JP2002347525A - Globe box cover and mold device for molding globe box cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a globe box cover and a mold device for molding the globe box cover which enable a reduction of the number of parts and make removal work for a filter easier. SOLUTION: A reduction of the number of parts is made possible because a pocket body 12 is integrally formed on an upper wall part 7 of the globe box cover 4 through a hinge part 13. Also because an opening for the filter 11 is formed on an inner wall part 6 of the globe box cover 4, a filter 3 can be replaced by utilizing the opening for the filter 11 without removing the globe box cover 4 itself.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glove box cover and a mold apparatus for forming a glove box cover.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Instrument panels of automobiles include:
A glove box is attached to the passenger seat side, and small items can be stored in it (similar technology,
JP-A-5-305840). A glove box cover having a recessed shape is attached to a part of the instrument panel where the glove box is mounted, and a glove box that can be opened and closed with respect to the glove box cover is mounted.

Further, a step-like vertical surface portion which is exposed when the glove box is opened is formed in an upper wall portion of the glove box cover, and a pocket opening is formed therein. A container-shaped pocket body is attached to the back side of the pocket opening, and small articles such as cards can be put in and out of the pocket body through the pocket opening.

[0004] The glove box cover is located inside the instrument panel on the rear side of the blower unit constituting a part of the air conditioning unit. For maintenance, the filter of this blower unit is placed on the rear side. When pulling out, it is necessary to remove both the glove box and the glove box cover from the instrument panel once.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, it is necessary to attach a separate pocket body to the back side of the pocket opening formed in the vertical surface of the glove box cover. Accordingly, the number of parts and the number of assembling work steps are increased.

Further, when the filter is pulled out from the blower unit, it is necessary to remove the glove box cover from the instrument panel, so that the work of removing the filter is troublesome.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts and to easily remove a filter. An object of the present invention is to provide a mold device for box cover molding.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A recessed shape in which a back wall portion and an upper wall portion are continuously formed between a pair of left and right side walls, and attached to a rear position of the blower unit in the instrument panel, and a glove box that can be opened and closed is attached, A glove box cover having a stepped vertical wall exposed on the upper wall when the glove box is opened, and a pocket opening formed in the vertical wall, wherein a blower is provided at an upper end of the rear wall; Forming a filter opening through which the filter of the unit can be taken in and out,
A bottom portion having a size smaller than the filter opening is formed at the rear end of the upper wall portion via a hinge portion, and a pocket body is integrally formed by the bottom portion and the main body having a U-shaped cross section. By rotating the pocket body about the hinge portion and overlapping the upper wall portion, a pocket portion in which small articles can be freely taken in and out of the pocket opening is defined.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the pocket body is formed integrally with the upper wall portion of the glove box cover via the hinge portion, the number of parts can be reduced. Further, since the filter opening is formed in the inner wall portion of the glove box cover, the filter can be replaced using the filter opening without removing the glove box cover itself. Since the bottom surface of the pocket body is smaller in size than the filter opening, the filter opening can be used as a mold clamping point when the pocket body is integrally formed with a pair of dies.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a claw portion is formed in the pocket body, and a cutout for engaging with the claw portion is formed in the upper wall portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the state of the pocket body can be stabilized by engaging the claw portion of the pocket body with the notch formed in the upper wall of the glove box cover.

The invention according to claim 3 is a thin structure in which the hinge portion is easily cut.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the hinge portion has a thin structure that can be easily cut, the hinge portion is cut,
By removing the pocket body from the glove box cover, an audio device or the like larger than the pocket body can be installed on the upper wall of the glove box cover. The operation of the audio equipment or the like can be performed from the pocket opening formed in the vertical surface portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pair of dies capable of forming a cavity space having a shape corresponding to the glove box cover, and one of the dies corresponding to the back side of the glove box cover is provided with a pair of dies. Within the range of the filter opening, there is provided a slide mold capable of forming the bottom surface of the pocket body with the other mold and forming the main body with the one mold. This is a mold device for forming a glove box cover.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since one of the molds is provided with a slide mold capable of molding a pocket body within the range of the filter opening in the mold removing direction, the glove box can be formed by one molding. Both the cover and the pocket body can be formed simultaneously.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. A blower unit 2 forming a part of an air conditioning unit is installed at a position corresponding to a passenger seat inside the instrument panel 1. The blower unit 2 has a built-in filter 3, which is periodically pulled out for maintenance and replaced with a new one.

At the rear position of the blower unit 2 in the instrument panel 1, a recessed glove box cover 4 is assembled from below. The glove box cover 4 includes a pair of left and right side walls 5, a back wall 6 formed on the front side thereof, and an upper wall 7 formed continuously from the upper side to the rear side. A work hole 6 a for adjusting the blower unit 2 is formed below the back wall portion 6.

A glove box 8 is attached to the glove box cover 4 so as to be openable and closable to the front side. A rotating shaft (not shown) is formed at the lower end of the glove box 8, and the rotating shaft is pivotally supported by the left and right side walls 5 of the glove box cover 4. In addition, the back wall part 8a of the glove box 8 is a thing which attached another thing,
It rotates to the front side integrally with the glove box 8.

At a position on the rear side of the upper wall portion 7, a stepped vertical surface portion 9 is formed. The vertical surface portion 9 is exposed in a rearward state when the glove box 8 is opened to the front side, and has a horizontally long pocket opening 10 formed in the vertical surface portion 9.

At the upper end of the back wall 6, a filter opening 11 is formed. The filter opening 11 has a size that allows the filter 3 of the blower unit 2 to be drawn out. At the rear end of the upper wall portion 7 located above the filter opening 11, a pocket body 12 is integrally formed via a thin hinge portion 13. The pocket body 12 is formed of a bottom part 14 having a size smaller than the filter opening 11 and a main body part 15 having a U-shaped cross section. Therefore, the width of the pocket body 12 is smaller than that of the filter opening 11, and the length substantially matches the dimension from the rear end of the upper wall portion 7 to the vertical surface portion 9. Claws 16 are formed on both left and right sides of the end of the pocket body 12, and corresponding cutouts 17 are formed in the upper wall 7.

Therefore, the pocket body 12 is connected to the hinge 1
3 is rotated to the front side, and is superimposed on the upper wall portion 7,
By engaging the claw portion 16 with the notch 17, a pocket portion P defined by the pocket body 12 and the vertical surface portion 9 can be formed. By the engagement between the claw portion 16 and the notch 17,
The pocket body 12 is in a stable state, and the state of the pocket body 12 does not change even when vibration or the like during running of the vehicle is applied. Small items such as cards can be put in and out of the pocket portion P defined by the pocket body 12 through the pocket opening 10 exposed when the glove box 8 is opened.

When replacing the filter 3 of the blower unit 2, only the glove box 8 is removed, and the filter 3 is pulled out from the filter opening 11 formed in the inner wall 6 of the glove box cover 4 to the rear side. , Can be replaced with a new one. Unlike the related art, there is no need to remove the glove box cover 4 itself, so that the filter 3 can be easily replaced.

In the glove box cover 4 of this embodiment, since the pocket body 12 is integrally formed as described above, the parts are different from those of the conventional case where another pocket body is assembled later. The number of points and man-hours can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 2, the glove box cover 4 of this embodiment is formed by cutting and removing the pocket body 12 from the hinge portion 13 so that the audio equipment 18 is attached to the upper wall 7 of the glove box cover 4. Can also be installed. By removing the pocket body 12, the harness 19 of the audio device 18 can be freely routed. The operation of the audio device 18 can be performed from the pocket opening 10 formed in the vertical surface portion 9.

Next, a method for manufacturing the glove box cover 4 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The glove box cover 4 is formed by injecting a resin material (PP) into a cavity space formed between the pair of dies 20 and 21.

The pair of dies 20 and 21 are movable along the die-cutting direction A away from each other. One of the dies 20 has a slide die 22 having a mating surface 22a along the die-cut direction A. It is provided movably along a slide direction B that intersects the die-cutting direction A. This slide mold 22
Is moved in the slide direction B by being guided by the jig 23 when the one mold 20 is moved in the mold removal direction A.

The pocket body 12 is at an angle to the glove box cover 4 along the die-cutting direction A.
The entire pocket body 12 is located within the range H of the filter opening 11 in the die-cutting direction A. Then, the bottom surface portion 14 of the pocket body 12 is formed between the slide mold 22 and the other mold 21, and the main body portion 15 of the pocket body 12 is formed between the slide mold 22 and the one mold 20. It has become. As described above, the filter opening 1 is formed by using the filter opening 11 formed for replacing the filter 3.
The glove box cover 4 and the pocket body 1 can be formed by a single molding by using the slide mold 22 that enters the inside of the pocket body 1.
Since both of them can be formed at the same time, the production efficiency of the glove box cover 4 is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an instrument panel in which a pocket portion is formed.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an instrument panel in which a pocket body is cut away and an audio device is installed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a glove box cover.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the manufacture of a glove box cover using a mold.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Blower unit 3 Filter 4 Glove box cover 5 Side wall part 6 Back wall part 7 Top wall part 8 Glove box 9 Vertical plane part 10 Pocket opening 11 Filter opening 12 Pocket body 13 Hinge part 14 Bottom part 15 Body part 16 Claw Part 17 Notch 18 Audio equipment 19 Harness 20, 21 Die 22 Slide type A Mold removal direction B Slide direction H Filter opening range in mold removal direction P Pocket part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A glove that has a recessed shape in which an inner wall portion and an upper wall portion are continuously formed between a pair of left and right side walls, and is assembled to a rear position of a blower unit in an instrument panel and that can be opened and closed. A glove box cover having a box attached thereto, a stepped vertical wall portion exposed when the glove box is opened on the upper wall portion, and a pocket opening formed in the vertical wall portion, wherein the back wall portion A filter opening through which the filter of the blower unit can be inserted and removed is formed at the upper end of the filter. A pocket body is integrally formed with the U-shaped main body, and the pocket body is rotated around the hinge part and overlapped on the upper wall, so that small items can be freely inserted and removed from the pocket opening Glove compartment lid pocket portion, characterized in that it is defined and formed. 2. The glove box cover according to claim 1, wherein a claw portion is formed in the pocket body, and a notch is formed in the upper wall portion to engage with the claw portion. 3. The glove box cover according to claim 1, wherein the hinge portion has a thin-walled structure that is easy to cut. 4. A mold device for forming a glove box cover according to claim 1, wherein a pair of molds capable of forming a cavity space having a shape corresponding to the glove box cover is provided. In one mold corresponding to the back side of the glove box cover, the bottom of the pocket body can be formed between the other mold and the other mold within the range of the filter opening in the mold removing direction, and A mold device for forming a glove box cover, comprising a slide die capable of forming a main body between the slide devices.