JP2001063438A - Cup holder unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder unit capable of easily changing a pulling-out direction for a cup holder in response to a circumstance of an automobile type equipped therewith and a portion equipped therewith. SOLUTION: This cup holder unit is guided by guide grooves 15, 16 to be projected while drawing a prescribed locus by pulling out holder arms 2a, 2b from a unit body 1. The unit body 1 has the plural guide grooves 15, 16 for drawing different loci with the holder arms 2a, 2b, and plural protrusion- attaching parts 27, 28 for attaching guide protrusions corresponding to the guide grooves 15, 16, and the guide protrusion 42 is attached to the optional protrusion attaching parts 27, 28 in response to the required holder arm pulling- out locus.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawer-type cup holder unit which is used by being incorporated in an instrument panel of an automobile. The present invention relates to a cup holder unit that can be changed.

Conventionally, a drawer-type cup holder unit has been incorporated into an instrument panel of an automobile, and a holder arm is pulled out from this cup holder unit as needed to hold canned beverages and various cups in the holder arm. Is being done.

[0003] A cup holder unit of this type generally has a box-shaped unit main body in which a holder arm for holding a canned beverage or the like is housed so as to be able to be pulled out. Units in which the draw-out form of the holder arm is set according to the situation are individually designed.

[0004] That is, the environment where the cup holder is installed naturally differs depending on the type of vehicle and the installation location. For example, a drawer-type cup holder is usually
The type where the holder arm is pulled straight out straight from the front end face of the unit body is standard, but there are obstacles such as the shift lever of the transmission, etc. The arm may not be able to be pulled straight out.In such a case, the holder arm is pulled out diagonally to one side so that the holder arm can be pulled out avoiding obstacles such as the shift lever. It is necessary to design. On the other hand, it may be preferable to draw straight out for the same reason and convenience.

[0005] As described above, the conventional cup holder unit must be individually designed according to the type and location of the automobile to be installed, and is inferior in versatility, and this also raises the cost. I have.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the trajectory of the cup holder drawn out of the unit body, that is, the drawing direction can be easily changed according to the type of vehicle and the environment of the installation location. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cup holder unit which can cope with various installation modes without having to change the design each time depending on the location, is excellent in versatility, and can reduce the design cost.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a box-shaped unit main body, a holder arm retractably housed in the unit main body, and one of the unit main body and the holder arm. And a guide protrusion provided on the other side, and by pulling out the holder arm from the unit body, the guide protrusion slides in the guide groove, and the holder arm is A cup holder unit that projects from the front end face of the unit body while drawing a predetermined trajectory while being guided by the guide groove, has a plurality of guide grooves that allow the holder arm to draw different trajectories, and corresponds to the guide groove. It has a plurality of protrusion mounting parts for mounting the above guide protrusions, and it is necessary to Flip and provides a cup holder unit, characterized by being configured to attach the guide protrusion to any of the protruding mounting portion.

That is, in the cup holder unit of the present invention, as described above, the guide projection provided on the other of the unit body and the holder arm slides in the guide groove provided on one of the unit body and the holder arm. Are projected from the front end face of the unit body while drawing a predetermined trajectory guided by the guide grooves. In this case, in the present invention, as the guide grooves, a plurality of guide grooves for causing the holder arm to draw different trajectories are provided. And a plurality of projection attachment portions for attaching the guide projections corresponding to the guide grooves. The projection attachment for attaching the guide projections according to the type of the vehicle on which the cup holder is installed and the installation location. By selecting and changing the part, the draw-out trajectory of the holder arm, that is, the state at the time of draw-out, can be changed according to the vehicle type and installation location It is those that can Rukoto.

For example, a linear guide groove for linearly guiding the holder arm and a skew guide groove for guiding the holder arm obliquely to one side are provided in the unit main body as the guide groove, and the straight line is formed in the holder arm. If it is necessary to provide a straight projection attachment portion corresponding to the guide groove and a skew projection attachment portion corresponding to the skew guide groove, and when it is necessary to set the holder arm to be drawn straight out straight, Attach the guide projection to the straight projection mounting part, and set so that the holder arm is guided by the linear guide groove and is drawn straight out from the front end face of the unit body, while the holder arm is pulled out diagonally. If it is necessary to set it, attach the guide projection to the skew projection mounting part, and make sure that the holder arm is Is Id from the unit main body front surface is capable to make drawn obliquely to one side towards.

As described above, according to the cup holder unit of the present invention, the selection of the projection mounting portion for mounting the guide projection is made in accordance with the type and location of the automobile on which the cup holder is to be installed. The drawer trajectory, that is, the state at the time of drawer, can be changed and selected according to the vehicle type and the installation location. Excellent design cost can be reduced.

[0011]

Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described below.
The present invention will be described more specifically. FIGS. 1 to 4 show a cup holder unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cup holder unit includes a box-shaped unit main body 1 and a first main body 1 which is housed in the unit main body 1 so as to be drawn out. It has a holder arm 2a and a second holder arm 2b.

The unit main body 1 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 5 shows a state in which a cover (not shown) forming the upper wall of the unit body 1 formed in a box shape is removed, and as shown in FIG. Box-shaped base 1 with open front end
1 and two lids 12a and 12b attached to the open front end of the base 11.

The base 11 has a partition wall 111 extending from the rear end to the front end integrally formed at the center in the width direction (horizontal direction in the drawing). Housing section 13a and second holder housing section 13
b.

A reference guide groove 14, a skew guide groove 15, and a straight guide groove 16 are formed on the inner surfaces of the bottom walls of the first holder accommodating portion 13a and the second holder accommodating portion 13b, respectively, along the front-rear direction. . Each holder accommodating part 13
The reference guide groove 14 provided on the innermost side (partition wall 111 side) of each of the holder accommodating portions 13a, 13b.
b is a linear groove extending from the rear end to the front end slightly behind.
The skew guide groove 15 provided outside the reference guide groove 14 extends from the rear end portion of each of the holder accommodating portions 13a, 13b to the front end portion, and extends straight from the rear end portion to the middle portion. In the portion 15a, the front portion is a skewing portion 15b skewed to one side. Further, the linear guide groove 16 provided outside the skew guide groove 15 is a linear groove extending from the rear end of each of the holder accommodating portions 13a, 13b to the front end slightly behind. Although not shown, guide grooves similar to the above-described guide grooves 14, 15, 16 are also provided on the inner surface of a cover (not shown) forming the upper wall of the unit body 1.

At both corners of the rear end of the base body 11 constituting the unit body 1, latch members 3 and 3 for releasably locking while holding the holder arms 2a and 2b are attached. As shown in FIG. 9, the latch members 3, 3 are provided with cam grooves 32 on the lower surface of a substantially blade-shaped substrate 31.
Is formed. The cam groove 32 is formed by a substantially U-shaped lock portion 32a and a linear projection discharge path 32b. One end of the lock portion 32a serves as an entrance 32c opened to the side surface of the base 13, and the other end communicates with one end of the projection discharge path 32b. The other end of the projection discharge path 32b is an outlet 32d opened to the front end surface of the substrate 31. The front end surface of the substrate 31 is obliquely inclined, and forms a cam surface that reaches an inlet 32c of the cam groove 32 through an arc-shaped corner.

The latch member 3 is connected to the unit main body 1.
And is urged inward (in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 9B) by a torsion spring (not shown).

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the first and second units provided on the base 11 of the unit main body 1 are provided.
Anti-rattle plates 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b are provided on both sides of the front ends of the holder accommodating portions 13a, 13b, respectively.
Are integrally protruded inward from the side wall and the partition wall 111, and the backlash preventing plates 17a, 17b, 18a,
A gap is formed between 18 b and the bottom wall of the base 11.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the lids 12a and 12b have notched windows 121,
121 is formed. These lids 12a, 12
b is rotatably attached to the front ends of the first holder accommodating portion 13a and the second holder accommodating portion 13b provided on the base 11 constituting the unit main body 1, respectively. The lids 12a and 12b are
Are biased to rotate upward by torsion coil springs 122, 122 attached at the center in the width direction, and close the front end face of the base body 11, that is, the front end face of the unit body 1 at the upper rotation limit. It has become.
However, even in this state, the window 1 of the lids 12a and 12b
21 and 121 are opened.

The first and second holder arms 2a and 2b housed in the unit main body 1 so as to be able to be pulled out have the same configuration, except that they are inverted left and right (up and down in FIG. 6). Therefore, here, the second holder arm 2b will be described, and the first holder arm 2a will be assigned the same reference numeral and description thereof will be omitted.

The above-mentioned second holder arm 2b is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, a support body 23 for placing and supporting canned beverages and the like is rotatable on the lower surface of a holder body 21 having a hold hole 22 for holding canned beverages and the like at the front part. It is attached to.

On one side of the rear end portion of the holder body 21, there is provided a long plate-shaped first rattle preventing piece 24a integrally formed to extend outward from the lower surface, and the other side surface of the rear end portion. Is provided with a triangular plate-shaped second rattle prevention piece 24b integrally formed to extend outward from the lower surface, and a lock projection 25 protrudes from the center of the upper surface of the second rattle prevention piece 24b. ing.

At the rear end of the holder body 21, reference projections 26 projecting from both upper and lower surfaces are projected, and a torsion spring 211 is attached. One end of the torsion spring 211 is attached to the holder. The other end is fixed to the main body 21, and the other end is in a state of projecting obliquely rearward from the rear end of the holder main body 21.

Further, in the rear part of the holder main body 21 and slightly in front thereof, a linear projection mounting hole (linear projection mounting part) 28 corresponding to the linear guide groove 16 of the unit main body 1 and a skew guide groove 15 are formed. The skewed projection mounting holes (skewed projection mounting portions) 27 are arranged side by side in the width direction slightly before and after. At the front end of the holder body 21, a knob 29 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is integrally formed so as to protrude forward.

The support body 23 is rotatably attached to the lower surface of the holder main body 21. A plate-shaped receiving plate part 231 is formed at an end of the support body 23 so as to be bent at a predetermined angle. I have. This support 23 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, at the upper rotation limit, it is almost stored in the recess formed on the lower surface side of the holder body 21 (FIG. 7A), while at the lower rotation limit, the distal end Are separated from each other by a predetermined distance below the holder main body 21. At this time, the receiving plate portion 231 at the distal end is in a substantially horizontal state (FIG. 7).
(B)).

A guide projection 42 inserted into the linear guide groove 16 or the skew guide groove 15 of the holder main body 1 is provided in the straight projection mounting hole 28 or the skew projection mounting hole 27 of each of the holder arms 2a and 2b. Is attached.

As shown in FIG. 8, the guide projection members 4 are formed on both upper and lower end surfaces of a substantially cylindrical base 41.
2 and 42, and a pair of locking projections 43, 43 which are displaced by 180 ° from each other on the outer peripheral surface of the base 41. The guide projection member 4 is provided with a straight projection mounting hole 28 or a skew projection mounting hole 2 of the holder main body 21.
7 and press-fit the locking projections 43, 43 into the projection mounting holes 27.
Or, by engaging and fixing with an engaging portion (not shown) provided on 28, as shown in FIG. It can be mounted in a state protruding from both upper and lower surfaces.

The guide projection member 4 is attached to the straight projection mounting hole 28 when the holder arms 2a and 2b are set to be pulled out linearly, and is set to be pulled out obliquely outward. It is attached to the skew projection mounting hole 27. In the present embodiment, the first
The holder arm 2a attaches the guide projection 4 to the straight projection mounting hole 28 to provide a guide projection 42 corresponding to the linear guide groove 46, and the second holder arm 2b inserts the guide projection 42 to the skew projection mounting hole 27. The guide protrusion 4 is attached to the guide protrusion 4 corresponding to the skew guide groove 15.
2 are provided.

The first and second holder arms 2a, 2a
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, b is drawably housed in the first holder housing 13 a and the second holder housing 13 b of the unit body 1, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lock projection 25 is engaged with the latch member 3 and locked when completely accommodated in the holder main body 1. At this time, the torsion spring 211 attached to the holder arms 2a, 2b abuts on the rear end wall of the unit body 1 and is elastically deformed, and is urged forward by the repulsive force. From the state, the holder arm 2a,
2b is pushed backward by pressing against the urging force of the torsion spring 211 and once pushed in, and the pressing force is released, whereby the locked state is released and the holder arm 2
By pushing a, 2b backward against the urging force of the torsion spring 211, the lock projection 25 can be engaged with the latch member 3 again to lock.

The mechanism for locking and unlocking by the latch member 3 will be briefly described. In the locked state shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG. 9A, the holder arms 2a and 2b The lock projection 25 is locked by engaging with the substantially U-shaped lock portion 32 a provided in the cam groove 32 of the latch member 3. By pressing the holder arms 2a and 2b backward from this state and pushing them in, as shown in FIG.
The lock projection 25 moves rearward, and accordingly, the latch member 3 rotates in the direction of arrow a by a torsion spring (not shown), and the lock projection 25 moves to the projection discharge path 32 b of the cam groove 32. Holder arm 2 in this state
a, 2b, the torsion spring 2 is released.
As the holder arms 2a and 2b move forward by the urging force of the lock 11, the lock protrusion 25 is moved to the protrusion discharge path 3 of the cam groove 32 as shown in FIG.
It moves forward in 2b and is discharged from the outlet 32d, and the locked state is released.

When the lock projections 25 of the holder arms 2a and 2b are engaged with the latch member 3 to lock the holder arms 2a and 2b in the unit body 1, the holder arms 2a and 2b Is pressed backward, and is pushed backward against the urging force of the torsion spring 211. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9D, the lock protrusions 25 of the holder arms 2a and 2b are used.
Abuts against a cam surface at the front end face of the latch member 3, and the cam action causes the latch member 3 to rotate in the direction of arrow b in the figure against the urging force of a torsion spring (not shown). Accordingly, the lock projection 25 moves along the cam surface of the latch member 3 while rotating the latch member 3, and as shown in FIG. 9E, the entrance 32 c of the cam groove 32. At this time, the latch member 3 rotates in the direction of arrow c in the figure by the urging force of the torsion spring (not shown), and the lock projection 25 enters the cam groove 32. When the pressed state of the holder arms 2a and 2b is released in this state, the holder arms 2a and 2b are moved forward by the urging force of the torsion spring 211, and the lock projection 25 is thereby moved forward. To the lock portion 32a of the cam groove 32, and the lock state shown in FIG.

As described above, the latch member 3 is released from the locked state by pressing the holder arms 2a and 2b and once pushing the same rearward.
By pushing a, 2b backward, it can be locked again. Therefore, unlocking and re-locking can be performed only by one-push of the holder arms 2a and 2b.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the holder arms 2a and 2b are completely accommodated in the unit body 1 and locked, the holder arms 2a and 2b are locked.
2b, the knobs 29, 29 are respectively attached to the lids 12a, 1
The window portions 121, 2b are closed.

Next, the operation of the cup holder unit of this embodiment will be described. The cup holder unit of the present embodiment is incorporated in an instrument panel of an automobile or the like, and the first holder arm 2a and the second holder arm 2b are pulled out from the unit body 1 as needed, and canned beverages and the like are inserted into the holder arms 2a and 2b. Is held.

First, the case where the first holder arm 2a is pulled out from the unit main body 1 and used will be described. The knob 29 of the first holder arm 2a is pushed with a finger or the like. As a result, the engagement between the latch member 3 and the lock projection 25 of the first holder arm 2a is released by the mechanism described above, and as shown in FIG. 2, the first holder arm 2a is biased by the torsion spring 211. Is moved forward, and the knob 29 is moved to the lid 12a.
Is protruded forward from the window 121.

In this state, the knob 29 is gripped and the first holder arm 2a is pulled out toward the user. Thereby, the reference projection 26 and the guide projection 42 slide in the reference guide groove 14 and the linear guide groove 16, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 3, the first holder arm 2
a is guided by the guide grooves 14 and 16 and is linearly pulled out from the front end face of the unit body 1.

At this time, the lid 12 of the unit body 1
a is pressed by the first holder arm 2a and pivots downward against the urging force of the torsion coil spring 122, so that the front end face of the first holder accommodating portion 13a of the unit body 1 is opened. Further, the first rattle preventing piece 24a and the second rattle preventing piece 24b of the first holder arm 2a are formed.
Are sunk under the first anti-rattle plate 17a and the second anti-rattle plate 18a provided at the front end of the first holder accommodating portion 13a, respectively.
a, 18a and the bottom wall of the unit body 1, so that the first holder arm 2a protrudes from the unit body 1 without rattling.

The first holder arm 2a protruding from the unit main body 1 has its support body 23 pivoted downward by its own weight to be in the state shown in FIG. 7 (B). The support body 2 passes through a hold hole 22 provided in the holder body 21 of the holder arm 2a.
A canned beverage or the like is placed on the third receiving plate portion 231 and held.

After using the first holder arm 2a,
In the case of being housed in the unit main body 1 again, it is pressed and pushed into the unit main body 1, whereby the first holder arm 2a is guided by the reference guide groove 14 and the linear guide groove 16 and linearly rearward. (Unit body 1
2), the state shown in FIG. 2 is obtained, and from this state, the first holder arm 2a is pressed and pushed in, whereby the first holder arm 2a is moved by the mechanism described above.
The lock projection 25 is engaged with the latch member 3 to be locked, and returns to the initial state shown in FIG. In this case, the lid 12a automatically rotates upward by the bias of the torsion coil spring 122, and closes the front end surface of the first holder accommodating portion 13a of the unit body 1.

Next, the case where the second holder arm 2b is pulled out from the unit body 1 and used will be described. As in the case where the first holder arm 2a is used, the state shown in FIG. Second holder arm 2
b, push the knob 29 with a finger or the like, and press the latch member 3
2 is released from the engagement with the lock projection 25 of the second holder arm 2b, and the second holder arm 2b is moved forward by the urging force of the torsion spring 211, so that the first holder arm 2a shown in FIG. Similarly, the tab 29 is projected forward from the window 121 of the lid 12b.

In this state, the knob 29 is gripped and the second holder arm 2b is pulled out toward the user. As a result, first, the reference projection 26 and the guide projection 42 slide in the reference guide groove 14 and the skew guide groove 15, respectively, and the second holder arm 2b moves the reference guide groove 1
4 and linearly pulled out from the front end face of the unit body 1 by being guided by the linear portion 15a of the skew guide groove 15, and then, as shown in FIG. Is slid to the one side (the left outside in FIG. 4) around the reference projection 26, and the second holder arm 2b is obliquely drawn outward.

At this time, similarly to the case of the first holder arm 2a, the lid 12b of the unit main body 1 is pressed by the second holder arm 2b and moves downward against the urging force of the torsion coil spring 122. The unit rotates and the front end face of the second holder accommodating portion 13b of the unit main body 1 is opened. Further, a first rattling preventing piece 24a and a second rattling preventing piece 24b of the second holder arm 2b are provided at the front end of the second holder accommodating portion 13b, respectively.
The anti-rattle plate 17b and the second anti-rattle plate 18b are sunk under the anti-rattle plates 17b and 18b.
And the bottom wall of the unit body 1,
As a result, the second holder arm 2b projects obliquely from the unit body 1 without rattling.

As in the case of the first holder arm 2a, the support body 23 of the second holder arm 2b projecting from the unit body 1 is rotated downward by its own weight, as shown in FIG. B)
In this state, the holder body 21 of the second holder arm 2b is
The canned beverage or the like is placed and held on the receiving plate portion 231 of the support body 23 through the hold hole 22 provided in the support body 23.

After using the second holder arm 2b,
In the case of being housed in the unit main body 1 again, it is pressed and pushed into the unit main body 1, whereby the guide projection 42 is firstly moved to the skewed portion 15 of the skewed guide groove 15.
b to the rear, the second holder unit 2b pivots inward about the reference protrusion 26, and then the reference protrusion 2
6 and the guide protrusions 42 are respectively provided in the reference guide grooves 14.
And slides linearly 15a of the skew guide groove 15 rearward, and is guided by the guide grooves 14 and 15 and linearly moves rearward (inside the unit body 1) to lock the protrusion 25.
Abuts on the latch member 3 and further presses and pushes the second holder unit 2b, whereby the lock projection 25 of the second holder arm 2b is engaged with the latch member 3 and locked by the mechanism described above, It returns to the initial state shown in FIG. In this case, the lid 12b
Is automatically rotated upward by the bias of the torsion coil spring 122, and the second holder accommodating portion 13 of the unit body 1 is rotated.
Close the front end face of b.

As described above, in the above embodiment, the first holder arm 2a in which the guide projection member 4 is attached to the linear projection mounting hole 28 and the guide projection 42 corresponding to the linear guide groove 16 is provided is the unit body. The guide projection member 4 is attached to the skew projection mounting hole 27, and the guide projection 42 corresponding to the skew guide groove 15 is provided. The holder arm 2b is set so as to be drawn obliquely outward from the unit body 1.

In this case, when it is necessary to pull out the first holder arm 2a obliquely as in the case of the second holder arm 2b, the guide projection member 4 is not provided with the straight projection mounting hole 28 but with the skewed projection mounting hole 28. The first holder arm 2a may be provided with a guide projection 42 corresponding to the skew guide groove 15 by being attached to the hole 27. If it is necessary to pull out the second holder arm 2b linearly, The projection member 4 may be attached not to the skew projection attachment hole 27 but to the straight projection attachment hole 28, and the second holder arm 2b may be provided with the guide projection 42 corresponding to the linear guide groove 16.

As described above, in the cup holder unit of this embodiment, the guide projections provided on the holder arms 2a and 2b slide in the guide grooves provided on the unit main body 1, and the holder arms 2a and 2b are moved. The guide groove protrudes from the front end face of the unit body 1 while drawing a predetermined trajectory. In this case, in the present embodiment, the guide groove serves as the guide groove, and the holder arm draws a straight trajectory. The unit main body 1 is provided with a guide groove 16 and a skew guide groove 15 for drawing an oblique trajectory, and two projection mountings for mounting the guide protrusion members 4 corresponding to the guide grooves 15 and 16. Hole 27,
28 provided on the holder arms 2a and 2b,
A projection mounting hole 2 for mounting the guide projection member 4 according to the type and location of an automobile in which the cup holder is installed.
By selecting and changing 7, 28, the holder arm 2
The withdrawal trajectories a and 2b, that is, the state at the time of withdrawal can be changed and selected according to the type of vehicle and the installation location.

Therefore, according to the cup holder unit of the present embodiment, the projection mounting holes 27 and 28 for mounting the guide projection members 4 are changed and selected according to the type and location of the automobile on which the cup holder is installed. The draw-out trajectory of the holder arms 2a, 2b, that is, the state at the time of draw-out, can be changed and selected according to the vehicle type and the installation location.
It is possible to cope with various installation modes without having to change the design each time according to the type of vehicle and the installation location, to achieve excellent versatility and to reduce the design cost.

The cup holder unit of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but may be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the reference guide groove 14 is used as the guide groove.
In addition, two types of guide grooves, a straight guide groove 16 and a skew guide groove 15, are provided. In addition to the reference guide groove 14, two or more skew guide grooves having different skew angles from the straight guide groove 16 are provided. For example, three or more types of guide grooves may be provided in addition to the reference guide groove 14, in which case the holder arms 2a, 2b
It is sufficient to provide three or more projection mounting holes corresponding to these guide grooves.

In the above embodiment, a guide groove is provided on the unit body 1 side, and a projection mounting hole is provided on the holder arms 2a, 2b.
A guide groove may be provided on the side 2b, and a projection mounting hole may be provided on the unit body 1 side.

Further, in the above embodiment, two holder arms 2a and 2b are provided on the left and right sides. However, one or three or more holder arms may be provided, and the unit body 1, holder arms 2a and 2b, latch member 3 and The configuration of the guide projection member 4 and the like can be appropriately changed within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the cup holder unit of the present invention is preferably used when a cup holder is installed in a car, but is not limited to a car, and is also suitable for a train, an aircraft, a ship, and the like. It can be used for.

[0051]

As described above, according to the cup holder unit of the present invention, the trajectory of the cup holder pulled out from the unit body, that is, the drawing direction can be easily changed according to the type of the vehicle to be installed and the environment of the installation location. It is possible to adapt to various installation modes without having to change the design each time according to the vehicle type and the installation location, and to achieve excellent versatility and reduce the design cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a cup holder unit according to one embodiment of the present invention, with a cover of a unit body removed.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where a lock of one holder arm of the cup holder unit is released.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state where one holder arm of the cup holder unit is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state where the other holder arm of the cup holder unit is pulled out.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a unit main body constituting the cup holder unit, with a cover of the unit main body removed.

6A and 6B show a holder arm constituting the cup holder unit, wherein FIG. 6A is a plan view and FIG. 6B is a rear view.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are side views showing a holder arm constituting the cup holder unit, wherein FIG. 7A is a state where the support body is folded, and FIG. 7B is a state where the support body is expanded.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing a guide projection member constituting the cup holder unit.

FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view showing a configuration of a latch member constituting the cup holder unit and a locking / unlocking operation thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 Unit body 14 Reference guide groove 15 Skew guide groove 15a Straight part 15b Skew part 16 Straight guide groove 2a, 2b Holder arm 27 Skew projection attachment hole (Skew projection attachment part) 28 Straight projection attachment hole ( Straight projection attachment portion) 3 Latch member 4 Guide projection member 42 Guide projection

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped unit main body, a holder arm housed in the unit main body so as to be drawn out, a guide groove provided in one of the unit main body and the holder arm, and a guide provided in the other. The guide arm slides in the guide groove by pulling out the holder arm from the unit body, and the holder arm is guided by the guide groove and draws a predetermined trajectory. In the cup holder unit protruding from the front end surface of the unit main body, the holder arm has a plurality of guide grooves for drawing different trajectories on the holder arm, and a plurality of protrusion mounting portions for mounting the guide protrusions corresponding to the guide grooves. The guide protrusions may be provided at any of the protrusion mounting portions according to a required withdrawal locus of the holder arm. A cup holder unit characterized by being configured to be attached to a cup holder. And a linear guide groove for linearly guiding the holder arm and a skew guide groove for guiding the holder arm obliquely to one side on both upper and lower surfaces or one surface of the unit body. The holder arm has a straight projection mounting portion corresponding to the straight guide groove and a skew projection mounting portion corresponding to the skew guide groove. Is guided linearly from the front end face of the unit main body by the linear guide groove, and the guide arm is attached to the skew projection mounting portion, whereby the holder arm is guided by the skew guide groove. The cup holder unit according to claim 1, wherein the cup holder unit is configured to be drawn obliquely from the front end face of the unit body to one side. 3. A reference guide groove formed linearly in the front-rear direction on both upper and lower surfaces or one surface in the unit main body, a linear guide groove formed linearly in the front-rear direction, and a front-rear direction. And a skew guide groove which is formed along the rear end portion and is a skew portion in which the front portion is skewed to one side from the rear end portion to the middle portion, and the front portion is skewed to one side. A linear projection mounting portion corresponding to the linear guide groove; and a skew projection mounting portion corresponding to the skew guide groove. By attaching the guide projection to the section, the reference projection and the guide projection slide in the reference guide groove and the linear guide groove, respectively, and the holder arm is guided by these guide grooves and linearly moves from the front end face of the unit body. Withdraw to On the other hand, by attaching the guide projection to the skew projection attachment portion, the reference projection and the guide projection slide in the reference guide groove and the skew guide groove, respectively, and the holder arm is connected to the reference guide groove. After being guided by the linear portion of the skew guide groove and linearly pulled out from the front end face of the unit body, the guide protrusion slides on the skew portion of the skew guide groove, and the guide protrusion is moved around the reference protrusion. 3. The cup holder unit according to claim 2, wherein the cup holder unit is configured to swing sideways.