JP4634424B2 - Open switch structure of opening / closing body - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an open switch structure of an opening / closing body such as a trunk lid of a vehicle.

Some vehicles such as automobiles are provided with an open switch for opening and closing an opening / closing body such as a trunk lid and a back door from the outside.
The open switch of this opening / closing body has, for example, a switch mounting opening formed on the back side of the handle of the trunk lid, a release switch is provided at this part, and the latch of the electric lock is released by operating the lever part of this switch. (See Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-59764 A

  The conventional open / close body open switch is excellent in that it can smoothly perform the operation from pressing the switch to opening the trunk lid by matching the open switch and the opening operation direction of the trunk lid. However, it is necessary to provide a flange part on the board to support the operation load acting from the lever part, and to cut and raise the flange part to protrude from the board, or to provide a separate board on which the flange part is formed. There is a problem that there is.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an open switch structure of an opening / closing body that can sufficiently receive an operation load of a lever portion without providing a special member.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the invention described in claim 1 includes a substrate (for example, the substrate 15 in the embodiment) provided on the opening / closing body (for example, the trunk lid 2 in the embodiment), and one surface side of the substrate. A switch body (for example, the switch body 16 in the embodiment) and a lever portion (for example, the lever portion 17 in the embodiment) protruding to the other surface side of the substrate, and the lever portion has an operation load. A contact portion (for example, the contact portion 26 in the embodiment) is provided on the opposite side of the operation portion (for example, the operation portion 25 in the embodiment) to which is input, and when the operation portion of the lever portion is operated, abutting portion contactable with provided with respect to the substrate, the abutment portion includes a plurality of ribs formed along the operation direction of the lever portion (e.g., a rib 28 in the embodiment) and a And wherein the door.
With this configuration, when an operation load is applied to the operation portion by operating the lever portion, the contact portion on the opposite side of the operation portion contacts the substrate, and a part of the operation load is dispersed on the substrate.
Moreover, the rigidity of the contact portion with respect to the operation load can be ensured and the weight can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the contact portion includes a contact surface (for example, the contact surface 27 in the embodiment) formed along the surface of the substrate at a portion that contacts the substrate. It is characterized by that.
With this configuration, the contact surface contacts the substrate when the lever portion is operated, so that the operation load can be reliably transmitted to the substrate.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the plurality of ribs are connected to the substrate side by the contact surface.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an attachment portion (for example, the rear wall 3 in the embodiment) of the open switch (for example, the open switch 10 in the embodiment) of the opening and closing body faces the front end side of the lever portion. A finger contact portion (for example, a finger contact portion 45 in the embodiment) extending so as to face the operation direction of the lever portion is formed.
With this configuration, when operating the lever portion, the operation load can be transmitted not only to the operation portion but also to the finger rest portion.

According to the first and third aspects of the invention, when the operation load is applied to the operation portion by operating the lever portion, the contact portion on the opposite side of the operation portion contacts the substrate, and a part of the operation load is the substrate. Therefore, there is no need to provide a load receiving portion when an excessive operation load is applied to the substrate, and the load applied to the lever portion can be reduced with a simple substrate structure.
Moreover, since the rigidity of the contact part with respect to the operation load can be ensured and the weight can be reduced, there is an effect that the operation load acting on the lever part can be shared by the substrate.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the contact surface contacts the substrate when the lever portion is operated, the operation load can be reliably transmitted to the substrate, and the operation load acting on the lever portion can be shared with the substrate. There is.
According to the invention described in claim 4, when operating the lever portion, the operation load can be transmitted not only to the operation portion but also to the finger rest portion, so that an excessive load acts on the lever portion. There is an effect that can be surely prevented.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle equipped with an open switch for a trunk lid according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a trunk lid 2 is provided at the rear portion of the vehicle body 1 so as to be openable and closable so that it can be opened manually or using a motor. The trunk lid 2 has a rear wall 3 extending downward to secure a wide trunk opening 4 on the rear side. A locking device 5 is attached to the lower edge of the trunk opening 4, and a striker 7 is attached to the lower surface 6 of the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 corresponding to the locking device 5.

  A mounting portion 9 for the license plate 8 is recessed in the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2, and an open switch 10 for the trunk lid 2 is disposed above the mounting portion 9. By operating the open switch 10, the latched state between the lock device 5 of the trunk lid 2 and the striker 7 can be released.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 includes a bent portion 11 that extends downward to a portion reaching the upper portion of the attachment portion 9 of the license plate 8 and bends forward here. The bent portion 11 terminates with the terminal facing upward, and a terminal plate of the bent portion 11 is continuously provided with a mounting plate 12 that has a rear end portion that rises upward and then has a flat shape and faces downward. The mounting plate 12 has a front end bent downward and has a mounting portion 9 for the license plate 8. An attachment opening 14 is formed in the attachment plate 12, and the open switch 10 is attached to the attachment opening 14. A sealer S is applied to the gap between the end of the bent portion 11 of the rear wall 3 and the end of the mounting plate 12.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the open switch 10 includes a substrate 15 that overlaps with a peripheral edge on the back side of the mounting opening 14 of the mounting plate 12 via a packing 18 and a base 36 of a waterproof cover 19, and one surface of the substrate 15. A switch body 16 provided on the side (trunk room side), a lever portion 17 projecting to the other surface side (vehicle outer side) of the substrate 15, and a waterproof cover 19 that wraps the lever portion 17 are provided.
As shown in FIG. 2, the switch body 16 includes a switch knob 20 that is turned on when tilted, and has an arcuate portion 21 that protrudes and holds the switch knob 20 so as to wrap. A base portion of the switch body 16 is bent, and a socket portion 22 for connecting a harness (not shown) is provided here.

  The lever portion 17 is attached so as to cover the switch knob 20 of the switch body 16 from the outside, and includes an insertion hole 23 for receiving the switch knob 20 of the switch body 16, and both side edges of the insertion hole 23 are isolated portions of the switch body 16. A slide contact leg 24 that slides on the switch 21 and follows the tilt of the switch knob 20 is provided. Here, the vehicle body front side (FR side) of the switch body 16 is configured as an operation unit 25 to which an operation load is applied by being pressed by an operator's finger F.

  The lever portion 17 is provided with a contact portion 26 on the opposite side of the operation portion 25 to which an operation load is input. The contact portion 26 is attached to the mounting surface of the substrate 15 when the lever portion 17 is in a tilted position (chain line position) from the state where the lever portion 17 is in the normal position (solid line position). It abuts and is supported by the substrate 15.

The contact portion 26 is a portion projecting in a triangular shape on the opposite side of the operation portion 25, and the contact portion 26 is a flat contact formed along the other surface of the substrate 15 at a portion that contacts the substrate 15. A surface 27 is provided.
Here, the contact portion 26 includes a plurality of ribs 28. . . The plurality of ribs 28. . . The substrate 15 side is connected by the contact surface 27.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the substrate 15 is a metal-made rectangular plate-like member, and an opening 29 through which the switch body 16 is inserted is formed at the center. The base plate 15 is formed with mounting seats 30 and 31 extending in the lateral direction after rising to one surface side of the base plate 15 at the inner edge of the opening 29 on the long side and near the corner portion. Each mounting seat 30, 31 is fixed to a mounting portion 32 formed on the outer wall of the switch body 16 by bolts or screws (not shown).
Here, fixing holes 33 and 33 for the mounting plate 12 are formed at one end on the long side around the substrate 15, and the mounting pins 34 of the waterproof cover 19 are locked to the opposite corner portions. A locking hole 35 is formed.
Here, a flat receiving surface 13 with which the contact surface 27 of the lever portion 17 contacts is formed on the substrate 15, so that the operation load acting from the contact surface 27 of the contact portion 26 during operation of the lever portion 17 can be ensured. To receive.

  The packing 18 is a rubber member that is sandwiched between the mounting plate 12 and the base 36 of the waterproof cover 19. The outer periphery is aligned with the base 36 of the waterproof cover 19, and the inner periphery is the cover portion 37 of the waterproof cover 19. It is formed in an annular shape with a receiving opening. A fixing hole 38 corresponding to the fixing holes 33 of the substrate 15 is formed around the packing 18.

  The waterproof cover 19 is an elastic rubber member and includes a base 36 and a cover portion 37 provided on the base 36. The base 36 is superposed on the substrate 15, and includes fixing holes 39 and 39 and mounting pins 34 corresponding to the fixing holes 33 and 33 and the locking holes 35 of the substrate 15. The cover portion 37 of the waterproof cover 19 wraps the lever portion 17, and the waterproof cover 19 is elastically placed on the base portion of the cover portion 37 on the operation portion 25 side of the lever portion 17 after the operation of the lever portion 17 is finished. A return portion 40 for returning is formed with a certain height.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 is provided with a garnish 41 in a recess extending from the lower surface of the bent portion 11 to the mounting plate 12. The garnish 41 includes a base member 42 attached from the lower surface of the bent portion 11 of the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 to the rear portion of the mounting plate 12, and the operation portion 25 of the lever portion 17 of the open switch 10 attached to the base member 42. And a garnish cover 44 that exposes through the opening 43. The open switch 10 can be operated by inserting a finger F through the opening 43.

The portion of the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 on the bent portion 11 side of the garnish cover 44 is directed from the lower surface of the bent portion 11 toward the distal end side of the lever portion 17 (waterproof cover 19) of the open switch 10, and the lever portion 17 The finger contact portion 45 extends so as to face the operation direction (indicated by an arrow).
The finger rest portion 45 is formed in a shape that is bent at an obtuse angle downward along the shape of the finger F, and is attached from the bent portion 11 of the rear wall 3 of the trunk lid 2 to the rear portion of the mounting plate 12. Are integrally formed. Reinforcing ribs 46 and 47 are formed on the base member 42 so that the operation load acting on the finger rest 45 is received not only on the finger rest 45 itself but also on the rear portion of the mounting plate 12 in the buckling direction. Yes.

  According to the above embodiment, when the operation portion 25 of the lever portion 17 is operated with a finger and an operation load is applied to the operation portion 25, the switch knob 20 of the switch body 16 tilts as shown by the chain line in FIG. The switch is turned on. At this time, since the contact surface 27 of the contact portion 26 opposite to the operation portion 25 of the lever portion 17 contacts the flat receiving surface 13 of the substrate 15, a part of the operation load is supported and dispersed by the substrate 15. The Therefore, for example, when an excessive operation load is applied to the lever portion 17 without providing a special portion such as a cut-and-raised portion on the substrate 15, the lever 15 can share the load with the substrate 15 having a flat and simple structure. The load applied to the unit 17 can be reduced.

Here, since the contact portion 26 of the lever portion 17 includes a contact surface 27 formed along the surface of the substrate 15 at a portion that contacts the substrate 15, the contact surface 27 is operated when the lever portion 17 is operated. Is in contact with the substrate 15, the operation load can be reliably shared with the substrate 15.
In particular, the contact portion 26 of the lever portion 17 has a plurality of ribs 28. . . Therefore, the rigidity of the contact portion 26 with respect to the operation load can be ensured and the weight can be reduced.
Further, the bent portion 11 and the mounting plate 12 of the rear wall 3, which are the mounting portions of the open switch 10 of the trunk lid 2, extend toward the distal end side of the lever portion 17 so as to face the operation direction of the lever portion 17. Since the finger contact part 45 which is the garnish cover 44 of the garnish 41 to be formed is formed, when the lever part 17 is operated, the operation load is transmitted not only to the operation part 25 but also to the finger contact part 45 to buckle direction. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent an excessive load from acting on the lever portion 17 because the load can be shared.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the trunk lid has been described as an example of an opening / closing body of a sedan type vehicle . However, the present invention can also be applied to a tailgate of a wagon vehicle.

It is a fragmentary perspective view of the vehicle rear part of embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view seen from the lower side of embodiment of this invention. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view seen from the upper side of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Trunk lid (opening / closing body)
3 Rear wall (mounting part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Open switch 15 Board | substrate 16 Switch main body 17 Lever part 25 Operation part 26 Contact part 27 Contact surface 28 Rib 45 Finger contact part

Claims (4)

An operation unit having a substrate provided on the opening / closing body, a switch body provided on one surface side of the substrate, and a lever portion protruding to the other surface side of the substrate, and an operation load is input to the lever portion. A contact portion is provided on the opposite side of the lever portion so that the contact portion can be brought into contact with the substrate when the operation portion of the lever portion is operated. The contact portion is in an operation direction of the lever portion. An open switch structure for an opening / closing body, comprising a plurality of ribs formed along the axis .   The open switch structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, wherein the contact portion includes a contact surface formed along a surface of the substrate at a portion that contacts the substrate. The open switch structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of ribs are connected to the substrate side by the contact surface .   The finger contact portion that extends toward the distal end side of the lever portion so as to face the operation direction of the lever portion is formed in the attachment portion of the open switch of the opening / closing body. The open switch structure of the opening-closing body in any one of Claims 1-3.

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