JP2007176335A - Position-regulation structure of glove box and bumper rubber - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a position-regulation structure of a glove box and bumper rubber which enhance the appearance and which make dimensional control easy. <P>SOLUTION: A recess 5a, which is shaped like a nearly triangular pyramid, is formed on the rear wall surface 5 of an opening of an instrument panel. On the other hand, bumper rubber 30 is attached on the rear side surface 14 of the glove box. The bumper rubber 30 has an engagement part 32 and a ring-shaped rubber part 34. The engagement part 32 is shaped like a nearly triangular pyramid which is of identical shape with the recess 5a, and the ring-shaped rubber part 34 surrounds the entire perimeter of the engagement part 32. At the time of closing of the glove box, the tip of the rubber part 34 is brought into contact with the rear wall surface 5 before the tip of the engagement part 32 is brought into contact with the recess 5a, thus the impact is absorbed. Then after that, the tip of the engagement part 32 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the recess 5a without creating any clearance while the proximity of the tip of the rubber part 34 is bent. Thus, the positioning of the glove box inside the opening is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a glove box position regulating structure provided on an instrument panel of an automobile so as to be openable and closable, and a bumper rubber used therefor.

  A glove box is generally provided in an instrument panel of an automobile, and the panel has an opening having a size capable of accommodating the glove box. The glove box can be opened and closed by rotating around a hinge arranged at the lower end of the opening. Here, in many cases, a bumper rubber is attached to the rear side surface of the glove box to relieve an impact when the glove box is closed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the bumper rubber 130 as an example of a conventional bumper rubber includes a rubber portion 134 having a substantially triangular pyramid shape having elasticity and a mounting portion 133, and the mounting portion 133 is the glove box 110. The glove box 110 is attached to the rear side 114 by being inserted into a mounting hole 114 a formed in the rear side 114. Here, when the glove box 110 is closed, the tip of the rubber part 134 moves toward the rear wall surface 105 of the opening 102 (see FIG. 5), and the rear wall surface 105 before the glove box 110 is completely closed. To touch. Therefore, the impact at the time of closing the glove box 110 is relieved.

In addition, when the glove box 110 is closed, when the gap formed between the both side surfaces 112 and 113 of the glove box 110 and the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104 of the opening 102 is non-uniform, it looks remarkably. It gets worse. Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, in order to position the glove box 110 with respect to the opening 102, projections 103 a and 104 a that respectively contact the both side surfaces 112 and 113 of the closed glove box 110 are provided in the opening 102. Are formed on both side wall surfaces 103 and 104. Therefore, the gap formed between the both side surfaces 112 and 113 of the closed glove box 110 and the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104 becomes uniform, and the appearance can be improved.
JP 2001-31357 A (FIG. 1)

  As described above, by forming the protrusions 103a and 104a on the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104, it is possible to make the gap formed between the both side surfaces 112 and 113 of the glove box 110 and the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104 uniform. On the other hand, when the protrusions 103a and 104a are seen from the gap, the appearance may be impaired. Further, when the projections 103a and 104a are formed on the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104, when the glove box 110 is closed, the both side surfaces 112 and 113 and the projections 103a and 104a of the both side wall surfaces 103 and 104 come into contact. As a result, a hitting sound may be generated. And in order to prevent generation | occurrence | production of this striking sound, strict dimension management is requested | required for manufacture of an instrument panel and a glove box.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a glove box position regulating structure and a bumper rubber used in the glove box that improve the appearance and facilitate the dimensional management.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  The glove box position regulation structure of the present invention is a glove box position regulation structure supported to be openable and closable with respect to the opening formed in the panel material. A recess formed on the rear wall surface of the opposing panel material, and a latching portion that is disposed at a position corresponding to the recess on the rear side surface and includes a tip having substantially the same shape as the recess, and the latching portion And a bumper rubber having an elastic portion including a tip that contacts the rear wall surface before the tip of the locking portion contacts the recess when the glove box is closed. It is characterized by.

  The glove box position regulating structure of the present invention is a glove box position regulating structure supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to an opening formed in the panel material. Is disposed at a position corresponding to the concave portion in the rear wall surface of the panel material facing the rear side surface of the glove box in a closed state, and a locking portion including a tip having substantially the same shape as the concave portion, and A bumper rubber that is disposed around the locking portion and includes an elastic portion including a tip that contacts the rear side surface before the tip of the locking portion contacts the recess when the glove box is closed. It is characterized by having.

  The bumper rubber of the present invention is a panel material that faces the rear side surface of the glove box in a state in which the glove box on the rear side surface of the glove box supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to the opening formed in the panel material is closed. Arranged at a position corresponding to the recess formed in the rear wall surface, the locking portion including the tip having substantially the same shape as the recess, and disposed around the locking portion, and the glove box is closed In this case, the front end of the locking portion has an elastic portion including a front end that contacts the rear wall surface before contacting the recess.

  The bumper rubber of the present invention is provided on the rear wall surface of the panel material facing the rear side surface of the glove box in a state where the glove box supported to be openable / closable with respect to the opening formed in the panel material is closed. When the glove box is disposed at a position corresponding to the concave portion formed on the side surface, and includes a locking portion including a tip having substantially the same shape as the concave portion, and around the locking portion. And an elastic part including a tip that contacts the rear side before the tip of the locking part contacts the recess.

  According to these configurations, the bumper rubber has an original buffer function by the elastic portion contacting the rear wall surface or the rear side surface before the tip of the locking portion contacts the recess, and the tip of the locking portion. Has a function of regulating the position of the glove box. Therefore, since the glove box is properly positioned in the opening by the bumper rubber position regulating function, the gap formed between the both sides of the glove box and the both side walls of the opening of the instrument panel is made uniform. Therefore, it is not necessary to form protrusions on both side wall surfaces of the opening, and the appearance can be improved. In addition, the degree of position regulation of the glove box can be easily changed by changing the amount of engagement between the front end of the locking portion and the recess (to be stricter or to be gradual). Dimension management in glove box manufacturing becomes easy.

  In the glove box position regulation structure of the present invention, the tip of the locking portion and the recess may be triangular pyramid-shaped.

  In the bumper rubber of the present invention, the tip of the locking portion and the concave portion may have a triangular pyramid shape.

  According to this configuration, the position of the glove box can be reliably regulated by fitting the locking portion into the recess.

  In the glove box position restricting structure of the present invention, the elastic portion may have a ring shape surrounding the entire circumference of the locking portion.

  In the bumper rubber according to the present invention, the elastic portion may have a ring shape surrounding the entire circumference of the locking portion.

  According to this configuration, even when the impact when the glove box is closed is relatively large, the impact can be reliably mitigated.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an instrument panel having a glove box position restricting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the closed glove box. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the bumper rubber.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the instrument panel 1 is formed with an opening 2 having a size capable of accommodating the glove box 10. The glove box 10 can be opened and closed by rotating about a hinge (not shown) disposed at the lower end of the opening 2. The glove box 10 has a storage portion surrounded by the front side surface 11, the left side surface 12, the right side surface 13, and the rear side surface 14. In addition, bumper rubbers 30 for reducing the impact when the glove box 10 is closed are attached in the vicinity of both ends of the rear side surface 14 of the glove box 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the opening 2 of the instrument panel 1 has a substantially rectangular region having substantially the same size as the storage portion of the glove box 10, and side wall surfaces 3, 4 on the left and right sides thereof. And a rear wall surface 5 facing the rear side surface 14 with the glove box 10 closed. That is, when the glove box 10 is closed, the left side surface 12 and the right side surface 13 face the side wall surfaces 3 and 4, respectively, and the rear side surface 14 faces the rear wall surface 5. Here, a concave portion 5a having a substantially triangular pyramid shape is formed at a position corresponding to the bumper rubber 30 attached to the rear side surface 14 of the glove box 10 on the rear wall surface 5.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the bumper rubber 30 includes a bumper body 31 and a rubber portion 34. The bumper body 31 is a resin member such as polypropylene, ABS, nylon, polyacetal, and the rubber part 34 is a member formed of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber such as chloroprene rubber. .

  A locking portion 32 is formed at one end of the bumper body 31, and a mounting portion 33 is formed at the other end. The bumper rubber 30 is attached to the rear side surface 14 by fitting the attachment portion 33 into the attachment hole 14 a formed in the rear side surface 14 of the glove box 10.

  Moreover, the front-end | tip of the latching | locking part 32 is a substantially triangular pyramid shape which is the same shape as the recessed part 5a. Here, the height of the substantially triangular pyramid-shaped portion at the tip of the locking portion 32 may be the same as the depth of the recess 5a or may be higher than the depth of the recess 5a. That is, at least the tip of the locking portion 32 is configured to contact the inner surface of the recess 5a without any gap.

  The rubber portion 34 is disposed around the locking portion 32 and has a ring shape surrounding the entire periphery of the locking portion 32. Further, the tip of the rubber part 34 is disposed on the same plane as the tip of the locking part 32. Here, when the glove box 10 is closed, the tip of the locking portion 32 moves toward the recess 5 a and the tip of the rubber portion 34 moves toward the periphery of the recess 5 a of the rear wall surface 5. At this time, the front end of the rubber portion 34 contacts the rear wall surface 5 before the front end of the locking portion 32 contacts the concave portion 5a. That is, first, the tip of the rubber part 34 comes into contact with the periphery of the recess 5a of the rear wall surface 5, and then the vicinity of the tip of the rubber part 34 is curved while the tip of the locking part 32 moves toward the recess 5a. The tip of the locking part 32 comes into contact with the inner surface of the recess 5a without any gap.

  As shown in FIG. 2, when the tips of the locking portions 32 of the bumper rubber 30 attached in the vicinity of both ends of the glove box 10 come into contact with the inner surface of the recess 5 a without any gaps, the opening 2 of the instrument panel 1. The glove box 10 is positioned with respect to. Therefore, it is formed between the gap formed between the left side surface 12 of the glove box 10 and the side wall surface 3 of the opening 2, and between the right side surface 13 of the glove box 10 and the side wall surface 4 of the opening 2. The gap becomes uniform.

  As described above, in the position restricting structure of the glove box 10 of the present embodiment, the bumper rubber 30 has the elastic portion 34 that contacts the rear wall surface 5 before the tip of the locking portion 32 contacts the recess 5a. Accordingly, the glove box 10 has a function of restricting the position of the glove box 10 by fitting the tip of the locking portion 32 into the recess 5a. Accordingly, since the glove box 10 is properly positioned in the opening 2 by the position restriction function of the bumper rubber 30, both side surfaces 12, 13 of the glove box 10 and the side wall surface 3 of the opening 2 of the instrument panel 1, In order to make uniform the gap formed between the projections 4 and 4, it is not necessary to form projections on the side wall surfaces 3 and 4 of the opening 2, and the appearance can be improved. In addition, the degree of position regulation of the glove box 10 can be easily changed by changing the amount of engagement between the tip of the locking portion 32 and the recess 5a (to be stricter or to be gradual). Dimension management in the manufacture of the ment panel 1 and the glove box 10 is facilitated.

  In addition, since the tip of the locking portion 32 of the bumper rubber 30 and the recess 5a of the rear wall surface 5 are substantially triangular pyramidal, the position of the glove box 10 is restricted by fitting the tip of the locking portion 32 into the recess 5a. Can be performed reliably. In addition, since the elastic portion 34 of the bumper rubber 30 has a ring shape that surrounds the entire periphery of the locking portion 32, even when the impact when the glove box 10 is closed is relatively large, the impact is reliably mitigated. can do.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various design changes can be made as long as they are described in the claims. . For example, in the above-described embodiment, the concave portion is formed on the rear wall surface of the instrument panel and the bumper rubber is attached to the rear side surface of the glove box, but the concave portion is formed on the rear side surface of the glove box, and the bumper rubber is It may be attached to the rear wall surface of the instrument panel. Moreover, the front-end | tip of the latching | locking part 32 of the bumper rubber 30 and the recessed part 5a of the rear wall surface 5 are not restricted to substantially triangular pyramid shape, Those shapes can be changed. Further, the elastic portion 34 of the bumper rubber 30 is not limited to the ring shape surrounding the entire circumference of the locking portion 32, and may be disposed only on a part of the entire circumference of the locking portion 32.

It is a perspective view of the instrument panel provided with the position control structure of the glove box concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a horizontal sectional view of a closed glove box. It is a figure which shows the structure of a bumper rubber. It is a figure which shows the structure of the conventional bumper rubber. It is a horizontal sectional view of the glove box to which the conventional bumper rubber was attached.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 2 Opening part 5 Rear wall surface 5a Recessed part 10 Glove box 14 Rear side surface 30 Bumper rubber 32 Locking part 34 Rubber part

Claims (8)

In the position regulation structure of the glove box supported so that it can be opened and closed with respect to the opening formed in the panel material,
A recess formed in the rear wall of the panel material facing the rear side of the glove box in a state where the glove box is closed;
The rear portion is disposed at a position corresponding to the concave portion, and includes a locking portion that includes a tip having substantially the same shape as the concave portion, and is disposed around the locking portion and the glove box is closed. And a bumper rubber having an elastic portion including a tip that contacts the rear wall surface before a tip of the locking portion contacts the recess. In the position regulation structure of the glove box supported so that it can be opened and closed with respect to the opening formed in the panel material,
A recess formed on the rear side of the glove box;
A locking portion that is disposed at a position corresponding to the concave portion on the rear wall surface of the panel material facing the rear side surface of the glove box in a state in which the glove box is closed; A bumper rubber having an elastic portion disposed around the locking portion and including a tip that contacts the rear side before the tip of the locking portion contacts the recess when the glove box is closed; A glove box position regulating structure characterized by comprising:   The glove box position restricting structure according to claim 1, wherein a tip of the locking portion and the concave portion have a triangular pyramid shape.   The glove box position restricting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elastic portion has a ring shape surrounding the entire circumference of the locking portion.   A recess formed in the rear wall surface of the panel material facing the rear side surface of the glove box in a state in which the glove box is closed on the rear side surface of the glove box supported to be openable and closable with respect to the opening formed in the panel material Is disposed at a position corresponding to the recessed portion, and includes a locking portion including a tip having substantially the same shape as the concave portion, and is disposed around the locking portion and is closed when the glove box is closed. A bumper rubber comprising an elastic portion including a tip that contacts the rear wall surface before the tip contacts the recess.   In a recess formed on the rear side of the glove box on the rear wall of the panel material facing the rear side of the glove box with the glove box supported to be openable / closable with respect to the opening formed in the panel material A locking portion that is disposed at a corresponding position and includes a tip having substantially the same shape as the recess, and a tip of the locking portion that is disposed around the locking portion and is closed when the glove box is closed. A bumper rubber comprising: an elastic portion including a tip that contacts the rear side before contacting the recess.   The bumper rubber according to claim 5 or 6, wherein a tip of the locking portion and the concave portion have a triangular pyramid shape.   The bumper rubber according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the elastic portion has a ring shape surrounding the entire periphery of the locking portion.

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