JP4369952B2 - Vehicle control panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle control panel structure.

  An operation panel such as a heater control panel or an audio control panel for a vehicle uses a plurality of push switches arranged on the design surface. Some push buttons of push switches used in such operation panels have one side of the push button attached to the back side of the design surface by an elastic member, and the push button can be rotated using the elastic member as a hinge. . When such a push button is pressed on the design surface side, the push button rotates around the fixed portion of the elastic member, and the projection attached to the back surface of the push button pushes down the tact switch to connect the circuit. When the finger is released from the push button, the push button rotates around the fixed portion by the elastic force of the elastic member and is pushed back to the design surface side, and the protrusion on the back surface of the push button is separated from the tact switch and the circuit is disconnected. (For example, refer patent document 1). Patent Document 1 also proposes an elastic member arranged on the opposite side of the push button so that the push button moves perpendicularly to the design surface when the design surface is pushed in. ing.

  In the push switch of the prior art disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when the push buttons are arranged adjacent to each other, the elastic members constituting the hinges interfere with each other. It was necessary. For this reason, there is a problem that the push buttons cannot be arranged close to each other and the operation panel becomes large. In addition, there is a problem that the design of the design surface is restricted.

  In order to solve this, as shown in FIG. 5, the skirt provided on the push button 122 is fitted into the walls 126 and 127 provided on the design surface side of the holder 121, and the push button 122 is attached to the wall 126, 127 is configured so that it can move along 127, and is configured integrally with the holder 121 on the opposite side of the push buttons 122 of the walls 126, 127 of the holder 121, and rotates around a hinge 123 configured at one end. A multiple push switch including a rotating member 124 that pushes down the push switch inside the holder has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In the prior art described in Patent Document 2, since the rotating member 124 having the hinge 123 is incorporated in the holder 121, the adjacent push button 122 and the rotating member 124 do not interfere with each other, and the push button 122 They can be placed close together.

JP 11-120862 A JP 2002-150872 A

  However, in the prior art described in Patent Document 2, since the push buttons 122 are arranged close to each other, when one push button 122 is pressed, an erroneous operation that simultaneously pushes down the other adjacent push buttons 122 occurs. It may occur.

  On the other hand, it is required that the control of the room temperature of the vehicle is performed finely for each position of each occupant on each part of the vehicle. In addition, for the temperature control, it is required to display a control status such as a control target temperature and a current temperature. For this reason, there are problems that the number of push buttons on the operation panel increases and a space for a display for displaying the control status is required, resulting in an increase in the size of the operation panel. The vehicle operation panel is required to have a simple structure.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an operation panel that can suppress erroneous operations with a simple structure.

  A vehicle control panel according to the present invention is a vehicle control panel that is provided on a base portion and includes a display that displays a control status and a plurality of push buttons that are provided adjacent to the display. The display surface protection plate of translucent resin provided on the surface of the display is resin-molded integrally with the display surface protection plate and extends between the push buttons from the display surface protection plate. A rib is provided. In the vehicle control panel according to the present invention, the partition rib may be formed by two-color molding of a colored layer having the same color as the surface of each adjacent push button and a translucent translucent layer. is there.

  The operation panel according to the present invention has an effect that erroneous operations can be suppressed with a simple structure.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a plane of a design surface 11 of a heater control panel 10 for a vehicle that is an embodiment of the present invention. The design surface 11 is a surface that faces the occupant when the heater control panel 10 is assembled to the vehicle, and is a surface on which operation buttons operated by the occupant, control status, and the like are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the design surface 11 of the present embodiment has a pentagonal push button region facing the upper and lower portions of the design surface panel 11a on the design design, and each apex portion is a common part. A circular push button region partitioned by an annular frame 18 is arranged in this common portion. In the center of the upper push button area, a display 21 for displaying a control status such as room temperature is provided. The display 21 is a liquid crystal display that digitally displays the control status such as room temperature. However, the display 21 is not limited to this and may be an analog display such as a meter. For example, a transparent or translucent translucent surface protection plate 23 is attached to the surface of the display 21 to protect the surface of the display 21. A plurality of push buttons 13 to 17 for operation are provided adjacent to the periphery of the display device 21. The lower push button area is smaller than the upper push button area, a simple indicator portion 20c is arranged at the center, and push buttons 20a and 20b are arranged on both sides of the indicator portion 20c.

  Push buttons 19 a to 19 g are arranged in a circular push button region partitioned by the annular frame 18. As shown in FIG. 1, the push buttons 19 a to 19 e are arranged radially adjacent to the annular frame, and the push buttons 19 f and 19 g are arranged at the center of the annular frame 18.

  The push buttons 13 and 15 arranged on both sides of the upper push button area are both seesaw type push switch push buttons for setting the room temperature, and each set temperature rises when the upward arrow is pressed. When the downward arrow is pressed, each set temperature is lowered. The set temperature is displayed by a display 21 disposed between the push buttons 13 and 15. The push buttons 16 and 17 arranged adjacent to the lower side of the push buttons 13 and 15 blow out the conditioned air in the passenger compartment to both the front seat side and the rear seat side, or to the rear seat side only. This is a push button for selecting. Between the upper push button 13 and the push button 15, a push button 14 for an on / off switch of a hazard lamp that is turned on at the time of an emergency stop is arranged. The surface between the push button 14 and the push button 13 and between the push button 14 and the push button 15 so that the push button 14 and the push button 13 or the push button 15 on both sides thereof are not pushed simultaneously. Partition ribs 23 a extending from the protection plate 23 between the push buttons 13 and 14 and between the push buttons 14 and 15 are provided.

  A seesaw type push switch push button 19a for increasing or decreasing the air volume is arranged on the display 21 side of the circular push button area partitioned by the annular frame 18. The air volume of the air conditioning can be increased or decreased by pressing the arrow portion of the push button 19a, and the control state of the air volume is configured to be displayed on the display 21. In addition, a push button 19b for an air-conditioning mode changeover switch, push buttons 19c and 19d for on / off switches for front and rear defrosters, and the like are arranged in the circular push button region.

  The push buttons 20a and 20b arranged on both sides of the lower push button area are for an on / off switch of the cooler and an on / off switch of the air purifier, and the operation state of the air purifier is indicated by an indicator arranged in the indicator section 20c. It has come to be.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the heater control panel 10 taken along the line AA shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the heater control panel 10 has an electric circuit board 33 attached to the design surface 11 side of a casing 31 that is a base portion, and a holder 32 having a wall 35 is arranged on the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33. The push buttons 14, 19 a, 19 f, 19 g, 19 d and the display 21 are attached to the design surface 11 side of the holder 32 so as to be arranged. A design surface panel 11 a fixed to the housing 31 is attached around each push button on the design surface 11.

  A push switch 34 is provided on the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33 at a position corresponding to the push button 14. Further, push switches (not shown) corresponding to positions of the other push buttons are attached to the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33. Further, at positions corresponding to the indicator positions of the push buttons 14, 19f, 19g on the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33, light sources 37 such as light emitting diodes for indicator illumination of the push buttons 14, 19f, 19g. It is attached. Regarding the indicator positions of the other push buttons, the light source 37 is attached to the corresponding position on the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33 in the same manner as described above.

  The holder 32 has a plurality of walls 35 extending from the electric circuit board 33 toward the design surface 11, and each wall 35 is connected so as to be integrated by a connection flat plate 32 a and is fixed to the housing 31. The plurality of walls 35 extend from the electric circuit board 33 toward the design surface 11, and the tips on the design surface 11 side extend from the design surface 11 side of the push buttons 14, 19 a, 19 f, 19 g toward the electric circuit board 33. The push buttons 14, 19 a, 19 f ′, and 19 g ′ are fitted inside the skirts 14 ′, 19 g, to guide the movement of the push buttons 14, 19 a, 19 f, 19 g in the direction from the design surface 11 toward the electric circuit board 33. The wall 35 is a light-shielding wall that prevents light from the light sources 37 for indicator lighting of the push buttons 14, 19a, 19f, and 19g from entering the interior of adjacent push buttons or a gap with the design surface panel 11a. It is comprised so that it may become. In the above description, each push button 14, 19a, 19f, 19g whose cross section appears in FIG. 2 has been described, but the other push buttons not shown in FIG. 2 and the surrounding wall 35 have the same structure. It has become.

  The display 21 is overlapped with a translucent surface protection plate 23 attached to the design surface 11 side. The surface protection plate 23 is supported by a holder 32. The annular frame 18 is fixed to the design surface panel 11a.

  3 shows a cross section of the heater control panel 10 taken along the line BB shown in FIG. Parts similar to those described in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG. 3, a light source 37 such as a light emitting diode for indicator illumination of each of the push buttons 13, 14, 15 is disposed on the electric circuit board 33 attached to the design surface 11 side of the housing 31. . Further, a push switch 34 is attached to the design surface 11 side of the electric circuit board 33 corresponding to the push buttons 13 and 15, and each push switch 34 is turned on when the push buttons 13 and 15 are pushed. Yes. The wall 35 of the holder 32 extends from the electric circuit board 33 toward the design surface 11, and each design surface 11 side extends from the design surface 11 of each push button 13, 14, 15 toward the electric circuit board 33. The push buttons 13, 14, 15 are fitted inside the skirts 13 ′, 14 ′, 15 ′, and are held so that they can slide along the direction from the design surface 11 to the electric circuit board 33. Yes. Further, each wall 35 is configured to be a light shielding wall so that the light from the light source 37 for indicator illumination of each push button 13, 14, 15 does not leak to the adjacent push buttons 13, 14, 15.

  A partition between the push button 13 and the push button 14 and between the push button 14 and the push button 15 so that the push button 14 and the push button 13 or the push button 15 on both sides thereof are not pushed at the same time. Ribs 23a are provided.

  4A is a perspective view of the design surface 11 of the heater control panel 10, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view showing the surface protection plate 23 and the partition rib 23 a of the display 21. (C) is a figure which shows the cross section of the partition rib 23a. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the partition rib 23a extends from the surface protection plate 23 between the push button 14 and the push button 13 and between the push button 14 and the push button 15, and the surface protection plate. 23 is integrally molded with resin. As described above, the surface protection plate 23 is attached to the holder 32 attached to the housing 31. A mounting leg 23b is integrally formed at the tip of the partition rib 23a, and a mounting claw 23c is integrally formed at the tip of the mounting leg 23b. The mounting legs 23b and the mounting claws 23c are fitted into the design surface panel 11a and are held by the design surface panel 11a. As described above, the surface protection plate 23 is fixed to the holder 32 attached to the casing 31, and the design surface panel 11a is also fixed to the casing 31, so that one end of the partition rib 23a is on the surface. The protective plate 23 and the holder 32 are fixed to the casing 31, and the other end is configured to be held by the casing 31 via the design surface panel 11a. For this reason, the partition rib 23 a is fixed relative to the housing 31. And the partition rib 23a does not move along the direction from the design surface 11 side to the electric circuit board 33 like the push buttons 13, 14 or 14, 15 on both sides thereof, and is arranged on both sides of the partition rib 23a. The movements of the push buttons 13, 14, 15 can be separated from each other, and their movements can be made independent of each other.

  As a result, the partition rib 23a has an effect of preventing an erroneous operation caused by simultaneously pushing down adjacent push buttons. In addition, since the partition rib 23a is formed by integral molding with the surface protection plate 23, the number of parts is reduced, and the operation of each bush button can be partitioned with a simple configuration, and an erroneous operation can be prevented. Moreover, since the partition rib 23a which is a small part is integrally formed with the surface protection plate 23, it is easy to handle and facilitates assembly. Furthermore, by integrally molding, the shift of the relative position between the plurality of partition ribs 23a and the surface protection plate 23 can be reduced, and variation in gaps between the adjacent push buttons 13 to 15 and the partition ribs 23a is reduced. There is an effect that can be done.

  It is necessary for the surface protection plate 23 to allow the occupant to see the numerical value of the control status displayed on the display 21. For this reason, the portion of the window that overlaps the display 21 is required to be translucent and is formed of a transparent or translucent resin. On the other hand, the push buttons 13 to 17 provided adjacent to the display device 21 are often colored designs. In such a case, the partition ribs 23a arranged between the push buttons 13, 14, and 15 are also colored similarly to the push buttons 13 to 15 because of the uniformity of the overall design of the heater control panel 10. Is required.

In such a case, as shown in FIG. 4C, a colored resin layer 23e similar to the push buttons 13 to 15 is provided on the side of the electric circuit board 33 of the partition rib 23a, and the design surface 11 side is provided. It is preferable to form the partition ribs 23a by molding two colors of resin so as to have a translucent layer 23d such as translucent transparent or translucent. The color of the colored layer may be black or white according to each push button. Further, the periphery of the window portion for the display 21 of the surface protection plate 23, that is, the window frame portion between the display 21 and the push buttons 13 to 17 is also designed as a two-color molding like the partition rib 23a. Uniformity can be improved and two-color molding of the resin can achieve the same color tone as the adjacent push button, so the design uniformity can be easily improved without using any other decorative means such as painting. There is an effect that can be made. Furthermore, it is possible to further unify the design by making the surface shape on the design surface 11 side of the partition rib 23a the same as the surface shape on the design surface 11 side of the adjacent push buttons 13 to 15.

  In the present embodiment, the movement of the push buttons can be partitioned from each other while keeping the design uniform as described above, and erroneous operations can be suppressed. Therefore, the hazard lamps that are not related to the heater control are included in the heater control panel 10. The push button 14 for the on / off switch can be incorporated together with the other push buttons 13, 15 and the like, and the entire heater control panel 10 can be made compact.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the partition rib 23 a is described as being configured to extend from the surface protection plate 23 between the push button 14 and the push button 13 and between the push button 14 and the push button 15. The arrangement of the partition ribs is not limited to this, and is configured to extend between the push button 13 and the push button 16 and between the push button 15 and the push button 17, so that the push buttons 13, 16 and the push button are arranged. It is also preferable that the movements of 15 and 17 can be partitioned. In this case, there is an effect that it is possible to further suppress an erroneous operation of simultaneously pressing down the adjacent push buttons. Moreover, since these some partition ribs can be shape | molded by integral molding, there exists an effect that a misoperation can be suppressed with the simple structure with few components.

  Although the above embodiment demonstrated the case where the partition rib 23a was provided in the heater control panel 10, this invention is applicable also to other operation panels, such as an audio panel and a navigation panel, for example.

In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a figure which shows the plane of the heater control panel design surface. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is sectional drawing which shows the AA cross section shown in FIG. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is sectional drawing which shows the BB cross section shown in FIG. In embodiment which concerns on this invention, it is a perspective view of a heater control panel design surface, a display, and a surface protection board, and is a figure which shows the cross section of a partition rib. It is a figure which shows the multiple push switch of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Heater control panel, 11 Design surface, 11a Design surface panel, 13-17 Push button, 13'-15 'Skirt, 19a-19g, 20a, 20b, 122 Push button, 18 frame, 20c Indicator part, 21 Display, 23 surface protection plate, 23a partition rib, 23b mounting leg, 23c mounting claw, 23d translucent layer, 23e colored layer, 31 housing, 32, 121 holder, 32a connection flat plate, 33 electric circuit board, 34 push switch, 35, 126,127 wall, 37 light source, 123 hinge, 124 rotating member.

Claims (2)

An indicator provided on the base unit for displaying the control status;
A plurality of push buttons provided adjacent to the display;
A vehicle control panel including:
The display surface protection plate of translucent resin provided on the surface of the display is resin-molded integrally with the display surface protection plate and extends between the push buttons from the display surface protection plate. A vehicle control panel comprising a rib. The vehicle control panel according to claim 1,
The vehicle control panel, wherein the partition rib is formed by two-color molding of a colored layer having the same color as the surface of each adjacent push button and a translucent translucent layer.

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