JPH0542575Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a push button structure for a vehicle device, particularly a push button structure for a vehicle device that allows various mounted devices to be easily operated with a single touch operation. .

[Prior Art] A vehicle is equipped with various devices such as an air conditioner or an audio device, and the various devices are operated by operating various push buttons arranged on an operation panel installed on the front panel near the driver's seat of the vehicle. The operation is controlled.

4 and 5 show the operation section of a conventional general air conditioning control device, and the operation surface 10A on the front side of the housing 10 has air outlet switching push buttons 12-1 and 12-2. , 12-3, anti-fog push button 12-4, air conditioner input push button 1
2-5, Economy mode switching push button 12
-6 and a push button 12-7 for switching between inside and outside air are arranged, and a design panel showing the type of each push button is provided below the various push buttons. This design panel is provided with an indicator lens 14, which is attached to the housing 10 of the operating section when a switch is input using various push buttons.
The LED or lamp lights up to indicate to the operator via the indicator lens 14 that a switch has been input.

Such push-button switches are particularly preferred because they allow various devices to be easily operated with a single touch.

[Problems that the invention attempts to solve] Problems of the conventional technology However, the operating status of various switches
When displaying an indicator using an electric component such as an LED or a lamp, there is a problem in that various components for displaying the indicator are required, and the manufacturing cost of the operation control unit is high.

In addition, in the case of such an indicator display, when driving at night, the operation can be displayed very clearly using an LED or lamp light source, but during the daytime, the indicator display becomes difficult to see due to external light. This method has the disadvantage that it is not always possible to sufficiently check the operation of the switch. Therefore, in such a case, it is normal to check the operating state of the switch by checking the protrusion of the push button from the operation surface 10A, that is, the unevenness.

On the other hand, in recent years, push buttons with short strokes, that is, lengths of movement into and out of the housing 10, are preferred, and with push button switches with such short strokes, it is difficult to visually check the status of the switch from its appearance alone. It was hot.

Purpose of the invention The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to provide a push button structure for a vehicle device that has an extremely simple structure and allows easy visual confirmation of the operating status of the switch. be.

[Means and operations for solving the problem] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle in which a push button advances and retreats into the housing of the device to turn on and off various devices mounted on the vehicle. In the push button structure of the device, the push button body is provided with a groove in the circumferential direction, and a ring-shaped colored elastic body is fitted in the groove, and the push button is positioned at a position where the push button advances toward the housing. The colored elastic body is hidden in the housing when the push button is in the position where the push button is in the retracted position from the housing, and the colored elastic body is exposed from the housing when the push button is in a position retracted from the housing.

According to the above configuration, when the operator presses the push button to operate the switch, the colored elastic body is hidden within the housing and becomes invisible.

Furthermore, when the switch is released and the push button is returned to its original position, a hidden colored elastic body appears from inside the housing, and by visually checking this colored elastic body, the operating status of the switch can be easily determined. can.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

FIG. 1 shows the operating section of the air conditioning control device, and the push buttons 12 for various switches provided on the housing 10 and the operating surface 10A are arranged in the same manner as in the conventional device.

A characteristic feature of the present invention is that a mark portion is provided that appears and disappears during a switching operation using a push button.

Figure 2 shows the push button 12-3 for switching the air outlet.
and a top view of a portion 100 of the anti-fog pushbutton 12-4, and as shown, when the pushbutton 12 is in the retracted position from the housing 10 (off state), the housing A mark portion 16 consisting of an acm color band extends from the boundary line on the push button 12 separated by 10 to the front side.
is provided. The width of this mark portion 16 is the length that the push button 12 advances and retreats into the housing 10.
The width is set to be approximately a', which is somewhat smaller than this length (a<a').

Therefore, when the push button 12 is in the position advanced into the housing (on state) due to the pressing operation, the mark portion 16 is hidden, and when the switch is released, that is, when the push button 12 is pressed again, the push button 12 is moved back from the housing 10. At certain times, the mark portion 16 appears, and by visually recognizing the movement of the mark portion 16, the switching state can be determined.

The mark portion 16 is formed by fitting a colored elastic body made of a material such as silicon.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a groove 18 is provided at the mark portion of the push button 12, and a ring-shaped colored elastic body 20 is fitted into the groove 18. In this way, the mark portion can be finished neatly, and the good-looking colored elastic body 20 can be visually recognized as a mark.

According to such an embodiment, the colored elastic body 20
All you have to do is fit the button into the groove 18, and push button 1
This has the advantage that the production of the second embodiment is simplified, the workability is improved, and the production cost is also reduced.

As described above, according to such a configuration, the push button can be constructed simply by fitting the colored elastic body 20 into the groove zone 18, so the push button 12 can be manufactured extremely easily. In other words, manufacturing can be performed more easily than, for example, when the groove strip 18 is colored, and as a result, a push button with excellent versatility can be provided. Further, by preparing colored elastic bodies 20 having various colors, it is possible to easily configure push buttons 12 having a common body shape and having color discrimination according to the function of the push button. be. Furthermore, since the colored elastic body 20 is fitted into the groove 18, there is also the effect that dirt, dust, etc. can be prevented from entering the housing 10 through the space of the groove 18.

Furthermore, a fluorescent paint or the like may be applied to the colored elastic body 20, thereby increasing visibility when driving at night.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, according to the invention, the ring-shaped colored elastic body 20 is fitted into the band groove provided in the push button body, so visibility of the push button operation state can be extremely improved. can be taken as a thing. In other words, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily determine the operating state of the push button based on the presence or absence of the colored elastic body on the surface of the housing.

Further, according to the present invention, the push button can be easily manufactured by simply fitting the colored elastic body into the band groove, so that the workability during manufacturing can be improved.

Furthermore, by preparing colored elastic bodies in various colors, the shape of the push button body can be unified and a variety of push buttons with color discrimination can be configured, which can reduce costs and make it more versatile. It becomes possible to improve sexual performance. Such an effect is particularly beneficial in pushbuttons used in vehicles.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the operating section of the air conditioning control device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view of the outlet switching push button and the anti-fog push button part 100 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the manufacturing state of the mark portion formed on the push button, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the operating portion of a conventional air conditioning control device.
FIG. 5 is a view of the operation surface of FIG. 4 viewed from the front. 10...Housing, 12...Push button, 1
6...Mark portion, 18...Groove band, 20...Colored elastic body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a push button structure for a vehicle device in which a push button advances and retreats within a housing of the device in order to turn on and off various devices mounted on the vehicle, the push button body has a body circumference. A groove is provided in the direction, and a ring-shaped colored elastic body is fitted into the groove, and when the push button is in a position advanced toward the housing, the colored elastic body is hidden in the housing and the push button is not pressed. A push button structure for a vehicle device, wherein the colored elastic body emerges from the housing when the button is in a position retracted from the housing.