JPH0629405Y2 - Trunk lid switchgear - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is a trunk lid for opening and closing a lid that closes a side opening of a trunk room formed in a vehicle body side portion of a vehicle such as a bus. Regarding switchgear.

(Prior Art) Generally, in a vehicle such as a bus, a trunk room for accommodating luggage is formed in a lower portion of a vehicle body. The side opening of the luggage compartment is closed by a lid so that it can be opened and closed.

By the way, this kind of trunk lid has been conventionally opened and closed by manual operation. for that reason,
When opening and closing the trunk lid, for example, an occupant must always perform the work at the position where the trunk is installed outside the vehicle body. Also, if the side opening of the luggage compartment is large, the weight of the luggage compartment lid will increase.
There was a problem that the opening and closing work of the trunk lid became troublesome.

Further, a lock mechanism is provided on the vehicle body side so as to releasably engage the trunk lid with the vehicle body side when the trunk lid is closed. The lock mechanism is unlocked, for example, when a key inserted into the key cylinder from the outer surface side of the trunk lid is rotated. In this case, since a weather strip, which is pressed against the trunk lid when the trunk lid is closed, is attached to the peripheral portion of the side opening of the trunk room, for example, when the locked trunk lid is unlocked. Has a problem that it acts as a reaction force of this unlocking operation. Therefore, there is a possibility that the unlocking operation of the trunk lid may not be smoothly performed, and there is also a problem that the operation of opening the trunk lid becomes troublesome.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Since the lid of the trunk room formed on the side of the vehicle body of a vehicle such as a bus has been conventionally operated to be opened and closed by a manual operation, when the trunk lid is opened and closed, for example, an occupant, etc. However, there is a problem in that the work must be performed at the position where the trunk is installed outside the vehicle body, and in the case of a heavy trunk lid, opening and closing the trunk lid becomes troublesome. Furthermore, when unlocking the closed trunk lid, the weather strip at the peripheral edge of the side opening of the luggage compartment acts as a reaction force for this unlocking operation, so that the trunk lid can be unlocked smoothly. There is also a problem that the opening operation of the trunk lid may be troublesome because it may not be possible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a trunk lid opening / closing device capable of facilitating the opening / closing operation of the trunk lid and smoothly performing the unlocking operation of the trunk lid. It is intended.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) This invention is provided with an actuator for opening and closing a lid for closing a side opening of a trunk room formed in a vehicle body, and the actuator and the working fluid supply source are connected to each other. A flow path switching valve for switching the flow path of the working fluid between the lid opening circuit and the lid closing circuit is provided, and the lid is releasably locked at the closing position when the lid is closed. And a lock release actuator for unlocking the lock mechanism are provided, and when a working fluid is supplied to the actuator in a closing direction of the lid before forming a circuit for opening the lid when opening the lid, At the same time, a working fluid is supplied to the unlock actuator, and after unlocking the lock mechanism, the lid is opened. It is obtained so as to form a use circuit.

(Operation) The lid opening / closing operation is facilitated by automatically opening / closing the lid in accordance with the switching operation of the flow path switching valve, and the actuator is operated before the lid opening circuit is formed during the lid opening operation. By supplying the working fluid to the lock release actuator at the same time as supplying the working fluid in the closing direction of the lid, the action of the reaction force of the weather strip at the time of unlocking is reduced and the unlocking operation is smoothed. is there.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, FIG. 1 shows a trunk lid opening / closing device for opening / closing a lid 3 that closes a side opening of a trunk room 2 formed in a lower portion of a vehicle body 1 of a vehicle such as a bus. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a main part. In this case, one end of each of a pair of upper and lower support arms 4 and 5 forming a parallel link is rotatably mounted on both sides of the trunk lid 3. The other ends of the support arms 4 and 5 are rotatably attached to the support brackets 6 and 7 on the vehicle body 1 side. When the trunk lid 3 is opened and closed, the support arms 4 and 5 are connected to the pivot points O ₁ and O ₁ on the vehicle body 1 side, respectively.
Top O ₂ in the center, by rotating downward, on the trunk lid 3, the support device of the swing type of the trunk lid 3 moving operation in the downward direction is formed.

Further, 8a and 8b are a pair of air cylinders (actuators) for opening and closing the trunk lid 3. These air cylinders 8a and 8b are arranged on both sides of the luggage compartment 2, respectively. In this case, the air cylinder 8
The base ends of a and 8b are rotatably supported by a support bracket 9 fixed to a fixed portion on the upper rear side of the trunk 2. Further, the tip end side of each air cylinder 8a, 8b extends toward the side opening portion side of the trunk room 2. The protruding ends of the piston rods 10a, 10b (shown in FIG. 6) protruding from the tip side of the air cylinders 8a, 8b are respectively rotated to the left and right upper support arms 4, 4 of the trunk lid 3. It is movably connected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a handle 11 for manual operation is provided on the lower portion of the outer lid surface of the trunk lid 3.
Further, the trunk lid 3 is provided with a lock mechanism 12 for releasably locking the lid 3 at the closed position when closed. As shown in FIG. 5, the lock mechanism 12 is provided with a rotating member 14 rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 13. The rotating member 14 has three arms 1
Projections 5a, 15b, 15c are provided, and the operating rods 16a, 1 are attached to the respective arms 15a, 15b, 15c.
One end of each of 6b and 16c is connected. Hooks releasably engaged with the strikers 17 fixed to the vehicle body 1 side are connected to the other ends of the operation rods 16a, 16b, 16c, respectively. Also, this rotating member 1
Numeral 4 is always urged by a return spring 18 in a direction in which each hook is locked to the striker 17. Further, a piston rod 20 of a lock releasing air cylinder (lock releasing actuator) 19 for releasing a lock is connected to the rotating member 14 via an appropriate connecting member. Then, as the piston rod 20 of the unlocking air cylinder 19 projects, the rotating member 14 is rotated in the direction opposite to the urging direction of the return spring 18, and the hooks of the lock mechanism 12 engage with the striker 17. It is designed to be moved in the unlocking direction.

On the other hand, FIG. 6 shows an air circuit for controlling the air cylinders 8a and 8b for opening and closing the trunk lid 3.
In FIG. 6, 21 is an air tank (working fluid supply source). A compressor (not shown) is connected to the air tank 21, and compressed air is supplied from the compressor.
Further, 22 is an air tank 21 and air cylinders 8a, 8b.
Is a flow path switching valve for switching the air flow path between and.

The flow path switching valve 22 has first, second, third, fourth and fifth ports 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d and 22e.
Are provided respectively. A first port 22a of the flow path switching valve 22 is connected to the air tank 21 via an air filter 23, an emergency exhaust valve 24, and the like. Further, a speed controller 25 for speed adjustment when the lid 3 is opened is connected to the second port 22b of the flow path switching valve 22, and an exhaust pipe 26 is connected to the third port 22c.

The fourth port 22d is connected to the base end side of each air cylinder 8a, 8b through a pressure reducing regulator (pressure reducing mechanism) 27 for reducing the closing operation speed of the lid 3 and a closing circuit switching valve 28 in sequence. It is connected. In this case, one end of a bypass circuit 29 for bypassing the regulator 27 is connected to the closing circuit switching valve 28. The other end of the bypass circuit 29 is connected between the regulator 27 and the fourth port 22d.

Further, each air cylinder 8 is connected to the fifth port 22e through a lock release passage switching valve 30 and a speed controller 31 for adjusting a speed when the lid 3 is closed.
The tips of a and 8b are connected to each other. In this case, the hook release passage switching valve 30 and the fifth port 22
One end of the bypass circuit 32 is connected to e. The other end of the bypass circuit 32 is provided with a flow path switching valve 33 for preventing unlocking when the vehicle is idle and a speed controller 31A.
Are sequentially connected to the base end side of the unlocking air cylinder 19.

Further, the flow path switching valve 22 is in the non-energized state, the A energized state, and the B
It can be switched to the energized state. In the non-energized state, the first port 22a is connected to the fourth and fifth ports 22d and 22e as shown in FIG. 7 (a), and in the B-energized state in FIG. 7 (b). ), The first port 22a and the fifth port 22e are connected, and the second port 22b and the fourth port 22d are connected to each other. As shown, the connection between the first port 22a and the fourth port 22d and the connection between the third port 22c and the fifth port 22e can be switched, and the B energization state can be achieved. Thus, the circuit for opening the lid 3 shown in FIG. 12 and the circuit for closing the lid 3 shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 in the A-energized state are formed.

Further, FIG. 8 (a) is a non-energized state of the closing circuit switching valve 28, FIG. 8 (b) is an energized state of the closing circuit switching valve 28, and FIG. 9 (a) is a flow path switching for lock release prevention. Valve 33
In the non-energized state, FIG. 10 (b) is in the energized state of the lock release passage switching valve 33, FIG. 10 (a) is in the non-energized state in the unlocking passage switching valve 30, and FIG. The respective flow paths in the energized state of the lock release flow path switching valve 30 are shown.

A safety device having a photodetector 34 is provided inside the trunk room 2 near the side surface opening of the side wall. The photodetector 34 is formed by a light emitter 34a and a light receiver 34b that are spaced apart and face each other between facing wall surfaces in the trunk room 2, and the trunk lid 3
When the light between the light emitter 34a and the light receiver 34b is cut off during the closing operation of the lid 3, the flow path switching valve 22 is immediately switched from the A energized state to the B energized state, and the closing operation of the lid 3 is stopped. It has become so.

Further, a first stroke switch 35 is attached to the unlocking air cylinder 19. The first stroke switch 35 causes the piston rod 20 of the air cylinder 19 to move a predetermined stroke to unlock the lock mechanism 12 of the lid 3 when air is supplied into the lock release air cylinder 19 from the air tank 21 side. It is set so that it will be turned on at the point of time.

Further, a second stroke switch 36 is attached to one air cylinder 8a, and a third stroke switch 37 is attached to the other air cylinder 8b. In this case, the second stroke switch 36 controls the piston rod 10a of the air cylinder 8a when air is supplied from the air tank 21 side into the air cylinder 8a through the closing circuit of the lid 3 during the closing operation of the lid 3. It is set so as to be turned on when a predetermined stroke is moved, and the switching operation of the closing circuit switching valve 28 is controlled according to the operation of the second stroke switch 36. Further, the third stroke switch 37 is provided for the piston rod 10 of the air cylinder 8b when air is supplied from the air tank 21 side into the air cylinder 8b through the closing circuit of the lid 3 during the closing operation of the lid 3.
It is set to be turned on when b has moved by a predetermined stroke, and the power cutoff operation of the photodetector 34 is controlled according to the operation of the third stroke switch 37.

Further, opening / closing switches 39, 39 for the trunk lids 3, 3 are provided around the driver's seat 38 in the passenger compartment, and the trunk lids 3, 3 are automatically opened / closed in accordance with the operation of the opening / closing switches 39, 39. It has become so. Manual switches for the trunk lids 3, 3 are provided near the open / close switches 39, 39. The manual switch is held in an on state during normal operation (except during manual operation), and is turned off when manually operating the trunk lids 3, 3.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

First, when the open / close switch 39 is turned on while the trunk lid 3 is closed, the lock release passage switching valve 30 and the lock release prevention passage switching valve 33 are first switched to the energized state, The flow path switching valve 22 and the closing circuit switching valve 28 are each held in a non-energized state. Therefore, in this state, as shown in FIG. 11, the air supplied from the air tank 21 side is supplied to the air cylinders 8a, 8b from the ports on the tip side of the air cylinders 8a, 8b.
Air is introduced into each of the insides of the trunk lids 8b, and air is supplied in the closing direction of the trunk lid 3. Furthermore, trunk lid 3
Since air is supplied to the unlocking air cylinder 19 at the same time as the air is supplied in the closing direction of the lock releasing air cylinder 19, the rotating member 14 is attached to the return spring 18 as the piston rod 20 of the unlocking air cylinder 19 projects. The hook of the lock mechanism 12 is rotated in the direction opposite to the urging direction, and each hook of the lock mechanism 12 is moved and operated in the unlocking direction with the striker 17 to unlock the lock mechanism 12.

Further, when the lock mechanism 12 is unlocked, the first stroke switch 35 of the unlock air cylinder 19 is turned on. With the ON operation of the first stroke switch 35, the flow passage switching valve 22 is in the B energized state from the state shown in FIG.
Is switched to the non-conducting state, the opening circuit of the lid 3 shown in FIG. 12 is formed in this state. Therefore, in this case, the air supplied from the air tank 21 side is introduced into the inside of each air cylinder 8a, 8b from the port on the base end side of each air cylinder 8a, 8b, and the air is released in the opening direction of the trunk lid 3. Since it is supplied, the trunk lid 3 is automatically opened by the air cylinders 8a and 8b as shown by the phantom line in FIG.

Further, when the opening / closing switch 39 is turned off while the trunk lid 3 is open, the flow passage switching valve 22 is in the A energized state, the closing circuit switching valve 28 is energized, and the lock state is obtained from the state shown in FIG. Release prevention flow path switching valve 33
Is switched to the non-conducting state, the closing circuit for the lid 3 shown in FIG. 13 is formed in this state. Therefore, in this case, the air supplied from the air tank 21 side is introduced into the inside of each air cylinder 8a, 8b from the port on the tip side of each air cylinder 8a, 8b, and the air is supplied in the closing direction of the trunk lid 3. To be done. In this case, each air cylinder 8 from the air tank 21 side
Since a pressure reducing regulator 27 is provided in the air supply passage that is supplied to the ports on the tip side of a and 8b,
The regulator 27 suppresses the air supply speed, reduces the closing operation speed of the lid 3, and relatively slowly closes the lid 3.

It should be noted that during the closing operation of the lid 3, the light emitter 34 of the photodetector 34, which is arranged to face the vicinity of the side opening of the trunk room 2,
When the light between a and the light receiver 34b is cut off, the flow path switching valve 22 is immediately switched from the A energized state to the B energized state, and the closing operation of the lid 3 is stopped.

Further, during the closing operation of the lid 3, the third stroke switch 37 is turned on when the piston rod 10b of the air cylinder 8b moves by a predetermined stroke, and the photodetector is turned on in response to the turning on operation of the third stroke switch 37. 34
Power is cut off.

Further, during the closing operation of the lid 3, when the piston rod 10a of the air cylinder 8a moves by a predetermined stroke, the second
The stroke switch 36 is turned on. And
When the second stroke switch 36 is on,
The closing circuit switching valve 28 is switched from the state shown in FIG. 13 to the non-energized state. Therefore, in this state, as shown in FIG. 14, the air cylinders 8a, 8a, 8
Since air is supplied to the front end ports of the air cylinders 8a and 8b while the regulator 27 in the air supply passage supplied to the front end port of b is bypassed via the bypass circuit 29, the lid 3 The closing speed of the lid 3 increases immediately before the closing of the lid 3. And lid 3
The lock mechanism 12 of the lid 3 at the same time when it reaches the closed position.
The hooks are locked to the strikers 17 and the locking mechanism 12 locks the lid 3 at the closed position.

On the other hand, when the manual switches of the trunk lids 3 and 3 are turned off, the flow passage switching valve 22, the closing circuit switching valve 28, the lock release preventing flow passage switching valve 33, and the lock release flow passage switching valve 30 are Each is switched to the non-energized state. Therefore, in this case, since the manual circuit shown in FIG. 15 is formed, the air supplied from the air tank 21 side is held in a state of being introduced to both sides of each piston of each air cylinder 8a, 8b. .

Further, in an emergency, the exhaust valve 24 is manually operated. In this case, since the emergency circuit shown in FIG. 16 is formed, the air in each air cylinder 8a, 8b is held in a state of being exhausted to the outside via the exhaust valve 24.

Therefore, in the configuration described above, the trunk lid 3 is automatically opened / closed according to the switching operation of the flow path switching valve 22, so that the lid 3 is manually operated.
The opening / closing operation of the lid 3 can be facilitated as compared with the case of opening / closing. Furthermore, when the opening / closing switch 39 is turned on while the trunk lid 3 is closed, the air supplied from the air tank 21 side is first supplied from the ports on the tip side of the air cylinders 8a, 8b to the air cylinders 8a, 8b. By introducing each into the inside of 8b and supplying air in the closing direction of the trunk lid 3 and at the same time supplying air to the unlock air cylinder 19,
The piston rod 20 of this unlocking air cylinder 19
The rotating member 14 is rotated in the direction opposite to the urging direction of the return spring 18 in accordance with the projecting motion of the lock spring 12, and each hook of the lock mechanism 12 is moved in the unlocking direction with the striker 17. The action of the reaction force of the weather strip of the trunk lid 3 when the lock mechanism 12 is unlocked can be reduced, and the lock release operation can be facilitated.

The invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, during the closing operation of the lid 3, the third
Although the second stroke switch 36 is turned on after the stroke switch 37 is turned on, the second stroke switch 36 is moved from the third stroke switch 37 during the closing operation of the lid 3. May be turned on first. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case of the air circuit in which air is used as the working fluid of the control circuit of the air cylinders 8a and 8b is shown, but it may be constituted by a hydraulic circuit. Furthermore, it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[Advantages of the Invention] According to the present invention, an actuator for opening and closing a lid for closing a side opening of a trunk room formed in a vehicle body is provided, and a working fluid passage is provided between the actuator and a working fluid supply source. And a lock mechanism that locks the lid so that the lid can be engaged and disengaged at the closed position when the lid is closed, and a flow path switching valve that switches between the lid opening circuit and the lid closing circuit. Lock release actuators for unlocking the lock release actuators, and when the lid opening operation is performed, a working fluid is supplied to the actuators in a closing direction of the lids and the lock release actuators are actuated at the same time. After the fluid is supplied and the lock mechanism is unlocked, a circuit for opening the lid is formed. Therefore, the opening / closing operation of the trunk lid can be facilitated and the lock releasing operation of the trunk lid can be smoothly performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a main part of a trunk lid opening / closing device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a bus, and FIG. 3 is a trunk lid. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part showing a mounting state of the lock lid, FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a lock mechanism of the trunk lid, FIG. 5 is a front view showing a main part configuration of the lock mechanism, and FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a control air circuit of a control air cylinder, FIG. 7 (a) is a flow path of the flow path switching valve in a non-energized state, and FIG. 7 (b) is a flow path of the flow path switching valve in a B conductive state. FIG. 8 (c) is a schematic configuration diagram showing the flow passage A of the flow passage switching valve in the energized state, FIG. 8 (a) is the flow passage in the non-energized state of the block circuit switching valve, and FIG. 8 (b). Is a schematic configuration diagram showing the flow paths of the closing circuit switching valve in the energized state, and FIG. 9 (a) is the lock release prevention The flow path of the non-energized state of the passage switching valve, FIG. (B) is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow path of the current state of the lock release preventing flow path switching valve, respectively, FIG. 10 (a)
Is a non-energized flow path of the lock release flow path switching valve, and FIG. 11B is a schematic configuration diagram showing the flow path of the lock release flow path switching valve in an energized state. FIG. Is a schematic configuration diagram showing an air flow path of FIG. 12, FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration view showing an air flow path when the trunk lid is opened, and FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration view showing an air flow path when the trunk lid is closed,
FIG. 14 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an air flow path immediately before the closing operation of the trunk lid, FIG. 15 is a schematic configuration view showing an air flow path when the trunk lid is manually operated, and FIG. 16 is an emergency air flow. It is a schematic block diagram which shows a flow path. 1 ... Car body, 2 ... Trunk room, 3 ... Trunk lid, 8a, 8b ... Air cylinder (actuator), 12 ... Lock mechanism, 19 ... Unlock air cylinder (unlock actuator), 21 ... Air tank , 22 ... Flow path switching valve, 27 ... Regulator (pressure reducing mechanism).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An actuator for opening and closing a lid for closing a side opening of a trunk room formed in a vehicle body, and a working fluid passage between the actuator and a working fluid supply source for opening the lid. Circuit and a circuit for closing the lid, a flow path switching valve, a lock mechanism for releasably locking the lid at the closed position when the lid is closed, and a lock for unlocking the lock mechanism. A release actuator and a working fluid are supplied to the actuator in the closing direction of the lid before forming a circuit for opening the lid at the time of opening the lid, and at the same time, working fluid is supplied to the unlocking actuator, and the locking mechanism is provided. And a lid opening operation control unit that forms a circuit for opening the lid after the lock is released. That the trunk lid opening and closing device.