Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
  • E05B83/28—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like
  • E05B83/32—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
  • E05B83/28—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like
  • E05B83/30—Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like for glove compartments

Definitions

• the present invention relates generally to storage devices for a motor vehicle comprising an opening movably mounted on a body between an open position giving access to a storage cavity and a closed position preventing access to said storage cavity.
• Storage devices of this kind are generally provided with a locking mechanism integrated into the opening and comprising locking means movable between a locked position in which they are able to cooperate with complementary means provided on said body to retain said opening in the closed position and an unlocked position where they allow the passage of said opening from its closed position to its open position.
• the French patent application FR 2 935 320 discloses a such storage device of the glove-box type further comprising an actuation mechanism implanted on the opening and for driving said locking means in said unlocked position.
• This actuation mechanism comprises a sliding push button sliding along an axis of translation between an extended position and a retracted position.
• the button is provided with a groove, inclined with respect to the guide axis, in which is guided a lug carried by the locking means constituted by a bolt mounted in translation on the door, said bolt being adapted to cooperate with a strike mounted on the body.
• Such a push button mechanism integrated into the opening has the advantage of offering a high level of "perceived quality" to the storage device.
• this mechanism tends to lock because the lug of the locking means has difficulty sliding along the throat of the button.
• the present invention therefore aims to provide a sliding storage device incorporating a push button actuating mechanism which remains simple while having a safer operation.
• a storage device for a vehicle comprising an opening movably mounted on a body between an open position giving access to a storage cavity and a closed position preventing access to said storage cavity, said opening comprising:
• a locking mechanism comprising locking means movable between a locked position in which they are adapted to cooperate with complementary means provided on said body for retaining said opening in the closed position and an unlocked position where they allow the passage of said opening of its closed position in its open position;
• said actuating mechanism comprises a lever pivotally mounted on said opening according to an axis perpendicular to the axis of translation of said push button and adapted to be pivoted during the depression of said push button in the retracted position so to cause the displacement of said locking means in said unlocked position.
• the actuating mechanism of the storage device according to the invention allows, while being a particularly simple design and comprising a minimum of elements, to drive by a simple pressing on the push button and without any risk of blocking the locking means to their unlocked position so as to release the opening.
• said locking means comprise a first arm and a second arm mechanically coupled and being able to move transversely in opposite directions, each said arm being provided at its outer end with a bolt able to engage in a corresponding lock formed in said body; to retain said leaf in the closed position in said locked position;
• said first and second arms are mechanically coupled by means of a rotatably mounted lifting beam and whose two ends are articulated at the two inner ends of said arms;
• said actuating mechanism comprises an outgrowth rooted on said first arm and being provided with an inclined face capable of cooperating with said lever in order to cause said first and second arms to move towards their unlocked position;
• said actuating mechanism comprises elastic return means permanently ensuring the maintenance of said lever in contact against said inclined portion of said protuberance;
• said locking mechanism comprises resilient biasing means permanently biasing said locking means towards their locked position
• said push button comprises a finger having a free end arranged to bear, upon depression of said button in the retracted position, against a beveled surface of said lever so as to cause it to pivot;
• said free end of said finger and said beveled surface of said lever are arranged so as to be spaced from each other by a predetermined distance when said locking means occupy their locked position and said button is in the extended position.
• the storage device may for example be of the "drawer” type with said opening which is constituted by a drawer delimiting said storage cavity and being slidably mounted on said body between said open position in which it projects behind said body and said closed position in which it is integrated in said body.
• the storage device may also be of the glove-box type with said hollow body delimiting said storage cavity and having an opening for access thereto. Said opening is then constituted by a flap pivotally mounted on said body between said open position in which it is away from said access opening and a closed position where it closes the same opening.
• FIG. 1 shows a three-quarter perspective view of the storage device according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view taken along a horizontal plane of the device of Figure 1, the locking means in the locked position retain the cover in the closed position;
• FIG. 3 shows a perspective sectional view taken along another partial horizontal plane of the device of Figure 1 in the configuration of Figure 2;
• FIG. 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but on which the locking means were brought into the unlocked position by pressing the control button of the actuating mechanism so as to allow the opening of the lid.
• Figure 1 shows a storage device for a motor vehicle 1 type sliding drawer designed to be implanted on the passenger side of the dashboard of a motor vehicle, above the glove box.
• Transverse will be defined with respect to the mounting position of the storage device in such a motor vehicle.
• the storage device 1 comprises a hollow body 10, and an opening constituted by a drawer 20 defining a storage cavity and being slidably mounted on the body 10 in a longitudinal direction, between an open position in which it projects behind this hollow body 10 so as to make the storage cavity accessible, and a closed position in which it is integrated in the body 10 so as to prevent access to this same storage cavity.
• Elastic return means (not visible in the figures and constituted for example by a flexible leaf spring) are formed between the hollow body 10 and the slide 20 so as to bias the latter to its open position.
• the drawer 20, tray-shaped comprises a floor 22, two side walls 23, 24, a front wall 25 and a front wall 26 defining the storage cavity.
• the front panel 26 comprises an outer rectangular panel 27 with a curved profile and an inner counter-panel 28 placed against the internal face of this outer panel 27.
• the inner backboard 28 has a recess 29 delimited at the front by a front wall 30 and laterally by two side walls (only the left wall 31 being visible in the figures).
• This recess 29 houses a locking mechanism 40 for retaining the drawer 20 in its closed position.
• This locking mechanism 40 comprises two transverse arms 41, 42 each having an inner end 41A, 42A pivotally articulated along a longitudinal axis on a corresponding end of a spreader 43 whose center is rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis on a pivot 44 protruding into the recess 29 from the central zone of the front wall 30 of the inner backing panel 28.
• each arm 41, 42 forms a locking latch with bevelled profile.
• the two arms 41, 42 mechanically coupled via the spreader bar 43 are transversely displaceable in opposite directions between:
• FIGS. 2 and 3 a locked position illustrated by FIGS. 2 and 3 in which their bolts 41 B each project from a respective opening 32 formed in a corresponding lateral wall 31 of the inner counter-panel 28, so that the latter are suitable when the drawer 20 is in the closed position, to engage in corresponding latches 12 formed in two side walls 11 of the body 10 (only the left side wall and its opening 12 being visible in the figures) to retain the drawer 20 in this closed position ;
• the locking mechanism 40 also comprises an elastomer stopper 46 fixed on a tab 47 projecting from the upper face of the arm 41 and able to cooperate in abutment against a lateral edge of the upper guide wall 44 overhanging this arm 41.
• Fixing this stopper elastomer 46 is in this case made by snap force of a frustoconical pin which comprises a hole in the lug 47 and not visible in the figures.
• the locking mechanism 40 further comprises a tension spring 48 (visible in particular in Figure 3), the two ends are respectively attached to a first lug 49 protruding rearwardly from the lower guide wall 45 below the arm 41, and a second lug (not visible in the figures) projecting rearwardly from the lower face of the arm 41.
• This traction spring 48 is arranged so as to permanently urge the arm 41 and the arm 42 via the spreader bar 43 towards their locked position in which the stopper 46 comes into contact with the upper guide wall 44 (the fact that this bumper 46 or elastomer to prevent the emission of unwanted noise).
• a block of low density foam (not shown in the figures) is inserted in the slightly compressed state between the lower face of the arm 41 and the spring 48 so as to avoid the generation of metal noises during the recall of the latter.
• the drawer 20 also includes an actuating mechanism 50 allowing a user to drive the locking means 40 in their unlocked position.
• This actuating mechanism 50 comprises a lever 51 whose first end is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis on a pivot 52 rooted on a plate 53 projecting into the recess 29 from the front wall 30 of the inner backboard 28.
• the contact between the lever 51 and the protrusion 54 is permanently ensured by means of a second tension spring 55 (visible in particular in FIG. protrusion 54 and whose two ends are respectively attached to a first projection 56 salient from the upper face of the lever 51 and a second lug 57 protruding upwards from the protrusion 54.
• a second tension spring 55 visible in particular in FIG. protrusion 54 and whose two ends are respectively attached to a first projection 56 salient from the upper face of the lever 51 and a second lug 57 protruding upwards from the protrusion 54.
• a block of low density foam (not shown in the figures) is inserted in the slightly compressed state between the roof of the recess 29 and the spring 55 so as to avoid the generation of metal noises during the recall of the latter.
• the actuating mechanism also comprises a push button 60 mounted on the outer panel 27 of the front wall 26 by means of a frame 65 projecting from the inner face of this panel 27 on the periphery of an opening 66 formed in this latest.
• this button 60 is movable in translation along a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the axis of pivoting of the lever 51 between a resting position in which its head 61 fills the opening 66 of the outer panel 27 (see Figures 1 to 3) and a retracted position where it is set back from the same outer panel 27.
• the button 60 also includes a cylindrical finger 62 extending longitudinally rearwardly from the inner face of the head 61 through a bottom wall 67 of the frame 65.
• the hemispherical free end of the finger 62 is arranged to cooperate, upon depression of the button 60 in the retracted position, with the free beveled end 51 B of the lever 51 to drive the latter to pivoting the outer side and cause, via the cooperation between its inner lateral face 51A and the inclined portion 54A of the protrusion 54, the movement of the arms 41, 42 to their unlocked position so as to allow the opening of the slide 20.
• the transverse travel of the arms 41, 42 can be adjusted by varying the inclination of the inclined section 54A of the protrusion 54.
• the spring 63 recalls it in its resting position while the spring 48 recalls the arms 41, 42 to their locked position which also causes via the protrusion 54 the return of the lever 51 in its initial position.
• the free end of the finger 62 is slightly spaced from the free beveled end 51 B of the lever 51 (advantageously of a distance of between 0.5 and 0.8 mm). so as to avoid the appearance of unwanted noise under the effect of repeated intermittent contacts between these two elements due to vibrations occurring during the driving phases of the vehicle.
• the coupling means between the two arms 41, 42 are different and comprise, for example, a rotary pinion associated with two integral racks of the two arms.
• the locking means comprise only one arm such as 41.
• the guide means or the locking arms are different.
• the invention can also be applied to a glove box type storage device comprising a hollow body delimiting a storage cavity and having an access opening to said cavity, as well as an opening consisting of a flap mounted at pivoting on said body between an open position in which it is away from said access opening so as to make said storage cavity accessible, and a closed position where it closes said opening so as to prevent access to said cavity.

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