JP2009190549A - Console device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a console device for a vehicle enabling an occupant to open a door in an easy posture. <P>SOLUTION: This console device 10 is provided with a console device main body 20 provided with a storing part 21, the door 30 for opening/closing an opening 22 of the storing part 21 of the console device main body 20, an arm 40 which is rotatably connected to the console device main body 20 in the vehicle longitudinal direction at one end part 41 and is rotatably connected to the door 30 in the vehicle longitudinal direction at the other end 42, and a slide mechanism 50 for sliding the door 30 in relation to the console device main body 20. The arm 40 is arranged on a vehicle front side relative to the slide mechanism 50. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a console device for a vehicle.

  Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, an occupant places an elbow Y on the door 3 and hooks his / her hand on the vehicle front side end of the door 3 to slide the door 3 toward the vehicle rear side with respect to the console device body 2. There is known a vehicle console device 1 that opens the door 3 only by this. In the figure, X indicates the position of the occupant's shoulder, and Z indicates the position of the occupant's wrist.

However, the conventional vehicle console apparatus 1 has the following problems.
Since the door 3 is opened only by sliding the door 3 to the rear side of the vehicle, the occupant rotates the elbow Y about the shoulder X toward the rear side of the vehicle when opening the door 3, and then the shoulder X and the elbow Y Must be moved further to the rear of the vehicle. In order to move the shoulder X to the vehicle rear side, the occupant needs to twist his body, and there is room for improvement in the opening operability of the door 3.
JP 2006-232254 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-65688

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle console device that allows an occupant to open a door in a more comfortable posture than in the past.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) a console device body including a storage unit;
A door for opening and closing the opening of the storage portion of the console device body;
An arm connected at one end to the console device body so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction and connected at the other end to the door so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
A slide mechanism for sliding the door relative to the console device body;
Have
A vehicle console device in which the arm is disposed on the vehicle front side of the slide mechanism.
(2) One end portion of the arm is connected to the console device main body at a position in the vehicle front-rear direction that is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction central portion of the opening of the storage portion, and the other end of the arm is The vehicle console device according to (1), which is connected to a vehicle front side end portion of the door or the vicinity thereof.
(3) The slide mechanism includes a guide rail provided on the door so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a guide protrusion provided on the console device body and entering the guide rail. The console apparatus for vehicles as described.

According to the vehicle console device of (1), since the arm is disposed on the vehicle front side from the slide mechanism, the following effects can be obtained.
The occupant puts his elbow on the door, hooks his hand on the vehicle front side end of the door, and then rotates his hand around the elbow while turning his elbow around the shoulder, Until the other end of the arm passes vertically above the one end of the arm, the door can be slid and opened to the vehicle rear side while rotating upward. In addition, after the other end of the arm exceeds the upper part of the arm, the door is rotated around the shoulder while the hand is rotated downward around the elbow. Can be opened by sliding to the rear side of the vehicle. Therefore, the operation of moving the shoulder to the vehicle rear side when opening the door is unnecessary, and the occupant can open the door without twisting the body. Therefore, the door opening operability can be improved as compared with the conventional case.
According to the vehicle console device of (2) above, one end of the arm is connected to the console device main body at the vehicle longitudinal direction position that is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle longitudinal direction central portion of the opening of the storage portion. Since the other end portion is connected to the vehicle front side end portion of the door or the vicinity thereof, the following effects can be obtained.
(I) The occupant may start opening the door by rotating the door upward by turning the hand upward about the elbow after placing the elbow on the door and hooking the hand on the vehicle front side end of the door. it can.
(Ii) Whether the other end portion of the arm is connected to the vehicle front side end portion of the door or the vicinity thereof, and (ii-1) whether the one end portion of the arm is the same as the front end portion in the vehicle front-rear direction of the opening of the storage portion. Or compared with the case where it connects with the console apparatus main body in the substantially vehicle front-back direction position, the vehicle front-back direction length of the opening of a storage part when a door is opened can be enlarged, (ii-2) Compared with the case where one end of the arm is connected to the console main body at the vehicle longitudinal direction position that is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle longitudinal direction rear end of the opening of the storage unit, the length of the arm can be shortened. That is, in the state where the other end of the arm is connected to the vehicle front side end of the door or the vicinity thereof, the one end of the arm is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction center of the opening of the storage unit. Since it is connected to the console device main body at the position, it can be an arm having an optimal length (minimum or substantially minimum length) with respect to the length of the opening of the storage portion in the vehicle front-rear direction.
According to the vehicle console device of (3) above, the slide mechanism includes a guide rail provided on the door so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a guide protrusion provided on the console device body and entering the guide rail. Therefore, the occupant can open the door by sliding the door to the vehicle rear side by rotating the elbow to the vehicle rear side around the shoulder.

  1 to 4 show a vehicle console device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, UP indicates the upper side, and FR indicates the front in the vehicle front-rear direction. In the figure, X indicates the position of the occupant's shoulder, Y indicates the position of the occupant's elbow, and Z indicates the position of the occupant's wrist.

  The vehicle console device according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a vehicle front console device disposed between the driver seat and the passenger seat in the vehicle left-right direction, or may be a vehicle rear console device disposed in the rear seat. May be.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a vehicle console device (hereinafter also simply referred to as “console device”) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a console device main body 20 including a storage portion 21 and an opening 22 of the storage portion 21 of the console device main body 20. A door 30 that opens and closes, an arm 40 that is pivotally connected to the console apparatus body 20 at one end 41 so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and is connected to the door 30 so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction at the other end 42. And a slide mechanism 50 that slides 30 with respect to the console apparatus main body 20.

  The console device body 20 may be a console panel itself that is an interior member of the vehicle, or may be formed separately from the console panel and fixedly attached to the console panel.

  The storage portion 21 is provided in the middle portion of the console device body 20 in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The storage unit 21 is open upward. The opening 22 of the storage part 21 is a rectangle or a substantially rectangular shape with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in the plan view.

  The upper surface of the console device body 20 on the vehicle rear side from the storage portion 21 is an inclined surface 23 that is inclined rearward and downward of the vehicle so as not to prevent the door 30 from opening and closing. The inclined surface 23 may be a flat surface or a curved surface. In the illustrated example, the inclined surface 23 is a curved surface convex upward.

  When the door 30 is in the closed state, the door 30 is arranged on the upper side of the console device body 20. When the door 30 is in the closed state, the door 30 covers the storage portion 21 from above, and it is impossible to put in and out of the storage portion 21. When the door 30 is in the open state, the door 30 opens the storage portion 21. The stored items can be taken into and out of the storage portion 21. When the door 30 is in the closed state, the door 30 may be usable as an armrest.

  The door 30 includes a lock unit 60 in order to hold the door 30 in a closed state with respect to the console device main body 20. The lock unit 60 includes an operation knob 61 for releasing the lock. The operation knob 61 is provided at the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30 or in the vicinity thereof. The operation knob 61 is provided at a position where the hand can reach when the occupant places the elbow Y on the door 30 and hooks his / her hand on the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30.

  One arm 40 is provided on each of the left and right sides (surfaces) of the door 30 (two in total). The arm 40 may extend linearly when viewed from the left-right direction of the vehicle, and may extend with a curved portion or a bent portion in at least one place. One end portion 41 of the arm 40 is connected to the console device main body 20 at the vehicle longitudinal direction position that is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle longitudinal direction central portion of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21. The other end portion 42 of the arm 40 is connected to the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30 or the vicinity thereof. The distance between both end portions 41 and 42 of the arm 40 is set to ½ or more of the length in the vehicle front-rear direction of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21.

  The slide mechanism 50 slides the door 30 in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the console device body 20. The slide mechanism 50 includes a guide rail 51 provided on the door 30 and a guide protrusion 52 provided on the console device body 20.

  When the door 30 is in the closed state, the guide rail 51 is provided so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction. The vehicle front side end portion of the guide rail 51 is located on the vehicle rear side from the other end portion 42 of the arm 40. The vehicle rear side end portion of the guide rail 51 is positioned at or near the vehicle rear side end portion of the door 30. One guide rail 51 is provided at each end of the door 30 in the left-right direction of the vehicle (two in total). The guide rail 51 includes a bent portion 51a at an intermediate portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

  A portion (hereinafter referred to as a front guide rail portion) 51b located on the vehicle front side of the bent portion 51a of the guide rail 51 is one end of the arm 40 when viewed from the vehicle left-right direction when the door 30 is in the closed state. The portion 41 and the other end portion 42 extend in a straight line or a substantially straight line from the bent part 51a to the front side of the vehicle in parallel or substantially in parallel with a line connecting the straight line. The front guide rail portion 51b extends in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction or inclined forward and upward when viewed from the left-right direction of the vehicle when the door 30 is in the closed state.

  A portion 51c of the guide rail 51 located on the vehicle rear side from the bent portion 51a (referred to as a rear guide rail portion) 51c when viewed from the left-right direction of the vehicle when the door 30 is in a closed state. It extends linearly or substantially linearly from the bent portion 51a to the vehicle rear side in parallel or substantially parallel to the upper surface of the console device body 20 on the lower side. The rear guide rail portion 51c extends obliquely upward and rearward of the vehicle when viewed from the left-right direction of the vehicle when the door 30 is in the closed state.

  The guide protrusion 52 is fixedly provided on the upper surface of the console device body 20. The guide protrusion 52 is provided at a position on the vehicle rear side from the one end 41 of the arm 40. Since the guide protrusion 52 is on the vehicle rear side from the one end portion 41 of the arm 40 and the vehicle front side end portion of the guide rail 51 is on the vehicle rear side from the other end portion 42 of the arm 40, the slide mechanism 50 is It is arranged on the rear side (the arm 40 is arranged on the vehicle front side with respect to the slide mechanism 50). The guide protrusion 52 is provided immediately after the opening 22 of the storage unit 21 (on the vehicle rear side of the opening 22 of the storage unit 21). One guide protrusion 52 is provided on each side (two in total), and each guide protrusion 52 always enters each guide rail 51.

  The portion of the guide protrusion 52 that enters the guide rail 51 has a round pin shape so that it can respond to the angle of the guide rail 51 that changes as the door 30 is opened and closed (the guide protrusion 52 corresponds to the guide rail 51). Even if it enters, the door 30 is not restrained from rotating in the vertical direction with respect to the console device body 20).

Here, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(A) When opening the door 30, the occupant puts the elbow Y on the door 30, hooks his hand on the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30, and then turns the shoulder X while rotating the hand upward about the elbow Y. When the elbow Y is rotated to the rear side of the vehicle with the center as the center, the front end of the door 30 rotates upward until the other end 42 of the arm 40 exceeds the vertical upper side of the one end 41 of the arm 40. Slide to the rear of the vehicle. Further, after the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 exceeds the vertical upper side of the one end portion 41 of the arm 40 to the vehicle rear side, the elbow Y is centered on the shoulder X while rotating the hand downward about the elbow Y. Is rotated to the vehicle rear side, the door 30 slides to the vehicle rear side. Since the door 30 tries to move in the opening direction by its own weight from the middle position of opening, the occupant can perform the opening operation without difficulty after the door 30 starts to move in the opening direction by its own weight. it can.

(B) When the door 30 is closed, the door 30 is closed by moving in the opposite direction to that when the door 30 is opened. Since the door 30 tries to move in the closing direction by its own weight from the middle position of closing, the occupant can perform the closing operation without difficulty after the door 30 starts to move in the closing direction by its own weight. it can.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the arm 40 is disposed on the vehicle front side from the slide mechanism 50. Therefore, the occupant places the elbow Y on the door 30 and hooks the hand on the vehicle front side end of the door 30, and then rotates the hand upward about the elbow Y and moves the elbow Y around the shoulder X to the vehicle. By rotating backward, the door 30 can be slid and opened to the vehicle rear side while rotating the door 30 until the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 passes vertically above the one end portion 41 of the arm 40. Further, after the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 exceeds the vertical upper side of the one end portion 41 of the arm 40, the hand is rotated downward about the elbow Y and the elbow Y is centered on the shoulder X while the hand is rotated downward. By rotating the door 30, the door 30 can be opened by sliding to the vehicle rear side. Therefore, when opening the door 30, the operation | movement which moves the shoulder X to the vehicle rear side is unnecessary, and a passenger | crew can open the door 30 without twisting a body. Therefore, the opening operability of the door 30 can be improved compared to the conventional case.

  One end portion 41 of the arm 40 is connected to the console device main body 20 at the same position as or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction central portion of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21, and the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 is connected to the door 30. Therefore, the occupant places his elbow on the door 30 and hooks his / her hand on the front end of the door 30, and then raises his / her hand around the elbow Y. By rotating, the door 30 can be rotated upward and can be opened.

  Since the slide mechanism 50 includes a guide rail 51 provided on the door 30 so as to extend in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a guide protrusion 52 provided on the console device body 20 and entering the guide rail 51, By rotating the elbow Y to the vehicle rear side around the shoulder X, the door 30 can be opened by sliding to the vehicle rear side.

  One end portion 41 of the arm 40 is connected to the console device main body 20 at the same position as or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction central portion of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21, and the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 is connected to the door 30. (I) One end of the arm 40 in a state where the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 is connected to the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30 or the vicinity thereof. Compared to the case where the portion 41 is connected to the console device main body 20 at the same position as or substantially the same as the front-rear direction front end portion of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21, the storage portion 21 when the door 30 is opened. The length of the opening 22 in the vehicle front-rear direction can be increased. (Ii) One end 41 of the arm 40 is the same or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction rear end of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21. In As compared with the case which is connected to the sole apparatus main body 20 can shorten the length of the arm 40. That is, in the state where the other end portion 42 of the arm 40 is connected to the vehicle front side end portion of the door 30 or the vicinity thereof, the one end portion 41 of the arm 40 is the same as the vehicle front-rear direction center portion of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21. Or an arm having an optimal length (minimum or substantially minimum length) with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction length of the opening 22 of the storage portion 21 because it is connected to the console device body 20 at substantially the same vehicle longitudinal direction position. 40.

It is a disassembled perspective view when the door of the console apparatus for vehicles of an Example of this invention exists in a closed state. It is a schematic side view when the door is in a closed state of the console device for a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic side view when the door is in the middle of opening and closing of the console device for a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic side view when the door of the console apparatus for vehicles of an Example of this invention exists in an open state. It is a schematic side view when the door is in a closed state of the conventional vehicle console device. It is a schematic side view when the door is in the middle of opening and closing of the conventional vehicle console device. It is a schematic side view when the door is an open state of the conventional vehicle console apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle console apparatus 20 Console apparatus main body 21 Storage part 22 Opening 30 Door 40 Arm 41 Arm one end part 42 Arm other end part 50 Slide mechanism 51 Guide rail 51a Bending part 51b Front side guide rail part 51c Rear side guide rail part 52 Guide protrusion 60 Lock part 61 Operation knob

Claims (3)

A console device body including a storage unit;
A door for opening and closing the opening of the storage portion of the console device body;
An arm connected at one end to the console device body so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction and connected at the other end to the door so as to be pivotable in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
A slide mechanism for sliding the door relative to the console device body;
Have
A vehicle console device in which the arm is disposed on the vehicle front side of the slide mechanism.   One end of the arm is connected to the console device main body at a position in the vehicle front-rear direction that is the same as or substantially the same as the vehicle front-rear direction center of the opening of the storage unit, and the other end of the arm is connected to the door The vehicle console device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle console device is connected to the vehicle front side end portion or the vicinity thereof.   2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the slide mechanism includes a guide rail provided on the door so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a guide protrusion provided on the console device body and entering the guide rail. Console device.

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