JP3988620B2 - Door cable holding structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cable holding structure for a door, and in particular, by arranging a contact portion that regulates the direction of the cable while pressing the cable at a predetermined interval, and pressing and holding the cable at the contact portion, it is simple and reliable. The present invention relates to a cable holding structure for a door that holds a cable with directionality.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, a vehicle door is fixed to a vehicle body by a hinge and is configured to be openable and closable in a horizontal direction, and a door lock device is provided at an opening / closing portion of the door.
As shown in FIG. 4, this door lock device is configured to unlock the door 50 by operating the door lock 51 of the opening / closing portion of the vehicle door 50 with the operation handle 52 provided on the vehicle compartment side. ing. The operation handle 52 and the door lock 51 are connected by a cable 53, and the operation of the operation handle 52 is transmitted to the door lock 51 via the cable 53.
Incidentally, a window regulator (not shown) for moving the door window up and down is disposed inside the door 50. The window regulator may come into contact with the routing path of the cable 53. In order to prevent contact between these devices and the cable 53, the clip 54, which has been fixed by fixing the cable to the clip 54, is welded or the like. When the cable 53 is routed, a work hole 55 is formed in the inner panel, and the cable 53 is attached to the clip 54 from there to perform the routing.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-105861 is known regarding such a door lock cable holding structure.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-105861
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional door lock mechanism has a configuration in which the cable 53 is routed by being fixed to the clip 54 so as to have directionality, and thus there is a problem that the cost of the clip 54 and the labor of mounting work are increased.
Further, since the cable 53 has a certain degree of rigidity, that is, flexibility, a considerably large clip is required for routing in the intended direction.
The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and the object of the present invention is to arrange a contact portion that regulates the direction of the cable while pressing the cable at a predetermined interval. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cable holding structure for a door that holds a cable in a simple and reliable manner by pressing and holding the cable at a contact portion.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, as means for achieving the above object, a door lock for locking a vehicle door, an operation handle on the vehicle compartment side for unlocking the door and opening the door, and operation thereof A flexible cable for connecting the handle and the door lock, and a contact portion for restricting the cable routing direction while pressing the cable at a predetermined interval is arranged in the cable routing route. A cable holding structure for a door that presses and holds a cable by a contact portion, wherein a long hole extending in a cable routing direction is arranged in the cable routing path, and the cable is connected along the length direction of the long hole. Inserting diagonally, pressing the cable at the inlet edge of the long hole and the outlet edge of the long hole to the cable, respectively, further arranging the pressing member of the cable at least one of the front and rear of the long hole, Long hole entrance , Outlet edges were held by a state of sandwiching the cable by three of the pressing member.
[0006]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a cable mounting notch connected to a work hole provided in the door inner panel is formed in the central portion of the long hole.
[0007]
[Action and effect of the invention]
In the cable holding structure of the door according to claim 1, a contact portion that regulates a cable routing direction while pressing the cable at a predetermined interval is arranged in the cable routing route, and the cable is connected by the contact portion. Since it is pressed and held, the cable can be reliably held with a simple structure using the flexibility of the cable.
Further, by inserting the cable through the long hole, the cable can be easily and surely given directionality and held.
[0008]
In the cable holding structure for a door according to claim 2, since a notch for installing a cable connected to a work hole provided in the door inner panel is formed in a central portion of the long hole, a work hole for installing a cable is secured. Then, the cable can be passed through the long hole through the notch. For this reason, the workability is remarkably improved as compared with the work of directly passing the cable through the long hole.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a schematic plan view showing a cable holding structure of a door, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a door lock portion, and FIG. 3 is a side view of the door lock portion.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the door cable holding structure according to the embodiment of the present invention locks the vehicle door 1 and unlocks the door by opening the door lock 2. The operation handle 3 on the passenger compartment side to be performed, a bendable cable 4 connecting the operation handle 3 and the door lock 2, a long hole 5 disposed on the routing route of the cable 4, The lower sash 6 which is a pressing member is a main component.
In the door cable holding structure according to the present invention, the contact portions 7, 8, and 9 that restrict the cable routing direction while pressing the cable at predetermined intervals are arranged, and the contact portions 7, 8, and 9 The cable 4 is configured to be pressed and held.
[0010]
The door lock 2 is disposed at an opening / closing portion of the vehicle door 1 and is enclosed by a door inner panel 10 and a door outer panel 11. And it is the structure which can be attached or detached by the latch and the striker etc. which mesh with it.
[0011]
The operation handle 3 includes an inside handle 12 connected to the latch of the door lock 2 and a knob 13 that locks the latch so as not to operate the latch.
The inside handle 12 is a handle that is disposed on the vehicle compartment side and performs a release operation of the door lock 2.
When the inside handle 12 is pulled, the wire in the cable 4 is pulled and transmitted to the door lock 2. Then, in the door lock 2, the latch is actuated to release the lock, and the door can be opened.
When the knob 13 is operated to be locked, the latch is locked so that the latch does not operate even when the inside handle 12 is pulled.
[0012]
The cable 4 is an operation connecting member that connects the door lock and the inside handle 12. The cable 4 is composed of a tubular outer casing as a protector member and a wire as a power transmission member slidably inserted into the casing.
The cable 4 has a direction that extends in a specific direction, and has flexibility to return to the original direction even if it is bent.
1 to 3 show three cables 4, 4a and 4b for connecting the inside handle 12, knob 13 and outside handle (not shown) to the door lock 2, respectively. The cable holding structure is applied to the cable 4 of the inside handle 12.
[0013]
In the routing route of the cable 4, the door inner panel 10 is cut open to form a wide opening (long hole 5). The long hole 5 is linearly long along the routing path of the cable 4, has a width slightly wider than the cable, and has a length of about several centimeters. The start end 5a and the end end 5b of the long hole 5 are respectively rounded to form the cable contact portions 8 and 9.
Further, a notch 14 for inserting the cable 4 is formed in the long hole 5. This notch 14 is formed by notching the lower part of the central portion of the long hole 5, the lower side is slightly wider, and is formed in a C shape that gradually converges toward the upper side, and the lower side is provided on the door inner panel 10. The cable 4 is easily inserted into the cutout 14 from the work hole 17 and is difficult to come off after being inserted.
[0014]
Inside the door 1, a glass run 16 that guides the raising and lowering of the door glass 15 and a substantially U-shaped lower sash 6 that encloses the glass run 16 are provided.
The cable extending from the door lock is first bent in contact with the corner (contact portion 7) of the lower sash 6. The lower sash 6 functions as a cable pressing member.
The bent tip contacts the inlet edge (contact portion 8) of the long hole 5 and is bent. Next, the tip contacts the outlet edge (contact portion 9) of the long hole 5 and is bent to reach the inside handle 12.
Therefore, the cable 4 passes through the contact portion 7, the contact portion 8, and the contact portion 9 and is routed in a meandering state while changing the direction from side to side.
Further, since the cable has a bending force, it is held by the action of the pressing of the left and right contact portions 7, 8, 9 and the repulsive force of the cable.
After the cable 4 is attached to the long hole 5, the cable 4 is pressed at the front and rear ends of the long hole 5, so that the cable 4 does not fall out of the notch 14.
[0015]
In this manner, the long hole 5 extending in the cable 4 routing direction is arranged in the cable 4 routing route, and the cable 4 is inserted obliquely along the length direction of the long hole 5. The inlet edge and the outlet edge of the long hole 5 are pressed against the cable 4 to restrict the routing direction, and further, the pressing member (lower sash 6) of the cable 4 is disposed on at least one of the front and rear sides of the long hole 5, The cable is held in a state where the cable is sandwiched by three portions of the inlet edge, the outlet edge, and the pressing member of the long hole 5.
[0016]
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the scope of the invention, Included in the invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the cable 4 is configured to be routed in the horizontal direction, but a configuration in which the cable 4 is routed vertically and horizontally is also included in the present invention.
Further, instead of the lower sash 6, other parts in the door, a bracket, and the like can be used as the pressing member.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a cable holding structure of a door.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a door lock portion.
FIG. 3 is a side view of a door lock portion.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a door cable holding structure according to a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door 2 Door lock 3 Operation handle 4 Cable 4a Cable 4b Cable 5 Long hole 5a Start end 5b End 6 Lower sash 7 Contact part 8 Contact part 9 Contact part 10 Door inner panel 11 Door outer panel 12 Inside handle 13 Knob 14 Notch 15 Door glass 16 Glass run 17 Working hole

Claims (2)

A door lock that locks the vehicle door, an operation handle on the vehicle compartment side that unlocks the door lock and opens the door, and a flexible cable that connects the operation handle and the door lock;
A cable holding structure for a door that holds a cable by pressing the cable at a predetermined interval in the cable routing path and places a contact part that regulates the cable routing direction, and presses and holds the cable by the contact part,
A long hole extending in the cable routing direction is arranged in the cable routing path, and the cable is obliquely inserted along the length direction of the long hole. The inlet edge of the long hole and the outlet edge of the long hole The cable is pressed by each of the cables to regulate the routing direction, and further, a cable pressing member is arranged at least one of the front and rear of the long hole, and the cable is connected by three positions of the inlet edge, the outlet edge, and the pressing member of the long hole. A door cable holding structure characterized by being held in a sandwiched state. 2. The door cable holding structure according to claim 1, wherein a notch for attaching a cable connected to a work hole provided in the door inner panel is formed in a central portion of the long hole.

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