JP2007113264A - Release lever remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device unlocking a locking state of a release lever of a hood and a truck lid or the like while being stayed out of a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: In the release lever remote controller 1 equipped with an attachment 10 mounted to the release lever C2 provided to the lower part of a driver's seat B side, a string member 20 connected to the attachment 10, an inner wire connected to the string member 20, a spring member inserting the inner wire therein in a slidable manner and constituted by an elastic member in an expansible manner, a curved pipe connected to the spring member, inserting the inner wire therein in a slidable manner and bending back the direction of the insertion of the inner wire at 90 degrees or more, an outer wire 50 connected to the curved pipe and a tensile means 60 connected to the other end of the inner wire and making the traction of the inner wire, a detachable member mounting the curved pipe to a head-rest b1 is provided to the outside circumference of the curved pipe. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control device for releasing the lock state of various release levers provided at the lower part on the driver's seat side while outside the vehicle.

  Conventionally, it is necessary to finely adjust the installation positions of parts such as hoods and front fenders of automobiles (hereinafter abbreviated as “position adjustment of front peripheral parts”) in the replacement work of automobile sheet metal and various parts. It is. In the position fine adjustment work, in order to ensure the aesthetic appearance of the automobile and the mechanical strength of the vehicle body, and to prevent the adjacent panels from interfering with each other, in many cases, the difference between the front and rear, the left and right difference, the height difference Each requires an accuracy of 1 mm or less. However, since the adjustment bolt is also in the engine room, it is necessary to open and close the bonnet every time the above-described automobile parts are finely adjusted.

The bonnet opening / closing operation of the following (1) to (3) must be accompanied by fine adjustment of the position of the front peripheral parts.
(1) Bonnet unlocking operation First, an operator who finely adjusts the position of front peripheral parts (hereinafter simply referred to as “operator”) moves from the front of the bonnet of the car to the side of the front door, and then the front door. And then pull the release lever of the bonnet to release the hood lock. Here, the “release lever” is an operation handle for releasing the locked state of the bonnet and the locked state of the trunk lid and the fuel lid, and is usually provided at the lower part on the driver side. .
(2) Bonnet opening work Close the front door to ensure safety, move to the front of the bonnet, lift the bonnet opening, and fix the hood in the open state with the hood support rod in the engine room. Here, the “hood support rod” is an auxiliary rod for maintaining the opened state after the bonnet is opened.

By the operations (1) and (2) above, the operator can perform a fine adjustment operation of the position of the front peripheral parts. And after performing the said fine adjustment operation | work, the operator needs to perform the following operation | work in order to confirm an installation position. That is,
(3) Locking and closing the bonnet Return the hood support rod to its original position, close the bonnet and lock it.

  The position fine adjustment operation is repeated several times to several tens of times until the accuracy of the position fine adjustment of the front peripheral parts is within a required range. Therefore, the operator had to perform the bonnet opening / closing operations (1) to (3) above as many times as the position fine adjustment work of the front peripheral parts until the position fine adjustment of the front peripheral parts was completed. .

  In JP-A-9-123959, as a bonnet opening device used in the assembly process of a vehicle such as an automobile, a cylinder having a pad attached to one end of the bonnet attached to and away from the back of the bonnet, and a base end side of the cylinder are freely swingable. From the side surface of the cylinder, supporting means for supporting, a frame that can be disposed below the vehicle body that can face the back surface of the bonnet, a guide means that is disposed on the frame and supports the supporting means so as to be displaceable in the horizontal direction, Plate-shaped guide means projecting toward the side, a pair of rollers sandwiching the guide means above the support means, and swinging disposed on the frame side to freely support these rollers There is disclosed a vehicle hood automatic opening device comprising a member and an actuator for reciprocatingly driving the support means along the guide means.

  According to the hood automatic opening device, the hood can be reliably opened and closed without contacting the surface of the bonnet. However, the hood automatic opening device is a hood that is hinged in advance to the vehicle body before the engine is mounted and can be opened and closed in a vehicle assembly process in which predetermined parts are assembled on the back of the bonnet or inside the engine room. Is applied. Therefore, it is difficult to apply the automatic hood opening device to vehicle repair after completion.

JP-A-9-123959

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a device for releasing a lock state of a release lever such as a bonnet or a trunk lid while outside the vehicle.

  The present invention has been developed to solve the above-described problems, and is a device that enables a locked state of a hood, a trunk lid, and the like to be released by remote control. That is, the release lever remote control device according to claim 1, the attachment attached to the release lever provided in the lower part of the driver's seat, a string member coupled to the attachment, an inner wire coupled to the string member, The inner wire is slidably inserted, and a spring member configured to be extendable and contractible by an elastic member, and the inner wire is slidably inserted and connected to the spring member, and the inner wire In a release lever remote control device comprising an outer that bends the insertion direction of the inner wire to 90 ° or more and a pulling means that is connected to the other end of the inner wire and pulls the inner wire, a detachable member that attaches the outer to the headrest It is provided on the outer periphery.

  The string member can be directly connected to the end of the attachment or the inner wire, but the attachment is appropriately replaced in accordance with the shape of the release lever to be applied, and the size of the vehicle to be repaired. In addition, it is preferable that the length of the string member can be appropriately adjusted. For this reason, it is preferable to use a connecting metal fitting having a rotatable function such as twisting or a metal ring. Moreover, a string member and an attachment can also be comprised integrally corresponding to the shape of a release lever.

  As the spring member, for example, bellows rubber molded from a synthetic rubber having elasticity can be used. In addition, a coil spring having an inner diameter into which the inner wire can be inserted can be used.

  Moreover, the said spring member is comprised in the length of the extent which can be expanded-contracted in the length part from the edge part which the said inner wire connects with the said string member to the edge part of an outer. Further, if a joining member such as a synthetic resin rubber tube is extrapolated to the connecting portion between the spring member and the outer, the inner wire in the gap between the connecting portions can be protected.

  Moreover, the outer connected with the said spring member can be comprised by the part which bends the direction which the inner wire inserted by 90 degrees or more and other parts. For example, the curved portion of 90 ° or more may be formed of a U-shaped metal or hard resin pipe, and the other portion may be formed of a flexible outer wire.

  Moreover, a hook-and-loop fastener can be used as a detachable member for attaching the outer to the headrest. Alternatively, a flat belt and a general adjusting means for the belt length, for example, a buckle or the like can be used together as the detachable member, and the detachable member includes a curved portion of 90 ° or more, Or it is preferable to attach to the nearest part.

  Further, the pulling means connected to the other end of the inner wire and pulling the inner wire can be constituted by a pulling device using manual operation such as manual operation or an actuator using power such as a stepping motor.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the release lever remote control device according to the first aspect, the attachment has a pair of narrow attachment portions curved in one direction on the distal end side and a gripping portion on the other end. A narrowing plate, a shaft portion that pivotally supports the pair of narrowing plates so as to be openable and closable in a state where the bending directions of the narrowing portions are the same and face each other, and the pair of narrowing plates are attached in the closing direction. It is characterized by comprising a spring member.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the operator can operate the release lever provided at the lower part of the instrument panel in the passenger compartment by pulling the string member and the inner wire using the pulling means. In addition, the unlocking operation of the hood of the vehicle can be performed very easily even from outside the vehicle. In addition, since the spring member expands and contracts in the range of the length portion from the end where the inner wire is connected to the string member to the outer end, the length of the portion where the string member and the inner wire are pulled is The original state is restored by the spring member. Therefore, the operator can repeatedly perform the bonnet opening / closing operation any number of times until the position fine adjustment of the front peripheral parts is completed.

  According to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, when attaching the attachment, since the narrow portion and the grip portion of the pair of narrow plates are attached with the narrow portion facing upward, the narrow portion is formed in a curved shape. Compared with the case where there is no device, it is not necessary to put the grip part all the way into the instrument panel, and the work efficiency is improved.

[First Embodiment]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing the overall configuration of the release lever remote control device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a portion where the release lever remote control device 1 is mounted on the driver's seat. It is explanatory drawing expanded.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the release lever remote control device 1 according to the first embodiment includes an attachment 10, a string member 20 coupled to the attachment 10, and an inner wire 51 coupled to the string member 20. The inserted spring member 30, the curved tube 40 having a substantially U shape that bends the inner wire 51 into a substantially U shape, the outer wire 50 that leads the inner wire 51 out of the vehicle A, and the inner wire 51 is pulled. Tensioning means 60 is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the release lever c2 is attached to a lower part c1 of an instrument panel C provided with parts such as a driving handle D so as to be rotatable about a pivot c3.

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, as the attachment 10, a pair of narrowing plates 11 and 12, a shaft portion 14 that pivotally supports the pair of narrowing plates 11 and 12 so as to be openable and closable, A clip type composed of a spring member 15 that urges the pair of narrow attachment plates 11 and 12 in the closing direction is used. The narrow plates 11 and 12 have narrow portions 11a and 12a that are curved in one direction, respectively, on the distal end side, and grip portions 11b and 12b on the other end, respectively. The clip-type attachment 10 holds the gripping portions 11b and 12b in one hand, opens the narrowing portions 11a and 12a against the urging force of the spring member 15, and narrows the narrowing portions 11a and 12a to the release lever c2. It is attached by wearing.

  The attachment 10 is configured such that the narrow plate 12 is on the upper side when attached to the release lever c <b> 2, and a connecting portion 13 is provided on the narrow plate 12. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one end of the string member 20 is fixed to the connecting portion 13 via the connection fitting 21, and the other end is connected to the inner wire 51 via the stopper member 22. . In addition, as the connection fitting 21, a twist is used.

  The spring member 30 is configured such that the inner wire 51 is slidably inserted therein and is elastic with an elastic member. In the first embodiment, bellows rubber is used as the spring member 30 as shown in FIG. Further, the spring member 30 has a length from the stopper member 22 to which the inner wire 51 is connected to about the bending tube 40, one end abuts against the stopper member 22 to prevent it from coming off, and the other end is a tube shape. It is intubated in the wire cover 43 molded into the shape. In addition, in the stopper member 22, the length of the end 51b of the inner wire 51 is adjusted so that the tension of the inner wire 51 is appropriate, and the inner wire 51 is fixed using the bolt 22a, the nut 22b, and the washer 22c.

  2 and 4, the bending tube 40 is bent into a U shape at a bending angle of 90 ° or more, and is formed in a tubular shape having an inner diameter that allows the inner wire 51 to slide inside. Has been. One end of the bending tube 40 is inserted into the wire cover 43 and connected to the spring member 30, while the other end is inserted into the wire cover 42 and connected to the outer wire 50. As a result, the inner wire 51 is led out of the vehicle A from the spring member 30 via the bending tube 40 while being inserted into the outer wire 50. A hook-and-loop fastener 41 whose length can be adjusted with a square ring 41a is provided on the outside of the bending tube 40 as a detachable member for attaching the bending tube 40 to the headrest. As shown in FIG. 2, the operator hooks the hook-and-loop fastener 41 on the joint b3 between the headrest b1 and the seat b2 of the driver's seat B, completes the installation of the release lever remote control device 1, and locks the bonnet F. The release operation is performed from the outside of the car A.

  Moreover, the inner wire 51 is not exposed outside by connecting the outer wire 50 and the spring member 30 using the wire covers 42 and 43 as described above. Therefore, since the inner wire 51 does not interfere with the window frame e1 and the window e2 or the seat b2 of the vehicle A, the operator can smoothly perform the unlocking operation of the bonnet F.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the outer wire 50 is led out of the vehicle from the window frame e1 of the door E, and the inner wire 51 inserted into the outer wire 50 is inserted into the outer wire 50 as shown in FIG. The end 51a, which is the end, is hooked in a state of being fitted into a mounting seat 62a formed on the lever 62. In the first embodiment, both ends of the outer wire 50 are protected by outer caps 50a and 50b.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the pulling means 60 has a bracket 63 provided with a support shaft 63c for pivotally supporting the lever 62 attached to the handle 61 with a bolt 63a and a nut 63b.

  Since the release lever remote control device 1 according to the first embodiment is configured as described above, the attachment 10 is attached tightly to the release lever c2, and a curved tube is used using a hook-and-loop fastener 41 as an attaching / detaching member. When the operator holds the lever 62 and pushes it down with the 40 attached to the headrest, the inner wire 51 is drawn into the tension means 60 side, and the cord member 20 corresponding to the drawn length is pulled up. Since the attachment 10 connected to the member 20 is also lifted upward, the bonnet F is unlocked. Therefore, according to the release lever remote control device 1 according to the present embodiment, the unlocking operation of the bonnet F can be performed very easily only by depressing the lever 62 of the pulling means 60 even from outside the vehicle. .

[Second Embodiment]
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion where the release lever remote control device 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the driver's seat. The release lever remote control device 1 according to the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 is similar to the first embodiment except that the attachment 10 is not provided at the tip of the string member 20, and the string member 20, spring The member 30, the bending tube 40, the outer wire 50, and the tension means 60 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the release lever remote control device 1 according to the second embodiment has a string member 20 configured in a loop shape. In the case of the knob-type release lever shown in FIG. 7, the cord member in the second embodiment can directly hook the tip portion of the cord member 20 on the handle c21 of the release lever c2 in a loop shape, so that it functions as an attachment. It also has. Further, since the string member 20 has a loop shape, it can be easily hooked not only to the release lever of the bonnet but also to the release lever of the trunk lid and the fuel lid if it is a general passenger car. Thus, the release lever remote control device 1 according to the second embodiment is suitably used in the position fine adjustment work of the peripheral parts of the trunk lid and the fuel lid of the vehicle.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the bending tube 40 according to the second embodiment is curved in a substantially question mark shape, and has a tubular shape having an inner diameter enough to allow the inner wire 51 to slide inside. Is formed. As in the first embodiment, one end of the bending tube 40 is inserted into the wire cover 43 and connected to the spring member 30, while the other end is inserted into the wire cover 42 and connected to the outer wire 50. Is done. Since the wire cover 42 according to the second embodiment has the curved portion 42a bent back in the vehicle exterior direction, the outer wire 50 is directed outside the vehicle from a relatively high position. Therefore, according to 2nd Embodiment, it can use suitably with respect to the driver's seat with a low height.

  The operator installs the release lever remote control device 1 of the second embodiment as shown in FIG. 6 according to the same procedure as that of the first embodiment, and then unlocks the bonnet F or locks the trunk lid and the fuel lid. The releasing operation is performed from the outside front side or the outside rear side of the vehicle A by the pulling means 60.

[Third Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion where the release lever remote control device 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the driver's seat.

  Similarly to the second embodiment, the release lever remote control device 1 according to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 also has a loop-shaped string member 20, a spring member 30, a bending tube 40, an outer wire 50, and the inner wire. A tension means 60 for pulling the wire 51 is provided.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the bending tube 40 according to the third embodiment is bent at about 90 °, and has a tubular shape having an inner diameter that allows the inner wire 51 to slide inside. Is formed. As in the first embodiment, the bending tube 40 has one end inserted into the wire cover 43 and connected to the spring member 30, and the other end inserted into the wire cover 42 and the outer wire 50. Connected.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the bending tube 40 according to the third embodiment has a holder 45 attached to a linear portion slightly below the bending portion, and a planar belt is interposed via the holder 45. 44 is attached to the driver's seat B. That is, in the third embodiment, the detachable member includes a planar belt 44, a buckle 44a capable of adjusting the length of the planar belt 44, a hook 44b rotatable with respect to the buckle 44a, and a bending tube. It is comprised with the holder 45 which can be fixed to the outer periphery of 40. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the operator attaches the flat belt 44 to the joint b3 of the headrest b1 of the driver's seat B, and engages the hook 44b provided at the tip of the buckle 44a with the locking hole 45a of the holder 45. Stop. Next, the operator fixes the length of the planar belt 44 with the buckle 44a so that the string member 20 has an appropriate tension for work.

  After attaching the release lever remote control device 1 of the third embodiment according to the above procedure, the operator performs the unlocking operation of the bonnet F, the trunk lid, and the fuel lid from the outside front side or the outside rear side of the vehicle A by the pulling means 60. .

  The tension means 60 according to the third embodiment has the following configuration. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the outer wire 50 is led out of the vehicle from the window frame e1 of the door E, and the inner wire 51 inserted into the outer wire 50 has an end portion thereof as shown in FIG. The end 51 a is a hook that is fitted in a mounting seat 66 a formed on the pedal 66. The pedal 66 is pivotally supported around the support shaft 68 so as to be rotatable with respect to the base member 65, and is urged by a return spring 67 in a direction that always rotates upward with respect to the base member 65. .

  Since the release lever remote control device 1 according to the third embodiment is configured as described above, the distal end portion of the string member 20 is attached to the release lever of the hood, trunk lid, or fuel lid, and the operator uses his / her foot G to attach the release lever remote control device 1. When the pedal 66 is depressed, the inner wire 51 is drawn to the tension means 60 side, the string member 20 corresponding to the drawn length is pulled up, and the release lever hooked on the string member 20 is also lifted upward. Therefore, the locked state of the bonnet or the like is released. When the bonnet or the like is again locked, the release lever returns to the original state, so that the unlocking operation by the release lever remote control device 1 can be repeated.

  Therefore, according to the release lever remote control device 1 according to the present embodiment, the lock state of the release lever such as the bonnet and the trunk lid can be released very easily while outside the vehicle. Adjustment work can be significantly improved.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the whole structure of the release lever remote control apparatus 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the part by which the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 was mounted | worn by the driver's seat. It is a side view of the state which attached the attachment 10 which comprises the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 to the release lever c2. It is an expanded sectional view of the spring member 30 and the bending tube 40 which comprise the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a side view of the state which pulled the lever 62 of the tension | pulling means 60 which comprises the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the part with which the release lever remote control apparatus 1 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention was mounted | worn by the driver's seat. It is a side view of the state which attached the front-end | tip part of the string member 20 of the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 6 to the handle | pattern part c21 of the release lever c2. It is the fragmentary sectional view of the bending tube 40 which comprises the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 6, and the expanded sectional view of the wire cover 42. It is explanatory drawing which expanded the part with which the release lever remote control apparatus 1 which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention was mounted | worn by the driver's seat. It is explanatory drawing to which the part which attached the detachable member which comprises the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 9 to the bending tube 40 was expanded. It is an enlarged side view of the tension | pulling means 60 which comprises the release lever remote control apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Release lever remote control apparatus 10 Clip type attachment 11 Narrow attachment board 11a Narrow attachment part 11b Gripping part 12 Narrow attachment board 12a Narrow attachment part 12b Gripping part 13 Connection part 15 Spring member 20 String member 21 Connection metal fitting 22 Stopper member (bellows rubber) )
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 Spring member 40 Curved pipe 41 Surface fastener 42 Wire cover 42a Curve part 43 Wire cover 44 Planar belt 50 Outer wire 51 Inner wire 60 Pulling means A Car B Driver's seat b1 Headrest b2 Seat b3 Joint C Instrumental panel c1 Instrumental Lower part of panel C c2 Release lever F Bonnet

Claims (2)

An attachment to be attached to a release lever provided at the lower part of the driver's seat,
A string member coupled to the attachment; an inner wire coupled to the string member;
A spring member in which the inner wire is slidably inserted, and is configured to be elastic with an elastic member;
An outer member connected to the spring member, in which the inner wire is slidably inserted, and the insertion direction of the inner wire is bent to 90 ° or more;
In a release lever remote control device that is connected to the other end of the inner wire and includes a pulling means that pulls the inner wire.
A removable member for attaching the outer to the headrest is provided on the outer periphery of the outer,
Release lever remote control device. A pair of narrowing plates having a narrowing part curved in one direction on the tip side and a gripping part on the other end, the attachment;
In a state where the bending directions of the narrowing portions are aligned and opposed to each other, a shaft portion that pivotally supports the pair of narrowing plates so as to be opened and closed,
The release lever remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the release lever remote control device is configured by a spring member that urges the pair of narrow attachment plates in a closing direction.

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