JPH11263159A - Arm rest for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an arm rest for vehicle of such a structure that a pull handle is installed inside the body of arm rest, whereby it is possible to eliminate risk of a finger to be nipped at the time of operating the pull handle, establish smooth operation, and simplify the installing works for the arm rest body and pull handle. SOLUTION: This arm rest 20 is structured so that a pull handle 40 is consolidated with the inner surface of the arm rest body consisting of a core 31 and skin 32. An inner surface flange 35a on the side nearer the one, who is seeing the illustration, of the arm rest body is dislocated indoors relative to the inner wall surface 46 on that side of the pull handle 40 which lies nearer the one who is seeing the illustration, and a step 47 is set between the two. This allows preventing a finger from being nipped at the time of manipulation, and the dimensional errors and installing errors of the arm rest body and pull handle 40 can be absorbed by the step 47, and also the positioning work can be simplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an armrest installed on an automobile door trim, and more particularly to an armrest for a vehicle having a pull handle integrated with the armrest.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, an automobile door trim installed in a door panel of a vehicle is provided with an armrest so that an occupant can take a relaxed posture with an armrest and a pull handle for opening and closing the door. Often installed on armrests.

For example, FIGS. 8 and 9 are a perspective view and a sectional view showing a conventional automobile door trim. The automobile door trim 1 is formed into a required shape, and has a shape retaining property and rigidity for mounting to a door panel. It is composed of a core material 2 and a skin material 3 attached to the surface of the core material 2 and having a cushioning property and a decorative property.

In the center of the door trim 1,
The armrest 4 is installed.
As shown in FIG. 10, the armrest 4 includes an armrest core 4a, an armrest pad 4b, and an armrest skin 4c. A pull handle 5 formed by molding a synthetic resin into a case is provided inside the armrest 4. .
The pull handle 5 is connected to the armrest 4 by pulling a screw 7 inserted through a mounting hole of a flange 5 a of the pull handle 5 into a mounting boss 6 projecting from the back surface of an armrest core 4 a of the armrest 4. The handle 5 is integrated.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional door trim 1, the pull handle 5 for opening and closing the door is installed inside the armrest 4, and the pull handle 5 is not exposed to the product surface side. , Good appearance performance can be maintained, but as shown in FIG.
In particular, when closing the door, when the occupant's finger is inserted into the pull handle 5 and the door is pulled toward the front side, the finger is pinched in the division a between the armrest 4 and the pull handle 5,
There was a problem that the occupant was discomforted and a smooth door closing operation could not be expected.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in a vehicle armrest installed in a door trim, when closing a door, pulling a pull handle toward a front side, an occupant's finger is in contact with an armrest body. To provide a vehicular armrest that can be smoothly operated by a pull handle without being caught between the pull handle and an assembling operation between the armrest body and the pull handle. With the goal.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a door trim has a surface center portion bulging toward the interior of a room, an armrest support portion is formed, and
An armrest for a vehicle installed on an upper surface of an armrest support portion, wherein an opening for a pull handle formed in the armrest body is provided in a vehicle armrest including an armrest body and a pull handle fixed inside the armrest body. The upper flange of the pull handle is aligned with the upper opening of the pull handle, and the peripheral flange of the pull handle is fixed to the inner surface of the armrest core of the armrest body. It is characterized by being retracted inside the vehicle and having a step between them.

Here, the door trim is formed by sticking a skin material to the surface of a core material formed in a required shape. The door trim has an armrest support formed by bulging a center portion of the surface of the door trim toward the indoor side. A structure is adopted in which an upper portion is formed, the upper surface of the armrest support portion is set to a flat surface, and the armrest is placed and fixed.

Further, the armrest for a vehicle is constituted by integrating an armrest body and a pull handle,
The armrest body is configured by enclosing an outer surface of an armrest core made of a hard body with an armrest skin, and the armrest core is made of an injection molded body or a metal molded body of a hard resin such as a PP resin or an ABS resin. An outer peripheral flange is bent downward along the edge and both side edges, and an opening for a pull handle is formed corresponding to the opening of the pull handle. A peripheral flange is formed.

The armrest skin that covers the outer surface of the armrest core can be made of an injection molded article of a soft resin such as soft PVC or synthetic rubber, or a laminated sheet material in which a foam layer is lined on the back surface of a PVC sheet. It is also possible to use an injection molded body in consideration of the work of winding and processing the terminal of the armrest skin around the periphery of the armrest core.

In order to assemble and fix the outer surface of the armrest core integrally covered with the armrest skin to the pull handle, the openings of the pull handle are butted from the inner surface side of the armrest main body, and the inner peripheral flange of the armrest main body is formed. The armrest is manufactured by bringing the distal end portion into contact with the outer peripheral flange of the pull handle and fixing the peripheral flange of the pull handle and the armrest body with screws. In addition to fixing the armrest body and the pull handle, in addition to the screw fixing, a locking piece may be provided on one side and a locking hole may be provided on the other side, and the armrest body may be integrated by an engaging structure. It is also possible to use stops.

Next, in order to attach the armrest to the door trim, the armrest is set on the flat upper surface of the armrest support portion provided on the door trim, and the clip is mounted on a clip mounting seat provided on the armrest core of the armrest body. Along with fixing to the upper surface of the armrest support portion, a pull handle is inserted through an opening opened on the upper surface of the armrest support portion,
The pull handle is fixed with screws to a bracket fixed to the door panel, or is fixed with screws to a support plate integrally formed on the inner surface of the door trim via a spring washer or the like.

Next, the relationship between the armrest body and the pull handle is that the front inner wall surface of the pull handle and the front inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest body are not flush with each other, but the inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest body is pulled. A step is formed so as to retreat from the inner wall surface of the handle, and the dimension of this step may be set arbitrarily. The step size may be set so that a blind spot is formed by the upper edge corner of the inner peripheral flange of the main body. In order to make this step large, it is effective to set the division line between the inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest main body and the outer peripheral flange surface of the pull handle at a position distant from the upper surface of the armrest main body, that is, below.

The upper edge corner portion of the inner wall surface on the front side of the pull handle is preferably subjected to a curved R processing in consideration of a feeling of touch. If the size of this R is set arbitrarily as long as the R stop does not reach the end of the inner peripheral flange of the armrest body, the touch feeling is further improved.

As is apparent from the above configuration, the armrest body and the pull handle are assembled in such a manner that the wall surface of the inner peripheral flange of the armrest body is shifted to the front side with respect to the front side wall surface of the pull handle, Since the stepped portion is provided between the two, even when the occupant closes the door, even if his / her finger is inserted into the pull handle, the finger is not pinched by the divided portion between the armrest main body and the pull handle.

Further, when the inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest body and the inner peripheral surface of the pull handle are set flush with each other as in the prior art, strict alignment accuracy is required. Since the step portion is set between the two, the inner wall surface on the back side of the pull handle and the inner wall surface on the inner peripheral flange of the armrest main body that are visible from the occupant need only be set flush. Therefore, other wall surfaces do not require much alignment accuracy, the alignment operation can be performed relatively roughly, and dimensional errors and mounting errors can be absorbed.

Further, if a curved R-shape is applied to the upper edge corner of the inner wall surface on the front side of the pull handle, the feeling of touch during operation is improved.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a vehicle armrest according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an automobile door trim to which an embodiment of an armrest according to the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the structure of the vehicle door trim, and FIG.
Is an explanatory view showing a mounting state of the armrest, FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a configuration of the armrest, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a modification of the armrest. 6 and FIG.
A perspective view showing another embodiment of the armrest according to the present invention,
FIG.

1 to 3, an automobile door trim 10 includes a core material 11 formed into a required shape and a skin material 12 integrally attached to the surface of the core material 11. Specifically, the core material 11 is formed into a required shape by mold press molding a polypropylene resin mixed with talc, and the skin material 12 is set in a mold in advance during the mold press molding of the core material 11. Thus, a laminated sheet material having good cushioning properties, in which a polyethylene foam is lined on the back surface of a PVC sheet, is used as the material of the skin material 12, which is integrally attached to the core material 11.

In the door trim 10 for an automobile, an armrest support portion 13 is formed in the center of the surface so as to protrude toward the passenger compartment in order to mount the armrest 20, and the upper surface 14 of the armrest support portion 13 is flat. The opening 15 for mounting the pull handle and the armrest 2 are formed.
A mounting hole 16 for attaching the “0” is provided at an appropriate place.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the armrest 20 installed on the armrest support portion 13 of the automobile door trim 10 has a structure in which an armrest body 30 and a pull handle 40 are integrated. More specifically, the armrest body 30 is configured by enclosing an outer surface of an armrest core 31 with an armrest skin 32, and the armrest core 31 is formed of an injection molded body of a hard resin such as a PP resin and an ABS resin. In this embodiment, an injection molded article of PP resin is used, and the pull handle 4 is used.
In addition, an opening 33 for a pull handle for fitting the opening 0 is provided, and an outer peripheral flange 34 facing downward is provided around the front side edge and both side edges. The inner peripheral flange 35 along the periphery is also formed to be directed downward, so that a three-dimensional effect can be emphasized in modeling. In addition, a clip mounting seat 36 is formed at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 16 of the door trim 10, and a metal clip 37 is mounted on the clip mounting seat 36.
Mounting hole 1 provided on the upper surface of armrest supporter 13
6, the armrest main body 30 is attached to the door trim 10 by press-fitting.

On the other hand, the armrest skin 32 enclosing the outer surface of the armrest core 31 is formed of an injection-molded body of soft vinyl chloride resin, and covers the outer surface of the armrest core 31 and the surfaces of the outer peripheral flange 34 and the inner peripheral flange 35. The armrest skin 32 is coated so that the terminal treatment is performed by winding the armrest core 31 from the periphery to the back side.
Is based on the product shape with the armrest core 31,
The peripheral end is formed in a shape wound on the back side in a hook shape.

If desired, the armrest skin 32
As shown in FIG. 2, a spacer rib 38 is provided integrally with the armrest core 31 on the inner surface side thereof, and the flexibility of the spacer rib 38 imparts a good elastic function to the armrest 20. Is also good.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the pull handle 40 is formed of an injection molded body of PP resin, and is formed in a case shape having an opening 41 on the upper surface. While the flange 42 is provided around,
A screw fixing hole 43 for fixing a screw 53 is provided in a screw hole 52 of a bracket 51 of the door panel 50.

By the way, according to the present invention, when the pull handle 40 is operated, the fingers are not pinched in the divided portion of the armrest main body 30 and the pull handle 40, so that smooth operability can be expected, and the armrest main body 30 It is a feature of the present invention to provide the armrest 20 in which the assembling work with the pull handle 40 can be performed easily and quickly.

That is, the pull handle 40 is fitted to the armrest body 30 so that the openings 33 and 41 are aligned from the inner surface side of the armrest body 30 so that the pull handle 40 is attached to the peripheral flange 42 of the pull handle 40. A screw 45 is inserted through the mounting hole 44a of the piece 44 and is fixed to a mounting boss (not shown) provided on the inner surface of the armrest core 31 with a screw. Inner peripheral flange 35 on the near side of armrest body 30 with respect to inner wall surface 46
“a” is set to be shifted toward the indoor side, and a step portion 47 having a dimension indicated by “d” in FIG. 4 is set.

The dimension d of the step portion 47 is such that the upper edge corner 46a of the inner wall surface 46 on the front side of the pull handle 40 from the indoor side is the inner peripheral flange 3 on the front side of the armrest body 30.
A blind spot is formed by the upper edge portion 5a, and the dimension is set to be inconspicuous outside.

Therefore, when the door is closed, when the occupant's finger is pointed into the pull handle 40 and the pull handle 40 is pulled toward the front side to close the door, the stepped portion 47 is touched by the occupant's finger. With the setting, the finger is not pinched in the divided portion between the armrest main body and the pull handle as in the conventional case, and the occupant can smoothly operate the pull handle 40 without feeling discomfort. it can.

Further, the dimension d of the step portion 47 may be arbitrarily set as long as the upper edge corner portion 46a of the inner wall surface 46 on the front side of the pull handle 40 is located at a blind spot.
Conventionally, it was necessary to set the inner wall surface of the pull handle and the inner peripheral flange of the armrest body to be flush with each other along the entire peripheral wall. However, in the present invention, a configuration in which the step portion 47 is set on the near side is provided. Therefore, the armrest main body 30 and the pull handle 40 can be easily positioned only by aligning the inner wall surface 48 on the rear side of the pull handle 40 with the inner peripheral flange 35 b on the rear side of the armrest main body 30. Even if dimensional errors and mounting errors occur slightly, these errors can be absorbed by the dimensions of the step portion 47, and the work of assembling the pull handle 40 to the armrest main body 30 can be performed easily and quickly. it can.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the pull handle 4
0, where the occupant's finger is easily touched, that is, the upper edge corner 4 of the front inner wall surface 46 of the pull handle 40.
By giving a curved R processing to 6a, the touch feeling is further improved, and the operability is improved.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the shapes of the armrest main body 30 and the pull handle 40 may be illustrated. In this embodiment, an opening for the pull handle opened in the armrest main body 30 is shown. Reference numeral 33 denotes a notch provided at an edge portion abutting on the door trim 10 side, and the pull handle 40 also has a configuration in which a wall portion on the inner rear side uses a surface portion of the door trim 10.

Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the inner peripheral flange 35 of the armrest main body 30 is shifted toward the indoor side as compared with the inner wall surface 46 on the near side of the pull handle 40. Similarly to the above, the operability of the pull handle 40 is improved, and especially on the inner side, the alignment between the armrest 30 and the pull handle 40 becomes unnecessary, and the workability of the pull handle mounting can be simplified. effective.

[0035]

As described above, the vehicle armrest according to the present invention has the following special effects.

(1) The vehicle armrest according to the first and second aspects comprises an armrest main body and a pull handle provided inside the armrest main body, and when the pull handle and the armrest main body are assembled, the armrest main body is located on the near side of the pull handle. Since the inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest body is shifted toward the indoor side with respect to the wall surface and a step is set between the two, when the occupant's hand enters the pull handle, the armrest body and the pull The finger is not pinched in the division between the steering wheel and the steering wheel, so that smooth operation of the pull handle can be expected without giving discomfort to the occupant, and the operability is improved.

(2) The vehicle armrest according to the first and second aspects comprises an armrest main body and a pull handle provided inside the armrest main body, and when the pull handle and the armrest main body are assembled, the armrest main body is located on the near side of the pull handle. Since the inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest main body is shifted to the indoor side with respect to the wall surface and a step is set between the two, when the armrest main body and the pull handle are integrated, the inner side of the inner side of the armrest main body is The peripheral flange surface and the inner wall surface on the back side of the pull handle may be set flush, and the dimension of the step between the inner wall surface on the near side of the pull handle and the inner flange on the near side of the armrest body is optional. This allows easy and quick positioning and mounting of the pull handle with respect to the armrest body, as well as the armrest body and It has the effect that it is possible to effectively absorb dimensional errors or both of the mounting error or the like of the handle.

(3) In the vehicle armrest according to the third aspect, the step portion is set by shifting the front inner peripheral flange surface of the armrest main body toward the indoor side with respect to the front outer wall surface of the pull handle, and further pulling. Since the upper corner of the inner wall surface on the front side of the handle is subjected to a curved R-shape, even if the occupant puts his finger into the pull handle when operating the pull handle, the finger is caught in the split part In addition to this, there is an effect that a sharp tactile sensation in the corner portion is avoided, and smooth operability of the pull handle can be expected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an automobile door trim to which an embodiment of a vehicle armrest according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the vehicle armrest is mounted on a door trim.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the configuration of the embodiment of the vehicle armrest.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a variation of the vehicle armrest.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the vehicle armrest according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the configuration of the vehicle armrest shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional automobile door trim.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional vehicle armrest.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Car door trim 13 Armrest support part 20 Vehicle armrest 30 Armrest main body 31 Armrest core 32 Armrest skin 33 Pull handle opening 35 (35a, 35b) Inner peripheral flange 40 Pull handle 41 Opening 42 Peripheral flange 46 Front inner wall surface 46a Edge corner part 47 Step part 48 Back side inner wall surface 50 Door panel d Step part size

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle armrest installed on an upper surface of an armrest support portion (13), wherein a center portion of a surface of a door trim (10) bulges toward a room side to form an armrest support portion (13). (20)
In a vehicle armrest comprising an armrest body (30) and a pull handle (40) fixed inside the armrest body (30), an opening (33) for a pull handle formed in the armrest body (30) and a pull The peripheral flange (42) of the pull handle (40) is fixed to the inner surface of the armrest body (30) by matching the upper surface opening (41) of the handle (40), and the front inner wall surface (4) of the pull handle.
6) An armrest for a vehicle, wherein the inner peripheral flange surface (35a) on the front side of the armrest body (30) is retracted toward the inside of the vehicle, and a step (47) is set therebetween. 2. An upper corner (46a) of the inner wall surface (46) on the near side of the pull handle (40) is blinded by an edge of a pull handle opening (33) formed in the armrest body (30). The vehicle armrest according to claim 1, wherein the dimension of the step (47) is set as described above. 3. A curved R-work is applied to an upper edge corner (46a) of the inner wall surface (46) on the front side of the pull handle (40). The vehicle armrest as described.