JP2009046064A - Console - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a console provided with a placement article drop-off prevention function in which a storage body and an upper surface panel are assembled to a console body without narrowing a storage recessed part. <P>SOLUTION: Engagement receiving parts 21 are inwardly projectedly formed at upper end edges of side walls 19 at both sides in the vehicle width direction of the console body 3. A plate piece 27 connected to the projected end edge of the engagement receiving part 21 is bent and brought into contact with the inner surface of the side wall 19 of the console body 3. A storage space S for storing a lower portion of a lid 39 in an approximately vertical attitude is formed between a collecting panel 43 extendingly provided from the bottom wall 35 of the storage body 33 to an oblique and upper side and a side wall 37, and a clearance C for collecting a dropping article is formed between the bottom wall 35 and the lower end of the side wall 37. The storage body 33 is assembled at the back side of a first upper surface panel 7, both end edges in the vehicle width direction of the first upper surface panel 7 are engaged with both the engagement receiving part 21s from above, and the first upper surface panel 7 and the storage body 33 are assembled at the console body 3. Thereby, the plate piece 27 and the upper end edge of the collecting panel 43 are continued. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a console installed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body between a driver's seat and a passenger seat in a passenger compartment of an automobile.

  In Patent Document 1, a lid housing recess is integrally provided on a side portion of a housing body having a housing recess, and the lower portion of the lid is housed in the lid housing recess in a substantially vertical posture with the opening of the housing recess opened. Such a console is disclosed.

Further, in this console, the upper part of the lid accommodating recess is covered with a decorative plate, the side wall of the lid accommodating concave portion is projected upward, the cavity below the decorative plate is closed with the projecting wall portion, and the lid is placed on the lid. A placed object such as a coin is prevented from falling into a cavity below the decorative plate when the lid is opened.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-226195 (pages 3, 5, 6 and FIG. 6)

  In the console as described above, generally, a storage body in which small items are stored is assembled on the back side of the top panel, and the top panel on which the storage body is assembled is assembled on the console body to cover the opening. At this time, an engagement receiving portion protrudes inwardly at the upper edge of the side wall on both sides of the console body in the vehicle width direction, and the both edge portions in the vehicle width direction of the upper panel are engaged and supported by the both engagement receiving portions. I have to.

  By the way, when the lid is of a type that opens and closes in the vehicle width direction and in the vertical direction, the width must be set narrow so that the housing does not interfere with the engagement receiving portion when the top panel is assembled. In particular, in a storage body in which a lid housing recess is provided integrally, the housing recess must be narrowed accordingly. In order to secure a wide storage recess, the entire storage body needs to be enlarged. In this case, however, the console body expands in the vehicle width direction, and in reality, to expand the console width in the vehicle width direction. There is a limit.

  When the upper portion of the side wall of the lid receiving recess is shortened so as not to interfere with the engagement receiving portion, an opening is formed between the lid receiving recess side wall, the console body side wall and the engagement receiving portion, and the lid A situation occurs in which an object placed on top such as a coin falls from the opening when the lid is opened. Therefore, it is conceivable to close the opening with urethane or the like, but in this case, the cost is increased accordingly.

  The present invention has been made in view of such points, and the object of the present invention is to provide a function for preventing the dropped object from falling on the lid in a type in which the lid is opened and closed in the vehicle width direction and in the vertical direction. And it is providing the console by which the accommodating body and the upper surface panel were assembled | attached to the console main body, without narrowing an accommodation recessed part.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that the side wall of the lid accommodating recess is shortened and the shortened side wall portion is supplemented by a plate piece provided on the side wall of the console body.

  Specifically, the present invention is directed to a console installed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a passenger compartment of an automobile, and has taken the following solution.

  That is, according to the present invention, there is provided a console main body in which an engagement receiving portion projecting inwardly is formed at the upper edge of the side wall on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and an opening is formed between the both engagement receiving portions; An opening / closing window portion is formed, and both end edges in the vehicle width direction are engaged and supported by the both engagement receiving portions from above and assembled to the console main body, and a storage recess opened upward. In addition, a gap is formed between the bottom wall and the lower end of the side wall, and the opening of the storage recess is assembled to the back side of the upper panel so as to correspond to the opening / closing window, and is assembled to the console body together with the upper panel. The storage body is assembled to the storage body so as to be openable and closable in the vehicle width direction and in the vertical direction, and the open / close window portion of the top panel is closed while the open port is closed, and the open port is opened. Vertical posture A lid for opening the opening / closing window portion of the upper surface panel along the lower side portion of the outer side wall of the storage body, and the upper edge to prevent interference with one engagement receiving portion when the upper surface panel is assembled to the console body. The storage body extends obliquely upward from the bottom wall on the gap side of the storage body, and forms a storage space for storing the lower part of the lid in a substantially vertical posture between the side wall of the storage body and falls into the storage space A collection panel that collects the fallen object in the storage recess through the gap, and a bendable integral connection to the protruding end edge of the one engagement receiving portion via a thin portion, and in the bent state, the inner surface of the side wall of the console body And a side wall that forms a double wall with the side wall, and a plate piece that is continuous with the upper end edge of the recovery panel.

  According to the present invention, the upper end of the recovery panel extended obliquely upward from the bottom wall of the storage body by bending the plate piece connected to the protruding end edge of the engagement receiving portion to contact the inner surface of the side wall of the console body. Since the edge is continuous with the plate piece, even if a placed object such as a coin placed on the lid tries to exceed the upper edge of the recovery panel when the lid is opened, the placed object is blocked by the plate piece. It does not jump out of the collection panel and falls into the storage space between the collection panel and the side wall of the storage body, and this fallen object is recovered in the storage recess through the gap between the bottom wall of the storage body and the lower end of the side wall. Do not fall into the console body on the back side of the storage body. Further, it is possible to avoid an increase in cost as much as urethane for preventing fall is not required.

  Furthermore, since the upper edge of the recovery panel does not interfere with the engagement receiving portion when the upper panel is assembled to the console body, the storage body and the upper panel can be mounted without reducing the width of the storage body (storage recess) in order to avoid interference. Can be assembled to the console body.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 2 shows a console 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The console 1 is made of resin and is installed between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a vehicle cabin so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. In FIG. 2, 3 is a console body forming the main body of the console 1, 5 is a console box provided on the rear end side (left end in FIG. 2) of the console body 3, and 7 is adjacent to the console box 5 in front of the vehicle body. A first upper panel 9 provided at the center (in FIG. 2), 9 is a second upper panel provided adjacent to the first upper panel 7 in front of the vehicle body (right end in FIG. 2). A groove 11 extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body is formed at one end of the first upper surface panel 7 in the vehicle width direction so that a part of the groove 11 extends toward the second upper surface panel. A through hole 11a is formed in a substantially half region, and a parking lever 13 is inserted into the through hole 11a. An indicator panel 15 having a guide hole 15a is assembled to the second upper surface panel 9, and a shift lever 17 is inserted into the guide hole 15a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the console body 3 includes a pair of side walls 19 provided in parallel on both sides in the vehicle width direction. A protruding engagement receiving portion 21 is formed, and in each of the engagement receiving portions 21, two groove portions 21a extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body are formed on both sides with the protruding portion 21b as a boundary. Each of the engagement holes 21c (see FIG. 3) is formed through. In addition, a rectangular opening 23 is formed between the two engagement receiving portions 21, and two plate members 25 (see FIG. 3) are provided between the engagement receiving portions 21 and the console body. The two side walls 19 are bridged horizontally and arranged horizontally. Four engagement holes 25 a are formed through the plate member 25 between the two engagement receiving portions 21, and two engagement holes 25 a are formed through the plate member 25 between the side walls 19 of the console body 3. . Two of the four engagement holes 25a of the plate member 25 between the two engagement receiving portions 21 are arranged together with the two engagement holes 25a of the plate member 25 between the side walls 19 of the console main body 3 together with the first upper surface panel 7. The remaining two engagement holes 25a of the plate member 25 between the two engagement receiving portions 21 are for assembling the second upper surface panel 9.

  A hanging piece 21d is provided at the protruding end edge of each of the engagement receiving portions 21 so as to correspond to the opening 23, and the hanging piece 21d of one of the engagement receiving portions 21 (right side in FIGS. 1 and 4). A plate piece 27 is integrally connected to the lower end via a thin portion 27a so as to be bent. The plate piece 27 is divided into a distal end side portion 27c and a proximal end side portion 27d with a stepped portion 27b at the substantially center as a boundary, and the distal end side portion 27c is in the console main body in a bent state (see phantom lines in FIGS. 3 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the side wall 19 and joined to the inner surface of the side wall 19 by ultrasonic welding, an adhesive or the like, and forms a double wall with the side wall 19. In addition, the state of the solid line in FIG. 4 of the plate piece 27 is a posture in the forming die when the console body 3 is formed. Moreover, at the time of shaping | molding, although the said board piece 27 exists also in the engagement receiving part 21 of the left side of FIG.1 and FIG.2, this is cut off afterwards. That is, it can be used properly for right-hand drive vehicles and left-hand drive vehicles.

  A rectangular opening / closing window portion 29 is formed on the upper surface of the first upper surface panel 7, and an engagement claw 31 is provided on each of the engagement receiving portions on both ends in the vehicle width direction and on the rear surfaces on both sides in the vehicle longitudinal direction. Two protrusion holes 21c and two engagement holes 25a of each plate member 25 are integrally projected downward. In FIG. 3, only two engaging claws 31 on the through hole 11a side where the parking lever 13 is inserted and arranged and one engaging claw 31 on the opposite side appear. Further, at the lower ends of both end edges in the vehicle width direction of the first upper surface panel 7, engagement protrusions 7 a are formed, and the engagement protrusions 7 a are of the two groove portions 21 a of the respective engagement receiving portions 21. The outer groove 21a is engaged from above. Further, an engaging piece portion 7b that engages with an engaging groove portion 33b of the storage body 33, which will be described later, on the opening / closing window portion 29 side on the through hole 11a side where the parking lever 13 is inserted and arranged is directed downward. Projected as a single unit. The first upper surface panel 7 has four engagement claws 31 at both edges in the vehicle width direction engaged with the four engagement holes 21c of the both engagement receiving portions 21 from above and an engagement protrusion. When the portion 7a is engaged with the outer groove portion 21a from above, and the four engagement claws 31 on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body are engaged with the four engagement holes 25a of the two plate members 25 from above, The console body 3 is assembled and supported by the engagement receiving portion 21 and the plate member 25.

  On the back side of the first top panel 7, a storage body 33 composed of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having a storage recess 33 a opened upward is assembled by a screw or the like (not shown), and the storage recess 33 a open end of the storage body 33. At the edge, a U-shaped engaging groove 33b is integrally formed with which the engaging piece 7b of the first top panel 7 is engaged from above. The storage body 33 includes a bottom wall 35 and four side walls 37 surrounding four sides of the bottom wall 35. The lower end of the three side walls 37 on the engagement groove portion 33b side and three sides of the bottom wall 35 Are integrally connected, but a gap C is formed between the lower end of the remaining one side wall 37 and the remaining one side of the bottom wall 35. Further, the upper end of the side wall 37 on the side of the gap C is shorter and lower than the other three side walls 37, and the upper end of the side wall 37 on both sides of the side wall 37 draws a round so as to match the opening / closing locus of the lid 39 described later. 37 is continuous to the upper end. The storage body 33 is assembled on the back side of the first upper surface panel 7 so that the opening 33c of the storage recess 33a corresponds to the opening / closing window 29, and is attached to the console body 3 together with the first upper surface panel 7. It is assembled.

  A lid 39 is assembled to the storage body 33 so that arms 41 (only one of them appear in FIG. 3) at both ends are pivotally supported on the side wall 37 so as to be openable and closable in the vehicle width direction and in the vertical direction. The opening / closing window portion 29 of the first top panel 7 is closed in a horizontal state with the opening 33c closed (see the solid line in FIG. 1), while the side wall on the gap C side of the storage body 33 in a substantially vertical posture with the opening 33c opened. A lower portion is provided along the outer surface of 37 so as to open the opening / closing window 29 of the first upper panel 7 (see the phantom line in FIG. 1).

  On the lower surface of the bottom wall 35 on the gap C side of the storage body 33, a boss 35a protrudes downward, and the lower end edge of the recovery panel 43 integrally having a connecting piece 43a on the upper end edge is connected to the boss 35a with a screw 45. It is connected with. The collection panel 43 has a gap C between the storage bodies 33 so that the upper edge does not interfere with one of the engagement receiving portions 21 (right side in FIGS. 1 and 4) when the first upper panel 7 is assembled to the console body 3. It extends obliquely upward from the bottom wall 35 on the side. The recovery panel 43 forms a storage space S for storing the lower portion of the lid 39 in a substantially vertical posture between the side wall 37 of the storage body 33 and a fallen object (dropped in the storage space S ( (Not shown) is collected in the storage recess 33a through the gap C. Then, in a state where the first upper surface panel 7 is assembled to the console body 3, the connecting piece 43 a of the recovery panel 43 comes into contact with the stepped portion 27 b side of the base end side portion 27 d of the plate piece 27 and The plate piece 27 is continuous.

  The console 1 configured as described above is assembled as follows.

  First, after the collection panel 43 is assembled to the storage body 33, the storage body 33 is assembled to the back side of the first upper surface panel 7. On the other hand, the plate piece 27 is bent downward to join the distal end portion 27 c to the inner surface of the side wall 19 of the console body 3.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the first upper surface panel 7 with the storage body 33 assembled is arranged above the opening 23 of the console body 3 and pushed downward as it is, so that the four engaging claws 31 are arranged. Engages with the four engagement holes 21c of the engagement receiving portions 21 from above, the engagement protrusion 7a engages with the outer groove 21a from above, and the four engagement claws 31 The four engaging holes 25a of the plate member 25 are engaged from above. As a result, the first upper surface panel 7 is engaged and supported by both the engagement receiving portions 21 and the plate member 25, and is assembled to the console body 3 together with the storage body 33. Further, the connection piece 43a of the recovery panel 43 comes into contact with the stepped portion 27b side of the base end side portion 27d of the plate piece 27 so that the recovery panel 43 and the plate piece 27 are continuous. These series of operations may be performed before or after the second upper surface panel 9 is assembled to the console body 3. Thereby, the assembly of the console 1 is completed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the plate piece 27 connected to the protruding end edge (the hanging piece 21d) of the engagement receiving portion 21 is bent and brought into contact with the inner surface of the side wall 19 of the console body 3, so Since the upper end edge (the connecting piece 43a) of the recovery panel 43 is continuous with the plate piece 27, the placed object such as coins placed on the lid 39 will exceed the upper end edge of the recovery panel 43 when the lid 39 is opened. However, the placed object is blocked by the plate piece 27 to prevent the collection panel 43 from jumping to the outside, and is dropped into the accommodation space S between the collection panel 43 and the side wall 37 of the storage body 33 for storage. It can collect | recover in the storage recessed part 33a through the clearance gap C between the bottom wall 35 and the side wall 37 lower end of the body 33, and can prevent the fall to the console main body 3 on the back side of the storage body 33. Further, it is possible to avoid an increase in cost as much as urethane for preventing fall is not required.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, when assembling the first upper surface panel 7 to the console body 3, the upper end edge (the connecting piece 43a) does not interfere with the engaging protrusion 7a from the bottom wall 35 on the clearance C side of the storage body 33. Since it extends diagonally upward, the storage body 33 and the first upper surface panel 7 can be assembled to the console body 3 without reducing the width of the storage body 33 (storage recess 33a) in order to avoid interference.

  The present invention is useful for a console installed so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a passenger compartment of an automobile.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to the line II in FIG. 2. It is a perspective view of a console. It is a disassembled perspective view before the assembly | attachment of the console main body which comprises a console, a storage body, and a 1st upper surface panel. It is sectional drawing of the state which has arrange | positioned the 1st upper surface panel with which the accommodating body was assembled | attached above the console main body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Console 3 Console main body 7 1st upper surface panel 19 Side wall 21 Engagement receiving part 23 Opening part 27 Plate piece 27a Thin part 29 Opening / closing window part 33 Storage body 33a Storage recessed part 33c Opening opening 35 Bottom wall 37 Side wall 39 Lid 43 Recovery panel C Gap S accommodation space

Claims (1)

A console installed to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body between a driver seat and a passenger seat in a vehicle interior;
A console main body in which an engagement receiving portion projecting inwardly is formed at the upper end edge of the side wall on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and an opening is formed between the both engagement receiving portions,
Opening and closing window portions are formed on the upper surface, and both end edges in the vehicle width direction are engaged and supported by the both engagement receiving portions from above, and are assembled to the console body,
There is a storage recess opened upward, and a gap is formed between the bottom wall and the lower end of the side wall, and the opening of the storage recess is assembled to the back side of the top panel so as to correspond to the opening / closing window. A storage body assembled to the console body together with the top panel;
The storage body is assembled to the storage body so as to be openable and closable in the vehicle width direction and in the vertical direction, and the storage body is closed in a substantially vertical posture with the opening opening being closed while the opening and closing window portion of the upper panel is closed in a horizontal state with the opening opening closed. A lid that opens the open / close window portion of the upper surface panel along the lower portion of the outer wall of the side wall;
When assembling the top panel to the console body, the upper edge extends obliquely upward from the bottom wall on the gap side of the storage body so as not to interfere with one of the engagement receiving portions, and between the side wall of the storage body A collection panel that forms a storage space for storing the lower portion of the lid in a substantially vertical posture, and collects falling objects that have fallen into the storage space into the storage recess through the gap,
The one engagement receiving portion is integrally connected to the projecting end edge through a thin portion so as to be bent, and in contact with the side wall inner surface of the console body in a bent state, forms a double wall with the side wall, and A console comprising an upper end edge of a recovery panel and a continuous plate piece.

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