Lever device for sliding console
Disclosed is a lever device for a sliding console provided in a sliding console slidable along a fixed rail provided in a vehicle, and configured to operate an operation lever so that locking is released from the fixed rail, and the lever device provided in a sliding console is slidable along a fixed rail provided in a vehicle and configured to operate an operation lever to release locking of the fixed rail, includes: a housing fastened to a cover of the sliding console; a knob slidingly fastened to the housing; an operation rod configured to slide in correspondence with an operation of the knob and allowing the operation lever to be fastened to an end thereof to operate the operation lever; and a power transmission unit rotatably fastened to the housing and configured to rotate in correspondence with an operation of the knob to slide the operation rod.
1 . A lever device provided in a sliding console slidable along a fixed rail provided in a vehicle, the lever device being configured to operate an operation lever to release locking of the fixed rail, the lever device comprising:
a housing configured to fasten to a cover of the sliding console;
a knob slidingly coupled to the housing;
a power transmission unit rotatably coupled to the housing and configured to rotate based on an operation of the knob; and
an operation rod configured to slide in a longitudinal direction of the housing based on a rotation of the power transmission unit, the operation rod having an end coupled to the operation lever to operate the operation lever.
2 . The lever device of claim 1 , wherein the knob comprises:
a knob body slidingly coupled to the housing;
a guide protrusion protruding from the knob body and inserted into a guide slit defined in the housing to guide a slide movement of the knob body; and
a rack gear part protruding from the knob body and having gear teeth that are sequentially spaced apart from one another in a movement direction of the knob body.
3 . The lever device of claim 2 , wherein the knob comprises:
a guide bar protruding from the knob body in a same direction as the movement direction of the knob body and inserted through a through hole provided in the housing; and
an elastic member inserted into the guide bar to be disposed between the knob body and the housing and configured to apply an elastic force to the knob body.
4 . The lever device of claim 2 , wherein the power transmission unit comprises:
a pinion gear part rotatably fastened to the housing and engaged with the rack gear part; and
a driving gear part configured to rotate together with the pinion gear part and engaged with a driven gear part provided in the operation rod to transmit a rotational power.
5 . The lever device of claim 4 , wherein the operation rod comprises:
an operation rod body having a slide hole in the longitudinal direction to allow a support protrusion provided in the housing to be inserted thereinto;
the driven gear part provided in the longitudinal direction at an outer circumferential surface of the operation rod body and engaged with the driving gear part; and
an operation lever fastening part provided at an end of the operation rod body and allowing one end of the operation lever to be inserted thereinto and fastened thereto.
6 . The lever device of claim 5 , further comprising:
a damper part rotatably fastened to the housing, engaged with the driven gear part to rotate, and having a rotational resistance to act as a resistance to a linear movement of the operation rod.
7 . The lever device of claim 2 , wherein each of the gear teeth extends perpendicular to the movement direction of the knob body.
8 . The lever device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inertial stopper provided in the housing and configured to lock the knob to prevent the knob from sliding when being rotated by an inertial force beyond a certain level.
9 . The lever device of claim 8 , wherein the inertial stopper comprises:
a stopper housing fastened to the housing;
an inertial driver rotatably fastened to the stopper housing and having a weight at one end thereof to rotate by inertial force;
a pressing rod slidingly fastened to the stopper housing and rotatably fastened to another end of the inertial driver; and
a stopper pin slidingly inserted into the housing, wherein one end of the stopper pin is configured to move based on the one end being pressed by a pressing protrusion provided in the pressing rod, and another end of the stopper pin is configured to protrude toward a moving path of the knob to thereby restrict a movement of the knob.
10 . The lever device of claim 9 , wherein the inertial stopper further comprises:
a stopper elastic member provided between the stopper pin and the housing and configured to apply an elastic force to the stopper pin.
11 . The lever device of claim 1 , wherein the operation rod is configured to slide linearly in the longitudinal direction, and the knob is configured to slide linearly in a movement crossing the longitudinal direction.
12 . The lever device of claim 1 , wherein the operation rod extends in the longitudinal direction and is configured to move linearly in the longitudinal direction.
13 . The lever device of claim 1 , wherein the operation rod extends in the longitudinal direction, and
wherein the power transmission unit comprises a pinion gear configured to rotate about an axis crossing the longitudinal direction.