JP2008080829A - Console box structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a console box structure having a plurality of operational members capable of enhancing the operability of the operational members. <P>SOLUTION: A tray member 22 and a lid member 24 are turnably mounted on a console box body 16, and a first locking means 32A and a second locking means 32B for locking the opening/closing of the tray member 22 and the lid member 24 are provided on a front end of the lid member 24. A first operation piece 36A and a second operation piece 36B are arrayed adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction, and the arraying direction is orthogonal to the operating direction of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B. Thus, when operating one of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B, the operation of the other of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B, or the interference of the first operation piece 36A with the second operation piece 36B can be prevented. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a console box structure.

  As a console box provided in an automobile, Patent Document 1 describes a case body and a console lid that are rotatably attached to a console body. In this console box, when the grip piece at the front end of the console lid is lifted, the case body also moves upward together, and when the tip of the console lid is pulled up while urging the operation piece at the front lower end of the console lid, the console lid Only turn.

However, in the structure of the cited document 1, since the movement direction during the operation of the gripping piece and the operation piece and the arrangement direction thereof coincide with each other, when operating one of them, the other may be operated. Yes, improvement in operability is desired.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-16649

  This invention considers the said fact and makes it a subject to improve the operativity of an operation member in the console box structure provided with the several operation member.

  In invention of Claim 1, the console box main body provided with the accommodating part which can accommodate articles | goods inside, the lock member which locks and unlocks the movable member made movable with respect to the console box main body, A plurality of operation members for operating the lock member, and the plurality of operation members are arranged in a direction crossing a moving direction by the operation of these operation members.

  In this console box structure, the movable member can be locked or unlocked by operating the operation member. When locked, the movable member becomes immovable relative to the console box body, and becomes movable when unlocked.

  The plurality of operation members are arranged in a direction that intersects the moving direction by the operation. Therefore, when one of the operation members is operated, the other operation members are prevented from being erroneously operated, and the operability is improved.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the plurality of operation members are provided with discontinuous portions where adjacent portions are discontinuous when not being operated. And

  Therefore, even if it does not visually recognize a plurality of operation members, for example, it can distinguish by a tactile sense, such as a finger, so that operability is further improved.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the operating members do not cause a gap between the operating members in the entire process of relative position change by the operation. The operation member is set in the above.

  That is, in the plurality of operation members, there is no gap between the operation members in the entire process after the operation (after the relative end) from the unoperated stage. For this reason, it can prevent that a foreign material is pinched | interposed between operation members, and operativity improves more.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable member includes a storage member that is movable with respect to the console box. And

  That is, in the first to third aspects of the invention, the specific configuration of the movable member is not particularly limited. However, if the movable member includes the storage member, the article can be stored in the operating member as the storage member, which is convenient. Becomes higher.

  Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the operability of the operation member can be improved in the console box structure including a plurality of operation members.

  FIG. 1 shows a console box device 12 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The console box device 12 is disposed in a center console between two seats 14 (only one seat is shown in FIG. 1 and the other is not shown) arranged in the vehicle width direction in an automobile. In the drawings, the front side of the vehicle is indicated by an arrow FR, the vehicle width direction is indicated by an arrow W, and the upper side is indicated by an arrow UP.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the console box device 12 has a console box main body 16 formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The console box main body 16 includes a storage portion 18 (see FIG. 3) that can store articles (small items in the passenger compartment) therein. Further, the upper surface of the console box main body 16 is opened, and articles can be taken into and out of the storage portion 18 from this opening.

  A hinge portion 20 is provided at the rear portion of the console box body 16. A tray member 22 and a lid member 24 are respectively attached to the hinge portion 20 at a rear end portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and can be rotated independently about the hinge portion 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the tray member 22 has a storage concave portion 26 that is shallower than the storage portion 18 and has a smaller length and width, and the upper surface of the storage concave portion 26 is opened. .

  On the other hand, the lid member 24 includes a lower lid member 28 that can rotate around the hinge portion 20 and an upper lid member 30 that slides in a predetermined range in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the lower lid member 28. It is configured. The lid member 24 is formed in a shape and size capable of closing the storage recess 26 as a whole.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the tray member 22 and the lid member 24 are both rotated in the direction of the arrow M <b> 1, the upper surface of the console box main body 16 is opened and the inside of the storage portion 18 can be accessed. From this state, when only the tray member 22 is rotated in the arrow M2 direction (opposite to the M1 direction), the upper surface of the storage portion 18 of the console box body 16 is closed, but the upper surface of the tray member 22 is opened, The storage recess 26 can be accessed. Further, when the lid member 24 is also rotated in the direction of the arrow M2, the upper surface of the storage recess 26 of the tray member 22 is closed as shown in FIG.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 4, a first locking means 32 </ b> A and a second locking means 32 </ b> B are provided at the front end of the lower lid member 28 of the lid member 24 in the direction after the vehicle war. The first locking means 32A has a first operating piece 36A that is rotatable about a support shaft 34 in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIG. 1, the front portion of the first operation piece 36A is exposed at the front end of the lid member 24, and the occupant can turn it upward (in the direction of arrow M3) with a finger or the like.

  A first locking piece 38A is formed downward from the first operation piece 36A, and this first locking piece 38A is engaged with a locking portion 40A formed at the front end of the tray member 22. It has been stopped. Thus, in the state where the first locking piece 38A is locked to the locking portion 40A, the lid member 24 rotates around the hinge portion 20 integrally with the tray member 22. On the other hand, when the first locking piece 38A is not locked to the locking portion 40A, the lid member 24 is separated from the tray member 22 and can be rotated.

  The second lock means 32B also has a second operation piece 36B that can rotate around the same support shaft 34 as the first lock means 32A. As shown in FIG. 1, the tip of the second operation piece 36B is exposed at the front portion of the lid member 24, and can be rotated upward (in the direction of arrow M3) by the occupant.

  A second locking piece 38B is formed downward from the second operating piece 36B, but this second locking piece 38B is different from the first locking piece 38A of the first locking means, and the console box main body. It is latched by the latching part 40B formed in 16. Therefore, when the second locking piece 38B is locked to the locking portion 40B, the lid member 24 cannot be rotated around the hinge portion 20, and the tray member 22 is also disabled.

  The first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction, and this arrangement direction is the moving direction of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B (the direction of the arrow M3). And the opposite direction). Accordingly, when one of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B is operated, the other first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are operated, or the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are operated. It is prevented that 36B interferes.

  An interlocking piece 42 extends from the lower surface of the first operating piece 36A of the first locking means 32A and is in contact with the lower surface of the second operating piece 36B of the second locking means 32B. When the first operating piece 36A of the first locking means 32A is rotated in the direction of arrow M3 by the interlocking piece 42 as shown in FIG. 4C, the second operating piece 36B of the second locking means 32B is also interlocked. And rotate in the direction of arrow M3. Thereby, the locking of the first locking piece 38A to the locking portion 40A is released, and the locking of the second locking piece 38B to the locking portion 40B is also released. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, even if the second operation piece 36B of the second lock means 32B is rotated in the direction of arrow M3, the first operation piece 36A of the first lock means 32A is in the direction of arrow M3. The second locking piece 38B is only locked to the locking portion 40B (the first locking piece 38A of the first locking means 32A is locked to the locking portion 40A). Maintained).

  As shown in detail in FIG. 5A, the height H2 of the front surface 44B of the second operation piece 36B is formed higher than the height H1 of the front surface 44A of the first operation piece 36A. Then, when the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are not rotated in the direction of the arrow M3 (the state where they are not operated), the upper side 46A of the first operation piece 36A and the upper side of the second operation piece 36B Each vertical position is determined so that the height of 46B may correspond. Therefore, in this state, a step ΔH is generated between the lower side 48A of the first operation piece 36A and the lower side 48B of the second operation piece 36B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, even when the second operation piece 36B is rotated to the maximum in the direction of the arrow M3, there is no gap between the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B. As described above, the rotation amount of the second operation piece 36B is determined from the relationship with the height H2 of the front surface 44B of the second operation piece 36B and the step ΔH. That is, if the maximum value of the upward movement amount of the second operation piece 36B is Mmax,
Mmax ≦ H1 + ΔH
The above relationship is established, and no gap is generated between the second operation piece 36B and the first operation piece 36A in the entire process of rotation.

  In the console box device 12 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, normally, as shown in FIG. 1, the lid member 24 and the tray member 22 are both substantially horizontal, and the storage recess 26 and the storage unit 18 are closed. It is in a state. At this time, the first locking piece 38A is locked to the locking portion 40A, and the second locking piece 38B is locked to the locking portion 40B. Both the lid member 24 and the tray member 22 are locked in a substantially horizontal state, and inadvertent rotation in the direction of the arrow M1 is prevented.

  From this state, as shown in FIG. 4B, only the second operation piece 36B is rotated in the direction of the arrow M3 to release the first locking piece 38A from the locking portion 40A. Only the tray 24 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow M1 to open the tray member 22 (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 4C, when the first operation piece 36A is rotated in the direction of the arrow M3, the second operation piece 36B is also rotated in the direction of the arrow M3. Since the first locking piece 38A is released from the locking portion 40A and the second locking piece 38B is also released from the locking portion 40B, both the lid member 24 and the tray member 22 are rotated in the direction of the arrow M1. It can also be made to move to the state which open | released the accommodating part 18 (refer FIG. 3).

  The state shown in FIG. 4 (B) or (C) when the occupant rotates either the first operation piece 36A or the second operation piece 36B in the direction of the arrow M3 from the state shown in FIG. 4 (A). As shown in FIG. 5A, there is a step ΔH between the lower side 48A of the first operation piece 36A and the lower side 48B of the second operation piece 36B. For this reason, even if the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are not visually observed, these can be distinguished by contact with a finger or the like, and the operability is improved.

  The arrangement direction of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B is orthogonal to the moving direction of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B. When operating one of the operation pieces 36B, the other operation pieces 36A and the second operation piece 36B are prevented from being operated, and the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B are prevented from interfering with each other. The operability has been improved.

  When the first operation piece 36A is rotated in the direction of the arrow M3, the interlocking piece 42 is in contact with the lower surface of the second operation piece 36B, so that the second operation piece 36B is rotated in the direction of the arrow M3. On the other hand, when the second operation piece 36B is rotated in the arrow M3 direction, the first operation piece 36A is not interlocked, and only the second operation piece 36B is rotated in the arrow M3 direction. As can be seen from FIGS. 5A and 5B, in the entire rotation process (from the state in which the second operation piece 36B is not rotated to the state in which the second operation piece 36B is rotated to the maximum), the first operation piece. There is no gap between 36A and the second operation piece 36B. For this reason, a foreign object is not pinched between 36 A of 1st operation pieces, and the 2nd operation piece 36B, and operativity is improving.

  In the above, the example in which the operation direction of the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B and the arrangement direction are orthogonal to each other has been described. However, these do not need to be orthogonal and may be erroneously operated during operation. And interference between the first operation piece 36A and the second operation piece 36B may be prevented.

It is a perspective view which shows the console box apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention in the obstruction | occlusion state of a cover member and a tray member. It is a perspective view which shows the console box apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention in the obstruction | occlusion state only of a tray member. It is a perspective view which shows the console box apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention in the open state of a cover member and a tray member. It is a perspective view which shows the lower side cover member of the console box apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention, (A) is the state in which both the 1st operation piece and the 2nd operation piece are not rotating, (B) is 2nd. The state where the operation piece is rotating, (C) shows the state where both the first operation piece and the second operation piece are rotating. In the console box apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention, it is explanatory drawing which shows the height position of the front surface of a 1st operation piece and a 2nd operation piece, and the 1st operation piece and the 2nd operation piece are not rotating together A state and (B) show the state where the 2nd operation piece is rotating, respectively.

Explanation of symbols

12 Console box device 14 Sheet 16 Console box body 18 Storage unit 20 Hinge unit 22 Tray member (movable member)
24 Lid member (movable member)
26 Storage recess 28 Lower lid member 30 Upper lid member 32A First lock means 32B Second lock means 34 Support shaft 36A First operation piece (operation member)
36B Second operation piece (operation member)
38A First locking piece 38B Second locking piece 40A Locking portion 40B Locking portion 42 Interlocking piece 44A Front surface 44B Front surface 46A Upper side 46B Upper side 48A Lower side (discontinuous part)
48B Lower side (discontinuous part)

Claims (4)

A console box body having a storage portion for storing articles therein;
A locking member that locks and unlocks a movable member that is movable with respect to the console box body;
A plurality of operating members for operating the locking member;
Have
A plurality of the operation members are arranged in a direction crossing a moving direction by operation of these operation members.
A console box structure characterized by that. A plurality of the operation members are provided with discontinuous portions where adjacent portions are discontinuous in a state where the operation members are not operated.
The console box structure according to claim 1. The operation member is set so that a gap does not occur between these operation members in the entire process of relative position change by operation of the plurality of operation members.
The console box structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the console box structure is provided.   The console box structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable member includes a storage member that is movable with respect to the console box.

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