JPH11165571A - Cable device for transmitting operating force in automobiles - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To facilitate an operation of releasing or returning the interlocking operation when an operating unit supported by a vehicle body and an operated unit are interlockingly connected by a cable. I do. A cable (14) for interlockingly connecting an operation unit (11) and an operated unit (12) supported by a vehicle body includes a first case (17) for supporting a first engagement body (19), and a second engagement body (23).
And a second case 21 for supporting the operation unit 11
The first cable 25 whose other end 25a is connected to the first locking body 19 and one end is connected to the operated part 12 and the other end 26a is connected to the second locking body 23 And a second cable 26 that is provided. When the first case 17 and the second case 21 are engaged with each other, the first engagement body 19 and the second engagement body 23 are engaged with each other so as to be detachable from each other. In addition, the first and second locking members 19, 20 are provided in the space 33 in the first and second cases 17, 21.
23 is stored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable device capable of transmitting an operating force from an operating portion to an operated portion, and more particularly, to a first and a second cable device capable of transmitting an operating force. The present invention relates to a cable device for transmitting an operating force in an automobile in which two cables are provided and these two cables are connected to each other in a one-touch manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cable device for transmitting an operating force in an automobile has been disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-9226.

According to this, a seat provided in an automobile has a seat cushion supported on a cabin floor constituting a vehicle body, and a seat back in an upright posture protruding upward from a rear end of the seat cushion. The seat back is pivotally supported by the seat cushion so as to be reciprocally rotatable forward, that is, supported by the vehicle body via the seat cushion.

The above-mentioned seat back is used as an operation unit.
A side portion of the seat cushion is a portion to be operated, and a cable device is provided that enables an operation force to be transmitted from the seat back toward the side portion. The cable device has a cable having one end connected to the seat back and the other end connected to the side portion.

[0005] When an operating force is applied to the above-mentioned seat back, which is an operating portion, and the seat back is turned, the side portion, which is the operated portion, interlocked with the seat back through the cable, has a predetermined height. Thereby, a predetermined holding property of the seated person by the seat cushion is ensured in accordance with the rotation posture of the seat back.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned prior art, there is a case where it is desired to temporarily release the link between the operating section and the operated section at the time of maintenance or inspection. An operation of attaching and detaching the end of the cable to and / or from at least one of the operated parts is required.

However, since the above-mentioned cable is generally arranged using a narrow body space, it is not easy to attach / detach the end of the cable to / from the operating portion or the operated portion.
In other words, the operation of releasing or returning the link between the operation unit and the operated unit is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and in a case where an operating section supported by a vehicle body and an operated section are interlockingly connected by a cable, this interlocking operation is released. Another object of the present invention is to make it easy to perform a returning operation.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cable device for transmitting an operating force in an automobile according to the present invention, which is a cable for interlockingly connecting an operating portion 11 and an operated portion 12 supported by a vehicle body 1 to each other. In a cable device for transmitting operating force in an automobile provided with 14,

[0010] A first case 17 in which the cable 14 supports the first locking member 19 reciprocally in a certain direction.
A second case 21 that reciprocally supports the second locking member 23 in a direction that is detachable from the first case 17, and one end of which is connected to the operation unit 11 and the other end. A first cable 25 having a portion 25a connected to the first locking member 19; and a second end 2 connected to the operated portion 12 at one end.
6a is the second cable 2 connected to the second locking body 23
When the first case 17 and the second case 21 are locked to each other, the first locking body 19 and the second locking body 23 are disengaged from each other with this locking. The first and second locking members 19 and 23 are accommodated freely in the space 33 in the first and second cases 17 and 21.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an automobile body, and an arrow Fr indicates the front thereof.

The vehicle body 1 has a cabin floor 2, and the upper side of the cabin floor 2 is a cabin 3. A seat device 4 is provided in the passenger compartment 3, and the seat device 4 includes a seat 5. The seat 5 includes a seat cushion 8 supported on the cabin floor 2 via a support base 7,
And a seat back 9 in a standing posture protruding upward from a rear end of the seat cushion 8. The seat back 9 is pivotally supported by the seat cushion 8 so as to be reciprocally rotatable forward. I have. That is, the seat back 9 is supported on the vehicle cabin floor 2 via the support base 7 and the seat cushion 8.

The seat back 9 is an operation unit 11,
On the other hand, the side portion of the seat cushion 8 is
2, from the seat back 9 to the seat cushion 8
Is provided with a cable device 13 capable of transmitting an operation force toward the vehicle. The cable device 13 includes a pair of left and right (plural) cables 14, one end of which is connected to left and right side portions of the seat back 9 and the other end of which is connected to left and right side portions of the seat cushion 8. doing.

In each of the drawings, each of the cables 14 has a first resin case 17 which is detachably fastened to the lower surface of the seat cushion 8 by fasteners 16.
An opening 18 is formed on one surface (lower surface) of the first case 17 to allow communication between the inside and the outside of the first case 17. A first locking body 19 is inserted through the opening 18 into the first case 17 so as to be freely inserted and removed. The forward movement (A) and the backward movement (B) can be freely performed in one linear direction (forward).

Each of the cables 14 includes a second case 21 made of a resin, which is detachable from the first case 17 from below the first case 17 by an engagement / disengagement means 20. An opening 22 is formed on one surface (upper surface) of the second case 21 so as to communicate between the inside and the outside. A second locking body 23 is inserted through the opening 22 into the second case 21 so as to be freely inserted and removed. The forward movement (A) and the backward movement (B) can be freely performed in one linear direction (forward).

Each of the cables 14 includes a first cable 25 and a second cable 26, and a first outer tube 27 which slidably fits the cables 25 and 26 only in the longitudinal direction thereof. And a second outer tube 28.

One end of the first cable 25 is connected to the operating portion 11 (seat back 9), and the other end 25a is detachably connected to the first locking member 19. One end of the first outer tube 27 is connected to the stationary side of the vehicle body 1 such as the seat cushion 8, and the other end 27 a is connected to the first case 17. In this case, the longitudinal direction (sliding direction) of the other end 25a of the first cable 25 and the moving direction of the first locking member 19 are made to match.

On the other hand, one end of the second cable 26 is connected to the operated portion 12 (each side portion of the seat cushion 8), and the other end 26a is detachably connected to the second locking member 23. ing. In addition, the second outer tube 2
One end of 8 is connected to the stationary side of the vehicle body 1 such as the seat cushion 8, and the other end 28 a is connected to the second case 21. In this case, the other end 26 of the second cable 26
The longitudinal direction (sliding direction) of a and the moving direction of the second locking body 23 are made to coincide with each other.

The first locking member 19 and the other end 25a of the first cable 25 are connected to each other, and the second locking member 23 and the other end 26a of the second cable 26 are connected to each other. The first locking body 1 is connected to each other, and
9 and the second locking body 23 are supported by the first case 17 and the second case 21 so as to be able to reciprocate (A, B) freely.

As described above, the first case 17 and the second case 21 can be disengaged by the disengagement means 20 with the openings 18 and 22 facing each other.
The engagement / disengagement means 20 includes an engagement hole 30 formed on one of the first case 17 and the second case 21 and an engagement hole formed on the other and engaged with the engagement hole 30 in a detachable manner. And a stop hook 31.

As shown by the solid lines in FIGS. 1 and 4, the first locking member 19 is set in the state of being moved backward (or the most forward) in the first case 17 and the second locking member 23 is moved. Second case 21
In this case, the first locking member 19 and the second locking member 23 are positioned in the “initial state”.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first case 17 and the second case 21 are engaged with each other by the engaging / disengaging means 20 from the "initial state". Then, along with the locking, the first locking body 19 and the second locking body 23 are automatically fitted to each other so as to be freely detachable, so that both of them are locked and unlocked. It has become. And
The first cable 25 and the second cable 26 are connected to each other via the first locking body 19 and the second locking body 23 which are locked to each other.
Are linked to each other by the respective cables 14. In this case, the other end 25a of the first cable 25,
The other end 26a of the second cable 26 is located on one virtual straight line extending in the front-rear direction.

When the seat back 9 serving as the operation portion 11 is reciprocated forward from the standing posture, the respective side portions of the seat cushion 8 are interlocked with each other via the respective cables 14 so that these respective side portions become predetermined. The height of the
According to the rotational posture of the seat back 9, the seat cushion 8 as the operated portion 12 ensures predetermined occupant retention. Also, with the rotation of the seat back 9,
Via the first and second cables 25 and 26, the first and second cables
The locking members 19 and 23 move forward (indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 3) or move backward.

As described above, when the first case 17 and the second case 21 are locked to each other, each opening 1
8 and 22 communicate with each other, and these first case 17 and second case
The first locking body 19 and the second locking body 23 are accommodated in a space 33 in the case 21 and are entirely covered from the outside, and the first locking body 19 and the second locking body 23 are covered. 23 can be prevented from being easily seen in appearance.

On the other hand, if the locking of the engaging / disengaging means 20 is released and the locking of the first case 17 and the second case 21 is released, the operation unit 11 and the operation unit 11 are released in the reverse order. The link with the operated part 12 is released.

According to the above configuration, the cable 14 that connects the operating section 11 and the operated section 12 to each other in an interlocking manner is constituted by the first and second cables 25 and 26 which are separate from each other.
These first and second cables 25 and 26 are connected to the first and second cables 25 and 26, respectively.
When the cases 17 and 21 are disengaged, the cases 17 and 21 are disengaged from each other, whereby the interlock between the operation unit 11 and the operated unit 12 can be released and returned.

For this reason, the operation unit 11 supported on the vehicle body 1
When the link is to be released when the cable and the operated part 12 are connected to each other by the cable 14, the first and second cables 25 and 26 constituting the cable 14 are connected to the first and second cables 25 and 26. Second outer tube 27, 2
The first and second cases 17 and 21 locked to each other are taken out to a wider working space by utilizing the bending and slack with the second case 8, where the first and second cases 17 and 21 are removed. It is only necessary to release the lock, and the operation unit 11
The link between the and the operated part 12 is released. To restore this interlocking, the reverse procedure may be used.

Therefore, as described above, the first and second cases 17 and 21 are simply disengaged in a wider working space.
Since the release and return of the interlock between the operation unit 11 and the operated unit 12 can be obtained, this operation can be easily performed.

In addition, the first and second members locked to each other
The first and second locking members 19 and 23 are housed in a space 33 in the cases 17 and 21, and these first and second locking members 1
9, 23 is prevented from being easily seen in appearance,
As described above, the cable 14 is connected to the first and second cables 2.
The appearance of the cable device 13 is kept good while the cable device 13 and the cable device 5 are configured to be engaged and disengaged from each other.

Further, each of the first cables 14
The cases 17 are integrally formed with each other, and the second cases 21 of the cables 14 are also integrally formed with each other.

For this reason, first, the number of components of the cable device 13 is reduced by the integral molding, so that the structure of the cable device 13 is simplified and the assembling to the vehicle body 1 is facilitated. .

Second, as described above, the cable 1
Even if there are a plurality of the four, the first cable 25 and the second cable 26 can be simultaneously engaged and disengaged only by the integrally formed single first case 17 and second case 21 alone. Therefore, even if there are a plurality of cables 14 as described above, the above-described work on the operation unit 11 and the operated unit 12 can be easily performed.

Although the above description is based on the illustrated example, as another embodiment, the seat 5 can be moved back and forth with respect to the cabin floor 2 and the seat 5 can be moved to the cabin floor 2 at an arbitrary moving position. 5 is provided so as to be able to be engaged and disengaged, the operating portion 11 is an operating lever by manual or stepping, and the operated portion 12 is an operating lever.
1 and the operated part 12 are linked and connected by a cable 14, and the operation of the operating part 11 releases the locked state of the operated part 12 and allows the movement of the seat 5. There may be.

The first case 17 and the second case 21 do not need to be fastened to the vehicle body 1 by the fasteners 16.

[0036]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cable device for transmitting an operating force in an automobile provided with a cable for interlockingly connecting an operating portion and an operated portion supported by a vehicle body to each other.

A first case in which the cable supports the first locking member in a reciprocating manner in a certain direction;
A second case for reciprocatingly supporting the second locking body in a direction that is detachable from the case, and one end connected to the operation unit and the other end connected to the first locking body; A connected first cable, and a second cable having one end connected to the operated portion and the other end connected to the second engagement body. The first case and the second case are connected to each other. When the locking is performed, the first locking body and the second locking body are locked so as to be detachable from each other with the locking.

That is, the cables which connect the operating portion and the operated portion to each other in an interlocking manner are constituted by first and second cables which are separate from each other, and these first and second cables are formed by the first and second cases. In the disengagement, let each other disengage,
Thereby, the interlock between the operation unit and the operated unit can be released and returned.

For this reason, in the case where the operating section supported by the vehicle body and the operated section are connected to each other by a cable, when the link is to be released, the first and the second cables constituting the cable are used. (2) The first and second cases locked to each other are taken out into a wider working space by using the flexure and slack of the cable, and the first and second cases are used here.
What is necessary is just to release the lock of the second case, whereby the interlock between the operation part and the operated part is released. To restore this interlocking, the reverse procedure may be used.

Therefore, as described above, in the wider working space, the disengagement and the return of the operation portion and the operated portion can be released and restored simply by engaging and disengaging the first and second cases. It can be done easily.

In addition, the first and second parts locked to each other
The first and second locking members are accommodated in a space in the case. For this reason, the first and second cases prevent the first and second locking members from being easily seen in appearance, and therefore, as described above, connect the first and second cables.
The appearance of the cable device is kept good while being constituted by a cable and being disengaged from each other.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a cable device.

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of an automobile seat device.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the cable device.

FIG. 4 is a partially exploded perspective sectional view of the cable device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Body 4 Seat device 11 Operation part 12 Operated part 13 Cable device 14 Cable 17 1st case 19 1st locking body 21 2nd case 23 2nd locking body 25 1st cable 25a Other end 26 Second cable 26a The other end 33 space

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Kenji Tsumura 2-1-1, Taoyuan, Ikeda-shi, Osaka Daihatsu Industry Co., Ltd. Address Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cable device for transmitting an operating force in a motor vehicle provided with a cable for interlocking and connecting an operation portion and an operated portion supported by a vehicle body to each other, wherein the cable is a first locking member directed in a certain direction. A first case for reciprocatingly supporting the first locking member, a second case for reciprocatingly supporting the second locking member in a direction that is detachably engaged with the first case, A first cable connected to the first locking member and the other end connected to the first locking body; and a second cable connected at one end to the operated portion and the other end connected to the second locking member.
A second cable connected to the locking member, wherein the first case and the second case are locked to each other when the first case and the second case are locked to each other; And the first and second locking members are housed in the first and second cases in a space inside the first and second cases.