JPH10329603A - Operation switch structure and wiring structure between operation switch and wire bundle - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: The present invention provides a method for connecting a retrofitting operation switch to a retrofitted electrical component easily and in a short time. The purpose is to improve workability. SOLUTION: Operation switches 22, 23 which are attached to switch attachment portions 25, 26 and a retrofit switch attachment portion 27 and are electrically connected to a branch harness 30a serving as a medium for lighting an illumination lamp branched from a wire harness 30. Bus bars 28 and 29 for common circuits connected to
Branch from the wire harness 30 and the switch mounting part
Branch harnesses 30b and 30c serving as a medium for ON / OFF of the operation switches 22 and 23 electrically connected to the operation switches 22 and 23 attached to the operation switches 25 and 26, respectively. When operation switch 24 is retrofitted,
The operation switch 24 is connected to a later-attached electrical component by a wire harness 33.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation switch structure and a wiring structure between an operation switch and a wire bundle, and more particularly, to an operation panel provided in an instrument panel or the like in a vehicle compartment.
The present invention relates to an operation switch structure for operating an electric circuit and accompanied by illumination, and a wiring structure between the operation switch and a wire bundle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, various operation switches for driving electrical components such as audio equipment, fog lamps, hazard lamps, rear defoggers and the like are provided in the interior of an automobile. And near the transmission.

[0003] These operation switches are provided with lamps for illumination so that they can be easily visually recognized during night driving, and are usually connected to a power supply and electric components (electric circuits and relays for driving electric circuits, etc.) by a wire harness. Have been. As a conventional connection structure of this kind, for example, FIG.
5 is known. 4 and 5, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel.
Are provided with operation switches 2, 3 which are provided as standard. A mounting portion (shown by oblique lines) 4 to which a retrofitting operation switch for an option is mounted is provided near the operation switch 3, and the mounting portion 4 is closed by a lid when not used.

The operation switches 2 and 3 are connected to a main harness of a wire harness 5 by a branch harness. This branch harness is a signal for directly turning on / off a power supply wiring 6 for lighting an illumination lamp provided on the operation switches 2 and 3, a ground wire 7, and an electrical component as an auxiliary device, or an electrical component. A wiring 8 for transmitting a signal to a relay for turning on / off the component is provided. The wiring 6, the ground wire 7 and the wiring 8 are integrated by a connector 9.

[0005] In addition, the main wiring harness of the wire harness 5 is provided with a wiring 5 to which the wiring 6 and the ground wire 7 are attached.
a, 5b are provided. That is, the wiring 5a is connected to the fuse box 10 provided on the instrument panel 1 as shown in FIG. 6, the wiring 5b is grounded to the vehicle body via the LA terminal, and the wiring 8 is directly connected to the auxiliary machine or Connected to auxiliary equipment via relay.

The illumination lamps of the operation switches 2 and 3 are turned on when power is supplied from the fuse box 10 via the wires 5a and 6 when the illumination lamp lighting switch is operated. . In FIG. 5, reference numeral 11 denotes a retrofitting operation switch. When attaching the operation switch 11 to the mounting portion 4, the cover is removed from the mounting portion 4, and then the retrofitting switch 11 is mounted to the mounting portion 4. At the same time, the wiring 6 and the ground wire 7 are connected to the wirings 5a and 5b of the wire harness 5, and are connected to the wiring 8 electrical components.

[0007]

However, in such a conventional wiring structure between the retrofitting switch 11 and the wire harness 5, when the retrofitting switch 11 is mounted on the mounting portion 4, the wiring 6 and the ground wire are required. 7 is connected to each of the wires 5a and 5b of the wire harness 5 as shown by A in FIG. 5, so that the mounting work is very troublesome.

[0008] Specifically, the wire harness 5 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), a protective member 12 such as a tube is covered, and a wire harness 5 is attached to the protective member 12.
A binding band 13 and the like for attaching the to the vehicle body are attached. Therefore, in order to attach the wiring 6 and the ground wire 7 to each of the wirings 5a and 5b of the wire harness 5, after removing the binding band 13 from the wire harness 5, open the tube 12 as shown in FIG. However, the wires 5a and 5b corresponding to the wires 6 and the ground wire 7 must be selected and connected from a large number of wires of the wire harness 5, and the work is very troublesome and takes a long time. is there.

Accordingly, the present invention makes it possible to easily and quickly connect the retrofitting operation switch to the retrofitted electrical component, thereby improving the workability of the retrofitting operation switch connection work. It is an object to provide an operation switch structure that can be improved and a wiring structure between the operation switch and the wire bundle.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an operation switch structure provided in a vehicle interior and accompanied by illumination is provided in the vehicle interior, and at least one or more switch mounting portions to which an operation switch is mounted; At least one or more post-installation switch mounting portions provided in close proximity to which the operation switch can be retrofitted; a common circuit busbar mounted to the switch mounting portion and the post-installation switch mounting portion and connected to the operation switch; With
The common circuit bus bar is connected to a wire bundle serving as a medium for lighting and lighting.

In this case, a bus bar for a common circuit, in which a wire bundle serving as a medium for lighting is electrically connected, is provided in the switch attaching portion and the retrofitting switch attaching portion, and the medium for lighting is secured. Therefore, when the retrofitting switch is attached to the retrofitting switch mounting portion, it is only necessary to connect the retrofitted electrical components and the retrofitting operation switch with an independent wire bundle, and the connection is made to the wire bundle. Work can be eliminated.

As a result, the operation of connecting the retrofitting operation switch to the retrofitted electrical component can be performed easily and in a short time. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wiring structure of an operation switch provided with illumination and a wire bundle connected to the operation switch, the wiring structure being provided in the vehicle interior. And at least one or more switch mounting portions to which the operation switches are mounted, at least one or more retrofit switch mounting portions provided near the switch mounting portions and to which the operation switches can be retrofitted, and mounted on a vehicle body. A wire bundle capable of connecting an operation switch and an electric component, and a first branch wire bundle attached to the switch mounting portion and the retrofitting switch mounting portion and branched from the wire bundle and serving as a medium for lighting and lighting are electrically connected to the wire bundle. And a common circuit bus bar connected to the operation switch, and branched from the wire bundle, and connected to the switch mounting portion. An operating switch attached thereto and a second branch wire bundle electrically connected to an electrical component to be operated and serving as a medium for ON / OFF of the operating switch. When the operation switch is retrofitted, the operation switch and the retrofitted electrical component are directly connected by an independent wire bundle.

In this case, the switch mounting portion and the post-installed switch mounting portion are provided with a common circuit bus bar to which a branch wire bundle, which is a medium for lighting and is branched from the wire bundle in advance, is electrically connected. When the retrofit switch is mounted on the retrofit switch mounting part, only the work of connecting the retrofitted electrical components and the retrofit operation switch with independent bundles of wires is required. The operation for connecting to the wire bundle can be eliminated.

As a result, the work of connecting the retrofitting operation switch to the retrofitted electrical component can be performed easily and in a short time.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are diagrams showing an embodiment of an operation switch structure and a wiring structure of an operation switch and a wire bundle according to the present invention. First, the configuration will be described. Figures 1-3
, 21 is an instrument panel provided in the cabin of the car, this panel 21 has a switch mounting portion 25 in which operation switches 22, 23 equipped as standard are mounted,
26 are provided. Further, a retrofit switch mounting portion 27 is provided near the switch mounting portion 26 to which a retrofitting operation switch 24 for an option can be mounted. The mounting portion 27 is closed by a hatched hatch when not in use. ing. It is sufficient that at least one of the switch mounting portions 25 and 26 and the post-installed switch mounting portion 27 are provided.

Each of the operation switches 22 to 24 is provided with two lighting lamps. One of the lighting lamps constitutes an illumination lamp, and the other of the lighting lamps constitutes an operation lamp which is turned on when the switch is operated. ing. The switch mounting portions 25, 26 and the retrofit switch mounting portion 27 are provided with a pair of common circuit bus bars 28, 29, and these bus bars 28, 29 are used for lighting the lighting provided on each of the operation switches 22 to 24. Contacts 22a, 22b, 23a, 23b,
It comes in contact with 25a, 25b.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a wire harness (a bundle of wires) mounted on the vehicle body. The wire harness 30 is covered with a protection member such as a tube, and a binding band or the like attached to the protection member. Is attached to the vehicle body. A branch harness (first branch wire bundle) 30a is branched from the wire harness 30, and a connector 31 of the branch harness 30a includes a common circuit bus bar 28,
Mounted on 29. The branch harness 30a is branched from a wire constituting a power supply for lighting an illumination lamp provided on a main harness of the wire harness 30, and a wire constituting a ground wire of an illumination lamp and an operation lamp. Is operated, the illumination lamp is turned on, and the illumination lamps of the operation switches 22 and 23 are turned on. When the operation switches 22 and 23 are turned ON, the operation lamp is turned on.

Further, two branch harnesses (second branch wire bundles) 30b and 30c are branched from the wire harness 30, and connectors 32 and 33 of the branch harnesses 30b and 30c are attached to operation switches 22 and 23, respectively. It is supposed to be. The branch harnesses 30b and 30c transmit a signal for directly turning on / off an electrical component, which is an auxiliary device, provided on the main harness of the wire harness 30, or a signal for relaying the electrical component on / off. When the operation switches 22 and 23 are turned on, the electronic components are driven by using the wiring as a medium.

In this embodiment having such a configuration,
The operation switch 24 for retrofitting
After attaching the switch to the mounting part 27, remove the cover from the mounting part 27 and attach the switch 34 and 35 of the independent wire harness (wire bundle) 33 to the electrical parts attached to the operation switch 24. By attaching to
The operation switch 24 is connected to an electrical component attached later via a wire harness 33.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the wiring harness 30a is attached to the switch mounting portions 25 and 26 and the retrofitting switch mounting portion 27, and is electrically connected to the branch harness 30a which is branched from the wire harness 30 and serves as a medium for lighting an illumination lamp. Bus bars 28 and 29 for the common circuit connected to the operation switches 22 and 23, and operations branched from the wire harness 30 and electrically connected to the operation switches 22 and 23 mounted on the switch mounting portions 25 and 26. Branch harnesses 30b, 30c serving as media for ON / OFF of switches 22, 23
When the retrofitting operation switch 24 is retrofitted to the retrofitting switch mounting portion 27,
Independent wiring harness 33 with electrical components attached after 24
The following effects can be obtained because the connection is made directly.

That is, the switch harnesses 30a and 26b, which are mediums for lighting and lighting which have been branched from the wire harness 30 in advance, are provided in the switch mounting portions 25 and 26 and the retrofit switch mounting portion 27.
Since the medium for lighting and lighting can be secured by the common circuit busbars 28 and 29 electrically connected, when the retrofit switch 24 is mounted on the retrofit switch mounting portion 27, the retrofitted electrical components And operation switches for retrofitting
It is only necessary to perform the work of connecting the 24 with the independent wire harness 33, and the work of connecting to the wire harness 30 can be omitted.

As a result, the work of connecting the retrofitting operation switch 24 to the retrofitted electrical component can be performed easily and in a short time.

[0023]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention,
The switch mounting portion and the retrofit switch mounting portion are provided with a common circuit bus bar to which a branch wire bundle that is branched from the wire bundle in advance and is a lighting lighting medium is electrically connected, so that the lighting lighting medium is secured. Therefore, when the retrofitted switch is installed in the retrofitted switch mounting part, it is only necessary to connect the retrofitted electrical components and the retrofitting operation switch with an independent wire bundle, and connect to the wire bundle. Work to perform the above can be eliminated.

As a result, the work of connecting the retrofitting operation switch to the retrofitted electrical component can be performed easily and in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of an operation switch structure and a wiring structure of an operation switch and a wire bundle according to the present invention;
It is a block diagram of the instrument panel.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an operation switch, a switch mounting portion, and a wire harness according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a connection state of an operation switch, a switch mounting portion, and a wire harness according to an embodiment;
(B) is a figure which shows the wire harness independent of the operation switch for retrofitting.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an instrument panel.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a connection state of a conventional operation switch and a wire harness.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a fuse box and a branch harness provided on an instrument panel.

FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating a wire harness to which a tube is attached, and FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a state in which the wire harness is selectively removed from the tube.

[Explanation of symbols]

 22, 23 Operation switch 24 Retrofit operation switch 25, 26 Switch mounting part 27 Retrofit switch mounting part 28, 29 Bus bar for common circuit 30 Wire harness (wire bundle) 30a Branch harness (first branch wire bundle) 30b, 30c Branch Harness (second branch wire bundle) 33 Wire harness (wire bundle)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An operation switch structure provided in a vehicle interior and provided with illumination, comprising: at least one or more switch mounting portions provided in the vehicle interior and to which an operation switch is mounted; At least one or more retrofit switch mounting portions provided with the operation switch, and a common circuit bus bar mounted on the switch mounting portion and the retrofit switch mounting portion and connected to the operation switch, The operation switch structure, wherein the common circuit bus bar is connected to a wire bundle serving as a medium for lighting and lighting. 2. A wiring structure for an operation switch provided with illumination and provided in a vehicle interior, and a wire bundle connected to the operation switch, wherein at least one of the wiring structures is provided in the vehicle interior and to which the operation switch is attached. The above-mentioned switch mounting portion, at least one or more post-installation switch mounting portions provided near the switch mounting portion and to which the operation switch can be retrofitted, mounted on the vehicle body, and capable of connecting the operation switch and the electrical components. A wire bundle, and electrically connected to a first branch wire bundle attached to the switch mounting portion and the retrofitting switch mounting portion and serving as a medium for lighting and branched from the wire bundle;
A bus bar for a common circuit connected to the operation switch; an operation switch branched from the wire bundle and electrically connected to an operation switch mounted on the switch mounting portion and an electrical component to be operated; ON / O
A second branch wire bundle serving as an FF medium, and when the operation switch is retrofitted to the retrofit switch mounting portion, the operation switch and the retrofitted electrical component are directly connected by an independent wire bundle. A wiring structure between an operation switch and a bundle of wire rods.