JP2002187474A - Cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cup holder in which a holding plate for a cup can be stuck out long. SOLUTION: This cup holder is provided with a housing 1 which is fixed on the interior side of an automobile, a holding plate 11 for holding the cup and a lid 21 for placing a bottom part of the cup. The holding plate 11 is dispensably supported inside of the housing 1 and is elastically energized in an opening direction by a spring pressure of a spring member 41. The lid 21 is rotatably and pivotally supported at the housing 1, and the lid 21 and the holding plate 11 are connected with link members 31 so as to be able to work together. Long holes 13 along a dispensing direction of the holding plate 11 are formed at connection parts of the holding plate 11 with the link members 31, as a result, the holding plate 11 can be stuck out further from the inside of the housing 1 for the length of the long hole 13 with the spring pressure of the spring member 41.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder installed in an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional cup holder of this type, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-278652. The conventional cup holder was developed to be installed on the door side of an automobile, and although not specifically shown, a base plate fixed to the door side and a base end portion of the base plate which is rotated A long first arm rotatably supported, a short second arm rotatably supported at a base end of the base plate, and free ends of the first arm and the second arm. A holding plate of a cup that is rotatably supported by the part and is rotatably supported by the base plate and moves between a folded position along the base plate and a deployed position that is separated from the base plate; and a cup rotatably supported by the base plate. Is provided with a storage cover that also serves as a tray on which the bottom of the device is placed.

[0003] In actual use, when the storage cover is rotated to its deployed position, the support guide of the first arm and the second arm is obtained, and the holding plate is automatically leveled by the urging spring pressure. Since it rotates to the deployed position, after that, if a cup is inserted into the holding hole formed inside the holding plate and the bottom of the cup is placed on the storage cover in the deployed state, this allows Can hold cup.

[0004] When the storage cover is not used as a cup holder, the first arm and the second arm rotate downward about the respective base ends while rotating the storage cover toward the base plate. The holding plate is folded while rotating upward around the free end of each arm, and both are stored inside the storage cover. Will be obtained.

[0005]

Therefore, under the conventional cup holder, there is an advantage that the used state and the non-used state can be easily obtained. On the other hand, in the used state, the holding plate is more than the storage case. Cannot be advanced first, so that the cup is naturally held close to the base plate side. For this reason, in the conventional cup holder, there is a risk that the hand may hit the base plate or the wall surface of the door for fixing the base plate when the cup is taken in and out. Also, the number of parts will inevitably increase,
Some hated the structure was complicated.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been developed to effectively solve the problems of the conventional cup holder, and the invention according to claim 1 is fixed to the interior side of a vehicle. What is claimed is: 1. A cup holder comprising: a housing, a holding plate for holding a cup, and a lid for placing a bottom of the cup, the cup holder supporting the holding plate so as to be able to be pulled out into the housing, and holding the holding plate by a spring of a spring member. While being elastically urged in the opening direction by pressure and pivotally supporting the lid to the housing in a rotatable manner, the lid and the holding plate are connected to each other via a link member so as to be interlocked with each other. A configuration is used in which a long hole is formed in the connecting portion along the pulling-out direction of the holding plate.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, based on the first aspect, the spring member has a structure in which the biasing direction is reversed during operation.

Therefore, in the invention according to claim 1,
When the lid is rotated in the unfolding direction, the holding plate connected to the lid via the link member is pulled out of the housing in conjunction with the lid, but the holding plate side is pulled out in its own drawing direction. The holding plate is further pulled out of the housing by the spring pressure of the spring member by the length of the long hole, since the holding plate is connected to the end of the link member through the long hole along the same. For this reason, since the holding plate is largely extended from the interior wall surface of the automobile, the possibility of the hand colliding with the housing or the wall surface fixing the housing when the cup is taken in and out is eliminated. Further, since the number of parts is reduced, the structure can be simplified.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the holding plate passes through the dead point of the spring, the spring member uses a spring whose biasing direction is reversed during operation. Since the elastic plate is automatically elastically biased in the state direction or, conversely, automatically elastically biased in the non-use state direction, the holding plate can be securely positioned in each state without play. Become
This can also reduce the number of parts.

[0010]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention; As shown in FIG. 1, a housing 1 is fixed in a space of an instrument panel (not shown), and a holding hole 11a for a cup is provided inside.
, A lid 21 also serving as a tray on which the bottom of the cup is placed, and a pair of link members 31 for linking the holding plate 11 and the lid 21 in an interlockable manner.
It comprises a spring 41 composed of a torsion coil spring for reversing the holding plate 11 in the opening direction and the closing direction and for urging it elastically.

The housing 1 will be described first. The housing 1 is an integrally molded product of a synthetic resin.
As shown in FIG.
A support space 2 is provided to support the drawer 1 so as to be able to be pulled out, and a convex wall 3 engaging with a concave groove 12 of a holding plate 11 described later is continuously formed on inner surfaces of both side walls defining the support space 2. A long guide slit 4 for guiding the movement of a first connection shaft 32 of a link member 31 described below is formed therethrough in a penetrating state, and a spring 41 is fixed to the bottom surface of the support space 2 with one end 41a. A boss portion 5 to be attached is formed, and a shaft portion 6 that fits into a bearing hole 23 of a lid 21 described later is formed on the outer surface of both lower side walls.

A holding plate 11 having a holding hole 11a formed therein.
Also, it is an integrally molded product of a synthetic resin, and a concave groove 12 for engaging the convex wall 3 on the housing 1 side is formed on both sides thereof in the front-rear direction, and a link member 3 described later is formed on both sides of the rear end.
A configuration in which the elongated hole 13 into which the first connection shaft 32 is loosely fitted is formed along the pulling-out direction of the holding plate 11, and a hook hole 14 for hooking the other end 41 b of the spring 41 is formed on the rear end side. Has become.

[0013] The lid 21 is also an integrally molded product of synthetic resin.
A second link member 31 to be described later is provided on inner surfaces on both sides of the front end.
A bearing recess 22 for fitting the connecting shaft 33 is formed, a bearing hole 23 for fitting the shaft 6 on the housing 1 side is formed on both sides of the rear end, and a curved center portion is formed at the center on the rear end side. The configuration is such that a cup support wall 24 is formed. In the figure,
Reference numeral 25 denotes a wall for preventing the link member 31 from coming off provided near the inner side of the bearing recess 22.

The pair of link members 31 are also integrally formed of synthetic resin, and are long first connecting shafts which are loosely fitted to the long holes 13 of the holding plate 11 through the guide slits 4 on the inner surface on the free end side thereof. 32, a short second connecting shaft 33 to be fitted into the bearing recess 22 is formed on the outer surface on the base end side, and the first connecting shaft 32 is loosely fitted into the long hole 13 of the holding plate 11,
The holding plate 11 and the lid 21 are connected so as to be interlockable by fitting the second connection shaft 33 into the bearing recess 22 of the lid 21.

Accordingly, when assembling the cup holder having such a configuration, the holding plate 11 is supported in the support space 2 of the housing 1 so as to be able to be pulled out while the one end 41 a of the spring 41 is hooked on the boss 5. The other end 4 of the spring 41 is inserted into the hook hole 14 of the holding plate 11.
1b, the bearing hole 2 of the lid 21 is obtained.
3, the first connection shaft 32 of each link member 31 is inserted into the long hole 13
The second connection shaft 3 of each link member 31
3 is fitted into the bearing recess 22 of the lid 21 from the inside, whereby the cup holder can be easily assembled as shown in FIGS.

Therefore, after that, if the housing 1 is fixed in the space of the instrument panel, the housing 1 can be used as a cup holder. In the non-use state, as shown in FIG. The holding plate 11 is completely pushed into the support space 2 of the housing 1, and the lid 21 completely closes the opening of the support space 2. still,
In this case, since the spring 41 applies a resilient urging force in the closing direction to the holding plate 11, the holding plate 11 and the lid 21 do not inadvertently rattle.

In actual use, as shown in FIG. 6, when the lid 21 is rotated in the unfolding direction, the holding plate 11 cooperates with the rotation to oppose the elastic biasing force of the spring 41 in the closing direction. Support space 2 of housing 1
When the holding plate 11 passes through the dead point of the spring 41 in this process, the holding plate 11
, The holding plate 11 is automatically pulled out, and at the same time, the lid 21 is automatically rotated in the developing direction by the action of the link member 31 interlocked with the holding plate 11. .

Subsequently, when the lid 21 is rotated to a completely deployed state, the rotation of the lid 21 is stopped.
Since an elastic biasing force in the opening direction is continuously applied to the holding plate 11 from the spring 41, the elastic biasing force causes the holding plate 11 to have a length corresponding to the length of the long hole 13 of the holding plate 11, as shown in FIG. Further, only the holding plate 11 is drawn out of the support space 2 of the housing 1 to the outside.

For this reason, since the holding plate 11 is largely extended from the wall surface of the instrument panel, the risk of the hand colliding with the housing 1 and the wall surface of the instrument panel when the cup C is taken in and out is eliminated. Furthermore, the number of parts is reduced as compared with the conventional one, so that the structure is simplified.

When the cup holder is no longer used, the pulled-out holding plate 11 may be pushed into the support space 2 of the housing 1 against the elastic biasing force of the spring 41 in the opening direction. However, also in this case, when the holding plate 11 passes through the dead point of the spring 41, the holding plate 11 is given an elastic biasing force in the closing direction.
At the same time that the holding plate 11 automatically enters the support space 2, the lid 21 also interlocks and closes the opening of the support space 2.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the lid is rotated in the developing direction by adopting the above structure, the holding plate connected to the lid via the link member interlocks with the lid. Although it is pulled out from the housing, the holding plate side is connected to the end of the link member via a long hole along its own drawing direction, so that the spring member has a length corresponding to the length of this long hole. The spring pressure will cause the retaining plate to be pulled further out of the housing. For this reason, since the holding plate is largely extended from the interior wall surface of the automobile, the possibility of the hand colliding with the housing or the wall surface fixing the housing when the cup is taken in and out is eliminated. Further, since the number of parts is reduced, the structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a housing, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the cup holder.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a partially cross-sectional state of an assembled cup holder.

FIG. 5A is a side view showing a non-use state of the cup holder, and FIG. 5B is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 6A is a side view showing a state where the lid is being unfolded,
(B) is the same top view.

FIG. 7A is a side view showing a use state of the cup holder, and FIG. 7B is a plan view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing 2 Support space 3 Convex wall 4 Guide slit 5 Boss part 6 Shaft part 11 Holding plate 11a Holding hole 12 Concave groove 13 Long hole 14 Hook hole 21 Lid 22 Bearing concave part 23 Bearing hole 24 Cup supporting wall 25 Disengagement prevention wall 31 Link member 32 First connection shaft 33 Second connection shaft 41 Spring (spring member) 41a One end 41b Other end C Cup

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cup holder comprising: a housing fixed to an interior side of an automobile; a holding plate for holding a cup; and a lid for mounting a bottom of the cup, wherein the holding plate can be pulled out into the housing. , The holding plate is elastically urged in the opening direction by the spring pressure of a spring member, and the lid is rotatably supported on the housing while the lid and the holding plate are interlocked via a link member. A cup holder as long as possible, wherein a long hole is formed in a connecting portion of the holding plate with a link member along a drawing direction of the holding plate. 2. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the spring member is a spring whose biasing direction is reversed during operation.