JP4757601B2 - Console harness wiring structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a console harness wiring structure.

  A vehicle such as an automobile is provided with a console at a position between a driver seat and a passenger seat in the passenger compartment (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, with the recent development of car electronics, it is planned and promoted to make a car navigation system a multi-function information center by connecting a communication terminal such as a mobile phone to the car navigation system.

  Therefore, a communication terminal such as a mobile phone can be installed at the rear of the console, and a structure that connects the mobile phone installed on the console and the car navigation system installed on the instrument panel with a harness is required. Become.

Currently, the harness on the mobile phone side and the harness on the car navigation system side are routed inside the console with the extra length necessary for connection, and the connectors provided on the terminals of both harnesses are connected. It is considered to be combined. Both connectors are not particularly fixed and are in a suspended state.
JP 09-267696 A

  However, in the harness routing structure described above, the worker lifts the heavy console with one hand, inserts the other hand into the gap between the vehicle body and the console, and puts the other hand in a blind state with one hand. Since it is necessary to perform a connecting operation between the connector of the harness terminal on the side and the connector of the harness terminal on the car navigation system side, it has been a difficult task.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention described in claim 1, a recess is formed in the outer surface of the console body, and a connector of a harness terminal that is routed inside the console body is connected to the outside of the console body. A console part harness wiring structure is provided, in which a through hole that can be taken out and a connector fixing seating surface to which the connector can be attached and fixed are provided, and a cover that covers the recess can be attached.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the harness terminal connector routed inside the console body is taken out of the console body from the through hole of the recess and attached to the connector fixing seat surface. And the connector of another harness terminal extended from the vehicle body side is couple | bonded with this connector. Thereafter, a cover is attached to cover the recess. This completes the wiring of the harness. As described above, since the connection work can be performed from the outside with the connector attached to the connector fixing seat surface of the recess formed in the outer surface of the console body, the wiring of the harness can be facilitated and made efficient. Further, since the connector is fixed to the connector fixing seating surface, it is possible to prevent the harness from being attached after connection. Furthermore, since the connector is fixed to the recess formed on the outer surface of the console body, the maintainability can be improved. Moreover, by attaching the cover, it is possible to hide the recess from the outside so that the presence of the harness or the connector is not noticed.

  For the purpose of facilitating wiring of the harness, a recess is formed in the outer surface of the console body, and the connector of the harness terminal that is routed inside the console body can be taken out of the console body in the recess. This is realized by means of providing a through hole and a connector fixing seat surface on which the connector can be fixed, and a cover that covers the recess can be mounted.

  Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present invention will be described together with illustrated examples.

  1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the configuration will be described. A console 1 (center console) as shown in FIG. 1 is provided at a position between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a vehicle interior of a vehicle such as an automobile.

  The console 1 is mainly composed of a console body 2 that forms an appearance. Finisher parts and the like are attached to the console body 2 as necessary. A shift lever installation part, a cup holder installation part, and the like are provided on the front side of the console body 2 in the vehicle longitudinal direction X, and a console box 3 is provided on the rear part thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the console box 3 opens and closes a container-like console box main body 5 housed in the console main body 2 and having an upper surface opening 4, and the upper surface opening 4 of the console box main body 5. And a lid 6 for the purpose. The lid body 6 is configured to be able to open and close in the vertical direction and in the front-rear direction around a hinge portion (not shown) set at the rear portion of the console box 3. Further, the lid body 6 includes a tray portion 8 and a lid portion 9.

  For example, a communication terminal 11 such as a mobile phone can be installed at the rear of the console 1 or the like. In this case, the communication terminal 11 can be installed on the tray portion 8 of the lid 6 of the console box 3. Further, harnesses 12 and 13 (see FIG. 5 for the harness 13) between the communication terminal 11 such as a mobile phone installed on the console 1 and a car navigation system installed on an instrument panel (not shown). In conclusion, the car navigation system can be a multi-function information center. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the harness 12 connected to the communication terminal 11 such as a mobile phone is once routed from the tray portion 8 to the rear of the console box body 5 and then reversed to be the console body. 2 and routed toward the front of the vehicle.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a recess 21 is formed on the outer side of the console body 2 (side surface in the vehicle width direction). The recess 21 is formed on the side surface of the console body 2 so as to be recessed inward. The concave portion 21 has a substantially inverted L shape (a shape obtained by vertically inverting the L shape) having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion.

  Then, in the recess 21, the connector 22, 23 of the harness 12 (see FIGS. 5 to 7) that is routed inside the console body 2 can be taken out of the console body 2, and the connector 22. , 23 are provided, and connector fixing seating surfaces 25, 26 are provided. In this case, the terminal of the harness 12 is branched into two and the two connectors 22 and 23 are attached.

  Here, the through hole 24 is formed at one position on the front wall portion of the horizontal portion of the concave portion 21 having a substantially inverted L shape, and the tip of the harness 12 routed forward in the console box body 5 is folded back. It can be inserted in a state. In addition, the connector fixing seat surfaces 25 and 26 are provided at two locations of the rear wall portion and the shelf surface portion in the horizontal portion of the recess 21, respectively. The connector fixing seat surfaces 25 and 26 are respectively formed with stop holes 31 into which claw portions 30 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) protruding from the connectors 22 and 23 can be inserted and locked. Moreover, the vertical part of the recessed part 21 is made into the routing space 32 for routing the harness 13 of the car navigation system raised from the floor surface. In addition, the terminal of the harness 13 is branched into two, and connectors 33 and 34 that can be fitted to the connectors 22 and 23 are attached to the terminals (see FIG. 5).

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover 35 which covers the recessed part 21 is comprised so that attachment is possible. The cover 35 is assumed to be flush with the outer surface of the console body 2 in the attached state. The cover 35 is attached using a cover attachment margin 36 as shown in FIG. 3 provided around the recess 21 in the console box body 5. The cover mounting margin 36 is appropriately provided with a reinforcing rib 37 and the like, and is appropriately provided with a stop hole 38 that can insert and lock a claw portion (not shown) protruding from the cover 35. The cover attaching margin 36 also has a shape adjusting function for adjusting the shape so that the concave portion 21 is connected to the outer surface of the console body 2 without difficulty. In addition, when the reinforcing rib 37 is provided in the routing space 32, the relief shape part with respect to the harness 13 is formed.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  As shown in any of FIGS. 3, 6, and 7, the connectors 22, 23 of the harness 12 terminal that is routed inside the console body 2 are taken out of the console body 2 from the through holes 24 of the recesses 21. The connector fixing seat surfaces 25 and 26 are attached. At this time, the harness 12 can be stabilized along the console body 2 by inserting the tip of the harness 12 in a folded state. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, connectors 33 and 34 of other harness 13 terminals extending from the vehicle body side are coupled to the connectors 22 and 23. The harness 13 is disposed along the floor surface, and is routed in the routing space 32 in the recess 21. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover 35 is attached so as to cover the recess 21. Thus, the wiring of the harnesses 12 and 13 is completed.

  As described above, since the connectors 22 and 23 are attached to the connector fixing seat surfaces 25 and 26 of the recess 21 formed on the outer surface of the console body 2, the wiring work can be performed from the outside. Can be made easier and more efficient.

  Moreover, since the connectors 22 and 23 are fixed to the connector fixing seat surfaces 25 and 26, the harnesses 12 and 13 are prevented from being brazed after connection.

  Furthermore, since the connectors 22 and 23 are fixed to the recesses 21 formed on the outer surface of the console main body 2, the maintainability can be improved.

  In addition, by attaching the cover 35, the recess 21 can be hidden from the outside so that the presence of the harnesses 12, 13 and the connectors 22, 23, 33, 34 can not be noticed.

  In particular, by making the cover 35 flush with the outer surface of the console main body 2, the appearance can be made clean.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the embodiments are only examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the embodiments. Needless to say, design changes and the like within a range not departing from the gist of the invention are included in the present invention. Further, when a plurality of embodiments and modifications are shown, it is a matter of course that these possible combinations are included.

It is a perspective view of the console concerning the Example of this invention. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which looked at the console rear part of FIG. 1 from the side. It is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 which shows the console which removed the cover. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view around a recess in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged perspective view similar to FIG. 4 showing a state after harness wiring. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the console shown in FIG. It is a partial expansion perspective view of the A section in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Console body 12 Harness 13 Harness 21 Recess 22 Connector 23 Connector 24 Through hole 25 Connector fixed seat surface 26 Connector fixed seat surface 33 Connector 34 Connector 35 Cover

Claims (1)

  A recess is formed in the outer surface of the console body, a through hole through which the connector of the harness terminal routed inside the console body can be taken out of the console body, and a connector fixing seat on which the connector can be fixed And a console harness wiring structure characterized in that a cover for covering the concave portion can be attached.

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