not come into contact with the guide ribs or the like, even if there is some burrs or the like on the side end, the operation of this slide cover will be difficult. It does not cause any trouble. These also make it possible to improve the manufacturing efficiency of the present slide cover, that is, the productivity.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Although it is related to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the configuration is such that a shift lever 5 for performing a gear shift operation of a transmission, and the shift lever 5 is operated integrally with the shift lever 5 and the shift operation position is displayed. Slide cover 1 integrally provided with an operating indicator 7, shift lever 5 and slide cover 1
And the like, and is basically composed of a casing formed by an upper case 2 and a lower case 3 which are vertically divided into two parts.

In such a basic structure, the slide cover 1 is formed on the basis of a strip-shaped member (plate portion) 11 made of a thermoplastic resin material as shown in FIG. It is designed to be integrally molded by means or the like. And
A mounting hole 19 into which the shift lever 5 is mounted is provided in the central portion of the strip-shaped plate portion 11 as described above. In addition, the plate portion 11
In the vicinity of both side ends along the longitudinal direction of the plate portion 1, tongue-shaped guides 15 are provided as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3.
It is designed to be integrally provided with 1.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tongue-shaped guide 15 is located on one surface side of the plate portion 11 and close to both end portions of the plate portion 11.
, Are formed so as to be continuous in a line in the longitudinal direction. And this guide 15
Engage with the lower rail 31 of the lower case 3 described later,
The slide cover 1 itself is adapted to smoothly slide in the longitudinal direction. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the main guide 15 is formed in a separate and independent form so that the front and rear end portions of the plate portion 11 are susceptible to bending elastic deformation. Is. An indicator 7 for displaying the operating state of the shift lever 5 is provided at a side end portion of the main slide cover 1 having the above-mentioned structure, and at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction thereof. .

Next, of the casings for accommodating the slide cover 1 and the like, the upper case 2 has a box shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and in many cases, is made of a plastic material. It is designed to be integrally molded with. An opening 29 for allowing the operation of the shift lever 5 when the shift lever 5 is operated is provided on the upper surface. Therefore, the strip-shaped slide cover 1 is provided so as to close the opening 29. Also,
At the opening 29 having such a structure,
As shown in FIG. 2, a vertical wall flange is provided,
This flange forms an upper rail 21 that serves as a retainer for the upper portion of the slide cover 1.

The lower case 3 provided so as to make a pair with the upper case 2 has a box shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is made of a plastic material like the upper case 2. It is to be molded. Then, as shown in FIG. 1, a vertically long opening 39 is provided at the center thereof so as to allow the operation of the shift lever 5. And
1 and 2 are formed on both side surfaces of the vertically long opening 39.
As shown in FIG.
1 is provided.

The slide cover 1 is attached to the upper portion of the opening 39 having such a structure so as to close the opening 39, and the slide cover 1 is attached. In this state, the guide 15 of the slide cover 1 and the lower rails 31 formed on both side surfaces of the opening 39 are engaged with each other so that the slide cover 1 can be smoothly operated in the longitudinal direction. It is a thing. That is, the lower rail 31 serves as a guide rail of the slide cover 1. The lower rail 31 having such a structure is formed inside the guide 15 of the slide cover 1 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
It is considered that it is formed on the outside of the guide 15 as shown by the chain double-dashed line. In short, any type may be used as long as it can serve as the guide rail of the slide cover 1.

The slide cover 1 having such a structure
Mounting hole 19 formed in the substantially central portion of the plate portion 11 of
The shift lever 5 is mounted at the position, and the slide cover 1, the shift lever 5 and the like are assembled in a predetermined state, and further, these parts are placed in the upper case 2 and the lower case 3 in a predetermined state. The shift device for a transmission according to the present embodiment is formed by being installed in the.

Next, the operation and the like of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the slide cover 1 having a strip-shaped planar shape and having the guides 15 made of a tongue-shaped projecting continuous body at both end portions thereof has an upper case 2 and a lower case, as shown in FIG. This slide cover is installed at the openings 29, 39 of the casing made of 3 and further operates in response to the operation of the shift lever 5 when the shift lever 5 is operated in such a state. 1 will operate smoothly. That is, the slide cover 1 according to the present embodiment is made of an elastic body and has a strip shape, and tongue-shaped protrusions are continuously provided on both side ends thereof. The guide 15 is formed by being bent (see FIG. 3). Therefore, when such a slide cover 1 is installed on the lower rail 31 of the lower case 3, as shown in FIG. Means that the tongue-shaped guide 15 engages with the lower rail 31 provided on the lower case 3, whereby the slide cover 1 smoothly slides on the lower rail 31. Become.

Further, the guide 15 provided on the slide cover 1 has a tongue-like shape, and these are individually and independently formed. Therefore, the entire slide cover 1 is easily elastically deformed in the bending direction. As a result, the tip end portion of the slide cover 1 can freely elastically deform (bend and deform). Therefore, the shift lever 5
When the slide cover 1 is operated in response to the operation of, the tip portion thereof is flexibly elastically deformed as shown in FIG. 4, and the slide movement of the slide cover 1 is smoothly performed. .

Further, since the present slide cover 1 having the above-mentioned structure is integrally formed of the thermoplastic resin material by the injection molding means, it has a predetermined rigidity and a predetermined bending elasticity. Thus, the slide cover 1 having the above is efficiently formed (manufactured). Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the slide cover 1 is configured such that both side ends thereof do not come into direct contact with the guide ribs and the like, so that even if there are some burrs or the like on both side ends, the present slide cover 1 There is no hindrance to the operation of 1. With this, this slide cover 1
Production efficiency, that is, productivity is improved.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a shift lever for shifting the transmission, an indicator which operates in response to the operation of the shift lever and which displays the shift state of the transmission, and each of these indicators. Regarding a shift device for a transmission including a casing that accommodates functional parts, a slide that is attached to the shift lever, operates together with the shift lever, and closes the shift lever operating opening of the casing. The cover is a thin plate and is made to have a strip-shaped planar shape, and the strip-shaped member is on one surface side thereof along the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped shape, and Since the guides made of a continuous body of a plurality of tongue-shaped protrusions are provided at both end portions thereof, the above-mentioned tongue-shaped protrusions are adopted. By engaging the lower guide with the lower rail formed in the casing (lower case), the operation in the longitudinal direction is guided, and thereby the operation in the longitudinal direction is smoothly performed. It became so. Further, since the tongue-shaped guides are formed separately and independently, the bending elastic deformation at the tip end portion of the slide cover can be smoothly performed. It became possible to operate smoothly.

Further, since the side end portion of the slide cover does not come into direct contact with the conventionally provided guide rib or the like, the slide cover is moved in the longitudinal direction due to burrs or the like generated at the slide cover side end portion. The (operation) is no longer hindered. As a result, when the slide cover is integrally molded by injection molding means or the like, it is not necessary to take extra time and labor for deburring the side ends, and the manufacturing efficiency of the slide cover can be improved. I can do it now. Further, as a result, the productivity of the entire shift device for the present transmission can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration around a slide cover, which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a structure of a tongue-shaped guide formed on the slide cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of a slide cover which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure around a slide cover according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Slide Cover 11 Plate Part 15 Guide 19 Mounting Hole 2 Upper Case 21 Upper Rail 29 Opening 3 Lower Case 31 Lower Rail 39 Opening 5 Shift Lever 7 Indicator

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shift lever for performing a shift operation of a transmission, an indicator that operates in response to the operation of the shift lever and displays a shift state of the transmission, and a casing that accommodates these functional parts. In a shift device for a transmission, the slide cover is attached to the shift lever and operates together with the shift lever. The slide cover has a thin plate shape and serves to close the shift lever operating opening of the casing. And a plurality of tongues on one surface side of the strip-shaped member along the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped configuration and on both side ends thereof. A shift device for a transmission, characterized in that a guide formed of a continuous body of one-sided protrusions is provided. 2. The transmission shift device according to claim 1, wherein the strip-shaped slide cover is formed of a thermoplastic resin material, and the tongue-shaped guide that forms a part of the slide cover is formed. In addition, the transmission shift device is characterized in that these are integrally molded by injection molding means.