JP2003002123A - Sliding equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure enough space for arranging a duct for air conditioning beneath a console box by forming a sliding mechanism of narrow width which supports the console box by moving. SOLUTION: Sliding equipment which is of narrow width and moves smoothly is formed by arranging several spheres between vertical walls of its upper rail and lower rail in a longitudinal direction so that positions of the spheres overlap with each other.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding mechanism that enables a sliding console box to be moved and fixed. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a slide mechanism that can move and fix a slide-type console box, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei.
The thing shown to 9-11799 is known. The slide mechanism includes a lower rail that extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and has a horizontal plane having a certain width in the lateral direction, an upper rail that is in contact with the horizontal plane of the lower rail and is slidably supported with respect to the lower rail, A lock mechanism that can fix the lower rail and the upper rail is provided. The console box is supported by the upper rail, and its position can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. However, in the structure of the slide mechanism that supports the console box so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle on a horizontal surface as described above, however, it is disposed below the console box. The space for the duct that blows air to and from the rear seat is greatly limited. An object of the present invention is to realize a slide mechanism capable of securing a sufficient duct space. In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical means taken in the present invention includes an upper rail that is locked to a console box for a vehicle, a lock that is locked to a vehicle floor, A slide device comprising: a lower rail that supports the upper rail so as to be movable with respect to the vehicle floor; and a lock mechanism that enables the upper rail to be locked or moved with respect to the vehicle floor. A plurality of spheres are disposed so as to be able to roll in positions overlapping in the vertical direction between the stop wall portion and the locked wall portion provided on the lower rail and extending vertically. A sphere sandwiched between the vertical walls of the upper rail and the lower rail rolls, the upper rail moves smoothly with respect to the lower rail, and the position of the console box is adjusted. Further, the console box is held at the adjusted position by the lock mechanism. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a sliding device for a vehicle sliding console box 1 according to the present invention will be described.
The configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the sliding console box 1 for a vehicle is disposed on the side surface of the driver's seat 100. For example, the occupant of the rear seat 200 can use it as a table on which to place a cup, and the person can easily move from the driver's seat 100 to the passenger seat (not shown). It is possible to move from the position to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line. And it can fix to arbitrary positions. In the lower part of the console box main body 10 of the slide type console box 1, a duct 300 for sending air for heating and cooling to the rear seats is arranged, and is configured to enable effective cooling and heating. Next, as shown in FIG. 1, a console box body 1 is located below the console box body 10.
A right-side slide device 3 having a lock mechanism 5 for supporting 0 on the floor 2 of the vehicle so as to be movable and fixing the console box body 10 at the moved position;
The left-side slide device 4 not equipped with is attached in pairs. As shown in FIG. 1, the right side slide device 3 having the lock mechanism 5 and the left side slide device 4 not having the lock mechanism 5 are symmetrical except that the portion related to the lock mechanism 5 is excluded. It has become. Therefore, the following description is based on the configuration of the right slide device 3. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the right slide device 3 includes a lower rail 30 and an upper rail 40. The lower rail 30 extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
The cross-sectional shape is a shape that opens downward and the U shape is reversed. The inner vertical wall 31 that is one side of the inverted U-shape
Has front and lower hanging parts 31a and 31b that extend downward from the general part at the front and rear ends. A front mounting bracket 61 and a rear mounting bracket 64 are fixed to the front and rear hanging parts 31a and 31b by pins 63, respectively. Hole 6 in front mounting bracket 61
2 and the rear mounting bracket 64 are provided with holes 65, and the lower rail 30 is fixed to the vehicle floor 2 by fastening means (not shown) such as bolts. The upper rail 40 extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and has a U-shaped cross section that opens upward. Of the two sides of the U-shape, the inner vertical wall 41 of one side is formed to partially extend upward, and the inner vertical wall 41 is provided with a plurality of holes 41a, and fastening means such as bolts (not shown). To the console box body 10. As best shown in FIG. 3, the upper rail 40 with respect to the lower rail 30 is allowed to move in the front-rear direction, but its upside-down and side-to-side movements are constrained. And the U-shaped part are engaged. In other words, the outer vertical wall 44, which is one side of the U-shaped cross-section of the upper rail 40, is inserted between the outer vertical wall portion 31 and the inner vertical wall portion 32 of the lower rail 30 in the inverted U shape. The outer vertical wall 44 is formed in a bent shape so as to have an upper end portion thereof and two inclined portions 47 and 45 below the upper end portion. The bent portion of the outer vertical wall 44 of the upper rail 40 has 2 on one surface side of the outer vertical wall 44.
One sphere 8 is disposed in contact with the other and the other surface, and each sphere 8 is also in contact with the U-shaped inner surface of the lower rail 30 at the same time. With this configuration, the upper rail 40
Is moved with respect to the lower rail 30, the sphere 8 is rotated to smoothly guide the mutual movement. These three spheres 8 are arranged at positions overlapping each other in the vertical direction, and are arranged in a narrow U-shape of the lower rail 30. An inclined portion 33 is formed in the inner vertical wall portion 31 of the lower rail 30, and the sphere 8 arranged at the lowermost of the three is connected to the inclined portion 45 and the inclined portion 3 of the upper rail 40.
3, and the U-shaped opening of the lower rail 30 is narrowed by the inclined portion 33. Furthermore, the uppermost sphere 8 is the reverse of the lower rail 30.
The upper corner of the U-shaped cross section and the upper rail 40
The intermediate sphere 8 is sandwiched between the inner vertical wall 32 of the lower rail 30 and the intermediate vertical wall 46 of the two inclined portions 47 and 45 of the upper rail 40. In this way, each sphere 8 is moved to the upper rail 40.
And the lower rail 30 are always sandwiched with a clamping force. The rolling of each sphere 8 enables smooth movement of the upper rail 40 relative to the lower rail 30. In addition, the upper rail 40 is restrained with respect to the lower rail 30 in the vertical and horizontal directions shown in FIG. 3 and is allowed to move in the front-rear direction. Moreover, by the clamping force to each sphere 8, in the vertical and horizontal directions,
Since there is no gap between the upper rail 40 and the lower rail 30 and there is no so-called play, there is no occurrence of abnormal noise due to vehicle vibration. Three spheres 8 form one set and are arranged one by one on the front and rear sides of the rails 30 and 40. A cut-and-raised portion 49 is formed on the outer vertical wall 44 of the upper rail 40.
However, the function of the stopper which is formed so that each set of the spheres 8 is sandwiched in the front-rear direction with a predetermined interval, holds the spheres 8 in the engaging portion, and defines the amount of movement of the slide device 3 in the front-rear direction Fulfill. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a lock mechanism 5 for restraining or allowing the upper rail 40 to move back and forth with respect to the lower rail 30 is attached to a substantially central portion of the upper rail 40 in the front-rear direction. The lock mechanism 5 includes a pin 51 which is fixed to the outer surface of the inner vertical wall 41 of the upper rail 40 and has a horizontal axis, and a lock lever 52 which rotates about the pin 51 as a pivot.
And have. Lock lever 52 is pin 51 with retaining ring 5
9 is held. The lock lever 52 has a portion extending rearward from the position of the pin 51, and a engaging flange portion 53 bent in the horizontal direction is formed at the rear end portion thereof. The engaging flange portion 53 is provided with a rectangular engaging hole 54. ing.
On the other hand, as well shown in FIG. 4, in the front-rear direction of the upper rail 40, the portion facing the engaging flange portion 53 is
A locking window portion 48 is formed so as to partially cut out the U-shaped horizontal portion 42. From the locking window portion 48, the lower end of the inner vertical wall portion 32 of the lower rail 30 can be brought into contact. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of lock teeth 36 are formed at equal intervals in the front-rear direction at the lower end of the inner vertical wall 32. The locking hole 54 of the lock lever 52 can be engaged with the lock tooth portion 36. By engaging the locking hole 54 and the lock tooth portion 36,
The upper rail 40 is fixed to the lower rail 30,
It is a structure that can be moved by releasing the engagement. The lock lever 52 is attached with a spring 76 between a hook portion 58 formed at the rear end thereof and a hook 43 formed on the upper rail 40, and the spring 76 engages the locking hole 54 and the lock tooth portion 36. Acts as follows. As shown in FIG. 1, the lock lever 52
Further has a portion extending forward from the position of the pin 51,
A hook portion 55 is formed at the front end. The hook portion 55 has a locking end 73 and a wire 7 of the operation cable 7.
2 is connected. One end of the operation cable 7 is attached to a mounting bracket 75 fixed to the upper rail 40 by a mounting nut 74, and the other end is attached to the console box body 10. The other end of the wire 72 of the operation cable 7 is connected to an operation knob 71 that is guided by the console box body 10 and is movably attached. With this configuration, the operation knob 71 is moved to the spring 7.
6 is pulled against the acting force 6 and the locking hole 54 and the lock tooth 36
By releasing the engagement, the upper rail 40 can be freely moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the lower rail 30. By releasing the operation knob 71, the locking hole 54 and the lock tooth portion 36 are engaged again,
The upper rail 40 can be fixed at the moved position. In the slide slide type console box 1 constructed as described above, as described above, the operation knob 7
The console box body 10 is guided by the right slide device 3 and the left slide device 4 that does not include the lock mechanism 5 by releasing the lock mechanism 5 of the right slide device 3 by pulling 1. The position of the floor 2 in the front-rear direction is adjusted. Then, by releasing the operation knob 71, the console box body 10 can be fixed at the adjustment position. At this time, the air-conditioning duct disposed below the console box body 10 can be expanded and contracted together with the position of the console box body 10 to ensure air-conditioning airflow to the rear seats. The slide device for movably supporting the console box main body has a narrow width by disposing a plurality of spheres at positions overlapping each other in the vertical direction between the vertical walls of the upper rail and the lower rail. It becomes possible to secure a space for arranging a duct for air conditioning that blows air to the rear seat on the lower side of the box body. In addition, since a plurality of spheres arranged between the vertical walls of the upper rail and the lower rail are always subjected to a clamping force, the spheres move smoothly in the front-rear direction and play in the lateral and vertical directions. There is no abnormal noise.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sliding console box according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a right slide device of a slide type console box according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line III-III in FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line IV-IV in FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the sliding console box according to the present invention is attached to a vehicle. [Explanation of Symbols] 2 Floor 3 Slide device (right slide device) 5 Lock mechanism 8 Sphere 10 Console box (console box body) 30 Lower rail 31, 32 Locked wall portion (outer vertical wall portion, inner vertical wall portion) 40 Upper rail 44 Locking wall (outside vertical wall)

Claims (1)

1. An upper rail that is locked to a vehicle console box, a lower rail that is locked to a vehicle floor and movably supports the upper rail with respect to the vehicle floor, and A sliding device including a locking mechanism that enables locking or movement with respect to the vehicle floor, and a locking wall portion provided on the upper rail and extending vertically.
A slide device characterized in that a plurality of spheres are arranged so as to be able to roll to a position overlapping in the vertical direction between the lower wall and a locked wall portion extending vertically.