Vehicular grip structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9696748-B2
Application number	US-201314443832-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2013
Priority date	Nov 20, 2012
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle grip structure including a body member and a grip, in which the body member is covered by the grip made of a synthetic resin, the grip includes an insertion hole in which the body member is inserted and a space portion provided along the insertion hole, multiple elastic protrusions are formed integrally with the grip and dispersedly on one of an inner peripheral-side wall surface and an outer peripheral-side wall surface of the space portion so as to protrude toward the other wall surface, when the grip is held by a driver, the elastic protrusions are pressed against the other wall surface and elastically deformed, and the elastic protrusions are arranged in a grid pattern in which adjoining ones of multiple polygons of the same shape have a common side, and are positioned so as to form each side of the polygons.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle grip structure comprising a body member and a grip, wherein the body member is covered by the grip made of a synthetic resin,
the grip comprises an insertion hole in which the body member is inserted and a space portion provided along the insertion hole,
multiple elastic protrusions are formed integrally with the grip and dispersedly on one of an inner peripheral-side wall surface and an outer peripheral-side wall surface of the space portion so as to protrude toward the other wall surface,
when the grip is held by a driver, the elastic protrusions are pressed against the other wall surface and elastically deformed,
the elastic protrusions are arranged in a grid pattern in which adjoining ones of multiple polygons of the same shape have a common side, and being positioned so as to form each side of the polygons,
the grip comprises a seal member in which at least a part of the insertion hole is formed and which is mounted so as to contact the body member, and a surface member that is disposed on an outer periphery of the seal member such that the space portion is formed between the surface member and the seal member, and
a retaining claw formed in the body member is retained in a retaining hole formed in the seal member, whereby the grip is integrally mounted on the body member.

2. The vehicle grip structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the grip has an outer cylinder body that is fixedly fitted on a composite body as a combination of the seal member and the surface member by insert-molding, and that keeps the composite body in a combined state.

3. The vehicle grip structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the composite body has a semi-cylindrical shape, is formed by combining the seal member with the surface member by engaging, in both side portions of the semi-cylindrical shape, protrusions formed on one of the seal member and the surface member with holes formed in the other member, and has the space portion in a curved portion between the side portions,
the outer cylinder body has a semi-cylindrical portion that together with the semi-cylindrical composite body forms the insertion hole, and a portion on an opposite side of the body member from the composite body is covered by the semi-cylindrical portion.

4. The vehicle grip structure according to claim 3 , wherein
in the composite body, the seal member and the surface member are combined so as to surface contact each other in the side portions.

5. The vehicle grip structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the body member is a holding portion of a vehicle parking brake lever, and
the grip is mounted on the holding portion such that the space portion is located on a vehicle lower side or on a vehicle front side of the holding portion.

Assignees

• Sakai Hideaki
• Miyashita Osamu
• Tsuzuki Hiroaki
• YANAGIYA Tomonori
• Toyota Tekko Kk

Inventors

• Sakai Hideaki
• Miyashita Osamu
• Tsuzuki Hiroaki
• YANAGIYA Tomonori

Classifications

• G05G1/04 Primary

  Controlling members for hand actuation by pivoting movement, e.g. levers · CPC title

• G05G1/06 Primary

  Details of their grip parts {(G05G1/10 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• Y10T74/20876

  Caps and covers · CPC title