JP3372149B2 - Heat control panel mounting structure for rear heater for vehicle - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a heat control panel mounting structure for a vehicle rear heater. 2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 5, a conventional rear heater for a vehicle includes a rear heater unit 2 installed under a front seat (seat) 1 and a heater from the rear heater unit 2. A structure including a rear heater duct 4 for guiding wind toward the rear seat 3 and a heat control panel 5 mounted on the rear heater duct 4 and for controlling the temperature of warm air from the rear heater unit 2 is provided. Have. The rear heater unit 2 sends air sent by a blower 6 for blowing air to a heater core 7 side into which hot water is introduced and a bypass side of the heater core 7 by adjusting the opening of an air mix damper (not shown). On the other hand, the air is distributed in a desired ratio to generate wind at a temperature required by the occupant. The heat control panel 5 is for adjusting the opening of the air mix damper of the rear heater unit 2, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a control connected to the air mix damper. The outer cable 8a of the cable 8 is fixed to the clamp 9 of the control panel main body 5a, and the inner cable 8b of the control cable 8 is connected to the control panel main body 5a.
The control panel body 5a is connected to a plurality of (three in the example in the figure) fastening bosses 10 connected to the operating portion 5c of the adjustment lever 5b pivotally mounted on the rear heater duct 4 and protruding from the upper surface of the rear heater duct 4.
The control panel main body 5a is fixed on the rear heater duct 4 by tightening the tightening member 12 such as a tapping screw in a state where the plurality of tightening holes 11 are aligned.
The distal end of the adjusting lever 5b is projected from the slit 15 of the heat control plate 14 assembled to the rear console 13, and the control knob 16 is fitted to the distal end. In the figure, reference numeral 18 denotes a hot water supply pipe for supplying hot water after cooling the engine to the heater core 7, 17 a hot water discharge pipe for discharging hot water from the heater core 7, and 19 a power supply to the rear heater unit 2. Vehicle side harness, 20
Is a blower switch for turning on and off the blower 6 of the rear heater unit 2. However, as described above, the fastening members 12 such as tapping screws are used for the plurality of fastening bosses 10 provided on the upper surface of the rear heater duct 4.
When the heat control panel 5 is mounted on the rear heater duct 4 by tightening the, the assembling work takes time and labor, and has a disadvantage that workability is poor. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows a heat control panel to be mounted on a rear heater duct without tightening a tightening member to a plurality of tightening bosses. An object of the present invention is to provide a heat control panel mounting structure for a vehicle rear heater that can be improved. [0008] The present invention provides a rear heater unit installed under a seat, a rear heater duct for guiding warm air from the rear heater unit to a rear seat side, and a rear heater duct. A heat control panel mounting structure for a vehicle rear heater having a heat control panel mounted thereon and having a heat control panel for controlling the temperature of warm air from the rear heater unit. Are integrally formed, and a claw portion engageable with the catch seat is formed on the heat control panel, and a fastening member is fastened to the fastening boss in a state where the claw portion is engaged with the catch seat. The present invention relates to a heat control panel mounting structure for a vehicle rear heater, wherein a fastening hole for fixing the heat control panel is formed. According to the above means, the following effects can be obtained. When the claw portion of the heat control panel is engaged with the catch seat on the upper surface of the rear heater duct, the tightening hole of the control panel main body is opposed to the tightening boss protruding from the upper surface of the rear heater duct. The heat control panel is fixed on the rear heater duct by tightening the tightening member to the tightening boss in this state. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, the parts denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 5 and 6 represent the same parts, and the basic configuration is as follows. 5 and 6, the feature of the illustrated example is that, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a hooking seat 21 and a fastening boss 10 are provided on the upper surface of the rear heater duct 4. Are formed integrally with each other, and a claw portion 22 engageable with the catching seat 21 is formed on the heat control board 5, and the claw portion 22 is engaged with the catching seat 21 on the fastening boss 10. The point is that a fastening hole 11 for fixing the heat control panel 5 by fastening a fastening member 12 such as a tapping screw is formed. The hooking seat 21 is formed with a locking slit 21a into which the claw portion 22 is inserted, and can lock a tapered surface 5d formed on the control panel main body 5a of the heat control panel 5. A tapered surface 21b is formed, and the claw portion 22 is engaged with the locking slit 21 of the hooking seat 21.
When it is inserted into and engaged with the control panel a, the tightening hole 11 of the control panel main body 5a is aligned with the tightening boss 10 protruding from the upper surface of the rear heater duct 4. [0014] With the above construction, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the outer cable 8 of the control cable 8 is used.
a to the clamp 9 of the control panel main body 5a and the inner cable 8 of the control cable 8
b is connected to the operating portion 5c of the adjusting lever 5b pivotally attached to the control panel body 5a, and then the claw portion 22 of the heat control panel 5 is connected to the rear heater duct 4 as shown in FIG.
The upper surface of the hooking seat 21 is engaged with the locking slit 21a of the hooking seat 21 so as to be inserted obliquely from above, and when it is tilted down in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG.
b, the control panel body 5 of the heat control panel 5
The tapered surface 5d formed on the control panel body 5a is locked, and the tightening hole 11 of the control panel body 5a is aligned with the tightening boss 10 protruding from the upper surface of the rear heater duct 4. When the fastening member 12 is fastened to the fastening boss 10, the heat control panel 5 is fixed on the rear heater duct 4. In this manner, the heat control panel 5 can be mounted on the rear heater duct 4 without tightening the tightening members 12 to the plurality of tightening bosses 10, thereby improving workability. . The structure for mounting the heat control panel of the rear heater for a vehicle according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is. As described above, according to the heat control panel mounting structure of the vehicle rear heater according to the present invention, the tightening member is not tightened to the plurality of tightening bosses.
The heat control panel can be mounted on the rear heater duct, and an excellent effect that workability can be improved can be achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view of an example of an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the right rear of a vehicle. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the rear left side. FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to a section taken along line III-III of FIG. 2, and is a sectional view illustrating a state in which a claw portion of a heat control panel is inserted into a catch seat of a rear heater duct. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the claw portion of the heat control panel is engaged with a catch seat of the rear heater duct, and a fastening member is fastened to a fastening boss of the rear heater duct to fix the heat control panel. is there. FIG. 5 is an overall schematic perspective view of a conventional example from the right rear side of the vehicle. FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a conventional example from the left rear of the vehicle. [Description of Signs] 1 Front seat (seat) 2 Rear heater unit 3 Rear seat 4 Rear heater duct 5 Heat control panel 10 Tightening boss 11 Tightening hole 12 Tightening member 21 Hook seat 22 Claw portion

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-5-278447 (JP, A) JP-A-57-182508 (JP, A) JP-A-1-109618 (JP, A) JP-A-3-7620 (JP) JP-A-3-182834 (JP, A) JP-A-62-2297 (JP, U) JP-A-2-18710 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB Name) B60H 1/00 102 B60H 3/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] A rear heater unit installed under a seat, a rear heater duct for guiding warm air from the rear heater unit to a rear seat side, and A heat control panel mounting structure for a rear heater for a vehicle, comprising: a heat control panel for controlling the temperature of hot air from the rear heater unit, wherein a hook seat and a fastening boss are provided on an upper surface of a rear heater duct. A heat control panel is formed by integrally forming a claw portion engageable with the catch seat, and a fastening member is fastened to the fastening boss in a state where the claw portion is engaged with the catch seat. A heat control panel mounting structure for a vehicle rear heater, wherein a fastening hole for fixing the panel is formed.