JP2006182145A - Vehicular interior trim - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular interior trim capable of easily performing the mounting work of a container retaining member to retain containers for beverage or the like within a holder recess, and covering an opening of the holder recess with the container retaining member arranged therein. <P>SOLUTION: A cup holder W1 has a bottomed holder recess 11 capable of storing containers C1, C2 of beverage or the like in a taking-out manner. An opening part opened outside the holder recess 11 is formed in a side wall 14 of the holder recess 11. A cover 20 to cover the opening part from the outside is mounted on the holder recess 11. A rocking flap 30 having a vertically rockable flap body 32 capable of retaining the containers C1, C2 stored within the holder recess 11 according to the size of the containers with an upper end being pivotably supported is provided on a part corresponding to the opening part of the cover 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an interior product for a vehicle provided with a bottomed holder recess that can detachably store a container such as a beverage.

Conventionally, a configuration in which a so-called cup holder provided with a bottomed holder concave portion that can detachably store a container such as a beverage in a center console or a door trim that is a kind of vehicle interior product such as an automobile is generally provided. Well known.
Such a cup holder is required to be able to store various types of containers without difficulty, from small drink cans to large paper cups, large plastic bottles, and the like.

For this reason, various ideas and devices have been made. For example, in Patent Document 1, an opening is formed in a side wall of a bottomed holder casing that defines a container housing portion (holder recess). The structure which arrange | positioned the holding jaw which can protrude from the inside of a holder recessed part is disclosed. The holding jaw is doubly supported by a holding element and two spring means so as to be swingable in the vertical direction. When the drink container is not held, the holding jaw is moved upward by the biasing force of the spring means. It swings and protrudes into the holder recess.
When the drink container is inserted and held in the holder recess, the holding jaw swings downward against the urging force of the spring means, and the drink container is inserted. At this time, the holding jaw is configured to swing to a position corresponding to the size of the beverage container to be inserted and to hold the side surface of the beverage container by spring biasing.
Japanese Patent No. 2915403

According to the cup holder of the prior art, it is possible to store beverage containers of large and small sizes without trouble, but there are the following problems.
(1) When attaching a container holding member composed of a holding element and a holding jaw to a portion corresponding to the opening of the holder recess, it is necessary to put in a hand from the inside of the holder recess to perform the work. In particular, when the size of the holder recess is small, or when the mounting position of the container holding member is a deep position of the holder recess, the mounting operation is cumbersome and time-consuming.

(2) When the beverage container is not held, when not in use, the container holding member is in a position that swings upward, so that the opening is not covered with the container holding member and the holder recess is viewed from above, The outside of the holder recess can be seen through the opening, and the appearance of the cup holder is deteriorated.
(3) Further, when an accessory is dropped into the holder recess when not in use, the accessory may fall from the opening to the outside of the holder recess and become difficult to remove.

  The present invention has been made in view of the technical problems as described above. In a vehicular interior product having a bottomed holder concave portion that can detachably store a container such as a beverage, the container for the beverage or the like is a holder. The basic object is to make it easy to attach the container holding member held in the recess and to cover the opening of the holder recess in which the container holding member is disposed.

  For this reason, the vehicle interior product according to the invention of claim 1 of the present application (the first invention) is a vehicle interior product provided with a bottomed holder recess that can detachably store a container such as a beverage, An opening that opens to the outside of the holder recess is formed in the side wall of the holder recess, and a cover that covers the opening from the outside is attached to the holder recess. A container holding member that is pivotable in the vertical direction is provided to hold the container accommodated in the holder recess, the part of which is pivotally supported according to the size of the container.

  In the invention of claim 2 of the present application (second invention), in the first invention, the opening is formed such that the lower side of the opening is an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side wall of the holder recess. The cover includes a cover main body portion covering the opening and an extension portion extending downward from the cover main body portion along the outer surface of the side wall, and the extension portion is a side wall of the holder concave portion. And at least one of the bottom wall and the bottom wall.

According to the first invention of the present application, since the opening formed in the side wall of the holder recess is covered with the cover, when the holder recess is viewed from above, the outside of the holder recess is not visible from the opening. Therefore, the appearance of the vehicle interior product is not impaired. Further, even when an accessory is dropped into the holder recess, the accessory can be prevented from falling outside the holder recess through the opening.
Further, the cover covers the opening from the outside, and the cover is provided with a container holding member for holding the container according to the size. Therefore, the cover covers the opening from the outside of the holder recess. By attaching the container holding member, the container holding member can be positioned and attached relatively easily as compared with the conventional case where it is necessary to carry out the attaching operation from the inside of the holder recess.

  Furthermore, since the container holding member is provided at the opening corresponding portion of the cover, the cover incorporating the container holding member can be handled as one unit. Therefore, for example, a plurality of vehicle interior parts having different arrangement locations and some specifications and different shapes of the interior part main body have the same unit as long as the basic conditions such as the size of the opening are the same. Can be used. Thereby, manufacture of each part of a cover, parts management, and also the assembly work to an interior part main part can be simplified, and it can contribute to reduction of manufacturing cost.

  In addition, according to the second invention of the present application, basically, the same operational effects as the first invention can be achieved. In particular, the extension extending downward from the cover main body along the outer surface of the side wall of the holder recess is coupled to at least one of the side wall and the bottom wall of the holder recess. The portion covered with the extension portion has double side walls, which can contribute to the improvement of the rigidity of the vehicle interior product.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front part of a passenger compartment of an automobile according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in this figure, in the automobile, a center as a kind of vehicle interior that extends rearward from the approximate center in the vehicle width direction between the left and right front seats 2L, 2R disposed in the front part of the passenger compartment. A console 4 is provided. An accessory case 5 covered with a lid 6 is provided at the rear end portion of the center console 4. And the cup holder W1 is arrange | positioned in the appropriate position of the front side of this accessory case 5. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cup holder W1, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the cup holder W1.
As shown in these drawings, the cup holder W1 includes a holder main body portion 10 having a bottomed recess 11 and a cover 20 and a swinging flap 30 described later as main portions. The holder main body 10, the cover 20, and the swing flap 30 are each formed using a synthetic resin material.

The concave portion 11 of the holder main body portion 10 is opened upward, has a bottom wall 13 and is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. Containers C1 and C2 such as beverages (for example, beverage cans and paper cups) are formed in the concave portion 11. It is accommodated so that it can be taken out from above. A peripheral base 12 is integrally formed on the periphery of the upper end of the recess 11, and the peripheral base 12 is integrally connected to the upper surface wall 7 (see FIG. 1) of the center console 4.
An opening 15 having a predetermined size that opens to the outside of the recess 11 is formed at a predetermined portion of the side wall 14 of the recess 11. In the present embodiment, the opening 15 is formed at a relatively lower portion of the side wall 14, for example, at a position where the lower edge of the opening 15 cuts out a corner between the bottom wall 13 and the side wall 14 of the recess 11. Has been. A cover 20 is disposed to cover the opening 15 from the outside of the side wall 14 of the recess 11.

The cover 20 includes a pair of vertical walls 22, an upper wall 23 provided over the upper portions of the vertical walls 22, and an intermediate wall extended over the intermediate portion between the vertical walls 22. 24 and a cover body 21 having a bottom wall 25 connected to the lower ends of the intermediate wall 24 and the vertical walls 22.
A pair of fixing pieces 23 a for attaching the upper part of the cover main body 21 to the holder main body 10 is provided on the upper wall 23 of the cover main body 21. A fixing plate 27 for attaching the lower part of the cover main body 21 to the holder main body 10 is extended on the terminal side of the bottom wall 25 of the cover main body 21.

A mounting bracket portion 17 is integrally formed on the outer side of the concave portion 11 of the holder main body portion 10 above the portion corresponding to the opening 15, and on the lower end side of the mounting bracket portion 17,
In order to fit the fixing piece 23a of the cover main body portion 21, a groove portion 17g opened downward is provided.
Further, a pair of mounting bosses 18 projecting downward are provided on the back side of the bottom wall 13 of the holder main body 10 in order to fix the fixing plate 27 of the cover main body 21.

Each vertical wall 22 of the cover main body 21 is provided with a shaft support hole 22h for swingably supporting a pair of swing shafts 31s formed integrally with a swing flap 30 as a container holding member in the present invention. It has been. A curved recess 24f is formed on the upper end side of the intermediate wall 24 so that the base end portions 31a and 31b of the swing flap 30 can rotate. The swing flap 30 includes a plate-like flap body 32 extending from the base end portion 31.
Each swing shaft 31s of the swing flap 30 is inserted into the opening between the pair of vertical walls 22, and the pair of vertical walls 22 is bent by the swing shaft 31s to separate each swing shaft 31s. The swing flap 30 is assembled to the cover 20 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction by being fitted into the corresponding shaft support hole 22h of the vertical wall 22 from the axial direction.

For example, a spiral spring 39 is attached to the swinging flap 30 in order to urge the flap body 32 upward (clockwise in FIG. 2).
A locking hole 22k for inserting and locking one end 39a of the spring 39 is formed in one vertical wall 22 (for example, the right vertical wall in FIG. 3) of the cover main body 21. On the other hand, the base end portion 31b of the swing flap 30 is provided with a locking hole 31k for inserting and locking the other end 39b of the spring 39.

Then, one end 39a of the spring 39 is inserted into the locking hole 22k of the vertical wall 22 and the other end 39b is inserted into the locking hole 31k of the base end portion 31b so as to be locked. Built in the bottom of the. The flap body 32 of the swing flap 30 is biased upward by the elastic force of the spring 39.
By assembling the swing flap 30 provided with the spring 39 to the cover 20 in this way, the swing shaft 31s at the upper end is pivotally supported by the shaft support hole 22h at the portion corresponding to the opening of the cover 20, and the holder recess 11 A container holding member (a flap body 32 of the swing flap 30) that can swing in the vertical direction for holding containers C1, C2 such as beverages stored in the container according to the size of the containers C1, C2 is provided. become.

Thus, when the cover 20 incorporating the swing flap 30 is attached to the holder main body 10, each fixing piece 23 a of the cover main body 21 is fitted into the groove 17 g of the mounting bracket 17 of the holder main body 10. After that, the fixing plate 27 of the cover 20 is held against the mounting boss portion 18 of the holder body 10, the through hole 27h of the fixing plate 27 is positioned at the mounting boss portion 18, and the screw member N1 is inserted into the through hole 27h. Then, the fixing plate 27 is fastened to the mounting boss portion 18. Accordingly, the upper portion of the cover 20 is locked to the holder main body portion 10 via the fixing piece 23 a and the mounting bracket portion 17, and the lower portion thereof is held to the holder main body portion 10 via the fixing plate 27 and the mounting boss portion 18. Fastened and fixed to.
In this way, the cover 20 is attached to the holder main body 10, and the opening 15 is covered by the cover 20 from the outside of the side wall 14 of the recess 11.

As described above, since the opening 15 formed in the side wall 14 of the holder recess 11 is covered with the cover 20, when the holder recess 11 is viewed from above, the outside of the holder recess 11 can be seen from the opening 15. Absent. Therefore, the appearance of the cup holder W1 is not impaired.
Further, even when an accessory (not shown) is dropped into the holder recess 11, the accessory is prevented from dropping out of the holder recess 11 through the opening and becoming unremovable.

On the other hand, the cover 20 incorporating the swing flap 30 provided with the spring 39 can be handled as one unit component.
Therefore, basic conditions such as the size of the opening 15 are also applicable to a plurality of types of cup holders having different installation locations (for example, door trims) and some specifications depending on the vehicle type and the like and different shapes of automobile interior parts. If they are the same, the unit can be used in common. Thereby, manufacture of each part of the cover 20 and parts management, and also assembly work to the holder main body 10 can be simplified, which can contribute to reduction of manufacturing cost.

  In a state where the cover 20 incorporating the swing flap 30 is assembled to the holder main body 10, the upper edge portion of the opening 15 of the side wall 14 of the holder main body 10 substantially performs the upward swing operation of the flap main body 32. It is configured to regulate to 90 degrees. Therefore, as indicated by a solid line in FIG. 2, the flap main body 32 protrudes in a substantially horizontal direction during normal times.

  At this time, the distance from the front end of the flap body 32 to the opposing side wall 14 is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the smallest diameter C1 (for example, a small beverage can) among various containers such as beverages. Is set. Therefore, when the small beverage can C1 is inserted and stored in the recess 11 of the holder body 10, the beverage can C1 is positioned in the vertical direction of the recess 11 as indicated by a solid line in FIG. It is reliably held between the front end of the flap body 32 and the opposite side wall 14 in a state of being largely deviated from the center line Lc toward the anti-swing flap 30 side.

On the other hand, when storing a relatively large-diameter container C2 (for example, a medium-sized or large-sized paper cup), the side wall of the container C2 resists the biasing force of the spring 39 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Thus, the flap body 32 is swung downward. In this case, the container C2 is reliably held between the front end of the flap body 32 and the side wall 14 facing the container C2 in a state of being relatively small from the center line Lc and biased toward the anti-swing flap 30 side. In particular, the container C2 is not rattled because it is pressed against the opposing side wall 14 by the biasing force of the spring 39.
In this manner, the containers C1 and C2 can be reliably held in accordance with the sizes of the containers C1 and C2 by the flap body 32 of the swing flap 30 that can swing in the vertical direction.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the cover 20 covers the opening 15 from the outside, and the cover 20 has a swing flap 30 as a container holding member for holding the containers C1 and C2 in accordance with the size. Since the flap main body 32 is provided, it is necessary to attach the cover 20 by covering the opening 15 from the outside of the holder concave portion 11 and putting in the hand from the inside of the holder concave portion. In comparison, the swing flap 30 can be easily positioned and attached to the opening 15, and the time required for such attachment work can be shortened.

In the above embodiment, the opening 15 of the side wall 14 of the holder recess 11 is formed at a relatively lower part of the side wall 14. However, the opening 15 is formed at a relatively upper part of the side wall 14, for example, the lower side of the opening 15. You may make it form in the location which exists in the intermediate position in the up-down direction of the side wall 14, and an upper side part is located in the upper end vicinity of the side wall 14 of the recessed part 11. FIG.
In this case, the length of the vertical wall portion positioned between the bottom wall 25 of the cover main body 21 and the fixed plate 27 may be set to be longer.

Further, in the case where the opening 15 is positioned so that the lower side of the opening 15 is at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side wall in this way, the extended vertical wall portion of the cover main body 21 is used to make the holder body It is also possible to increase the rigidity of the part.
Hereinafter, modified examples of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In the following description, the same reference numerals are assigned to components having the same configuration and the same function as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and further description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a cup holder W2 according to a modification of the present embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the cup holder W2 according to the modification.
As can be seen by comparing FIGS. 4 and 5 with FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively, the cup holder W2 of this modification includes the cup holder W1 shown in FIGS. Correspondingly, the vertical position of the opening 55 formed in the side wall 54 of the concave portion 51 of the concave portion 51 is different, and the vertical wall portion located between the bottom wall 65 of the cover main body 61 and the fixing plate 67 is set longer. It is basically the same except for the points.

  That is, in the present modification, the opening 55 of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51 is set so that its lower side is at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side wall 54, and the upper side is near the upper end of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51. It is formed in the location located in.

In this modification, a cover 60 that covers the opening 55 from the outside of the side wall 54 of the recess 51 includes a cover main body 61 having a configuration similar to that of the above-described cover main body 21 shown in FIGS. An extension portion 66 that extends downward from the cover body portion 61 along the outer surface of the recess side wall 54 is provided.
The cover main body 61 has a pair of vertical walls 62, an upper wall 63, an intermediate wall 64, and a bottom wall 65 similar to the cover main body 21 described above, but the structure of the upper wall 63 is different. On the upper surface of the upper wall 63, a pair of fixed piece portions 63a and a fixed convex portion 63b extending in parallel with the fixed piece portion 63a with a predetermined interval are provided, and a groove portion is formed between the both 63a and 63b. Is formed.

  On the other hand, on the outer side of the concave portion 51 of the holder main body 50, a mounting projection 57 is integrally formed on the peripheral base 52 located above the portion corresponding to the opening 55. The mounting projection 57 is fitted into a groove formed by the fixed piece 63a and the fixed projection 63b provided on the upper wall 63 of the cover main body 61, so that the upper portion of the cover main body 61 is fixed. The side is attached to the holder body 50.

An extension portion 66 extending downward from the bottom wall 65 along the outer surface of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51 is provided at the inner end of the bottom wall 65 of the cover main body 61. A fixing plate 67 for attaching the lower part of the cover body 61 to the holder body 50 via the extension 66 is provided on the terminal side of the extension 66.
The structure for fixing the fixing plate 67 to the mounting boss 58 on the back side of the bottom wall 63 of the holder main body 60 is the same as that shown in FIGS.

2 and 3, the cover main body 61 includes a pair of shaft support holes 62h for supporting the swing shaft 31s of the swing flap 30 and the base of the swing flap 30. As shown in FIG. A recessed portion 64f for supporting the end portions 31a and 31b and a locking hole 62k for inserting and locking the one end 39a of the spring 39 are provided.
Therefore, both the assembly structure for assembling the swing flap 30 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction with respect to the cover 60 and the assembly structure for incorporating the spring 39 into the lower portion of the flap body 32 of the swing flap 30 are shown in FIG. This is similar to the case shown in FIG.

The cover 60 incorporating the swing flap 30 to which the spring 39 is attached can be handled as a single unit component, similar to the one shown in FIGS.
When the cover 60 is attached to the holder main body 50, the mounting protrusion 57 is fitted into a groove formed by the fixed piece 63a and the fixed convex 63b provided on the upper wall 63 of the cover main body 61. After that, the fixing plate 67 of the cover 60 is fastened and fixed to the mounting boss 58 of the holder main body 50 in the same manner as shown in FIGS.

In this way, the cover 60 is attached to the holder body 50, and the opening 55 is covered by the cover 60 from the outside of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51.
At this time, the extension 66 extending downward from the cover body 60 along the outer surface of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51 is coupled to the bottom wall 53 of the holder recess 51, so that the holder The portion of the side wall 54 of the recess 51 covered with the extension 66 has a double side wall, which can contribute to the improvement of the rigidity of the holder body 50 (that is, the rigidity of the cup holder W2). .

As described above, according to the cup holder W2 according to the present modification, the same operation as that of the above-described W1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 can be achieved, and the same effect can be obtained. The rigidity of the can be increased.
In this modification, the opening 55 of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51 is preferably at the upper part of the side wall 54, and the lower side of the opening 55 is at an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side wall 54 as described above. Since the upper side is formed near the upper end of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51, the flap body 32 of the swing flap 30 that can swing in the vertical direction that holds the containers C <b> 1 and C <b> 2 is located above the holder recess 51. This is particularly advantageous when holding containers C1, C2 having a high height.

  In this modification, the extension portion 66 of the cover 60 is configured to be coupled to the bottom wall 53 of the holder recess 51. Instead, the extension 66 of the cover 60 is formed at a relatively lower portion of the side wall 54 of the holder recess 51. It can also be combined.

In the above description of the embodiment and the modification, the cup holders W1 and W2 are provided in the center console 4 at the front part of the passenger compartment, which is an interior part of an automobile. Instead, for example, an interior part such as a door trim. May be provided. In addition, the containers C1 and C2 are not limited to drinks, and various other containers can be accommodated as long as they fit the size of the cup holders W1 and W2.
Furthermore, in the above embodiment and modification, the shaft support hole 22h or 62h for supporting the swing shaft 31s of the swing flap 30 is a complete round hole inside the vertical wall 22 or 62 of the cover main body 21 or 61. The pair of vertical walls 22 or 62 is bent in the direction of separating, and the swing shaft 31s is fitted to the corresponding shaft support hole 22h or 62h from the axial direction to be supported. However, instead of this, it may be supported by a so-called snap type. That is, the shaft support hole 22h or 62h is formed so that a part of the periphery thereof opens toward the front end surface of the vertical wall 22 or 62 (the surface on the side close to the holder body 10 or 50 when assembled), More preferably, a tapered guide portion that expands in the vertical direction is formed at the opening end, and the vertical width of the opening portion is set slightly smaller than the diameter of the swing shaft 31s. Then, by pushing the swing shaft 31s into the opening in a direction perpendicular to the axis, the opening is elastically opened, and the swing shaft 31s is fitted and supported in the shaft support hole 22h or 62h from the opening. Anyway.

  Thus, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes and improvements can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

  The present invention relates to an interior product for a vehicle having a bottomed holder recess that can detachably store a container such as a beverage, and a cover that covers an opening formed on a side wall of the holder recess from the outside. Attach to the holder recess, and attach a container holding member swingable in the vertical direction to hold the container housed in the holder recess according to the size of the container at the opening corresponding part of the cover. Thus, the mounting operation of the container holding member is easy, and the opening of the holder concave portion in which the container holding member is disposed can be covered, so that the container holding member can be effectively used as a cup holder of a vehicle such as an automobile.

It is a perspective view of the compartment front part of the car concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is II-II line longitudinal cross-section explanatory drawing of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said cup holder. FIG. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional explanatory view corresponding to FIG. 2 of a cup holder according to a modified example of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view corresponding to FIG. 3 of a cup holder according to the modified example.

Explanation of symbols

4 Center console (vehicle interior)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10,50 Holder main-body part 11,51 Holder recessed part 13,53 (Recessed part) Bottom wall 14,54 (Recessed part) Side wall 15,55 Opening part 20,60 Cover 21,61 Cover main part 66 Extension part 30 Oscillating flap (Container holding member)
32 Flap body C1, C2 Container W1, W2 Cup holder

Claims (2)

It is an interior product for a vehicle having a bottomed holder recessed portion that can store a container such as a beverage in a removable manner,
An opening opening to the outside of the holder recess is formed on the side wall of the holder recess,
A cover that covers the opening from the outside is attached to the holder recess,
A container holding member capable of swinging in the vertical direction is provided at the opening corresponding portion of the cover, the upper end of which is pivotally supported, and the container housed in the holder recess is held in accordance with the size of the container. Being
A vehicle interior product characterized by the above. The opening is formed such that the lower side of the opening is an intermediate position in the vertical direction of the side wall of the holder recess,
The cover includes a cover main body that covers the opening, and an extension that extends downward from the cover main body along the outer surface of the side wall,
The extension is coupled to at least one of the side wall and the bottom wall of the holder recess,
The vehicle interior product according to claim 1.

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