JP2006176038A - Cup holder device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make cold insulation or hot insulation function valid or invalid by a simple mechanism in a cup holder device with the cold insulation or hot insulation function. <P>SOLUTION: In the cup holder device, a holder 16 for surrounding and retaining at least a lower part of a drink container 14 is rotatably fitted to a recessed part 12 formed on a surface of a vehicle interior member 10 in a recessed shape and having an approximately circular cross section and an introduction port 18 for introducing cold air or warm air from an air conditioner to an inner peripheral wall of the recessed part 12. An opening circulated with the introduction port 18 and passing the cold air or the warm air from the air conditioner is formed on a part of a peripheral wall of the holder 16. Further, when a knob 24 is grasped and the holder 16 is rotated to communicate the introduction port 18 with the opening 20, the cold insulation or the hot insulation function can be made valid. Whereas, if the knob 24 is grasped and the holder 16 is rotated to close the introduction port 18 by the peripheral wall of the holder 16, the cold insulation or the hot insulation function can be made invalid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for enabling or disabling the function of a cup holder device with a cold or heat retaining function with a simple mechanism.

In recent years, as an equipment for improving the comfort in vehicles, as described in "X-TRAIL T30 type new car new model manual (Supplement Edition II)" (Non-patent Document 1), a cup holder with a cold or warm function. The device has been put into practical use. The cup holder device holds a beverage container at the upper portion of the side ventilator grill, and keeps the beverage at the temperature of drinking by guiding the cold air or hot air of the air conditioner here. . In addition, the cup holder device is provided with a manual shutter that opens and closes the inlet of the cold air or hot air in order to block the cold air or hot air of the air conditioner when the beverage is not to be kept cold or warm. .
“X-TRAIL T30 series new car manual (Supplement Edition II)”, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., June 2003, p. D-9, E-4

However, when the shutter is attached to the cup holder device, not only the number of parts is increased, but there is a possibility that the outer dimensions of the cup holder device may be increased due to the necessity of securing the mounting space for the shutter. Increasing the outer diameter has been accompanied by difficulties in in-vehicle layout, and has been a factor in increasing design man-hours.
Therefore, in view of the conventional problems as described above, the present invention enables or disables the cold or warm function by a simple mechanism by opening and closing the cold air or hot air inlet with the holder itself holding the beverage container. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cup holder device that can be used.

  For this reason, in the present invention, a holder that surrounds and holds at least the lower part of the beverage container is rotatably fitted in a recess having a substantially circular cross-section formed in the surface of the vehicle interior member, and the recess In a cup holder device in which an inlet for introducing cold air or hot air from an air conditioner is formed on the inner peripheral wall, a cold air or hot air from the air conditioner communicated with the inlet in a part of the peripheral wall of the holder An opening that allows the light to pass therethrough is formed.

  At this time, in consideration of the situation where the holder is soiled by the beverage, the holder may be detachably fitted to the recessed portion in order to facilitate the cleaning. Moreover, it is good to attach a knob to the upper end in order to make rotation of a holder easy. Then, in order to facilitate the introduction and shut-off operation of cold air or warm air from the air conditioner, the surface of the vehicle interior member comes into contact with the knob at a position where the opening of the holder communicates with the introduction port, and the rotation is prevented. A protrusion may be formed. Further, in order to facilitate handling of the beverage container, the cup holder device may be installed on an instrument panel as a vehicle interior member facing the driver seat and the passenger seat.

  According to the cup holder device according to the present invention, the inlet for introducing the cool air or the warm air from the air conditioner can be opened and closed by rotating the holder that surrounds and holds at least the lower part of the beverage container. That is, if the holder is rotated so that the opening and the introduction port communicate with each other, cold air or warm air from the air conditioner is introduced into the holder, and the beverage container can be kept cold or warm. On the other hand, if the holder is rotated to close the inlet with the peripheral wall, cold air or hot air from the air conditioner is not introduced into the holder, and the beverage container can be kept at room temperature. For this reason, a simple operation of rotating the holder can enable or disable the cold-retaining function or the heat-retaining function, and cost reduction, weight reduction, size reduction, etc. can be achieved by reducing the number of parts.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a cup holder device according to the present invention.
A holder 16 that surrounds and holds at least the lower part of the beverage container 14 is rotatably fitted in a recess 12 that has a substantially circular cross-section formed in the surface of the vehicle interior member 10, and an inner peripheral wall of the recess 12. In addition, an inlet 18 for introducing cold air or hot air from the air conditioner is formed. Then, an opening 20 such as a slit is formed in a part of the peripheral wall of the holder 16 to allow the cold air or hot air from the air conditioner to pass through the inlet 18. In addition, the code | symbol 22 in a figure is an air-conditioning duct which guide | induces the cold air or warm air from an air conditioner to the inlet 18. FIG.

  According to such a cup holder device, by rotating the holder 16 that surrounds and holds at least the lower part of the beverage container 14, the inlet 18 for introducing cold air or hot air from the air conditioner can be opened and closed. That is, if the holder 16 is rotated so that the opening 20 communicates with the inlet 18, cold air or warm air from the air conditioner is introduced into the holder, and the beverage container 14 can be kept cold or warm. . On the other hand, if the holder 16 is rotated and the introduction port 18 is blocked by the peripheral wall, the cool air or the warm air from the air conditioner is not introduced into the holder, and the beverage container 14 can be kept at room temperature. For this reason, a simple operation of rotating the holder 16 can enable or disable the cold insulation or heat insulation function, and can achieve cost reduction, weight reduction, miniaturization, etc. by reducing the number of parts.

  At this time, it is desirable that the holder 16 is detachably fitted to the recess 12. That is, in the cup holder device, there is a situation that the beverage spills from the beverage container 14 due to running vibration or the like, and the holder 16 that holds the beverage gets dirty. For this reason, if the holder 16 is configured to be detachable, the holder 16 can be easily removed by removing it when it becomes dirty, for example, by washing away the dirt with tap water.

Further, it is desirable to attach a knob 24 for rotating the holder 16 to the upper end of the holder 16. In this way, the holder 16 can be easily rotated by gripping the knob 24.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, a protrusion 26 is formed on the surface of the vehicle interior member 10 so as to come into contact with the knob 24 at a position where the opening 20 of the holder 16 communicates with the introduction port 18 and to prevent its rotation. desirable. If it does in this way, as shown to the same figure (A), by rotating the holder 16 to the A direction to the position where the knob 24 contacts the protrusion 26, the opening 20 and the inlet 18 of the holder 16 are connected. And the cold or warm function can be activated. On the other hand, when it is desired to disable the cold or warm function, the inlet 24 is closed by the peripheral wall of the holder 16 by rotating the holder 16 in the direction B away from the projection 26 as shown in FIG. be able to. Therefore, it is possible to easily switch the validity or invalidity of the cold or warm function.

  Here, the vehicle interior member 10 is preferably an instrument panel disposed at a position facing the driver's seat or the passenger seat. If it does in this way, placement and removal of a beverage container will become easy and convenience can be improved because a cup holder device is installed in a position which faces a crew member. The vehicle interior member 10 is not limited to the instrument panel, and may be a center console, a door trim board, or the like.

Whole block diagram of cup holder device concerning the present invention The operation of switching between enabling or disabling the cold or warm function is shown, (A) is an explanatory diagram when the function is enabled, and (B) is an explanatory diagram when the function is disabled.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle interior member 12 Recessed part 14 Beverage container 16 Holder 18 Introduction port 20 Opening 24 Knob 26 Protrusion

Claims (5)

A holder that surrounds and holds at least the lower part of the beverage container is rotatably fitted in a recess having a substantially circular cross-section formed in the surface of the vehicle interior member, and an air conditioner is mounted on the inner peripheral wall of the recess. A cup holder device in which an inlet for introducing cold air or hot air from a shoner is formed,
A cup holder device, wherein an opening is formed in a part of a peripheral wall of the holder so as to allow passage of cool air or warm air from an air conditioner in communication with the introduction port.   The cup holder device according to claim 1, wherein the holder is detachably fitted to the recessed portion.   The cup holder device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a knob for rotating the holder is attached to an upper end of the holder.   4. The cup holder device according to claim 3, wherein a protrusion is formed on the surface of the vehicle interior member so as to contact the knob at a position where the opening of the holder communicates with the introduction port and prevent the rotation.   The said vehicle interior member is an instrument panel, The cup holder apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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