JPS6344095B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention has a first switch and a second switch, which are operated by operating a control lever in different directions. This invention relates to a lever switch device for an automobile.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in automobiles, the driver normally signals a right or left turn by operating an operating lever located near the steering wheel in front of the driver's seat, downward and upward. On the other hand, for example, in order to switch the light stepwise from a completely off state to a small lamp lighting state and then to a headlamp lighting state, an appropriate operator provided at a position other than the operating lever or the corresponding operation is required. Knob-like operators attached to the tips of the levers are operated individually. However, in order to switch the lights in stages like this, the former control lever is located in a different position, and the driver has to change his/her posture and move his/her hands far away from the steering wheel. On the other hand, even when the driver's hands are forced to operate an operator attached to the tip of the operating lever, the driver's hands are separated from the steering wheel, which is dangerous.

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention developed a dimmer control that allows the operating lever to be operated in rotational directions different from the above-mentioned upward and downward directions, such as forward and backward, thereby switching the headlamp from a high beam state to a low beam state or vice versa. Taking note of the fact that there was an existing device that did this, it was devised to perform the above-mentioned light control by operating this operating lever in the second rotational direction as described above.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in this case, the operating lever must be held at each rotational position after the operation in the second rotational direction as well as at the right and left turn signal positions. , it becomes difficult for the driver's hands to bend while gripping the steering wheel when performing the original operation, in this case the right/left turn signal operation, and light control, etc. Since the steering wheel is changed over three or more stages, the driver's hands become increasingly difficult to bend, and the driver is faced with the problem of having to take his hands off the steering wheel.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to always operate the operating lever in the first rotational direction from a constant neutral position in the second rotational direction. Therefore, even if the operation of the operating lever in the second rotation direction reaches the second or third stage, operation in the first rotation direction will not be hindered, and of course operation will continue. To provide a lever switch device for an automobile that can be made safe without requiring a person to take his hands off a steering wheel or the like.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The lever switch device for an automobile of the present invention is operable from the original position in one and the other first rotation directions, and is operable from the neutral position in the first rotation direction. There is an operating lever that can be operated in one and the other second rotational directions different from the rotational direction, and that is provided in the second rotational direction so as to automatically return to the neutral position after the operation is released. , a first switch provided in response to the operation of the operating lever in the first rotational direction; and a first switch provided to respond to the operation of the operating lever in the second rotational direction; and an intermediate moving member that is moved in both directions and automatically returns to the neutral position after the operation is released, and by moving the intermediate moving member in one direction or the other, the intermediate moving member moves stepwise in at least three steps to reach each of the positions. It is characterized in that it comprises a second switch having a contact holder that is held and a set of contacts that can be operated by the contact holder and switched to at least three different states.

(Function) According to the above means, each time the operating lever is operated in the second rotation direction, the second switch causes the contact holder to move forward via the intermediate moving member,
The state of the contact set can be changed. By this step-by-step movement of the contact holder, the state of the contact set can be changed to three or more types, and the operating lever is operated in three or more stages in the second rotation direction. Each time the operation lever is operated, the operation lever is automatically returned to the neutral position with the intermediate moving member, leaving the contact holder in the position after operation,
Thereby, the operating lever can always be operated from a constant position in the second direction of rotation in the first direction of rotation.

(Embodiment) To describe the embodiment of the present invention, first, in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. As shown in the figure, there is a long hole 3 in the middle part near the proximal end, and the proximal end has a notch 4 on one side.
Each has a notch 5 on the other side, and in particular, a slanted surface 6 is formed on one end surface on the proximal side of the notch 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes a lever holder, which has a hole 8 in its center that opens in the longitudinal direction, into which a portion of the operating lever 1 from the base end to the vicinity thereof is slidably inserted. In addition, the lever holder 7 has a hole 9 perpendicular to the hole 8 in the middle part, and a dogleg-shaped protrusion 1 on both one side and the other side of the base end.
0 and 10, and a hole 8 is formed in the lower part of the region between the protrusions 10 and the hole 9 in FIG.
A hole 11 communicating with the hole 11 is formed. Reference numeral 12 denotes a bracket, which is mainly composed of bases 13, 14 and bifurcated arms 15, 15 connecting these opposing sides, between which the lever holder 7 is inserted, and from the rear and outside. From one side of the arms 15, 15, insert the shaft pin 16 into the lever holder 7.
It is rotatably inserted into the hole 9 of the control lever 1 and the elongated hole 3 of the operating lever 1, respectively, and penetrates the other side of the arms 15, 15 to prevent it from coming out. 17 is the body, on the other hand,
18 is a cover of the body 17, which accommodates and surrounds the above-mentioned bracket 12. During this folding, a shaft protrusion 20 protruding from the lower surface of the base 14 of the bracket 12 in the lower part of the bracket 12 in the same figure is inserted into the hole 19 formed at the lower center of the body 17 in FIG. A shaft protrusion 23 protruding from the upper surface of a hollow protuberance 22 of the base 13 above the bracket 12 is rotatably fitted into a hole 21 formed approximately in the center of the cover 18. 24 is a torsion spring whose both ends are connected to the notch 4 of the operating lever 1 from which the hole 11 of the lever holder 7 faces.
and is hooked to both ends of the notch 4 and both ends of the hole 11, respectively. 25 is a hole drilled in the base 14 of the bracket 12, into which a protrusion 26 is inserted.
It is housed together with the elastic biasing compression spring 27 and is prevented from coming out by a stopper 28. On the other hand, 29 is a pawl placed on the base 13 facing the raised portion 22 of the bracket 12, and has a hole 30 in the center, through which a rod 31 passes.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, this rod 31 has an intermediate shaft protrusion 32 abutting against a recess 33 formed in the center of the outer surface of the pawl 29, and furthermore, the rod 31 and the opposite rod 31 side on the base 13. Protrusion 34 protruding from the end
A tension spring 35 is stretched between the raised portion 22 and the raised portion 22. In this way, Tsumeko 2 along with Rod 31
9 is urged toward the protruding portion 22 of the bracket 12, and recesses 36 and 37 are formed at intervals wider than the width of the pawl 29 on the peripheral surface of the protruding portion 22 to which the pawl 29 is pressed. 38 and 39 are blocking walls formed on the back side of the cover 18, and one side 29a and the other side 29b of the pawl 29 are in contact with these walls.
In addition, 40 is a cancel pin that is located near the steering wheel (not shown) to which the body 17 is attached and fixed, and rotates together with the steering wheel.
The rod 31 is the fourth of this cancel pin 40.
It is located in the rotation locus shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure. 41
As shown in FIG. 3 as well as in FIG. 5, is a dog-shaped recess formed in the deep part of the inner bottom surface of the body 17, and the entire central part 41a is formed deeper by a predetermined width for a so-called lane changer. The protrusion 26, which has received the elastic force of the compression spring 27, is pressed here. 42, 42 are the arms 15, 15 of the bracket 12 and the protrusion 10 of the lever holder 7;
The protrusions 43, 43 are inserted into the holes formed so as to face the springs 44, 4, respectively.
4, and is prevented from coming out by stoppers 45, 45. Therefore, the protrusions 43, 43 are attached to the protrusions 10, 10 of the lever holder 7, especially the dogleg-shaped inner surface 10 of this.
a and 10a. 46 is the protrusion 10,1
One side of the lever 0 (the lower one in FIG. 5) is a rod that is slidably inserted into a hole 47 at its base, and this rod has a torsion spring 48 similar to the torsion spring 24 in the aforementioned operating lever 1. The proximal end of the rod 46 is brought into contact with the notch 5 of the operating lever 1, particularly the part adjacent to the slanted surface 6 of the rod 46, while the tip is brought into contact with the outside of the body 17. (lower part in Figure 5). On the other hand, 49 is a rod inserted into the hole 50 of the bracket 12, particularly the base 13 thereof, and projected out of the body 17 on the opposite side from the rod 46, as shown in FIG. This rod 49 is the first rod, and the above-mentioned rod 46 is the second rod.
Now, 51 is the outer casing of the first switch In addition to the substrate 52, a contact holder 53 that slides on the substrate 52 is incorporated, and the substrate 52 is attached to the contact holder 53, especially at its bifurcated engaging portion 54.
The tip of the first rod 49 passing through the elongated hole 55 is engaged. Reference numeral 56 denotes a contact plate held in the contact holder 53 together with a leaf spring 57 (see FIG. 7) for biasing the board 52, and has a contact portion 58 and a contact portion 59 separated at both ends. The reason why the leaf spring 57 is used to bias the contact plate 56 in this manner is that the overall thickness can be made thinner and the assembly can be simplified compared to the case where several coil springs are used. The leaf springs used in the contact plates, which will be described later, also have the same purpose. As shown in FIG. 7, a contact holder 60 is positioned to the left of the contact holder 53 in the figure and is slidable on the substrate 52 in a direction perpendicular to the contact holder 53. As shown in FIG. 5, the contact plates 61, 62, and 63 are held together with spring biasing leaf springs 64, 65, and 66, and as is clear from FIG. The plate 61 has a contact part 67 and a contact part 68, and the contact plate 62 has a contact part 69 and a contact part 70.
, and the contact plate 63 has a contact portion 71 and a contact portion 72.
and are separated at both ends. Reference numeral 73 designates a contact holder installed in parallel with the contact holder 60, which includes a contact plate 76 having a contact portion 74 and a contact portion 75 separated at both ends, and a leaf spring 77 for resiliently biasing the contact plate 76.
(See Figure 5). 78,
Reference numeral 78 denotes a supporting piece protruding in a bifurcated manner at a location corresponding to the contact holder 60 on the outer casing 51, on which the seesaw-type operating button 79 is rotated by means of shaft protrusions 80, 80 on both sides thereof. At the same time, the operation piece 81 of the operation button 79 is engaged with the bifurcated engaging part 82 of the contact holder 60, and the spring piece 83 integrally formed with the outer casing 51, especially the chevron-shaped tip thereof, is It is engaged with one side of the protrusion 84. Further, 85, 85 is a support piece protruding in a bifurcated manner at a location corresponding to the contact holder 73 of the outer casing 51, and this supports a seesaw type operation button 86 similar to the operation button 79 described above with shafts on both sides thereof. Protrusions 87, 87
At the same time, the operating piece 88 of the operating button 86 is engaged with the bifurcated engaging part 89 of the contact holder 73, and the spring piece 90 integrally formed on the outer casing 51 is attached. It is engaged with one side of the chevron-shaped protrusion 91 at the tip. Furthermore, the 8th
The contact plates 92 to 99 shown in the figure are movable plates that are held by the contact holder 53, the contact holder 60, or the contact holder 73, respectively, and move together with them. These are fixedly arranged on the board 52, in short, on the fixed side, of which the contact plate 92 is a small lamp for a right turn signal, the contact plate 93 is a small lamp for a left turn signal, and the contact plate 94 is on the output side of the flasher. ,
The contact plate 95 is connected to the input side of the flasher, and the contact plate 96 is connected to the input side of the flasher.
is on the side that goes through the power switch of the battery, the contact plate 97 is on the side that does not go through the power switch of the battery, the contact plate 98 is on the side that goes through the power switch of the battery, and the contact plate 99 is a small plate for displaying vehicle width, etc. Each is connected to a lamp. Furthermore, the contact plates 92 to 99 on the fixed side are all punched and formed from one conductive plate at the same time and integrally molded with the substrate 52, and the contact plates 92 to 99 on the movable side are all of the same size. difference,
They are designed to have the same shape to streamline the overall design. Of course, this also applies to each of the fixed side and movable side of the contact plate, which will be described later. On the other hand, 10
0 is the outer casing of the second switch Y which is elastically attached to the other side of the body 17 (lower side in FIGS. 4 and 5) so as to surround the second rod 46, and the inner casing 101 is attached to this outer casing. It is assembled together with a compression spring 102 for urging the operating lever 1 toward the operating lever 1 side. However, the passive piece 103 protruding from the inner casing 101
The concave spherical surface 104 at the distal end of the concave spherical surface 104 protruding into the body 17 is compressed into the rounded base end of the operating lever 1. The concave spherical surface 104 is for making the passive piece 103 equally follow the operation of the operating lever 1 in both first and second rotational directions, which will be described later. Reference numeral 105 denotes an intermediate mover built into the body 17 side in the inner casing 101 which is partitioned into the body 17 side and the anti-body 17 side by a partition frame 106 so as to be able to slide left and right in FIGS. 9 and 10. The tip of the second rod 46 is engaged with a bifurcated engagement portion 107 extending left and right in FIG. 5 of the meson holder, which is a member. Reference numeral 108 denotes a meson incorporated in the meson holder 105, and the intermediate spring piece 11 of the leaf spring 109 similarly incorporated in the meson holder 105.
The opposite surface of the portion near the protrusion 111 that is in contact with this by the rod 0 is in pressure contact with the tip of the second rod 46, and the base end is in pressure contact with the inner surface of the inner casing 101. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the leaf spring 109 includes, in addition to the intermediate spring piece 110, both spring pieces 112 on one side and the other side, which are oriented in different directions and bent deeper than the intermediate spring piece 110, respectively. ,113
, and the spring pieces 11 on both sides of these
2 and 113 are located inside the partition frame 106, whereas the end of the intermediate spring piece 110 is kept in a state where it only faces inside the partition frame 106. Here, reference numeral 114 denotes a projecting wall extending from one side of the inner periphery of the partition frame 106, and reference numeral 115 designates a projecting wall extending symmetrically from the other side of the same area. Leaf spring 109
The spring piece 113 on the other side is attached to the projecting wall 115, and the spring piece 112 on one side is attached to the projecting wall 115. 116
is a contact holder built into the inner casing 101 on the side opposite to the body 17, and has a square projection 117 and right triangular projections 118 and 119 arranged in rows on one side of the surface facing the leaf spring 109. In addition, on the other side, a right triangular protrusion 120 is provided in the opposite direction to the protrusion 118, etc., and a right triangular protrusion 120 in the same direction as the protrusion 120 is provided on both sides of the protrusion 120. A wide protrusion 121 projecting from the protrusion 120 and the protrusion 119 is spaced from the protrusion 120 and the protrusion 119 at intervals corresponding to their respective lengths. On the other hand, 122 is a leaf spring held at approximately the center of the outer surface of the contact holder 116, which is the surface opposite to the leaf spring 109, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 10. Trough portions 125, 126, which have a bulging portion 123, and are divided into four stages on the left and right in FIG.
Among 127,128, Tanibe 12 is currently on the rightmost position.
5 on one side. 129 is located on the other side of the moderation peak 124 and each valley 125 to 1 is
This is a common protrusion for each of the 28 pieces. Reference numeral 130 designates a leaf spring 1 on one side of the outer surface of the contact holder 116 for biasing the inner surface of the outer casing 100.
13 with the contact plate on the movable side held together with 31.
2 is a leaf spring 13 on the other side of the outer surface of the contact holder 116 for urging the inner surface of the outer casing 100.
The contact plate 130 is held together with the contact plate 134 and the contact plate 135 on the movable side, and as shown in FIG.
2 has a contact portion 136 and a contact portion 137 separated at both ends. On the other hand, 138 to 145 are contact plates on the fixed side that are fixedly arranged on the inner surface of the outer casing 100, of which the contact plate 138 is used as a small lamp related to an auxiliary light, and the contact plate 139 is used as a side for connecting via a battery power switch. Then, place the contact plate 140 on the side of the battery not connected to the power switch.
1 to the low beam headlamp, contact plate 14
2 to the high beam headlamp, contact plate 14
3 to the contact plate 141 and hence the low beam headlamp via the connection plate 146, the contact plate 144 to the contact plate 142 and thus the high beam headlamp via the connection plate 147, and the contact plate 145 to the horn. ing.

Next, to describe the operation, first, in the above structure, the operating lever 1 is attached to the shaft protrusions 20, 23 of the bracket 12.
It is possible to operate the bracket 12 and the lever holder 7 upward and downward (up and down in FIGS. 4 and 5), that is, in the first rotation direction, with the bracket 12 and the lever holder 7 at the center. With the lever holder 7 at the center, it is possible to operate forward and backward (up and down in FIG. 3), that is, in the second rotation direction, and in addition, the shaft pin 1
It is designed such that it can be moved independently in both the pushing and pulling directions in the axial direction by the extra length of the elongated hole 3 relative to the length of the elongated hole 3.
However, normally, the operating lever 1 has a protrusion 26 which receives the elastic force of the compression spring 27 in the first rotation direction.
is the central portion 41a which is the so-called valley bottom portion of the recessed portion 41.
By falling into pressure contact with the center, it is held at the neutral position _N1 , which is the original position that does not deviate upward or downward in FIGS. 4 and 5, and in the second rotation direction. The protrusions 43, 43, which have received the elastic force of the compression springs 44, 44, fall into the center part, which is also the bottom part, of the doglegged inner surfaces 10a, 10a of the protrusions 10, 10 of the lever holder 7, and are pressed into contact with each other. As a result, it is held at the neutral position _N2 in the first rotation direction, which does not deviate upward or downward in FIG. Due to the elastic force applied to the holder, it is held at a neutral position _N3 that does not deviate to either the pushed-in position or the pulled-out position. Therefore, such an operating lever 1 operates against the elastic force of the compression spring 27 in the first rotation direction, and against the elastic force of the compression springs 44, 44 in the second rotation direction. ,
They are operated in the axial direction against the elastic force of the torsion spring 24, and therefore, the operating lever 1 is now moved in the first rotating direction against the elastic force of the compression spring 27. 4 and 5, the first rod 49 attached to the bracket 12, which rotates clockwise in the figures, moves the outer casing of the first switch 51 to the right in FIGS. 4 and 6 and to the left in FIG. While sliding, the contact portion 58 is brought into contact with the contact plate 92, and in short, the small lamp for the right turn signal is connected to the electric path for the right/left turn signal via the power switch and the flasher, and the small lamp is lit intermittently. At this time, the bracket 12, which has been rotated clockwise in FIG. 4 as described above, aligns the lower recess 36 in the figure with one side 29a of the pawl 29, and
Here, the pawl 29 receives the biasing force of the tension spring 35 from the rod 31 via the shaft protrusion 32, and the above-mentioned one side 29a is inserted into the recess 36 and engaged, thereby moderating the rotation of the bracket 12. to stop this, and hold the operating lever 1 at the right turn signal position TR shown in the lower part of Fig. 4. The state of the pawl 29 area at this time is shown in FIG. 13. In this state, the steering wheel is first rotated in the right direction, so the cancel pin 40 moves clockwise as indicated by the arrow in the figure. However, in this direction, the rod 31 kicked by the cancel pin 40 also pushes the pawl 29 into its recess 36.
Since the other side 29b is simply rotated using the one side 29a engaged as a fulcrum to separate it from the bracket 12, the engagement between the one side 29a and the recess 36 continues, and the operating lever 1 is moved to the above-mentioned right turn signal position TR. continue to hold. However, when the steering wheel is returned after turning right, the cancel pin 40 kicks the rod 31 to the opposite side, and the pawl 29 hits the bracket 12 or the other blocking wall 3.
One side 2 using the other side 29b that collided with 9 as a fulcrum
Since the bracket 9a is rotated to be removed from the recess 36, the restraint of the bracket 12 is released. Thus far, the protrusion 26 that has received the elastic force of the compression spring 27 has moved to the center portion 41a of the recess 44.
It is located at a higher point beyond the entire area as shown by the two-dot chain line in the upper part of FIG. By sliding down the slanted surface of the recess 41 to the center portion 41a, the bracket 12 is extended and the operating lever 1 is moved to the neutral position _N1.
will be returned to. Therefore, here, the contact holder 53 in the outer casing 51 of the first switch X is also returned by the first rod 49, and the contact plate 56
The contact portion 58 and the contact plate 92 are separated from each other to cut off the power to the small right turn signal lamp and return the lamp to its unlit state. On the other hand, when operating lever 1 is operated upward, that is, upward in FIG.
Everything works in the exact opposite direction to the above.
That is, the contact holder 53 is moved to the left in FIG. 6 and to the right in FIG. 8, and the contact plate 56 selects the contact plate 93 with respect to the contact plate 94, so that the small lamp for the left turn signal is lit intermittently. , also, Tsumeko 29
The other side 29b is engaged with the recess 37 to hold the operating lever 1 at the left turn signal position TL shown in the upper part of FIG. The other side 29b of the pawl 29 is moved only by movement.
The bracket 12 is released from the recess 37 to release the restraint of the bracket 12, and in this way, the bracket 1
When the restraint of 2 is released, the operating lever 1 is returned to the neutral position _N1 by the protrusion 26 which slides down the sloped surface of the recess 41 in the opposite manner to that described above, and the left turn sign small lamp is turned off.

Next, when the operating lever 1 is operated in the second rotating direction toward the front of the driver (upward in FIG. 3) against the elastic force of the compression springs 44, 44,
A second rod 46 attached to the lever holder 7 that rotates with this is connected to the outer casing 10 of the second switch Y.
0 and inside the inner casing 101 to the right in FIG. 9 and to the left in FIG. 10 to move the meson holder 105 in the same direction. Then, the meson holder 105 pushes the upright surface of the protrusion 117 of the contact holder 116 with the tip of the spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109, and moves the contact holder 116 further to the right in FIG.
The bulging portion 1 of the leaf spring 122 moves to the left in the figure.
23 from the valley 125 of the moderation mountain 124 to the next valley 1
Since the contact plates 130 and 132 are also moved one step downward in FIG. 12, the contact portion 134 is moved to the contact plate 139 and the contact portion
While keeping the contacts 6 and 137 in contact with the contact plate 140, change the contact part 135 from the contact state with the contact plate 139 to the contact state with the contact plate 138, in short, connect the small lamp of the auxiliary light to the battery electric circuit. At least turn on the small lamp.
When operating the operating lever 1 as described above,
The protrusions 43, 43 compress the compression springs 44, 44, allowing them to accumulate even more elastic force, while compressing the dogleg-shaped inner surfaces 10a, 10 of the protrusions 10, 10 of the lever holder 7.
a, and when the operation is released, the elastic forces stored in the compression springs 44, 44 are released, and the doglegged inner surfaces 10a, 1 of the protrusions 10, 10
0a toward its respective centers, and thus the operating lever 1 after release of the operation is automatically and immediately returned to the neutral position _N2 . At this time, in conjunction with the return of the operation lever 1 as described above, the meson holder 105 is also returned by the second rod 46, but the contact holder 116 pushes the bulge 123 of the leaf spring 122 into the moderation thread 124. Tanibe 12
6, the meson holder 105 is held in the position after the movement, and therefore the meson holder 105 is moved by the leaf spring 109 while leaving the contact holder 116 in the position after the movement.
The spring piece 112 on one side is caused to pass over the slanted surface of the projection 118 following the aforementioned projection 117 and return independently. In other words, since the intermediate holder 105 can be returned in this manner, the return of the operating lever 1 is also allowed and made possible (see FIG. 14).
Now, when the operating lever 1 is operated forward again after returning, the same thing as described above is done, except that in this case, the intermediate holder 105 is moved to the spring piece 1 on one side of the leaf spring 109.
The contact holder 116 is pushed further to the right in FIG.
2 is further moved downward in FIG. 12, and the contact part 137 is moved while keeping the contact part 134 in contact with the contact plate 139, the contact part 135 in contact with the contact plate 138, and the contact part 136 in contact with the contact plate 140. Change the state of contact with the contact plate 140 to the state of contact with the contact plate 141,
In short, the small auxiliary lamps and the low beam head lamps are connected to the battery's electrical circuit, and these lamps are turned on. Of course, at this time as well, after the operation is released, the operating lever 1 is automatically returned to the neutral position _N2 in the same manner as described above, and the intermediate holder 105 is moved to the contact holder 116.
The moderation peak 12 due to the bulge 123 of the leaf spring 112
The protrusion 119 next to the protrusion 118 is attached to the spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109 while remaining in the engagement position with the trough 127 of the next step 4, that is, the lighting position of the small lamp and the low beam head lamp. It returns to itself after crossing the surface. However, when the intermediate holder 105 returns in this way, the spring piece 113 on the other side of the leaf spring 109 pushes the upright surface of the protrusion 120 to return it to the contact holder 116 or prevents the operating lever 1 from returning there. Although there is a concern, in this embodiment, the above leaf spring 1
The spring piece 113 on the other side of 09 is the meson holder 10
5 rides on the projecting wall 114 on one side of the partition frame 106 each time it moves to the right in FIGS. 9 and 14 or to the left in FIG. Because it passes over the protrusion 120 without hitting the upright surface of the protrusion 120 by returning,
After all, there is no need to return the contact holder 116, and there is no problem in maintaining the setting state of the light control or in returning the operating lever 1 previously. When the operating lever 1 is operated forward again after returning, the spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109 presses the upright surface of the protrusion 119. In other words, the contact holder 116
The contact plates 130, 132 are moved one step further downward in FIG.
Also, the contact portion 134 is attached to the contact plate 139, and the contact portion 135 is attached to the contact plate 139.
to the contact plate 138, and the contact part 136 to the contact plate 140.
While keeping the contact portions 137 in contact with the contact plate 1,
The state of contact with the contact plate 141 is changed to the state of contact with the contact plate 142, and therefore, a high beam head lamp is connected to the battery electric path, and this high beam head lamp is turned on in place of the above-mentioned low beam head lamp. Of course, at this time, the operating lever 1 is also automatically returned to the neutral position _N2 while returning the meson holder 105, and only the contact holder 116 moves the bulge 123 of the leaf spring 122 to the final stage of the moderation mountain. The high beam headlamp is maintained in a lit state by engaging with the trough 128 of the high beam headlamp. Note that no matter how much the operating lever 1 is moved forward beyond this point, there is no protrusion on the contact holder 116 that the spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109 presses, and not only that, but the spring piece 112 on the other side does not press the protrusion 121. boarded up and was disabled,
Therefore, any further forward operation of the operating lever 1 is also invalid. However, if the operating lever 1 is operated rearward (downward in FIG. 3), the second rod 46 moves in the opposite direction to that described above, and the meson holder 105 also moves in the opposite direction to that described above. In the opposite direction, instead of the spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109, the spring piece 113 on the other side first pushes the upright surface of the protrusion 121 of the contact holder 116 that has reached the above-mentioned high beam headlamp lighting position. Since the contact holder 116 is moved back one step upward in FIG. 12, dimmer control is performed in which the previously turned on high beam headlamp is turned off and the low beam headlamp is turned on again in its place. Of course, the automatic return of the operating lever 1 here is carried out in the same manner as described above, although the direction is different, and after the return, the operating lever 1 is operated rearward again. However, in this case, the spring piece 1 on the other side of the leaf spring 109
The contact holder 116 does not have a protrusion that is pushed by the spring piece 112 on one side, and the protrusion 119 that is pushed by the spring piece 112 on one side pushes the tip of the operating lever 1 forward. There is only a protrusion 119 for switching to the lighting state. However, at this time, when the operating lever 1 is pulled out in the axial direction against the elastic force of the torsion spring 24, the second rod 46
is pushed by the slanted surface 6 of the notch 5 of the operating lever 1 and protrudes more than before as shown in FIG. The meson 108 is a leaf spring 109
The intermediate spring piece 110 is pushed down so that its tip faces the upright surface of the protrusion 121, so next time when the operating lever 1 is operated backward in this state, it will move along with the meson holder 105, which is moved in the same way as described above. Then, the intermediate spring piece 110 of the leaf spring 109 presses the upright surface of the protrusion 121 and moves the contact holder 116 back one step further upward in FIG. becomes. The reason why the operation is changed in this way is because there is a concern that if the operation lever 1 is simply operated backward repeatedly, the headlights may be inadvertently turned off when the car is driving at night. In short, the intention is to protect the driver or fellow passengers from danger due to careless operation. After such an operation, the operating lever 1 is automatically and immediately returned to the neutral position _N3 in the axial direction by the elastic force of the torsion spring 24, while the protrusion 43, 43 through the protrusions 10, 10 of the lever holder 7, the lever holder 7 automatically and immediately returns to the neutral position _N2 in the second rotation direction by the elastic force of the compression springs 44, 44. Therefore, the second rod 46 is also returned by the elastic force of the torsion spring 48, and the intermediate member 108 is returned together with the return of the intermediate spring piece 110 of the leaf spring 109. The spring piece 112 on one side of the leaf spring 109, which rides on the protruding wall 115 on the other side of the partition wall 106 each time it is operated, returns over the protrusion 119 and, later, over the protrusion 118. Therefore, by operating the operating lever 1 backward once again, the spring piece 113 on the other side of the leaf spring 109 will cause the protrusion 12 to be
It is also possible to reliably move the contact holder 116 back upwards in FIG. 12 by pressing the upright surface of the contact holder 116, thereby turning off the small lamp and returning it to the completely off state. Of course, in this case as well, the automatic return of the operating lever 1 is carried out in the same manner as described above, and even if the operating lever 1, which has been returned to its original position, is then operated further rearward, the contact holder 116 will not have the above-mentioned plate. Since there is no projection pressed by the spring piece 113 on the other side of the spring 109, further rearward operation of the operating lever 1 is invalid. It goes without saying that in the above-described write control, the stages can be advanced or reversed not from the final stage but at each stage.

In contrast to the above, here the operating lever 1 is torsioned into the spring 2.
When pushed in the axial direction against the elastic force of step 4,
The inner casing 101 of the second switch Y, whose passive piece 103 is pushed by the base end of the operating lever 1, has the intermediate member 108 and the intermediate member holder 105 present therein.
In addition, the contact holder 116 moves to the left in FIG. 5 and to the right in FIG. If the operation of the operating lever 1 is stopped at this position, each contact plate 130, 132 that moves from each stage of the light control will be
When the light is completely off, the contact portion 13 of the contact plate 132
7 is in contact with the contact plate 140 to the contact plate 144
The high beam headlamp is turned on by changing the contact state with the small lamp, and the high beam headlamp is turned on in the same manner as described above from the small lamp lighting state, and the contact portion 137 is turned on from the low beam headlamp lighting state. Contact plate 14
1 to the contact plate 144, the high beam head lamp is turned on instead of turning off the low beam head lamp, and from the high beam head lamp lighting state, the contact part 137 is brought into contact with the contact plate 142. By changing the contact state from the contact state to the contact state with the contact plate 143, the low beam head lamp is turned on instead of turning off the high beam head lamp. On the other hand, when the operating lever 1 is pushed and operated until the bulging portion 123 of the leaf spring 122 exceeds the small adjustment crest 129 of the adjustment ridge 124, the contact portion 137 is in contact with the contact plate 145 in all cases. The horn will sound instead. Therefore, even in such a push-in operation of the operating lever 1, after the operation is released, the torsion spring 2
The operating lever 1 is automatically returned to its original position by the elastic force of step 4, and after returning, the operating lever 1 is pushed in again and returned to its original position. This is done by switching on and off the headlights and high beam headlights, or by blaring the horn intermittently, as a signal to pass.

On the other hand, regarding the first switch X part mentioned above,
Now, when the operation button 79 here is pressed, the contact holder 60 is moved by the operation piece 81 to the right in FIG. 7 and upward in FIG.
The contact portion 67 changes from the contact state with the contact plate 92 to the contact state with the contact plate 93, and the contact plate 62 changes from the contact state with the contact portion 69.
However, due to the state of contact with the contact plate 94, the contact plate 93
and the contact plate 63 is in contact with the contact portion 72.
Since the contact state changes from the contact state with the contact plate 96 to the contact state with the contact plate 97, the right side and
A so-called hazard signal is given by connecting both small lamps for left turn signals and lighting them intermittently. When the operation button 79 is operated as described above, the operation piece 81
In addition to moving the contact holder 60, the outer casing 5
1 while elastically deforming the spring piece 83, and then the spring piece 83 restores itself to maintain the state after the operation. Therefore, the contact holder 60 also moves to the position after the movement, that is, the above-mentioned right/left turn signal. Both small lamps are kept lit intermittently. Of course, if the operating button 79 is operated in the opposite direction from this state, everything is returned to its original state, that is, both small lamps are completely turned off and maintained in that state. On the other hand, when the other operation button 86 is pressed, the contact holder 73 is moved upward in FIG. Contact plate 9 from the contact state
Since the contact state changes to 7, a small lamp smaller than the side marker lamp is kept on in the battery electric circuit without going through the power switch, and a parking signal is given by lighting the small lamp. Also, at this time, the operation piece 88 moves over the spring piece 90 of the outer casing 51 while being elastically deformed, and then the spring piece 90 restores itself, thereby maintaining the state after the operation.
The contact holder 73 is also held in the position after the movement, that is, in a state in which the small lamp below the sidemarker lamp is turned on. If the operating button 86 is operated in the opposite direction from this state, everything is returned to its original state, that is, the small lamps below the side marker lights are turned off and maintained in that state.

In contrast to the above, FIGS. 16 to 21 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which basically uses the so-called rear wiper and rear washers for the rear windshield of an automobile to signal the right and left turns in the first embodiment. Furthermore, the present invention differs from the above in that the light control, daymer control, and overtaking signal are performed by driving so-called windshield wipers and windshield washers, respectively. Therefore, in FIGS. 16 to 18, 148 is the aforementioned outer casing 5.
1 is an outer casing of the first switch
53 and a contact plate 156 having a contact portion 154 and a contact portion 155 are held as a movable side together with respective elastic biasing leaf springs 157 and 158,
Further, the board 149 has contact plates 159 to 1 on the fixed side.
63 are fixedly arranged, of which contact plate 159
is connected to the motor for the rear wiper, the contact plate 160 is connected to the pump motor for the rear washer, the contact plate 161 is connected to the cam contact for returning the rear wiper, the contact plate 162 is connected to the rear washers electrical circuit of the battery, and the contact plate 163 is connected to the battery. are doing. In this case, although the operating lever 1 is not shown, in the first rotation direction, the original position corresponds to the above-mentioned right turn signal position TR, and from the next position corresponding to the neutral position _N1 to the left turn signal position. In order to be able to operate to the final stage position corresponding to TL, and to be able to maintain the position at the original position and the next stage position, and at the final stage position, after the operation is released, the next stage of the previous stage The structure is such that it automatically returns to the position shown in FIG. Therefore, with such a configuration, when the operating lever 1 is operated from the original position to the next position, the contact plate 153 becomes the contact point by moving the contact holder 150 to the right in FIG. Since the contact state of the portion 152 is changed from the state of contact with the contact plate 161 to the state of contact with the contact plate 163, a motor for the rear wiper is connected to the battery, and the motor is connected to the motor to drive the rear wiper. At the operated final stage position, the first position of the contact holder 150 is
By further moving to the right in FIG. 8, the contact plate 156 changes the contact portion 154 from the position between the contact plate 159 and the contact plate 160 to the contact state with the contact plate 160, and also moves the contact portion 155 between the contact plate 161 and the contact point. Board 16
In order to change the state from the position between 2 and 2 to the contact state with the contact plate 162, a rear washer pump motor is connected to the rear washer electrical circuit of the battery, and the pump motor is extended to drive the rear washer. At this time, the rear wiper is also driven in the same manner as described above, and when the operating lever 1 is returned, the rear wiper alone returns to its original position after being driven as described above, where everything stops. On the other hand, the 19th
21, 164 is the outer casing of the second switch Y replacing the aforementioned outer casing 100, 165 is a contact holder replacing the contact holder 116, and this contact holder 165 has protrusions replacing the protrusions 117 to 121, respectively. 166 to 170 plus protrusion 1 of them
By providing a protrusion 171 aligned with 69, the intermediate member 108 is removed from the intermediate member holder 105, and in other words, the operation of pulling out the operating lever 1 is made unnecessary. Further, the contact holder 165 has a contact portion 172.
and a contact plate 174 having a contact portion 173, a contact plate 177 having a contact portion 175 and a contact portion 176, and a contact plate 1 having a contact portion 178 and a contact portion 179.
80 on the movable side, each spring biasing leaf spring 1
It is held together with 81, 182, 183,
In this case, fixed side contact plates 184 to 190 are fixedly arranged on the inner surface of the outer casing 164, of which contact plate 184 is placed on the high speed side of the front wiper motor, and contact plate 185 is placed on the low speed side of the motor. The contact plate 186 is connected to a battery, the contact plate 187 is connected to a cam contact for returning the front wiper, the contact plate 188 is connected to an intermittent actuator connected to the front wiper motor, and the contact plate 189 is connected to a front washer pump. The contact plate 190 is connected to the motor and to the intermittent wiper and windshield wiper electrical circuits of the battery, respectively. Furthermore, in this case, the moderation mountain 191 that replaces the moderation mountain 124 described above is replaced with the moderation mountain 124.
It is formed narrower so that the pushing operation of the operating lever 1 can be stopped in one step. Therefore, with such a configuration, if the operation lever 1 is operated forward in the second rotation direction once, the contact holder 1 will be moved in the same manner as described above.
65 is advanced step by step downward in FIG.
5 from a non-contact state to a contact state with the contact plate 190, the contact portion 176 is changed to the contact plate 188.
by changing from a non-contact state to a contact state, an intermittent actuator is connected to the intermittent wiper electric circuit of the battery, and the actuator, as well as the front wiper motor connected thereto, and the front wiper are intermittently driven; Next, the contact plate 174 is attached to the contact part 17.
3 in contact with the contact plate 185, the contact part 172
By changing the state of contact with the contact plate 187 to the state of contact with the contact plate 186, the low speed side of the front wiper motor is connected to the battery, and the motor is extended to drive the front wiper at a low speed, and finally the contact plate 174 connects the contact portion 173 to the contact plate 1 while keeping the contact portion 172 in contact with the contact plate 186.
By changing the state of contact with 85 to the state of contact with contact plate 184, the high speed side of the front wiper motor is connected to the battery, and the motor is extended to drive the front wiper at high speed. Of course, if the operating lever 1 is operated backwards from the state where the final stage has been reached or at each stage before reaching the final stage, the contact holder 165 will also move backward in the same manner as described above. Each of the above-mentioned stages is sequentially returned to the previous stage depending on the situation, and especially in this second embodiment, when returning to the previous stage from the state of returning one stage from the state of the final stage, this is also carried out at the rear of the operating lever 1. In other words, the protrusions 166 to 1 are attached to the contact holder 165.
The reason why the protrusion 171 is provided in addition to the protrusion 70 is that the object to be operated is a wiper control rather than the above-mentioned light control, which is not dangerous. In contrast to the above, if the operating lever 1 is pushed in the axial direction, while the operating state is maintained,
In response to the contact holder 165 being held in the position moved to the right in FIG.
At any stage, the contact portion 178 is connected to the contact plate 19.
0 and the contact portion 179 is brought into contact with the contact plate 189, thereby connecting the front washer pump motor to the front washer electrical circuit of the battery, and extending the motor to the front washer electrical circuit. Drive the washer.

Incidentally, among the above operations, the overtaking signal in the first embodiment and the driving of the front washers in the second embodiment may be performed separately. In addition to the fact that in the second embodiment it was not necessary to perform a pull-out operation in the axial direction, it is also not necessary to perform a push-in operation in the same direction. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings; for example, the operating lever 1 can be operated in the first rotation direction to signal a right or left turn or to drive a rear wiper or rear washers. In addition, operations in the second rotation direction may be used to control the lights and drive the front wipers, and other operations such as dimmer control may also be performed separately. It may be implemented with appropriate changes within the scope without departing from the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention is operable from the original position in one and the other first rotational directions, and from the neutral position one and the other rotational directions different from the first rotational direction. an operating lever which is operable in a second rotational direction and which is provided in such a way that it automatically returns to the neutral position after the operation is released; A first switch provided to respond to an operation in the rotational direction, and a first switch that is moved from a neutral position to both one direction and the other direction in response to the operation of the operation lever in the second rotational direction, and after the operation is released. The contact holder has an intermediate moving member that is automatically returned to a neutral position, and a contact holder that moves stepwise in at least three steps by moving the intermediate moving member to one side or the other and is held at each position. and a second switch configured with a set of contacts that can be operated by a contact holder to switch between at least three states, thereby also controlling the operation over the at least three stages. Since the lever is always at a constant neutral position in the second rotation direction, the operation lever can also be operated in the first rotation direction from a constant position in the second rotation direction;
Therefore, this lever switch for automobiles has an extremely valuable effect in that it does not interfere with operation in the first rotation direction and of course does not require the driver to take his hands off the steering wheel, etc., making it extremely safe. equipment can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show the first and second embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the entire same, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same. A cross-sectional view of the whole, Fig. 4 is a front view of a partial longitudinal section of the whole, Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the whole, Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the first switch part, Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional side view taken along line - in FIG. 5 of the first switch portion, FIG. 8 is a plan view of the inner surface of the first switch, and FIG. 9 is a fifth view of the second switch portion. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal side view taken along the line X--X in FIG. 5 of the second switch, and FIG. Perspective view of spring and partition frame projecting wall portion, 1st
Figure 2 is a plan view of the board of the second switch;
The figure is a front view of a part of the same Fig. 4 in the operating state, Fig. 14 is a longitudinal cross-sectional side view of the second switch part in the operating state, and Fig. 15 is the same Fig. 14 of the second switch part. FIG. 16 is a view equivalent to FIG. 6 of the second embodiment, FIG. 17 is a view equivalent to FIG. 7, and FIG. 18 is a view equivalent to FIG. 8 of the second embodiment. , Figure 19 is a partial equivalent view of Figure 5,
Figure 20 is equivalent to Figure 9, Figure 21 is equivalent to Figure 12.
It is a figure equivalent figure. In the figure, 1 is an operating lever, 3 is a long hole, 6 is a sloped surface, 7 is a lever holder, 10 and 10a are a protrusion and its dogleg-shaped inner surface, 12 is a bracket, 16 is a shaft pin, 17 is a body, 18 is cover, 20 and 2
3 is a shaft projection, 24 is a torsion spring, 26 is a projection, 27
is a compression spring, 29 is a pawl, 31 is a rod, 35 is a tension spring, 36 and 37 are recesses, 40 is a cancel pin, 43 is a projection, 44 is a compression spring, 46 is a second rod, 48 is a torsion spring, 49 is the first rod, X is the first switch, 53 is the contact holder, 5
6 is a contact plate, 60 is a contact holder, 61 to 63 are contact plates, 73 is a contact holder, 76 is a contact plate, 79
86 is an operation button, 92 to 99 are contact plates, Y is a second switch, 101 is an inner case, 103
105 is a meson holder (intermediate moving member); 108 is a meson; 109 is a leaf spring; 110
112 is the middle spring piece, 112 is the spring piece on one side, 113
is the spring piece on the other side, 114 and 115 are the projecting walls, 1
16 is a contact holder, 117 to 121 are protrusions, 1
22 is a leaf spring, 123 is a bulge, 124 is a moderation peak, 125 to 128 are valleys, 130 and 13
2 is a contact plate, 138 to 145 are contact plates, 150
is a contact holder, 153 and 156 are contact plates, 15
9 to 163 are contact plates, 165 is a contact holder, 1
74, 177, and 180 are contact plates, 184 to 190 are contact plates, and 191 is a moderation mountain.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Operable from the original position in one and the other first rotational directions, and operable from the neutral position in one and the other second rotational directions different from the first rotational direction; an operating lever provided in the rotating direction so as to automatically return to the neutral position after the operation is released; and an operating lever provided so as to respond to the operation of the operating lever in the first rotating direction. a first switch; and an intermediate moving member that is moved in both directions from the neutral position in response to the operation of the operating lever in the second rotational direction, and that is automatically returned to the neutral position after the operation is released. It has a contact holder that moves step by step over at least three stages and is held at each position by moving the intermediate moving member to one side or the other, and is operated by the contact holder to switch to at least three different states. A lever switch device for an automobile, comprising a second switch configured with a contact set.