JP2000135935A - Container holder for instrument panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container holder capable of holding a beverage in a beverage container stored and held in a container storage part, at suitable temperature. SOLUTION: A container holder 100 holding a beverage container 124 in a stored state is provided in the required position of an external wall part 72 in an air guide duct 30 exposed to the upper face of an instrument panel 20, and a container storage part 106 is communicated with an air flow passage 92 of the air guide duct 30. Part of temperature regulating air delivered from an air-conditioning unit to flow through the air flow passage 92 is supplied to the container storage part 106 to hold the temperature of a beverage in the beverage container 124 within a specified range. The container storage part 106 and the air flow passage 92 can be optionally communicated and cut off by a shutter 104.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container holder provided on an instrument panel, and more particularly, to air for guiding temperature-controlled air sent from an air conditioner unit housed in an instrument panel to an air outlet. By connecting a container holder to the guide duct and supplying a portion of the temperature-controlled air to the container holder, the beverage in the beverage container housed and held in the holder can be maintained in a heated or cooled state. It is about means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an instrument panel formed in a required shape and extending in a vehicle width direction is provided in front of a passenger compartment of a vehicle such as a passenger car. This instrument panel functions as a mounting base for various in-vehicle devices and members, and an instrument panel equipped with a speedometer, tachometer, and various other indicator lights is provided at a position that is easily visible from the driver's seat. A glove box and an airbag for storing various booths, vehicle inspections, and the like are provided on the passenger side as necessary, and an air conditioning operation unit and an audio unit for the air conditioning unit are located at substantially the center.

[0003] In the vehicle, an air conditioner unit for controlling the temperature in the passenger compartment is disposed in front of the passenger compartment while being covered or stored in the instrument panel. Air outlets for (cold air, warm air) are provided in the center of the panel facing the occupant compartment and near the left and right sides. The air conditioner unit and each of the air outlets are connected to each other via an air guide duct formed or arranged inside the back side of the instrument panel. That is, by setting the temperature, the blowing position, and the blowing amount by the required switch operation in the air conditioning operation unit, the temperature-controlled air adjusted to a predetermined temperature in the air conditioning unit passes through the air guide duct and passes through the air guide duct. The air is blown out from the air outlet into the passenger compartment, and comprehensive air temperature control including cooling and heating of the passenger compartment can be performed.

Further, the instrument panel includes:
In many cases, a container holder provided for convenience when drinking coffee or other beverages in the passenger compartment is provided as standard equipment. Various types of container holders are implemented for each type of vehicle, but generally, the container holder is disposed above or below a central portion of the instrument panel (near the audio unit or the air conditioning operation unit). In many cases, the beverage is stored in the panel so as not to be in the way when the beverage is not consumed, and is drawn out to the occupant side when the beverage is consumed. In some cases, a container holder in which a plurality of beverage containers are placed upright is provided in advance on an upper surface of a floor console formed separately from the instrument panel and installed in the passenger compartment.

[0005]

In the above situation, the conventional container holder provided on the instrument panel does not have any function of keeping the beverage in the beverage container held therein. When the beverage holder is accommodated and held in the container holder, the following difficulties are pointed out. For example, when drinking cold juice in the passenger compartment during the summer, the temperature of the juice rises while being held in the container holder, and there is a disadvantage that the taste easily changes in a short time. Further, when drinking hot coffee or the like in the passenger compartment in winter, a drawback is pointed out that the temperature of the coffee drops in a short time while being held in the container holder.

As a countermeasure for such a case, a refrigerating box containing a regenerator and a reserving box utilizing heat generated by a chemical reaction are known, but replenishment of a regenerator or a chemical reactant is troublesome. And the duration of the effect is short. Whatever the means, before opening
(Before beverage) It is intended to appropriately store and keep the beverage container warm, and to easily and stably hold the beverage container in the beverage, and to design such that it can be easily taken out of the holding state Therefore, the above-mentioned problem could not be solved fundamentally.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned problem suitably. An air guide duct for connecting and connecting an air conditioner unit and an air outlet is exposed on an upper surface of an instrument panel. A container holder capable of holding and holding a beverage container is provided at a required position of the air guide duct, and temperature-controlled air (cool air, warm air) from the air conditioner unit is provided.
An object of the present invention is to provide a container holder of an instrument panel capable of holding a beverage in the beverage container at an appropriate temperature by supplying a part of the container holder to the container accommodating portion of the container holder.

[0008]

[Means for solving the problems] To overcome the above-mentioned problems,
In order to achieve the intended purpose, the container holder of the instrument panel according to the present invention is assembled in the front of the passenger compartment in a state where the air conditioner unit used for air conditioning in the passenger compartment is housed, and the In an instrument panel having an air outlet for blowing temperature-controlled air into the passenger compartment, an air guide duct for connecting the air conditioner unit and the air outlet is formed integrally with the instrument panel. An outer wall of the guide duct is exposed on an upper surface of the panel, and a container holder for holding a beverage container is provided at a required position of the outer wall, and the container housing communicates with the inside of the air guide duct. And supplying part of the temperature-controlled air sent from the air conditioner unit and flowing through the air guide duct to the container housing portion. In, characterized by being configured as capable of retaining the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container in a predetermined range.

[0009]

Next, a preferred embodiment of the instrument panel according to the present invention with a container holder will be described.
This will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an instrument panel having a container holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Means that the instrument panel 20 shown in FIG.
0 is assembled to the container holder 100
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view cut away on the front side of the arrangement position of FIG. For convenience of explanation, the left side in FIG. 1 is referred to as the “left side” of the instrument panel, the right side is referred to as the “right side” of the instrument panel, the near side in the figure is “front side”, and the windshield side is “rear side”. Shall be called.

(Schematic Description of Instrument Panel) The instrument panel 20 assembled in the front of the passenger compartment 10 has an L-shaped plane disposed on the lower left side of the center unit 22 in which the air conditioner unit 38 is housed. , A flat L-shaped base 26 disposed on the lower right side of the unit 22, upper lids 28, 28 disposed on the upper left side and the upper right side. Guide duct 30 extending in the vehicle width direction
It is composed of Further, as will be described in detail later, the hood member 48 and the top cover member 52 of the instrument panel 46 installed on the upper part of the center unit 22 and the front decorative panel 58 attached to the front part are exposed to the passenger compartment 10. It has become. That is, the left and right substrates 24, 2
6, upper lids 28, 28, air guide duct 30, and hood member 48, top cover member 52, front decorative panel 58
Thereby, the outer design surface of the instrument panel 20 is formed. A glove box 32 capable of storing a booth, a vehicle inspection and the like is installed on the left base 24 so as to be openable and closable, and an opening 34 is formed in the right base 26 to allow a steering column 36 to be inserted therethrough. ing. A cover plate 29 for the passenger airbag 14 fixed to the reinforce bar 12 is provided on the upper cover 28 on the left side.

(Center unit part) The center unit part 22 houses the air conditioner unit 38 therein, and also has an instrument panel 46 provided with a speedometer, a tachometer, various indicator lights, etc., an audio unit 54 and an air conditioning operation unit. 56 main in-vehicle devices are intensively installed. That is, the center unit 22 is
The case body 4 which houses the heat exchange system of the air conditioner unit 38 and is fixed to the firewall 16
A blower case 42 having a built-in blower 39 is provided on the left side surface of the blower with 0 as a base. At the rear ends of both side surfaces of the case body 40, mounting pieces 44 each having a mounting hole 44a are integrally formed in such a manner as to extend outward and outward at a position vertically separated by a required distance. At a required position of the firewall 16, a screw hole 18 corresponding to each mounting hole 44a is formed. Therefore,
The case body 40 containing the air conditioner unit 38 is fixed to the firewall 16 by tightening the bolts 19 between the fitting holes 44a and the screw holes 18 aligned with each other.

The instrument panel 46, which is covered by a hood member 48, is fixedly installed on the upper front side of the case body 40, and has an upper surface air blowing section 50 on the upper rear side of the case body 40. An upper cover member 52 is fixedly installed adjacent to the hood member 48. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 6, the upper surface air outlet 50a is formed so as to extend from the upper surface to the left and right side surfaces in a slender manner, and is aligned with the upper surface air outlet 50a. In addition, an air guide cylinder 50b whose lower end opening is connected to the third air discharge port 66 of the air conditioner unit 38 is disposed, and the temperature-controlled air for defrost from the air conditioner unit 38 is supplied to the entire inner surface of the windshield 11. It is designed to guide the spraying in a diffuse manner. Further, on the front side of the case body 40, the audio unit 54, the air conditioning operation unit 56, and the like are attached and fixed. And the case body 40
At the front of the front panel, there are formed openings 58a and 58b that are aligned with the operation surfaces of the audio unit 54 and the air conditioning operation unit 56, and the front decorative plate 58 that constitutes the outer design surface of the instrument panel 20 is attached. .

(Air Guide Duct) As shown in FIG. 6, a first air outlet 62 and second air outlets 64, 64 of the air conditioner unit 38 face the upper opening 60 of the case body 40. And is connected to the air guide duct 30. This air guide duct 30
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the inner wall body 70 which is disposed inside the instrument panel 20 (rear side) and is not exposed to the passenger compartment 10, and is substantially entirely exposed to the passenger compartment 10. And an outer wall 72 which forms a part of the outer design surface of the panel 20. The longitudinal ends (vehicle width direction) of the two walls 70, 72 are joined together to adjust the interior. Air flow passages 92, 94, 96 for warm air are defined. The inner wall 70 and the outer wall 72 are joined to each other with screws (not shown) or the like.

(Inner Wall Body) The inner wall body 70 has a first air inlet 74 which is aligned with the first air outlet 62 of the air conditioner unit 38 at a central portion in a longitudinal direction thereof.
Second air inlets 76, 76 are formed on the left and right sides of the first air outlet 62 and are aligned with the second air outlets 64, 64 of the air conditioner unit 38.
As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of brackets 78 having a semicircular cross section which is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the reinforce bar 12 are formed on the back side of the inner wall body 70. By tightening the bolt 15 between each bracket 13 of the reinforce bar 12 which is aligned with the inner wall body 70 (the air guide duct 3).
0) is attached and fixed to the reinforce bar 12. Further, on the back side of the inner wall body 78, the air conditioner unit 38, the instrument panel 46, the audio unit 54,
A locking piece 80 that locks various vehicle-mounted devices such as the air-conditioning operation unit 56 and a wire harness 82 that electrically connects these vehicle-mounted devices to other vehicle-mounted devices is provided on the inner wall body 70.
And are integrally formed.

(Outer Wall) The outer wall 72 is provided in the passenger compartment 1
0 is formed in the shape of a side convex curved surface from the upper side to the rear side, and the front lower end side thereof is continuously aligned with the upper ends of the left base 24, the right base 26 and the front decorative panel 58, and The left and right upper lids 2 are at the rear end of the upper surface.
8, 28 and the front end of the hood member 48 are formed so as to be continuously aligned.
Together with 58, 28, 48, the outer design surface of the instrument panel 20 is formed. A total of four front air outlets 84 are provided near the center in the longitudinal direction facing the rear of the passenger compartment 10 and near both left and right ends, and have wind direction control plates 86 that change their attitude in the vertical and horizontal directions to blow and guide the temperature-controlled air to the rear. Are provided at both left and right ends, and two side air outlets 88 for blowing out and guiding the temperature-controlled air to the left and right are provided.

A rib-shaped partition wall 90 is integrally formed at an appropriate position on the back side of the outer wall member 72. When the outer wall member 72 is aligned with the inner wall member 70, the ribs 90 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a total of three air flow passages 92, 94, 96 are defined inside the air guide duct 30. The first air flow passage 92 extends longitudinally below the inside and connects the first air flow inlet 74 to each of the front air outlets 84. The second air flow passage 94 is located inside the first air flow passage 94. An upper position extending to the left side in the longitudinal direction and connecting the left side second air inlet 76 and the left side air outlet 88 to each other.
The second air inlet 76 on the right side and the side air outlet 88 on the right side extend to the right side in the longitudinal direction above the inside.
And are connected.

In the air guide duct 30 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the conditioned air sent from the air conditioner unit 38 to the first air outlet 62 is supplied to the first air inlet 74 via the first air inlet 74. After flowing into the air flow passage 92, the air is blown out from the front air outlets 84 to the rear side of the passenger compartment 10 to be used for air temperature control of the entire passenger compartment 10 including the rear seat side. In addition, the second air outlet 6 on the left side from the air conditioner unit 38
The temperature-controlled air sent to the fourth side flows into the second air passage 94 through the second air inlet 76 and then blows out from the left side air outlet 88 to be used for defrosting the side glass of the left door. . Similarly, the temperature-controlled air sent from the air conditioner unit 38 to the second air outlet 64 on the right side is:
A third air flow passage 96 through the second air flow inlet 76 on the right side
And then blows out from the right side air outlet 88,
Used for defrosting the side glass of the right door.

(Container Holder) In the present embodiment, two container holders 100 are provided near both ends of the outer wall 72 constituting the air guide duct 30 for accommodating and holding the beverage container 124 in a detachable manner. Have been. These container holders 1
00 is a beverage container 124 as shown in FIGS.
Cylindrical container 102 for storing and holding
02 and a shutter 104 externally mounted.

(Cylindrical Container) The cylindrical container 102 defines a container container 106 having an inner diameter appropriately larger than the diameter of the beverage container 124 and set to a required depth, and from the upper edge thereof. A flange-shaped locking portion 108 extending horizontally outward and also serving as a decoration is integrally formed and attached to a mounting hole 98 formed in the outer wall 72 of the air guide duct 30. The mounting hole 98 is set to be larger than the outer dimension of the shutter 104 and smaller than the outer dimension of the locking portion 108, so that the container holder 106 of the container holder 100 can be inserted. In addition,
At a required position on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical container 102, the container 1
A locking piece 110 capable of being elastically deformed in the radial direction of the outer wall member 02 is attached to the container. The holder 100 is suitably fixed to the air guide duct 30 (FIG. 3).
reference).

The cylindrical container 102 of the container holder 100 mounted on the air guide duct 30 has a space 92a communicating with the first air flow passage 92, as shown in FIGS.
It comes to face. A total of six rectangular openings 112 arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction are formed on the wall surface of the cylindrical container 102, and the space 92 a and the container container 106 are formed through the respective openings 112. The inside is in spatial communication with the inside. Therefore, a part of the temperature-controlled air sent from the air conditioner unit 38 to the first air flow passage 92 is supplied to the container housing 106 via the space 92 a and the opening 112.
It is configured to be able to flow into

(Shutter) The shutter 104 is for arbitrarily establishing and closing the communication between the space 92a and the container accommodating portion 106, and has a total of six openings 116 arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. And the cylindrical container 102
A ring portion 114 slidably in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the ring member 114 and an operation portion 118 extending upward from an upper end surface of the ring portion 114 are integrally formed. The operating portion 118 extends above the locking portion 108 through an arc-shaped slit 109 formed in the locking portion 108, and a finger hook 120 that matches the slit 109 is formed at the upper end. Have been. That is, by slidingly displacing the finger hook 120 along the slit 109, the ring portion 114 is rotated and displaced along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical container 102.

In the container holder 100 configured as described above, as shown in FIG.
When the sliding displacement is performed along the direction CLOSE along the direction 09, the respective openings 116 formed in the ring portion 114 and the respective openings 114 formed in the cylindrical container 102 are brought into a non-aligned state, and the container accommodating from the space 92a becomes The flow of the conditioned air into the section 106 is prevented. On the other hand, when the finger hook 120 is slid toward the OPEN side along the slit 109, each opening 116 formed in the ring portion 114 and each opening 112 formed in the cylindrical container 102 are aligned with each other. From the space 92a to the container storage 10
6 is set so that the inflow of the temperature-controlled air to 6 is permitted.

(Skin material) A skin material 122 having an appropriate elasticity and heat insulation property is applied to the outer design surface of the outer wall body 72 in the air guide duct 30 by applying a texture to the surface. The instrument panel 20
Of the interior of the air guide duct 30 and the passenger compartment 10
The occurrence of dew condensation caused by a temperature difference with the (outside) is suitably prevented. The skin material 122 is adhered to the outer wall 72 at the time of molding or at an appropriate time after the molding. In an instrument panel to which the skin material 108 is not attached, for example, the outer wall 72
A suitable heat insulating material is attached to the back surface of the device to prevent the occurrence of dew condensation.

[0024]

Next, the operation of the container holder of the instrument panel of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

(Assembly of Instrument Panel) A hood member 48 in which an instrument panel 46 is assembled on an upper part of a case body 40 in which an air conditioner unit 38 is housed, and an upper cover member 5
2, the audio unit 54 and the air-conditioning operation unit 56 are fixed at the front of the case body 40, and the front decorative panel 58 is attached. The modularized center unit 22 is fixed to the vehicle body using the firewall 16 and the reinforce bar 12. Also, the left base 24 and the right base 26
On the left and right sides of the center unit 22.

In the air guide duct 30, the skin material 12
A front air outlet 84 and a side air outlet 88 are attached to required positions of the outer wall body 72 to which the container 2 is attached, and the container holder 100 of the embodiment separately assembled in each of the mounting holes 98.
Is attached. The air guide duct 30 is formed by assembling the outer wall body 72 on which the air outlets 84, 88 and the container holder 100 are mounted to the inner wall body 70 integrally formed with the upper lids 28, 28. .
The air guide duct 30 assembled in this way is assembled to the reinforce bar 12, thereby connecting the first air outlet 62 and the second air outlets 64, 64 of the air conditioner unit 38 to the first air inlet 74. And the second air inlets 76, 76 are aligned and connected.

(Air Conditioning and Defrosting) When the air conditioning mode of the occupant compartment 10 is set by operating a required switch in the air conditioning operation unit 56, the air conditioning unit 38
From the front air outlets 84 to the rear side of the passenger compartment 10 from the front air outlets 84 after the temperature-controlled air is sent out to the first air outlets 62 and flows into the first air passages 92 via the first air inlets 74. The air temperature of the entire passenger compartment 10 including the outlet and the rear seat side is controlled. When the defrost mode is set by a required switch operation in the air conditioning operation unit 56, the temperature-controlled air from the air conditioning unit 38
The air is sent to the second air outlet 64 and the third air outlet 66. Of these, the conditioned air delivered to the second air outlets 64, 64 is supplied to the left and right second air inlets 76, 76.
After flowing into the second and third air flow passages 94, 96 via the air outlets, the air is guided to blow out from the left and right side air outlets 88, 88, and defrosting is performed on the side glasses of the left and right doors. On the other hand, the temperature-controlled air sent to the third air outlet 66 side is blown out and guided in a fan-like manner from the upper surface air outlet 50a through the air guide tube 50b in the upper surface air outlet 50, so that defrosting on the windshield is performed. Is performed.

(Usage Form of Container Holder) When drinking various beverages such as juice and coffee in the passenger compartment 10, the container holder 100 provided in the air guide duct 30 is used. That is, the container holder 10 of the embodiment
In the case of 0, the beverage container 124 can be simply accommodated and held in the container accommodating portion 106 simply by inserting the beverage container 124 from above, and can be easily taken out from the container accommodating portion 106.

Then, on the premise that the air conditioning in the passenger compartment 10 is performed by the air conditioner unit 38, that is, in a state in which the temperature-controlled air is sent into the first air flow passage 92 of the air guide duct 30, the container holder When the finger hanging piece 120 of 100 is slid to the OPEN side, each opening 112 and each opening 116 are aligned,
Part of the temperature-controlled air flowing from the first air flow passage 92 to the front air outlet 84 flows into the container housing 106 from the space 92a. As a result, the conditioned air is supplied to the container housing 10.
6 is blown out while being in contact with the side surface of the beverage container 124 held in the container 6, and heat exchange is performed at this time, and the container 12
The temperature of the beverage in 4 can be kept within a predetermined range.

When the air conditioning in the passenger compartment 10 is performed by the air conditioner unit 38, the container holder 10
When the finger hook 120 is slid toward the CLOSE side, each of the openings 116 and each of the openings 112 are not aligned with each other.
And the temperature-controlled air does not flow into the container housing portion 106. Therefore, the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container 124 housed and held in the container housing 106 is not kept.

As described above, in the container holder 100 of the embodiment, the beverage container 124 housed and held in the container housing portion 106 using a part of the temperature-controlled air from the air conditioner unit used for air conditioning of the passenger compartment 10. Since the beverage is kept warm, the beverage can be kept warm without any need for a cold storage material, a chemical reactant, and a separate power supply. For example, in the summertime when drinking cold beverages (such as cola and juice), the cold air used for cooling the passenger compartment 10 is used.
(Temperature-controlled air) is supplied to the container housing 106
The beverage container 124 of the beverage stored and held in the container is cooled by contact with cold air, and the temperature rise of the beverage is suitably prevented. Also, warm beverages (hot coffee, tea, etc.)
In the winter season, the beverage container 124 stored in the container storage unit 106 comes in contact with the warm air and is heated because a part of the warm air (conditioned air) used for heating the passenger compartment 10 is supplied. The beverage is warmed and the temperature of the beverage is preferably prevented from lowering.

[0032]

FIG. 8 illustrates a modified example of the container holder of the instrument panel according to the present invention. The container holder 130 according to this modified example is integrated with the front air outlet 84 to form a unit. It was done. That is, similarly to the container holder 100, the container holder 130 faces the first air flow passage 92 that guides the temperature-controlled air to the front air outlet 84, and the temperature-controlled air sent out to the first air flow passage 92. And is unitized as a container holder with an air outlet. This container holder 13
In the case of 0, it is possible to attach the front air outlet 84 to the air guide duct 30 at the same time, so that the assembling work can be rationalized.

Although not shown, the container holder 100
Is disposed so as to face the second air flow passage 94 or the third air flow passage 96 of the air guide duct 30, and one of the defrosted conditioned air delivered to the air flow passages 94, 96 is provided. The temperature of the beverage in the beverage container 124 may be maintained by using the unit. Also in this case, it is also possible to form the container holder integrally with the side air outlet 88 as a unit with an air outlet.

[0034]

As described above, according to the container holder for the instrument panel according to the present invention, a part of the temperature-controlled air from the air conditioner unit used for air-conditioning the passenger compartment is housed in the housing part. Since the configuration is such that the beverage in the retained beverage container is kept warm, the beverage can be kept warm without any need for a cold storage material, a chemical reactant, and a separate power supply. In addition, if a shutter is provided in a connection portion between the air flow passage and the storage portion, it is possible to stop keeping the temperature of the beverage container even during the operation of the air conditioner unit. Furthermore, there is also an advantage that the assembling work can be rationalized if it is formed integrally with the adjacent air outlet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an instrument panel provided with a container holder according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state installed in the front of a passenger compartment.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the instrument panel shown in FIG. 1 in a longitudinal section at a position in front of a passenger seat.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of an air guide duct to which the container holder according to the embodiment is attached.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the container holder according to the embodiment, partially cut away.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the container holder according to the example, which is cut away at a portion where an opening is formed.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a center unit including a built-in air conditioner unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the air guide duct according to the embodiment, partially cut away.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view of an air guide duct according to a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 passenger compartment 20 instrument panel 30 air guide duct 38 air conditioner unit 72 outer wall 84 front air outlet 88 side air outlet 92 air flow passage 100 container holder 104 shutter 106 container storage portion 124 beverage container

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) B60K 37/04 B60K 37/04 B60N 3/10 B60N 3/10 B (72) Inventor Kazushi Shikata Aichi 1-1-1 Showa-cho, Kariya F-term in DENSO Corporation (Reference) 3B088 MA01 MB02 3D044 BA05 BB01 BC01 BC07 BC11 BC30 BD04 BD11

Claims (4)

[Claims] An air conditioner unit (38) for air conditioning in a passenger compartment (10) is housed in a front portion of the passenger compartment (10) in a housed state, and a temperature control from the air conditioner unit (38) is performed. In an instrument panel (20) having an air outlet (84, 88) for blowing air into the passenger compartment (10), the air conditioner unit (38) and the air outlet (84) are connected to communicate with each other. Connect the air guide duct (30) to the instrument panel
(20) and an outer wall of the guide duct (30).
(72) is exposed on the upper surface of the panel (20), and the outer wall portion (72) is exposed.
At a required position, a container holder (100) for holding the beverage container (124) is provided, and the container accommodating portion (106) is communicated with the inside of the air guide duct (30), and the air conditioning unit is provided. By supplying a part of the temperature-controlled air sent out from (38) and flowing through the air guide duct (30) to the container accommodating portion (106), the temperature of the beverage in the beverage container (124) can be controlled within a predetermined range. A container holder for an instrument panel, wherein the container holder is configured to be able to hold the instrument panel. 2. A container receiving portion (106) of the container holder (100).
A shutter (104) that can be opened and closed is provided at a portion connected to the air flow passage (92) in the air guide duct (30), and the container (106) and the air flow passage are provided by the shutter (104).
2. A container holder for an instrument panel according to claim 1, wherein said container holder is configured to be able to arbitrarily communicate and shut off with said (92). 3. The air outlet according to claim 1, wherein
3. The container holder for an instrument panel according to claim 1, wherein the container housing is formed integrally, and the container housing as a single member is mounted on the air guide duct. 4. An air outlet (88) for defrosting is formed integrally with the container housing (106), and the container housing (106) as a single member is provided with the air guide duct (30). 3. The container holder of the instrument panel according to claim 1, wherein the container holder is mounted on the instrument panel.