JPH11245824A - Steering wheel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily dry sweat on the palm of a hand which a driver swears during driving of an automobile by forming an air flow passage in a steering wheel body and providing a delivering hole in a grabbing part of the steering wheel body to discharge air sent into the air flow passage. SOLUTION: By forming a boss 5 in a double wall structure, providing a space part 23 in it, and communicating this with an empty part 24 provided in a spoke 6 and with a cavity part 25 provided in a grabbing part 4, an air flow passage 2 is formed in a steering wheel body 1. A delivery hole 7 communicating with the cavity part 25 is provided on a periphery surface of the grabbing part 4. Air is sent into the air flow passage 2 by a sending means 3 consisting of a ring pipe 15, a hose 19, and an air blowing part such as an air conditioner. Air is passed through the air flow passage 2 and is discharged from each delivery hole 7 provided in the grabbing part 4 toward the outside of the grabbing part 4. With this air, sweat stuck to the palm of a hand is speedily dried.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a steering wheel used for operating a motor vehicle.

[0002]

In driving a car, although there are individual differences depending on the driver due to a high temperature in summer or a sense of tension accompanying the driving of the car, unpleasant sweat on the palm of the hand gripping the steering wheel. May be scratched. In addition, sweat may adhere to the handle of the handle, causing the driver to feel uncomfortable, and the handle of the handle may become wet and slippery, causing the driver to operate the handle incorrectly and wipe the sweat. When you take a towel or towel placed beside your eyes, you must momentarily remove your gaze from the front,
In the worst case, there is a danger of a serious accident.

[0003] The handle of the present invention provides a suitable handle that can be quickly dried even if the driver sweats his palm while driving a car, and that has no danger of causing accidents due to sweating. It is in.

[0004]

An air flow path is formed inside the handle body, and a feeding means for sending air to the air flow path is connected. The air flow path is sent to the grip portion of the handle body from the air flow path. A discharge hole for discharging incoming air is provided. Here, the handle main body is a concept including a boss held by a handle shaft, a grip portion directly touched by a driver to perform an operation, and a spoke supporting the grip portion from the boss. The air flow path is a space formed by providing each component of the handle body in a hollow manner,
The space communicates with the hollows of the constituent members constituting the handle body. The feeding means is means for feeding air into an air flow path formed inside the handle main body, and means all means for taking in outside air and means for taking in air from an air conditioner or the like provided in an automobile. Further, the discharge hole is a hole provided in a grip portion of the handle main body in order to blow air sent from the air flow path to the driver's palm. When formed in this manner, the air flow path is formed inside the handle body, so that air from the feeding means is fed into the air flow path, and the air is further provided to the grip portion via the air flow path. The discharge holes are discharged to the outside through the discharge holes.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a handle according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another example of the handle of the present invention. First, an example of an embodiment of a handle of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The handle main body 1 is formed by arranging spokes 6 radially from the outer periphery of the boss 5 on a boss 5 held by a handle shaft 11, and supporting the annular grip portion 4 with the spokes 6. The operation performed by the driver with the grip portion 4 is transmitted to the handle shaft 11.

In order to provide the air passage 2 inside the handle body 1 having the above-described structure, first, the boss 5 is formed in a double wall structure, and a space 23 is provided therein. The inner peripheral side of the inner wall 8 of the boss 5 is formed in a shape that allows the upper end of the handle shaft 11 to be fitted therein, and the boss 5 is fixed to the handle shaft 11 so as not to be detached from the handle shaft 11 by a stopper 26 or the like. . On the other hand, the outer surface of the outer wall 9 of the boss 5 is provided with an annular groove 13 which is continuous along the circumferential direction, and further has an air suction hole 14 communicating with the space 23 in the annular groove 13. It is provided at intervals around the circumference. The spokes 6 also have empty portions 24 provided therein. Further, the grip portion 4 is formed in a pipe shape so that a hollow portion 25 is provided therein.
A discharge hole 7 communicating with the hollow portion 25 is provided on the peripheral surface of the nozzle. The air passage 2 is formed inside the handle main body 1 by connecting the space 23, the space 24, and the cavity 25 formed as described above to each other.

In the handle body 1 having the above-described structure, a ring tube 15 is arranged and fixed to the casing body 11a of the handle shaft 11 by screws or screws on the outer periphery of the annular groove 13 of the boss 5. The inner peripheral wall side of the ring tube 15 is formed thick. On the inner surface side of the inner peripheral wall of the ring tube 15, spherical convex portions 16 fitted in the annular groove 13 are provided at regular intervals at positions corresponding to the air suction holes 14 of the annular groove 13. Further, an air injection hole 17 communicating with the internal space 20 of the ring tube 15 is provided at the top of the convex portion 16. A hose 1 communicating with the internal space 20 is provided on the outer surface of the outer peripheral wall of the ring tube 15.
For example, by connecting the hose 19 to a duct or the like of an air conditioner, a ring tube 15 and a hose 19 for sending air into the air flow path 2 and a blower such as an air conditioner (not shown) are connected. Is formed. The reason why the convex portion 16 is formed as a part of a spherical surface is to rotate the handle main body 1 without any trouble.

When formed in this way, as shown in FIG. 2, air from, for example, an air conditioner is sent into the internal space 20 of the ring tube 15 via the hose 19, and the air is released from the air injection hole 17. Ready to do so.
Further, when the convex portion 16 of the ring tube 15 comes to the position of the air suction hole 14 of the annular groove 13 due to the rotation of the handle body 1, the air injection hole 17 and the air suction hole 14 communicate with each other, and the boss 5
The air is sent into the space portion 23 of the above. At this time, it is sufficient that air is sent from the air injection hole 17 to the space 23 via the air suction hole 14, and it is not always necessary that the air injection hole 17 and the air suction hole 14 exactly match. . However, in order to force the air into the space 23, it is necessary to provide the air suction hole 14 with the convex portion 1.
It is desirable to make the air injection holes 17 coincide with each other, and furthermore, when the air injection holes 17 and the air suction holes 14 match, the convex portion is formed so that air can be sent tightly and without leakage. It is desirable to set the diameter of the spherical surface constituting 16.

Further, the air sent to the space 23 of the boss 5 is sent to the space 24 of the spoke 6 and further sent to the cavity 25 of the grip 4 through the spoke 6. From each of the discharge holes 7 provided in the grip portion 4,
The air is released toward the outside of the grip 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, a depression is provided around the discharge hole 7 so that the palm can be effectively touched when the grip portion 4 is gripped, and a gap between the driver's palm and the discharge hole 7 is provided. To
It is desirable to provide a space for blowing air. Also,
A continuous groove-shaped depression may be provided along the circumferential direction of the peripheral surface of the grip portion 4, and the discharge hole 7 may be provided along the depression.

In most cases, when the steering wheel is in a straight-ahead state, the air injection hole 17 and the air intake hole 14 are combined when the handle body 1 is in a position indicating the straight-ahead direction. It is desirable to set the mounting positions of the ring tube 15 and the boss 5 in advance so that they communicate with each other. FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the steering wheel of the present invention. The steering wheel body 1 is always moved from the ring tube 15 to the steering wheel in any rotation position depending on the traveling direction of the vehicle. It is formed so that air is sent to the air flow path 2 inside the main body 1, and each air intake hole 14 of the annular groove 13 is provided as narrow as possible.

When the ring tube 15 is mounted on the boss 5, the convex portion 16 is provided so as to be fitted in the annular groove 13, so that the ring tube 15 can be easily mounted. It is preferable that the ring tube 15 is formed in a split shape. As shown in FIG. 3, the ring tube 15 is divided along the radial direction, and the split semi-circular ring tube 15a,
Respective concave portions 21a, 21b and convex portions 22a, 22b for refitting the split-type ring tubes 15a, 15b are provided at respective ends of the outer peripheral wall outside of the divided portion 15b. Further, split ring tubes 15a, 15b
Is attached along the outer periphery of the boss 5, the ring tube 1
It is desirable to attach an airtight tape along the contact surface generated by fitting the ring tube 15a and the ring tube 15b, or to weld the corresponding contact surface integrally. By forming the ring tube 15 as described above, the airtightness of the ring tube 15 is maintained, and the ring tubes 15a and 15b can be fitted more strongly.

The feed means 3 is not limited as long as it can send air to the air flow path 2 formed inside the handle main body 1. Further, when the air sent into the feeding means 3 is taken in from the duct of the air conditioner as described above, the temperature of the air emitted from the discharge hole 7 of the grip portion 4 can be adjusted. For example, cold air is released in summer. Alternatively, it is possible to emit warm air in winter, so that a more favorable condition can be obtained for the driver.

[0015]

According to the steering wheel of the present invention, even if an unpleasant sweat is swept on the palm of the steering wheel while driving a car,
By spraying air from the grip of the handle without wiping with a towel or the like, it is possible to quickly dry sweat attached to the palm. Further, since palm sweat does not adhere to the grip portion of the steering wheel, there is no fear that the steering wheel does not slip and malfunction due to sweat even during driving of the car, and a dangerous accident can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a handle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the feeding means according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Handle main body 3 Feeding means 4 Handle part 7 Discharge hole 2 Air flow path

Claims (1)

[Claims] An air flow path (2) is formed inside a handle body (1), and a feeding means (3) for sending air to the air flow path (2) is connected to the handle body (1). A handle, characterized in that a handle (4) is provided with a discharge hole (7) for discharging air sent from the air flow path (2) in the grip portion (4).