JP2000142201A - Cup holder for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder for an automobile for holding a beverage can allowing easy insertion of a beverage can into a cup holder and securely hold it without tipping over and wobbling by sudden driving. SOLUTION: A guide rib 32 is installed in an inner wall of a holder part 30 to be slanted with respect to an inserting direction of a beverage can P, so the beverage can P is easily inserted into the holder and is securely held by a long-sized holding line expanding up and down along the slim-shaped can P. A front guide rib and a rear guide rib provided in the front and rear sides of the inner wall of the holder part 30 are protrudingly provided, slanting down in a mutually opposed direction, so that the beverage can P can be easily inserted from either front or rear sides.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder for a vehicle capable of accommodating a drink can or the like in a vehicle compartment, and more particularly, to a cup holder for a vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder for a vehicle that can smoothly store a drink can or the like and that can be stably stored without falling down by a driving operation such as sudden start or sudden stop when used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, a cup holder capable of accommodating a drink can or the like is installed in a vehicle cabin in consideration of usability. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the front side edge of the door pocket 2 of the door trim 1 has a large diameter and a substantially circular shape for inserting the drink can P compared with the depth dimension of the opening 2 a of the door pocket 2. Part 3 provided with opening 3a
The guide ribs 4 are formed on the inner wall surface of the holder 3 in order to prevent the drink can P from falling down inside the holder 3 due to sudden start, sudden stop, sudden steering, etc. during running of the vehicle. .

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional vehicle cup holder in which the holder portion 3 having the guide ribs 4 is set to the door trim 1 and other interior parts, the drink can P to be accommodated is stabilized. To hold
Since the guide rib 4 formed on the inner wall surface of the holder portion 3 is set in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the drink can P, the bottom of the drink can P abuts the guide rib 4 when the drink can P is inserted, It is pointed out that the problem is that the insertability of the drink can P is hindered.

When the drink can P is stored and held, the outer peripheral surface of the drink can P and the edge 4a of the guide rib 4
Of the drink can P has a vertically long shape, and a part thereof is held by a short contact line along the horizontal direction, so that it is difficult to obtain a reliable holding, In an intense driving operation such as sudden start, sudden stop, sharp curve, etc., for example, only the upper part of the drink can P is supported by the guide rib 4, and the center of the drink can P or the lower part is weakly held, so that the drink can P does not fall down. Therefore, it has been desired to provide the vehicle cup holder with a holding function that can reliably hold the drink can P.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in a vehicle cup holder in which a holder is installed on an interior part such as a door trim, a drink can or the like can be smoothly inserted. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle cup holder that can hold the outer surface of a vertically long drink can evenly up and down after being housed, and is capable of securely holding without a glitch even by a sudden driving operation. I have.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle cup holder in which a holder for accommodating a drink can is provided on an interior part. The wall is provided with a guide rib set obliquely to the insertion direction of the drink can.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the guide rib has a front side guide rib extending obliquely downward toward the rear side on the front side inner wall surface of the holder portion and a rear side inner wall surface of the holder portion. And a rear-side guide rib extending obliquely downward toward the front side.

Here, the cup holder for a vehicle may be either a type in which a holder portion having a space for accommodating a drink can is provided in a door pocket of a door trim, a console box, or the like, or a type of a cup holder to be assembled to interior parts. But it can be applied.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
Since the guide rib is formed on the inner wall surface of the holder part along the oblique direction with respect to the insertion direction of the drink can, even when the bottom of the drink can hits the guide rib when the drink can is inserted into the holder part, the guide rib is formed. Is inclined along the downward direction, so that the bottom of the drink can slides down on the guide ribs, so that the drink can can be stored in the holder part conveniently.

[0010] In addition, in the storage state of the drink can,
Since the guide ribs extend along the vertical direction, it can be held by a wide range of contact lines over the vertical direction of the elongated drink can, and a conventional guide rib structure that holds a part of the drink can in the horizontal direction Drink cans have a structure that is less likely to fall down than those of drinks.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the guide ribs are provided on the inner wall surface of the holder portion on the front side and the rear side, respectively, the front side and the rear side with respect to the holder opening are provided. Drink cans can be accommodated from any of them.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cup holder for a vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

This embodiment is applied to an embodiment in which a holder is installed on the front side of a door pocket of a door trim. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a door trim having a door pocket, and FIG. 2 is a door trim thereof. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of a door pocket in FIG. 3, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing another embodiment of the holder portion.

In the drawings, a door trim 10 is composed of an upper and lower divided body of a door trim upper 11 and a door trim lower 12. In order to give an accent effect to the appearance, the door trim upper 11 is provided on the surface of the resin core material. The door trim lower 12 is formed of an injection-molded body of a synthetic resin such as a PP resin.

The feature of the present invention is that the door trim 1
The object of the present invention is to enhance the usability of the holder portion 30 connected to the door pocket 20 provided in the door trim lower 12 at 0.

That is, the door pocket 20 stores a road map and the like, and the pocket opening 21 cannot be set to have a large depth dimension in order to prevent the map from falling down into the indoor side. The holder opening 31 of the holder section 30 is formed as a substantially circular large opening 31 that can accommodate the drink can P.

Further, in the holder part 30 according to the present invention, the plate-shaped guide rib 3 is provided on the inner wall surface of the holder part 30.
2 are formed integrally, but in this embodiment,
The guide rib 32 is set obliquely to the insertion direction of the drink can P.

Accordingly, the occupant places the drink can P in the holder 3
When the drink can P is stored from the rear side as shown in FIG. 2, the drink can P is stored from the rear side. And the guide rib 32 is inclined downward, so that the drink can P
The bottom of the container slides down, and the drink can P is placed in the holder 3
0 can be accommodated.

Therefore, unlike the conventional horizontal guide rib, the bottom of the drink can P abuts on the guide rib, so that the accommodation operation of the drink can P is not hindered, and the usability can be enhanced.

In the state where the drink can P is accommodated in the holder portion 30, the contact portion 33 between the guide rib 32 and the outer surface of the drink can P is formed as shown in FIGS.
The drink can P can be held by a long contact line along the vertical direction of the drink can P from the upper contact portion a to the lower contact portion b. Holding line is longer than that of
In addition, since the drink can P can be held vertically above and below the elongated drink can P, the drink can P can be securely held without being scrambled by sudden driving operations such as sudden start, sudden stop, and sudden steering. I do.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the vehicular cup holder according to the present invention. A front guide rib inclined downward toward the rear side is provided on the front side of the inner wall surface of the holder portion 30. 32a is provided, and
On the rear side of the inner wall surface of the holder portion 30, a rear side guide rib 32b inclined downward toward the front side is provided.

Accordingly, when the drink can P is accommodated in the holder portion 30, the front guide rib 32a is positioned from the front side with respect to the holder opening 31 as shown by an arrow A in FIG.
In the state where the drink can P can be accommodated in the proper position along the rear guide rib 32b from the rear side as shown by an arrow B in FIG. The outer peripheral surface is formed by both guide ribs 32.
There is an additional effect that abutment can be reliably supported by the a and 32b and the storage stability is also excellent.

The structure of the holder 30 described above is different from the structure of the holder 3 in a console box or an instrument panel.
0 can be applied, and it can also be applied to an assembling-type cup holder to be assembled and used on the interior trim side.

[0024]

As described above, the vehicle cup holder according to the present invention has the following special effects.

(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the guide rib is provided on the inner wall surface of the holder in a direction oblique to the insertion direction of the drink can, the drink can is placed in the holder. When storing, even if the drink can is inserted roughly into the holder opening, if the bottom of the drink can abuts on the guide rib, the drink can slides down on the guide rib and can be smoothly housed in the proper position, This has the effect of improving the workability of inserting a drink can.

(2) According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the guide rib is provided on the inner wall surface of the holder portion in a direction oblique to the insertion direction of the drink can, the drink can is accommodated in the holder portion. In this state, the drink can is held on the outer surface of the elongated drink can via a long contact line extending vertically, so that it can be operated by sudden driving such as sudden start, sudden stop, and sudden steering. This has the effect that the drink can can be securely held without causing the drink can to fall as in the prior art, and of course, without any glare.

(3) According to the invention as set forth in claim 2, since the guide ribs are provided on the inner wall surface of the holder portion on the front side and the rear side, respectively, the front side and the rear side with respect to the holder opening. Since the drink can can be stored from any of the above, the operation of storing the drink can can be easily performed, and the outer peripheral surface of the drink can can be supported by both guide ribs, so that the storage stability is excellent. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an automobile door trim to which a vehicle cup holder according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a vehicle cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cup holder shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the vehicle cup holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a configuration of a cup holder installed in a conventional automobile door trim.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Door trim 11 Door trim upper 12 Door trim lower 20 Door pocket 21 Pocket opening 30 Holder part 31 Holder opening 32 Guide rib 32a Front guide rib 32b Rear guide rib 33 Contact part a Upper contact part b Lower contact part P Drink can

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cup holder for a vehicle in which a holder (30) for accommodating a drink can (P) is provided on an interior part (10), wherein an inner wall surface of the holder (30) has a drink can (P)
Guide ribs (3
A cup holder for a vehicle, wherein 1) is provided. 2. The front guide rib (31a) protruding from an inner wall surface on the front side of the holder portion (30) and extending obliquely downward toward the rear side.
And rear guide ribs (3) projecting from the rear inner wall surface of the holder portion (30) and obliquely downward toward the front side.
1b).
4. A vehicle cup holder according to claim 1.