JPH0215072Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a shift lever device for changing gears in a vehicle, and relates to a low-housing shift lever device that is improved so that the device housing can be made smaller.

[Prior art]

Some conventional shift lever devices have a control lever interposed in order to convert a shift operation of a shift lever pivotally mounted to a housing base into a reciprocating operation of a control wire connected to a transmission. In this type of shift lever device, as shown in FIG. 4A, the lower end of a shift lever 3 is pivotally connected to a housing base 1, a plate 2, etc. erected thereon. Adjacent to the shift lever 3, a control lever 4 in the form of a slender rod is pivotally attached to the plate 2 and the like at its midpoint, with one end connected to the shift lever 3 and the other end connected to a control wire 5. Therefore, shift lever 3
By performing a shift operation, that operation is converted into a reciprocating motion of the control wire 5 via the control lever 4, and the shift operation is transmitted to the transmission.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, in the conventional shift lever device, in order to ensure the shifting operation in the transmission, it is necessary to ensure that the reciprocating stroke amount of the control wire 5 and, by extension, the amount of rocking of the control lever 4 is above a certain level. The control lever 4, which is arranged in a state close to parallel to the shift lever 3, must be extended downward and the length from the rotational fulcrum to the wire connection end must be longer than a certain value. For this reason, there was a problem that the depth of the shift lever housing increased from the housing base 1 to the slide plate 6, resulting in an increase in size.

The present invention has focused on the above-mentioned conventional problems, and aims to provide a low-housing shift lever device having a structure in which the height of the housing can be reduced while maintaining the shift stroke of the control wire above a certain amount.

[Means and actions for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the low housing shift lever device according to the present invention has a control lever that transmits the swing moderation movement of the shift lever to a control wire connected to a transmission, and has a bell crank shape. The bent portion of the control wire is pivotally connected to a fixed member, and one end is connected to the shift lever and the other end is connected to the control wire, and the connection point between the control wire and the control lever is set at approximately the same height as the rotational fulcrum of the shift lever. It is characterized by being in a vertical position.

With the above configuration, the rotational fulcrum of the control lever is located above the rotational fulcrum of the shift lever, and the position of the connection point between the control wire and the control lever is approximately at the same height as the rotational fulcrum of the shift lever. The housing base can be disposed upward to the shift lever rotation fulcrum position. As a result, the height of the housing can be kept low by appropriately setting the height position of the rotational fulcrum of the control lever.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the low housing shift lever device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a low-housing shift lever device according to an embodiment, in which a rotating shaft 12 is integrally provided at the lower end of the shift lever 10 and is perpendicular to the lever axis, and the rotating shaft 12 is attached to the housing base. 14
The base 14 is horizontally suspended along the surface of the base 14, and a base 14 is rotatably supported at both ends by brackets 16. Therefore, the shift lever 10 can vibrate around the rotating shaft 12. Further, a detent plate 18 is provided on the housing base 14 in parallel with the swinging surface of the shift lever 10, and a detent pin 22 protruding from the side surface of the shift lever 10 is inserted into the detent hole 20 formed in the detent plate 18. When engaged, the moderation mechanism of the shift lever 10 is configured.

The detent plate 18 is integrally provided with a tongue portion 18A on its upper front edge, and a control lever 24 is pivotally attached to this tongue portion 18A via a rotation shaft 26. The control lever 24 has a bell crank shape bent into a V-shape, and includes a wire connecting lever portion 28 extending downward and a slight wire connecting lever portion 28 extending toward the shift lever rotation shaft 12 side. Short shift lever connection lever part 30
It is a combination of the two. A control wire 32 is attached to the lower end of the wire connection lever portion 28.
A pin 34 is provided for connecting the shift lever rotating shaft 12, and the pin 34 is set to be approximately in the same height as the shift lever rotating shaft 12. On the other hand, the shift lever connecting lever part 30 is connected to the shift lever 10, and for this connection, an arm 36 is integrally attached to the shift lever 10, which projects the shift lever connecting lever part 30 toward the tip. , the arm 36
and the lever part 30 are brought into a joined state, and a connecting pin 38 provided on the arm 36 is engaged with an elongated hole 40 formed in the lever part 30. Therefore, by shifting the shift lever 10, the arm 36 integrated therewith rotates about the rotating shaft 12, which rotates the control lever 24 via the connecting pin 38. At this time, the interference between the arm 36 and the shift lever connecting lever part 30 is caused by the elongated hole 4.
It is absorbed by 0 and is not bound by it. The control lever 24 is a wire connection lever part 28
The control wire 32 connected thereto is reciprocated by the amount necessary for shifting.

In the shift lever device having such a configuration, the control lever 24 is formed in the shape of a bell crank,
Since one end of the control lever 24 is connected to the shift lever 10 and the other end is connected to the control wire 32, the rotation fulcrum of the control lever 24 and each connection point can be located above the rotation axis 12 of the shift lever 10. Moreover, control lever 2
By increasing the ratio of the lengths of the four lever portions 28 and 30, the required stroke amount of the control wire 32 can be ensured. As a result, the housing base 14 can be positioned directly below the shift lever rotating shaft 12, and the housing can be made lower. This comparison is shown in FIG. That is, in the conventional structure, the control lever 4 extends downward from the shift lever rotation axis as shown in FIG. Since it is located higher up, the bottom of the housing can be raised by the conventional protrusion length B, and the conventional housing height A can be set to A ₁ =A - B.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the control lever 24
Although the configuration is such that the legs are opened downward, it is also possible to have the legs opened upward.
That is, it is also possible to arrange the rotational fulcrum of the control lever 24 at the same height as the shift lever rotating shaft 12, and to make the connection end of the control wire 32 upward.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, the control lever is formed into a bell crank shape, each end is connected to the shift lever and the control wire, and the connection point between the control wire and the control lever is used as the shift lever rotation fulcrum. Since they are positioned at approximately the same height, it is possible to raise the bottom of the housing base, making it possible to provide a shift lever device with a housing that is lower in height than the conventional one.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the low housing shift lever device of the embodiment, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof, and Fig. 4 is a comparison view with a conventional structure, where A is a conventional structure. FIG. 2B is a side view of the shift lever device according to the embodiment. 10...Shift lever, 12...Rotary shaft, 14
...Housing base, 18...Detent plate, 24...Control lever, 32...Control wire.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A control lever that transmits the swing moderation movement of the shift lever to a control wire connected to the transmission is formed in the shape of a bell crank, and a bent portion of the control lever is pivotally connected to a fixed member, and one end is connected to the shift lever, and the other end is connected to the shift lever. A low housing shift lever device, characterized in that an end thereof is connected to the control wire, and a connection point between the control wire and the control lever is located at approximately the same height as a rotational fulcrum of the shift lever.