JP2002193019A - Vehicular cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular cup holder applicable to various outer diameters of cups and capable of easily putting in and taking out the cup therein/therefrom. SOLUTION: The vehicular cup holder 10 comprises two-stage upper and lower supports, the upper support 30 being formed of a soft, material and the lower support 40 being formed of a resin molded plate and having a greater extension into a storage portion 21 than the upper support 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a vehicle cup holder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following typical cup holders are known. As shown in FIG. 14, one support 3 made of a non-deformable resin material provided for fixing the cup C is provided.
A cup holder 1 attached to a holder body 2 so as to be rotatable between an extended position and a depressed position. A cup holder in which a support made of one deformable rubber material provided for fixing a cup is attached to a holder body. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-348641, two supports 3a and 3b made of a non-deformable resin material are attached to the holder main body 2 at an extended position and a depressed position so as to correspond to various kinds of outer diameters of the cup C. A cup holder 1 which is mounted so as to be rotatable about the same axis between the cup holders.

[0003]

The conventional cup holders have the following problems (problems). (A) The diameter of the cup C that can be handled is smaller than that of two supports. (B) When the cup C housed in the cup holder 1 is taken out, the support 3 at the depressed position returns to the extended position by the spring force, and the holder body 2 hits and a tapping sound is generated. Problems (a) The diameter of the cup that can be handled is smaller than that of two supports. (B) When the large-diameter cup is stored and the support is pushed and bent for a long time, the support changes shape (set) and does not return to the original shape. Problems (a) Depending on the type of the cup C housed in the cup holder 1, as shown in FIG. Therefore, when the cup C is inserted into the cup holder 1, the folded portion 5 of the cup C may enter the gap between the two supports 3a and 3b and be caught. (B) When taking out the cup C stored in the cup holder 1, when the lower support 3b at the depressed position returns to the extended position by the spring force, the upper support 3
a, or a hitting sound is generated to hit the holder body 2. (C) When the cup C stored in the cup holder 1 is taken out, the opening of the storage portion is narrowed by the two supports 3a and 3b. Therefore, it is difficult to take out the cup. An object of the present invention is to accommodate a wide variety of outer diameter cups,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicular cup holder capable of preventing generation of striking noise between supports. Another object of the invention is that even when the support is pressed and bent by the cup,
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular cup holder in which a support shape is restored more than before. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle cup holder that allows easy insertion and removal of a cup.

[0004]

The present invention to achieve the above object is as follows. (1) A cup holder for a vehicle having upper and lower two-stage supports, wherein the upper stage support is made of a soft material, the lower stage support is made of a resin molded plate, and the amount of protrusion from the upper stage support into the accommodation portion is large. Cup holder for vehicles. (2) The vehicle cup holder according to (1), wherein the lower support is rotatable between an extended position and a depressed position, and is urged from the depressed position toward the extended position. (3) The cup holder for a vehicle according to (1), wherein the lower support has a guide surface having an upper surface and a concave portion which is recessed from the guide surface and can receive the upper support. (4) The vehicle cup holder according to (3), wherein the guide surfaces of the lower support are provided on both left and right sides of the recess. (5) The vehicle cup holder according to (1), wherein the upper support is fixed and is deformable when pressed.

[0005] The cup holder for vehicles (1) to (5) is a two-stage upper and lower support, so that it can cope with a larger diameter than the case of only one support, and deformation of the upper support. By rotating the lower support and the lower support, it is possible to cope with an arbitrary diameter in a corresponding region of each support and to cope with an arbitrary cup diameter in a wide range. In addition, since the upper support is made of a soft material, it is possible to prevent occurrence of a tapping sound when the lower support is flipped up and hits the upper support. Further, since the lower support is made of a resin molded plate, even when the upper support is pressed and bent for a long time, the upper support is pushed from the depressed position to the extended position by the lower support. Therefore, even when the upper support is pushed and bent for a long time, the upper support is unlikely to change its shape (set). In the vehicle cup holder of the above (4),
Since the guide surfaces of the lower support are provided on both the left and right sides of the recess, the cup does not easily get into the gap between the upper support and the lower support when the cup is inserted. In the vehicle cup holder of the above (5), when removing the cup from the storage portion, the upper support can be deformed and removed. Therefore, compared with the case where the upper support is made of a resin material that does not deform, the opening of the storage portion is widened, and the cup can be easily taken out.

[0006]

1 to 10 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 11 to 13 show the vehicle cup holder of FIG.
Shows a vehicle cup holder according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Portions common to the first embodiment of the present invention and the second embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals in both embodiments. First,
Portions common to the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to, for example, FIGS.

The vehicle cup holder according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided on an interior member of the vehicle, for example, on a console upper surface. However, the vehicle cup holder according to the embodiment of the present invention may be provided on another interior member of the vehicle such as an instrument panel. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle cup holder 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a holder main body 20, an upper support 30 attached to the holder main body 20, and a lower support 40 attached to the holder main body 20.

The holder body 20 is made of, for example, resin. The holder main body 20 has a storage portion 21 in which at least one (two in the illustrated example) cup C can be stored. The storage section 21 is open upward. Holder body 2
0 is provided with a support fixing main body 22. The support fixing main body 22 is formed separately from the holder main body 20 and is detachably attached to the holder main body 20. However, the support fixing main body 22 may be formed integrally with the holder main body 20. The upper support 30 and the lower support 40 are attached to the support fixing main body 22.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support fixing main body 22 has an upper wall, side walls, and a bottom wall, and is open to the storage section 21 side. The support fixing main body 22 includes a receiving portion 22a recessed from one side wall of the storage portion 21 to the outside of the storage portion, a positioning fixing protrusion 22b to which the upper support 30 is attached,
And a mounting hole 22c to which the lower support 40 is attached. The receiving portion 22a is provided with the support fixing body 22.
Is an inner part formed by the upper wall, the side wall, and the bottom wall. The positioning and fixing projection 22b is provided on the upper surface of the receiving portion 22a. The positioning and fixing projection 22b is
a protrudes from the upper surface to the lower surface side. A plurality of positioning and fixing protrusions 22b may be provided (in the illustrated example of the present invention, a case where two are provided). The assembling holes 22c are formed in mutually opposing side walls of the side wall of the support fixing main body 22. The mounting hole 22c is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
It is formed on one side.

The upper support 30 is made of a plate-like rubber material that can be deformed when pressed. The upper support 30 includes
As shown in FIG. 3, a through hole 31 is formed. The through holes 31 are formed in the same number as the positioning and fixing projections 22b of the holder body 20, and the positioning and fixing projections 22b are inserted therethrough.
The upper support 30 is fixed to the holder main body 20 by heat caulking the positioning fixing protrusion 22 b inserted into the through hole 31. When the upper support 30 is not pushed by the cup C and is in the extended position where the upper support 30 projects to the inside of the storage section 21, the upper support 30 extends in a direction orthogonal to or substantially orthogonal to the direction in which the cup C is inserted into and out of the storage section 21 ( (See FIG. 2).

The lower support 40 is made of a plate-like resin material that does not elastically deform. The lower support 40 is the holder body 1
At 0, it is supported rotatably between the extended position and the depressed position. Here, the overhang position is a position where the lower support 40 extends in a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the direction in which the cup C is inserted into and out of the storage section 21 and comes into contact with the upper support 30, as shown in FIG. . Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower position support 40
This extends in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the direction of insertion and extraction into and out of the storage section 21 and is located in the receiving section 22 a of the holder body 20.

The lower support 40 always has an urging spring 50
As a result, it is urged to rotate from the depressed position to the extended position side. When the lower support 40 is in the extended position, it is in contact with the upper support 30 and not in contact with the holder body 20. The amount of protrusion of the lower support 40 into the storage portion 21 when the lower support 40 is at the overhang position is determined by the amount of protrusion of the upper support 30 into the storage portion 21 when the upper support is at the overhang position. It is said to be larger than the quantity. Lower support 4
0, as shown in FIG. 3, a guide surface 41 composed of an upper surface.
And a projection 42 rotatably supported by the assembling hole 22c of the holder body 20, and a recess 43 recessed from the upper surface. However, the concave portion 43 may not be provided. The protrusion 42 extends in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction. Since the projection 42 is rotatably supported by the mounting hole 22c, the lower support 40 is attached to the holder body 20.
Is rotatably supported.

Here, the cup C stored in the storage section 21
And the positional relationship between the upper support 30 and the lower support 40 will be described. When the cup C is not stored in the storage section 21, the upper support 30 and the lower support 40 are in the extended position as shown in FIG. The upper support 30 and the lower support 40 are in contact with each other.

The storage portion 21 has a small outer diameter, for example, 19 mm.
When the cup C having a capacity of 0 ml is stored, the upper support 30 and the lower support 40 are at the overhang position as shown in FIG. The side surface of the cup C includes a side wall 21a of the storage section 21;
It is in contact with the lower support 40.

When a cup having a larger outer diameter, for example, a cup C having a capacity of 350 ml, is stored in the storage section 21, the upper support 30 is in the extended position and the lower support 40 is connected by the cup C as shown in FIG. It is pushed down to the down position. The side surface of the cup C is in contact with the side wall 21 a of the storage section 21, the upper support 30, and the lower support 40.

When a cup having a larger outer diameter, for example, a cup C having a capacity of 500 ml, is stored in the storage section 21, the upper support 30 is deformed and pushed down to the lower position, as shown in FIG. Is pushed down to the pushing position side. The side of cup C
It is in contact with the side wall 21a of the storage part 21, the upper support 30, and the lower support 40.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Since it is an upper and lower two-stage type support comprising the upper stage support 30 and the lower stage support 40, it is possible to cope with various types of cups having different outer diameters as compared with the case of only one support. By the rotation, it is possible to cope with an arbitrary diameter in a corresponding region of each support and to cope with an arbitrary cup diameter in a wide range. Further, since the upper support 30 is made of a rubber material, the lower support 40
Is springed up by the urging force of the urging spring 50 and hitting the upper support 30 can be prevented from being hit.

Further, since the lower support 40 is made of a plate-like resin material that does not elastically deform, even if the upper support 30 is pushed and bent by the cup C for a long time, when the cup C is removed from the storage portion 21, the upper support 30 is removed. Is pushed from the depressed position to the extended position side by the lower support 40 (see FIG. 10). For this reason, even when the upper support 30 is pressed and bent for a long time, the upper support hardly undergoes a shape change (set).

Further, since the upper support 30 is made of a rubber material, if the upper support 30 presses the cup C, the vibration of the cup C during traveling is suppressed. Further, since the upper support 30 is made of a rubber material, the upper support 30 can be deformed and taken out when the cup C is taken out of the storage section 21, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the upper support 30 does not narrow the opening of the storage section 21.

Next, parts unique to each embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, a case is shown in which a recess 43 is provided in the lower support 40. The concave portion 43 has the upper support 3 inside.
0 is acceptable. Recess 43 of lower support 40
Is in contact with the back surface of the upper support 30 when in the overhang position. The guide surfaces 41 are located on the distal end side of the concave portion 43 in the extending direction of the lower support 40 and on the left and right sides of the concave portion 43.

The operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, when the cup C having a large diameter (for example, 500 ml capacity) is stored in the storage section 21, the bottom surface of the cup C contacts the guide surface 41 formed by the upper surface of the lower support 40.
When the cup C is moved inside the storage section 21, the bottom surface of the cup C moves downward while sliding on the guide surface 41, as shown in FIG. At this time, the upper support 30 is also pushed and bent to the lower position together with the lower support 40. Further, by moving the cup C inside the storage unit 21 until the bottom surface of the cup C contacts the bottom surface of the storage unit 21, the cup C is stored in the storage unit 21 as shown in FIG.

The operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the cup C is stored in the storage unit 21,
Since the bottom surface of the cup C slides on the guide surface 41 without entering the concave portion 43, even when the folded portion 50 is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom surface of the cup C, the folded portion 50 of the cup C is connected to the upper support 30 and the lower support. It gets into the gap between it and 40 and is hard to catch. Therefore, cup C
Even if the folded portion 50 is provided in the
Need not be carefully inserted into the housing 21.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, a case where the lower support 40 is not provided with the concave portion 43 is shown. Upper surface 41 of lower support 40
Abuts on the back surface of the upper support 30 when in the overhang position.

The operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG.
As shown in (2), when a large-diameter (for example, 500 ml capacity) cup C is stored in the storage section 21, the bottom surface of the cup C contacts the upper surface of the upper support 30. Cup C in storage section 2
1 inward, as shown in FIG.
Moves downward while sliding on the upper support 30. At that time, the lower support 40 is also
It is pushed down to the pushing position side with 0. further,
When the cup C is moved to the inside of the storage section 21, the bottom surface of the cup C moves from the upper support 30 to the upper surface 41 of the lower support 40, and moves downward while sliding on the lower support 40, as shown in FIG. Further, until the bottom surface of the cup C contacts the bottom surface of the storage unit 21, the cup C is
By moving inward, the cup C is stored in the storage section 21.

The operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment of the present invention, even when the folded portion 50 is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom surface of the cup C, the folded portion 50 of the cup C enters the gap between the upper support 30 and the lower support 40 and does not get caught. . Therefore, cup C
Even if the turn-back portion 50 is provided in the cup C
Need not be carefully inserted into the housing 21.

[0026]

According to the vehicle cup holder according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, since it is a two-stage upper and lower support, it is possible to cope with a larger diameter than when only one support is used. Due to the deformation of the upper support and the rotation of the lower support, it is possible to cope with an arbitrary diameter in a corresponding region of each support and to cope with an arbitrary cup diameter in a wide range. In addition, since the upper support is made of a soft material, it is possible to prevent occurrence of a tapping sound when the lower support is flipped up and hits the upper support. Further, since the lower support is made of a resin molded plate, even if the upper support is pressed and bent for a long time, the upper support is pushed from the depressed position to the extended position by the lower support. Therefore, even when the upper support is pushed and bent for a long time, the upper support is unlikely to change its shape (set). According to the vehicle cup holder according to the fourth aspect, since the guide surfaces of the lower support are also provided on both the left and right sides of the recess, the cup does not easily enter the gap between the upper support and the lower support when the cup is inserted, so that the cup is not easily caught.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle cup holder according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a support fixing main body, an upper support, and a lower support of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the cup is stored.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the cup is stored.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the bottom surface of the cup contacts the support when the cup is stored.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the bottom surface of the cup moves along the guide surface of the lower support when the cup is stored.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the cup is stored.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when the cup is taken out, the upper support flexes above the overhang position and the opening is widened.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lower support of the vehicle cup holder according to the first embodiment of the present invention pushes the upper support that has been pressed and bent by the cup toward the overhang position.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the second embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the bottom surface of the cup is in contact with the upper support when the cup is stored.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the second embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the bottom surface of the cup moves on the upper support when the cup is stored.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle cup holder according to the second embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where the bottom surface of the cup moves on the lower support when the cup is stored.

FIG. 14 shows a conventional vehicle cup holder having a support 1;
It is a perspective view which shows the case where it consists of sheets.

FIG. 15 shows a conventional vehicle cup holder having a support 2
It is sectional drawing which shows the case where it consists of sheets.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle cup holder 20 Holder main body 21 Storage part 22 Support fixing main body 30 Upper support 40 Lower support 41 Guide surface 43 Depression 50 Folding part C cup

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle cup holder having an upper and lower two-stage support, wherein the upper support is made of a soft material, the lower support is made of a resin molded plate, and the amount of protrusion from the upper support into the receiving portion is increased. A large cup holder for vehicles. 2. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the lower support is rotatable between an extended position and a depressed position, and is urged from the depressed position toward the extended position. 3. The cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the lower support has a guide surface having an upper surface, and a recess recessed inside the guide surface and capable of receiving the upper support. 4. The cup holder for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the guide surfaces of the lower support are provided on both left and right sides of the recess. 5. The upper support is fixed,
The vehicle cup holder according to claim 1, wherein the cup holder is deformable when pressed.