JP2002337614A - Console box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a console box capable of sliding a lid body with a light operation force. SOLUTION: This console box 1 is equipped with a base 10 rotatably installed on a vehicle, the lid body 20 slidable with respect to the base 10, an energizing device 30 for energizing the lid body 20 to a vehicular forward direction with respect to the base 10 all the time, a locking device 40 for locking the lid body 20 on the base 10, and a lock release device 50 provided on the lid body 20. The lid body 20 is installed rotatably along a vertical direction of the vehicle at a rear end side of the base 10. It is possible to slide and rotate the lid body simultaneously when opening the lid body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a console box having a lid slidable in a vehicle longitudinal direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H08-113086 discloses a console box comprising a base and a lid movable in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the base and usable as an armrest. JP-A-8-11308
In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 6-64, the lock is released by hooking a lock release lever provided at the front end of the lid with a finger, and the lid is pushed forward with the arm while the lock is released. To slide. At the position where the lid is slid, the lid is opened and closed by rotating only the lid with respect to the base while fixing the position of the lid with respect to the base in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional console box has the following problems. Since the sliding of the lid is performed by the force of a human arm, the lid is heavy in the slide. If the user attempts to open the lid with the lid moved relative to the base, the front end of the lid has a large radius of rotation (see FIG. 3).
A), the operability of opening and closing the lid is poor. An object of the present invention is to provide a console box that requires only a small operating force for sliding a lid. Another object of the present invention is to provide a console box with good operability of opening and closing the lid, in addition to the above objects.

The present invention to achieve the above object is as follows. (1) A base rotatably attached to a vehicle, a lid slidable with respect to the base, an urging device for constantly urging the lid toward the front of the base with respect to the base, and the lid A console box, comprising: a lock device for locking the base to the base; and a lock release device provided on the lid. (2) The console box according to (1), wherein the lid is attached to a vehicle at a rear end side of the base so as to be vertically rotatable. (3) The console box according to (1), wherein the slide and the rotation can be performed simultaneously when the lid is opened. (4) The console box according to (1), wherein a magnet for adsorbing and fixing the base to the vehicle when the lid is closed is provided on one of the vehicle and the base. (5) The console box according to (1), wherein the urging device includes a bobbin and a sheet-like spring that can be wound and unwound around the bobbin. (6) The lock device includes a lock pin disposed on one of the base and the lid, the lock pin being movable in a direction orthogonal to an urging direction of the urging device, and a lock provided on the other of the base and the lid. The console box according to (1), comprising a pin engagement hole.

In the console boxes (1) to (6), since the urging device is provided, when the lid is slid with respect to the base, the lid is more slid than when the urging device is not provided. You can slide your body with light force. In the console box of the above (3), since the slide and the rotation can be performed simultaneously when the lid is opened together with the above operation, the lid is opened with the lid moved with respect to the base. In this case, the rotation trajectory (B in FIG. 3) of the front end of the lid has an elliptical shape, and the opening / closing operability of the lid is better than in the related art.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A console box 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS.
A base 10 rotatably mounted on the base, a lid 20 slidable with respect to the base 10, and the lid 20
It has an urging device 30 that constantly urges the vehicle frontward with respect to 0, a lock device 40 that locks the lid 20 to the base 10, and a lock release device 50 provided on the lid 20.

The base 10 includes an arm 11 rotatably supported by an interior member 60 of the vehicle, and a base body 12 fixedly attached to the arm 11. A magnet for adsorbing and fixing the base 10 to the vehicle when the lid 20 is closed is provided on one of the interior member 60 of the vehicle and the front end of the base 10. An iron plate is provided on which the base 10 is attracted and fixed to the vehicle when the lid 20 is closed. Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention and the illustrated example, a case where an iron plate 10a to which the base 10 is suction-fixed to a vehicle when the lid 20 is closed is provided at the front end of the base 10. However, a magnet for adsorbing and fixing the base 10 to the vehicle when the lid 20 is closed may be provided at the front end of the base 10. The interior member 60 of the vehicle has a housing part (not shown). When the lid 20 is rotated and opened with respect to the base 10, small articles and the like can be stored in the storage section, and small articles and the like stored in the storage section can be taken out from the storage section. The arm 11 is made of, for example, metal or hard resin. The arm 11 is rotatably connected to the interior member 60 at a rear end 11 a of the arm 11, and is fixed to the base body 12 at a front end 11 b of the arm 11. Arm 11
The rear end 11a is located rearward of the vehicle from the accommodation portion of the interior member 60. The pivot axis P of the arm 11 extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle, so that the lid 20 pivots up and down about the axis P.

The base body 12 is made of metal or resin. The base body 12 is fixedly attached to the front end 11 b of the arm 11. The base body 12 includes a flat plate portion 12a made of a flat plate or a substantially flat plate, a side wall 12b that rises from the both ends of the flat plate portion 12a in the vehicle left-right direction or the vicinity thereof to a lid outer 21 described later, and a bobbin holding portion 12
c and a guide 12d. The side wall 12b extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. The bobbin holding part 12c holds the bobbin 31 of the urging device 30 rotatably.

The guide 12d is formed to project outward from the side wall 12b in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The guide 12d extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. The guide 12d holds a guide rail 23 described later movably in the vehicle front-rear direction. The guide 12d is provided with a support 12e. The support 12e is made of a leaf spring. At least one support 12e is provided on one guide 12b (in the illustrated example, two guides are provided on one guide 12b). Since the support 12e is provided, it is possible to prevent the guide rail 23 from rattling with respect to the guide 12d. Also, since the support 12e is provided, by adjusting the spring constant of the support 12e,
The sliding load between the guide 12d and the guide rail 23 can be adjusted.

The lid 20 is a lid for a housing portion of the interior member 60 of the vehicle. The lid 20 is connected to the base body 12 of the base 10.
Is slidably held in the vehicle front-rear direction. Lid 20 may be used as an armrest. Lid 20
Has a lid outer 21, a lid inner 22, and a guide rail 23. However, the lid 20 does not have to have the lid inner 22 (the embodiment of the present invention and the illustrated example show a case where the lid 20 has the lid inner 22).

The outer cover 21 is made of, for example, resin. A cushion material 21a is attached to a surface (outer surface) of the lid outer 21. Since the cushion material 21a is attached to the lid outer 21, the lid 20
When used as an armrest, it does not hurt your arm. A skin 21b is attached to the surface (outer surface) of the cushion material 21a. Since the skin 21b is attached to the outer surface of the cushion material 21a, the appearance of the lid 20 is good. The cover outer 21 is provided with the unlocking device 5.
Lever holding portion 21 for holding 0 lock release lever 51
c. The lever holding portion 21c is a cover outer 21.
At the front end of the vehicle on the back surface or in the vicinity thereof.
The lever holding portion 21c holds the lock release lever 51 rotatably.

The cover inner 22 is made of, for example, resin. The lid inner 22 is attached to the back surface of the lid outer 21. The lid inner 22 prevents the inside of the lid 20 from being seen from the back side of the lid 20 when the lid 20 is rotated and opened with respect to the base 10 (when the lid 20 is in the open position). . The guide rail 23 is made of metal or hard resin. The guide rail 23 is a cover outer 21.
Is fixedly attached to the inner side surface of each side wall in the vehicle left-right direction. The guide rail 23 extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. The guide rail 23 is a guide 1 of the base body 12.
2d, it is slidably held in the vehicle front-rear direction.

The urging device 30 constantly urges the lid 20 toward the front of the vehicle with respect to the base 10. The biasing device 30 includes a bobbin 31 and a sheet-shaped and band-shaped spring 32 that can be wound and unwound around the bobbin 31. Bobbin 31
Is rotatably supported by the bobbin holding portion 12c of the base body 12. The rotation axis of the bobbin 31 extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The spring 32 is wound around the bobbin 31. The tip 32a of the spring 32 is
1 or a portion where the tip 32a of the spring 32 is hooked is referred to as a tip hook 33, and in the illustrated example, the tip hook 3
3 is provided on the lid inner 22). Spring 32
Always urges the lid 20 in a direction in which it is wound around the bobbin 31, that is, a direction in which the distance between the bobbin 31 and the hook portion 33 is reduced.

The hook portion 33 is provided with the lid outer 2.
1 or the lid inner 22 is formed at or near the rear end of the vehicle. The biasing device 30 is not limited to a device in which the spring 32 is wound around the bobbin 31, but may be a device using electrical means such as a torsion spring, a coil spring, or a motor.

The lock device 40 makes the lid 20 immovable in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the base 10 when the lock is applied, and makes it movable when the lock is released. The lock device 40 includes a lock pin 41 and a lock pin engagement hole 42 with which the lock pin 41 can be engaged.

The lock pin 41 is made of, for example, metal or hard resin. Two lock pins 41 are provided (however, one or more lock pins are sufficient). The two lock pins 41 are disposed symmetrically with respect to a center line extending in the vehicle front-rear direction at the center of the cover 20 in the vehicle left-right direction.
The lock pin 41 extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The lock pin 41 is supported by being sandwiched between the back surface of the lid outer 21 and the lock pin cover (43 in FIG. 1). When the lock pin 41 moves from the center of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction to the outside of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction, the lock pin 4
1 has a lock pin engagement hole 4
Go into 2. The lock pin 41 is in the lock pin engagement hole 42
When the cover 20 is inserted, the lid 20 is
Cannot be moved in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and is locked.

The lock pin 41 extends from the center of the cover 20 in the left-right direction of the vehicle toward the outside of the cover 20 in the left-right direction of the vehicle (in the direction in which the lock pin 41 engages with the lock pin engagement hole 42). It is urged by an urging spring 44. The lock pin urging spring 44 is, for example, a coil spring. Lock pin biasing spring 44
Is arranged in a compressed state between the two lock pins 41. The lock pin engagement hole 42 is provided in the base body 12.
Formed on the side wall 12b. Lock pin engagement hole 42
Penetrates the side wall 12b in the vehicle left-right direction. A plurality of lock pin engagement holes 42 are formed at intervals in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

The lock release device 50 is a device for releasing the lock by the lock device 40 (a state in which the lid 20 cannot move in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the base 10). The lock release device 50 includes a lock release lever 51 and a catch 5.
2 and a catch urging spring 53. The lock release lever 51 is provided at the front end portion of the lid outer 21 or near the vehicle (a location accessible from the front side of the lid outer 21). The lock release lever 51 is rotatably held by a lever holding portion 21 e of the lid outer 21. The rotation axis of the lock release lever 51 extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle. When the lock release lever 51 is hooked with a finger, the lock release lever 51 rotates with respect to the lid outer 21. The lock release lever 51 is formed with a pushing portion 51a for pushing the catch 52 rearward of the vehicle.

The catch 52 is disposed (sandwiched) between the back surface of the outer cover 21 and the inner cover 22. The catch 52 is movable in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the lid 20. When the catch 52 moves in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the lid 20, the catch 52 slides on at least one of the lid outer 21 and the lid inner 22. The catch 52 has a normal portion 52 extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
a and a forked portion 52b formed integrally with the normal portion 52a and located on the vehicle rear side of the normal portion 52. Catch 52
Has a symmetrical shape in the vehicle left-right direction.

The front end of the normal portion 52a is
The vehicle rear end of the normal portion 52a is located at or near the center of the lid outer 21 in the vehicle front-rear direction. The front end of the normal portion 52a is always in contact with the pushing portion 51a of the lock release lever 51. However, normal part 5
The front end of 2a may be rotatably connected to the pressing portion 51a of the lock release lever 51.

The forked portion 52b extends from the rear end of the normal portion 52a outward in the vehicle left-right direction of the lid 20, and bends rearward in the vehicle from the leading end of the first extending portion 52c in the extending direction. Second extending portion 52 extending rearward of the vehicle
d. The center side surface of the second extending portion 52d in the left-right direction of the vehicle is an inclined surface 52e that is inclined outward in the left-right direction of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle. The inclined surface 52e is
The second extending portion 52d may be formed in the entire vehicle longitudinal direction, or may be formed in a part of the second extending portion 52d in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The lock pin 41 of the lock device 40 is slidably hooked on the inner surface of the second extending portion 52d in the vehicle left-right direction. When the catch 52 moves to the rear of the vehicle, the lock pin 41 slides (climbs) on the inclined surface 52 e, and the lock pin 41 opposes the urging force of the lock pin urging spring 44 to move the lock body 41 right and left of the lid 20. Move to the center in the direction. When the catch 52 moves to the front of the vehicle, the lock pin 41 slides on the inclined surface 52e (sliding) by the urging force of the lock pin urging spring 44,
The lock pin 41 moves to the outside of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction.

The catch urging spring 53 always urges the catch 52 forward of the vehicle. Catch 52
Is urged forward by the catch urging spring 53, the lock release lever 51 that comes into contact with (or is connected to) the catch 52 is urged in a direction to return to the state before the finger was hooked.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, position adjustment in the vehicle front-rear direction when the lid 20 is open will be described. When the lock release lever 51 is not hooked by a finger, the catch 52 is not pushed by the lock release lever 51 and is located on the front side of the vehicle by the urging force of the catch urging spring 53. Since the catch 52 is located on the front side of the vehicle, the lock pin 41 is attached to the inclined surface 52e of the catch 52.
Not climbing up. An outer end 41 a of the lock pin 41 in the vehicle left-right direction is engaged with the lock pin engagement hole 42.
Since the lock pin 41 is engaged with the lock pin engagement hole 42, the lid outer 21 cannot move in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the base 10.

When the lock release lever 51 is hooked with a finger, the push portion 51a of the lock release lever 51 is
2 is pushed rearward of the vehicle against the urging force of the catch urging spring 53. When the catch 52 moves to the rear of the vehicle, the lock pin 41 slides (climbs) on the inclined surface 52e of the catch 52, and the lock pin 41 moves to the center of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction. Since the lock pin 41 moves toward the center of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction, the lock pin 41 comes out of the lock pin engagement hole 42, and the lock is released.
When the lock is released, the lid 20 can be slid in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the base 10. At this time, since the urging device 30 is provided, when the lid 20 is slid forward with respect to the base 10 with respect to the vehicle, the lid 20 is pressed with a lighter force than when the urging device 30 is not provided. It can be slid forward of the vehicle.

After moving the lid 20 to a desired position in front of the vehicle with respect to the base 10, the finger hooked on the lock release lever 51 is released from the lock release lever 51. When the finger is released from the lock release lever 51, the catch 52 is moved forward of the lid 20 by the urging force of the catch urging spring 53. When the catch 52 moves forward of the vehicle, the lock release lever 51 is pushed back by the catch 52 in a direction to return to a state before being hooked by a finger. When the catch 52 moves forward of the vehicle, the lock pin 41 slides on the slope 52 e of the catch 52 by the urging force of the lock pin urging spring 44, and moves outward from the center of the lid 20 in the left-right direction of the vehicle. Moving. When the lock pin 41 moves outward of the lid 20 in the vehicle left-right direction, the lock pin engagement hole 42 engaged before the lid 20 moves to the base 10 forward of the vehicle is different from the lock pin engagement hole 42 (vehicle). (Different in the front-rear position). When the lock pin 41 is engaged with the lock pin engagement hole 42, the lid 20 cannot be moved in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the base 10.

Next, the opening and closing of the lid 20 and the base 10 will be described. -1 When the lid 20 is in the closed position, the base 10 is attracted to the vehicle by the iron plate 10a of the base 10 and the vehicle magnet. Therefore, when the lid 20 is closed, the lid 20 and the base 10 do not flutter up and down with respect to the vehicle. -2 When the lid 20 is opened, a finger can be hooked on the lock release lever 51 to perform sliding and rotation at the same time, so that the lid 20 is moved forward with respect to the base 10 in the vehicle. When trying to open the body 20, the lid 20
When the lid 20 is rotated while sliding the lid 20 toward the rear of the vehicle with respect to the base 10, the rotation locus of the front end of the lid 20 (FIG. 3)
B) has an elliptical shape, and the opening and closing operability of the lid 20 is better than that of the related art (A in FIG. 3). Further, despite the opening movement of the lid 20 being a rotation involving sliding, the load of the lid 20 is applied to the urging device 30 and the base 1 during the opening operation of the lid 20.
It can be supported at the pivot point (axial center P) through 0, and there is no need to support the load of the lid 20 with a human arm. for that reason,
The opening and closing of the lid 20 is easy, and the opening and closing operation is easy. Further, a) that the arm 11 is connected to the interior member 60 at the rear of the vehicle in the accommodation portion of the interior member 60; b) that the front end 11b of the arm 11 is attached to the base body 12; The body 20 moves in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the base body 12, so that even when the lid body 20 is slid forward of the vehicle with respect to the base body 12,
When the lid 20 is at the open position, the opening of the housing portion of the interior member 60 can be fully opened.

[0027]

According to the console box of any one of claims 1 to 6, since the urging device is provided, the urging device is provided when the lid is slid with respect to the base. The lid can be slid with a lighter force as compared with the case where it is not set. According to the console box of the third aspect, in addition to the above effects, when the lid is opened, the slide and the rotation can be performed at the same time.
When trying to open the lid with the lid moved relative to the base, the turning trajectory (B in FIG. 3) of the front end of the lid becomes elliptical, and the operability of opening and closing the lid is reduced as compared with the conventional case. Good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a console box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the console box according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the console box according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Console box 10 Base 10a Iron plate 20 Lid 30 Biasing device 31 Bobbin 32 Sheet spring 40 Lock device 41 Lock pin 42 Lock pin engagement hole 50 Lock release device 51 Lock release lever P Rotation axis

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hironori Emoto 3-30, Shimoichiba-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Kojima Press Kogyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Aoji Isomura 3-30-30, Shimoichichicho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Kojima Press Kogyo Co., Ltd. In-company (72) Inventor Shinji Kawai 1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Toyota Motor Corporation (72) Inventor Masaaki Onizuka 1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Toyota Motor Corporation F-term (reference) 3D022 CA07 CC01 CD12 CD14

Claims (6)

[Claims] A base rotatably attached to a vehicle; a lid slidable with respect to the base; a biasing device for constantly biasing the lid toward the front of the base with respect to the vehicle; A console box comprising: a lock device for locking a lid to the base; and a lock release device provided on the lid. 2. The console box according to claim 1, wherein the lid is attached to a vehicle at a rear end side of the base so as to be vertically rotatable. 3. The console box according to claim 1, wherein when the cover is opened, sliding and rotating can be performed simultaneously. 4. The console box according to claim 1, wherein one of the vehicle and the base is provided with a magnet for attracting and fixing the base to the vehicle when the lid is closed. 5. The console box according to claim 1, wherein the urging device comprises a bobbin and a sheet-like spring that can be wound and unwound around the bobbin. 6. The lock device is provided on one of the base and the lid, and is provided on a lock pin movable in a direction orthogonal to an urging direction of the urging device, and on the other of the base and the lid. And a lock pin engaging hole.
Console box as described.