JP2011131816A - Mounting structure of glove box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure of a glove box more favorably suppressing deformation of an opening. <P>SOLUTION: The glove box includes a cover opening and closing an opening 11 formed on a cabin side of an instrument panel, and a hinge mechanism H provided on the opening 11 for rotatably supporting the cover. The opening 11 has a left restriction surface 19 on which the hinge mechanism H is provided. A left side Da and a right side Db of the left restriction surface 19 in the direction of the center of the axis of rotation of the hinge mechanism H are fixed to a wall surface 25 and a left inner surface 11c, respectively. A plurality of projecting pieces 30 of the hinge mechanism H are respectively fixed to be adjacent to the left side Da and the right side Db. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a glove box mounting structure provided on an instrument panel of an automobile.

  In general, a glove box is provided on an instrument panel of an automobile at a location facing a passenger seat. The glove box includes an opening provided in the instrument panel, a lid (lid) that opens and closes the opening, and a hinge mechanism that rotatably supports the lid with respect to the opening. ing. As an example of this, Patent Document 1 is provided with a hinge mechanism for rotatably supporting a lid on an edge (hereinafter referred to as a lower edge) of a lower surface of an opening facing the passenger compartment.

JP 2002-308017 A

By the way, as described in Patent Document 1, if a hinge mechanism is provided at the lower edge of the opening, the following inconvenience may occur.
That is, since the lower edge is an edge of the lower surface of the opening, the rigidity is low. Therefore, when the lid of the glove box is attached to the opening via the hinge mechanism, the edge of the lower surface of the opening may be deformed downward, and the glove box may be deteriorated. Such inconvenience can be suppressed, for example, by making the thickness of the lower edge portion thicker than other portions to increase the rigidity, but in this case, sink marks tend to occur around the opening during molding. . In addition, although it is possible to manufacture a metal mold in anticipation of the above-mentioned sink, in this case, an extremely advanced design technique and metal mold manufacturing technique are required.

  Incidentally, the deformation of the opening portion occurs similarly even in a glove box having another structure. For example, a separate-type glove box has a housing member having an opening, a lid that opens and closes the opening, and a hinge mechanism that is provided in the opening and rotatably supports the lid. , A glove box equipped with these is separately assembled to the instrument panel. In such a separate glove box, if the hinge mechanism is provided at the lower edge of the opening formed in the housing member, the edge of the opening may be deformed for the reasons described above.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, The objective is to provide the attachment structure of the glove box which can suppress a deformation | transformation of an opening part more suitably.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a lid body that opens and closes an opening formed on a vehicle compartment side of an instrument panel, and the lid body that is provided in the opening and that is rotatable. A glove box mounting structure including a supporting hinge mechanism, wherein the opening has a fixed surface on which the hinge mechanism is provided, and both sides of the fixed surface in the direction of the rotational axis of the hinge mechanism Is fixed to a constituent member of the instrument panel, and both ends of the hinge mechanism in the direction of the pivot axis are fixed adjacent to both sides.

  In the present invention, the opening portion of the instrument panel is provided with the fixing surface, and both sides of the hinge mechanism in the rotational axis direction of the fixing mechanism are fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel. Therefore, in the vicinity of both sides of the fixed surface, rigidity in a direction orthogonal to the rotational axis direction (for example, rigidity in the vertical direction of the lid) or rigidity in the rotational direction is sufficiently ensured. Since both ends of the hinge mechanism are fixed in the vicinity of both sides where sufficient rigidity is ensured in this way, for example, the thickness of the arrangement part of the hinge mechanism is made thicker than other parts. Without taking countermeasures, the deformation of the opening formed in the instrument panel can be more suitably suppressed.

  The gist of the invention according to claim 2 is that, in the invention according to claim 1, the side in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fixed surface is also fixed to the constituent member of the instrument panel. To do.

  In the present invention, in addition to both sides in the rotation axis direction of the hinge mechanism on the fixed surface, sides in the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis are also fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel. Therefore, the rigidity of the fixed surface can be further increased, and the deformation of the opening can be further suppressed.

The gist of the invention described in claim 3 is that, in the invention described in claim 1 or claim 2, the lid is provided with an accommodating portion.
In the glove box, the opening has a box shape, and the opening itself has a structure that serves as a housing portion, or the lid has a housing portion, and the opening portion is the housing portion. Some have a structure that becomes a housing space. Here, in the case of a glove box having a structure in which a cover is provided with a storage part, an excessive amount of storage (for example, an automobile inspection document, a vehicle instruction manual, or small items) with respect to the storage part When is put, the weight of the lid increases and the opening may be deformed. In this respect, in the present invention, since the operation and effect of the invention according to the first or second aspect can be obtained, the deformation of the opening can be suppressed even when the housing portion is provided in the lid. .

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the fixing surface is rotated in the closing direction of the lid body by contacting the lid body. The gist is to function as a regulation surface that regulates movement.

In the present invention, the fixed surface can be used as a restricting surface that restricts the rotation of the lid in the closing direction.
The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the hinge mechanism protrudes from the fixed surface toward the passenger compartment and is adjacent to both sides. A plurality of projecting pieces fixed to each other and a support shaft disposed between the plurality of projecting pieces and supported at both ends by the plurality of projecting pieces. The lid body is engaged with the support shaft. The gist is that the engaging portion is formed.

  In this invention, the support shaft of the hinge mechanism with which the engaging portion of the lid is engaged is supported by the plurality of projecting pieces. Therefore, the force acting on the projecting piece from the lid through the support shaft is dispersed, and thereby the force transmitted from the projecting piece to the fixed surface is also dispersed. Accordingly, the deformation of the opening can be further suppressed, and the durability of the hinge mechanism can be improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a deformation | transformation of the opening part of a glove box can be suppressed more suitably.

The front view which looked at the instrument panel to which this was applied about the 1st embodiment which materialized the attachment structure of the glove box concerning the present invention from the vehicle interior. Sectional drawing in the AA of FIG. (A) is a perspective view of the opening part provided in the instrument panel, (b) is a front view of the instrument panel which expands and shows an opening part. The rear view which shows a part of cover body in the embodiment. The fragmentary sectional view in the BB line of FIG. The perspective view of the hinge mechanism in the embodiment. Sectional drawing of an instrument panel in the state where the glove box was opened. The perspective view which shows the accommodation member of the glove box to which this was applied about 2nd Embodiment which actualized the attachment structure of the glove box which concerns on this invention. The perspective view which shows the modification of the glove box to which the attachment structure which concerns on 1st Embodiment is applied.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the following description, unless otherwise noted, the forward direction of the vehicle is defined as the front, the upper direction of the vehicle is defined as the upper, and the rear and the lower are defined based on this. Further, the right side is defined as the right and the left side as the left in the forward direction of the vehicle. And in the case of a glove box, it shall be along the said each direction of a vehicle on the basis of the state attached to the instrument panel.

  FIG. 1 shows a front view of the instrument panel. As shown in FIG. 1, the instrument panel 10 provided in the front part of the passenger compartment is provided with a glove box 14 at a position corresponding to the front of the passenger seat.

  The glove box 14 is provided with a lid (lid) 13 that opens and closes an opening 11 integrally formed on the vehicle compartment side of the instrument panel 10, and is provided in the opening 11 to rotatably support the lid 13. A hinge mechanism and an accommodating portion provided on the back surface of the lid 13 are provided. The opening 11 serves as a housing space for the housing portion when the lid 13 is closed.

  In addition, the instrument panel 10 is provided with a knee airbag device 12 that protects a passenger's knees seated in the passenger seat. More specifically, the knee airbag device 12 is provided below the opening 11 so as to be close to the opening 11. Further, the knee airbag device 12 is provided such that the surface of the lid 13 on the vehicle compartment side and the surface of the knee airbag device 12 on the vehicle interior side are continuous, thereby improving the design. Has been enhanced.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
The lid 13 is configured by assembling an outer member 17 that forms a surface on the vehicle compartment side and an inner member 16 that is a separate member from the outer member 17 and forms an opposite surface with respect to the vehicle compartment side. ing. A plurality of reinforcing ribs 18 are formed on the surface of the inner member 16 where the outer member 17 is assembled. The outer member 17 and the inner member 16 are formed by synthetic resin injection molding.

  The lower end of the inner member 16 extends in the opposite direction of the outer member 17 and then extends upward. Side walls are formed on the left and right sides of the extended portion. Thereby, the substantially box-shaped accommodating part 15 is formed. The storage unit 15 functions as a storage space that can store a vehicle verification case, a vehicle instruction manual, or small items. And the cover body 13 closes the opening part 11 in the state in which the accommodating part 15 was accommodated inside the instrument panel 10.

FIG. 3A shows a perspective view of the opening 11 of the instrument panel 10, and FIG. 3B shows an enlarged front view of the opening 11.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the opening 11 is open to the passenger compartment side, is substantially rectangular in a front view, and the opening dimension in the vehicle left-right direction is longer than the opening dimension in the vehicle vertical direction. Has been.

  A left-side restricting surface 19 and a right-side restricting surface 20 that restrict rotation of the lid 13 in the closing direction are integrally formed on the instrument panel 10 on the surface on the left and right side surfaces of the opening 11.

  A lock hole 21 into which a lock pin provided on the side surface of the lid 13 or the like is fitted at the upper corners of the left and right side surfaces of the opening 11. When the lid body 13 is closed, the inner member 16 of the lid body 13 comes into contact with the left side regulation surface 19 and the right side regulation surface 20 to regulate the rotation of the lid body 13 in the closing direction, and the lock pin is locked. By fitting in the hole 21, the closed state of the lid 13 is maintained.

  Next, the structure of the left restricting surface 19 will be described in detail. Note that the left restricting surface 19 and the right restricting surface 20 have basically a line-symmetric structure, and the restricting surfaces 19 and 20 have the same structure. Therefore, the structure of the left restricting surface 19 will be described below, but the structure of the right restricting surface 20 is the same.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the left restricting surface 19 is provided with a hinge mechanism H that has a support shaft 32 and rotatably supports the lid body 13.
The left regulating surface 19 is formed so as to extend in the vertical direction of the opening 11 and is formed so that the lateral width increases as it goes downward.

  In the left restricting surface 19, the left side Da in the direction of the pivot axis of the hinge mechanism H (the axial direction of the support shaft 32: the left and right direction of the opening 11) is fixed to the wall surface 25 intersecting the left restricting surface 19. . The wall surface 25 is a constituent member of the instrument panel 10, and the left side restriction surface 19 is integrally formed with the instrument panel 10, whereby the left side Da is fixed to the wall surface 25.

  Further, on the left restricting surface 19, the right side Db in the direction of the pivot axis of the hinge mechanism H (the axial direction of the support shaft 32: the left and right direction of the opening 11) is the left inner surface 11 c intersecting the left restricting surface 19. It is fixed. The left inner side surface 11 c is a constituent member of the instrument panel 10 and is a surface constituting the left side surface of the opening 11. And since the left control surface 19 is integrally formed with the instrument panel 10, the right side Db is fixed to the left inner surface 11c.

  Further, in the left regulating surface 19, the lower side Dc in the direction (vertical direction of the opening 11) perpendicular to the rotation axis of the hinge mechanism H (the axis of the support shaft 32) is the vehicle compartment side lower side of the opening 11. Are fixed to a lower edge portion 11b formed integrally with each other. The lower edge portion 11b is also a constituent member of the instrument panel 10, and the left-side regulating surface 19 is integrally formed with the instrument panel 10, whereby the lower side Dc is fixed to the edge portion 11b. Yes. And the upper part in the direction (vertical direction of the opening part 11) orthogonal to the rotation axis (axis of the support shaft 32) of the hinge mechanism H on the left regulating surface 19 is also integrated with the constituent members of the instrument panel 10. Is formed. The left restricting surface 19 and the right restricting surface 20 constitute the fixed surface.

  FIG. 4 shows a rear view (a front view of the lid body 13 as viewed from the inner member 16 side) of a portion of the rear surface of the lid body 13 and in the vicinity of the lower right corner in the drawing. As shown in FIG. 4, two engaging portions 29 that engage with the support shaft 32 are integrally formed with the lid 13 at the lower end portion 13 a of the lid 13 and in the vicinity of the right corner.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1, that is, a cross-sectional view in a state where the engaging portion 29 is engaged with the hinge mechanism H. As shown in FIG. 5, the engaging portion 29 formed on the lid 13 has a clip shape. More specifically, the engaging portion 29 is curved so as to follow the support shaft 32 of the hinge mechanism H, and has a shape (C-shape) in which a part thereof is omitted. 4 is engaged with each support shaft 32 of the hinge mechanism H, the lid 13 is attached to the opening 11 so as to be openable and closable.

Two similar engaging portions 29 are integrally formed in the vicinity of the lower left corner of the lid 13.
Incidentally, a part of the surface 50 (see FIG. 4) between the accommodating portion 15 (see FIG. 4) formed on the back surface of the lid 13 and the side surface 27 (see FIG. 4) of the lid 13 is part of the lid 13. When the is closed, it is a surface that comes into contact with the left regulating surface 19.

Next, the detail of the hinge mechanism H in this embodiment is demonstrated.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the hinge mechanism H provided on the opening 11 side. As shown in FIG. 6, the hinge mechanism H is provided on the surface of the left regulating surface 19 on the passenger compartment side and in the vicinity of the lower side Dc.

  The hinge mechanism H projects from the rear (vehicle compartment side) of the vehicle and has three plate-like projecting pieces 30 provided with reinforcing ribs 31 and two support shafts disposed between the projecting pieces 30. 32. These projecting pieces 30 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction, and the projecting pieces 30 and the support shafts 32 are integrally formed with the instrument panel 10. In the following, of the three projecting pieces 30, the projecting piece 30 disposed on the rightmost side is referred to as a right projecting piece 30R, and the projecting piece 30 disposed on the leftmost side is referred to as a left projecting piece 30L.

  The bottom of each protrusion 30 is provided below the left restricting surface 19. More specifically, the bottom portion of the projecting piece 30 is provided so as to be fixed to both the lower surface of the left regulating surface 19 and the lower edge portion 11b. Therefore, the lower side Dc of the left regulating surface 19 is fixed to the lower edge 11 b via the projecting piece 30. The right protruding piece 30R is fixed adjacent to the right side Db of the left regulating surface 19, and the left protruding piece 30L is fixed adjacent to the left side Da of the left regulating surface 19. That is, both ends of the hinge mechanism H in the rotational axis direction are fixed adjacent to the right side Db and the left side Da, respectively.

Each support shaft 32 is coaxially arranged, and both ends of the support shaft 32 are supported by the tip portions of the adjacent projecting pieces 30 (tip portions on the vehicle compartment side).
Next, it is sectional drawing of the AA line in previous FIG. 1, Comprising: Section drawing in the state by which the glove box 14 was fully opened is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, a knee airbag device 12 is provided below the glove box 14 in the vicinity of the lower edge 11 b of the opening 11.
The protruding piece 30 of the hinge mechanism H described above protrudes rearward (vehicle compartment side) below the opening 11, and a support shaft 32 is provided at the tip of the protruding piece 30. Accordingly, the lower end portion 13a of the lid body 13 provided with the engaging portion 29 is supported on the rear side (vehicle compartment side) of the lower edge portion 11b. Therefore, when the glove box 14 is opened, an inconvenience that a portion below the lid 13 interferes with the knee airbag device 12 is prevented.

According to this embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The left restricting surface 19 and the right restricting surface 20 provided in the opening 11 are provided with a hinge mechanism H that rotatably supports the lid 13 of the glove box 14, and the left side Da and the right side thereof. Db is fixed to the wall surface 25 and the left inner side surface 11c of the opening 11, respectively. Therefore, in the vicinity of both sides (the left side Da and the right side Db) of the left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20, the rigidity in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the support shaft 32 (for example, the rigidity in the vertical direction of the lid 13), or the lid The rigidity of the body 13 in the rotation direction is sufficiently ensured. Since the right protruding piece 30R and the left protruding piece 30L of the hinge mechanism H are fixed in the vicinity of both sides where sufficient rigidity is ensured in this way, for example, the thickness of the portion where the hinge mechanism is arranged is changed. The deformation of the opening 11 formed in the instrument panel 10 can be suppressed without taking a measure of making it thicker than this part.

  (2) The lower side Dc of the left side regulation surface 19 and the right side regulation surface 20 is fixed to the lower edge portion 11 b of the opening 11. Therefore, in addition to both sides (left side Da and right side Db) in the direction of the pivot axis of the hinge mechanism H on the left regulation surface 19 and right side regulation surface 20, there are also sides (lower side Dc) in the direction perpendicular to the pivot axis. It is fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel 10. Therefore, the rigidity of the left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20 can be further increased, and the deformation of the opening 11 can be further suppressed.

  (3) The lid body 13 is provided with a housing portion 15. In the case of such a glove box 14, if an excessive amount is stored in the storage portion 15, the weight of the lid 13 increases and the opening 11 may be deformed. However, according to the glove box mounting structure according to the present embodiment, since the deformation of the opening 11 can be suppressed as described above, the glove box 14 includes the lid 13 provided with the accommodating portion 15. However, the deformation of the opening 11 can be suppressed.

  (4) The hinge mechanism H is provided on the left-side regulating surface 19 and the right-side regulating surface 20 that regulate the rotation of the lid 13 in the closing direction when the lid 13 abuts. Therefore, the fixed surface on which the hinge mechanism H is provided can also be used as a restricting surface that restricts the rotation of the lid 13 in the closing direction. In particular, when this embodiment is applied to an instrument panel having such a restriction surface, there is no need to newly provide a fixing surface for providing the hinge mechanism H, and an existing member is used. Can be used.

  (5) The hinge mechanism H is provided on the vehicle side with respect to the left restricting surface 19 and the right restricting surface 20 and is fixed adjacent to the left side Da and the right side Db, respectively, and the left projecting piece 30L and the right projecting piece. 30R and the support shaft 32 which is arrange | positioned between the some protrusions 30 and the both ends are supported by the some protrusions 30 is comprised. The lid 13 is formed with an engaging portion 29 that engages with the support shaft 32. Thus, the support shaft 32 of the hinge mechanism H to which the engaging portion 29 of the lid body 13 is engaged is supported by the plurality of projecting pieces 30. Therefore, the force acting on the projecting piece 30 from the lid body 13 via the support shaft 32 is dispersed, whereby the force transmitted from each projecting piece 30 to the left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20 is also dispersed. Therefore, it is possible to further suppress the deformation of the opening 11 provided with the left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20 and to improve the durability of the hinge mechanism H.

(6) The lower end portion 13a of the lid body 13 provided with the engaging portion 29 is supported so as to be rotatable rearward (vehicle compartment side) from the lower edge portion 11b. That is, the center of rotation of the lid 13 is located behind (the vehicle compartment side) from the left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20. Therefore, when the rotation center of the lid 13 is closer to the lower edge 11b of the opening 11 than in the present embodiment, the lid 13 may interfere with another member such as the knee airbag device 12. However, in the present embodiment, such interference can be avoided.
(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the glove box 14 according to the first embodiment, the housing portion 15 is provided in the lid body 13, and the hinge mechanism H that rotatably supports the lid body 13 is provided in the opening portion 11 of the instrument panel 10.

  On the other hand, the glove box in the present embodiment has the following structure. That is, a glove box having a box-shaped housing member assembled to the instrument panel and a lid body that opens and closes the opening, and a hinge mechanism that pivotally supports the lid body is provided at the opening of the housing member. It is a separate glove box that can be assembled separately to the instrument panel. Further, the lid 13 in the present embodiment is not provided with the accommodating portion 15.

Hereinafter, the glove box mounting structure according to the present embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a housing member 400 constituting a part of the separate glove box.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the housing member 400 is formed in a box shape and is provided with a substantially rectangular opening 110. In addition, a plurality of attachment holes 420 are formed in the upper wall portion 410 of the housing member 400 side by side in the vehicle width direction. The housing member 400 is fixed to the opening of the instrument panel by an appropriate fixing member inserted into the attachment hole 420.

  The opening 110 is provided with a left edge 190 and a right edge 200 that extend in the vertical direction and are connected to the upper edge 110a and the lower edge 110b, respectively. The left edge portion 190 and the right edge portion 200 are integrally formed with the housing member 400.

  The surface on the passenger compartment side of the left and right edge portions 190, 200 is a fixed surface D to which the hinge mechanism H similar to the above embodiment is fixed, and the hinge mechanism H is integrally molded below the fixed surface D. Yes. The fixed surface D also functions as a surface that is equivalent to the left restricting surface 19 and the right restricting surface 20 of the first embodiment, that is, a surface that restricts the rotation of the lid 13 in the closing direction. Then, when the engaging portion 29 of the lid body 13 is engaged with the support shaft 32 of the hinge mechanism H, the lid body 13 is rotatably supported.

  The left edge 190 and the right edge 200 are basically line-symmetric structures, and the edges 190, 200 have the same structure. Therefore, in the following, the structure of the left edge 190 will be described, but the right edge 200 has the same structure.

  On the fixed surface D, both sides in the rotational axis direction of the hinge mechanism H, that is, the left side Da and the right side Db are fixed to the housing member 400, respectively. More specifically, the left side Da is fixed to the left outer side surface 400 d of the housing member 400, and the right side Db is fixed to the left inner side surface 400 c of the storage member 400. Further, the upper portion of the fixed surface D is also fixed to the housing member 400.

  The bottom portion of the projecting piece 30 is provided so as to be fixed to both the lower surface of the fixing surface D and the lower edge portion 110b. Therefore, the lower side Dc of the fixed surface D is fixed to the lower edge portion 110b through the protruding piece 30.

  The right protruding piece 30R is fixed adjacent to the right side Db of the fixed surface D, and the left protruding piece 30L is fixed adjacent to the left side Da of the fixed surface D. That is, both ends of the hinge mechanism H in the rotational axis direction are fixed adjacent to the right side Db and the left side Da, respectively.

  In this way, the fixed surface D provided in the opening 110 of the housing member 400 is provided with a hinge mechanism H that rotatably supports the lid 13 of the glove box, and the left side Da and the right side Db are respectively It is fixed to the left outer surface 400d and the left inner surface 400c. Therefore, in the vicinity of both sides (the left side Da and the right side Db) of the fixed surface D, the rigidity in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the support shaft 32 (for example, the rigidity in the vertical direction of the lid 13) or the rotation direction of the lid 13 The rigidity at is sufficiently secured. Since the right protruding piece 30R and the left protruding piece 30L of the hinge mechanism H are fixed in the vicinity of both sides where sufficient rigidity is ensured in this way, for example, the thickness of the portion where the hinge mechanism is arranged is changed. The deformation of the opening 110 formed in the housing member 400 is suppressed without taking a measure of making it thicker than this part.

Also according to the present embodiment described above, the same effects as those described in (1), (2), and (4) to (6) can be obtained.
In addition, each embodiment mentioned above can also be implemented with the form which changed this suitably as follows.

  The left regulating surface 19 and the right regulating surface 20 are integrally formed. However, the regulating surfaces 19 and 20 are separate members from the instrument panel 10 and are used for appropriate fixing methods such as adhesion, welding, and bolt fastening. May be fixed to the instrument panel 10.

  Similarly, the left edge portion 190 and the right edge portion 200 are integrally formed. However, the edge portions 190 and 200 are separate members from the housing member 400, and an appropriate fixing method such as adhesion, welding, or bolt fastening is used. You may make it fix to the accommodating member 400.

  -Although the protrusion 30 was integrally molded to the instrument panel 10 and the housing member 400, it is a separate member from the instrument panel 10 and the housing member 400, and is used for an appropriate fixing method such as adhesive, welding, and bolt fastening. Then, it may be fixed to the instrument panel 10 or the housing member 400.

  The outer member 17 and the inner member 16 may be integrally formed. Further, the housing portion 15 is formed integrally with the inner member 16, but the housing portion 15 may be formed as a separate member and assembled to the lid body 13.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the protruding piece 30 is used to fix the support shaft 32. In addition, a notch may be provided in the left restricting surface 19, the right restricting surface 20, or the fixed surface D, and the support shaft 32 may be provided in the notched portion. In this case, the hinge mechanism H is constituted by the support shaft 32.

  -The arrangement | positioning location of the hinge mechanism H may be changed. For example, the protruding piece 30 may be provided in a region above the left side regulating surface 19, the right side regulating surface 20, or the lower side Dc of the fixed surface D.

-The shape of the opening part 11 and the opening part 110 is not restricted to a substantially rectangular shape, and can be changed as appropriate.
-Although the lower side Dc of the left side control surface 19 and the right side control surface 20 was fixed to the lower edge part 11b which is a structural member of the instrument panel 10, this fixation may be abbreviate | omitted. Moreover, although the upper part of the left side control surface 19 and the right side control surface 20 is also fixed to the structural member of the instrument panel 10, this fixation may be abbreviate | omitted. Even in these cases, since the left side Da and the right side Db are fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel 10, the deformation of the opening 11 can be suppressed.

  Similarly, the lower side Dc of the fixing surface D is fixed to the lower side edge 110b of the housing member 400, but this fixing may be omitted. Further, the upper portion of the fixing surface D is also fixed to the housing member 400, but this fixing may be omitted. Even in these cases, since the left side Da and the right side Db are fixed to the housing member 400, deformation of the opening 110 can be suppressed.

-The structure of the hinge mechanism H may be changed. For example, the number of protrusions 30 is not limited to three, but may be two or four or more. The number of support shafts 32 may be changed as appropriate.
-The hinge mechanism H is provided on the left-side regulating surface 19 and the right-side regulating surface 20. In addition to this, a fixed surface in which both sides (corresponding to the left side Da and the right side Db) of the hinge mechanism H in the direction of the rotational axis are fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel 10 is separately provided. The left protruding piece 30L and the right protruding piece 30R may be provided adjacent to each other. That is, as the surface on which the hinge mechanism H is provided, a fixed surface different from the left-side restriction surface 19 and the right-side restriction surface 20 may be provided. Even in this case, the effects described in (1), (3), (5), and (6) can be obtained. Further, by fixing the lower side (corresponding to the lower side Dc) of the fixed surface to the constituent member of the instrument panel 10, the effect described in the above (2) can be further obtained. Then, by fixing the upper part of the fixed surface to the constituent member of the instrument panel 10, the deformation of the opening 11 can be further suppressed. This modification can also be applied to the second embodiment based on the same technical idea.

  -The opening part 11 in the said embodiment was a space for accommodating the accommodating part 15 when the cover body 13 was closed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the opening 11 may be formed in a substantially box shape, and the opening 11 itself may be used as the accommodating portion. In this case, the accommodating portion 15 of the lid 13 can be omitted.

  H ... Hinge mechanism, Da ... Left side, Db ... Right side, Dc ... Bottom side, 10 ... Instrument panel, 11 ... Opening part, 13 ... Cover, 14 ... Glove box, 15 ... Storage part, 29 ... Engagement part, 30 ... projection piece, 32 ... support shaft, 400 ... accommodating member.

Claims (5)

A glove box mounting structure comprising: a lid that opens and closes an opening formed on the vehicle compartment side of the instrument panel; and a hinge mechanism that is provided in the opening and rotatably supports the lid. ,
The opening has a fixed surface on which the hinge mechanism is provided,
Both sides of the fixed surface in the rotational axis direction of the hinge mechanism are fixed to the constituent members of the instrument panel,
The glove box mounting structure, wherein both ends of the hinge mechanism in the rotational axis direction are fixed adjacent to both sides. The attachment structure of the glove box of Claim 1. The side in the direction orthogonal to the said rotation axis on the said fixed surface is also fixed to the structural member of the said instrument panel. The glove box mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the lid is provided with a housing portion. The glove box mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fixed surface functions as a restricting surface that restricts rotation of the lid body in a closing direction when the lid body abuts. . The hinge mechanism protrudes from the fixed surface toward the passenger compartment and is fixed between each of the plurality of protruding pieces adjacent to both sides, and the hinge mechanism is disposed between the plurality of protruding pieces, and both ends thereof are the plurality of the protruding pieces. A spindle supported by the projecting piece,
The attachment structure of the glove box of any one of Claims 1-4 in which the engaging part engaged with the said spindle is formed in the said cover body.

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