JPH031299Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a housing structure for a control position display device for an automatic transmission for automobiles, and is particularly applicable to right-hand drive and left-hand drive automobiles, and is suitable for molding. This invention relates to a housing structure that achieves commonality, reduced assembly man-hours, cost reduction, etc.

2. Description of the Related Art The structure of a conventional control position display device for an automatic transmission for an automobile is as shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, signs 2 for each drive position such as Park P, Reverse R, Neutral N, Drive D, 2nd 2, Low L, etc.
The housing is composed of a housing upper 23 to which an indicator plate 22 having a lamp housing 22 is attached, and a housing lower 25 having a lamp housing portion 24. A slide cover 27 has an indicator needle 26 coated with fluorescent paint or the like.
However, housing upper 23 and housing lower 25
The indicator needle 26 is positioned directly below the indicator window 29 of each drive position indicator 21 as the shift lever 28 moves, so that the indicator needle 26 is positioned directly below the indicator window 29 of each drive position indicator 21. The drive position is now displayed.

In the control position display device having such a structure, the shapes of the housing upper 23 and the housing lower 25 are formed to be dedicated to right-hand drive vehicles and left-hand drive vehicles, respectively.
Therefore, separate molds must be manufactured, and since the lamp mounting position changes, the assembly work must also be changed depending on the vehicle model, which increases costs and complicates manufacturing process management. was.

As a means of dealing with such problems, the housing upper is made symmetrical with windows for indicator plates on both sides of the shift lever, and the housing lower is made symmetrical with lamp housing parts provided on both the left and right sides. , a structure that can be used for both right-hand drive and left-hand drive vehicles is known.
(Jitko No. 51-47694).

Problems that the invention aims to solve However, in the above proposal, although the mold for the housing is made common for right-hand drive cars and left-hand drive cars, in the assembly process, the housing lower is different depending on the car model. A lamp must be installed on either the left or right side, and a closing plate must be installed on the window for installing the indicator plate in the housing top on the opposite side from where the lamp is installed. Therefore, in the process of attaching the lamp to the housing lower, it is necessary to confirm compatibility with the vehicle model, which poses a problem in that the assembly work becomes complicated and the process management becomes difficult. In addition, since the lamp installation process and the process for installing the blocking plate on the upper side of the housing are usually separate processes, there is less certainty that the blocking plate has been installed on the side opposite to the lamp mounting side, which can lead to installation errors. There is also a risk that On the other hand, as certainty increases, process control may become more complex.

Therefore, although the structure proposed above simplifies parts management and reduces costs by standardizing molds, it increases complexity and increases costs in terms of assembly work and its process management. Contains.

Therefore, the present invention provides a housing structure that allows the use of a common housing mold for right-hand drive and left-hand drive vehicles, and at the same time simplifies assembly work and process management. The purpose is to reduce costs.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the control position display device for an automatic transmission for automobiles of the present invention has a housing top that forms the outer surface side and a housing that forms the inside side of the control position display device. Of the housing consisting of the lower housing, the housing upper is formed in a symmetrical structure so as to have a window for installing an indicator plate for displaying each drive position at a symmetrical position on the left and right of the shift lever. In this case, a lamp mounting portion and a lamp housing portion are formed at a position corresponding to one of the windows of the housing upper, and a closing cover for the window is formed at a position corresponding to the other window. The housing lower is formed to have a 180-degree rotationally symmetric structure, that is, when the housing lower is rotated 180 degrees, the lamp mounting part, the lamp housing part, and the closing cover part are in completely symmetrical positions with respect to the shift lever. ing.

Function In a control position display device having such a structure, windows for mounting the indicator plate are formed in the housing top symmetrically with respect to the shift lever, so that it is possible to determine which direction the indicator plate is mounted. One model can be used for both right-hand drive and left-hand drive cars.
In addition, since the closing lid part is integrally formed with the lamp housing part etc. on the housing lower, the housing can be constructed by simply attaching the housing lower to the housing top, simplifying the assembly work and reducing the assembly process. . Furthermore, the housing lower
The 180-degree rotationally symmetrical structure allows you to obtain a structure that is symmetrical to the structure before rotation when rotated 180 degrees, so there is no need to change the lamp mounting position depending on the vehicle model.
With the lamp attached, the housing lower can be handled as a common part for both right-hand drive and left-hand drive cars. Since the housing lower is integrally molded with the closing lid, in the housing assembly process, simply select the 180 degree rotation position of the housing lower depending on the vehicle model, and the lamp will be placed on the specified side and the lamp will be placed on the opposite side. Since the closing lid part is always installed in the assembly, assembly work and assembly process management are facilitated, mistakes in assembly are prevented, and reliability is improved.

Embodiments Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the control position display device for an automatic transmission for automobiles according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a housing upper forming the outer surface side of the housing of the control position display device, and reference numeral 2 indicates a housing lower forming the inner side thereof. The housing lower 2 is fixed to the inner surface of the housing upper 1 with screws 3 or the like, and together constitute a housing.

A window 5 extending in the direction of movement of the shift lever 4 is provided at the center of the upper surface of the housing upper 1. On both left and right sides of the window 5, windows 7 for mounting a symmetrical indicator plate 6 are provided at symmetrical positions. , 8 are formed. The shift lever 4 is inserted through a slide cover 9, and the slide cover 9 is slidably supported between the housing upper 1 and the housing lower 2, and is slid along with the operation of the shift lever 4. The slide cover 9 has an indicator needle 1 located directly below the indicator plate 6.
0 is provided, and each drive position can be displayed through the indication window of the indicator plate 6 (see FIG. 5).

In the housing lower 2, at a position corresponding to one of the windows 7 and 8 of the housing upper 1,
Lamp housing part 11 and lamp mounting part 12
is formed, and at the position corresponding to the other window,
A flat plate-shaped closing lid part 13 is formed that extends along the opening of the window. As shown in FIG. 3, the lamp mounting portion 12 is provided at the center of the bottom side of the lamp housing portion 11.
The lamp housing portion 11 is formed in a symmetrical structure with reference to FIG. Then, the lamp 14 is attached to the lamp attachment part 12.

When housing lower 2 is rotated 180 degrees,
Lamp housing part 11 and lamp mounting part 1
2. The closing lid part 13 is formed in a 180 degree rotationally symmetrical structure so that it is in a symmetrical position with respect to the position before rotation with respect to the position of the shift lever 4.

The closing lid part 13 is formed in the form of a closing plate for the windows 7 and 8 in this embodiment, but as shown in FIG. The closing lid portion 15 may be formed in a concave shape so that the concave portion constitutes a storage space such as a coin purse.

The operation of the control position display device configured as described above will be explained below.

First, regarding the structure of the housing, the housing upper 1 is provided with windows 7 and 8 in symmetrical positions, so depending on which window the indicator plate 6 is attached to, it can be used for both right-hand drive cars and left-hand drive cars. It can also be applied to cars, and the housing upper 1 only requires one type of part, and only one mold. The housing lower 2 side also has a 180 degree rotationally symmetrical structure, so
It is only necessary to provide the lamp housing part 11 on the side where the indicator plate 6 is attached, and one type of part can be used for right-hand and left-hand drive vehicles, and only one mold is required. Therefore, compared to the case where molding was done separately for right-hand and left-hand drive vehicles, the number of parts to be managed is halved, and the number of molds is also halved.
It will be standardized for right-hand drive cars and left-hand drive cars.

Furthermore, since the lamp housing part 11 and the closing cover part 13 are integrally molded with the housing lower 2, the process of attaching the closing cover is omitted compared to the structure shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-47694. The process is simplified.

Furthermore, since the lamp housing part 11 is provided on one side of the housing lower 2 and the closing lid part 13 is provided on the other side, and these are integrally formed, it is necessary to check the positional relationship between the lamp mounting side and the closing lid mounting side during the assembly process. There is no need for this, and therefore no installation errors occur. Also,
Since the lamp mounting portion 12 of the housing lower 2 is located at one location, there is no need to change the mounting position to the left or right depending on the vehicle type, unlike the structure shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-47694. Therefore, the same work is required to attach the lamp 14 to the housing lower 2 in both right-hand drive and left-hand drive vehicles, simplifying the work and its management. Since the housing lower 2 has a 180 degree rotationally symmetrical structure, you can simply change the housing lower 2 depending on the car model.
Simply rotate the lamp housing part 1 by 180 degrees.
1 and the closing lid 13 are set in predetermined positions. In other words, in the structure of Utility Model Publication No. 51-47694, the lamp mounting position and the closing plate mounting position had to be selected depending on the vehicle model, but in this invention, the housing lower 2 can be set at 180 mm depending on the vehicle model. By simply deciding whether or not to rotate, all configurations are determined with certainty, eliminating the need for confirmation work and greatly simplifying assembly and process control. In addition, even if the process order is to attach the lamp 14 to the housing lower 2 and then attach the housing lower 2 to the housing upper 1, at the time of installing the lamp 14, one type of lamp is used regardless of whether the car is a right-hand drive car or a left-hand drive car. It can be managed as an embedded part, making installation work and process management easier.

Effects of the invention As is clear from the above explanation, when the present invention is used, the housing of the control position display device can be made to have a common shape for right-hand drive cars and left-hand drive cars, which reduces the number of parts by half and reduces the number of molds. In addition to making it possible to reduce costs through commonality, the housing lower has a 180-degree rotationally symmetrical structure by integrally forming the lamp housing part and the closing cover part 1, which greatly simplifies assembly work and process control. The effect is that the reliability of the assembly work can also be improved. This simplification of work and management also makes it possible to achieve more effective cost reductions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a control position display device for an automatic transmission for automobiles according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device in the orthogonal direction, FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the control position display device for an automatic transmission for an automobile according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the control position display device. 1...Housing top, 2...Housing lower, 4...Shift lever, 6...Indicator plate, 7, 8...Window, 9...Slide cover,
10... Indicator needle, 11... Lamphavn section, 1
2...Lamp mounting part, 13, 15...Closing lid part,
14...Lamp.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A control position display device for an automatic transmission for an automobile, in which the housing includes a housing upper that constitutes an outer surface and a housing lower that constitutes an inner side of the housing, The upper part is formed into a left-right symmetrical structure having a window for mounting an indicator plate for displaying each drive position at a symmetrical position on the left and right sides of the shift lever, and the housing lower part corresponds to one of the windows of the housing upper part. A lamp mounting part and a lamp housing part are formed at the position corresponding to the other window, and a closing cover for the window is formed at a position corresponding to the other window, and when the housing lower is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the shift lever position, it rotates. A control position display device for an automatic transmission for an automobile, characterized in that it is formed into a 180-degree rotationally symmetrical structure that is symmetrical to the previous structure. (2) The control for an automatic transmission for an automobile according to claim 1, wherein the closing lid portion of the housing lower is formed into a flat plate-like structure that extends along the opening of the window of the housing upper. Position display device. (3) The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the closing lid of the housing lower is formed in a concave shape relative to the window opening of the housing upper, and the closing lid has a storage structure. Control position display device for automatic transmissions.