JPH11115523A - Wiring structure for gear shift lever - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a device to eliminate necessity for a clamp member fixing harness to a gear shift lever, and attain reduction of a cost. SOLUTION: A gear shift lever 6 journalled to a lever housing 4 to be shift operated to each shift position by a grip is provided, each shift position stepped part 18 and each shift position engaging hole 20 corresponding to each shift position are provided in a position plate 16 vertically provided in the lever housing 4, in the speed change lever 6, a positioning retainer 28 elastic pressure engaging an engaging unit with each shift position engaging hole 20 is provided to be mounted by a mounting bracket 36, and in this mounting bracket 36, a harness fixing part is provided, which fixes harness 44 connected to a switch mechanism of the grip.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift lever wiring structure, and more particularly to a shift lever wiring structure which can eliminate the need for a clamp member for fixing a harness to a shift lever and can reduce costs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some engines mounted on vehicles are equipped with an automatic transmission for automatically converting and extracting a driving force according to running conditions. The engaged state of the automatic transmission can be switched to a forward shift position, a reverse shift position, or the like by a shift lever. A harness for transmitting various signals is wired to the shift lever.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show a conventional transmission lever wiring structure. 5 and 6, 10
2 is a shift lever device, 104 is a lever housing, 10
Reference numeral 6 denotes a speed change lever. The speed change lever device 102 has one end of a lever shaft 110 of the speed change lever 106 pivotally supported on a lever bracket 108 of a lever housing 104 by a support shaft 112, and a grip 114 provided on the other end of the lever shaft 110. The shift lever 106 is operated to shift to each shift position by gripping the grip 114.

A position plate 116 is erected on the lever housing 104, and a step 118 for each shift position corresponding to each shift position of the transmission lever 106 is provided on the position plate 116, and each shift position engaging portion 118 A hole 120 is provided.

The speed change lever 106 has a lever shaft 110
The grip 114 is provided with a shift knob 122, and a position pin (not shown) is operated by the shift knob 122 via a shift rod (not shown). The position pin is connected to the position plate 116.
Are engaged and disengaged from the shift position step portions 118 to allow and prevent the shift lever 106 from moving from each shift position.

The speed change lever 106 has a lever shaft 110 provided with a positioning retainer 124. The positioning retainer 124 incorporates an elastic body 126 and an engagement body 128 in the holding body 124 and is attached to the lever shaft 110 by a mounting bracket 130. Positioning retainer 12
Reference numeral 4 denotes a moderation feeling at each shift position when the shift lever 106 is shifted by causing the elastic body 126 to elastically engage the engagement member 128 with each shift position engagement hole 120 of the position plate 116. .

The transmission lever 106 has a grip 11
The harness 134 connected to the fourth switch mechanism 132 is wired. The harness 134 is wound around the lever shaft 110 by a wrapping clamp member 136 so as not to be caught between the lever shaft 110 and the position plate 116.
It is fixed to.

An example of such a wiring structure of the transmission lever is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-45534. The gazette disclosed in this publication is provided with a gripping head portion in which a switch box is housed at a tip of a shaft of a speed change operation lever pivotally supported by a boot portion of a base, and a harness connected to the switch box. At least two through holes of the boot portion are sewn into each other to form a loose portion, and the loose portion is provided with a resilient ring for preventing it from being caught.

[0009]

In the conventional transmission lever wiring structure, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the harness 134 is connected to the lever shaft 110 by the clamp member 1.
36, or, as disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, the harness is inserted and fixed by sewn through the through hole of the boot portion, and an elastic ring for preventing pinching is attached to the loose portion.

For this reason, in the conventional transmission lever wiring structure, the clamp member 13 for fixing the harness 134 is used.
6 and the need for an elastic ring to prevent the harness from being pinched increase the number of parts and the number of assembling operations, and furthermore, insert the harness into the through hole of the boot so as to sew it. In this case, assembling work is complicated and the cost is increased.

[0011]

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages, the present invention provides a shift lever which is pivotally supported by a lever housing and operated to shift to each shift position by a grip. An upright position plate is provided with a step portion for each shift position corresponding to each shift position of the shift lever and an engaging hole for each shift position, and the shift lever is provided with an engaging hole for each shift position of the position plate. A positioning retainer for resiliently engaging the engaging body is provided by a mounting bracket, and a harness fixing portion for fixing a harness connected to a switch mechanism of the grip is provided on the mounting bracket.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a shift lever which is pivotally supported by a lever housing and is operated to be shifted to each shift position by a grip. A corresponding step portion for each shift position and an engagement recess for each shift position are provided, and a positioning elastic body for elastically engaging the engagement portion to each shift position engagement recess of the position plate is attached to the shift lever. The positioning elastic body is provided with a harness fixing portion for fixing a harness connected to the switch mechanism of the grip.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The transmission lever wiring structure of the present invention is connected to a mounting bracket of a positioning retainer for resiliently engaging an engaging body with each shift position engaging hole of a position plate, and to a switch mechanism of a grip. By providing the harness fixing portion for fixing the harness, the harness can be fixed using the mounting bracket of the positioning retainer, which is an existing member, on the shift lever.

Further, in the wiring structure of the speed change lever of the present invention, a harness connected to a switch mechanism of the grip is fixed to a positioning elastic body which resiliently engages the engaging portion with each shift position engaging recess of the position plate. By providing the harness fixing portion, the harness can be fixed using the positioning elastic body which is an existing member on the shift lever.

[0015]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 3, reference numeral 2 denotes a shift lever device of an automatic transmission (not shown), 4 denotes a lever housing, and 6 denotes a shift lever. The speed change lever device 2 rotatably supports one end of a lever shaft 10 of the speed change lever 6 on a lever bracket 8 of a lever housing 4 by a support shaft 12.
Is provided with a grip 14 on the other end side. Shift lever 6
Each shift position (that is, for example, a parking shift position P, a reverse shift position R, a neutral shift position N, a traveling shift position D, and a second speed shift position is performed by gripping the grip 14 and rotating about the support shaft 12. The shift operation is performed to the 2-1 first-gear shift position L (a parking shift position).

A position plate 16 is erected on the lever housing 4 in parallel with the rotation direction of the speed change lever 6. The position plate 16 is provided with a stepped portion 18 for each shift position corresponding to each of the shift positions P, R, N, D, 2, and L of the transmission lever 6, and each shift position P
Engagement hole 2 for each shift position corresponding to R, N, D, 2, L
0 is provided.

The shift lever 6 is provided with a shift knob 22 on the grip 14 of the lever shaft 10. Shift knob 2
2 is in contact with one end side of the shift rod 24 in the lever shaft 10 and is pushed and released by the shift rod 2.
4 is moved in the axial direction. The other end of the shift rod 24 is provided with a step 1 for each shift position of the position plate 16.
8 is provided with a position pin 26 which is disengaged.
The position pin 26 is moved forward and backward by the shift knob 22 via the shift rod 24, and each shift position step portion 1 is moved.
8 is disengaged from each other, and each shift position PR of the shift lever 6
Allow / block movement from ND / 2L.

The speed change lever 6 has a lever shaft 10
Is provided with a positioning retainer 28. The positioning retainer 28 has the elastic body 32 and the engaging body 34 built in the holding body 30. The positioning retainer 28 elastically urges the engagement body 34 toward each shift position engagement hole 20 by the elastic body 32. The positioning retainer 28 includes the holding body 3
0 is attached to the lever shaft 10 by the attachment bracket 36. The positioning retainer 28 elastically presses the engagement body 34 into each of the shift position engagement holes 20 of the position plate 16 by the elastic body 32, so that when the shift lever 6 is shifted, each of the shift positions P, R, N・ D ・ 2 ・
At L, a moderation feeling is produced.

The speed change lever 6 is provided with a switch mechanism 38 on the grip 14. The switch mechanism 38 outputs, for example, a signal for setting an overdrive to a control unit (not shown) of the automatic transmission, and includes a contact part 40 and a switch knob 42 for opening and closing the contact part 40. . The contact part 40 of the switch mechanism 38 is provided with the other end of a harness 44 connected to one end of a control unit (not shown).

The harness 44 is wired inside the lever shaft 10 from the vicinity of the support shaft 12 on one end side of the lever shaft 10. The harness 44 is fixed to the lever shaft 10 so as not to be sandwiched between the lever shaft 10 and the position plate 16.

In this embodiment, a mounting bracket 34 for mounting the positioning retainer 28 to the lever shaft 10 includes
A harness fixing portion 46 for fixing the harness 44 is provided integrally. The harness fixing portion 46 is attached to the mounting bracket 3.
6, a fixing plate portion 48 is provided integrally, and a fixing hole 50 for fitting and fixing the harness 44 is provided in the fixing plate portion 48. The fixing hole 50 is formed in the opening 54 of the side edge 52 of the fixing plate portion 48.
To form a substantially Ω shape. The opening 54 is
It is formed slightly smaller than the fixing hole 50.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

During a shift operation, the shift lever 6 is operated by pushing and releasing the shift knob 22 to operate the lever shaft 1.
By moving the shift pin 26 forward and backward through the shift rod 24 inside the shift position 24 and engaging and disengaging the shift pin 26 with the step portion 18 for each shift position, each shift position P, R, N
Movement from D · 2 · L is permitted / blocked.

When the shift lever 6 is shifted, the engaging body 34 is moved by the elastic body 32 of the positioning retainer 28 at each of the shift positions P, R, N, D, 2, and L to shift each of the shift positions of the position plate 16. The engagement hole 20 is elastically engaged to generate a moderation feeling.

The transmission lever 6 is provided with a mounting bracket 36 of a positioning retainer 28 for resiliently engaging the engagement body 32 with each shift position engagement hole 20 of the position plate 16.
Further, a harness fixing portion 46 for fixing a harness 44 connected to the switch mechanism 38 of the grip 14 is provided.
The harness 44 is fitted into the fixing hole 50 from the opening 54 of the side edge 52 of the fixing plate portion 48, so that the harness fixing portion 4
Fixed to 6.

As described above, the wiring structure of the transmission lever 6 is such that the harness fixing portion 46 for fixing the harness 44 to the mounting bracket 36 of the positioning retainer 28 is integrally provided, so that the transmission lever 6 has an existing member. The harness 44 can be fixed using the mounting bracket 36 of a certain positioning retainer 28.

For this reason, the wiring structure of the speed change lever 6 does not require separate components such as a wrapping type clamp member for fixing the harness 44 to the speed change lever 6 and an elastic ring for preventing pinching. The number of parts and the number of assembling operations can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced. Further, the wiring structure of the transmission lever 6 can be easily fixed by fitting the harness 44 into the substantially Ω-shaped fixing hole 50 from the opening 54 of the side edge 52 of the fixing plate portion 48, so that the assembling property is improved. Can be improved.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the transmission lever 6 of this embodiment, a lower portion of the position plate 16 is turned upward to form a positioning plate portion 56, and an engagement recess 58 for each shift position is provided on the upper edge of the positioning plate portion 56, and the lever shaft 10 One end of a substantially rectangular plate-shaped positioning elastic body 62 is attached to and provided on the mounting portion 60, and the other end of the positioning elastic body 62 is elastically engaged with each shift position engaging recess 58 of the positioning plate portion 56. The engaging portion 64 is provided. The positioning elastic body 62 has a harness fixing portion 6 for fixing the harness 44.
6 are provided.

The harness fixing portion 66 is provided with the positioning elastic body 6.
2 is provided with a fixing hole 68 for fitting and fixing the harness 44. The fixing hole 68 is provided on the side edge 70 of the positioning elastic body 62.
The opening 72 is formed in a substantially Ω shape. The opening 72 is formed slightly smaller than the fixing hole 68.

The wiring structure of the transmission lever 6 of this embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment in that a harness fixing portion 66 for fixing the harness 44 to the positioning elastic member 62 is provided. Can be used to fix the harness 44.

For this reason, the wiring structure of the speed change lever 6 does not require separate components such as a wrapping type clamp member for fixing the harness 44 to the speed change lever 6 and an elastic ring for preventing pinching. The number of parts and the number of assembling operations can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced. The wiring structure of the speed change lever 6 is such that an opening 7 of the side edge 70 of the positioning elastic body 62 is
Since it can be easily fixed by fitting the harness 44 from 2, the assemblability can be improved. Further, the wiring structure of the speed change lever 6 is such that only the fixing hole 68 is formed as the harness fixing portion 66 for fixing the harness 44 to the positioning elastic body 62.
Can be easily implemented.

[0032]

As described above, according to the wiring structure of the speed change lever of the present invention, the harness can be fixed by using the mounting bracket or the positioning elastic body of the positioning retainer which is an existing member of the speed change lever.

For this reason, the wiring structure of this transmission lever is as follows:
Separate parts such as a clamp member for fixing the harness to the shift lever and a resilient ring for preventing pinching can be eliminated,
As a result, the number of parts and the number of assembling operations can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a positioning retainer portion of a transmission lever according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a positioning retainer portion of a transmission lever.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a shift lever.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a positioning retainer portion of a transmission lever showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a shift lever showing a conventional example.

6 is a perspective view of a positioning retainer portion of the transmission lever of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 2 shift lever device 4 lever housing 6 shift lever 10 lever shaft 14 grip 16 position plate 18 step portion for each shift position 20 engagement hole for each shift position 22 shift knob 24 shift rod 26 position pin 28 positioning retainer 36 mounting bracket 38 switch mechanism 44 Harness 42 Harness fixing part 44 Fixing plate part 46 Fixing hole 50 Opening

Claims (2)

[Claims] A shift lever which is pivotally supported by a lever housing and is operated to be shifted to each shift position by a grip is provided, and a shift plate corresponding to each shift position of the shift lever is provided on a position plate erected on the lever housing. A position step portion and each shift position engaging hole are provided, and a positioning retainer for resiliently engaging an engaging body with each shift position engaging hole of the position plate is provided on the speed change lever by a mounting bracket. A wiring structure of a shift lever, wherein a harness fixing portion for fixing a harness connected to a switch mechanism of the grip is provided on the bracket. 2. A shift lever which is pivotally supported by a lever housing and operated to shift to each shift position by a grip is provided, and a shift plate corresponding to each shift position of the shift lever is provided on a position plate erected on the lever housing. A position step portion and a shift position engaging recess are provided, and a positioning elastic body that elastically engages the engaging portion with the shift position engaging recess of the position plate is attached to the shift lever, and the positioning elastic member is provided. A wiring structure of a shift lever, wherein a harness fixing portion for fixing a harness connected to a switch mechanism of the grip is provided on a body.