JPWO2007034597A1 - Slide storage remote control push button structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus main body 5 that detachably accommodates the remote controller 4 via the slide means, the urging means 13 that urges the remote controller 4 in the sliding direction, and the apparatus main body 5 that prevents movement of the remote control by the urging means. The latch 9 is provided, and a push button provided on the remote control so as to release the movement of the remote control 4 by the latch 9 is released.

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control storage device that detachably stores a remote control in a vehicle interior part, for example, a ceiling.

  There is known a structure in which an information device such as a display as a display means is attached to the ceiling of a passenger compartment so as to be opened and closed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). A remote controller used for such information equipment is detachably attached to a main body device integrally formed with a display means or the like for convenience of use.

  On the other hand, as a storage means for a remote control transmitter (so-called remote control) such as a television receiver, a recess for storing the remote control is provided in a part of the cabinet, and the remote control is detachably stored in this recess via a push-push mechanism. There is a remote control storage device (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  The remote control storage device in Patent Document 2 is considered to be intended for an ordinary television receiver placed on the floor or the like, and the technique is applied to a remote control that is detachably stored in the ceiling of a passenger compartment. In addition, there is a risk of falling when the remote control is removed from the storage unit using the push-push mechanism.

  Therefore, a method has been adopted in which the remote controller is slidably held on the ceiling of the passenger compartment by means of sliding means comprising a groove portion that guides the remote controller in the lateral direction and an engaging portion with respect to the groove. One of the groove and the engaging portion is provided on the remote control side, and the other is provided on the device body of the display means. Further, there is provided a remote control storage device that urges the remote control in the take-out direction by an urging means, prevents the remote control from popping out by the urging force by a latch mechanism, and releases the remote control pop-out prevention state by the latch mechanism by operating a push button. was suggested.

JP 2002-193045 A JP 59-210777 A

  In the conventional remote control storage device, since the push button and the latch mechanism are arranged in the device main body of the information device, a space for arranging the push button and the latch mechanism in the device main body is necessary, and the size of the device is increased. was there.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control storage device that can avoid an increase in the size of a device main body.

  In the remote control storage device according to the present invention, a latch for fixing the remote control is disposed in the apparatus main body, and a push button for releasing the latch is provided on the remote control.

  According to the present invention, a space for arranging the push button is not required in the device main body, so that the device main body can be reduced in size.

It is a perspective view of the remote control accommodated so that attachment or detachment is possible via the apparatus main body and slide means which are arrange | positioned at the vehicle interior ceiling. It is the perspective view which showed the remote control removed from the remote control holder and the remote control holder. It is a perspective view of the remote control accommodated in the remote control holder. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is X1-X1 arrow sectional drawing in FIG. It is a perspective view of the remote control accommodated in the remote control holder. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a perspective view of the remote control accommodated in the remote control holder. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is a schematic sectional drawing of a remote control holder and a remote control. It is X1-X1 arrow sectional drawing in FIG.

Hereinafter, in order to describe the present invention in more detail, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, about the same member and the same function, it represents with the same code | symbol.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
In FIG. 1, a liquid crystal display 2 serving as information display means is attached to a substrate 1 attached to a ceiling of a passenger compartment so as to be rotatable by a pivot 3. In the state shown in the figure, the display 2 is in a storage state as if it is attached to the substrate 1. When the display 2 is used, one end side of the display 2 and the opposite side of the pivot 3 are pulled down. As a result, the display 2 rotates in the direction of the arrow 6 with the pivot 3 as a fulcrum. The occupant turns to a preferred turning position suitable for viewing the display 2. The display 2 is held in its rotating position.

  Various adjustment operations such as displaying information on the display 2, adjusting the volume, and switching the displayed information are performed by operating switches 4 a provided on the remote controller (remote control switch having a transmission function) 4. Since the remote controller 4 is indispensable for using the display 2, it can be detachably attached to a remote control holder 5 provided adjacent to the display 2 on the substrate 1 that forms a part of the device body 8 together with the display 2. It is stored in. The remote control holder 5 forms a part of the device body.

  The occupant can appropriately pull out the remote controller 4 from the remote controller holder 5 and operate the switches 4 a by hand, or can operate the switches 4 a while being stored in the remote controller holder 5. In this example, the remote controller 4 can be pulled out from the remote control holder 5 by sliding in the removal direction indicated by the arrow 7 that is away from the display 2.

  In FIG. 2, the remote controller 4 is drawn from the remote controller holder 5 in the removal direction indicated by the arrow 7. The remote control 4 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance. Grooves 4b parallel to the arrow 7 (only one groove is shown in FIG. 2) are formed on both sides of the remote controller 4 in the width direction. On the remote control holder 5, a protrusion 5a that is an engaging portion with the groove 4b of the remote control 4 is formed corresponding to the width direction of the remote control 4 (direction parallel to the substrate 1 and intersecting the direction of the arrow 7). The groove 4b and the protrusion 5a constitute a sliding means.

  From the state shown in FIG. 2, the remote controller 4 is accommodated in the remote controller holder 5 by translating the remote controller 4 in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow 7. In the process leading to this storage, first, the protrusion 5a is fitted and guided in the groove 4b, and when the remote controller 4 is further moved in the same direction, it is biased in the take-out direction (direction of arrow 7). When a load is applied by an urging means (described later) and the load is pushed against the load, the rear end 4c of the remote controller 4 comes into contact with the rear wall 5c of the remote control holder 5. At this abutting position, the latch 9 is fitted into a concave latching portion (described later) formed on the remote controller 4, so that the latching state is stopped while the movement of the remote controller 4 by the biasing means is stopped. Is retained.

  Such a hooked state can be released by an operation of pushing the push button 10 provided on the remote controller 2 with a fingertip or the like. As long as the push button 10 is not operated, the hooked state is maintained and is not released even by the vibration of the vehicle, and the remote controller 2 is stored and held in the remote controller holder 5 and does not fall unintentionally. When the hooked state is released by pressing the push button 10, the remote controller 2 is pushed out in the direction of the arrow 7 by the force of the biasing means. The natural stop position is set as the engagement holding range by the slide means. The operator grasps and pulls out the remote controller 2 from the stop position.

  In the first embodiment, since the latch 9 is provided in the remote control holder 5 integral with the device main body 8 and the push button 10 is provided in the remote control 2, the device main body 8 is compared with the case where the latch 9 and the push button 10 are provided in the device main body 8. The space in the direction of the arrow 7 can be reduced, and the device body can be downsized.

  This will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. In the following drawings, since the shapes of the remote controller 2 and the remote controller holder 5 are schematically shown, the shapes are partially different from those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but are functionally the same. 1 and 2, the remote control 2 is provided with a groove 4b and the remote control holder 5 is provided with a protrusion 5a that engages with the groove 4b. The protrusion 4b ′ and the remote controller holder 5 side are provided with a groove 5a ′ that engages with the protrusion 4b ′. However, the arrangement of the protrusion and the groove is simply changed between the remote control side and the remote control holder side. There is no change in the remote control guidance and holding function to the remote control holder.

  3 and 4, the remote controller 4 is housed and held in the remote controller holder 5. The push button 10 is arranged on the lower surface portion indicated by the rectangle of the remote controller 4 and on the inner side (left side) of the right end portion. Further, the push button 10 protrudes below the surface of the remote controller 4 at the home position in which the operation surface (so-called top surface, lower surface in the figure) pressed by a fingertip or the like is not pressed. Similarly, the switches 4a protrude below the surface of the remote controller 4.

  In FIG. 4, one end of the push button 10 constitutes a shaft portion 10 a, and this shaft portion 10 a is pivotally attached to the main body portion of the remote controller 4. Further, a torsion coil spring 11 is attached to the shaft portion 10a to urge the push button 10 downward. As shown in FIG. 7, which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X1-X1 in FIG. 3, the push button 10 is protruded from the remote controller 4 by turning about the shaft portion 10a of the push button by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 11. The collar portion 10 b is blocked by contacting the inner wall portion 2 of the remote controller 2. Thus, the state where the collar portion 10b is in contact with the inner wall portion 2 of the remote control 2 is the home position of the push button 10. From this home position, an operation of pushing the lower surface of the push button 10 upward is possible.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the push button 10 is integrated with a plate-like or rod-like protrusion 10c extending perpendicularly to the operation surface (lower surface) of the push button 10 (also in the vertical direction). The front end portion is in contact with the front end portion of the latch 9 located in the concave hooking portion 4 d formed on the remote controller 4.

  The latch 9 has a hooked portion that is bent in a hook shape. The end portion of the arm 9 a constituting the base end portion of the latch 9 is a shaft portion 9 b, and the shaft portion 9 b is pivotally attached to the remote control holder 5. A torsion coil spring 12 is attached to the shaft portion 9b, and urges the shaft portion 9b in a counterclockwise direction. Due to this urging force, the latch 9 is brought into contact with the back surface of the remote controller 4 (the side surface opposite to the surface on which the switches 4a are provided) with an elastic force.

  An extensible spring 13 is provided on the rear wall 5 c of the remote control holder 5. When the remote controller 4 is attached to the remote controller holder 5, the spring 13 abuts against the end of the remote controller 4 and biases the remote controller 4 in the removal direction (the direction of the arrow 7 shown in FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIG. 6, in a state where the remote control 4 is detached from the remote control holder 5, the latch 9 retracts to a position where the passage when the remote control 4 is attached to the remote control holder 5 is not blocked, and this retracted state is maintained. It is held by a stopper (not shown) so as to maintain. When the remote controller 4 is inserted into the remote controller holder 5, the slope portion 9c (see FIG. 2) of the latch 9 slides on the end portion 4e (see FIG. 2) of the remote controller 4 and rides up. When further inserted, the urging force of the spring 13 acts as a resistance on the remote controller 4, but when the remote controller 4 is inserted against this, the latch 9 slides on the back surface (upper surface in the figure) of the remote controller 4, Eventually, the latch 9 falls into the latching portion 4d by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 12, and the remote control 4 is latched by the remote control holder 5. At this time, the tip of the protruding portion 10 b is in contact with the tip of the latch 9.

  In this latched state, the latch 9 reliably holds the remote control by the urging force of the torsion coil springs 11 and 12, so that the latched state cannot be released even if the vehicle vibrates. The remote controller 4 can be operated in this hooked state, but the remote controller 4 can be detached from the remote control holder 5 and used. In that case, the following operation is performed.

  The push button 10 is pushed and moved as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the push button 10 rotates about the shaft portion 10a as a fulcrum, and the protruding portion 10c integrated with the push button 10 pushes the latch 9 to push it out from the latching portion 4d, thereby releasing the latch. At the same time as the latch 9 is pushed out from the latching portion 4 d, the remote control 4 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow 15 by the biasing force of the spring 13 and can be taken out from the remote control holder 5. By pulling out the remote controller 4 from the remote controller holder 5 while being guided by the sliding means, it is possible to perform a hand operation as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, when the push button 10 is at the home position, the operation surface protrudes outward from the surface of the remote controller 4 and the design panel. In such a mode, when the remote controller 4 is used in a state where it is mounted on the remote controller holder 5, the push button 10 may be accidentally pressed with the intention of operating the switches 4a protruding from the surface of the remote controller 4 in the same manner. There is.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, the position of the push button 10 on the remote control 4 remains unchanged, and the push button 10-1 is operated when the push button 10-1 is at the home position as shown in FIGS. The surface was made to be almost the same as the surface of the remote control. By doing so, since only the switches 4a protrude from the surface of the remote controller 4, the erroneous operation of misidentifying the switches 4a and pressing the push button 10 is eliminated.

  However, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the push button 10 is arranged at a position shifted by the dimension t on the inner side (left side) of the right end of the remote controller 4, so that the remote controller holder 5 is shown in FIG. 11. When the operation surface of the push button 10-1 is pushed and moved by a fingertip or the like as shown in FIG. 10 to remove the remote control 4 from the fingertip, the fingertip accommodates the pushbutton 10-1 together with the pushbutton 10-1. In this case, the latch 9 is disengaged and the remote controller 4 is moved by the biasing force of the spring 13, so that the edge of the button hole may hit the finger. Incidentally, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, since the height of the push button 10 is high, it is easy to configure so that the operation surface of the push button 10 and the fingertip are not located inside the button hole. is there.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the third embodiment, when the push button 10-2 is at the home position as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, so that the fingertip does not hit the edge of the button hole as in the second embodiment, The operation surface of the push button 10-2 is made substantially flush with the surface of the remote control 4, and the push button 10-2 is arranged at the end opposite to the direction in which the remote control 4 is moved by the spring 13. did. That is, one side surface of the push button 10-2 (one side surface opposite to the remote control take-out direction indicated by the arrow 15 in FIG. 14) is the same as one side surface of the remote control 4 (one side surface opposite to the remote control take-out direction). It is configured as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 15, when the remote control 4 is removed from the remote control holder 5, when the operation surface of the push button 10-2 is pushed and moved with a fingertip or the like as shown in FIG. Even if the button moves into the button hole, the push button 10-2 is positioned at the end of the remote control, so that at this time, the latch 9 is released and there is no portion that hits the finger when the remote control 4 is moved by the biasing force of the spring 13. .

  In the third embodiment, since the push button 10-2 does not protrude from the design panel of the remote control 4, the push button portion and the design panel portion of the remote control can be formed into a continuous flat shape. The degree of freedom can also be increased.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the embodiments so far, when the biasing force of the spring 13 is large, the remote controller 4 jumps out of the remote control holder 5 when the latch 9 is released, and when the biasing force is small, the latch 9 is latched. The remote controller 4 does not slide even if it is released. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the remote controller 4 is latched in a state where it is completely stored in the remote controller holder 5, and the position where the remote controller 4 is pulled out from the remote controller holder 5 after the latch is released. The remote control can be hooked in two steps so that it can be hooked again.

  For this reason, the latch 9 leaves the configuration of the latching portion 4d formed in the remote controller 4 in the previous examples, and in addition to this, the remote controller 4 is provided with a plurality of latching portions. The configuration of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 16 showing a state in which the remote controller 4 is housed in the remote controller holder 5. In addition to the latching portion 4d, the remote control 4 has another latching in the direction opposite to the arrow 15 in FIG. 18 from the latching portion 4d in the sliding direction extension of the remote control 4 passing through the latching portion 4d. Part 4d ′ was provided.

  As in the second and third embodiments, the push button 10-3 has a surface whose surface is substantially the same as the surface of the remote controller 4. Of course, a type protruding from the surface of the remote controller 4 can also be used. As shown in FIG. 21, which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X2-X2 in FIG. 16, the protruding portion 10c of the push button 10-3 is branched into two, and each tip has two protrusions 9d formed on the arm 9a. Each is in contact. The tip end portion of the protrusion 9d is formed in a curved surface in order to smoothly perform the contact state with the protrusion portion 10c and the detachment operation from the contact state. The contact portion between the protrusion 10c and the protrusion 9d is a position closer to the spring 13 than the latching portion 4d '. The spring 13 is compressed by the remote controller 4, and the latch 9 is positioned in the latching portion 4d and latches the remote controller 4.

When the remote controller 4 is detached from the remote controller holder 5 and used, the following operation is performed.
The push button 10-3 is pushed and moved as shown in FIG. As a result, the push button 10-3 rotates around the shaft portion 10a as a fulcrum, and the protruding portion 10c integrated with the push button 10-3 pushes the latch 9 and pushes it out from the latching portion 4d.

  The latch 9 is pushed out from the latching portion 4d and at the same time contacts the back surface of the remote controller 4 by the force of the torsion coil spring 12. At the same time, the remote controller 4 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow 15 by the biasing force of the spring 13, so that the latch 9 slides on the back surface of the remote controller 4, and the latch 9 engages with the latching portion 4d 'as shown in FIG. As a result, the slide movement of the remote controller 4 is stopped. Since such a stop state is obtained, the remote control 4 does not jump out of the remote control holder 5 by the spring 13 of the remote control 4. In this stopped state, the tip of the spring 13 is separated from the remote controller 4.

  In the state where the latch 9 is latched with respect to the latching portion 4d ′, the tip of the remote controller 4 is protruded from the remote control holder 5 to the extent that it can be gripped. 5 can be pulled out. Since the engaging portion with the latch 9 has a smoothly curved shape, the engaging portion 4d ′ is released from the engaging state relatively easily by the pulling operation, and the remote controller 4 can be safely operated as shown in FIG. It can be pulled out from the remote control holder 5.

  The present invention can be widely applied to a remote control storage device installed in a mobile room such as an automobile or a train.

Claims (4)

  A device main body for detachably storing the remote control through the slide means, a biasing means for biasing the remote control in the sliding direction, and a latch provided in the device main body for preventing the movement of the remote control by the biasing means And a push button provided on the remote control so as to release the movement of the remote control from the latch.   2. The slide storage remote control push button structure according to claim 1, wherein an operation surface of the push button is substantially the same surface as a surface of the remote control.   2. The slide storage remote control push button structure according to claim 1, wherein the push button is arranged at an end opposite to a direction in which the remote control moves by receiving a biasing force from the biasing means.   The latch is configured to be hooked on a latching portion formed on the remote controller, and the remote controller has a plurality of latching portions latched by the latch in a sliding direction of the remote controller. The slide storage remote control push button structure according to claim 1.

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