JPH0534426Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a device for displaying each operating position of a shift lever of an automobile equipped with an automatic transmission, and particularly to a device that improves visibility.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional display devices of this type include, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-21780, which is a transparent display device equipped with characters for displaying each shift position and a lens-shaped see-through window corresponding to each character. Some devices have a light guide member (sign board) installed in the space inside the outer case of the device, and a light-shielding paint is applied to the area other than the transparent window so that the light from the light source illuminates only the transparent window. .

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

In the above-described conventional display device, the light guide member needs to undergo a masking process or a painting process, which increases the number of manufacturing steps and increases costs.

Furthermore, since the characters indicating each shift position are integrally formed on the transparent light guide member, visibility is poor.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a shift lever operation position display device that can improve productivity by reducing man-hours and has excellent visibility.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the device of the present invention:
A plurality of display parts each having translucent character members molded in the shape of characters, symbols, etc. that indicate each shift position of the shift lever are integrally molded on the surface, and a display part that corresponds to the display parts and is opaque. A light guiding member is provided with a plurality of translucent windows on its surface through which the pointer moving together with the shift lever can be seen in the outer case of the vehicle, and a light receiving portion is provided at an appropriate position.
exposing only the display section and window section to the outside;
Further, the light receiving section is exposed inside so as to face a light source disposed within the outer case, and is integrally molded within the outer case.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, parts of the light guide member other than the light receiving part, the display part, and the window part are shielded from light by the outer case, so the light from the light source does not leak midway and is effective for the display part and the window part. In addition, since translucent character members shaped like characters, symbols, etc. are integrally molded on the surface of the display section, daytime and nighttime visibility is improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

The drawings show an example in which the present invention is applied to a display device equipped with an indicator of a type in which the movement locus of the shift lever meanders along the way.

In the figure, 1 is an outer case made of non-transparent resin, and a shift lever 2 passes through the center of the outer case.
And this is applied to each shift position S-P, S-R, S-
N, SD, S-3, S-2, and S-1, and is formed with a long groove 1a that meanders laterally and faces generally in the front-rear direction (see FIG. 2).

3 is fixed to the shift lever 2 in the outer case 1, so that the outer case 1
It is a slide plate that can move integrally with the shift lever 2 while slidingly contacting the upper surface of an inner panel 5 provided therein, and a pointer 4 bent in an upward step shape is integrally connected to the left end of the slide plate. There is. The upper surface of the pointer 4 is coated with red paint.

A light source, i.e., a lamp 6, is attached to a downward stepped bent portion 5a connected to the left end of the inner panel 5, to illuminate the space formed between the outer case 1 and the inner panel 5, thereby illuminating the pointer 4.

7, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of window portions 7a are embossed in the shape of convex lenses at required intervals on the surface so as to correspond to each shift position S-P of the shift lever 2; A translucent light guide member having a substantially L-shaped cross section and having a spherically bulged display portion 7b on the side corresponding to each window portion 7a,
Each display section 7b has P for displaying the shift position,
Translucent character members 8 in the shapes of R, N, D, 3, 2, 1, etc. are integrally molded. The lower left end surface of the light guide member 7 serves as a light receiving portion 7c for introducing light.

The light guide member 7 has only the window portion 7a and the display portion 7b exposed to the outside, and the light receiving portion 7c facing the lamp 6 and exposed inside.
The pointer 4 is integrally molded within the outer case 1 with the see-through window 9 of the pointer 4 on the back surface of the pointer a exposed to the inside, and the rest of the pointer 4 being completely closed.

Therefore, all parts except the above-mentioned parts are shielded from light by the non-light-transmitting outer case 1, so that the light from the lamp 6 does not leak halfway through.

If the back surface of each display section 7b in the light guide member 7 is roughened by carving minute irregularities 10, etc., the entire character member 8 is uniformly illuminated by diffused reflection of light, so that a clear luminescent display can be performed. become.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

At night, when the lamp 6 is turned on and the shift lever 2 is operated to a desired shift position, for example, the D range, the pointer 4 of the slide plate 3 fixed to the shift lever 2 moves to the letter member on the light guide member 7. 8
It is located directly below the window 7a corresponding to the letter D in . At this time, the character member 8 emits light from the lamp 6 transmitted from the light receiving portion 7c at the lower edge of the light guide member 7, and since the pointer 4 is also illuminated by the lamp 6, the pointer 4 is clearly and easily visible through the see-through window 9 and the window portion 7a, and there is no possibility of misunderstanding the shift position.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to meandering type display devices.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, the light-shielding treatment of the light guide member can be performed simultaneously with the molding of the outer case, eliminating the need for conventional masking and painting processes, improving productivity and reducing costs by reducing man-hours. It becomes possible.

Furthermore, since translucent character members shaped like characters, symbols, etc. are integrally molded on the surface of the display section, daytime and nighttime visibility is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a main part of an apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a light guiding member. 1... Outer case, 2... Shift lever,
4... Pointer, 6... Lamp (light source), 7... Light guiding member, 7a... Window section, 7b... Display section, 7c...
Light receiving part, 8... Character member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A device for displaying the operating position of a shift lever in an automobile equipped with an automatic transmission, in which a translucent character member molded in the shape of characters, symbols, etc., indicating each shift position of the shift lever is integrally molded on the surface. a plurality of display sections corresponding to the display sections, and a plurality of translucent windows that correspond to the display sections and allow a pointer that moves together with the shift lever to be seen inside the non-light-transparent outer case, and , a light guiding member having a light receiving section at a proper location, with only the display section and window section exposed to the outside, and the light receiving section being exposed inside so as to face a light source disposed within the outer case; A shift lever operation position display device for an automatic transmission characterized by being integrally molded inside an outer case.