JPS6336863Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a side defroster device for a door, in which a duct is formed between the inner panel of the door and the door trim, and an air outlet is opened from the duct toward the door glass.

As a conventional door side defroster device,
For example, Figures 1 and 2 (Utility Model Application No. 55-34939,
(Refer to Utility Model Publication No. 53-9054).

That is, the duct 3 is formed between the upper part of the inner panel 1 of the door A and the upper part of the door trim 2,
The duct 3 has an air outlet 31 opened in the direction of the door glass B, and an inlet 32 connected to a conditioned air outlet (not shown) opened on the side of the instrument panel.

The inner panel 1 has a duct outer wall 11 formed at the upper part, a flange 12 facing the door glass B at the upper end, and a flange 12 facing the door glass B on the surface on the duct 3 side. ,and,
An inner wall member 4 for preventing dew condensation is fixed with a clip 41.

The door trim 2 has a pad 22 on the base member 21.
A duct forming part 23 is formed on the upper part, and a flat plate part 25, which is similarly made by covering the base plate 24 with the pad 22, is connected to the lower end of the duct forming part 23. 31
A weather strip 28 is attached to the end 27 adjacent to the door glass B.
is supported.

When assembling the door trim 2, as shown in FIG. 3, insert the end 27 of the door trim 2 between the flange 12 of the inner panel 1 and the door glass B, knock it in from above, and then attach it to the door trim 2. When the clip 29 is fitted into the fitting hole 13 of the inner panel 1, the end portion 27 and the flange 12 are bonded via the adhesive 20, and the duct forming portion 2
The inner surface of the lower end of the duct 3 is in contact with a seal member 42 attached to the lower end of the inner wall member 4, thereby forming the duct 3 with a closed cross section.

However, since the door trim 2 has relatively low rigidity and is easily deformed, as shown in FIG. 4, there are large variations in the mounting position of the door trim 2. The air outlet 31 faces too far toward the door glass B, and the one shown by the two-dot chain line is too far away.With the conventional side defroster device, this adjustment can only be done by changing the attitude of the door trim 2.
There were problems in that it took time to adjust, and even then, the variation in wind direction tended to be large.

The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and aims to solve the above problems by making it possible to easily adjust the blowing direction of the defroster air.

In order to achieve this purpose, in the present invention, a wind direction adjustment plate that can be adjusted and swung is provided in the duct, and by swinging the wind direction adjustment plate to an appropriate position and stopping it, the defroster air can be directed in an appropriate direction. It was made so that it could be obtained.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Note that the same parts as in the conventional example are given the same reference numerals and redundant explanations will be omitted.

5 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which the lower end of a wind direction adjustment plate 5 is swingably supported at the lower end of an inner wall member 4 forming a duct 3 via a thin hinge 51. The free end 52 faces the air outlet 31, and the air direction adjustment plate 5 stands at approximately the center of the cross section of the duct 3. A mounting seat 53 is formed in a part of the free end 52, and An engagement handle 55 having an elastic engagement piece 54 is provided on the top thereof in a protruding manner.

A grille 6 is attached to a locking claw 6 at an upper opening 30 of the duct 2, which is opened on the upper surface of the door trim 2.
1 and 61, most of the grille 6 forms the air outlet 31, and an adjustment operation part 62 is provided on one side.

As shown in FIG. 9, the adjustment operation part 62 has a parallel long hole 6 that fits into the engagement handle 55 of the wind direction adjustment plate 5.
3 is bored, and a wavy engagement portion 64 that elastically engages with the elastic engagement piece 54 of the engagement handle 55 is formed on one side of the inner end surface extending in the longitudinal direction.
An elastic engagement piece 54 selectively engages with the recessed portion of the wind direction adjustment plate 5 to enable adjustment and rocking of the wind direction adjustment plate 5.

In the door side defroster device having the above configuration, the defroster air flowing through the duct 3 and blown out from the air outlet 31 advances along the wind direction adjustment plate 5 and is blown out. In the above embodiment, the engagement handle 55 is set small, so the adjustment operation is performed by hooking the tip of a screwdriver C onto the engagement handle 55, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, when the wind direction adjusting plate 5 is tilted from the neutral position shown by the solid line to the position shown by the dashed-dotted line, the defroster air is blown out in the direction of the door glass B, and when it is raised to the position shown by the dashed-double line, the defroster air is blown out from the door. Glass B
It blows out in the direction away from.

The adjustment by moving the engagement handle 55 is as follows.
In addition to being carried out during adjustment work during factory production,
The engaging handle 55 is enlarged so that the passenger can easily operate it, and it can be used not only as a side defroster, but also to blow out conditioned air toward the passenger's face during rain, etc. to make the passenger comfortable.

According to the door side defroster device of the present invention, since the direction of the defroster air can be easily adjusted, it is possible to easily deal with assembly errors when assembling the door trim and obtain an appropriate defroster air. Alternatively, the air can be blown out in an appropriate direction according to the passenger's preference, and the workability of product assembly can be improved and the applications of the side defroster device can be expanded.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 show a conventional example, Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of the door, Figure 2 is a sectional view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is an exploded sectional view, and Figure 4 is a partial perspective view of the door. 5 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the door, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the door, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the door. Figure 5 - sectional view, Figure 8 is a partially broken perspective view,
FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the main parts, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of the adjustment operation. A...Door, B...Door glass, 1...Inner panel, 2...Door trim, 3...Duct, 31
... Air outlet, 4... Inner wall member, 5... Wind direction adjustment plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a side defroster device for a door, a duct is formed between the inner panel of the door and the door trim, and an air outlet is opened from the duct toward the door glass. A door side defroster device characterized by being provided with a door side defroster device.