JPS5847178Y2 - Locking device for vehicle opening/closing body - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a locking device in a vehicle opening/closing body such as a trunk lid, and in particular, the locking device can be unlocked remotely using an opening/closing body opener such as a trunk lid opener installed inside the vehicle. The present invention relates to an improvement of a locking device equipped with a mechanism for canceling the unlocking of the locking device by the opener and from the viewpoint of theft prevention.

A conventional locking device of this type is, for example, a trunk lid locking device. As shown in FIG. 1, a striker 1 is attached to either the opening edge of the vehicle body or the trunk lid, and A locking mechanism 2 is attached to the other side, and the locking mechanism 2 is loosely fitted to a base plate 3, a locking lever 4 that is pivotally supported by this base plate 3 and that engages and disengages from the striker 1, and a pivot shaft 5 of this locking lever 4. The cancel lever 6 can be set to an operating position in which it engages with the locking lever 4 by operating an operation knob 7 provided on the cancel lever 6, and a cancel lever in which it does not engage with the locking lever 4. The cancel lever 6 has two positions: the trunk lid opener (
(not shown) is operated remotely.

Therefore, when the cancel lever 6 is set to the operating position as shown by the solid line in FIG. When the cancel lever 4 is set to the cancel position as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Therefore, the locking lever 4 is not operated, the locking lever 4 and the striker 1 are maintained in a locked state, and the locking device remains locked.

In FIG. 1, 8 and 8' are stoppers that restrict the movement of the locking lever 4, and 9 and 10 are the locking levers 4, respectively.
and a return spring that biases the cancel lever 6 in a predetermined direction.

However, in such a conventional locking device, for example, when setting the cancel lever 6 to the cancel position, the operating knob 7 must be moved in a predetermined direction in order to prevent theft of valuables stored in the trunk. However, in order to simplify the use by displaying the operation direction at that time, there are markings on the base plate 3 that indicate the setting directions of the operating position and canceling position of the cancel lever 6, respectively, as shown in FIG. Arrow symbol Δ and letter symbol 0PENER.

A display label 11 represented by KEY was adhesively fixed in a predetermined direction.

For this reason, the work of pasting the display label 11 when assembling the locking device becomes essential, and this work is troublesome.

Furthermore, since the locking lever 4 and the cancel lever 6 are rotatably attached to each other on the same pivot shaft 5,
Pivot 5 of this locking lever 4 and cancel lever 6
Due to the design, a small gap is ensured in this direction, and due to the presence of the gap, the locking lever 4 and the cancel lever 6 interfere with each other and generate contact noise when the vehicle body vibrates while driving or when the trunk lid is opened and closed. In order to prevent this, a corrugated spring washer or the like (not shown) is interposed between the locking lever 4 and the cancel lever 6 to restrict relative interference between them.

Therefore, when assembling the lock device, it is necessary to always insert a spring washer or the like between the locking lever 4 and the cancel lever 6. There is a risk of forgetting to put it on, which not only increases management man-hours, but also increases costs as the number of parts increases.

The present invention was developed based on the above points, and its purpose is to improve work efficiency when assembling the locking device by eliminating the need to affix a display label indicating the setting direction of the cancel lever. It is an object of the present invention to provide a locking device for a vehicle opening/closing body that effectively prevents mutual interference between a cancel lever and a locking lever due to vibrations of a vehicle body, etc., without using any extra parts.

The basic structure of the present invention is that a display emboss is formed on the base plate near the pivot of the locking lever to display the positional relationship between the operating position and the cancel position of the cancel lever. A locking device for a vehicle opening/closing body is provided which clamps a non-pivot part of a locking lever.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a locking device for the trunk lid is shown as in the conventional case.
The basic structure of this locking device is that a slider 1 is attached to either the trunk lid or the opening edge of the vehicle body, and a locking mechanism 2 is attached to the other side. A locking lever 4 is pivotally supported by the base plate 3 and engages and disengages from the striker 1 via a latch 20, and a slide hole 21 is curved at the base end. The cancel lever 6 is loosely fitted onto the pivot shaft 5 of the lever 4 and has an operating position where it engages with the locking lever 4 and a cancel position where it does not engage with the locking lever 4.

In this embodiment, the cancel lever 6 is connected to a trunk lid opener inside the vehicle via a wire (not shown) that is engaged with a bent piece 22 provided at the tip of the cancel lever 6. It is configured to be remotely controllable.

When the cancel lever 6 is set using the operation knob 7 so that the pivot shaft 5 of the locking lever 4 is located in the slide hole 21 near the proximal end of the operating position, that is, the cancel position -6, as shown in FIG. In the middle, as shown by the solid line,
The tip protrusion 24 of the cancel lever 6 comes into contact with and engages with the rising piece 23 provided at the tip of the locking lever 4, so that the locking lever 4 moves in response to the operation of the cancel lever 6 by the trunk knot opener. and locking lever 4 and latch 20, and furthermore latch 20.
The engagement between the striker 1 and the striker 1 is released.

On the other hand, move the cancel lever 6 to the cancel position, that is, slide the operating knob 7 toward the tip of the cancel lever 6 (so that the pivot 5 of the locking lever 4 is located inside L21).
When the cancel lever 6 is set using the phantom lines in FIG. Even if the cancel lever 6 is activated by the trunk lid opener, the locking lever 4 and the latch 20, and furthermore, the locking lever 4 and the latch 20, and the locking lever 20 and the slider 1 are not maintained in a locked state even if the cancel lever 6 is activated by the trunk lid opener. It has become so.

The position of the locking lever 4 is restricted by the base plate 3.
The latch 20, locking lever 4, and cancel lever 6 are biased in a predetermined direction by return springs 31 and 32.

Further, this locking device can be unlocked by a trunk lid key (not shown) regardless of the set position of the cancel lever 6.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the base plate 3 corresponding to the vicinity of the pivot shaft 5 of the locking lever 4 has a mark indicating the operating position and canceling position of the cancel lever 6. A display emboss 25 representing the relationship is formed, and the display emboss 25 has arrow portions 26 and 27 pointing in the setting direction of the operating position and cancel position of the cancel lever 6.

The display emboss 25 contacts the locking lever 4 at least in a rotatable range around the pivot shaft 5 of the locking lever 4, and the cancel lever 6
Together with this, the non-pivot portion of the locking lever 4 is held in place.

Incidentally, in FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 33 is an emboss provided in the base plate 3 for mounting the pivot shaft 5 of the locking lever 4.

Therefore, according to the locking device according to this embodiment, when setting the cancel lever 6 to the operating position or the canceling position, look at the arrow portions 26 and 27 of the display embossment 25 engraved on the base plate 3. , the cancel lever 6 may be moved in the direction of either arrow portion 26 or 27.

In addition, since the display emboss 25 clamps the non-pivot part of the locking lever 4 together with the cancel lever 6, the swinging of the locking lever 4 about the pivot 5 is restrained, and the movement of the locking lever 4 is restricted accordingly. The situation in which the locking lever 4 and the cancel lever 6 interfere with each other can be effectively suppressed with respect to the vibrations of the vehicle body inside the vehicle and the vibrations caused when the trunk lid is opened and closed.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. For example, the shape of the display embossment 25 may be changed as appropriate, and the characters and the like may be arranged and engraved.

Further, in the above embodiment, a locking device is shown in which the locking lever 4 is engaged with and disengaged from the striker 1 via the latch 20, but unlike the conventional example, the locking lever 4 is connected directly to the striker 1. The present invention may be applied to a locking device that is engaged with a trunk lid. Furthermore, the above embodiment shows a locking device for a trunk lid to which the present invention is applied, but it can be applied to a wide range of vehicles such as back doors. Of course, the present invention can be applied to opening/closing bodies.

As explained above, the locking device of the vehicle opening/closing body according to the present invention has a display embossed on the base plate so that the setting direction of the cancel lever can be understood at a glance. This eliminates the need to affix a separate display label, improving work efficiency when assembling the locking device.In addition, the display embossment clips the non-pivot part of the locking lever together with the cancel lever, reducing vehicle body vibration. Since the rocking lever is prevented from swinging due to such factors, there is no need for a conventional spring washer, and it is possible to prevent the generation of unusual contact noise due to mutual interference between the locking lever and the cancel bar.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory front view showing an example of a conventional locking device for a vehicle opening/closing body such as a trunk lid, and Fig. 2 is an explanatory drawing showing an example of a display label indicating the setting direction of the cancel lever in the locking device shown in Fig. 1. , FIG. 3 is a front explanatory view showing an embodiment of the locking device for a vehicle opening/closing body according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the main part of the base plate in FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-V in FIG. 4. 1... Striker, 2... Locking mechanism, 3... Curved base plate, 4... Locking lever 5, Curved/Pivot, 6... Cancel lever, 25... Song display emboss.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A striker 1 is attached to either the vehicle body or the opening/closing body, and a locking mechanism 2 is attached to the other. A locking lever 4 that engages and disengages automatically, and a cancel lever 6 that is loosely fitted onto the pivot shaft 5 of the locking lever 4 and has an operating position where it engages with the locking lever 4 and a cancel position where it does not engage with the locking lever 4. configure,
The cancel lever 6 can be remotely controlled by an opener that is installed inside the vehicle.
When the striker 1 is set to the operating position, the locking lever 4 is moved together with the cancel lever 6 by the opening/closing body opener to release the engagement between the locking lever 4 and the striker 1, while the cancel lever 6 is set to the cancel position. Sometimes, depending on the opener, the locking lever does not operate and locking lever 4 and striker 1
In a locking device for a vehicle opening/closing body that maintains an engaged state with the locking lever 4, the positional relationship between the operating position and the canceling position of the cancel lever 6 is indicated on the base plate 3 corresponding to the vicinity of the pivot 5 of the locking lever 4. A locking device for an opening/closing body for a vehicle, characterized in that a display emboss 25 is formed to display, and a non-pivot portion of the locking lever 4 is held between the display emboss 25 and the cancel lever 6.