JP6497221B2 - Lock knob for vehicle door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door lock knob.

Patent Document 1 discloses a vehicle door that is rotatably mounted on a vehicle body and includes a lock device (door latch device).
This locking device can be switched between a locked state and an unlocked state.

When the door is positioned at a closed position that closes the opening formed in the vehicle body, the lock device locks the striker provided on the vehicle body side when the lock device enters the locked state. Therefore, the door cannot be rotated in the opening direction with respect to the vehicle body.
On the other hand, when the lock device is unlocked, the lock device can release the striker. Therefore, the door can rotate with respect to the vehicle body.

An inside handle provided on the inner surface of the door and an outside handle provided on the outer surface of the door are linked to a lock device.
Further, a lock knob is supported on the trim that forms the inner surface of the door so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. The lock knob is linked to the lock device via a cable or a rod.
The lock knob can slide up and down between the lock holding position and the unlock allowable position with respect to the trim. When the lock knob is positioned at the unlocking allowable position, the upper end portion of the lock knob protrudes upward from the upper end surface of the trim. When the lock knob located at the unlock allowable position is moved downward, the lock knob moves to the lock holding position. For this reason, when the lock knob moves to the lock holding position, the upward protrusion amount of the upper end portion of the lock knob from the upper end surface of the trim becomes smaller than that at the unlock allowable position.

By the way, when the lock knob is positioned at least at the unlocking allowable position, the upper end portion of the lock knob projects upward from the upper end surface of the trim. That is, the upper end portion of the lock knob affects the design of the door.
Therefore, it is necessary to manufacture the lock knob after improving the design of the upper end portion of the lock knob.

JP 2009-275371 A

(Problems to be solved by the invention)
The lock knob of Patent Document 1 is an integrally molded product.
However, the design of the upper end of the lock knob has a higher degree of freedom when the lock knob is composed of two members: an upper end projecting upward from the upper end surface of the trim and a main body that is slidably supported by the trim. . In other words, when the lock knob is divided into two members, the upper end portion of the lock knob can be manufactured by a material or manufacturing method different from that of the main body portion. Therefore, the design of the upper end portion of the lock knob is improved by dividing the lock knob into two members. easy.

  However, when the lock knob is divided into two members, the connection work between the two may take a long time unless the connection structure between them is devised. That is, the productivity of the lock knob may be reduced.

  Further, when the two members are connected to each other, there is a possibility that play will occur between the upper end portion of the lock knob and the main body portion. If looseness occurs, for example, the amount of protrusion of the lock knob upper end from the trim upper end surface when the lock knob is positioned at the lock holding position is not constant, and as a result, the design of the door may be deteriorated. This problem may also occur when the lock knob is positioned at the unlock allowable position.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door lock knob that can be easily assembled in a state in which the cap and the main body, which are constituent members of the lock knob, are removed, and that is easy to manufacture.

(Means for solving the problem)
The present invention is supported by a trim of a vehicle door having a lock device capable of locking and unlocking the vehicle door with respect to a vehicle body or a fixing member of the trim so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, and operating the lock device by sliding. A main body, and a cylindrical shape that protrudes upward from the trim when the main body is positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the trim, and the upper end of the main body is inserted from below into the internal space of the main body An attachment hole is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap, and the upper end of the main body is inserted into the inner space of the cap on the outer peripheral surface of the main body. An engaging claw that fits into the hole and engages both the upper and lower ends of the mounting hole with the upper and lower ends of the mounting hole is formed, and either the upper end or the lower end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is formed. And a lock knob for a vehicle door in which the mounting holes and the portions excluding the inclined engaging surfaces at the upper and lower ends of the engaging claw are formed by a horizontal surface. To do.

  The mounting hole may be either a through-hole penetrating the cap or a bottomed hole in which the outer peripheral surface side of the cap is closed.

  Further, the “horizontal plane” in the present specification and claims includes not only a complete horizontal plane but also a plane slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal plane and a curved surface that is substantially horizontal and extremely gently curved.

  The main body part and the cap, which are components of the lock knob of the present invention, are inserted into the inner space of the cap, and the engaging claw formed on the outer peripheral surface of the main body part is inserted into the inner peripheral surface of the cap. It can be easily assembled by fitting with the formed mounting hole.

  Further, when the main body portion and the cap are assembled, the mounting hole and the upper and lower ends of the engaging claw are engaged with each other. Therefore, when the main body and the cap are assembled, no play occurs between them. Therefore, it is easy to set the amount of protrusion of the lock knob from the trim when the lock knob is positioned at a predetermined position to a predetermined amount. In other words, the amount of protrusion of the lock knob from the trim does not become a predetermined amount, and as a result, there is little possibility that the design of the vehicle door will deteriorate.

Furthermore, if all of the upper and lower ends of the mounting hole and the engaging claw are configured by a horizontal plane, the mounting hole and the engaging claw are designed with the same design dimensions in the vertical direction of the mounting hole and the engaging claw. It is necessary to manufacture according to the dimensions. In other words, if the vertical dimension of the mounting hole or / and the engaging claw is slightly deviated from the design dimension, the engaging claw cannot be fitted into the mounting hole, or play occurs between the mounting hole and the engaging claw. There is a risk of That is, when all of the upper end and the lower end of the mounting hole and the engaging claw are configured by a horizontal plane, it is not easy to manufacture the main body portion and the cap.
However, in the present invention, only one of the upper end and the lower end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is constituted by an inclined engaging surface that is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane. Therefore, for example, when an inclined engagement surface is formed at the upper end of the engagement claw, when the attachment hole and the lower end of the engagement claw are engaged with each other, any part of the inclined engagement surface of the engagement claw On the other hand, when the upper end of the mounting hole is engaged, no play occurs between the main body and the cap when they are assembled. That is, even if the vertical dimension of the mounting hole or / and the engaging claw is slightly deviated from the design dimension, the main body portion and the cap can be assembled without generating play. Therefore, the main body and the cap can be easily manufactured.

  The inclined engaging surface formed at the upper end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is formed by an inclined surface positioned further downward from the main body portion side toward the outer peripheral side of the cap, and the mounting hole and the engagement You may comprise the lower end of a nail | claw with the horizontal surface which mutually contacts when the said attachment hole and the said engagement nail | claw engage.

  With this configuration, when a downward force is applied to the cap while the cap is attached to the upper end of the main body, the attachment hole, one inclined engagement surface of the engagement claw, and the other upper end As long as the engagement is maintained, the cap can move downward with respect to the main body. That is, since the downward force applied to the cap can be absorbed by using the inclined engagement surface, the risk of the cap being deformed or damaged in this case can be reduced.

  You may comprise the said cap so that the elastic deformation amount when the said attachment hole and the said engaging claw engage may become large compared with the said engaging claw.

Since the cap is a cylindrical member that is more easily elastically deformed than the engaging claw, it cannot be elastically deformed greatly due to its structure. Therefore, in a state where the main body portion and the cap are integrated, the cap does not move downward relative to the main body portion simply by pressing the cap lightly downward relative to the main body portion. That is, the main body portion and the cap are configured so that the cap is difficult to move downward relative to the main body portion when both are integrated.
Therefore, it is easy to make the protrusion amount of the lock knob from the trim when the lock knob is positioned at a predetermined position a predetermined amount. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the possibility that the design of the vehicle door will deteriorate.

  The inclined engaging surface formed at the lower end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is constituted by an inclined surface positioned higher as it goes from the main body side to the outer peripheral side of the cap, and the mounting hole and the engagement You may comprise the upper end of a nail | claw with the horizontal surface which mutually contacts when the said attachment hole and the said engaging claw are engaged.

Since the mounting hole and the upper end of the engaging claw are configured in a horizontal plane, when a downward force is applied to the cap with the cap attached to the upper end of the main body, the cap is moved downward relative to the main body. Can restrict movement.
Therefore, the possibility that the design of the door is impaired due to the vertical position of the cap with respect to the main body and the trim being shifted from the predetermined position is small.

  A flexible cable connected to the main body and the locking device is provided, the main body is disposed inside a cylindrical guide member that extends in the vertical direction as the fixing member, and at least one of the caps. An annular ridge that is positioned inside the cylindrical guide member and that can contact the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical guide member may be formed on the outer peripheral portion of the cap.

Since the main body and the locking device are connected by a flexible cable, when the cable is twisted due to the cable routing inside the door or the lock knob operation, the twisting force of the cable is applied to the cap. Communicated.
However, since the annular ridge formed on the outer peripheral portion of the cap can contact the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical guide member, the cap becomes a cylindrical guide member (trim) even when receiving the twisting force. On the other hand, there is no significant inclination. Therefore, the design of the door is not impaired.

In general, the vehicle door is provided with a stopper mechanism for holding the main body at the predetermined position when the lock knob is positioned at the predetermined position.
However, the stopper mechanism may not perform its intended function due to a manufacturing error of the stopper mechanism. When the lock knob is an integrally molded product, if the stopper mechanism can no longer perform the intended function, the relative position of the cap with respect to the trim may shift from the design position when the main body moves to the predetermined position. . Even when the lock knob is divided into two members, the same problem occurs when the mechanism for adjusting the relative position between the two members in the vertical direction is not provided between the two members.
If the relative position of the cap with respect to the trim deviates from the design position in this manner, the design of the door is degraded.

  Therefore, in another aspect of the present invention, the vehicle door can be slid vertically with respect to the trim of the vehicle door having a lock device that can lock and unlock the vehicle body, and the lock device is operated by sliding. A main body, and a cylindrical shape that protrudes upward from the trim when the main body is positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the trim, and the upper end of the main body is inserted into the internal space from below. A cap, and a cylindrical guide member that is fixed to the trim and that is slidably supported on the inside of the cap and extends in the vertical direction. A screw hole is formed, a male screw that is screwed into the female screw hole is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the main body portion, and the main body portion comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical guide member. The cylinder Comprising a rotation restricting portion relative rotation with respect to the guide member is restricted, providing a lock knob for a vehicle door.

In this way, after the lock knob is constituted by two members of the main body and the cap, relative rotation of the main body with respect to the cylindrical guide member is restricted, and the cap and the main body are connected via a screw mechanism.
Therefore, the vertical position of the cap relative to the main body can be finely adjusted by rotating the cap relative to the main body.
Therefore, even when the stopper mechanism cannot perform the intended function, the cap can be rotated relative to the main body so that the relative position of the cap with respect to the trim can be made as designed. That is, it is possible to prevent the design of the door from being deteriorated due to the displacement of the relative position of the cap with respect to the trim.

  In this aspect, the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical guide member and the cross-sectional shape of the rotation restricting portion may be the same non-circular shape.

It is the side view seen from the vehicle inside of a vehicle door provided with the lock knob of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the II-II arrow line of FIG. 1 when a lock knob is located in an unlocking allowable position. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 2 when a lock knob is located in a lock holding position. It is a side view of the separation state of a slide unit and a cap. FIG. 4 is a side view of the slide unit and the cap separated from each other when viewed from a position shifted by 90 ° in the circumferential direction. It is a side view of the assembly state of a slide unit and a cap. It is sectional drawing which follows the VII-VII arrow line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the upper part and cap of a slide unit of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 8 of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the lower part of the cap of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of one side part of the cap and slide unit of 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 11 of 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 8 of 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 2 of 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 3 of 8th Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which follows the XVI-XVI arrow line of FIG. It is sectional drawing similar to FIG. 11 of a modification.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
A vehicle door 10 of the vehicle shown in FIG. 1 is supported so as to be rotatable about a vertical rotation axis with respect to a vehicle body (not shown), and an opening formed on a side surface of the vehicle body can be opened and closed.
The vehicle door 10 includes a door main body portion 11 constituting a lower half portion thereof, and a door sash 12 provided on the upper half portion thereof. The door body 11 includes an outer panel (not shown) constituting the outer surface of the door body 11, an inner panel (not shown) fixed to the inner surface of the outer panel, an inner panel fixed to the inner surface of the inner panel, and the door body. And a resin trim 13 that constitutes the inner surface of the portion 11.

Inside the vehicle door 10, there is provided a lock device 15 that is partially exposed at the rear end surface of the vehicle door 10.
Since the lock device 15 has a well-known structure, a detailed description of the structure is omitted. The structure of the locking device 15 will be briefly described. The locking device 15 includes a latch that can lock and rotate a striker (not shown) fixed to the vehicle body, and a pole that can hold or release the locked state of the striker by the latch. , And a latch mechanism (not shown). This latch mechanism is in a latched state in which the vehicle door 10 can be held in a closed state with respect to the vehicle body, and a “rotated state” in which the pawl holds the latch in this state, and the latch rotates to a position where the striker can be released. It is possible to shift to an “unlocked state” in which the pole permits the operation. Furthermore, the lock device 15 includes a lock mechanism (not shown) that is linked to the pole and controls the operation of the pole.

An outside handle 17 is rotatably supported on the outer panel, and an inside handle 18 is rotatably supported on the trim 13. The outside handle 17 and the inside handle 18 are rotatable between an initial position and a lock release position, and both are urged to rotate toward an initial position by an urging means (not shown).
Both the outside handle 17 and the inside handle 18 are linked to the lock mechanism of the lock device 15 via linkage means such as a cable.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a cylindrical guide member 20 (fixing member) is fixed to the trim 13. The cylindrical guide member 20 includes a bezel 21 and a support member 24.
The upper part of the bezel 21, which is a resin-made cylindrical member extending in the vertical direction, is fitted in a fixing hole 13 a formed in the upper end of the trim 13. An upper end portion of the bezel 21 is constituted by an attachment portion 22, and the attachment portion 22 is fixed to the upper end surface of the trim 13. Locking holes 23 are formed in two places of the bezel 21 that are spaced apart from each other by 180 ° in the circumferential direction.

  The support member 24, which is a resin member, includes a cylindrical portion 25 that extends in the vertical direction, and a pair of lock arms 26 that are respectively connected at two positions 180 ° apart from each other in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 25. It is equipped with. Each lock arm 26 is provided with a locking projection 27a and an abutment projection 27b arranged vertically. The connecting portion between each lock arm 26 and the cylindrical portion 25 can be elastically deformed. Therefore, by elastically deforming the connection portion between the lock arm 26 and the tubular portion 25, the lock arm 26 can swing in the vehicle interior and exterior directions with respect to the tubular portion 25 around the connection portion.

  One end of an outer tube 19 that is a long cylindrical member made of a flexible material is fixed to the bottom surface of the cylindrical portion 25 of the support member 24 in a coaxial state.

  The support member 24 fits the upper part of the cylindrical part 25 to the lower part of the internal space of the bezel 21 from below, and engages the locking projections 27a of the pair of lock arms 26 with the corresponding locking holes 23 from the outer peripheral side. Further, the contact protrusions 27b of the pair of lock arms 26 are brought into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 25, thereby being fixed to the bezel 21. At this time, the connecting portion between the lock arm 26 and the tubular portion 25 is slightly elastically deformed from the free state. That is, since the rotation biasing force in the direction of fitting into the corresponding locking hole 23 is exerted on the locking projection 27a of each lock arm 26, unless the upper part of the lock arm 26 is intentionally moved to the outer peripheral side, Each locking projection 27a does not come out of the corresponding locking hole 23. Further, the contact protrusions 27 b of the pair of lock arms 26 are in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 25 while receiving the rotational biasing force, and the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 25 is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21. Therefore, the bezel 21 and the support member 24 are held in a coaxial state in which the center axes A1 coincide with each other.

A lock knob 28 is supported on the cylindrical guide member 20 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction.
The lock knob 28 includes a slide unit 29 and a cap 43 that are detachable from each other.

The slide unit 29 has a main body 30 and a cable 40.
The main body 30 includes a large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 constituting the lower half thereof, a small-diameter cylindrical portion 32 extending upward from the upper portion of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31, and a head 33 fixed to the upper end of the small-diameter cylindrical portion 32. And a pair of engaging portions 37 provided at the upper end of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31.
The large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 has a cylindrical shape, and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 32 has a cylindrical shape smaller in diameter than the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 and coaxial with the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31.

  The lower part of the outer peripheral surface of the head 33 is constituted by an annular contact surface 34 having the same diameter and the same axis as the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31. Furthermore, the upper part of the outer peripheral surface of the head 33 is constituted by a tapered surface 35 that is centered on the central axis A2 of the main body 30 and gradually decreases in diameter toward the upper side. Further, a stopper 33 a made of a hemisphere having a smaller diameter than the tapered surface 35 is fixed to the upper end portion of the head 33.

The pair of engaging portions 37 are fixed to the upper end of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 so as to be separated from each other by 180 ° in the circumferential direction. An engaging claw 38 that protrudes toward the outer peripheral side of the main body 30 is provided at the upper end of each engaging portion 37.
As shown in the drawing, the upper surfaces (outer surfaces) of the pair of engaging claws 38 are configured by an inclined engaging surface 39 formed of an inclined surface that is positioned further downward toward the outer peripheral direction of the main body 30. On the other hand, the lower surfaces of the pair of engaging claws 38 are constituted by a horizontal surface 38a.
As shown in FIG. 4, the outer peripheral side end portion of the engaging claw 38 is located on the outer peripheral side with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31. Further, the inner peripheral portion of the pair of engaging portions 37 and the small diameter cylindrical portion 32 are continuous with each other. In other words, there is no gap between the inner peripheral portion of the engaging portion 37 and the outer peripheral portion of the small diameter cylindrical portion 32. Therefore, although the resin material constituting the main body 30 is an elastic material, the engaging portion 37 can hardly be elastically deformed in the radial direction of the main body 30.

The cable 40 is a metal wire and has flexibility.
The main body 30 is manufactured by insert molding performed in a state where one end of the cable 40 is disposed inside a molding die not shown. Therefore, when the main body 30 is molded, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper end which is one end of the cable 40 is embedded coaxially with the inside of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31, and the main body 30 and the cable 40 are fixed. Integrated.

The cap 43 is a cylindrical member extending in the vertical direction with the lower surface opened and the upper end closed.
An annular protrusion 44 is provided at the lower end of the outer peripheral surface of the cap 43.
Mounting holes 45 penetrating the cap 43 in the radial direction are formed at two locations on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 43 that are spaced apart from each other by 180 ° in the circumferential direction. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the side surface of the mounting hole 45 is rectangular, the upper surface thereof is constituted by a horizontal plane 46, and the lower surface is constituted by a horizontal plane 47.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the inner diameter of the cap 43 when the cap 43 is in a free state is slightly larger than the outer diameters of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 and the annular contact surface 34. However, the inner diameter of the cap 43 when the cap 43 is in a free state is shorter than a straight line connecting the outer peripheral side ends of the pair of engaging claws 38 and extending in the radial direction (that is, the horizontal direction) of the main body 30. .
The cap 43 has a structure in which the outer surface of an integrally molded product made of resin in which the annular protrusion 44 and the mounting hole 45 are formed is plated. Since the resin material is an elastic material, the cap 43 can be elastically deformed in the radial direction.

Thus, the lock knob 28 constituted by the two members including the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 is integrated with each other by inserting the upper part of the main body 30 into the internal space of the cap 43 from below.
That is, the upper portion of the main body 30 positioned below the cap 43 is placed on the cap 43 while the circumferential positions of the pair of engaging portions 37 and the pair of mounting holes 45 are matched and the main body 30 and the cap 43 are coaxial. , The head 33 is inserted into the internal space of the cap 43. When the head 33 is brought closer to the cap 43 from below while the main body 30 and the cap 43 are not coaxial, the tapered surface 35 of the head 33 is located on the inner peripheral edge of the lower end opening of the cap 43. By contacting, the main body 30 and the cap 43 are automatically in a coaxial state. That is, the tapered surface 35 of the head 33 exhibits a centering function. Therefore, also in this case, the head 33 can be inserted into the internal space of the cap 43.

  When the main body portion 30 is further moved to the back side (upper end portion) side of the cap 43 after the head portion 33 is inserted into the internal space of the cap 43, the inclined engaging surfaces 39 of the pair of engaging portions 37 It contacts the inner peripheral edge of the lower end opening (not shown). When the upper portion of the main body 30 is further inserted toward the back side of the cap 43 in this state, the cap 43 is slightly elastically deformed in the diameter-expanding direction by the pair of inclined engagement surfaces 39, so that the pair of engagement claws 38 Enters the internal space of the cap 43. Then, when the upper part of the main body 30 is further inserted toward the back side of the cap 43 while the outer peripheral side end portions of the pair of engaging claws 38 are in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cap 43, the pair of engaging claws 38 and When the pair of mounting holes 45 are opposed to each other in the radial direction of the cap 43, the cap 43 is elastically returned to the free state, and the pair of engaging claws 38 are fitted into the pair of mounting holes 45 from the inner peripheral side. (See FIGS. 6 and 7). As a result, the lock knob 28 in which the slide unit 29 (main body 30) and the cap 43 are integrated with each other is completed.

When the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated in this way, the horizontal surfaces 38a of the pair of engaging claws 38 come into surface contact with the horizontal surfaces 47 of the corresponding mounting holes 45, and the pair of engaging claws 38 are inclined and engaged. The surface 39 contacts the inner peripheral side edge of the horizontal surface 46 of the corresponding mounting hole 45. Therefore, the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 are in a state where the backlash in the vertical direction is removed from each other.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the annular contact surface 34 of the head 33 is in surface contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cap 43. Therefore, the cap 43 does not tilt with respect to the main body 30.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ceiling surface of the inner surface of the cap 43 and the stopper 33 a of the main body portion 30 face each other in the vertical direction while forming a minute gap, and the inclined engaging surfaces of the pair of engaging claws 38. The inner peripheral edge of the horizontal surface 46 of the mounting hole 45 is in contact with only a part of 39. Furthermore, the cap 43 is configured to be more easily elastically deformed than the engaging portion 37 (engaging claw 38). Therefore, when the cap 43 is pushed downward with respect to the main body 30, the engagement state between the inner peripheral edge of the horizontal surface 46 and the inclined engagement surface 39 is maintained, and the ceiling surface of the cap 43 and the main body 30. The cap 43 relatively moves downward with respect to the main body portion 30 while elastically deforming the peripheral portion of the mounting hole 45 in the diameter increasing direction within a range where the stopper 33a does not come into contact.
However, since the cap 43 is a cylindrical member (annular member) that is more easily elastically deformed than the engaging claws 38, it cannot be elastically deformed greatly due to its structure. Therefore, in a state where the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the cap 43 does not move downward with respect to the main body 30 only by lightly pressing the cap 43 downward with respect to the main body 30. That is, the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are configured so that the cap 43 is difficult to move downward relative to the main body portion 30 when they are integrated.
Further, if the pushing force is lost after the cap 43 is pushed downward in a state where the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the cap 43 causes the cap 43 to be elastically restored to the free state by the force shown in FIG. It returns to the state shown in FIG.

As shown in the drawing, the outer diameters of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 and the cable 40 are smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 25. On the other hand, the outer diameter of the cap 43 is larger than the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 25 and smaller than the inner diameter of the bezel 21. Therefore, the lock knob 28 is attached to the cylindrical guide member 20 from above.
Specifically, the lower end portion of the cable 40 opposite to the tubular portion 25 is connected to the bezel 21, the tubular portion 25, and the outer through the opening of the attachment portion 22 of the bezel 21 fixed to the trim 13. It is inserted into the inner space of the tube 19 and pulled out from the lower end opening of the outer tube 19 to the lower side of the outer tube 19. Then, the entire lock knob 28 is further moved downward with respect to the bezel 21, the support member 24, and the outer tube 19, and the lower portion of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 is fitted to the tubular portion 25 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Further, the lower part of the cap 43 is inserted into the internal space of the bezel 21.
When the lock knob 28 is attached to the cylindrical guide member 20 in this way, the annular protrusion 44 of the cap 43 faces the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21 with almost no gap. In other words, the clearance between the annular protrusion 44 and the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21 is smaller than the clearance between the portion of the cap 43 located above the annular protrusion 44 and the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21.

  When the lock knob 28 is attached to the cylindrical guide member 20, the lower end portion of the cable 40 protruding from the lower end opening of the outer tube 19 is connected to the lock mechanism of the lock device 15.

The lock knob 28 supported by the cylindrical guide member 20 (support member 24) via the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 causes the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 of the main body portion 30 to move vertically with respect to the cylindrical portion 25 of the support member 24. By relative sliding, the trim 13 and the cylindrical guide member 20 can be slid in the vertical direction between the unlock allowable position shown in FIG. 2 and the lock holding position shown in FIG.
When the lock knob 28 is located at the unlocking allowable position, the cap 43 protrudes largely upward from the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21. On the other hand, when the lock knob 28 is positioned at the lock holding position, the upper end of the cap 43 is positioned at substantially the same height as the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21. When the lock knob 28 slides up and down with respect to the cylindrical guide member 20, the annular protrusion 44 of the cap 43 is guided by the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21.

Since the metal cable 40 has a certain degree of rigidity, the moving force of the lock knob 28 is transmitted to the lock mechanism of the lock device 15 via the cable 40, and similarly, the movement accompanying the operation of the lock mechanism. The force is transmitted to the lock knob 28 via the cable 40.
Therefore, when the lock knob 28 is located at the unlocking allowable position shown in FIG. 2, the lock mechanism of the lock device 15 connected to the lock knob 28 via the cable 40 is in the “handle operation valid state”. On the other hand, when the cap 43 is located at the lock holding position shown in FIG. 3, the lock mechanism connected to the lock knob 28 via the cable 40 is in the “outside handle operation invalid state”.
Further, since the cable 40 has a certain degree of rigidity, the cable 40 and the lock mechanism function as a mechanical stopper mechanism for holding the lock knob 28 at the unlocking allowable position and the lock holding position, respectively. Therefore, when the lock knob 28 is located at the unlocking allowable position, the lock knob 28 is held at the unlocking allowable position by the cable 40 and the lock mechanism. Similarly, when the lock knob 28 is located at the lock holding position, the lock knob 28 is held at the lock holding position by the cable 40 and the lock mechanism.

When the cap 43 is in the unlocking allowable position when the latch mechanism of the locking device is in the locked state, when the outside handle 17 or the inside handle 18 is rotated from the initial position to the unlocking position, the outside handle 17 or The lock mechanism to which the rotational force of the inside handle 18 is transmitted shifts the latch mechanism to the unlocked state.
On the other hand, when the latch mechanism of the locking device is in the locked state, for example, when the cap 43 is pushed down to the lock holding position by hand, the outside handle 17 may be rotated from the initial position to the unlock position even if the outside handle 17 is rotated. The lock mechanism to which the rotational force of the handle 17 is transmitted does not shift the latch mechanism to the unlocked state.

On the other hand, if the inside handle 18 is rotated twice from the initial position to the unlock position when the cap 43 is in the lock holding position when the latch mechanism of the lock device is in the locked state, the lock device is unlocked. It becomes a state. More specifically, by the first rotation operation of the inside handle 18 to the unlocking position, the lock mechanism in the “outside handle operation invalid state” becomes the “handle operation valid state”, and the lock knob 28 is unlocked. Move to the permissible position. The lock mechanism to which the rotational force of the inside handle 18 (or the outside handle 17) is transmitted by the second turning operation (or the rotating operation of the outside handle 17) to the unlocking position of the inside handle 18 causes the latch mechanism to Transition to the unlocked state.
In addition, when the lock mechanism is in the “handle operation valid state”, the lock mechanism operates when the inside handle 18 or the outside handle 17 is rotated. However, the moving force caused by the operation of the lock mechanism at this time is not applied to the cable 40. Not transmitted. Accordingly, in this case, the lock knob 28 remains in the unlocking allowable position.

As described above, the lock knob 28 of the present embodiment inserts the main body 30 into the internal space of the cap 43 and fits the engaging claw 38 of the main body 30 into the mounting hole 45 of the cap 43. Thus, the main body 30 and the cap 43 can be easily assembled.
Since the lock knob 28 includes two members (slide unit 29 and cap 43) that can be attached to and detached from each other, the degree of freedom in designing the cap 43 is higher than when the lock knob is formed as an integral molded product. It is easy to improve the property.

Further, when the main body 30 and the cap 43 are assembled, the horizontal surface 46 of the mounting hole 45 and the inclined engaging surface 39 of the engaging portion 37 and the horizontal surface 47 of the mounting hole 45 and the horizontal surface 38a of the engaging portion 37 are engaged with each other. Therefore, when the main body 30 and the cap 43 are assembled, there is no occurrence of vertical play between them.
Further, as described above, the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are configured so that the cap 43 is difficult to move downward relative to the main body 30 when they are integrated. Therefore, after the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the relative position in the vertical direction of the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 is virtually unchanged.
When the main body 30 and the cap 43 are assembled in this way, there is no vertical backlash between them, and the relative position in the vertical direction of both is difficult to change, so the lock knob 28 is positioned at the lock holding position. In this case, the amount of protrusion of the lock knob 28 from the upper end surface of the trim 13 can be easily set to a predetermined amount. In other words, the amount of protrusion of the lock knob 28 from the upper end surface of the trim 13 does not become a predetermined amount, and as a result, the possibility that the design of the vehicle door 10 is lowered is small.

Furthermore, if the upper surface and the lower surface of the mounting hole 45 and the upper surface (outer peripheral surface) and the lower surface of the engaging claw 38 are all formed of a horizontal surface, the design dimensions in the vertical direction of the mounting hole 45 and the engaging claw 38 are the same. In addition, it is necessary to manufacture the mounting hole 45 and the engaging claw 38 according to the design dimensions. In other words, if the vertical dimension of the mounting hole 45 and / or the engaging claw 38 slightly deviates from the design dimension, the engaging claw 38 cannot be fitted into the mounting hole 45 or the mounting hole 45 and the engaging claw 38 are not fitted. There is a risk of backlash in the vertical direction. That is, when the mounting hole 45 and the engaging claw 38 are configured in this way, the manufacturing of the mounting hole 45 and the engaging claw 38 is not easy.
However, in this embodiment, the upper surface (outer peripheral surface) of the engaging claw 38 is constituted by the inclined engaging surface 39. Therefore, when the attachment hole 45 and the lower surface of the engagement claw 38 are engaged with each other, if the upper surface of the attachment hole 45 is engaged with any part of the inclined engagement surface 39 of the engagement claw 38, the main body portion When the 30 and the cap 43 are assembled, there is no occurrence of vertical play between them. That is, even if the vertical dimension of the mounting hole 45 and / or the engaging claw 38 is slightly deviated from the design dimension, the main body 30 and the cap 43 can be assembled without generating play. Therefore, the main body 30 and the cap 43 can be easily manufactured.

Since the main body 30 and the locking device 15 are connected by a flexible cable 40, when the cable 40 is twisted due to the routing manner of the cable 40 inside the door 10 or the operation on the lock knob 28. The twisting force of the cable 40 is transmitted to the cap 43.
However, in this case, the annular protrusion 44 formed on the outer peripheral portion of the cap 43 comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bezel 21. Therefore, even when the cap 43 receives the torsional force, the cap 43 does not greatly tilt with respect to the bezel 21 (trim 13). Therefore, the design of the door 10 is not impaired.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, only the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same member as 1st Embodiment, and the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
The feature of this embodiment is the shape of the engaging claw 50 of the main body 30 of the lock knob 28 and the mounting hole 51 of the cap 43.
The engagement claw 50 of the main body 30 of the present embodiment has a smaller protruding amount from each engagement portion 37 to the outer peripheral side than the engagement claw 38 of the first embodiment. The outer surfaces of the pair of engaging claws 50 are constituted by inclined engaging surfaces 39, and the lower surfaces of the engaging claws 50 are constituted by horizontal surfaces 38a.
The pair of attachment holes 51 formed in the cap 43 of the present embodiment are bottomed holes in which the outer peripheral surface of the cap 43 is closed.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, the lock knob 28 can be assembled by integrating the slide unit 29 (main body 30) and the cap 43 by the same procedure as in the first embodiment.
When the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the horizontal surfaces 38a of the pair of engaging claws 38 come into surface contact with the horizontal surfaces 47 of the corresponding mounting holes 51, and the inclined engaging surfaces 39 of the pair of engaging claws 38 correspond. The mounting hole 51 is in contact with the inner peripheral edge of the horizontal surface 46. Therefore, the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 are in a state where the backlash in the vertical direction is removed from each other.

Further, when the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the pair of attachment holes 51 of the main body 30 are not exposed to the outer peripheral side of the cap 43. Therefore, for example, when the lock knob 28 is located at the unlocking allowable position, even if the passenger of the vehicle looks at the cap 43 from obliquely above, the mounting hole 51 is formed through the annular gap between the bezel 21 and the cap 43. Never touch the eyes.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the design of the vehicle door 10 as compared with the first embodiment.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The feature of this embodiment is the shape of the engaging claw 53 of the main body 30 of the lock knob 28.
As shown in the drawing, the upper surfaces of the pair of engaging claws 53 are constituted by a horizontal surface 53a.
On the other hand, the lower surface (outer surface) of the pair of engaging claws 53 is configured by an inclined engaging surface 54 formed of an inclined surface positioned further upward as it goes in the outer peripheral direction of the main body portion 30.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, the lock knob 28 can be assembled by integrating the slide unit 29 (main body 30) and the cap 43 by the same procedure as in the first embodiment.
When the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the horizontal surfaces 53a of the pair of engaging claws 50 come into surface contact with the horizontal surfaces 46 of the corresponding mounting holes 45, and the inclined engaging surfaces 54 of the pair of engaging claws 53 correspond. The mounting hole 45 comes into contact with the inner peripheral edge of the horizontal plane 47. Therefore, the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 are in a state where the backlash in the vertical direction is removed from each other.

Further, since the horizontal surface 53a that forms the upper surface of the engaging claw 50 and the horizontal surface 46 that forms the upper surface of the mounting hole 45 come into contact with each other, when a downward force is applied to the cap 43, the cap 43 moves downward relative to the main body 30. Can be regulated.
Therefore, the possibility that the design of the vehicle door 10 is impaired due to the vertical position of the cap 43 with respect to the main body 30 and the trim 13 deviating from the predetermined position is small.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The feature of this embodiment is that the inner peripheral side edge of the lower end opening of the cap 43 is constituted by a lower end tapered surface 43a that gradually increases in diameter from the upper side toward the lower side.

When the cap 43 of the present embodiment and the main body portion 30 positioned below the cap 43 are not in a coaxial state, if the main body portion 30 is approached from below with respect to the cap 43 and both are assembled, When the taper surface 35 of 33 contacts the lower end taper surface 43 a of the cap 43, the main body 30 and the cap 43 are automatically in a coaxial state. That is, the taper surface 35 of the head 33 and the lower end taper surface 43a of the cap 43 cooperate to exert a centering function.
Therefore, compared with the first embodiment in which only the tapered surface 35 of the head 33 has the centering function, the integration work of the cap 43 and the main body 30 can be performed more easily.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The feature of this embodiment is the shape of the engaging claw 57 of the main body 30 of the lock knob 28 and the mounting hole 61 of the cap 43.
Both the upper and lower surfaces of the engaging claw 57 of the main body 30 of the present embodiment are constituted by horizontal surfaces 58 and 59.
Further, the attachment hole 61 formed in the cap 43 is configured by an inclined engagement surface 62 formed of an inclined surface positioned further downward as the upper surface thereof goes in the outer peripheral direction of the main body 30. On the other hand, the lower surface of the mounting hole 61 is constituted by a horizontal surface 63.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, the lock knob 28 can be assembled by integrating the slide unit 29 (main body 30) and the cap 43 by the same procedure as in the first embodiment.
When the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the horizontal plane 59 of the pair of engaging claws 57 comes into surface contact with the horizontal plane 63 of the corresponding mounting hole 61, and further, the outer peripheral end of the horizontal plane 58 of the pair of engaging claws 57. Contacts the inclined engagement surface 62 of the corresponding mounting hole 61. Therefore, the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 are in a state where the backlash in the vertical direction is removed from each other.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the inclined engagement surface 62 corresponding to the inclined engagement surface 39 of the engagement claw 38 of the first embodiment is provided on the attachment hole 61 side, and the horizontal surface corresponding to the horizontal surface 46 of the attachment hole 45. 58 is provided on the engagement claw 57 side.
Therefore, the same effect as the first embodiment can be exhibited.

Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The feature of this embodiment is the shape of the engaging claw 57 of the main body 30 of the lock knob 28 and the mounting hole 65 of the cap 43.
The upper surface of the attachment hole 65 formed in the cap 43 of this embodiment is constituted by a horizontal plane 66. On the other hand, the lower surface of the mounting hole 65 is configured by an inclined engagement surface 67 formed of an inclined surface that is positioned higher as it goes in the outer peripheral direction of the main body 30.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, the lock knob 28 can be assembled by integrating the slide unit 29 (main body 30) and the cap 43 by the same procedure as in the first embodiment.
When the slide unit 29 and the cap 43 are integrated, the horizontal surface 58 of the pair of engaging claws 57 comes into surface contact with the horizontal surface 66 of the corresponding mounting hole 65, and further, the outer peripheral end of the horizontal surface 59 of the pair of engaging claws 57. Comes into contact with the inclined engaging surface 67 of the corresponding horizontal surface 66. Therefore, the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 are in a state where the backlash in the vertical direction is removed from each other.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the inclined engagement surface 67 corresponding to the inclined engagement surface 54 of the engagement claw 53 of the third embodiment is provided on the attachment hole 65 side, and the horizontal surface corresponding to the horizontal surface 47 of the attachment hole 45. 59 is provided on the engagement claw 57 side.
Therefore, the same effect as that of the third embodiment can be exhibited.

Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
A slit 70 is formed between the pair of engaging portions 69 and the small diameter cylindrical portion 32 of the main body portion 30 of the present embodiment. That is, the engaging portion 69 and the small diameter cylindrical portion 32 are discontinuous with each other. Therefore, the engaging portion 69 can be greatly elastically deformed in the radial direction of the main body portion 30 as compared with the engaging portion 37 of the previous embodiment. In other words, the engaging portion 69 is configured to be more easily elastically deformed than the cap 43. The other structure of the main body 30 is the same as that of the second embodiment.
On the other hand, the cap 43 has the same structure as that of the first embodiment.

When the main body 30 is brought close to the cap 43 from below and assembled together, the main body 30 is in a state where the inclined engaging surfaces 39 of the pair of engaging portions 69 are in contact with the inner peripheral edge of the lower end opening of the cap 43. When the upper portion of the portion 30 is inserted toward the back side of the cap 43, the engaging portion 69 is elastically deformed in a direction approaching the small diameter cylindrical portion 32. Therefore, it is possible to easily insert the pair of engaging portions 69 (engaging claws 50) into the internal space of the cap 43 as compared with the previous embodiment.
Further, when the upper portion of the main body 30 is further inserted toward the back side of the cap 43, the engaging portion 69 quickly moves when the pair of engaging claws 50 and the pair of mounting holes 45 face each other in the radial direction of the cap 43. The pair of engaging claws 50 are fitted into the pair of mounting holes 45 from the inner peripheral side.
Therefore, as compared with the previous embodiment, the integration operation of the slide unit 29 (main body portion 30) and the cap 43 can be easily performed.

Finally, an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same members as those in the previous embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
The trim 13 of the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the shape of the upper end portion. That is, the inclination angle of the upper end portion of the trim 13 in the direction from the vehicle outer side to the vehicle inner side is larger than that in the first embodiment.
The attachment portion 22 of the bezel 21 also has an inclination angle larger than that of the first embodiment in accordance with the inclination angle of the upper end portion of the trim 13. Furthermore, the vertical dimension of the bezel 21 of this embodiment is shorter than that of the first embodiment, and the bezel 21 does not have a hole corresponding to the locking hole 23.

The cylindrical guide member 20 of this embodiment includes a bezel 21 and a support member 72.
The support member 72, which is a cylindrical member made of resin and extends in the vertical direction, has a smaller diameter than the bezel 21. As shown in the figure, the diameter of the support member 72 changes in two stages. That is, the upper part of the support member 72 is constituted by the large diameter part 73, and the lower part of the support member 72 is constituted by the small diameter part 74 having a smaller diameter than the large diameter part 73. As shown in FIG. 16, the cross-sectional shape of the rotation restricting hole 75 formed in the large diameter portion 73 and penetrating through the center portion of the large diameter portion 73 in the vertical direction is a square. The upper portion of the large-diameter portion 73 of the support member 72 is fitted into the internal space of the bezel 21 in a fixed state.
One end of the outer tube 19 is coaxially fixed to the bottom surface of the small diameter portion 74 of the support member 72.

The lock knob 28 of the present embodiment includes a slide unit 77 and a cap 85 that are detachable from each other.
The slide unit 77 has a main body 79 and a cable 40.
The main body 79, which is a rod-like member extending in the vertical direction, includes a rotation restricting portion 80 constituting the lower half of the main body 79 and a male screw portion 81 extending upward from the upper portion of the rotation restricting portion 80. It is a product.
As shown in FIG. 16, the cross-sectional shape of the rotation restricting portion 80 is the same square as the rotation restricting hole 75 of the large diameter portion 73.
On the other hand, the male screw portion 81 has a cylindrical shape, and a male screw 82 is formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof.

  The main body 79 is manufactured by insert molding performed in a state where one end of the cable 40 is disposed inside a molding die (not shown). Therefore, when the main body 79 is molded, the main body 79 and one end of the cable 40 are integrated in a fixed state.

The cap 85 is a cylindrical member extending in the vertical direction with the lower surface opened and the upper end closed.
Further, a female screw hole 86 extending upward is formed in the bottom surface of the cap 85. A female screw 87 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the female screw hole 86.
The cap 85 has a structure in which the outer surface of an integrally molded product made of resin in which the annular protrusion 44 and the female screw hole 86 are formed is plated.

  In this way, the lock knob 28 constituted by two members of the slide unit 77 and the cap 85 inserts the male screw portion 81 formed on the upper portion of the main body portion 79 into the female screw hole 86 of the cap 85 from below, The male screw 82 and the female screw 87 are integrated with each other by screwing.

As illustrated, the outer diameter of the rotation restricting portion 80 is smaller than the inner diameter of the large diameter portion 73 and larger than the inner diameter of the small diameter portion 74. Therefore, the lock knob 28 is attached to the cylindrical guide member 20 from above.
Specifically, the lower end, which is the end opposite to the main body 79 of the cable 40, is connected to the bezel 21, the support member 72, and the outer tube 19 through the opening of the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21 fixed to the trim 13. And is pulled out from the lower end opening of the outer tube 19 to the lower side of the outer tube 19. Then, the entire lock knob 28 is further moved downward with respect to the bezel 21, the support member 72 and the outer tube 19, and the lower portion of the rotation restricting portion 80 is moved to the rotation restricting hole 75 of the large diameter portion 73 as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. And the lower part of the cap 85 is inserted into the internal space of the bezel 21. By inserting the lower portion of the rotation restricting portion 80 into the rotation restricting hole 75 of the large diameter portion 73, relative rotation of the main body 79 with respect to the support member 72 around the central axis A3 is restricted.
The lock knob 28 and the cylindrical guide member 20 can be assembled to each other in this way.

  When the lock knob 28 is attached to the cylindrical guide member 20, the lower end portion of the cable 40 protruding from the lower end opening of the outer tube 19 is connected to the lock mechanism of the lock device 15.

  The main body 79 of the lock knob 28 supported by the cylindrical guide member 20 (support member 72) via the large-diameter cylindrical portion 31 moves the rotation restricting portion 80 in the vertical direction with respect to the rotation restricting hole 75 of the large diameter portion 73. By relative sliding, the trim 13 and the cylindrical guide member 20 can be slid in the vertical direction between the unlock allowable position shown in FIG. 14 and the lock holding position shown in FIG.

When the main body 79 is moved to the lock holding position, the upper end of the cap 85 is originally located at a predetermined position, that is, at substantially the same height as the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21.
However, for example, when the cable 40 is deteriorated or damaged, the cable 40 may not function as a stopper mechanism that mechanically holds the lock knob 28 at the unlocking allowable position and the lock holding position. When the lock knob 28 is an integrally molded product, if the cable 40 can no longer function as a stopper mechanism, the upper end of the cap 85 is moved from the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21 when the main body 79 moves to the lock holding position. There is a possibility of protruding upward. If the upper end of the cap 85 protrudes upward from the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21, the design of the vehicle door 10 may be deteriorated.
Even when the lock knob 28 is divided into two members, the same problem occurs when the mechanism for adjusting the relative position between the two members in the vertical direction is not provided between the two members.

However, in the present embodiment, the lock knob 28 is constituted by two members, that is, the slide unit 77 and the cap 85, the relative rotation of the main body 79 with respect to the support member 72 is restricted, and the cap 85 and the main body 79 are screwed together. Connected through.
Therefore, the vertical position of the cap 85 with respect to the main body 79 can be finely adjusted by rotating the cap 85 relative to the male screw portion 81 of the main body 79. Accordingly, even when the cable 40 and the lock mechanism cannot function as a stopper mechanism, the main body 79 is brought into the lock holding position by grasping the cap 85 with the hand and rotating it relative to the male screw portion 81. When moved, the upper end of the cap 85 can be positioned substantially at the same height as the mounting portion 22 of the bezel 21.

If the relative rotation between the main body 79 and the support member 72 is not restricted, the main body 79 rotates together with the cap 85 when the cap 85 is gripped and rotated, and the cap 85 There is a possibility that the vertical position with respect to the main body 79 cannot be adjusted.
Further, since the cable 40 is flexible, the cable 40 is twisted inside the vehicle door 10 when the cap 85 is rotated when the relative rotation between the main body 79 and the support member 72 is not restricted. There is a risk that. If the cable 40 is largely twisted, the moving force of the cap 85 may not be transmitted to the locking device 15 or the cable 40 may be damaged when the cap 85 is moved in the vertical direction.
However, in the present embodiment, since the relative rotation between the main body 79 and the support member 72 is restricted, there is no possibility that such a problem occurs.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention should not be limited to the said embodiment.
For example, similarly to the second embodiment, the attachment holes 45, 61, 65 of the first and third to seventh embodiments may be configured by bottomed holes.
You may apply the slit 70 which is the feature point of 7th Embodiment to the main-body part 30 of 1st-6th embodiment.
You may link the main-body part 30 and the locking device 15 of 1st-7th embodiment with the metal rods which do not have flexibility. In this case, the rod and the lock mechanism function as a stopper mechanism.
The number of the engaging portions 37, 69 (engaging claws 38, 50, 53, 57) and the attaching holes 45 (attaching holes 51, 61, 65) of the first to seventh embodiments is not limited to two, There may be one or more than two.

The cross-sectional shape of the rotation restricting hole 75 and the rotation restricting portion 80 of the eighth embodiment may be a non-circular shape other than a square. For example, the cross-sectional shapes of the rotation restricting hole 75 and the rotation restricting portion 80 may be polygons having the same shape other than a square (quadrangle).
Further, the cross-sectional shapes of the rotation restricting hole 75 and the rotation restricting portion 80 may be non-circular shapes having different shapes. For example, after making the cross-sectional shape of the rotation restricting hole 75 a regular hexagon, the outer peripheral surface shape of the rotation restricting portion 80 is discontinuous with each other in contact with three surfaces formed on every other rotation restricting hole 75. You may comprise by three contact planes and the three surfaces which connect these three contact planes and are non-contacting with the inner surface of the rotation control hole 75.

  A portion corresponding to the cylindrical guide member 20 is formed integrally with the trim 13, and the main body portions 30 and 79 can be slidable by a portion corresponding to the cylindrical guide member 20 (that is, by a part of the trim 13). You may support.

Furthermore, in the first to seventh embodiments, the horizontal planes 38a, 46, 47, 53a, 58, 59, 63, 66 are not completely horizontal planes, but are slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, almost horizontal and extremely gentle. The curved surface may be changed to a curved surface. These inclined planes and curved surfaces are also included in the “horizontal plane” in the claims.
For example, FIG. 17 shows a modified example of the first embodiment, in which the lower surface of the mounting hole 45 is constituted by a curved surface 47a that is substantially horizontal and curved very gently. The curved surface 47a is also included in the “horizontal plane” in the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle door, 13 ... Trim, 20 ... Cylindrical guide member (fixing member), 21 ... Bezel, 24 ... Support member, 28 ... Lock knob, 29 ... Slide Unit 30... Main body part 37. Engaging part 38. Engaging claw 38 a. Horizontal plane 39. Inclined engaging surface 40. Cap, 44 ... annular projection, 45 ... mounting hole, 46, 47 ... horizontal surface, 50 ... engaging claw, 51 ... mounting hole, 53 ... engaging claw, 53a ..Horizontal plane, 54... Inclined engaging surface, 57... Engaging claw, 58, 59 .. horizontal plane, 61 .. mounting hole, 62. , 65... Mounting hole, 66... Horizontal plane, 67... Inclined engaging surface, 69... Engaging portion, 70. 75 ... Rotation restricting hole, 77 ... Slide unit, 79 ... Body part, 80 ... Rotation restricting part, 81 ... Male thread part, 82 ... Male thread, 85 ... Cap, 86 ... female screw hole, 87 ... female screw.

Claims (5)

A vehicle door trim having a lock device capable of locking and unlocking the vehicle body, or a body member that is supported by the trim fixing member so as to be slidable in the vertical direction and operates the lock device by sliding;
A cylindrical cap that protrudes upward from the trim when the main body is located at a predetermined position with respect to the trim, and into which an upper end of the main body is inserted from below with respect to its internal space;
With
A mounting hole is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap,
When the upper end of the main body is inserted into the inner space of the cap on the outer peripheral surface of the main body, the upper and lower ends of the cap are fitted to the upper and lower ends of the mounting hole. Engagement claws that engage each other are formed,
Only one of the upper end and the lower end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is constituted by an inclined engaging surface that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and the inclined engagements of the upper end and the lower end of the mounting hole and the engaging claw. A lock knob for a vehicle door in which a portion excluding the mating surface is constituted by a horizontal surface. In the vehicle door lock knob according to claim 1,
The inclined engaging surface formed at the upper end of the mounting hole or the engaging claw is configured by an inclined surface positioned further downward from the main body portion side toward the outer peripheral side of the cap,
A lock knob for a vehicle door, wherein the mounting hole and the lower end of the engaging claw are configured by a horizontal plane that comes into contact with each other when the mounting hole and the engaging claw are engaged. The vehicle door lock knob according to claim 2,
A lock knob for a vehicle door, wherein the cap is configured such that an elastic deformation amount when the mounting hole and the engagement claw are engaged is larger than that of the engagement claw. In the vehicle door lock knob according to claim 1,
The inclined engagement surface formed at the lower end of the mounting hole or the engagement claw is configured by an inclined surface positioned upward as it goes from the main body portion side to the outer peripheral side of the cap,
A lock knob for a vehicle door, wherein the mounting hole and the upper end of the engaging claw are configured by a horizontal plane that comes into contact with each other when the mounting hole and the engaging claw are engaged. The vehicle door lock knob according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A flexible cable connected to the main body and the locking device;
The main body is disposed inside a cylindrical guide member that extends in the vertical direction as the fixing member,
At least a portion of the cap is located inside the cylindrical guide member;
A lock knob for a vehicle door, wherein an annular ridge capable of contacting the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical guide member is formed on an outer peripheral portion of the cap.

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