JPS6230491Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a controller mounting structure for an automotive air conditioner.

In general, an automotive air conditioner consists of a refrigerant system consisting of a compressor, evaporator, condenser, etc., an intake,
The air conditioner has an air conditioner main body equipped with an air control system consisting of a unit, a cooler unit, etc., and a controller that controls these devices. Among these, the air conditioner main body of the air control system is housed in a suitable place, for example, at the bottom of the automobile's instrument panel, and the controller is electrically and mechanically connected to the air conditioner main body and installed in the instrument panel. It is now being installed. However, if the controller is firmly fixed to the air conditioner main body, it may become impossible to attach the controller to the instrument panel due to assembly errors of the entire vehicle and the instrument panel. Further, since the controller protrudes horizontally from the main body of the air conditioner, it is difficult to transport the controller together with the controller.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of these drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to make it easier to align the controller with respect to the instrument panel and to save space during transportation.

The configuration of the present invention to achieve such an objective is to connect an air conditioner main body and a controller having a device such as a switch for controlling the air conditioner, to a clip attached to the air conditioner main body and a connecting end provided on the controller. In the controller mounting structure for an automobile air conditioner, the clip body is fixed to the air conditioner body, and the controller is attached from the upper end of the clip body to the rear side of the clip body in the front-rear direction. The clip is formed from a plate-like connecting portion extending toward the front and rear of the controller, and a long hole is formed in the connecting portion in the front-rear direction. The ridges of the ridge form a base extending in the left-right direction of the controller, and the ridges of the ridge form a base extending in the left-right direction of the controller. a body portion that has a slightly smaller diameter and fits into the long hole, and a body portion that is integrated with the tip of the body portion and has protrusions on both sides in the direction of the ridge line, and is longer than the short axis of the long hole and has a major diameter. A connecting portion consisting of a head shorter than The spacing between the lines is formed to correspond to the thickness of the clip, and the air conditioner main body and the controller main body are connected to each other through a long hole drilled in the joint portion of the clip and protruding from the base of the joint end. This is a controller mounting structure for an air conditioner for an automobile, characterized in that the controllers are connected to each other by engagement with protrusions of provided connecting portions.

The configuration of the present invention will be described in detail below based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

A controller 2 that controls the air conditioner main body 1 has a control panel 3 and a board 4,
The control panel 3 includes a rotary fan control switch 5 and a temperature control switch 6, respectively.
And switches 7 to 10 such as a push button type differential switch, an inside air circulation switch, an outside air intake switch, etc. are installed. Furthermore, a bonding end portion 11 is formed at the rear end of the substrate 4 . The controller 2 is assembled by separately molding a control panel 3 and a substrate 4 of synthetic resin. The connecting end 11 of the controller 2 and the air conditioner main body 1 are attached using clips 12. The details of this clip 12 are shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D. FIG. 2A is a side view of the clip shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a back view of FIG. 2A, and FIG. 2C is a sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 2A. 2D is a plan view of FIG. 2A.

The clip 12, as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C,
Clip body 13 fixed to air conditioner body 1
, an engaging part 15 that is bent toward the rear side and engages with a protrusion 14 formed on the air conditioner main body 1 and shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
It consists of 6. The clip main body 13, the engaging portion 15, and the connecting portion 16 are integrally formed of a spring steel material. As shown in FIGS. 2B and 2D, a long hole 17 is bored in the coupling portion 16 in the longitudinal direction thereof, that is, in the front-rear direction with respect to the controller 2. As shown in FIGS.

The clip body 13 also has an air conditioner body 1.
As shown in FIG. 2B, a positioning hole 19 into which a positioning protrusion 18 fitted is formed is bored.

On the other hand, the coupling end 11 of the controller 2 that engages with the coupling part 16 of the clip 12 is provided at the rear of the controller 2 as shown in FIG. 1, and is shown in detail in FIGS. 3A to 3G. There is. Figure 3A is an enlarged plan view of part A in Figure 1, Figure 3B is B of Figure 3A.
- A cross-sectional view along line B, Figure 3C is C- of Figure 3B.
Arrow view along line C, Figure 3D is D-D in Figure 3B
3E is a sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 3B, FIG. 3F is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 3E, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a view taken along line GG in FIG. 3F;

The joint end 11 has a base 20 having a chevron-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 3B, and a base 20 as shown in FIG. 3A.
reinforcing walls 21 located at both left and right ends of the clip 0 and a connecting portion 2 that engages with the elongated hole 17 of the clip 12 shown in FIG.
2, and as clearly shown in FIG.
It consists of a head 25 having a shape, and legs 26 connecting the body 23 and the base 20. The diameter of the body portion 23 is the second diameter.
The size is slightly smaller than the short diameter of the long hole 17 of the clip 12 shown in the figure, and as shown in FIG. 3A,
The width a of the head 25 in the front-rear direction is almost the same as the diameter of the body 23, and the width b of the head 25 in the left-right direction is the second width.
As shown in FIG. D, the short axis e of the long hole 17 of the clip 12 is larger than the short axis e, and the long axis d is smaller than the long axis d. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the base 20 has a chevron-shaped cross section with inclined surfaces 27 and 28 that are mutually inclined toward the apex, and the ridge lines 32 of this chevron form as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. As shown in C, it extends in the left-right direction of the controller 2.

A front inclined surface 27 of the base 20 having a chevron-shaped cross section
As shown in FIG. 3B, the rear inclined surface 28 forms a predetermined angle θ1, for example, 45 degrees, with respect to the horizontal line parallel to the substrate 4, and the rear inclined surface 28 forms a predetermined angle θ2, for example, with respect to the horizontal line. , making an angle of 30 degrees. As shown in FIG. 3B, the protrusion 24 is formed with inclined surfaces 29 and 30 at the front and rear, respectively, the front inclined surface 29 being parallel to the rear inclined surface 28,
The rear inclined surface 30 is parallel to the front inclined surface 27.

As shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C, the edge 31 formed at the lower end of the protrusion 24 is aligned with the ridgeline 32 of the base 20.
The gap C between the edge 31 and the ridge line 32 (see FIG. 3D) is approximately the same as the thickness of the clip 12. The upper and lower surfaces of the leg portions 26 are located on the same plane as the upper and lower surfaces of the base portion 20, respectively, and when the controller 2 is integrally molded, a part of the lower mold for molding is formed between the body portion 23, the leg portions 26, and the base portion 20. It will be located in the gap 33 between the parts, and by using a mold divided into two parts, an upper mold and a lower mold,
The head 25, body 23, legs 26, and base 20 are integrally molded.

Next, the installation procedure of the clip 12 and the controller 2 will be explained with reference to FIG. 32 is parallel to the head 25.
is inserted into the elongated hole 17, and the controller 2 or the clip 12 is rotated so that the long diameter direction of the elongated hole 17 and the ridge line 32 form an angle of 90 degrees. Thereby, the controller 2 and the clip 12 are connected. Next, the clip 12 is engaged with the air conditioner main body 1. Incidentally, the clip 12 may be attached to the main body of the air conditioner first, and then the clip 12 and the controller 2 may be connected.

In FIG. 5, the state shown by a solid line shows the positional relationship between the clip 12 and the controller 2 when the controller 2 and the air conditioner body 1 are installed in a car, and the state shown by a phantom line L in FIG. The posture of the controller 2 is shown when the controller 2 is transported while being attached to the harmonizer main body 1. Further, in FIG. 5, a state indicated by a virtual line M indicates a state in which the controller 2 is not supported at all. When the controller 2 is installed in an automobile, adjustment movement of the controller 2 in the front-back direction is performed by moving the controller 2 in the front-back direction and moving the body 23 back and forth within the elongated hole 17. Further, adjustment movement of the controller 2 in the left and right direction is performed by rotating the controller 2 left and right around the body 23 . Further, the adjustment movement of the controller 2 in the vertical direction causes the controller 2 to rotate in the vertical direction around the ridge line. This allows adjustment movement of the controller 2.

As described above, in the present invention, the clip is formed from a clip body that is fixed to the air conditioner body, and a plate-shaped joint that extends from the upper end of the clip body to the back side of the clip body in the front-rear direction of the controller. At the same time, an elongated hole in the front-rear direction is bored in the joint part, and the joint end part provided at the rear of the controller has an inclined surface that slopes upward toward the apex in the front-rear direction of the controller. a body part which has a chevron-shaped cross section and whose ridge lines form a base extending in the left-right direction of the controller, and whose diameter is slightly smaller than the short axis of the long hole and which fits into the long hole; A connecting part is provided on the base of the body and includes a head which is integral with the tip thereof and has protrusions on both sides in the direction of the ridge line, and is longer than the short axis of the elongated hole and shorter than the long axis. and forming an inclined surface on the protrusion that faces the inclined surface and slopes downward in the front-rear direction toward the ridge line, and the interval between each of the ridge lines is formed to correspond to the thickness of the clip. , the air conditioner main body and the controller main body are interconnected by engagement between a long hole drilled in the connecting portion of the clip and a protrusion of a connecting portion protruding from a base of the connecting end. Therefore, even if an error occurs in assembling the controller to the instrument panel, the assembling error can be corrected by adjusting and moving the controller back and forth, left and right, and up and down. Further, the controller can be rotated relative to the clip, and when the controller is transported together with the air conditioner main body, the controller can be stood up, thereby reducing the space required for transporting them.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing the mounting structure of a controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2A is a side view of the clip shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a rear view of the clip shown in FIG. Figure C is a sectional view taken along line C-C of Figure A,
Figure 2D is a plan view of Figure A, Figure 3A is an enlarged plan view of section A in Figure 1, Figure 3B is a sectional view taken along line B-B of Figure A, and Figure 3C is a FIG. 3D is a sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG. 3B, FIG. 3E is a sectional view taken along line E-E in FIG.
Figure 3F is a sectional view taken along line F-F in Figure E;
Fig. G is a view taken along the line GG in Fig. F, Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the clip and the controller are engaged, and Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 4. 1...Air conditioner, 2...Controller, 3
...Control panel, 4... Board, 11...
Connection end, 12... Clip, 17... Long hole, 2
0...Base, 22...Connection part, 23...Body part, 2
4... Protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An air conditioner main body and a controller having a device such as a switch for controlling the air conditioner are interconnected by connecting a connecting end provided on the controller to a clip attached to the air conditioner main body. A controller mounting structure for an automotive air conditioner includes a clip body fixed to the air conditioner body, and a plate-shaped joint extending from the upper end of the clip body to the rear side of the clip body in the front-rear direction of the controller. The clip is formed, and a long hole in the front-rear direction is formed in the joint part, and the joint end part provided at the rear of the controller has slopes that are mutually upwardly inclined toward the apex in the front-rear direction of the controller. It has a face and has a chevron-shaped cross section, and the ridge lines of the chevron form a base extending in the left-right direction of the controller, and have a diameter slightly smaller than the short diameter of the long hole and fit into the long hole. A connecting portion consisting of a body and a head that is integrated with the body at its tip and has protrusions on both sides in the direction of the ridge line, and is longer than the short axis of the elongated hole and shorter than the long axis. Protruding from the base,
forming an inclined surface on the protrusion that faces the inclined surface and slopes downward in the front-rear direction toward the ridge line;
The distance between the respective ridge lines is formed to correspond to the thickness of the clip, and the air conditioner main body and the controller main body are connected to a long hole bored in the joint portion of the clip and the joint end portion. A controller mounting structure for an air conditioner for an automobile, characterized in that the controllers are connected to each other by engagement with a protrusion of a connecting part protruding from the base of the controller.