JP5367555B2 - Vehicle handle device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handle device of a vehicle capable of reliably preventing a cable device from falling. <P>SOLUTION: This handle device of a vehicle includes a handle base 8 which is fixed to a door and which comprises a cable holding part 7 to which one end of an outer cable 4 is connected, a connection part 13 which is provided to an output part for outputting a rotating operational force to an operation handle 9 rotatably connected to the handle base 8, formed cylindrically so as to have a fitting hole 11 to the center part of which a terminal device 2 for locking is fitted, and in which a crank-shaped wire holding slit which is opened to the opening end surface of the fitting hole 11 and a side wall and which accepts an inner cable is formed, and a stopper 14 which is provided to the cable holding part 7 at a specified position and which restricts the movement of the terminal device 2 for locking in the fitting release direction by restricting a moving path for the portion of the inner wire 1 extracted from the outer cable 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle handle device.

  As a handle device that transmits an operation force to the operation handle to an opener device or the like using a cable device, a device described in Patent Document 1 is known. In this conventional example, the handle device is formed with a hole opened outward through the wire insertion groove, and the locking member formed on the inner cable of the cable device is locked.

  The inner cable is formed by connecting the locking member to the end of the wire that passes through the outer cable, and the locking member is locked by first inserting the locking member into the hole and connecting the wire to the wire. The inner cable is passed through the insertion groove to the side opposite to the insertion surface of the locking member, and the attitude of the inner cable is moved to a position where the wire does not face the wire insertion groove.

  In this posture, the wire is inserted through a guide groove formed along the wall surface of the operation handle in which the hole is formed, and detachment of the wire and the like are restricted.

JP 2000-110425 A

  However, in the above-described conventional example, when the buckling deformation occurs in the wire, for example, when the inner cable does not follow the return operation to the initial position on the operation handle side or the like, the wire is guided into the guide groove. After the deformation along the wire, the wire may fit into the wire insertion groove, and the cable may be detached from the operation handle.

  In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to determine the dimensions of each part so that the positional relationship does not occur by conducting a detailed study on the location and degree of buckling deformation of the wire and the position of the wire insertion hole at that time. Therefore, there is a problem that the design takes time and the degree of freedom in design is reduced.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle handle device and a vehicle door lock operating device that can reliably prevent the cable device from falling off.

  The handle device includes a handle base fixed to a door of the vehicle, an operation handle coupled to the handle base so as to be freely rotatable, and an output unit that outputs a rotation operation force to the operation handle, and is attached to the door. In this state, the lock device in the door connected via the cable device is remotely operated. The output unit can be arranged directly on the operation handle, or can be arranged on the relay lever member 17 that rotates as the operation handle rotates.

  The cable device includes an outer cable and an inner cable. One end of the outer cable is connected to the handle base, and the inner cable is connected to the output unit. The inner cable is formed by connecting a locking terminal to the end of the inner wire that is movably inserted through the outer cable, and the output part is fitted to lock the locking terminal. A cylindrical connecting portion is formed with the joint hole disposed at the center.

  The connecting portion includes an introduction portion that is notched along the depth direction of the fitting hole with a front wall of the connecting portion (a wall surface on which the fitting hole is opened) as a base end and communicates with the fitting hole, and an introduction portion 12a. The wire holding slit 12 is formed in a crank shape with a retaining portion 12b bent in the circumferential direction from the terminal end of the cable, and the locking terminal 2 is fitted into the fitting hole 11 in the inner cable 3 Then, the inner wire 1 is connected to the connecting portion 13 in a state where the inner wire 1 is pulled out from the retaining portion 12 b of the wire holding slit 12.

  When the inner cable 3 moves in the outer cable 4 in the connected state, the inner wire 1 slides with the wire holding slit 12 as a guide, and as long as the inner wire 1 is positioned at the retaining portion 12b of the wire holding slit 12, Since the movement of the connecting portion 13 toward the front wall is restricted, the detachment from the fitting hole 11 of the locking terminal 2 connected to the end of the inner wire 1 is also restricted.

  However, for example, when the return operation of the output unit 10 without the return of the inner cable 3 occurs for some reason from the state in which the inner cable 3 is pulled out from the outer cable 4, the buckling deformation of the inner wire 1 and the connecting part 13 are performed. May occur, and the inner wire 1 may be positioned at the boundary portion between the wire holding slit 12 and the introduction portion 12a. In this state, when a force in the direction of detachment from the fitting hole 11 is applied to the locking terminal 2, the movement of the inner wire 1 in the same direction is not restricted. Desorption from the joint hole 11 occurs, and thereafter, it becomes impossible to transmit the operation force to the operation handle 9.

  The stopper 14 is provided to eliminate such a concern, and restricts the movement of the inner wire 1 toward the introduction portion 12a by restricting the deformation direction of the inner wire 1 or the movement path. As a result, even when the inner wire 1 moves to the boundary with the introduction portion 12 a of the wire holding slit 12, the locking terminal device 2 cannot move in the direction away from the fitting hole 11. Inadvertent engagement hole 11, that is, detachment from connecting portion 13 can be completely prevented.

  Further, since the stopper 14 acts on the inner wire 1 and does not act directly on the locking terminal 2, when the above-described problem occurs at any operation position of the operation handle 9, that is, for locking. Since it operates even if the position of the terminal device 2 is not specified, reliability can be ensured.

  The stopper 14 is not only formed so as to guide the movement path of the inner wire 1 that has been pulled out in all directions, but as a one-way guide that restricts only the displacement of the locking terminal 2 in the detaching direction. Further, for example, it is configured to interfere with the inner wire 1 only when unexpected deformation such as buckling deformation occurs in the inner wire 1 and prevent displacement in a harmful direction. You can also.

  Furthermore, the moving path of the inner wire 1 is uniquely determined by the cable holding portion 7 that determines the connecting position of the outer cable 4, that is, the leading end of the inner wire 1, and the moving path of the connecting portion 13. If it is arranged at a fixed point position with respect to the cable holding part 7 as a fixed point with respect to the door, the function can be exhibited regardless of the mounting posture of the handle device. For this reason, the stopper 14 can be formed separately from the handle base 8 and connected to the handle base 8 other than being formed integrally with the handle base 8 on condition that the fixed point condition is secured.

  Forming the stopper 14 as a separate member from the handle base 8 is effective for avoiding the complication of the mold when it is integrally formed with the handle base 8, but increases the number of parts. If the gasket 16 is integrally formed, this problem can be solved.

  The handle device can be configured to include a flap-type operation handle 9 that is operated by placing a finger on the center portion in addition to a grip-type operation handle 9 that is operated by grasping the center portion. Further, in addition to forming the output unit 10 directly on the actuating leg 9a, if the conversion of the operation direction to the operation handle 9 and the operation direction of the lock device 6 or adjustment of the operation stroke is necessary, The relay lever member 17 is rotatably connected to the handle base 8.

Further, the prevention of detachment of the cable device 5 from the output unit 10 described above is as follows.
A handle device including an output unit 10 for outputting an operation force associated with a rotation operation from an initial rotation position to an operation handle 9 that is rotatably connected to a handle base 8 fixed to a vehicle door;
A cable device 5 having an inner cable 3 with a locking terminal 2 fixed to the end of the inner wire 1 inserted into the outer cable 4;
A vehicle door lock operating device for remotely operating a lock device 6 fixed to a door via an inner wire 1 having one end connected to the output unit 10,
The output portion 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a fitting hole 11 into which the locking terminal device 2 is fitted at the center, and is opened to the open end surface and the side wall of the fitting hole 11 to form the inner portion. A connecting portion 13 having a crank-shaped wire holding slit 12 for receiving the cable 3 is provided,
A vehicle is provided with a stopper 14 that restricts the deformation of the inner cable 3 and restricts the movement of the locking terminal 2 in the fitting release direction at a predetermined position in the door near the output unit 10 in the initial rotation position. It is also possible to solve this problem by using a door lock operating device.

  According to the present invention, even when an inappropriate force is applied to the inner wire of the cable device, it is possible to reliably prevent the wire device from dropping from the output portion.

It is a front view which shows the door lock operation apparatus of the vehicle of this invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2A-2A in FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3A in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an initial rotation state, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the mounting method of a cable apparatus, (a) is a figure which shows the state before a connection, (b) is a 4B direction arrow view of (a), (c) is a terminal for locking to a fitting hole. The figure which shows the state which fitted, (d) is a 4D direction arrow directional view of (c), (e) is a figure which shows the state which penetrated the inner wire 1 in the retaining part, (f) is a figure of (e). It is a 4F direction arrow directional view. It is a figure which shows a stopper, (a) is a front view, (b) is the 5B-5B sectional view taken on the line of (a), (c) is a front view which shows a gasket. It is explanatory drawing which shows the effect | action of a stopper.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment applied to a door operating device mounted on an outside handle of a vehicle. The door operation device includes a handle device H fixed to the door panel 15 and a cable device 5 having one end connected to the handle device H and the other end connected to a lock device 6 fixed inside the door.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the cable device 5 includes an inner cable 3 in which locking terminals 2 are fixed to both ends of the inner wire 1, and an outer cable 4 through which the inner wire 1 of the inner cable 3 is movably inserted. Thus, both ends of the outer cable 4 are fixed to fixed points of the handle device H and the lock device 6, and both ends of the inner cable 3 are connected to these movable points. When the operation handle 9 is operated with the cable device 5 connected, the movement of the movable point (output unit 10) on the handle device H side is transmitted to the movable point (not shown) of the lock device 6 via the inner wire 1. The latch (not shown) that holds the door in the closed state is released.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the handle device H is configured as a so-called grip-type handle device, and includes a handle base 8 fixed to the door panel 15 and an operation handle 9 having one longitudinal end rotatably connected to the handle base 8. And is operated by grasping the central portion of the operation handle 9. An operating leg 9a inserted into the door through an insertion opening 15a opened in the door panel 15 in a state where the operation handle 9 is mounted on the door is provided at the rotation side end of the operation handle 9 and is rotated by a rotation operation around the rotation center (CH). Move in the door thickness direction.

  In order to close the insertion opening 15a, the cap member 18 is mounted so as to be in contact with the operating leg 9a forming end of the operation handle 9, and the cap member 18 and the base end of the operation handle 9 are in direct contact with the door panel 15. In order to prevent this, a gasket 16 formed of a hard synthetic resin material is mounted on the surface of the door panel 15.

  The operation handle 9 is indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2, and further, an initial rotation position showing a cross section in FIG. 3 (a), and a rotation operation position indicated by a chain line in FIG. 2 and further showing a cross section in FIG. And is urged toward the initial rotation position by a torsion spring 19 described later.

  On the other hand, a relay lever member 17 is connected to the handle base 8 so as to be rotatable around a pivot shaft 17a. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4A, the relay lever member 17 is provided with an operating arm 17 b that is engaged with an operating step portion 9 b formed on the operating leg 9 a of the operation handle 9. When the operation handle 9 in the initial rotation position is rotated to the operation rotation position, the operation handle 9 moves in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 4A and the operating arm 17b is pushed up, so that the relay lever member 17 is Driven from the initial rotation position shown in FIG. 3A to the drive rotation position shown in FIG.

  The relay lever member 17 is biased toward the initial rotational position by a torsion spring 19 wound around the pivot 17a. The urging force applied to the relay lever member 17 is transmitted to the operation handle 9, and the operation handle 9 rotated to the operation rotation position returns to the initial rotation position when the operation force is released.

  A counterweight portion 17c is integrally formed on the relay lever member 17 in order to cancel the inertial force in the direction of the operation rotational position generated in the operation handle 9 when a side collision force to the vehicle is applied. In order to give a sufficient mass to the portion 17c, the relay lever member 17 is made of a metal material such as a zinc die-cast alloy.

  The output unit 10 is disposed on the relay lever member 17 and is formed by forming a connecting unit 13 at a position appropriately spaced from the rotation center (CH). As shown in FIG. 4, the connecting portion 13 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a fitting hole 11 formed in the center, and the fitting hole 11 is connected to the connecting portion via a wire holding slit 12 cut out in the side wall portion. 13 is opened to the outside.

  The wire holding slit 12 includes an introduction portion 12a that is notched along the depth direction of the fitting hole 11 with the front wall of the connecting portion 13 (the wall surface on which the fitting hole 11 is opened) as a base end, and an end of the introduction portion 12a. And a retaining portion 12b that is bent in the circumferential direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A, 4 </ b> B, 4 </ b> C, and 4 </ b> D, the cable device 5 is first fitted into the fitting hole 11 as shown in FIGS. At the same time, after the inner wire 1 is inserted into the introduction portion 12a of the wire holding slit 12, the entire cable device 5 is rotated as shown in FIGS. 4 (e) and 4 (f) to move the inner wire to the retaining portion 12b. Then, the inner cable 3 is connected to the connecting portion 13, and then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the connecting tool 4 a formed at the tip of the outer cable 4 is connected to the cable holding portion 7 formed on the handle base 8. It is done by fitting and connecting.

  When the cable device 5 is attached, the inner wire 1 is held by the retaining portion 12b and the movement toward the front wall side of the connecting portion 13 is restricted. As a result, the locking terminal 2 is detached from the fitting hole 11. Is prevented. As described above, the connecting portion 13 has an advantage that it can be prevented from being detached by a simple mounting operation. On the other hand, as described above, from the connecting portion 13 of the locking terminal device 2 due to accumulation of adverse conditions. In order to solve this problem, the stopper 14 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the stopper 14 is formed at the front edge of the gasket 16 (in the direction of the rotation fulcrum of the operation handle 9), and enters the door from the front edge of the insertion opening 15a with the gasket 16 attached. As shown in FIG. 6, the inner cable 3 is positioned so as to face the inner portion of the inner cable 3 from the outer cable 4 toward the inside of the panel.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 3B, there is a problem in returning the inner wire 1 into the outer cable 4 in a state where the operation handle 9 is driven to the operation rotation position, and the torsion spring When the relay lever member 17 and the operation handle 9 are returned to the initial rotation position by the action of 19, a compressive load is applied to the inner wire 1. As a result, as indicated by a broken line in FIG. 6, the inner wire 1 is buckled and moved to a position facing the introduction portion 12a of the wire holding slit 12, and then separated from the connecting portion 13 through the introduction portion 12a. At the same time, there is a possibility that the locking terminal 2 may fall out of the fitting hole 11.

  The stopper 14 restricts the deformation of the inner wire 1 in the direction indicated by the broken line in FIG. 6 and holds it at the position indicated by the solid line. As a result, the inner wire 1 does not face the introduction portion 12a, and the detachment of the locking terminal tool 2 from the introduction portion 12a can be reliably prevented.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inner wire 2 Stop terminal 3 Inner cable 4 Outer cable 5 Cable apparatus 6 Locking device 7 Cable holding part 8 Handle base 9 Operation handle 10 Output part 11 Fitting hole 12 Wire holding slit 13 Connecting part 14 Stopper

Claims (5)

A vehicle handle device for remotely operating a lock device in a door via a cable device in which an inner cable having a locking terminal fixed to an end of an inner wire is inserted into an outer cable,
A handle base fixed to the door and provided with a cable holding portion for connecting one end of the outer cable;
It is provided in an output part that outputs a rotational operation force to an operation handle that is rotatably connected to the handle base, and is formed in a cylindrical shape with a fitting hole into which the locking terminal tool is fitted at the center. And a connecting portion formed with a crank-shaped wire holding slit that is open to the open end surface and the side wall of the fitting hole and receives the inner cable,
A stopper that is provided at a fixed position with respect to the cable holding portion, restricts the movement path of the lead-out portion of the inner wire from the outer cable, and restricts movement of the locking terminal device in the fitting release direction;
A vehicle handle device comprising:   The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is provided at a position where the stopper interferes with the inner wire when an abnormal deformation of the inner wire occurs. In order to insert the operating leg provided on the operation handle into the door, it has a gasket attached to the periphery of the insertion opening established in the door panel,
The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is integrally formed with the gasket.   4. The vehicle handle device according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is formed on a relay lever member that is rotatably connected to a handle base and is driven to rotate by an operation handle. A handle device including an output unit that outputs an operation force accompanying a rotation operation from an initial rotation position to an operation handle that is rotatably connected to a handle base fixed to a vehicle door;
A cable device in which an inner cable having a locking terminal fixed to the end of the inner wire is inserted into the outer cable;
A vehicle door lock operating device for remotely operating a lock device fixed to a door via an inner wire having one end connected to the output unit,
The output portion is formed in a cylindrical shape with a fitting hole into which the locking terminal is fitted at the center, and is opened to the open end surface and the side wall of the fitting hole to receive the inner cable. A connecting portion provided with a crank-shaped wire holding slit is provided,
A door lock operation of a vehicle in which a stopper is provided at a predetermined position in the door near the output portion in the initial rotation position to restrict the deformation of the inner cable and restrict the movement of the locking terminal in the fitting release direction. apparatus.

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