JPH0593958U - Indicator device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention is capable of responding to the shift lever indicator device of an automatic transmission for a vehicle by halving the adjustment time of the brightness of the dial and the like. It is possible to prevent peeling of layers. According to the present invention, in an indicator device for a shift lever of an automatic transmission for a vehicle, a dial structure of the indicator device is formed in a two-layer structure of a dial and a control plate. The control plates are the ones whose coated surfaces are superposed on each other.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an indicator device that indicates a position of a shift lever of an automatic transmission for a vehicle.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Generally, in a vehicle with an automatic transmission, when the shift lever is moved back and forth to operate to a desired position, the position is clearly indicated. 9 and 10 show an indicator device of a shift lever of a conventional floor shift automatic transmission, FIG. 9 is a perspective view, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. In these figures, when the shift lever 6 is moved in the direction of the arrow, the indicator (slide plate having a colored portion) on the back side of the window 3 of the dial 1 fixed to the case 7 slides together to the window 3. The position is displayed as a colored part, and at the same time, by the adjacent character 2, P (parking), R (reverse), N (neutral), D (drive), 2 (fixed at 2nd speed) or 1 (fixed at 1st speed) ) It is designed to indicate which one is being shifted.

At night, the character 2 can be confirmed by turning on the bulb (bulb as a light source) 8. Here, in the conventional case, in order to control the brightness or chromaticity constant or appropriately according to the distance from the bulb 8 to the letter 2, the letter 2 is formed on the back surface of the dial 1 which is a transparent resin plate. Except for the window 3, the black coating layer 4 is applied to the full length by printing, and several gray coating layers 5 are provided on the layer in a gradually shorter manner. There is something.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, such a conventional dial structure has a problem that the cost is increased. In other words, the printing of this dial requires multicolor printing accompanied by printing 4 to 5 times, which requires a great deal of printing time and is also effective in the management of maintaining the quality surface without misalignment or unevenness. It requires considerable management man-hours.

Further, in the development stage for changing the vehicle type, due to the peculiarity of multicolor printing, it is easy to lose the overall balance by changing one color when controlling the brightness and chromaticity, and the desired lighting feeling is obtained. Or, it is very difficult to obtain an illumination area, which eventually leads to an increase in product cost.

Another problem is that since the indicator moves under the dial, the coating film layer may be scratched or peeled off due to the inclination of the indicator, which impairs the indicator function. There was a problem.

Therefore, the present invention has an object to solve the above problems by providing a dial structure of an indicator which does not cause cost increase and which does not cause scratches or peeling of a coating layer. ..

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the shift lever indicator device of an automatic transmission for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the dial structure of the indicator device is a two-layer structure of a character plate and a control plate. In the second aspect of the present invention, the dial plate and the control plate have their coated surfaces overlapped with each other.

[0009]

[Action]

 In claim 1, the black-painted dial except for characters can be used as it is without being touched. In order to make adjustments when changing the vehicle type, etc., it suffices that only the control plate be coated with the desired brightness and chromaticity adjustments, which makes it easier to deal with the cost and lowers the cost accordingly. Further, according to the second aspect, even if the indicator tilts and comes into contact with the bottom of the dial, since no coating is applied to this surface, the coating surface is not scratched or peeled.

[0010]

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the configuration will be described. In FIG. 1, the shift lever 16 has a lock knob (position knob) 19 which swings around the rotary shaft 14 in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing and releases a lock pin (position pin) 15 in a grip portion. The case 17 is fixed to a structure (base) 21 that supports the rotating shaft 14 by four legs 22 (see FIGS. 2 and 4), and the dial structure 11 is fixed to an outer case 26 on the surface thereof. Has been installed. The case 17 holds an indicator 20 slidably (in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) in an inner case 27 on the back surface side. Further, a valve 23 is provided on the bottom of the case 17.

As shown in FIG. 2, characters 12 of PRND 21 are displayed on the dial mechanism 11, and six windows 13 are provided on the left side corresponding thereto. The shift lever 16 is not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

The dial structure 11 is configured as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. That is, on the dial plate 24 made of a transparent resin panel material, a simple black print (printing or painting) is applied to the entire printing surface (painting surface) 29 on the back side, except for the characters 12 and the window 13. Apply 28. In addition, the control plate 25, which is made of the same material and has the same shape, has a printing surface 30 on the front surface thereof, which corresponds to the side of the dial plate 24 on which the character 12 is located and is shorter than the total length between the characters on that side. A first printing screen (gray) 31 having a paddle length is printed, on which a second printing screen (gray) 32 having a shorter length is printed. Then, the dial plate 24 and the control plate 25 are overlapped with each other, printing surfaces thereof are overlapped with each other, and 29 and 30 are overlapped with each other, and are joined and bonded by heating or the like. Alternatively, it may be only temporarily aligned without being adhered. The dial structure 11 thus formed is mounted by fitting it into the frame-shaped opening 33 of the outer case 26, and the temporary fixing is by caulking the frame so as to be integrated.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. When the shift lever 16 shown in FIG. 1 is operated, for example, in a neutral manner, and the indicator 20 is displayed on the window 13 as shown in FIG. 2A, for example, as a red indicator, the position is indicated by the character 12 on the right. It is easy to see that it is in the N position. Then, at night, as shown in FIG. 4, the bulb 23 directly under the N character emits a strong light because the linear distance is small and strongly illuminates the N character to make it shine. As shown in FIG. 3, both the first printing screen 31 and the second printing screen 32 are printed on the control plate 25 of the dial structure 11, so that the light intensity is weakened and the brightness is appropriately controlled. Will illuminate N letters.

In addition, when the indicator 20 slides with the operation of the shift lever 16, even if the indicator 20 is inclined due to the fitting relationship with the shift lever 16 and comes into contact with the back surface of the dial structure 11, Since the printed surfaces of the plate structure 11 are overlapped with each other and there is no printing of the coating layer or the like on the back surface thereof, the printing screen or the coating layer may cause scratches or peeling to make it impossible to indicate. There is no.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the position of the valve 23 with respect to the case 17 and the structure 21 is located a distance a behind the rotary shaft 14 of the shift lever 16 of FIG. In the case of a modification such as changing the position of the bulb 23 to the opposite front b distance from the rotary shaft 14 of FIG. 8, only the control plate 25 of the dial structure 11 is adjusted to the brightness suitable for this new position. It is only necessary to tune and control the chromaticity, and the dial plate 24 does not need to be touched. As a result, printing time, misalignment, and unevenness quality control man-hours are reduced to about half, and it is possible to achieve an illumination feeling or illumination area that meets development specifications without increasing costs.

[0017]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the indicator lever device of the automatic transmission for a vehicle can be adjusted in half the time required to adjust the brightness and chromaticity of its dial, thereby significantly reducing its cost. There is an effect that a reliable indicator function can be exhibited without causing peeling of the coating layer such as a dial.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted view of the enlarged plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

5 is an exploded perspective view of a dial structure which is a main part of FIG. 2 and a perspective view of a mounting portion thereof.

6 is an explanatory perspective view of a dial structure portion of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1 showing a state before a valve position is changed.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1 showing a state after a change in valve position.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a conventional device.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 dial plate structure 12 character 13 window 14 rotary shaft 15 lock pin 16 shift lever 17 case 18 valve 19 lock knob 20 indicator 21 structure 22 leg 23 valve 24 dial plate 25 control plate 26 outer case 27 inner case 28 black print 29 Printing surface 30 Printing surface 31 First printing screen 32 Second printing screen 33 Opening

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An indicator device for a shift lever of an automatic transmission for a vehicle, wherein the dial structure of the indicator device is formed as a two-layer structure of a dial and a control plate. 2. The indicator device according to claim 1, wherein the dial plate and the control plate are coated on each other.