Shade device for vehicle

Abstract

To prevent an operation part attached to one end of a curtain member for drawing the curtain member from a storage part from falling into the storage part when the curtain member is stored in the storage part.SOLUTION: There is provided a shade apparatus for vehicle which comprises: a screen part in which a shade lever 10 is attached to one end of a screen 20; and a storage part 30 which has an opening 33 and stores the screen 20, and in which the screen 20 is dawn from the storage part 30 via the opening 33 by pulling up the shade lever 10. The shade lever 10 is configured to be rotatable in the first direction in which the screen 20 is drawn and in the second direction in which the screen 20 is stored from the first attitude when the screen 20 is stored in the storage part 30, and has a protrusion 12a and a rib 12b which contact the end of the opening 33 when the screen 20 is rotated in the second direction on the upper surface and the lower surface in the first attitude.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a shade device for a vehicle that covers a vehicle window by pulling out a curtain member stored in a storage section. [Background technology]

[0002] Vehicles have traditionally been fitted with rotatable sun visors mounted on the roof of the vehicle to block sunlight from the windshield. In addition, optional shade devices using curtain members are available to block sunlight from the side windows and rear windows, as well as the windshield.

[0003] Shade devices for blocking sunlight from side windows and rear windows are usually stored in a storage compartment provided in the door, and the curtain member is pulled out of the storage compartment by pulling up an operating unit attached to one end of the curtain member (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5955573 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In the shade device described above, the storage section in which the curtain member is stored has an opening, and the curtain member is pulled out of the storage section through this opening. Therefore, if the operating unit is configured to be rotatable, for example, in the direction in which the curtain member is pulled out and the direction in which the curtain member is stored, there is a risk that the operating unit will rotate when the curtain member is stored in the storage section, and will fall into the storage section through the opening, making it impossible to remove the curtain member.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the problems associated with the conventional technology described above, and aims to provide a shade device for a vehicle that can prevent an operating unit attached to one end of a curtain member for pulling the curtain member out of the storage section from falling into the storage section when the curtain member is stored in the storage section. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides: A shade device for a vehicle includes a screen portion having an operating unit attached to one end of a screen member, and a storage portion having an opening and storing the screen member, and the screen member is pulled out of the storage portion through the opening by pulling up the operating unit, The operation unit is configured to change from a first position when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit to The end of the curtain member facing the interior of the vehicle faces upward. First direction and The end facing the interior of the vehicle faces downwards Can be rotated in a second direction Installed The operation unit has a first protrusion on each of its upper and lower surfaces in the first position, the first protrusion abutting against an edge of the opening when the operation unit is rotated in the second direction.

[0008] In the present invention configured as described above, the operating unit attached to one end of the curtain member is configured to be rotatable from a first position when the curtain member is stored in the storage section to a first direction in which the curtain member is pulled out and a second direction in which the curtain member is stored.Therefore, when the curtain member is stored in the storage section through the opening, there is a risk that the operating unit will rotate and fall into the storage section through the opening.However, since the operating unit has first protrusions on both the top and bottom surfaces in the first position that abut against the edge of the opening when the operating unit rotates in the second direction, even if the operating unit is forcibly rotated in the second direction and pushed into the storage section when the curtain member is stored in the storage section, the first protrusions will abut against the edge of the opening, preventing the operating unit from falling into the storage section.

[0009] Furthermore, if the storage section is composed of the interior material of the vehicle and a case section positioned facing the interior material on the outside of the vehicle compartment, the entire device becomes lightweight and inexpensive, and the screen section with the operating section attached to one end of the curtain member can be easily assembled to the vehicle.

[0010] Furthermore, if the operating unit has an interference portion that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle cabin in the first position, when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, the interference portion will abut and catch on the outside of the vehicle cabin of the opening, and when the operating unit gets caught on the opening of the storage unit by the first protrusion, the interference portion can be grasped and the operating unit can be pulled up.

[0011] Furthermore, if the operating unit has an abutment portion on its underside in the first position that abuts against the end of the opening on the interior side of the vehicle cabin when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, preventing the operating unit from rotating in the second direction from the first position, it is possible to prevent parts of the operating unit other than the abutment portion from abutting against the vicinity of the opening of the storage unit when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, which would cause dents or scratches in those parts. In particular, in a storage unit that is composed of a vehicle interior material and a case portion that is positioned facing the interior material and on the exterior side of the interior material, it is possible to prevent dents or scratches in the vehicle interior material.

[0012] Furthermore, if the first protrusions provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the operating unit in the first position are aligned in approximately a straight line with the rotation axis of the operating unit when viewed in cross section in the rotation direction of the operating unit, when the operating unit is forcibly rotated in the second direction and pushed into the storage unit when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, the first protrusions will efficiently abut and catch on the edge of the opening.

[0013] Furthermore, if the first protrusion provided on the top surface of the operating unit in the first position is mountain range-shaped extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of the operating unit, and the operating unit has a mountain range-shaped second protrusion on its top surface in the first position extending parallel to the mountain range-shaped first protrusion, the parallel shape of the first protrusion and second protrusion improves the design, and when the operating unit is grasped with fingers and pulled up, the second protrusion makes it easier to grasp as it is less likely to slip. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] According to the present invention, the operating unit attached to one end of the curtain member has a first protrusion on each of its upper and lower surfaces in the first position when the curtain member is stored in the storage section, which abuts against the edge of the opening when the operating unit rotates in the second direction in which the curtain member is stored.Therefore, even if the operating unit is forcibly rotated in the second direction and pushed into the storage section when the curtain member is stored in the storage section, the first protrusion will abut against the edge of the opening, preventing the operating unit from falling into the storage section.

[0015] Furthermore, when the storage section is composed of the interior material of the vehicle and a case section positioned facing the interior material on the outside of the vehicle compartment, the entire device is lightweight and inexpensive, and the screen section with the operating section attached to one end of the curtain member can be easily assembled to the vehicle.

[0016] In addition, when the operating unit has an interference portion that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle cabin in the first position, when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, the interference portion abuts and catches on the outside of the vehicle cabin of the opening, and when the operating unit gets caught on the opening of the storage unit by the first protrusion, the interference portion can be grasped and the operating unit can be pulled up.

[0017] Furthermore, in a case where the operating unit has, on its underside in the first position, a contact portion that contacts the end of the opening on the interior side of the vehicle cabin when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, thereby preventing the operating unit from rotating in the second direction from the first position, it is possible to prevent portions of the operating unit other than the contact portion from contacting the vicinity of the opening of the storage unit when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, which would cause dents or scratches in those portions. In particular, in a case where the storage unit is composed of a vehicle interior material and a case portion that is positioned facing the interior material and on the exterior side of the interior material, it is possible to prevent dents or scratches in the vehicle interior material.

[0018] Furthermore, in a case where the first protrusions provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the operating unit in the first position are aligned in approximately a straight line with the rotation axis of the operating unit when viewed in cross section in the rotation direction of the operating unit, when the operating unit is forcibly rotated in the second direction and pushed into the storage unit when the curtain member is stored in the storage unit, the first protrusions will efficiently abut and catch on the edge of the opening.

[0019] Furthermore, when the first protrusion provided on the top surface of the operating unit in the first position is mountain range-shaped extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of the operating unit, and the operating unit has a mountain range-shaped second protrusion on the top surface in the first position extending parallel to the mountain range-shaped first protrusion, the parallel shape of the first protrusion and second protrusion improves the design, and when the operating unit is grasped with fingers and pulled up, the second protrusion makes it easier to grasp as it is less likely to slip. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1A and 1B are diagrams showing an embodiment of a vehicle shade device of the present invention, in which (a) is a cross-sectional view in the left-right direction of a vehicle, and (b) is an external perspective view of the shade lever shown in (a). [Figure 2] 3 is a diagram for explaining how to lift up the screen of the vehicle shade device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. [Figure 3] 2 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the vehicle shade device shown in FIG. 1 is used. FIG. [Figure 4] 2 is a diagram for explaining the effects of the convex portion, the rib, and the interference portion of the shade device for a vehicle shown in FIG. 1. FIG. [Figure 5] 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the effects of an interference portion and a front contact portion of the vehicle shade device shown in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0022] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a shade device for a vehicle according to the present invention, where (a) is a cross-sectional view in the left-right direction of the vehicle, and (b) is a perspective view of the appearance of the shade lever 10 shown in (a).

[0023] The vehicle shade device in this embodiment is attached to a door portion to block sunlight coming through a side window or rear window, and as shown in Fig. 1, is configured to include a screen 20 that covers the side window or rear window, a shade lever 10 attached to one end of the screen 20, and a storage section 30 that stores the screen 20. The screen 20 and the shade lever 10 constitute the screen section of the present invention.

[0024] The storage section 30 is provided above the door trim of the vehicle, and is composed of a door trim upper 31, which is an interior material of the vehicle, and a case section 32, which is disposed facing the door trim upper 31 and further outside the vehicle compartment than the door trim upper 31. In this way, the storage section 30, in which the screen 20 is stored, is composed of the door trim upper 31 and the case section 32, making the entire vehicle shade device lightweight and inexpensive, and also making it possible to easily assemble the screen section, in which the shade lever 10 is attached to one end of the screen 20, to the vehicle. The upper end of the door trim upper 31 and the upper end of the case section 32 are not in contact with each other, leaving a gap, which forms an opening 33, through which the screen 20 stored in the storage section 30 is pulled out.

[0025] The screen 20 serves as a curtain member in the present invention, and is made of a sheet-like material that can be rolled up. The screen 20 is wound up into a roll and stored in the storage section 30 as a screen roll 21.

[0026] The shade lever 10 serves as the operating part in the present invention, and is made of, for example, olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer (TPO) and manufactured by injection molding. The shade lever 10 is attached to one end of the screen 20 and serves to pull up the screen 20 that has been wound up in a roll and stored in the storage section 30 as a screen roll 21, and is configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis 11 in a first direction in which the screen 20 is pulled out from a first position when stored in the storage section 30, and in a second direction in which the screen 20 is stored.

[0027] A protrusion 12a constituting the first protrusion and three protrusions 13 constituting the second protrusion are provided on the upper surface of the shade lever 10 in the first position. These protrusions 12a, 13 are mountain range-shaped and extend in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of the shade lever 10, and are provided parallel to each other.

[0028] On the underside of the shade lever 10 in the first position, two ribs 12b constituting the first protrusion are provided below the rotating shaft 11, and a front contact portion 14 is provided adjacent to the rotating shaft 11 on the interior side of the vehicle and serves as a contact portion.

[0029] An interference portion 15 that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle compartment is formed on the outside of the vehicle compartment of the shade lever 10 when in the first position.

[0030] A method of using the vehicle shade device configured as above will be described below.

[0031] FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining how to pull up the screen 20 of the vehicle shade device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the usage state of the vehicle shade device 20 shown in FIG.

[0032] In the vehicle shade device shown in FIG. 1 , the screen roll 21 is biased in the winding direction of the screen 20, so that the screen 20 is normally wound up and stored as the screen roll 21 as shown in FIG. 1 . At this time, when the shade lever 10 is in the first position, as shown in FIG. 2( a), the tip abutment portion 14 of the shade lever 10 abuts against the end of the door trim upper 31 on the opening 33 side, i.e., the end on the cabin side of the opening 33, and the interference portion 15 of the shade lever 10 abuts against and gets caught on the end of the case portion 32 on the opening 33 side, i.e., the end on the cabin side of the opening 33. This causes the shade lever 10 to drop into the storage portion 30 through the opening 33, preventing further winding of the screen 20. Furthermore, when the tip abutment portion 14 of the shade lever 10 abuts against the end of the door trim upper 31 on the opening 33 side, a space 40 is created between the tip of the shade lever 10 and the door trim upper 31.

[0033] In this state, as shown in FIG. 3( a ), the screen 20 is not drawn out from the storage section 30 provided in the door 60 , and the window 50 is not covered by the screen 20 .

[0034] When the shade 20 is pulled out from the storage section 30, the shade lever 10 is pulled up, and as shown in FIG. 2(b), the shade lever 10 is rotated in a first direction to pull up the shade 20. As described above, when the shade 20 is stored in the storage section 30, the tip abutment portion 14 of the shade lever 10 abuts against the end of the door trim upper 31 on the opening 33 side, creating a space 40 between the tip of the shade lever 10 and the door trim upper 31, making it easy to grip the tip of the shade lever 10. In addition, the convex portions 12a and 13 provided on the upper surface of the shade lever 10 in the first position extend parallel to each other in a mountain-like pattern in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of the shade lever 10, making it easy to grip the shade lever 10 when pulling it up because they are less likely to slip.

[0035] In this way, the shade lever 10 is pulled up and hooked onto a holder (not shown) provided on the upper end side of the window 50, so that the window 50 is covered by the screen 20 pulled out from the storage section 30, as shown in Figure 3(b).

[0036] The effects of the above-described vehicle shade device will be described below.

[0037] FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the effects of the convex portion 12a, the rib 12b, and the interference portion 15 of the shade device for a vehicle shown in FIG. 1, and shows a cross section in the rotation direction of the shade lever 10.

[0038] When the screen 20 is stored in the storage section 30, if the shade lever 10 is rotated in the direction in which the screen 20 is being stored and the shade lever 10 is pulled toward the interior of the vehicle, the protrusion 12a provided on the shade lever 10 will abut and get caught on the end of the door trim upper 31 on the opening 33 side, as shown in Fig. 4. Furthermore, if the shade lever 10 is pushed into the storage section 30 in this state, the rib 12b provided on the shade lever 10 will abut and get caught on the end of the case section 32 on the opening 33 side, as shown in Fig. 4.

[0039] In this way, even if the shade lever 10 is forcibly rotated in the direction in which the screen 20 is stored and pushed into the storage section 30 when the screen 20 is stored in the storage section 30, the convex portion 12a and the rib 12b come into contact with the edge of the opening 33, thereby preventing the shade lever 10 from falling into the storage section 30. In this case, the convex portion 12a and the rib 12b provided on the shade lever 10 are aligned substantially in a straight line with the rotation axis 11 of the shade lever 10 in a cross-sectional view in the rotation direction of the shade lever 10, as shown by the dashed line A in Fig. 4, so that when the shade lever 10 is forcibly rotated in the direction in which the screen 20 is stored and pushed into the storage section 30, the convex portion 12a and the rib 12b come into efficient contact with and get caught on the edge of the opening 33. In addition, the convex portion 12a provided on the shade lever 10 to prevent the shade lever 10 from falling into the storage portion 30 is mountain range-shaped extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotation direction of the shade lever 10, and the mountain range-shaped convex portion 13 is provided on the same plane as the convex portion 12a of the shade lever 10 and extends parallel to the convex portion 12a, thereby improving the design.

[0040] In addition, since the shade lever 10 is provided with an interference portion 15, the shade lever 10 can be pulled up by pinching the interference portion 15 when the convex portion 12a and the rib 12b are in contact with and hooked onto the end of the opening 33 as shown in Figure 4.

[0041] FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the effect of the interference portion 15 and the front contact portion 14 of the shade device for a vehicle shown in FIG. 1, and shows a cross section in the rotation direction of the shade lever 10.

[0042] In the vehicle shade device shown in Fig. 1, as described above, the front abutment portion 14 is provided on the underside of the shade lever 10 in the first position, adjacent to the rotation shaft 11 on the interior side of the vehicle. Therefore, when the screen 20 is stored in the storage portion 30 and the shade lever 10 rotates to the first position, as shown in Fig. 5, the front abutment portion 14 of the shade lever 10 abuts against the end of the door trim upper 31 on the opening 33 side, thereby preventing the shade lever 10 from rotating further in the direction in which the screen 20 is stored. This creates a space 40 between the tip of the shade lever 10 and the door trim upper 31, as shown in Fig. 5, and prevents parts of the shade lever 10 other than the front abutment portion 14 from abutting against the vicinity of the opening 33 of the door trim upper 31, which could cause dents or scratches in that area. In particular, in the case of the present embodiment where the storage section 30 is configured using the door trim upper 31 that is an interior material of the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the interior material of the vehicle from being dented or scratched.

[0043] Furthermore, as described above, when the screen 20 is stored in the storage section 30, the shade lever 10 is in the first position, and the interference section 15 of the shade lever 10 abuts and gets caught on the end of the case section 32 on the opening 33 side, causing the shade lever 10 to fall into the storage section 30 through the opening 33 and preventing the screen 20 from being rolled up any further. [Explanation of symbols]

[0044] 10 Shade lever 11 Rotation axis 12a, 13 Convex part 12b Rib 14 Tip 15 Interference part 20 screens 21 Screen Roll 30 Storage area 31 Door trim upper 32 Case part 40 space 50 Windows 60 doors

Claims

1. A shade device for a vehicle includes a screen portion having an operating unit attached to one end of a screen member, and a storage portion having an opening and storing the screen member, and the screen member is pulled out of the storage portion through the opening by pulling up the operating unit, The operating unit is attached so as to be rotatable from a first position when the curtain member is stored in the storage section to a first direction in which the end portion on the interior side of the vehicle cabin faces upward and a second direction in which the end portion on the interior side of the vehicle cabin faces downward relative to the curtain member, and has first protrusions on each of the upper and lower surfaces in the first position that abut against the ends of the opening when the operating unit is rotated in the second direction.

2. The vehicle shade device according to claim 1, The storage section is composed of an interior material of the vehicle and a case section arranged facing the interior material and outside the interior material.

3. The vehicle shade device according to claim 1 or 2, The operating portion has an interference portion that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle compartment in the first position.

4. The vehicle shade device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The operating unit has an abutment portion on its underside in the first position that abuts against the end of the opening on the interior side of the vehicle when the curtain member is stored in the storage section, thereby preventing the operating unit from rotating from the first position in the second direction.

5. The vehicle shade device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, A shade device for a vehicle, wherein the first protrusions provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the operating unit in the first posture are aligned in approximately a straight line with the rotation axis of the operating unit when viewed in a cross-sectional view in the rotation direction of the operating unit.

6. The vehicle shade device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the first protrusion provided on the top surface of the operation unit in the first attitude has a mountain range shape extending in a direction perpendicular to a rotation direction of the operation unit, The operating portion has, on its upper surface in the first position, a mountain range-shaped second protrusion extending parallel to the mountain range-shaped first protrusion.

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