JP2591468Y2 - Engine cover device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an engine cover device provided under a vehicle seat in a flip-up manner, and more particularly to a structure for holding the engine cover in a flip-up state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a cab-over vehicle (excluding a tilt cab), an engine service hole is provided under a seat for maintenance and inspection of an engine.
There is a type in which an engine cover that covers it is flipped up below a seat and provided in a rotating manner.

FIG. 21 shows an example of such a vehicle. A passenger seat (passenger seat) 102 for two persons is provided next to a driver's seat 100, and an engine cover 103 is flipped up and closed under the passenger seat. It is provided as possible. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 22, a hook fitting 104 is welded to the inside of the engine cover 103 (on the driver's seat 100 side) to repair or check the engine.
The passenger seat 102 and the engine cover 103 are flipped up, and the hook fitting 1 of the engine cover 103 is raised.
The engine cover 103 is fixed in an open state by hooking a holding band 105 extending from the vehicle body side to the engine 04.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 23, an extension member 1 is provided on the engine cover 103 so as to protrude from the outer end thereof.
06 and the hook 107 welded to the tip
In some cases, the engine cover 103 is kept open by hooking a holding band 108 attached to a vehicle body pillar.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-49861 discloses a passenger seat 202 as shown in FIGS.
Of two hook portions 205 and 206 for clamping the engine cover 203 under the
The passenger seat 202 is attached to the hook portion 205 located inside.
A technique is disclosed in which a holding band 207 extending from the rear of the vehicle is hooked to keep the passenger seat 202 and the engine cover 203 in a flipped state.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, FIG.
1 has a drawback in that it is difficult to operate from outside the cabin because the hook fitting 104 is provided near the center of the cabin. On the other hand, in the one shown in FIG.
Is located near the outside, so operability from the outside of the cabin is good, but the cost is increased by the use of the extension member 106, and since the hook fitting 107 protrudes to the getting on / off side, there are also problems in appearance and the like. Occurs.

Further, in the one shown in FIGS. 24 and 25,
Since the holding band 207 located at the back of the hook portion 205 has to be hooked from the entrance / exit side, the operability from the entrance / exit side is not necessarily good.

An object of the present invention is to realize a holding structure which has good operability from the getting on / off side, does not require an extension member, and does not impair the aesthetic appearance.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a driver seat.
Engine service formed in the center of the vehicle floor on the side
A flip-up engine cover that opens and closes the hall
Rotatably provided at the rear edge of the service hole, and
The outer end extends to the vicinity of the entrance on the engine cover
Engine with a fixed passenger seat cushion
In the cover device, the seat cushion may be a wire.
A frame formed by integral foam molding with the wire frame.
And a cover to cover them.
At the outer edge of the seat.
A recess formed by cutting out the pad is provided.
A hook formed integrally with or separately from the wire frame
Holding the hooks on the vehicle body side wall
To hold the engine cover in the open position
It is characterized by doing.

[0010]

[Action] In this configuration, the latch portion located at the outer end lower surface of <br/> the recess of the seat, mounted on the vehicle body side wall coercive
When locking the equipment, the locking operation from the entrance side
The operability is good because it can be done, and the latch part is the outer edge of the seat
Because it is located in the recess on the lower surface, it does not normally appear at all
Looks good, and with the engine cover closed
Also, the latch does not get in the way.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Some embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show an engine cover device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A passenger seat (passenger seat) 2 for two persons is provided adjacent to the driver seat 1, and an engine service hole 3 smaller than the width of the passenger seat 2 in the left-right direction is formed in the vehicle body 8 below the passenger seat. ing. The service hole 3 is covered with an engine cover 4, and the engine cover 4 is hinged at fulcrums 6, 6 formed below the backrest 5 of the passenger seat 2.
Is attached to the vehicle body 8 so as to be rotatable up and down. On the free end side of the engine cover 4, hook metal fittings 7, 7 for clamping are provided, and these are clamped by the clamp metal fittings 8 a, 8 b on the vehicle body 8 side to be fixed in a closed state. .

The passenger seat 2 and the engine cover 4 are fixedly connected to each other with bolts, which will be described later. As shown in FIG. 2, the engine cover 4 and the passenger seat 2 are flipped up integrally with each other. It has become. The pillar portion 9 of the vehicle body 8 is provided with a resin band 10 functioning as a flexible holder.

As shown in FIG. 3, a passenger seat (hereinafter, referred to as a passenger seat)
The seat 2 includes a wire frame assembly 11 provided along the contour thereof, and a pad 12 and a skin 13 integrally formed with the wire frame assembly 11. The wire frame assembly 11 includes an inner wire 11a having a C-shaped cross section (hog ring) and an outer wire 11a.
b, a weld bolt 14 fixed across these wires 11a and 11b is provided at a plurality of locations, and a nut 15 is attached to the weld bolt 14 from the lower surface of the engine cover 4 shown in FIG. By being tightened, the sheet 2 is connected to the wire frame assembly 1.
1 is fixed to the engine cover 4.

The inner wire 11a is a curling wire for fixing the terminal of the skin 13, and the outer wire 11b is for shaping the pad 12. The wire 11b is formed at the outer end of the sheet 2. After being bent inward into a rectangular shape, it is bent again to return to the original parallel portion. The portion bent in this manner is used as a hook portion 16 functioning as a hook portion.
Are welded to the inner wire 11a at two points crossing the inner wire 11a.

The hook 16 protrudes inward from the outer end face of the seat 2, and corresponds to the hook 16 as shown in FIG. Are formed. The concave portion 17 is formed in a form in which the pad 12 is cut out at a constant depth, and the above-described hook portion 16 projects into the concave portion 17 from the side wall thereof and is housed in the concave portion 17. In other words, it does not protrude from the opening in the concave portion 17. Here, the concave portion 17 functions as a relief portion when the resin band 10 is hooked on the hook portion 16, and also functions to prevent the hook portion 16 from projecting from the back surface of the sheet 2.

Instead of forming the hook portion 16 by bending a part of the wire 11b, as shown in FIG. 6, a U-shaped hook forming metal fitting 18 is formed so as to intersect with the wires 11a and 11b. 4 which intersects with 11b
At this point, the wires can be welded and fixed, thereby forming a hook portion 16 similar to that of FIG.

Further, in FIG. 7, a frame assembly 19 of the seat 2 is formed including a pipe frame 20,
The pipe frame 20 is disposed corresponding to a region near the outer end from the substantially center of the seat 2.
An inner wire 21 is provided along the inside of the pipe frame (see also FIG. 13), and another two wires 22, 23 are arranged close to each other from one end to the other end of the pipe frame 20 (see also FIG. 12). ), And two wires 24 are provided across the center (see also FIG. 11).

At the side end of the sheet 2, hook-forming fittings 25 are arranged as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 over the pipe frame 20 and the wire 21, and the frames 20 are connected at four intersections. And is welded to the wire 21. The engine cover is located at the position A below the inner end of the seat 2 (mainly a portion where the thickness is reduced), and the seat 2 is bolted to the engine cover at a plurality of (for example, five) fixing brackets 26.・ It is fixed by nut fastening. The tip of the hook 16 is bent obliquely toward the bottom of the recess 17 as shown in FIG.

With respect to such a hook portion 16, FIGS.
The resin band 10 as shown in FIG. 17 is hooked. The resin band 10 is rotatably attached to the vehicle body pillar at the base end portion where the washer plate 27 is embedded, and from there toward the front end. An engaging portion 29 is formed at a distal end portion through an elongated band-shaped main body 28. An engagement hole 30 is formed in the engagement portion 29,
Further, a tongue piece 31 protrudes from one side of the engaging hole 30 facing the other side in the longitudinal direction of the main body 28 toward the other side, and the grip 32 protrudes further outward from the tip of the engaging part 29. It is formed.

The resin band 10 is integrally formed of a flexible soft resin and can be easily elastically deformed as a whole. The gap t between the engaging hole 30 and the side facing the tongue piece 31 is set smaller than the diameter of the tip of the hook 16, and as shown in FIG.
Is formed at a slight angle with respect to the main body 28, and the tongue piece 31 projects obliquely forward from the engaging portion 29.

When the clamps 8a and 8b of FIG. 1 are opened and the engine cover 4 and the seat 2 are integrally flipped up as shown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIGS. Then, the engaging hole 30 of the resin band 10 is inserted into the hook 16 while elastically deforming the tongue 31. Therefore, in a state where the hook portion 16 and the engagement hole portion 30 of the resin band 10 are engaged as shown in FIG. 19, even if the sheet 2 is further pushed in and the resin band 10 is loosened, the resin band 10 10 is the hook 1
It does not fall off easily from 6. In order to release the engagement between the two, if the gripping portion 32 is pinched down while the sheet 2 is once pressed, the resin band 10 is easily detached from the hook portion 16 with the elastic deformation of the tongue piece 31. I do.

[0022] In the above embodiment has been described for small engine cover 4 than the width of the sheet 2, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, as a reference example, the left and right engine service hole 43 thus engine cover 44 of the seat 2 If having a length of up to the outer end portion in a direction, that a recess 45 on the outer end face of the sheet 2, to expose the hook 46 to fit therein, wherein to hook the resin bands 10 Is also conceivable. But its outer edge
If it is a surface, the concave portion 45 and the hook portion 46
Appears bad because it is exposed to the outside even in the normal state with the door closed
No. On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
The concave portion 17 and the hook portion 16 are arranged in
When the engine cover 44 is closed, it does not appear at all
So it looks good.

In the above embodiment, the hook portion is formed on the seat side and the engaging hole is formed on the resin band side. However, the relationship is reversed, and the engaging hole portion is formed on the sheet side. A hook portion may be formed on the side.

[0024]

[Effect of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the engine engine located at the center of the floor of the vehicle is used.
The outer edge of the seat cushion that extends from the bar to the entrance
The recesses on the lower surface of the
Latch for retaining engine cover using ear frame
Holding part attached to the side wall of the vehicle body at the hook part
To keep the engine cover open.
It is. Therefore, the locking operation is performed from the entrance side of the vehicle.
Operability is good because it can be made
A hook is provided on the lower surface of the outer end of the
In the closed state of the, the latch does not appear at all outside,
Good looking. And on the lower surface of the outer end of the seat cushion
Since there is a hook in the formed recess,
When the bar is closed, there is no worry that the latch will interfere with others.
No. Furthermore, the latching part is the structural part of the seat cushion
Since it is formed using a wire frame that is a material,
The structure is not complicated, and it can be configured at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an engine cover device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where an engine cover is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a sheet is partially cut away.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part thereof.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the lower surface of the seat.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modification of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the inside of a seat including a pipe frame.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the vicinity of the hook portion.

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a portion D in FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a front view of a portion E in FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a front view of a portion F in FIG. 7;

FIG. 14 is a front view of a resin band.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of an engagement state between a resin band and a hook portion.

19 is a sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 18 and an explanatory diagram of the operation.

FIG. 20 is a plan view schematically showing a reference example .

FIG. 21 is a schematic perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the conventional example in which a hook fitting is attached to an inner end of an engine cover.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing a conventional example in which a hook is attached to an extension part.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view of another conventional example in a closed state of an engine cover.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view of the open state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Passenger seat 3 Engine service hole 4 Engine cover 6 Hinge fulcrum 9 Pillar section 10 Resin band (flexible holder) 11 Wire frame assembly 12 Pad 13 Skin 16 Hook section (Hook section) 17 Recess 18 Hook forming bracket 19 Frame assembly 20 Pipe frame 21, 22, 23, 24 Wire 25 Hook forming fitting 29 Engagement part 30 Engagement hole part 31 Tongue piece 32 Grip part

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] (1) At the center of the vehicle floor on the side of the driver's seat.
Bounce to open and close the formed engine service hall
-Type engine cover turns to the rear edge of the engine service hall
Movably mounted and on the engine cover, an outer end
Part of the passenger seat that extends near the entrance
In the engine cover device in which the seat cushion is fixed , the seat cushion is connected to a wire frame and the wire.
Cushion pad molded integrally with the frame, and
And a cover for covering them.
Cut out the cushion pad on the lower surface of the outer end of the
The formed recess is provided, and the recess is
Projecting a hook formed on the body or a separate body, and
To the holder attached to the side wall of the vehicle body.
An engine cover device wherein an engine cover is held at an open position .