JP5724405B2 - Vehicle door armrest structure - Google Patents

Description

  According to the present invention, a door armrest on the side door located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the occupant seat provided in the vehicle interior has a door armrest on the inner side in the vehicle width direction on which the occupant seated on the occupant seat can place an arm The present invention relates to a vehicle door armrest structure provided so as to protrude.

  In general, a door armrest for a passenger sitting on a passenger seat to project an arm on a door trim of a side door of a vehicle (a member constituting an interior surface of the side door) protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction. Provided.

  As an example of the door armrest, the following Patent Document 1 discloses a housing having an arm support pad on the upper surface on which an occupant's arm is placed and a position of the arm support pad provided in the housing in the vertical direction. A door armrest having an adjustable guide device is disclosed. Thus, when comprised so that the height of the arm support pad of a door armrest can be adjusted, there exists an advantage that a passenger | crew's arm can be supported appropriately by the said door armrest irrespective of a passenger | crew's physique.

JP 2008-308163 A

  However, the door armrest disclosed in Patent Document 1 is provided over a considerably wide range including the middle portion in the vertical direction of the door trim, as is apparent from FIG. For this reason, for example, when a large occupant is seated on the occupant seat, when the occupant takes a relaxed posture with the legs open, the leg knees on the outer side in the vehicle width direction are Interference with the armrests may cause the passengers to feel cramped.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and provides a vehicle door armrest structure that can sufficiently allow an occupant seated in an occupant seat to take a relaxed posture with the legs open. With the goal.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is directed to an occupant seated on the occupant seat placed on the door trim of a side door located outside the occupant seat in the vehicle width direction provided in the passenger compartment. A door armrest structure for a vehicle provided with a possible door armrest protruding inward in the vehicle width direction, wherein the door armrest has a rearwardly inclined portion that decreases in height toward the rear side of the vehicle, and an inclination And a horizontal portion extending rearward at an angle closer to the horizontal than the inclined portion, and a passenger seated on the occupant seat opens a leg on the outer side in the vehicle width direction below the inclined portion. Sometimes as a part for accommodating the knee part of the leg, a recessed part that is recessed to the vehicle width direction outer side than the door armrest is provided, and the recessed part is from a position directly below the front end part of the inclined part, In the inclined part The door pocket is formed under the rear lower portion of the recessed portion and is formed of a downward recessed space continuous with the recessed portion, and the recessed portion is more than the door pocket. In a cross-sectional view in which the side door is cut in the vertical direction at the front position, an upper portion that extends downward while curving outward in the vehicle width direction from the lower end portion of the inclined portion of the door armrest, and a vehicle width direction from the lower end portion of the upper portion And a lower portion that curves inward (claim 1).

  According to the present invention, when the occupant seated on the occupant seat takes a relaxed posture in which the leg on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is opened (that is, close to the side door), the leg knee portion is the inclined portion of the door armrest. So that the occupant can widely open the leg to the side door side and can sit on the occupant seat in a sufficiently relaxed posture. . In addition, since the occupant's relaxed posture can be allowed only by providing the recessed portion below the inclined portion of the door armrest, the comfort of the occupant can be improved extremely simply and effectively.

Also, since the recessed part is formed so as to extend rearward and downward along the inclined part of the door armrest, when the occupant seated on the occupant seat opens the outer leg in the vehicle width direction, only the knee part In addition, the thigh (thigh portion) extending rearward and downward from the knee is also accommodated in the recessed portion, and the occupant's relaxed posture can be more effectively allowed.

Furthermore, since a door pocket is provided below the recessed portion, when storing an article such as an accessory in the door pocket, an occupant can easily reach from the recessed portion to the door pocket. Articles can be stored. And since it is not necessary to project the door trim of the part corresponding to a door pocket, the external appearance of a door trim can be made clear.

In the present invention, preferably, the upper portion of the upper Symbol recessed portion occupant is formed in a curved shape along the locus of the knee when opening the vehicle width direction outer side of the leg (Claim 2).

  According to this configuration, when the occupant opens the leg, the knee is reliably prevented from interfering with the upper portion of the recessed portion, and the recessed amount to the outside in the vehicle width direction of the recessed portion is appropriately set. be able to.

In the present invention, preferably, the inclined portion of the door arm rest, passenger handle part is provided for applying a hand when opening and closing the side door (claim 3).

  With this configuration, the occupant can naturally reach the handle portion provided on the inclined portion while being seated on the occupant seat, and can easily open and close the side door.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a vehicle door armrest structure that can sufficiently allow an occupant seated on an occupant's seat to take a relaxed posture with its legs open.

It is a perspective view which shows the vehicle interior of the vehicle to which the door armrest structure concerning one Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is the side view which looked at the side door from the vehicle width direction inner side. It is sectional drawing along the III-III line of FIG. It is the side view which looked at the place where the passenger | crew sat down on the passenger | crew seat from the vehicle width direction inner side. It is a figure for demonstrating the place where a passenger | crew's knee part is accommodated in a recessed part.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an interior of a vehicle to which a door armrest structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, an occupant seat 1 for an occupant to sit on is disposed on a passenger compartment floor F of the vehicle. The vehicle shown in the figure is a so-called left-hand drive vehicle, and the illustrated passenger seat 1 is a driver seat on which a driver is seated.

  The passenger seat 1 includes a seat cushion 3 supported on the passenger compartment floor F via a seat slide rail 2 so as to be slidable back and forth, and a seat back provided so as to rise upward from the rear end portion of the seat cushion 3. 4. The seat back 4 is rotatably supported by the seat cushion 3 via the reclining mechanism 5 so that the rearward tilt angle of the seat back 4 is changed within a predetermined range in accordance with the operation of the reclining mechanism 5. It has become.

  On one side surface (left side surface) of the vehicle located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the passenger seat 1 is provided with an opening for getting on and off surrounded by the front pillar 6, the center pillar 7, and the like, and the opening is A side door 10 is provided so as to be openable and closable.

  2 is a side view of the side door 10 as viewed from the inside in the vehicle width direction, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and FIG. 1, the side door 10 includes a door body 11 made of a metal panel material (an outer panel and an inner panel) and the like that are overlapped and joined in the vehicle width direction. It has a door trim 12 made of a resin panel attached so as to cover the inside surface of the door body 11 and a window glass 13 supported by the door body 11 so as to be movable up and down.

  The door trim 12 has a door armrest 15 on which an occupant seated on the occupant seat 1 mounts his arm. The door armrest 15 is formed by partially projecting the door trim 12 inward in the vehicle width direction. The door armrest 15 continues from the rearwardly inclined portion 16 and the inclined portion 16, whose height decreases toward the rear side of the vehicle. And a horizontal portion 17 extending rearward at an angle closer to the horizontal than the inclined portion.

  More specifically, the inclined portion 16 is formed to extend rearward while being inclined obliquely downward from a portion of the door trim 12 closer to the front upper portion. On the other hand, the horizontal portion 17 is formed to extend forward from the rear end portion of the door trim 12 at an angle close to the horizontal. The horizontal portion 17 and the inclined portion 16 are coupled at the intermediate portion in the front-rear direction of the door trim 12 to form the door armrest 15 in which the horizontal portion 17 and the inclined portion 16 are integrated.

  The inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 is provided with a handle portion 18 in which a part of the upper surface portion is recessed downward. By providing the handle portion 18, the occupant can easily perform the opening / closing operation while holding the handle portion 18 when opening / closing the side door 10 from the vehicle interior. Although not shown, an operation switch for electrically opening and closing the window glass 13 is provided on the upper surface of the inclined portion 16.

  Below the inclined portion 16, a recessed portion 20 is provided in which the door trim 12 of the portion is recessed outside the door armrest 15 in the vehicle width direction over a predetermined range. Specifically, the recessed portion 20 is inclined over the range from the front lower position of the inclined portion 16 (the position immediately below the front end portion of the inclined portion 16) to the same height position as the lower side portion of the horizontal portion 17. It is formed so as to extend rearward and downward along the portion 16.

  The recessed portion 20 is an upper portion extending downward while curving outward from the lower end portion of the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 in the vehicle width direction in a sectional view (FIG. 3) in which the side door 10 is cut in the vertical direction. 21 and a lower portion 22 that curves inward in the vehicle width direction from the lower end portion of the upper portion 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a door pocket 25 for storing an article such as a small article is provided below the recessed portion 20. Specifically, the door pocket 25 includes a concave space having an upward opening 25a (indented downward), and is formed to be continuous with the concave part 20 through the opening 25a.

  FIG. 4 is a side view of the occupant (driver) seated on the occupant seat 1 (driver's seat) as viewed from the inside in the vehicle width direction. FIG. 4 shows a state where the seating posture is sufficiently correct, for example, when the occupant is carefully driving the vehicle. Therefore, it is assumed that both the legs of the occupant are aligned relatively straight. At this time, the knee portion X of the leg (the left leg in the figure) on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is substantially at the same height as the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 in a side view, but from the door armrest 15 in a plan view. A predetermined gap is ensured in the vehicle width direction between the knee portion X and the door armrest 15.

  On the other hand, when the operation using the left leg (for example, the operation of stepping on the clutch pedal) is hardly required, for example, when driving on an expressway at a substantially constant speed, the occupant takes a relaxed posture. Therefore, it is considered that the sole Y of the left leg is placed on the footrest 30 and the left leg is opened (that is, close to the side door 10 side). Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5, the knee portion X of the left leg moves outward and downward in the vehicle width direction following the arc-shaped locus Rx, and finally, the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 is moved. Is housed inside the recessed portion 20 located below the bottom. As a result, even an occupant with a large physique can open the left leg relatively large and can take a sufficiently relaxed posture.

  That is, when the occupant seated on the occupant seat 1 takes a relaxed posture with the leg (left leg) on the outer side in the vehicle width direction opened, especially when the physique of the occupant is large, the leg is not opened so much. The knee X may interfere with the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 and the occupant may feel cramped. Therefore, in this embodiment, assuming an occupant having a larger physique than the average adult male, the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 is positioned higher than the knee X when the occupant opens the leg. While setting height, the recessed part 20 recessed in the vehicle width direction outer side is provided in the downward direction. Thereby, even if it is a passenger | crew with a large physique, the passenger | crew's knee part X does not interfere with the inclination part 16 of the door armrest 15, and is accommodated in the recessed part 20 below the said inclination part 16. FIG. For this reason, the occupant can take a relaxed posture with the legs fully open.

  Further, as understood from FIG. 5, the upper portion 21 of the recessed portion 20 is formed in a curved shape along the locus Rx of the knee portion X when the large occupant opens the leg. Yes.

  4 and 5, taking as an example an occupant (driver) seated on a driver seat (occupant seat 1) of a left-hand drive vehicle, the knee portion of the leg (left leg) on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is taken as an example. Although it has been described that X is accommodated in the recessed portion 20, the same applies to the passenger seated on the passenger seat (not shown) disposed on the opposite side (right side) of the seat 1. However, in the case of a passenger on the passenger seat, when the right foot located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is opened, the knee of the right foot is the recessed portion 20 provided in the side door 10 on the opposite side to FIGS. 4 and 5. Will be housed.

  Here, when the occupant seat 1 is slid forward or backward from the position of FIG. 4 along the seat slide rail 2, the position of the knee portion X is also shifted. For example, when the occupant seat 1 is slid forward, the knee X moves forward, and the lower leg (lower leg) of the knee X rises and the knee is slightly lifted. Part X moves upward. On the other hand, when the occupant seat 1 is slid rearward, the knee portion X moves rearward, and the knee portion X moves downward as the crus fall.

  As described above, as the occupant seat 1 slides in the front-rear direction, the position of the occupant's knee X moves forward and upward, or backward and downward with respect to the position shown in FIG. On the other hand, correspondingly, the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 and the recessed portion 20 below the inclined portion are also inclined downward in a side view. Thereby, regardless of the front-rear position of the occupant seat 1, the occupant's knee X is accommodated in the recessed portion 20 below the inclined portion 16.

  In the case of not a large occupant as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 but a rather small occupant, it is considered that the height of the knee X when the legs are opened does not necessarily coincide with the recessed portion 20. However, in the first place, if it is a small occupant, the knee portion X does not reach the door trim 12 even if the leg is widened sufficiently, so even if the recessed portion 20 does not coincide with the height of the knee portion X, there is a particular problem. Don't be.

  As described above, in the vehicle according to the present embodiment, the door armrest 15 on which the occupant seated on the occupant seat 1 rests the arm projects on the door trim 12 of the side door 10 so as to protrude inward in the vehicle width direction. Is provided. The door armrest 15 includes an inclined portion 16 that descends rearwardly with decreasing height toward the rear side of the vehicle, and a horizontal portion 17 that continues from the inclined portion 16 and extends rearward at an angle closer to the horizontal than the inclined portion 16. In addition, a recessed portion 20 is provided below the inclined portion 16 so as to be recessed outward in the vehicle width direction from the door armrest 15. According to such a configuration, an occupant seated on the occupant's seat 1 is allowed to open a large leg toward the side door 10 side (vehicle width direction outer side), and passenger comfort can be effectively improved. There is an advantage.

  That is, in the above embodiment, when the occupant seated on the occupant seat 1 takes a relaxed posture in which the leg on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is opened (that is, close to the side door 10 side), the knee portion X of the leg is the door. Since it is accommodated in the recessed portion 20 below the armrest 15 without interfering with the inclined portion 16, the occupant can open his / her legs greatly toward the side door 10, and has a sufficiently relaxed posture. You will be able to sit on. Moreover, since the occupant's relaxed posture can be allowed only by providing the recessed portion 20 below the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15, the comfort of the occupant can be improved extremely simply and effectively.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, since the said recessed part 20 is provided so that it may extend below back and below along the said inclination part 16 from the front part lower position of the inclination part 16 of the door armrest 15, it is a passenger | crew seat. When the occupant seated in 1 opens the outer leg in the vehicle width direction, not only the knee portion X but also the thigh portion (thigh portion) extending rearward and downward from the knee portion X is accommodated in the recessed portion 20. Thus, the occupant's relaxed posture can be allowed more effectively.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, in the cross-sectional view which cut | disconnected the side door 10 to the up-down direction, while the said recessed part 20 has the upper part 21 and the lower part 22, and a passenger | crew opened the leg of the vehicle width direction outer side Since the upper portion 21 is formed along the locus Rx of the knee X, the knee X is reliably prevented from interfering with the upper portion 21 of the recessed portion 20 when the occupant opens the leg. The recessed amount of the recessed portion 20 to the outside in the vehicle width direction can be set appropriately.

  Further, in the above embodiment, since the handle portion 18 is provided on the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 so that the occupant can reach his / her hand when opening and closing the side door 10, the occupant sits on the occupant seat 1. In this state, the hand can be naturally extended to the handle portion 18 and the side door 10 can be easily opened and closed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, since the door pocket 25 which consists of the downward recessed space which continues the said recessed part 20 is provided below the said recessed part 20, when storing articles | goods, such as an accessory, in the door pocket 25 In addition, the occupant can easily store the article from there into the door pocket 25 in a state where his / her hand reaches the recessed portion 20. Moreover, since it is not necessary to project the portion of the door trim 12 corresponding to the door pocket 25, the appearance of the door trim 12 can be made clean.

  In the above-described embodiment, the handle portion 18 in which the upper surface portion of the inclined portion 16 of the door armrest 15 is partially recessed downward is used as a handle portion for a passenger to put on his hand when opening and closing the side door 10. Although it provided, the handle part which can be provided in the inclination part 16 is not restricted to such a form. For example, a protrusion that can be handled by the passenger may be provided on the inclined portion 16, and the protrusion may be configured as the handle portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Passenger seat 10 Side door 12 Door trim 15 Door armrest 16 Inclined part 17 Horizontal part 18 Handle part 20 Recessed part 21 Upper part 22 Lower part X Knee part Rx (Knee part) locus

Claims (3)

The door armrest on the side door located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the occupant seat provided in the passenger compartment so that the occupant seated on the occupant seat projects the door armrest on the inner side in the vehicle width direction. A vehicle door armrest structure provided,
The door armrest has a rearwardly-decreasing inclined portion whose height decreases toward the rear side of the vehicle, and a horizontal portion that is continuous from the inclined portion and extends rearward at an angle closer to the horizontal than the inclined portion,
Below the inclined portion, when the occupant seated on the occupant seat opens the leg on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, the occupant is placed on the outer side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the door armrest. A recessed portion is provided to be recessed ,
The recessed portion is formed so as to extend rearward and downward along the inclined portion from a position directly below the front end portion of the inclined portion,
Below the rear lower portion of the recessed portion is provided with a door pocket consisting of a downward recessed space continuous with the recessed portion,
The recessed portion includes an upper portion extending downward while curving outward in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the inclined portion of the door armrest in a cross-sectional view in which the side door is cut in a vertical direction at a position forward of the door pocket. A door armrest structure for a vehicle having a lower portion that curves inward in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the upper portion . The door armrest structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
The upper portion of the upper Symbol recess, the door armrest structure for a vehicle, characterized in that the occupant is formed in a curved shape along the locus of the knee when opening the vehicle width direction outer side of the legs. The door armrest structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2 ,
A door armrest structure for a vehicle, wherein a handle portion for placing a hand when an occupant opens and closes a side door is provided on an inclined portion of the door armrest.

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