JPH10166879A - Shift lever device for automobile - Google Patents

Shift lever device for automobile

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Publication number
JPH10166879A
JPH10166879A JP33697096A JP33697096A JPH10166879A JP H10166879 A JPH10166879 A JP H10166879A JP 33697096 A JP33697096 A JP 33697096A JP 33697096 A JP33697096 A JP 33697096A JP H10166879 A JPH10166879 A JP H10166879A
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Prior art keywords
shift lever
spring
shift
retainer
neutral position
Prior art date
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Pending
Application number
JP33697096A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Yasuo Kito
康夫 紀藤
Kenji Nishikawa
健次 西川
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Mannoh Industrial Co Ltd
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Mannoh Industrial Co Ltd
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Priority to JP33697096A priority Critical patent/JPH10166879A/en
Publication of JPH10166879A publication Critical patent/JPH10166879A/en
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Classifications

    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H59/00Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/02Selector apparatus
    • F16H2059/026Details or special features of the selector casing or lever support
    • F16H2059/0269Ball joints or spherical bearings for supporting the lever

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  • Control Of Transmission Device (AREA)
  • Arrangement Or Mounting Of Control Devices For Change-Speed Gearing (AREA)

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a shift operation light by causing a shift lever to be freely swung by a large ball part supported in a retainer and providing a spring for maintaining the neutral position of shift lever and energizing the same in a shifting direction. SOLUTION: A shift lever 4 is swung in a shifting direction and a selecting direction by a large ball part 5 supported in a retainer 2. An arm 6 is protruded from a intersection between a line for dividing, in the center, the large ball part 5 into the upper and lower parts of the selecting direction side and a line for dividing, in the center, the same into left and right sides, and this arm is connected by ball-joining to a crank 3 in the side direction of the shaft 2b of the crank 3. The play end part 7 of the shift lever 4 bulged to the lower side of the retainer 2 is connected by ball-joining to a rod connected to the inner cable of a shifting control cable. A spring 8 is locked between the large ball part 5 and the retainer 2 and, by this spring 8, the shift lever 4 is maintained at a neutral position and energized in a shifting direction.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【0001】[0001]

【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は主にリモートコント
ロール方式により変速操作を行う自動車用シフトレバー
装置に関するものである。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift lever device for an automobile, which mainly performs a shift operation by a remote control method.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】従来、自動車用シフトレバー装置はシフ
ト操作時の節度感を与えるために、シフトレバーのシフ
ト位置と中立位置の3ヵ所において、スプリングで付勢
したボールと係合する係合溝を形成し、中立位置やシフ
ト操作によってボールと係合溝が係合することにより、
ニュートラルからのシフト操作に節度感を与えるもの
(実開平3−76721号公報)や、シフトレバーのシ
フト位置と中立位置で節度感をもつよう凹凸を表面に形
成した板ばねをシフトレバーの大球部に形成された突起
に係合させることにより、シフトポジションが節度感で
感じ取れるようにしたものが提案されている(特開平7
−305758号公報)。ところが、前述のような構造
のものでは、スプリングや板ばねを用いて節度感を与え
ているため、節度感を得られる代わりにスプリングや板
ばねのばね圧によりシフト操作が重くなるという問題が
あった。
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a shift lever device for a vehicle has an engagement groove for engaging a ball biased by a spring at three positions of a shift position and a neutral position of a shift lever in order to give a sense of moderation during a shift operation. Is formed, and the ball and the engagement groove are engaged by the neutral position and the shift operation,
The one that gives a sense of moderation to the shift operation from neutral (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-76721), the leaf spring having unevenness formed on the surface so as to have the moderation at the shift position and the neutral position of the shift lever, There has been proposed a device in which a shift position can be felt with a sense of moderation by engaging with a projection formed on a portion (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7 (1999)).
-305758). However, in the above-mentioned structure, a moderation is given by using a spring or a leaf spring, so that there is a problem that the shift operation becomes heavy due to the spring pressure of the spring or the plate spring instead of obtaining the moderation. Was.

【0003】[0003]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】本発明は節度感がある
うえに、シフト操作も軽い自動車用シフトレバー装置を
提供することを目的とするものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a shift lever device for an automobile which has a moderation feeling and a light shift operation.

【0004】[0004]

【課題を解決するための手段】前述の目的を達成するた
め本発明は、リテーナに支持される大球部をもってシフ
トレバーをシフト方向とセレクト方向に揺動自在とする
とともに、該シフトレバーの中立位置の維持とシフト方
向への付勢を行うばねを設けた自動車シフトレバー装置
を請求項1の発明とし、請求項1の発明において、リテ
ーナに一端が係止されるとともに、大球部に他端が係止
されるばねの係止間隔がシフトレバーの中立位置におい
て最小となるように配置させたばねよりなる自動車用シ
フトレバー装置を請求項2の発明とするものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a large ball portion supported by a retainer to allow a shift lever to swing freely in a shift direction and a select direction, and to neutralize the shift lever. An automobile shift lever device provided with a spring for maintaining a position and biasing in a shift direction is defined as the invention of claim 1. In the invention of claim 1, one end of the shift lever device is locked to the retainer and the other is attached to the large ball portion. A second aspect of the present invention is a vehicle shift lever device comprising a spring arranged such that a locking interval of a spring whose end is locked is minimized at a neutral position of the shift lever.

【0005】[0005]

【発明の実施の形態】次に、本発明の好ましい実施の形
態を図に基づいて詳細に説明する。1はポリアミド樹脂
等の強靱なプラスチック成形体よりなるベースであり、
該ベース1には下方を空間部とするリテーナ2が立設さ
れている。3はセレクト操作用のクランクであり、該ク
ランク3はリテーナ2に設けられた軸受2aに軸2bを
もって上端を軸支するとともに、後記するシフトレバー
4のアーム6とボールジョイント接続されるものであ
る。また、クランク3は下端に設けられたピン3aには
図示しない変速機のコントロールケーブルのロッドがボ
ールジョイント接続され、シフトレバー4のアーム6に
よるセレクト操作によりクランク3は揺動して変速機の
セレクト操作を行うものである。4はリテーナ2に大球
部5が支持されてシフト方向とセレクト方向に揺動でき
るシフトレバーであり、大球部5のセレクト方向側の上
下を中央で分割する線と左右を中央で分割する線との交
点からアーム6が突出され、前記したクランク3の軸2
bの側方においてクランク3とボールジョイント接続さ
れている。
Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a base made of a tough plastic molded body such as a polyamide resin,
A retainer 2 having a lower space portion is provided upright on the base 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a select operation crank. The crank 3 has a shaft 2b supported at its upper end by a bearing 2a provided on the retainer 2, and is connected to an arm 6 of a shift lever 4 to be described later by a ball joint. . A rod of a control cable (not shown) of a transmission (not shown) is ball-joined to a pin 3a provided at the lower end of the crank 3. The crank 3 swings by a select operation of an arm 6 of a shift lever 4 to select the transmission. Perform the operation. Reference numeral 4 denotes a shift lever which can swing in the shift direction and the select direction while the large ball portion 5 is supported by the retainer 2. The arm 6 protrudes from the intersection with the line, and the shaft 2
The ball joint is connected to the crank 3 on the side of b.

【0006】また、7はリテーナ2の下方に張出される
シフトレバー4の遊動端部であり、該遊動端部7は図示
しないシフト用のコントロールケーブルのインナーケー
ブルに連結されるロッドとボールジョイント接続され
る。8は大球部5とリテーナ2間に係止されるコイルば
ね等のばねであり、該ばね8はシフトレバー4を中立位
置に維持するとともに、前後のシフト方向に付勢するも
のである。さらに前記ばね8を詳しく説明すれば、大球
部5の上下を中央で分割する線と左右を中央で分割する
線との交点(シフト方向側)より突設されたばね係止片
9にばね8の一端を係止させるとともに、他端をリテー
ナ2のシフト側側面に形成された切欠10を通じてリテ
ーナ2の外方に形成された係止ピン11に係止させたも
のである。そして、シフトレバー4の中立位置におい
て、係止ピン11とばね係止片9及び大球部5の中心は
一直線上に位置し、ばね8はシフトレバー4に対して最
も付勢力が小さい状態となり、シフトレバー4を前後の
シフト位置に枢動させたとき、ばね8の付勢力は最大と
なるようになっている。12はシフトレバー4のセレク
ト方向の移動に対してシフトレバー4を中立位置に復帰
させるばねであり、該ばね12はクランク3の軸2bの
スリーブ3bに巻装されてその一方の遊端部をクランク
3の突子3cに係止させ、他方の遊端部をリテーナ2の
突子2cに係止させてクランク3を旧状すなわちシフト
レバー4を中立位置に復帰させるものである。13はリ
テーナ2に形成されるボルト取付孔、14はベース1に
形成されるコントロールケーブル係止用の切欠孔であ
る。
Reference numeral 7 denotes a floating end of the shift lever 4 which extends below the retainer 2, and the floating end 7 is connected to a rod connected to an inner cable of a shift control cable (not shown) by a ball joint. Is done. Reference numeral 8 denotes a spring such as a coil spring locked between the large ball portion 5 and the retainer 2. The spring 8 keeps the shift lever 4 at the neutral position and urges the shift lever 4 in the forward and backward shift directions. The spring 8 will be described in more detail. The spring 8 is attached to a spring locking piece 9 projecting from an intersection (shift direction side) of a line dividing the upper and lower portions of the large ball portion 5 at the center and a line dividing the left and right at the center. Is locked, and the other end is locked to a locking pin 11 formed outside the retainer 2 through a notch 10 formed on the shift side surface of the retainer 2. In the neutral position of the shift lever 4, the center of the locking pin 11, the spring locking piece 9, and the center of the large ball portion 5 are located on a straight line, and the spring 8 has a state in which the biasing force against the shift lever 4 is the smallest. When the shift lever 4 is pivoted to the front and rear shift positions, the urging force of the spring 8 is maximized. Reference numeral 12 denotes a spring for returning the shift lever 4 to the neutral position in response to movement of the shift lever 4 in the select direction. The spring 12 is wound around the sleeve 3b of the shaft 2b of the crank 3 and has one free end thereof. The crank 3 is locked to the protrusion 3c and the other free end is locked to the protrusion 2c of the retainer 2 to return the crank 3 to the old state, that is, to return the shift lever 4 to the neutral position. 13 is a bolt mounting hole formed in the retainer 2, and 14 is a cutout hole formed in the base 1 for locking the control cable.

【0007】このように構成されたものは、リテーナ2
をボルト取付孔13に挿通される取付ボルトをもって車
体に取り付けたうえ、シフト用及びセレクト用のコント
ロールケーブルを切欠孔14に取り付ける。そして、イ
ンナーケーブルに連結されるシフト用及びセレクト用の
コントロールケーブルのロッドをクランク3のピン3a
とシフトレバー4の遊動端部7にボールジョイント接続
させる。このようにして変速機と連繋させ、シフトレバ
ー4を操作して変速操作を行うことは従来と同じである
が、シフトレバー4の大球部5のばね係止片9とリテー
ナ2の係止ピン11間にばね8の遊端部が係止され、シ
フトレバー4の中立位置と前後のシフト方向への付勢を
行っているので、シフトレバー4をばね12の付勢力に
抗して左右いずれかに傾動させたセレクト操作後、ある
いは、3、4速に中立位置からシフト操作を行うとシフ
トレバー4はばね8の付勢力によりシフト方向に枢動を
補助されることとなるので、シフトレバー4は極めて軽
く1、2速あるいは3、4速に吸い込まれるようにシフ
トされることとなる。また、1、3速にシフトされた状
態から、2、4速にシフトする際、シフトレバー4の中
立位置の節度感とドライバーに感じとらせたうえ、ばね
8はシフトレバー4をシフト方向に付勢することとなる
ので、ドライバーは節度感を感じつつシフト操作を極め
て軽く行うことができることとなる。
[0007] The thus constituted one is a retainer 2.
Is mounted on the vehicle body with mounting bolts inserted through the bolt mounting holes 13, and shift and select control cables are mounted in the cutout holes 14. Then, the rod of the shift and select control cables connected to the inner cable is
And the ball joint to the floating end 7 of the shift lever 4. The operation of shifting the gear by operating the shift lever 4 by linking it with the transmission in this manner is the same as in the prior art, but the spring engagement piece 9 of the large ball portion 5 of the shift lever 4 engages with the retainer 2. Since the free end of the spring 8 is locked between the pins 11 and urges the shift lever 4 in the neutral position and in the forward and backward shift directions, the shift lever 4 is moved right and left against the urging force of the spring 12. If the shift operation is performed from the neutral position in the third or fourth speed after the select operation in which the shift lever 4 is tilted to any one, the shift lever 4 is assisted in pivoting in the shift direction by the biasing force of the spring 8, so that the shift is performed. The lever 4 is shifted very lightly so as to be sucked into the first, second or third and fourth speeds. Further, when shifting to the second and fourth speeds from the state shifted to the first and third speeds, the driver is made to feel the moderation of the neutral position of the shift lever 4 and the spring 8 moves the shift lever 4 in the shift direction. As a result, the driver can perform the shift operation extremely lightly while feeling the moderation.

【0008】[0008]

【発明の効果】本発明は前記説明によって明らかなよう
に、シフトレバーをシフト方向に付勢するばねを大球部
とリテーナ間に係止させることにより、シフト操作時に
節度感があるにもかかわらず、シフト操作を軽く吸い込
まれるように行うことができる。また、リテーナに一端
が係止されて大球部に他端が係止されるばねの係止間隔
をシフトレバーの中立位置において最小となるようにば
ねを配置させることにより、安価なコイルばねを用いて
シフトレバーの中立位置と前後のシフト方向の3態様を
簡単な構造で設定できることとなる等種々の利点を有す
るものである。従って、本発明は従来の問題点を解決し
た自動車用シフトレバー装置として業界の発展に寄与す
るところ大なものである。
As is apparent from the above description, the present invention locks the spring for biasing the shift lever in the shift direction between the large ball portion and the retainer, thereby providing a sense of moderation during the shift operation. Instead, the shift operation can be performed lightly. In addition, by arranging the spring so that the locking interval of the spring whose one end is locked to the retainer and the other end is locked to the large ball portion is minimized at the neutral position of the shift lever, an inexpensive coil spring can be provided. The present invention has various advantages such that the neutral position of the shift lever and the three directions of the front and rear shift directions can be set with a simple structure. Accordingly, the present invention greatly contributes to the development of the industry as a shift lever device for an automobile which solves the conventional problems.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図1】本発明の好ましい実施の形態を示す一部切欠正
面図である。
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

【図2】本発明の好ましい実施の形態を示す側面図であ
る。
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

【図3】本発明の好ましい実施の形態を示す平面図であ
る。
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

【図4】本発明の好ましい実施の形態の要部を示す断面
図である。
FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a main part of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

2 リテーナ 4 シフトレバー 5 大球部 8 ばね 2 Retainer 4 Shift lever 5 Large ball section 8 Spring

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 リテーナ(2) に支持される大球部(5) を
もってシフトレバー(4) をシフト方向とセレクト方向に
揺動自在とするとともに、該シフトレバー(4) の中立位
置の維持とシフト方向への付勢を行うばね(8) を設けた
ことを特徴とする自動車シフトレバー装置。
A large ball portion (5) supported by a retainer (2) makes a shift lever (4) swingable in a shift direction and a select direction, and maintains the shift lever (4) in a neutral position. And a spring (8) for biasing the vehicle in the shift direction.
【請求項2】 リテーナ(2) に一端が係止されるととも
に、大球部(5) に他端が係止されるばね(8) の係止間隔
がシフトレバー(4) の中立位置において最小となるよう
に配置させたばね(8) よりなる請求項1に記載の自動車
用シフトレバー装置。
The spring (8), one end of which is locked to the retainer (2) and the other end of which is locked to the large ball portion (5), is locked at a neutral position of the shift lever (4). 2. The shift lever device for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a spring (8) arranged to be minimized.
JP33697096A 1996-12-17 1996-12-17 Shift lever device for automobile Pending JPH10166879A (en)

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