Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16H—GEARING
  • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
  • F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
  • F16H59/0204—Selector apparatus for automatic transmissions with means for range selection and manual shifting, e.g. range selector with tiptronic
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16H—GEARING
  • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
  • F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
  • F16H2059/026—Details or special features of the selector casing or lever support
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16H—GEARING
  • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
  • F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
  • F16H2059/026—Details or special features of the selector casing or lever support
  • F16H2059/0273—Cardan or gimbal type joints for supporting the lever
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
  • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
  • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
  • Y10T74/20018—Transmission control
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
  • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
  • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
  • Y10T74/20018—Transmission control
  • Y10T74/2014—Manually operated selector [e.g., remotely controlled device, lever, push button, rotary dial, etc.]
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
  • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
  • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
  • Y10T74/20018—Transmission control
  • Y10T74/2014—Manually operated selector [e.g., remotely controlled device, lever, push button, rotary dial, etc.]
  • Y10T74/20159—Control lever movable through plural planes
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
  • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
  • Y10T74/20012—Multiple controlled elements
  • Y10T74/20201—Control moves in two planes

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a shift lever device for operating a transmission mounted on a vehicle.
• a plurality of shift ranges are set in advance in an automatic transmission of a vehicle, and an operating device for selecting and operating the plurality of shift ranges is provided in the vehicle.
• a so-called shift lever device is often used as this type of operation device, and an example thereof is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.
• An object of the present invention is to obtain a shift lever device capable of improving the workability of assembling work including the assembling work of the shift lever and the like in consideration of the above-mentioned facts.
• FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of the main part of a shift lever device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• the bearing member 42 includes a main body 46.
• the main body 46 is formed in a block shape in a substantially oval shape in a front view (that is, a shape curved so that both short sides of a rectangle project outward).
• the lateral plate 62 is connected to the longitudinal plate 64 at the end opposite to the end surfaces 48 and 52, and the end surface force of the longitudinal plate 64 on the side of the end surfaces 48 and 52 is also the lateral plate 62 on the side of the end surfaces 48 and 52.
• the dimension to the end is the above-mentioned leg plate Until the pin 40, which is pivotally supported by the circular hole formed by the two notches 54 of the bearing members 42, 44 sufficiently longer than half the width dimension of 34, 36, rotates by a predetermined angle around its axis The leg plates 34, 36 do not interfere with the vertical plate 64 !, and become a structure!
• the locking hole 74 penetrates in the thickness direction of the connecting piece 72, and one end of a transmission member (not shown) composed of a wire, a cable or the like is locked in the locking hole 74.
• the other end of the transmission member is directly or indirectly connected to an automatic transmission (not shown) mounted on the vehicle, and the width direction of the upper wall 14 at the base end of the connecting piece 72 is the axial direction.
• the automatic transmission is operated in accordance with the displacement of the transmission member due to the rotation of the connecting piece 72 around the axis.
• the front wall 94 is generally in the thickness direction along the longitudinal direction of the upper wall 14, and the width dimension of the front wall 94 in the same direction as the width direction of the upper wall 14 is the same as that of the upper wall 14. It is set to the same extent as the width dimension. Furthermore, the end force of the front wall 94 on one side along the width direction of the upper wall 14 is connected to the end of the side wall 92 on one side along the longitudinal direction of the upper wall 14.
• the second housing member 100 also has a back wall 104.
• the rear wall 104 is generally in the thickness direction along the longitudinal direction of the upper wall 14, and the width dimension of the rear wall 104 along the same direction as the width direction of the upper wall 14 is the width dimension of the upper wall 14 It is set to about 1Z2.
• connecting portions 114 extend toward the back surface side.
• through holes 116 (only one of the through holes 116 is shown in FIG. 1) penetrating along the width direction of the upper wall 14 are formed coaxially with each other.
• a through hole 118 is formed in the side wall 92 of the first housing member 90 corresponding to the connecting portion 114, and a through hole 120 is formed in the side wall 102 of the second housing member 100.
• the through holes 110 and 112 are substantially coaxial, and the through holes 118 and 120 are substantially coaxial with the through hole 116. Further, from the side opposite to the upper wall 14 of the side wall 92, the fastening pin 122 is inserted through the through holes 110, 118.
• a through hole 126 is formed in the side wall 92, and a through hole 128 is formed in the side wall 102.
• These through holes 126 and 128 are coaxial with each other in the above-mentioned fastening state ( In other words, when the through holes 126 and 128 are coaxial, the through holes 110 and 112 are substantially coaxial with the through hole 108, and the through holes 118 and 120 are substantially coaxial with the through hole 116). Is formed
• a cylindrical fastening shaft 130 formed of a material (for example, metal) having a high strength in material than the first housing member 90 and the second housing member 100 is inserted into the through hole 126. There is.
• the fastening shaft 130 is set such that the outer diameter of its body portion is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the shaft 80 described above.
• the bracket 24 is a side wall of the first housing member 90 so that the leg plates 34 and 36 of the bracket 24 sandwich the main body 46 of the bearing member 42.
• a force opposite to 92 is also mounted on the bearing member 42.
• the fastening pins 122 passing through the through holes 110, 118 of the side wall 92 are formed in the through holes 108, 116 of the connecting portions 106, 114 of the upper wall 14. Passed through.
• the force on the opposite side to the bearing member 42 is also mounted via the bracket 24 so that the bearing member 44 sandwiches the leg plates 34, 36 between the main body 46 and the two supports 50. Mounting of this bearing member 44 In this case, the fastening shaft 130 is inserted into the through hole 82 of the bearing member 44.
• the joint projection 56 enters the joint hole 58, and a direction perpendicular to the projection direction of the joint projection 56 That is, relative displacement (ie, “displacement”) of the bearing member 44 with respect to the bearing member 42 in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the fastening shaft 130 is prevented. Further, as described above, the adhesive is applied to the end face 52 of each of the bearing members 42 and / or the bearing members 44 in advance.
• the bearing members 44 are mounted and the end faces 52 of the supports 50 of the bearing members 42 and 44 abut each other, the bearing members 42 and 44 are physically joined by the adhesive.
• the notch 54 of the support 50 of the bearing member 42 and the notch 54 of the support 50 of the bearing member 44 face each other.
• a circular hole is formed, and the pin 40 of the bracket 24 is rotatably inserted in the circular hole.
• the fastening pin 122 and the fastening shaft 130 are inserted through the through holes 112 and 120 and the through hole 128 of the side wall 102 of the second housing member 100.
• Fastening pin 122 penetrated through the through holes 112 and 120 and the through hole 128 and the tip side force of the fastening shaft 130 Through the through holes 112 and 120 and the through hole 128, the opposite side to the first housing member 90
• the fastening metal fitting 124 is attached to each tip of the fastening pin 122 and the fastening shaft 130.
• the upper wall 14, the first housing member 90, and the second housing member 100 are fastened and fixed.
• the assembling operation of each member is performed by the fastening pin 122 and the fastening system.
• the fastening pin 122 and the fastening shaft 130 are assembled from the distal end side to the proximal end (head) side based on the shaft 130.
• the present shift lever device 10 capable of assembling each member in a unidirectional force is, for example, a fastening through the through holes 110 and 118 and the through hole 126 of the side wall 92 of the first housing member 90.
• the bearing member 42 for example, with the pin 122 and the tip of the fastening shaft 130 facing upward.
• 44, the bracket 24, the second housing member 100, etc. while maintaining the posture of the first housing member 90, these respective members can be assembled. This makes it possible to extremely effectively improve the workability in assembling work.
• the present shift lever device 10 can be assembled by assembling the respective members in the same direction of direction force, the assembly of the present shift lever device 10 can be performed by an automatic assembling device such as a mouth bot etc.
• an automatic assembling device such as a mouth bot etc.
• the motion of a robot arm or the like can be made a simple motion such as one-dimensional, and as a result, the structure of an automatic assembly device such as a robot can be miniaturized and simplified. The cost of itself can be reduced.
• the bracket 24 of the lever body 22 and the control lever 70 are connected by assembling the bearing members 42, 44. Therefore, when connecting the lever main body 22 and the control lever 70, the structure of the second housing member 100 does not inadvertently interfere with the lever main body 22 or the control lever 70 and the like.
• the pin 40 and thus the lever main body, is formed in the circular hole formed by facing the notch 54 of the support 50 formed in each of the bearing members 42, 44. Support 22 However, until the bearing member 42 and the bearing member 44 are joined, the circular hole for supporting the pin 40 is basically also a semicircular notch 54.
• the lever 40 and the control lever are easily fitted by inserting the pin 40 into the inside of the notch so that the pin 40 is sandwiched between the supports 50 of the bearing members 42 and 44.
• the bar 70 can be connected, and in this sense, it is possible to extremely effectively improve the workability in the assembling operation.
• control lever 70 is pivotally supported by a fastening shaft 130 for fastening and fixing the first housing member 90 and the second housing member 100. Therefore, the overall number of parts can be reduced.
• the material strength of the fastening shaft 130 is higher than that of the first housing member 90 and the second housing member 100, the first housing member 90 and the second housing member 100 are securely fastened and fixed.
• the control lever 70 can be supported with certainty so that the fastening shaft 130 can not be broken or damaged by the rotation of the control lever 70.
• the shift lever 152 is provided between the side wall 92 of the first housing member 90 constituting the housing 12 and the side wall 102 constituting the second housing member 100. It is arranged.
• the shift lever 152 is provided with a substantially bottomed cylindrical (pipe-like) lever main body 154.
• a through hole 168 having a circular cross section is formed in the axial center portion of the cylindrical portion 166, and an inner diameter dimension is drilled on both end sides in the longitudinal (axial) direction of the cylindrical portion 166.
• An insertion hole 170 larger than the hole 168 is formed coaxially with the through hole 168 and the cylindrical portion 166.
• a positioning portion 172 projecting from the side wall 92 toward the side wall 102 is inserted in one of the fitting holes 170, and one fitting hole 170 protrudes from the side wall 102 toward the side wall 902. The positioning part 172 is inserted.
• These positioning portions 172 have a substantially cylindrical shape whose outer diameter size is smaller than the inner diameter size of the fitting hole 170.

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