Armrest for vehicle door

Abstract

To provide an arm rest including a pull handle part having improved operability of opening and closing a vehicle door.SOLUTION: In an arm rest 20 of a vehicle door 1 including a rest part 21 and a pull handle part 22 extending from the rest part 21 to the front of a vehicle, a bar member 60 that an occupant can grip with fingers extends in a vehicle width direction and is provided across and between a tip end of the pull handle part 22 and a door trim 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an armrest for a vehicle door. [Background technology]

[0002] In general, an armrest having a rest portion is attached to the door of a vehicle such as an automobile, on which an occupant can rest his / her arm. Some armrests have a pull handle portion extending from the rest portion toward the front of the vehicle, and the pull handle portion can be grasped by the occupant's fingers from the passenger compartment side to open or close the door.

[0003] The armrest of a vehicle door in the following Patent Document 1 has a rest portion and a pull handle portion extending from the rest portion toward the front of the vehicle. A door switch unit is disposed in front of the pull handle portion. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2009-214702 A (Fig. 1) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In the armrest of Patent Document 1, the only part that an occupant can grasp with their fingers is the pull handle portion extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Therefore, when opening or closing the door, the angle at which the occupant's fingers approach the pull handle portion to grasp it and the direction of the occupant's fingers grasping the pull handle portion are limited, making it difficult to open or close the door. In addition, when a passenger in the car places their arm on the rest portion, the occupant places their fingers on the door switch unit or points them toward the passenger compartment from the door switch unit, making it difficult to determine where to place their fingers and resulting in insufficient comfort. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve at least one of the above problems, and an armrest for a vehicle door according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: An armrest for a vehicle door having a rest portion and a pull handle portion extending from the rest portion toward the front of the vehicle, A grippable member that can be grasped by the fingers of an occupant extends in the vehicle width direction and spans between the tip of the pull handle portion and the door trim.

[0007] According to the above configuration, the passenger can grasp not only the pull handle portion but also the gripped member. This makes it easier to push and pull the door to open and close, and improves the operability of opening and closing the door when the passenger gets in and out of the car. In addition, when the passenger rests his or her arm on the rest portion, the passenger can grasp the gripped member with his or her fingers, so that the passenger can place his or her fingers thereon, improving the comfort of the passenger while riding.

[0008] Preferably, the rest portion and the gripped member are fixed to the door trim. According to the above configuration, the gripped member serves to fix and stabilize the pull handle portion to the door trim. Because the armrest is fixed to the door trim, when the armrest is pushed or pulled, the door trim also moves together, suppressing distortion of the door trim. The rigidity of the door trim is increased, and the armrest and the gripped member can also serve as reinforcing members for the door trim. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an armrest having a pull handle portion that improves the operability when opening and closing a vehicle door. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a door trim of a vehicle door to which an armrest according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached, as viewed from the front of the vehicle compartment side. [Diagram 2] 1A is an enlarged perspective view of a main portion of the armrest as viewed from the front of the vehicle compartment, and FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the door trim and the armrest. [Figure 4] 1A and 1B are perspective views of a gripping member that is bridged between the pull handle portion of the armrest and the door trim, where (A) is a view from the front of the passenger compartment, and (B) is a view from the rear outside the passenger compartment. [Diagram 5] 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the mounting structure of the armrest to the door trim, taken along line VV in FIG. 2(B). [Figure 6] 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the mounting structure of the armrest to the door trim, taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 2(B). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. For ease of understanding, Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show the front-rear direction of the vehicle, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2(B) to Fig. 5 show the cabin side and the cabin outside in the vehicle width direction, and Fig. 5 etc. show the up-down direction.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 1, a door trim 10, which is an interior material of an automobile (vehicle) door 1, has an armrest 20 attached to the passenger compartment side near the middle in the vertical direction, and a bottle holder 2 is provided in front of the armrest 20.

[0013] The door trim 10 is formed in a plate shape by assembling together an upper trim 11, a mid-front trim 12, a mid-rear trim 13, and a lower trim 14. A part or the entire area of ​​the surface of the door trim 10 facing the passenger compartment may be covered with a skin 15 (FIG. 5).

[0014] A mid-front trim 12 and a mid-rear trim 13 are disposed below the upper trim 11, with the mid-front trim 12 protruding forward of the upper trim 11. The lower trim 14 is formed in a C-shape and occupies the area below the mid-front trim 12 and mid-rear trim 13 and the area in front of and above the protruding portion of the mid-front trim 12.

[0015] 1 and 2, the lower piece 14a of the lower trim 14 protrudes toward the vehicle cabin relative to the mid-front trim 12 and the mid-rear trim 13, and the bottle holder 2 is disposed between the lower piece 14a and the mid-front trim 12. As shown in Fig. 5, the lower piece 14a is provided with a cylindrical mating protrusion 14b that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle cabin. A screw hole 14c is formed in the mating protrusion 14b.

[0016] As shown in Fig. 1, the rear upper edge of the lower piece 14a of the lower trim 14 serves as an armrest support portion 14d that supports the armrest 20 from below. As shown in Fig. 3, the armrest support portion 14d has two locking holes 14e on the front side and two locking claws 14f on the rear side, spaced apart from each other.

[0017] 1, the armrest 20 extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and has a wide rear rest portion 21 and a narrow front pull handle portion 22. An occupant can rest their arms on the rest portion 21 and can grasp the pull handle portion 22 with their fingers when opening or closing the door 1.

[0018] As shown in Fig. 3, the armrest 20 includes an armrest core material 30, a grip core material 40, and a pull handle core material 50. As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a bar member 60 (a member to be gripped) is provided so as to span between the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20 and the mid-front trim 12.

[0019] The armrest core material 30 is made of a resin injection molded product, and has a wide portion 31 that corresponds to the rest portion 21, and a narrow portion 32 that corresponds to the pull handle portion 22. A cushioning material (not shown) is placed on the wide portion 31, and this cushioning material and the upper surface and peripheral surface of the armrest core material 30 are entirely covered with a skin 23 (Figs. 5 and 6).

[0020] 6, a plurality of cylindrical mating protrusions 33 protruding downward are provided on the lower surface of the narrow portion 32. In this embodiment, three mating protrusions 33 are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction, the front two have screw-engagement holes 33a provided as tapping holes, and the rear one is provided as a welding boss.

[0021] The grip core material 40 constitutes part of the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20, and is disposed below the narrow portion 32 of the armrest core material 30, on the outside of the vehicle compartment, as shown in Fig. 3. The grip core material 40 has an upright wall portion 41 that faces the mid-front trim 12 and the mid-rear trim 13 of the door trim 2. The surface of the upright wall portion 41 facing the outside of the vehicle compartment is designed to be grasped by the fingers of an occupant gripping the pull handle portion 22.

[0022] A flange 42 protruding toward the vehicle interior is provided at the upper end of the vertical wall 41. A plurality of hook projections 43 protruding toward the vehicle interior are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction at the lower end of the vertical wall 41; in this embodiment, three hook projections 43 are provided. These hook projections 43 are used for assembling the grip core material 40 and the pull handle core material 50.

[0023] The pull handle core material 50 also constitutes part of the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20, and is disposed on the vehicle cabin side below the narrow width portion 32 of the armrest core material 30. The pull handle core material 50 has a standing wall portion 51 that faces the standing wall portion 41 of the grip core material 40, and a flange portion 52 that protrudes toward the vehicle cabin side from the upper end of the standing wall portion 51. Three fitting holes 53 are formed in the flange portion 52 to correspond to the fitting protrusions 33 (FIG. 6) of the armrest core material 30.

[0024] As shown in Figures 3 and 6, a concave rib 54 is formed between the passenger compartment side surface of the upright wall portion 51 of the pull handle core material 50 and the underside of the flange portion 52. In this embodiment, two concave ribs 54 are formed at a distance in the front-rear direction. A locking claw 55 is provided on the underside of the bottom of each concave rib 54, as shown in Figure 3. The locking claw 55 is used to attach the pull handle core material 50 to the lower trim 14.

[0025] Three hook pieces 56 are provided at the lower end of the vertical wall portion 51 of the pull handle core material 50 in correspondence with the hook projections 43 of the grip core material 40. The tip of each hook piece 56 projects to the outside of the vehicle cabin. When the grip core material 40 is assembled to the pull handle core material 50, the flange portion 42 of the grip core material 40 is positioned above the flange portion 52 of the pull handle core material 50 as shown in Fig. 6, and each hook projection 43 of the grip core material 40 shown in Fig. 3 is hooked onto each hook piece 56 of the pull handle core material 50.

[0026] The bar member 60 (grasped member) has a bridging portion 61, a shielding portion 62, and a connecting portion 63, as shown in FIG. The bridge portion 61 is a bottomed tubular member that opens toward the passenger compartment. As shown in FIG. 4B, a cylindrical fitting protrusion 61b is provided on the outer surface of the bottom 61a of the bridge portion 61 facing the passenger compartment. In this embodiment, two fitting protrusions 61b are provided. Each fitting protrusion 61b has a screw hole 61c and is provided as a tapping hole. The bottom 61a and the fitting protrusion 61b are provided corresponding to the fitting recess 12a and the fitting hole 12b formed in the lower part of the mid-front trim 12 shown in FIG. 3, respectively.

[0027] As shown in FIGS. 2(A) and 4(A), in the cylindrical portion of the bridge portion 61, a lower surface portion 61d thereof protrudes toward the vehicle interior side and forms the lower surface of the tip portion of the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20.

[0028] As shown in Fig. 4(B), the shielding portion 62 is in the shape of a curved plate that is convex upward in the front-rear direction. As shown in Fig. 2(B), the shielding portion 62 closes the gap between the mid-front trim 12 and the mid-rear trim 13 and the lower trim 14 that protrudes toward the passenger compartment. The front side of the shielding portion 62 forms a part of the peripheral wall of the bottle holder 2.

[0029] As shown in Fig. 4(A), a fixing piece 62b having a fitting hole 62a formed therein is provided on the front side of the shielding part 62 facing the passenger compartment. The fixing piece 62b and the fitting hole 62a are used to attach the bar member 60 to the lower trim 14. As shown in Fig. 4(B), a support piece 62c is provided on the front side of the shielding part 62 facing the passenger compartment outside, and is used to support the rear edge of the mid-front trim 12.

[0030] 4, the connecting portion 63 has a vertical wall portion 63a that connects the outer peripheral surface of the opening side (vehicle compartment side) of the bridging portion 61 to the end portion of the shielding portion 62 on the vehicle compartment side. A fixing flange portion 63b that protrudes toward the vehicle compartment side is provided at the upper end of the vertical wall portion 63a, and a fitting hole 63c is formed in the fixing flange portion 63b. The fixing flange portion 63b and the fitting hole 63c are used to attach the bar member 60 to the armrest core material 30 and the pull handle core material 50.

[0031] Next, the mounting structure between the bar member 60 and the armrest core material 30 and the pull handle core material 50, and the mounting structure between the bar member 60 and the door trim 10 will be described in order. 6, the three fitting protrusions 33 provided on the narrow width portion 32 of the armrest core material 30 are fitted into the corresponding fitting holes 53 in the pull handle core material 50. At this time, the fixed flange portion 63b of the bar member 60 is disposed below the flange portion 52 of the pull handle core material 50, and the front two fitting protrusions 33 are further fitted into the fitting holes 63c of the fixed flange portion 63b. The pull handle core material 50 is also assembled to the grip core material 40.

[0032] A tapping screw 3A is attached to the screw-threaded holes 33a of the two front fitting protrusions 33, and is screwed in while forming a female thread. In this way, the fixed flange 63b of the bar member 60 is fixed to the flange 52 of the pull handle core material 50 and the narrow width portion 32 of the armrest core material 30. The fitting protrusion 33 on the rear side, which serves as a welding boss, has its tip portion 33b expanded in diameter by melting and welded to the flange 52 on the periphery of the fitting hole 53, and the narrow width portion 32 of the armrest core material 30 and the flange 52 of the pull handle portion 50 are fixed together.

[0033] 3 is engaged with a locking hole 14e in the armrest support portion 14d of the lower trim 14. The locking claw 14f of the armrest support portion 14d is engaged with a locking hole (not shown) formed in the wide portion 31 of the armrest core material 30. The wide portion 31 of the armrest core material 30 is fixed to the mid-rear trim 13.

[0034] Next, the mounting structure between the bar member 60 and the door trim 10 will be described. 5, the fitting protrusion 14b provided on the lower piece 14a of the lower trim 14 is fitted into the fitting hole 62a of the fixed piece 62b of the bar member 60, and a tapping screw 3B is screwed into the screw hole 14c of the fitting protrusion 14b. In this way, the fixed piece 62b of the bar member 60 is fixed to the lower piece 14a of the lower trim 14.

[0035] 5, the bottom 61a and the fitting protrusion 61b of the bridging portion 61 of the bar member 60 are fitted into the fitting recess 12a and the fitting hole 12b of the mid-front trim 12, respectively. In this state, a tapping screw 3C is screwed into the screw-fitting hole 61c of the fitting protrusion 61b from the outside of the vehicle compartment. As a result, the bridging portion 61 of the bar member 60 is fixed to the mid-front trim 12. At this time, the support piece 62C of the shielding portion 62 supports the rear edge of the mid-front trim 12.

[0036] According to this embodiment, when opening or closing the door 1, the passenger can grasp not only the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20 but also the bar member 60. This facilitates the pushing and pulling of the door 1, improving the operability of opening and closing the door when the passenger gets in and out of the vehicle. In addition, when a passenger rests his / her arm on the rest portion 21 while riding, the passenger can grasp the bar member 60 with his / her fingers, so that the position of the fingers is fixed, thereby improving the passenger's comfort while riding.

[0037] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, the bar member 60 is fixed to the narrow portion 32 of the armrest core material 30 and the pull handle core material 50 which constitute the pull handle portion 22 of the armrest 20, and is also fixed to the mid-front trim 12 and the lower trim 14. In other words, the bar member 60 fixes the pull handle portion 22 to the door trim 10, and stabilizes the pull handle portion 22. Furthermore, since the wide portion 31 of the armrest core material 30 is fixed to the mid-rear trim 13 and the lower trim 14, the armrest 20 is fixed to the door trim 10. This allows the door trim 10 to move together when the armrest 20 is pushed or pulled, thereby suppressing distortion of the door trim 10. In other words, the rigidity of the door trim 10 is increased, and the armrest 20 and the bar member 60 can also function as reinforcing members for the door trim 10.

[0038] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the door trim 10 is illustrated as being divided into four trim members: an upper trim 11, a mid-front trim 12, a mid-rear trim 13, and a lower trim 14. However, the door trim 10 may be composed of a single trim member or multiple trim members other than four. [Industrial Applicability]

[0039] The present invention can be applied to an arm rest of a vehicle door. [Explanation of symbols]

[0040] 1 Door 2 Bottle Holder 3A, 3B, 3C Tapping screws 10 Door Trim 11 Upper Trim 12 Mid-front trim 12a Fitting recess 12b Fitting hole 13 Mid rear trim 14 Lower Trim 14a Lower trim part 14b Fitting protrusion 14c Screw hole 14d Armrest support 14e Locking hole 14f Locking claw 15 Epidermis 20 Armrest 21 Rest section 22 Pull handle part 23 Epidermis 30 Armrest core material 31 Wide section 32 Narrow part 33 Fitting protrusion 33a Screw hole 33b Tip 40 Grip core material 41 Vertical wall 42 Flange 43 Latching protrusion 50 Pull handle core material 51 Vertical wall 52 Flange 53 Fitting hole 54 Concave rib 55 Locking claw 56 Latch piece 60 Bar member (grasped member) 61 Crosslinked part 61a bottom 61b Fitting protrusion 61c Screw hole 61d Bottom part 62 Shielding part 62a Fitting hole 62b Fixed piece 62c Support sheet 63 Contact Department 63a Vertical wall 63b Fixed flange 63c chimera hole

Claims

1. An armrest for a vehicle door, which is attached to a door trim having a plurality of trim members, A rest portion; A pull handle portion extending from the rest portion toward the front of the vehicle; a gripping member that is separate from the pull handle portion, has one end fixed to a tip end of the pull handle portion, extends in the vehicle width direction, spans the door trim, and can be grasped by the fingers of an occupant; Equipped with The armrest of a vehicle door, wherein the other end of the grippable member is fixed to one of the plurality of trim members, and the rest portion is fixed to another trim member.

2. An armrest for a vehicle door as described in claim 1, An armrest for a vehicle door, characterized in that the grippable member has a portion that forms the underside of the tip of the pull handle portion and a portion that is positioned on the back side of the surface of the tip facing toward the outside of the vehicle compartment.

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