JP2003146277A - Monitor holding mounting structure for motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To mount a monitor holder on an installment panel of a motorcycle without damaging external appearance. SOLUTION: In a motorcycle in which a speaker grille 6 covering the front of a speaker 12 arranged on the back side of an installment panel 2 is mounted on an opening part 13 installed on one side in the right and left direction in the installment panel 2, a bracket 20 crossing the opening part 13 which is covered with the speaker grille 6 is fixed to the installment panel 2, and a monitor holder 7 is joined to the bracket 20 with a bolt through a collar 27 passing through the speaker grille 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitor holder mounting structure for a motorcycle. A monitor such as a navigator is attached to the monitor holder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when attaching a monitor holder to a motorcycle, a bracket for attaching the monitor holder has been directly bolted to an instrument panel.

[0003]

The monitor holder mounting structure for motorcycles as described above has a drawback that the bracket is exposed on the instrument panel and the appearance of the instrument panel is impaired.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitor holder mounting structure for a motorcycle, in which such drawbacks are eliminated.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a front surface of a speaker arranged on the back side of an instrument panel in an opening provided on one side portion in the left-right direction of the instrument panel. In a motorcycle equipped with a speaker grill having a large number of sound holes covering the above, both ends of a bracket that crosses the opening while being covered by the speaker grill is fixed to an instrument panel,
The first feature is that a monitor holder that detachably holds the monitor is attached to the bracket through a collar that penetrates the speaker grill.

According to this first feature, both ends of a bracket that crosses the opening while being covered by the speaker grill are fixed to the instrument panel, and the bracket is
Since the monitor holder is attached through the collar that penetrates the speaker grill, the bracket can be hidden by the speaker grill, and the monitor holder can be attached to the bracket without being disturbed by the speaker grill while obtaining a good appearance. .

In addition, the support rigidity of the bracket fixed at both ends is high, and the monitor holder can be stably supported.

Further, by disposing the monitor holder in the vicinity of the periphery of the speaker grill, the monitor can be displaced laterally from the front surface of the speaker grill as much as possible, and the sound generated by the speaker passing through the speaker grill is spread. The monitor can be prevented from interfering.

In addition to the first feature of the present invention, the second feature is that the monitor holder is configured so that there is a space between the speaker grill and the monitor held by the monitor holder. To do.

According to the second feature, it is possible to more reliably prevent the monitor from obstructing the spread of the sound generated by the speaker passing through the speaker grill.

In addition to the first or second feature, the present invention further comprises a honeycomb-shaped reinforcing rib formed on the back surface of the speaker grill, and a through hole formed in the speaker grill for fitting the collar. The third feature is that the opening is formed in one recess surrounded by the reinforcing ribs.

According to the third feature, the peripheral portion of the through hole of the speaker grill can be effectively reinforced with the reinforcing ribs, and the strength of the speaker grill can be prevented from lowering due to the penetration of the collar.

Further, in addition to any one of the first to third features, the present invention has a fourth feature in that the bracket is bolted to a frame of a motorcycle together with an instrument panel.

According to the fourth feature, the bracket can be firmly fixed to the frame together with the instrument panel, the supporting rigidity of the bracket can be effectively increased, and the monitor holder can be used even while the motorcycle is running. Also, vibration of the monitor can be suppressed.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings.

1 to 8 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle equipped with the monitor holder mounting structure of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 2 in FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a main part of the monitor holder mounting structure, FIG. 5 is a front view of the speaker grill, FIG. 6 is a rear view of the speaker grill, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an essential part of FIG. 3, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the monitor holder and the monitor in a separated state, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3, showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, an instrument panel 2 arranged immediately before a steering handlebar 1 of a motorcycle M is integrally formed with a fairing 3 which covers a front portion of a vehicle body of the motorcycle M. It The instrument panel 2 is formed with a visor 4 standing upright from the front edge of the instrument panel 2, meters 5 such as a speedometer and a tachometer are installed inside the visor 4, and a pair of right and left sides of the meters 5 are provided. The speaker grills 6 and 6 are attached.
A navigator monitor 8 mounted on a monitor holder 7 to be described later is disposed on one of the speaker grills 6 and 6, that is, on the front side of the left speaker grill in the illustrated example.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fairing 3 is bolted to a plurality of stays 11A, 11B welded to the frame 10 of the motorcycle M. An audio speaker 12 whose front surface is covered by the speaker grill 6 is attached using a part of the stay 11B. The instrument panel 2 has a speaker 1
2 is provided with an opening 13 corresponding to the front surface and a relatively shallow annular recess 14 surrounding the opening 13. The annular recess 14 has a relatively shallow tubular portion 6a formed on the periphery of the speaker grill 6. Are engaged with each other, and a plurality of locking claws 15, 15 ... (See FIGS. 5 and 6) projectingly provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 6a are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the annular recess 14. It is elastically engaged with the locking holes 16, 16. In this way, the speaker grill 6 is attached to the instrument panel 2.

On the rear side of the speaker grill 6 on which the monitor 8 is disposed, a bracket 20 (see FIG. 5) that crosses the opening 13 diagonally is fixed to the stays 11A and 11B together with the instrument panel 2. To be done. This bracket 20 is a monitor holder 7 for holding the monitor 8.
It is made of steel plate and does not have a strip shape.

One end of the bracket 20 is superposed on the front surface of the instrument panel 2 inside the cylindrical portion 6a of the speaker grill 6. On the back surface of the instrument panel 2, a stay 11A having a welding nut 21 is provided.
Is waiting, and by bolting a bolt 22 penetrating one end of the bracket 20 and the instrument panel 2 to the welding nut 21, the one end of the bracket 20 and the instrument panel 2 are attached to the stay 1.
Co-fastened to 1A.

The other end of the bracket 20 is also overlapped with the front surface of the instrument panel 2 inside the cylindrical portion 6a of the speaker grill 6. On the back surface of the instrument panel 2, a stay 11B having a welding nut 23 is provided.
Is standing by via the distance collar 25, and the other end of the bracket 20, the instrument panel 2, and the bolt 24 penetrating the distance collar 25 are screwed into the welding nut 23 of the bracket 20. The end portion and the instrument panel 2 are fastened together with the stay 11B.

The speaker grill 6 is attached to the bracket 20.
The monitor holder 7 is attached with a collar 27 penetrating therethrough interposed therebetween.

That is, the speaker grill 6 is formed with a through hole 28 near the upper corner thereof, and the collar 27 is formed in the through hole 28.
Is lightly press-fitted. A welding nut 29 is provided on the back surface of the bracket 20 so as to be coaxial with the collar 27. And a collar 27 on the front of the bracket 20
The monitor holder 7 is fixed to the bracket 20 by sequentially stacking the monitor holder 7 and screwing a bolt 30 penetrating the monitor holder 7 onto the welding nut 29.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, the speaker grill 6 is shown.
Is made of synthetic resin and has innumerable sound holes 31 penetrating through the front and back surfaces thereof, and honeycomb-shaped reinforcing ribs 32 are formed on the back surface thereof. The through hole 28 of the speaker grill 6 into which the collar 27 is lightly press-fitted is provided with a reinforcing rib 32.
It is arranged so as to open in one hexagonal recess 33 surrounded by.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a rectangular connecting concave portion 35a is provided on the front surface of the monitor holder 7, and the connecting concave portion 35a is open at its lower surface so as to discharge the intruding rainwater. . Lock lever 3 close to the open surface
6 is pivotally supported by the monitor holder 7. The upper end surface of the connection recess 35a is formed as a slope 35a that inclines so as to widen the recess 35a toward the back. Further, in the monitor holder 7, a plurality of electric contacts 37A are embedded so as to be exposed at the bottom surface of the coupling recess 35a.

On the other hand, a rectangular connecting convex portion 40 corresponding to the connecting concave portion 35a is provided on the rear surface of the monitor 8, and both upper and lower end surfaces of the connecting convex portion 40 are inclined so as to bite into the root of the connecting convex portion 40. It is formed in 40a, 40b.
A gate-shaped seal member 41 is adhered to the surface of the connecting convex portion 40 along the upper edge and the left and right side edges. Inside the seal member 41, a plurality of electric contacts 37B corresponding to the electric contacts 37A are embedded in the monitor holder 7.

When mounting the monitor 8 on the monitor holder 7, the lock lever 36 is moved to the unlock position U.
In this state, the connecting convex portion 40 of the monitor 8 is fitted into the connecting concave portion 35a of the monitor holder 7, the slopes 35a, 40a at the upper ends thereof are brought into contact with each other, and then the lock lever 3
6 is rotated to the lock position U, and the cam portion 3 of the lever 36 is rotated.
The slope 40b at the lower end of the connecting convex portion 40 is pushed up by 6a. In this way, the connecting convex portion 40 is pulled in by the two inclined surfaces 35a, 40a at the upper end, the inclined surface 40b at the lower end, and the cam portion 36a that are in contact with each other, so that the connecting concave portion 35a is drawn.
The electrical contacts 37A, 37B are brought into contact with each other, and the seal member 41 is in close contact with the monitor holder 7 while surrounding the electrical contacts. Electrical contacts 3 contacting each other
7A and 37B exchange electric power and signals between the monitor holder 7 and the monitor 8.

When the monitor 8 is mounted as described above, the monitor holder 7 is constructed so that a space 42 is formed between the monitor 8 and the speaker grill 6 so as not to prevent the sound generated by the speaker 12 from passing therethrough.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When mounting the monitor holder 7,
First, the speaker grill 6 is removed from the instrument panel 2, and both ends of the bracket 20 are fixed to the stays 11A and 11B of the frame 10 together with the instrument panel 2 with bolts 22 and 24. Then,
After mounting the speaker grill 6 in which the collar 27 is lightly press-fitted into the through hole 28 in the annular recess 14 of the instrument panel 2, the monitor holder 7 is placed on the front end of the collar 27, and the bolt 30 inserted through these is welded to the bracket 20. Screw on the nut 29. Thus, the monitor holder 7
The speaker grill 6 can be easily attached without being disturbed, and its attachment workability is excellent. Moreover, the bracket 20 and the bolts 22 and 24 for fixing the bracket 20
Can be hidden by the speaker grill 6, and the appearance of the instrument panel 2 can be kept good without using a special cover.

Both ends of the bracket 20 can stably support the monitor holder 7. Moreover, since the bracket 20 is bolted to the stays 11A and 11B of the frame 10 together with the instrument panel 2, the bracket 20 can be firmly fixed to the frame 10 together with the instrument panel 2, and the bracket 20 can be supported. The rigidity can be effectively increased. As a result, vibration of the monitor holder 7 and the monitor 8 can be suppressed even while the motorcycle M is traveling.

Further, the monitor holder 7 is attached to the speaker grill 6
It is possible to dispose the monitor 8 laterally from the front surface of the speaker grill 6 by arranging it near the periphery of the speaker 12 that passes through the speaker grill 6.
It is possible to prevent the monitor 8 from hindering the spread of the generated sound.

Furthermore, since the space 42 is provided between the speaker grill 6 and the monitor 8 held by the monitor holder 7, the speaker 1 passing through the speaker grill 6 is provided.
It is possible to more reliably prevent the monitor 8 from hindering the spread of the generated sound of No. 2.

Further, the through hole 28 of the instrument panel 2 into which the collar 27 is lightly press-fitted is opened in one recess 33 surrounded by the honeycomb-shaped reinforcing rib 32 formed on the back surface of the speaker grill 6. Because it will be placed
The peripheral portion of the through hole 28 of the speaker grill 6 can be effectively reinforced by the reinforcing rib 32, and the strength of the speaker grill 6 due to the through hole 28 can be prevented from lowering.

When the monitor 8 is not used, the lock lever 36 is rotated to the unlock position U and the monitor 8 is removed from the monitor holder 7, so that the monitor 8 can be prevented from being mischievous or stolen.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 will be described. One end of an extension bracket 45 is superposed on the front end of the collar 27 lightly press-fitted into the through hole 28 of the speaker grill 6. The extension bracket 45 is fixed to the bracket 20 by screwing the bolt 46 inserted into the welding nut 29 of the bracket 20.
The other end of the extension bracket 20 extends above the speaker grill 6, and a welding nut 47 provided on the back surface of the other end of the extension bracket 20 is screwed with a bolt 48 inserted through the monitor holder 7, The monitor holder 7 is fixed to the extension bracket 20. Since other configurations are the same as those in the previous embodiment, the parts corresponding to those in the previous embodiment are shown in FIG.
The same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

According to the second embodiment, the monitor holder 7
Since the monitor 8 can be arranged above the speaker grill 6, the overlapping portion of the monitor 8 with the front surface of the speaker grill 6 is minimized to monitor the spread of the sound generated by the speaker 12 passing through the speaker grill 6. It is possible to more surely prevent the interference of 8 with.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0039]

As described above, according to the first feature of the present invention, the front surface of the speaker disposed on the back side of the instrument panel is provided in the opening provided on one side portion in the left-right direction of the instrument panel. In a motorcycle equipped with a speaker grill having a large number of sound holes to cover, both ends of a bracket that crosses the opening while being covered by the speaker grill are fixed to an instrument panel, and the speaker grill is penetrated through the bracket. Since the monitor holder that detachably holds the monitor is attached through the collar, the bracket can be covered with the speaker grill, and the monitor holder can be mounted on the bracket without getting disturbed by the speaker grill while obtaining a good appearance. Can be installed. Moreover, the support rigidity of the bracket fixed at both ends is high, and the monitor holder can be stably supported.
Also, by arranging the monitor holder near the periphery of the speaker grill, it is possible to displace the monitor laterally from the front of the speaker grill as much as possible, and the spread of the sound generated by the speaker passing through the speaker grill can be prevented. You can avoid it.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the monitor holder is configured so that a space is provided between the speaker grill and the monitor held by the monitor holder, the speaker passing through the speaker grill. It is possible to more reliably prevent the monitor from hindering the spread of the sound generated by.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, a honeycomb-shaped reinforcing rib is formed on the back surface of the speaker grill, and a through hole formed in the speaker grill to fit the collar is provided with the reinforcing rib. Since it is opened in one recess surrounded by, the peripheral edge of the through hole of the speaker grill can be effectively reinforced with the reinforcing ribs, and the deterioration of the strength of the speaker grill due to the penetration of the collar can be prevented.

Furthermore, according to the fourth feature of the present invention,
Since the bracket is bolted to the frame of the motorcycle together with the instrument panel, the bracket can be firmly fixed to the frame together with the instrument panel, and the supporting rigidity of the bracket can be effectively increased. Vibration of the monitor holder and the monitor can be suppressed even while the vehicle is running.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a motorcycle including a monitor holder mounting structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow 2 of FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a main part of a monitor holder mounting structure.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the speaker grill.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the speaker grill.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the monitor holder and the monitor in a separated state.

9 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention and corresponding to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Instrument panel 6 ... Speaker grill 7 ... Monitor holder 8 ... Monitor 10 ... Frame 12 ... Speaker 13 ... Opening 20 ... Bracket 27 ... Color 28 ... Through hole 31 ... Sound hole 32 ... Reinforcing rib 33 ... Recess 42 ... Space

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A speaker (12) disposed on the back side of the instrument panel (2) in an opening (13) provided on one side in the left-right direction of the instrument panel (2).
In a motorcycle equipped with a speaker grill (6) having a large number of sound holes (31) for covering the front surface of the vehicle, the opening (13) is covered by the instrument panel (2) while being covered by the speaker grill (6). Across the bracket (2
0) is fixed to both ends, and a monitor holder (7) for detachably holding the monitor (8) is attached to the bracket (20) through a collar (27) penetrating the speaker grill (6). This is a monitor holder mounting structure for motorcycles. 2. The motorcycle monitor holder mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a space (42) is formed between the speaker grill (6) and the monitor (8) held by the monitor holder (7). So that the monitor holder (7)
A monitor holder mounting structure for motorcycles, which is characterized in that 3. A monitor holder mounting structure for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein a speaker grill (6) is provided.
A honeycomb-shaped reinforcing rib (32) is formed on the back surface of the speaker, and a through hole (28) formed in the speaker grill (6) for fitting the collar (27) is surrounded by the reinforcing rib (32). A monitor holder mounting structure for a motorcycle, characterized in that it is opened in a single recess (33). 4. The motorcycle monitor holder mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the bracket (20) is mounted on a frame (10) of the motorcycle (M) together with an instrument panel (2). A structure for mounting a monitor holder on a motorcycle characterized by being bolted.