KR200458312Y1 - Steering roll connector with neutral indicator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a roll stator fixedly mounted to a vehicle and provided with a roll connector terminal portion for a vehicle, a roll rotor having a rotor connector coaxially disposed with the roll stator and disposed so as to be relatively rotatable and equipped with a steering wheel connector, and the roll rotor. And a roller plate for guiding and receiving the flat cable in electrical communication with the vehicle roll connector terminal portion and the rotor connector between the roll stator and the roll rotor and the roller plate and being movable together with the roller plate. A stator indicator disposed on the roll stator, a rotor indicator disposed on the roll rotor, and a display unit indicator disposed on the neutral display unit, wherein the stator indicator, the rotor indicator, and the display unit are provided. Indike Provided is a vehicle steering roll connector device which forms a neutral state when the data are arranged in the same radial direction from the center of the roll rotor.

Description

Vehicle roll connector device {STEERING ROLL CONNECTOR WITH NEUTRAL INDICATOR}

The present invention relates to a roll connector device for a vehicle having a structure for enabling a worker to recognize the neutral position of the roll connector for a vehicle quickly and easily.

Typically, a vehicle steering wheel assembly includes a steering wheel, a steering column, a steering roll connector assembly, a multifunction switch assembly, and the like. The steering wheel is for the driver to set the steering direction, the rotation of the steering wheel by the driver is transmitted to the wheel through the steering column to set the steering angle of the vehicle. The multi-function switch assembly is equipped with lights, a gramper, a wiper, various audio devices, a vehicle window switch, and the like, which allows the driver to increase the operability of the various devices so that the front attention is not lost even during operation of the various devices. It is embodied as a button switch on top of it or as a lever switch on the side of the steering wheel. In addition, an airbag is installed at the top of the steering wheel to ensure driver safety.

A roll connector for communicating electrical signals and supplying power to various electric devices provided in the steering wheel assembly is essentially provided. Japanese Utility Model Registration No. Hei 4-87191 discloses a roll connector according to the prior art, in which a roll connector has one side fixed to an outer cylinder portion and an outer cylinder portion forming a center hole in a center and the other side fixed to an inner cylinder portion. A cable is provided, the flexible cable is wound clockwise around the inner wall of the outer cylinder, inverted into a U-shape and wound counterclockwise around the outer wall of the inner cylinder to be received in the outer cylinder.

As such, the roll connector is required to secure a neutral position in the assembly process. That is, the rotational amount of the steering wheel can be detected accurately only when delivered to the vehicle assembly process while preventing relative rotation between the stator and the rotor provided in the roll connector. In order to ensure the neutrality of such a roll connector, the roll connector with a neutral pin is mounted is delivered to the finished vehicle assembly company and logistics.

The roll connector according to the related art is connected to a steering wheel shaft in a vehicle assembly process and connected to a switch connector for transmitting electrical signals of switches of the steering wheel. The conventional neutral pin has no interference with the assembly position of the switch connector. And the pre-assembly of the switch connector was not possible.

In addition, the steering roll connector according to the prior art is very difficult to check the neutral state was accompanied by a cumbersome problem that must be reassembled and assembled in order to secure the neutral position when the neutral pin is undesired temporarily released during the assembly process.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a roll connector device for a vehicle having a structure that enables a stable neutral position of the roll connector for a vehicle.

The present invention for achieving the above object is provided with a roll stator fixedly mounted to the vehicle and the roll connector terminal portion for the vehicle is disposed, and a rotor connector coaxially disposed with the roll stator and disposed to be relatively rotatable and equipped with a steering wheel connector. A roller plate for guiding and receiving a roll rotor, a flat cable in electrical communication with the vehicle roll connector terminal portion and the rotor connector, between the roll rotor and the roll stator, and between the roll rotor and the roller plate. A stator indicator disposed on the roll stator, a stator indicator disposed on the roll stator, a rotor indicator disposed on the roll rotor, and a display part indicator disposed on the neutral display part, and the stator indicator And the rotor in If the locator and the display indicator is a line arranged in the same radial direction from a center of the rolling rotor and provides a vehicle steering roll connector device to form a neutral state.

In the vehicle steering roll connector device, the neutral display unit includes: a display unit body disposed between the roll rotor and the roller plate and on which the display unit indicator is disposed, and a display plate connection unit formed on the display unit body and connected to the roller plate. The display unit indicator may be disposed on an outer circumference of the display body.

In the vehicle steering roll connector device, the display unit indicator may be disposed to overlap the stator indicator in a neutral state.

In the vehicle steering roll connector device, the display unit body may include: a display unit body core on which the display unit plate connection portion is disposed, and a display body outer body disposed on an outer periphery of the display unit body core and arranged stepwise with the display unit body core. have.

In the vehicle steering roll connector device, a roll stator cover through hole is disposed at the center of the roll stator, the display body core is disposed inside the roll stator cover through hole, and the display body outer penetrates through the roll stator cover. It may be arranged outside the sphere.

In the vehicle steering roll connector device, an outer guide for supporting the movement of the body outer may be provided on one surface of the roller stator to a corresponding position of the display unit body outer.

The vehicle steering roll connector device according to the present invention having the configuration as described above has the following effects.

First, the vehicle steering roll connector device according to the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly check the neutral state through the neutral display portion can achieve a smooth assembly process.

Second, the vehicle steering roll connector device according to the present invention can be quickly and easily check the neutral state, even if the neutral pin is unintentionally released to the non-neutral state, the operator can easily and quickly rearrange the neutral state process efficiency You can talk to Choi.

Thirdly, the vehicle steering roll connector device according to the present invention enables the pre-assembly and maintenance of the steering wheel connector while ensuring the neutral reliability of the vehicle roll connector, thereby significantly reducing the manufacturing cost by simplifying the finished vehicle process and reducing logistics. You can also save.

The present invention is described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is only illustrative, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the technical spirit of the utility model registration claims attached.

Hereinafter, a vehicle steering roll connector device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the vehicle steering roll connector device of FIG. 1, and FIG. A schematic plan view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to one embodiment of the present invention is shown, FIG. 4 is a schematic cross sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a schematic view taken along line BB of FIG. 3. A cross-sectional view of a phosphorus is shown, and FIG. 6 is a schematic partial projection enlarged perspective view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 7 and 8 show a vehicle steering roll according to an embodiment of the present invention. A schematic, partially enlarged plan view of a neutral state of the connector device is shown.

The vehicle steering roll connector device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is disposed on a steering wheel and a steering wheel shaft (not shown) of the vehicle, and controls such as switches and airbags disposed on the steering wheel (not shown). And the like) to achieve electrical communication, and to enable various electric device operation control including switches and the like on a predetermined steering wheel side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 includes a roll stator 10, a roll rotor 20, a roller plate 40, and a neutral display unit 60.

The roll stator 10 is fixedly mounted to the vehicle, and the roll connector terminal portion 15 for the vehicle is disposed. The roll stator 10 includes a roll stator cover 10a and a roll stator base 10b, which are fastened to each other and fixedly mounted to a vehicle, and are provided with a roll connector for a vehicle at the bottom of the roll stator 10 and the roll stator base 10b. The terminal unit 15 is provided. The arrangement position of the roll connector terminal 15 for a vehicle can be variously modified according to design specifications.

In the vehicle roll connector terminal portion 15 disposed on the roll stator base 10b, a flat cable connector 50; 52 which is in electrical communication with a flat cable 70 to be described below is disposed, and the flat cable connector 52 is It is connected with the flat cable 70. Flat cable connectors 50; 51, 52 are disposed on the rotor connector 21, indicated at 51, and on the vehicle roll connector terminal 15, indicated at 52, each flat cable connector 50; 51 and 52 are connected to each end of the flat cable 70.

The roll rotor 20 is coaxial with the roll stators 10; 10a and 10b and is mounted to be rotatable relative thereto, and the roll rotor 20 rotates together with the vehicle steering shaft (not shown). The roll rotor 20 has a roll rotor plate 20a and a roll rotor pivot center 20b, which are fastened to each other and disposed on the roll stator 10 so as to be relatively rotatable to the roll stator 10. A through hole is formed at the center of the roll stator 10 and the roll rotor 20. The roll rotor 20 is mounted to a vehicle steering shaft (not shown) through the through hole and rotates according to the driver's steering. Meet with (not shown).

The rotor connector 21 is mounted on the upper end of the roll rotor 20, and the flat cable connector 51 is disposed on the rotor connector 21. The rotor connector 21 is engaged with a steering wheel connector (not shown) for transmitting electrical signals from a wheel switch (not shown) and / or a lever switch (not shown) to an airbag or the like disposed on the vehicle steering wheel. The steering wheel connector (not shown) makes electrical communication with the wiring from the wheel switch / lever switch to the airbag, etc., wherein the steering wheel connector is mounted to the steering wheel (not shown) via the wiring and / or Or electrical communication with lever switches or airbags, and ultimately with external control via a steering wheel connector / vehicle roll connector terminal / flat cable or the like.

In the inner space formed by the roll rotor 20 and the roll stator 10, a flat cable implemented with a flexible circuit board or circuit wiring is disposed. The flat cable implemented with the flexible circuit board or circuit wiring is a rotor connector 21, respectively. ) And a flat cable connector (50; 51, 52) disposed in the vehicle roll connector terminal unit 15 to enable electrical communication between the steering wheel connector / vehicle roll connector terminal unit / flat cable and the like, and an external control unit. Thereby transmitting a change in electrical signal for the mode of operation by the user from the wheel switch and / or lever switches to the control unit, which then applies a control signal to each of the corresponding actuators so that the desired mode of operation is desired. May be performed, and a predetermined airbag operation may be performed according to an application signal from the controller. have. Flat cable 70, which is implemented as a flexible circuit board or circuit wiring, is stablely wound and released during the relative rotation between the roll rotor and the roll state through the roller plate 40 and the roller 41.

That is, the roller plate 40 is disposed in the inner space formed by the roll stator 10 and the roll rotor 20, and the roll rotor 20 passes through the center of the roller plate 40. The roller plate 40 has a roller plate body 42, a roller 41, and a roller plate guide 45. The roller plate body 42 has a circular plate type, and an opening is formed at the center thereof, and a roller 41 and a roller plate guide 45 are disposed on one surface of the roller plate body 42.

The roller 41 reverses the traveling direction of the flat cable 70 implemented by the flexible circuit board, and the roller plate guide 45 guides the movement of the flat cable 70 to form a flat according to the rotation of the roll rotor 20. The movement of the cable 70 can be made smoothly between the roll rotor 20 and the roller plate body 42. Here, the roller plate guide 45 is formed of a closed curve type protrusion that protrudes and extends from the roller plate body 42 toward the roll rotor plate 20a, but this is only one example of the present invention and the roller plate guide of the present invention ( 45) is not limited thereto. The plurality of flat cables 70 are disposed between the roll rotor 20 and the roller plate 40.

The vehicle steering roll connector device 1 according to the present invention includes a neutral display unit 60. The neutral indicator 60 is disposed between the roll rotor 20 and the roller plate 40 and moves together with the roller plate 40 to rotate together as the roller plate 40 rotates. Neutral display unit 60 according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a predetermined film plate type, by taking this configuration to minimize the thickness by minimizing the placement space between the roll rotor 20 and the roller plate 40 The compact structure of the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 can be enabled. However, the neutral display portion of the present invention may take a structure formed of a thin rigid body, or may take a structure that is partially or entirely compounded with a plurality of materials, and various modifications are possible according to design specifications.

The vehicle steering roll connector device 1 of the present invention includes a stator indicator 17, a rotor indicator 25, and an indicator indicator 65, wherein the stator indicator 17 is disposed on the roll stator 10 and the rotor indicator. 25 is disposed on the roll rotor 20 and the indicator indicator 65 is disposed on the neutral indicator 60, and the stator indicator 17, the rotor indicator 25, and the indicator indicator 65 are the roll rotor 20. Neutral states are formed when they are arranged in the same radial direction from the center of.

The neutral display unit 60 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit body 61 and a display unit plate connecting unit 63, and the display unit indicator 65 is disposed on the display unit body 61. The display body 61 of the present invention includes a display body core 62 and a display body outer 64. The display body core 62 and the display body outer 64 are integrally formed, but are different according to design specifications. It may take a structure that is formed to be fastened. However, the display unit body according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is preferably formed in one bar bar plate type. The display body core 62 forms a central portion and a through hole is formed in the center thereof so that the central portion of the roll rotor plate 20a can be penetrated, and the display body outer 64 extends from the center of the display body core 62. The display body 61 may be smoothly rotated about the central axis of the roll rotor 20 by being formed to be formed to be formed.

The display unit body connecting portion 63 is disposed on the display body core 62, and the display plate connection portion 63 is connected to the roller plate 40. The display part plate connection part 63 according to the present exemplary embodiment is configured as a recess type, and the display part plate connection counterpart at a corresponding position of the display part plate connection part 63 on one surface of the roller plate body 42 of the roller plate 40. 43 is disposed. The display plate connection counterpart 43 is formed to protrude from one surface of the roller plate body 42 toward the roll rotor plate 20a. The display plater connection counterpart 43 is a display plate connection part 63 implemented in a groove type. In the case where the roller plate 40 is rotated by being inserted into the roller plate, the roller plate 40 rotates together with the roller plate 40.

In the present embodiment, the display plate connecting portion is formed in a recessed type and the display portion plate connecting portion is configured in a protrusion shape, but may be modified in various ways depending on the design specifications such as to take a structure opposite to each other.

The display indicator 65 is disposed on the display body 61 of the neutral display 60, more specifically, the display body outer 64, and the display indicator 65 extends radially from the outer periphery of the display body outer 64. Take the structure that is formed. The stator indicator 17 is disposed on one surface of the roll stator cover 10a. The stator indicator 17 is roll roll plate outside the roll stator cover through hole 19 formed in the center of the roll stator cover 10a. It is formed adjacent to the arrangement position of 20a. In addition, the rotor indicator 25 is disposed on the roll rotor plate 20a of the roll rotor 20, the roll rotor plate 20a rotates so that the rotor indicator 25 on the same radius from the center of the roll rotor 20. ) And the stator indicator 17 are disposed on the roll rotor plate 20a and the roll stator cover 10a to face each other so that the rotor indicator 25 and the stator indicator 17 face each other.

The indicator indicator 65 has the same distance from the rotational position of the roll rotor 20 as the position of the stator indicator 17 with respect to the rotational center of the roll rotor 20. Therefore, when the neutral display part 60 rotates with the roller plate 40, the display part indicator 65 of the neutral display part 60 may occupy the same position as the stator indicator 17 on the xy plane, and the display part indicator may When the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 of the present invention achieves a neutral state, it takes a structure overlapping with the stator indicator. That is, the rotor indicator 25 on the roll rotor plate 20a and the display unit indicator 65 of the neutral display unit 60 are arranged in line, and the stator indicator 17 on the roll stopper cover 10a is arranged on the display unit indicator 65. When overlapping, the operator can confirm that the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 according to the present invention achieves a neutral state. In the present embodiment, the display indicator 65 is configured to have a predetermined color or translucent structure so that the display indicator 65 can be quickly recognized when the display indicator 65 is overlapped with the stator indicator 17, but the display indicator is Various modifications are possible, including a structure having a predetermined color but having a structure capable of projecting the bottom to allow the display unit indicator to recognize the overlap state between the indicator and the stator indicator.

On the other hand, the vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a configuration in which the display body further comprises a component for guiding relative rotation with the roller plate. The display body 61 of the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 forms a stepped structure in which the display body core 62 and the display body outer 64 have a predetermined height difference. The display body outer 64 and the roller The distance between the display body core 62 and the roller plate body 42 is closer than that between the plate body 42, and the display body core 62 is disposed inside the roll stator cover through hole 19. It takes a structure and the display body outer 64 makes the structure which is arrange | positioned on the outer side of the roll stator cover through-hole 19 enables the neutral display part 60 to operate smoothly between a roll rotor and a roller plate. Such a structure can also prevent unwanted separation of the flat cable 70 disposed on the roller stator.

In addition, the outer guide 18 may be further disposed on the outer surface of the roll stator cover through hole 19 in the radial direction on one surface of the roll stator cover 10a. The outer guide 18 has a structure that protrudes from one surface of the roll stator cover 10a. The outer guide 18 is in contact with the lower surface of the display body outer 64 to implement a predetermined journal bearing function, By minimizing the friction area, it becomes possible to smoothly rotate the display body 61 formed with the step between the roll rotor 20 and the roller plate 40.

7 and 8 are partially enlarged plan views showing neutral front and rear states of the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 shown in FIG. 7 is shown. The rotor indicator 25 and the stator indicator 17 of the roll rotor 20 are arranged on the line O-O1 in the same radial direction from the rotation center O of the roll rotor 20, but the indicator indicator 65 is arranged in a roll rotor ( It is arranged on the line O-O2 from the rotation center O of 20). The line O-O1 and the line O-O2 are arranged to form an angle α so that the indicator indicator 65 is not arranged in line with other indicators, that is, the rotor indicator and the stator indicator, and the operator is currently present in the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 You can immediately see that no neutral condition is established for the flat cable. On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 8, the line O-O1 and the line O-O2 are arranged without forming an angle so that the indicator indicator 65 is arranged in line with other indicators, that is, the rotor indicator and the stator indicator, and the stator indicator The and indicator indicators are superimposed so that the operator can immediately confirm that the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 is now in a neutral state with respect to the flat cable, and to maintain the neutral state, that is, roll rotor and roll through the stripping neutral pin. It is possible to prevent relative rotation between the stators.

After the neutral state is completed through the configuration of the neutral display unit as described above, the operator can secure the neutral state by fixing the relative position between the roll rotor, the roll stator and the flat cable using the stripping neutral pin 100.

That is, the stripping neutral pin 100 may be disposed on the roll rotor and the roll stator side so that an operator may remove it from the roll connector for the vehicle to enable relative rotation between the roll rotor and the roll stator. That is, the stripping neutral pin 100 has one end mounted on the rotor neutral mounting portion (not shown) as a groove formed in the rotor connector 21 formed on one surface of the roll rotor plate 20a of the roll rotor 20 and the other end thereof. Inserted into the stator neutral mounting portion 11 formed on the roll stator cover 10a of the roll stator 10 to maintain the neutral state of the vehicle steering roll connector device 1 and to assemble the steering wheel or the steering shaft. Preparation is complete.

The above embodiments are examples for describing the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, in the above embodiments, the display plate connecting portion of the vehicle steering roll connector device is formed in the groove type, but the display plate connecting portion may be formed in the protrusion structure, and the display plate connecting portion may be formed in the protrusion type. Is implemented as a film type but may have a structure that is formed of a thin rigid body, such as a structure having a neutral display portion to enable maintenance of the assembly state of the vehicle roll connector and the steering wheel connector and to quickly recognize the neutral state. Various configurations are possible in the range to be taken.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the technical spirit of the utility model registration claims attached.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the vehicle steering roll connector device of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a schematic plan view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG. 3.

6 is a schematic partial perspective enlarged perspective view of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 and 8 are schematic partial enlarged plan views of a neutral front and rear state of a vehicle steering roll connector device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1 ... vehicle roll connector 10 ... roll stator

20 ... Rotor Rotor 100 ... Remove Neutral Pin

Claims (6)

A roll rotor fixedly mounted to a vehicle and having a roll connector terminal for a vehicle, a roll rotor having a rotor connector coaxial with the roll stator and disposed to be rotatable and mounted with a steering wheel connector, the roll rotor and the roll stator And a roller plate for guiding and receiving the vehicle roll connector terminal portion and a flat cable in electrical communication with the rotor connector, and a neutral display portion disposed between the roll rotor and the roller plate and movable together with the roller plate. and, And a stator indicator disposed on the roll stator, a rotor indicator disposed on the roll rotor, and a display unit indicator disposed on the neutral display unit, wherein the stator indicator, the rotor indicator, and the display unit indicator are provided on the roll rotor. When arranged in the same radial direction from the center to form a neutral state, the neutral display portion: A display unit body disposed between the roll rotor and the roller plate and on which the display unit indicator is disposed, and a display plate connection portion formed on the display unit body and connected to the roller plate, wherein the display unit indicator is provided on an outer circumference of the display body. Vehicle steering roll connector device, characterized in that disposed. delete The method of claim 1, And the display part indicator overlaps with the stator indicator in a neutral state. The method of claim 1, The display body is: A display body core in which the display plate connecting portion is disposed; And a display unit outer body disposed at an outer circumference of the display unit body core and disposed at a step level with the display unit body core. The method of claim 4, wherein The roll stator cover through hole is disposed in the center of the roll stator, And the display unit body core is disposed inside the roll stator cover through hole, and the display unit body outer portion is disposed outside the roll stator cover through hole. The method of claim 5, And an outer guide on one surface of the roller stator at a corresponding position of the display unit body outer to support the movement of the body outer.

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