JP2597840Y2 - Torque indicator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a torque converter indicator for a vehicle such as an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional torque converter indicator,
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the torque converter indicator has a configuration in which a slide plate 33 is interposed in a guide space between the inner case 31 and the outer case 32.
Curved guides 34, 34, which are curved downward due to the space of the vehicle, are provided before and after the torque converter indicator including the inner case 31 and the outer case 32.
One parallel ridge 35 having a semicircular cross section is provided on both sides (excluding the curved guide) of the upper surface in the left-right direction from the edge of the opening of the inner case 31 in parallel with the front-rear direction. A torque converter indicator 37 (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-64123) in which a single parallel ridge 36 having a semicircular cross section is provided in parallel only in the front-rear direction only on both lower sides (excluding a curved guide) on the outer side in the lateral direction from the edge. ).

[0003]

In the conventional torque converter indicator 37, when the guide space becomes narrow due to the dimensional error and the quality of the processing accuracy, the slide plate 33 slides smoothly on the curved guide 34 which is curved. Cannot be performed, and the slide guide 33 in which the slide plate 33 is curved is not provided with a parallel ridge having a semicircular cross section in the curved guide 34, in which sliding resistance tends to be particularly large. In addition to the problem that the sliding resistance is large, there is a problem that the operation load is large and the shift lever operation cannot be performed lightly.

This invention solves these problems of the conventional torque converter indicator, and allows the slide plate to slide smoothly at the curved guide portion of the torque converter indicator to reduce the sliding resistance and reduce the operating load to shift. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to operate the lever lightly and to make it difficult for the slide plate to be scratched.

[0005]

The torque converter indicator of the present invention has parallel projections having a semicircular cross section in the left and right direction outside the left and right opening edges of the inner case and the outer case in parallel with the front and rear directions. And two curved ridges having a semicircular cross section are provided on the curved guides of the inner case and the outer case at predetermined intervals in parallel with the front-rear direction, respectively, and the curved guides of at least one of the two cases are provided. The slit is provided on the outer side in the left-right direction from the parallel ridge.

[0006]

In the torque converter indicator of the present invention, a parallel ridge having a semicircular cross section is provided on both sides of the opening of the inner case and the outer case and the curved guides before and after the two cases so as to contact the slide plate. Even the curved guide of the case and the outer case slides with a small sliding resistance, so that the sliding resistance of the slide plate becomes small and the shift lever operation becomes easy, and when the slit is provided in the inner case, the inner case When the slide plate comes into contact with the curved guide of the inner case, the curved guide of the inner case can be bent downward, so that the sliding resistance of the slide plate is further reduced due to the downward bent, and the shift lever operation is further facilitated. Become. When the slit is provided in the outer case, when the slide plate abuts against the curved guide of the outer case, the curved guide of the outer case can bend upward. And the shift lever operation becomes lighter. When the slit is provided in both the inner case and the outer case, if the slide plate abuts against the curved guides of both cases, the curved guides of both cases can bend both downward and upward. The flexure of the slide plate both downward and upward further reduces the sliding resistance of the slide plate and reduces the operation load, so that the shift lever operation becomes lighter.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a torque converter indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the inner case 1 has a long opening 2 in the front-rear direction, and has curved guides 3, 3 having a U-shaped cross section that are curved downward before and after the opening 2. Parallel ridges 4,4 of one semicircular section on the upper surface sides of the outer lateral direction with respect to the lateral direction of the edge of the opening 2 is provided in parallel to the longitudinal direction, the inner case 1 of the curved guide 3, The two parallel protrusions 4, 4 having a semicircular cross section are provided on the upper surface of the opening 3 at predetermined intervals, for example, two parallel protrusions 4, 4 provided on the left and right edges of the opening 2 as shown in the figure. It is provided in parallel to the front-back direction at the same interval. Further, slits 5, 5 are provided in the curved guides 3, 3 provided on the front and rear sides of the inner case 1, outside the two parallel ridges 4, 4 in the left-right direction and parallel to the front-rear direction. The outer case 6 has an opening 7 which is long in the front-rear direction similarly to the inner case 1 and has curved guides 8 having a U-shaped cross section which are curved forward and backward. A single parallel ridge 9, 9 having a semicircular cross section is provided on both sides of the lower surface outside in the left-right direction from the left-right edge of the opening 7 in parallel to the front-rear direction. On the lower surface of the two parallel ridges 9, 9 having a semicircular cross section
Are provided in parallel to the front-rear direction at a predetermined interval, for example, at substantially the same interval as the two parallel ridges 9 provided on the left and right edges of the opening 7 as shown in the figure. A predetermined number of transparent instruction windows 10 are arranged on the left and right sides of the opening 7 and in the front-rear direction, and a predetermined number of translucent position characters 11 are arranged corresponding to the instruction windows 10. The inner case 1 has a U-shaped cross section and the outer case 6 has a U-shaped cross section with a curved guide 8 wider than the curved guide 3 of the inner case 1 (see FIG. 2). A slide plate 12 is slidably held between the two parallel ridges 4 and 4 and the two parallel ridges 9 and 9 of the outer case 6, and the two cases 1 and 6 are integrally connected to each other. Used as indicator 13.

In the torque converter indicator 13 of this embodiment, the upper and lower surfaces of the slide plate 12 are in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the inner case 1 and the outer case 6 at both sides of the opening edge and the cross-sectional half of the parallel ridges 4 and 9 provided on the curved guide. Since it is a circular tip, the sliding resistance is small and the shift lever operation is easy, and when the slide plate 12 comes into contact with the front or rear curved guide 3, the slits 5 and 5 are provided in the curved guide 3. Therefore, the front or rear curved guide 3 bends downward, so that the sliding resistance of the slide plate 12 is small and the shift lever operation becomes light. Further, in the curved guide 3 which is particularly susceptible to abrasion due to being curved, the slide ridges 4, 9 having a semicircular cross section are provided at predetermined positions, and the slits 5, 5 are provided in the curved guide 3, so that the slide plate is provided. 12 is less likely to be scratched.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the slit 5 is provided in the curved guide 3 of the inner case 1, whereas the curved guide of the outer case 16 is provided. The torque converter indicator 25 is different from the torque converter indicator 25 in that a slit 20 is provided in the outer case 1.
Reference numeral 6 has an opening 17 which is long in the front-rear direction, and has curved guides 18 having a U-shaped cross section which are curved downward in the front-rear direction. Parallel ridges 19, 19 of one semicircular section on the lower surface sides of the outer lateral direction with respect to the lateral direction of the edges of the opening 17
Are provided parallel to the front-rear direction, and the outer case 16 is provided.
Two parallel ridges 19, 19 having a semicircular cross section are provided on the lower surface of the curved guides 18, 18 at predetermined intervals, for example, at the left and right edges of the opening as shown in the drawing. It is provided at substantially the same interval in parallel to the front-rear direction. Further, curved guides 18, 18 provided before and after the outer case 16 are provided.
The slits 20, 20 are formed in the two parallel ridges 19, 19
They are provided further outside in the left-right direction and parallel to the front-rear direction. The inner case 21 has a long opening in the front-rear direction, and has a curved guide 22 having a U-shaped cross section that is curved forward and backward. A single semicircular section parallel ridges on upper surface sides of the outer lateral direction with respect to the lateral direction of the edge of the opening is provided parallel to the longitudinal direction, 2 to the upper surface of the curved guide 22, 22 of the inner case 21 The parallel ridges 23, 23 having a semicircular cross section at predetermined intervals, for example, at approximately the same interval as the two parallel ridges provided at the left and right edges of the opening as shown in the figure, in the front-rear direction. Parallel. The outer case 16 and the inner case 21 are made to face each other (see FIG. 5), and the two parallel ridges 19 of the outer case 16 and the two parallel ridges 2 of the inner case 21 are arranged.
A slide plate 24 is slidably held between the casings 3 and 23 and the two cases 16 and 21 are integrally connected to each other and used as a torque converter indicator 25.

[0010] The torque converter indicator 2 of another embodiment.
In 5, when the slide plate 24 comes into contact with the curved guide 18 of the front or rear outer case 16, the slits 20 are provided in the curved guide 18 so that the front or rear curved guide 18 bends upward and slides. The sliding resistance of the plate 24 is small, and the operation of the shift lever becomes light. In the embodiment, the slit is provided only in the curved guide of the inner case, or the slit is provided only in the curved guide of the outer case, but the slit is provided in both the curved guides of the inner case and the outer case. It may be provided.

[0011]

[Effect of the invention] The torque converter indicator of this invention is characterized in that the inner case and the outer case are provided with parallel ridges having a semicircular cross section on both sides outside the left and right sides from the opening edge in the left and right directions and the curved guides in the front and rear directions. The slits are provided on the curved guides of at least one of the inner case and the outer case, respectively, on the outer side in the left-right direction from the parallel ridges, so that the slide plate is provided in the curved guides of the inner case and the outer case. Also, since the sliding resistance can be reduced and the operation load is reduced, the shift lever operation can be performed lightly. When the slide plate comes into contact with the curved guide of the inner case or the outer case, the curved guide of the case can bend downward or upward, so that even in the curved guide, the sliding resistance of the slide plate can be reduced and the operating load can be reduced. , The shift lever operation can be performed lightly. Further, the slide plate is in contact with the parallel ridges having a semicircular cross section provided in both cases, and the curved guide is bent by the slit provided in the curved guide, so that the slide plate can be hardly scratched and scratched.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an inner case.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another product of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a conventional product.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inner case 2 Opening 3 Curved guide 4 Parallel ridge 5 Slit 6 Outer case 7 Opening 8 Curved guide 9 Parallel ridge 10 Indicator window 11 Position plate 12 Slide plate 13 Torque indicator 16 Outer case 17 Opening 18 Curved guide 19 Parallel ridge 20 Slit 21 Inner case 22 Curved guide 23 Parallel ridge 24 Slide plate 25 Torque indicator 31 Inner case 32 Outer case 33 Slide plate 34 Curved guide 35 Parallel ridge 36 Parallel ridge 37 Torque indicator

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A semi-circular parallel ridge having a semicircular cross section is provided on both sides of an upper surface on the outside in the left-right direction from the edge of the opening in the left-right direction. And an inner case and a curved guide whose front and rear sides are curved downward, and one parallel ridge having a semicircular cross section is provided on both lower sides on the outer side in the left and right direction from the opening edge in the left and right direction in parallel with the front and rear direction. In a torque converter indicator in which a slide plate is slidably held between an outer case and an inner case and an outer case are integrally joined, two projecting ridges having a semicircular cross section are provided on an upper surface of a curved guide of the inner case. Are provided at predetermined intervals in parallel to the front-rear direction, and two semi-circular ridges are provided on the lower surface of the curved guide of the outer case in the front-rear direction at predetermined intervals. The inner case and the outer case are provided with slits in the curved guide of at least one of the inner case and the outer case. A torque converter indicator characterized in that a slide plate is slidably held between a parallel ridge of a case.