JPS6126135Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a steering column cover for a vehicle, and particularly to an improvement in the structure of a shift lever penetrating portion in the steering column cover.

2. Description of the Related Art A shift lever for changing gears or switching between forward and backward movement of a vehicle is attached to a steering column cover in some vehicles.

Figure 1 (see Utility Model Application Publication No. 51-26615) is a side view of this example, and as is clear from this figure, the steering device has a handle 1 and controls the operation of the handle 1 on the front wheel side. Steering column 3 that transmits information to the cross rod, and the steering column 3
The shift rod 5 is arranged in parallel with the shift rod 5, and the shift lever 4 is attached adjacent to the handle 1 and operates the shift rod 5. The steering column 3 and its surrounding areas are equipped with wiring for a warning sound device and direction indicators, or are equipped with a mechanism mechanism for the shift lever 4, so it is necessary to protect these and ensure that the wiring and mechanisms described above are installed. The second part is designed to prevent it from being exposed to the outside and spoiling the beauty of the interior of the vehicle.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 3, a column cover 2 is attached. This column cover 2 includes cover bodies 2a and 2b that are divided into upper and lower parts, and a cover body 2 that is divided into upper and lower parts.
It consists of an escutcheon 7 provided at the periphery of a notch hole 6 for penetrating the shift lever 4 formed in a and 2b. The column cover bodies 2a, 2b are composed of an upper cover 2a and a lower cover 2b fixed thereto by screws or other means, and have a hollow cylindrical structure.

The escutcheon 7 protects the periphery of the notch hole 6 and prevents the column cover 2 from being scratched or damaged when the shift lever 4 is operated. It is covered so that it is not exposed. Column cover 2
Conventionally, the escutcheon 7 is attached to the upper cover 2a and the lower cover 2b (the lower cover 2b is omitted in Fig. 4) as shown in Fig. 4.
An escutcheon 7 is molded separately from the escutcheon 7, which is fitted into a notch 6 formed in the upper cover 2a or the lower cover 2b, and a boss 8 provided on the back side of the escutcheon 7 is inserted into the upper and lower covers 2a, 2b. The escutcheon 7 is attached by passing the boss 8 through a through hole 9 formed in the escutcheon 2b and performing heat caulking or the like.

However, when attaching the escutcheon 7 to the column cover 2 using this method, since the column cover 2 and the escutcheon 7 are separate parts, two manufacturing steps are required to mold each of them. Furthermore, in order to combine the separate column cover 2 and escutcheon 7, the number of bosses 8 and through holes 9 must be considerably increased, resulting in a problem of wasted work.

The present invention was developed by focusing on such conventional problems, and its purpose is to integrally mold the column cover main body and the escutcheon with a thin-walled hinge during the molding process of the column cover. This reduces the number of parts, makes it easier to attach the escutcheon to the column cover, and hides the end of the column cover body from passengers, eliminating the risk of injury from hitting the end and improving the appearance. It is about trying to improve.

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIGS. 5 to 8 are views showing one embodiment of the column cover of the present invention. As is clear from FIG. 8, the column cover 2 of the present invention consists of an upper cover 2a as an upper cover body and a lower cover 2b as a lower cover body, and the left and right width dimensions at the lower edge 10 of the upper cover 2a. is set slightly wider than the left-right width dimension of the upper edge 10' of the lower cover 2b. Since the upper cover 2a and the lower cover 2b are vertically symmetrical except for the difference in left and right width dimensions, the structure of the upper cover 2a will be explained using the upper cover 2a as a representative. The upper cover 2a has a cutout hole 6 formed on its side, and an escutcheon 7 integrally formed at the opening of the lower edge 10 of the cutout hole 6 via a thin hinge 11. The escutcheon 7 is rotated about the hinge 11 in the direction of the arrow S in FIG. On the other hand, the boss 8 is provided on the upper cover 2a.
A through hole 9 is formed at a position corresponding to the through hole 9, and the boss 8 is passed through the through hole 9 and thermally caulked or the like is applied to fix the escutcheon 7 as shown in FIG. In the present invention, since the escutcheon 7 is connected to the upper and lower covers 2a and 2b via the hinge 11, there is a boss 8 and a through hole 9 for passing the boss 8.
can be minimized and the mounting rigidity can be increased.

As mentioned above, the upper cover 2a is replaced with the lower cover 2.
By setting the horizontal width dimension to be wider than b, the joint edge 10 between the two is no longer visible from above the column cover 2, and it is possible to prevent the aesthetic appearance of the side portions of the abutment column cover 2 from deteriorating.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the column cover and the escutcheon are integrally molded via a thin-walled hinge, which reduces the number of parts during production and also simplifies the work of fixing the escutcheon. It was made easy to do, and the rigidity of the attachment part of this escutcheon was also increased. Furthermore, by appropriately setting the dimensions of the joint between the upper cover and the lower cover, it was possible to prevent the appearance from deteriorating at the joint between the two.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a conventional steering section. Figures 2 and 3 are the - line in Figure 1,
- line cross-sectional explanatory diagram. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional example of a steering column cover. Fifth
The figure is a perspective view of one embodiment of the steering column cover of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the steering column cover of the present invention after being assembled. FIG. 8 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 after the upper cover and lower cover are assembled according to an embodiment of the present invention. Explanation of symbols, 1...Handle, 2...Steering column cover, 2a, 2b...Upper side and lower cover of column cover body, 4...Shift lever, 6...Notch hole, 7...Escutsion, 1
0, 10'...joint edge and upper edge, 11...thin hinge.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a steering column cover in which the column cover body is divided into upper and lower parts, a notch hole for passing through the shift cover is provided in the side part of the upper and lower cover bodies, and an escutcheon is attached to the periphery of this notch hole. The upper and lower escutsions are integrally formed via a thin hinge formed on the joint edge of the cover body, and the escutsion is folded back and fixed to each cover body, and the joint edge of the lower cover body is A steering column cover for a vehicle, characterized in that the left-right width dimension of the joining edge of the upper cover body is formed to be larger than the left-right width dimension.