JP2008100537A - Storage box for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize a storage box for a vehicle used as a change box as a cup receiver. <P>SOLUTION: When a box part 3 is positioned at a projection position and a lid body 4 is positioned at an opening position, the lid body 4 is made to be approximately horizontal. A through-hole 33 is formed on an upper wall part 31b of the box part 3 opposed to the back surface 4a of the lid body 4. A beverage can C is inserted from the upper side into the through-hole 33 to place on the back surface 4a of the lid body 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular storage box used as an accessory case, and more particularly to a vehicular storage box to which a function as a cup holder is added.

  As described in Patent Document 1 below, this type of vehicular storage box has a main body portion having a housing portion whose front surface is open, and an opening of the housing portion centered on an axis whose lower end is horizontal at the lower portion of the main body portion. And a lid provided so as to be rotatable between a closed position where the part is closed and an open position where the part is opened. A horizontal partition plate is provided at a lower portion inside the storage portion, and a tray is provided in a space between the partition plate and the lower wall portion of the storage portion so as to be able to appear and retract in the front-rear direction. The tray is formed with a through hole penetrating up and down.

  The said storage box can be utilized as an accessory case by opening a cover body in an open position. In this case, the inside of the accommodating portion above the partition plate is used as the accommodating space. Moreover, it can utilize as a cup holder by pulling out a tray with the upper body which opened the cover body. In that case, the cup and the beverage can are inserted into the through-hole of the tray and placed on the lid.

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  In the storage box having the above-described configuration, the partition plate and the tray are arranged as much as possible in the lower part of the storage portion in order to widen the internal space of the storage portion that can be used as an accessory case. However, when the tray is disposed at the lower part, the vertical distance between the lid rotated to the closed position and the tray is shortened, and the vertical position between the holding position of the through hole for the beverage can and the placement position by the lid is reduced. The direction distance is shortened. For this reason, there existed a problem that stability, such as a drink can, was bad.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a main body portion having an insertion hole that opens to the front surface, a box portion having an accommodation portion that is inserted into the insertion hole and has the front surface portion opened, and the box portion. A lower body with a lower end pivotable about a horizontal axis, and the box portion is inserted into the insertion hole. A closed position in which the opening position of the housing portion is closed and the opening of the housing portion are movable between a housing position and a protruding position in which the front end portion of the housing portion projects forward from the insertion hole. When the box portion is located at the projecting position and the lid is located at the open position, the lid projects from the insertion hole and the lid is open. The upper wall of the housing part located above the body Is characterized in that through-holes through the section in the vertical direction is formed.
In this case, when the box portion is located at the protruding position, it is desirable that the upper wall portion of the housing portion protrudes forward from the lower wall portion, and the through hole is formed in the protruding portion. .
Further, it is desirable that the box portion is movable along an arc between the housing position and the protruding position, and the center of curvature of the arc is disposed obliquely downward and forward from the front end of the housing portion.

In the present invention having the above-described characteristic configuration, when the vehicle storage box is used as an accessory case, the box portion is positioned at the storage position and the lid is positioned at the open position. And an accessory is taken in and out from the opening part with respect to an accommodating part.
When the storage box is used as a cup holder, the box portion is positioned at the protruding position and the lid is positioned at the open position. Then, a beverage can or the like is inserted into the through hole from above and placed on the lid. Thereby, a drink can etc. are supported by a box part and a lid. Here, since the through hole is formed in the upper wall portion of the box portion, the distance between the through hole and the lid can be increased. Therefore, a drink can etc. can be supported stably.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show an embodiment of a vehicle storage box according to the present invention. The vehicular storage box 1 of this embodiment has a main body 2, a box 3 and a lid 4.

  The main body 2 includes a storage box portion 21 and a mounting plate portion 22. The storage box portion 21 has a box shape with the front portion facing the passenger compartment open, a substantially horizontal lower wall portion 21a, an upper wall portion 21b extending along an arc centered on the center of curvature O, It is comprised by the side wall part 21c provided between the both sides of the lower wall part 21a and the upper wall part 21b, and the back wall part 21d which closes the rear-end opening part of the storage box part 21, respectively. The center of curvature O of the upper wall portion 21b is disposed below the lower wall portion 21a and ahead of the front end of the upper wall portion 21b. That is, it is arranged diagonally downward and forward. The front end of the storage box part 21 is inclined so as to go to the front of the vehicle (rear of the storage box part 21) as it goes downward. As a result, the front end of the upper wall portion 21b is set in front of the front end of the lower wall portion 21a. The inside of the storage box part 21 is the accommodation hole 23.

  The mounting plate portion 22 is formed on the entire outer surface of the front end portion of the storage box portion 21 and protrudes outward from the outer surface of the front end portion. The mounting plate portion 22 is inclined in the same manner as the front end of the storage box portion 21. In particular, in this embodiment, the front end of the storage box portion 21 and the mounting plate portion 22 are inclined in a curved state so as to be convex. The mounting plate portion 22 is fitted to a notch portion formed at the front lower part of the passenger seat of an instrument panel (not shown) disposed at the front end of the passenger compartment with almost no gap and is fixed to the instrument panel. Has been. The attachment plate portion 22 may be formed integrally with the instrument panel. In that case, the storage box part 21 is also formed integrally with the instrument panel.

  The box part 3 includes a housing part 31 and a flange part 32. The accommodating portion 31 has a box shape in which a front portion facing the passenger compartment is opened, and is formed in a shape substantially similar to the storage box portion 21. Accordingly, the accommodating portion 31 is also provided between both sides of the horizontal lower wall portion 31a, the upper wall portion 31b extending along an arc centered on the center of curvature C, and the lower wall portion 31a and the upper wall portion 31b. The side wall portion 31c and the rear wall portion 31d that closes the rear end opening of the accommodating portion 31 are configured. Also in the accommodating part 31, the front end of the accommodating part 31 is inclined in the same manner as the front end of the storage box part 21 so that the front end of the upper wall part 31b is positioned in front of the front end of the lower wall part 31a. The flange portion 32 is formed on the entire outer surface of the front end portion of the housing portion 31 and protrudes outward from the outer surface of the front end portion. The flange portion 32 is formed slightly smaller than the mounting plate portion 22, is formed in the same shape as the mounting plate portion 22, and is similarly inclined.

  The accommodating portion 31 is movably inserted into the insertion hole 23, so that the box portion 3 can move between the accommodating position shown in FIG. 2 and the protruding position shown in FIG. The housing position of the box portion 3 is determined by the rear surface of the flange portion 32 abutting against the front surface of the mounting plate portion 22. When the box portion 3 is positioned at the storage position, almost the entire storage portion 31 is stored in the insertion hole 23. The protruding position of the box part 31 is determined by a stopper mechanism (not shown) provided between the main body part 2 and the box part 3, and when the box part 3 is located at the protruding position, A range of a predetermined length of the portion protrudes from the insertion hole 23 into the vehicle interior.

  The box part 3 moves on the circular arc centering on the curvature center O between the accommodation position and the protrusion position. That is, a guide groove 24 extending on an arc centering on the center of curvature O is formed on the upper surface of the inner surface of the side wall portion 21 c of the storage box portion 21. On the other hand, a protrusion (not shown) extending on the same circumference as the guide groove 24 is formed on the upper portion of the outer surface of the side wall portion 31 c of the housing portion 31. By fitting this protrusion into the guide groove 24 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, the accommodating portion 31 moves along an arc centered on the center of curvature O, so that the box portion 3 is centered on the curvature relative to the main body portion 2. It moves on an arc centered on O. In addition, the guide groove 24 may be formed in the upper part of the outer surface of the side wall part 31c, and the protrusion may be formed in the upper part of the inner surface of the side wall part 21c.

  The lid body 4 is made of a plate material having a cross-sectional shape substantially similar to the shape of the opening portion of the housing portion 31, and the lower end portion rotates around a horizontal axis extending in the left-right direction at the lower end portion of the housing portion 31. It is linked movably. The rotation range of the lid body 4 is restricted between the closed position shown in FIG. 2 and the open position shown in FIG. The closed position and the open position of the lid body 4 are determined by a stopper mechanism (not shown) provided between the lid body 4 and the box portion 3. When the lid 4 is turned to the closed position, the lid 4 is fitted into the opening of the housing portion 31 with almost no gap and closes the opening. On the other hand, if it rotates to an open position, the opening part of the accommodating part 31 will open toward the compartment side. The lid 4 rotated to the open position is inclined so as to form an upward gradient toward the front (rear of the vehicle) when the box portion 3 is located at the storage position. However, when the box portion 3 is rotated to the protruding position, the box portion 3 is rotated from the receiving position to the protruding position along the arc arranged with the center of curvature O obliquely below and forward of the receiving portion 31. As a result of the lid body 4 rotating together, the lid body 4 becomes substantially horizontal.

  A through hole 33 is formed in the upper wall portion 31b of the accommodating portion 31 so as to penetrate the upper and lower portions. The through hole 33 is disposed at the front end portion of the upper wall portion 21b that protrudes from the insertion hole 23 into the vehicle compartment when the box 3 is located at the protruding position. In addition, the through-hole 33 is disposed so as to face the back surface 4a of the lid 4 vertically when the lid 4 is located at the open position. The size of the through hole 33 is set such that a beverage container such as a beverage can C or a cup can be inserted from above. The beverage can C or the like inserted into the through-hole 33 is placed on the back surface 4a of the lid 4 located at the open position, particularly in this embodiment, when the lower end portion of the back surface 4a (when located at the closed position). It is placed on the end of the lid 4 located on the lower side. Depending on the size of the accommodating portion 31 and the lid 4, only one through hole 33 may be formed, or a plurality of through holes 33 may be formed.

  In the vehicle storage box 1 configured as described above, the box portion 3 is positioned at the storage position and the lid 4 is opened. Thereby, an accessory can be taken in and out from the opening part in the accommodating part 31, and the box 1 can be used as an accessory case.

  Moreover, when the box part 3 is located in a protrusion position and the cover body 4 is opened, the through-hole 33 is exposed in the vehicle interior. Therefore, the beverage can C is inserted into the through-hole 33 from above and placed on the back surface 4 a of the lid 4. Thus, the box 1 can be used as a cup receiver. Here, since the through-hole 33 is formed in the upper wall part 31b, the distance between the through-hole 33 and the back surface 4a of the cover body 4 can be made sufficiently long. Therefore, the beverage can C can be stably supported.

In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, it can change suitably.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the box portion 3 is moved along an arc centered on the center of curvature O with respect to the main body portion 2, but is substantially along the lower wall portion 21a, that is, in the front-rear direction. You may make it move horizontally. In that case, when the lid 4 is located at the open position, it is made to be substantially horizontal.

It is a front view which shows one embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which follows the XX line of FIG. 1 shown in the state which located the box part in the accommodation position, and located the cover body in the closed position. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 showing a state in which the box portion is positioned at the storage position and the lid is positioned at the open position. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2, showing the box portion in the protruding position and the lid body in the open position.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle storage box 2 Main-body part 3 Box part 4 Cover body 23 Insertion hole 31b Upper wall part 33 Through-hole

Claims (3)

A main body portion having an insertion hole opened on the front surface, a box portion having an accommodating portion inserted into the insertion hole and having the front surface opened, and a lower end portion of the box portion having a horizontal axis at a lower portion of the front surface portion. A lid body pivotable in the vertical direction as a center, wherein the box portion has a housing position where almost all of the housing portion is inserted into the insertion hole and a front end portion of the housing portion is the insertion hole. The lid can be moved between a closed position in which the opening of the housing portion is closed and an open position in which the opening of the housing portion is opened. And when the box part is located at the projecting position and the lid body is located at the open position, the upper wall part of the housing part projects from the insertion hole and is located above the lid body. Is formed with a through hole penetrating the upper wall portion in the vertical direction. Vehicle storage box, characterized in that. When the box portion is located at the protruding position, the upper wall portion of the accommodating portion protrudes forward from the lower wall portion, and the through hole is formed in the protruding portion. Item 2. A storage box for a vehicle according to Item 1. The box portion is movable along an arc between the housing position and the protruding position, and the center of curvature of the arc is disposed obliquely downward and forward from the front end of the housing portion. Item 3. The vehicle storage box according to Item 1 or 2.

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