JP2012071725A - Storage device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress an outbreak of a large hammering sound by a powerful strike at a storage part when a door pivots to a closing position.SOLUTION: A storage device for a vehicle 12 includes: an urging member (turnover spring) for urging a door 20 to a direction in which an aperture part 14 of a storage part 13 is closed; and a damper mechanism 30 for applying braking force to the door 20 which is urged to pivot to the closing position by a rotary damper 31. Further, the storage device for a vehicle 12 includes a damper moving mechanism 40 for further moving the rotary damper 31 to the side moving far away from an axis 24 serving as the pivotal center of the door 20 when pivoted in a pivotal area shortly before the closing position of the pivotal area where the door 20 urged by the urging member pivots to a closing direction than when pivoted in the pivotal area other than that.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular storage device that is provided in a passenger compartment or the like and stores small items and the like.

  In the vehicle compartment, the instrument panel is provided with a vehicle storage device such as an upper box or a grab box. As a storage device for a vehicle, a door that is supported by a storage portion provided on a vehicle, a shaft, a closed position that closes an opening of the storage portion, and a door that can rotate between an open position that opens the opening. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a device having

  In this vehicle storage device, a turnover spring is provided as a biasing member between the door and the storage portion. The turnover spring is a spring that biases the door in the closing direction toward the closed position and the opening direction toward the open position, and changes the biasing direction while the door rotates between the open position and the closed position. is there.

  Further, a damper mechanism for braking the rotation of the door biased by the turnover spring is provided between the storage portion and the door. The damper mechanism is formed on the door and moves around the shaft as the door rotates, a pinion gear meshed with the rack gear, a rotation fixed to the storage portion to brake the rotation of the pinion gear. With a dynamic damper.

  For this reason, when the door rotates around the shaft, the rack gear moves around the shaft as it rotates, and the force to rotate the pinion gear is transmitted to the pinion gear through the rack gear. It is braked by a dynamic damper. The rotation of the door is attenuated by the braking force of the damper mechanism. Note that the force (damping force) that the damper mechanism attenuates the rotation of the door is determined by the braking force generated by the damper mechanism and the distance from the shaft to the rotary damper.

JP 2010-95112 A

  However, in the vehicle storage device described in Patent Document 1, since the rotary damper is fixed to the storage portion and the position thereof is constant, the distance from the shaft to the rotary damper is the distance of the door. It is constant regardless of the rotation angle. Therefore, when the door rotates in the closing direction, the force (attenuating force) by which the damper mechanism attenuates the rotation of the door is constant both in the rotation area immediately before the closing position and most of the other rotation areas. is there.

  Therefore, when the damping force is set so that a sufficient speed can be obtained when the door rotates in the latter rotation region, that is, the rotating damper is disposed at a place where such a damping force is obtained. Then, the damping force is insufficient in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, and when the door is rotated to the closed position, there is a possibility that the door strikes the storage portion vigorously and makes a loud hitting sound.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to prevent the door from strikingly striking the storage portion and making a loud sound when the door is rotated to the closed position. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular storage device.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is provided in a vehicle and has a storage portion having an opening, and a closed position that is supported by a shaft with respect to the storage and closes the opening. And a door that can be rotated between open positions that open the opening, a biasing member that biases the door in a closing direction toward the closed position, and provided between the storage portion and the door, A damper mechanism that applies a braking force to the door that is urged by the urging member and pivots in the closing direction by the rotational resistance of the rotational shaft of the rotational damper, and is urged by the urging member. When the door is rotated in the rotation area immediately before the closed position among the rotation areas rotating in the closing direction, the rotation is performed more than when rotating in the other rotation areas. Damper moving mechanism to move the type damper to the side away from the shaft And summarized in that it comprises a.

  According to the above configuration, when the door rotates in the closing direction with the shaft as a fulcrum, the rotation in the same direction is urged by the urging member. A braking force is applied from the damper mechanism to the door that is urged by the urging member and rotates in the closing direction. By applying the braking force, the rotation of the door is attenuated, and the rotation speed is reduced. The force (attenuating force) by which the damper mechanism attenuates the rotation of the door is determined by the braking force generated by the rotary damper and the distance from the shaft to the rotary damper.

  Here, in the first aspect of the present invention, the damper moving mechanism is provided, and the rotation immediately before the closed position in the rotation region in which the door urged by the urging member rotates in the closing direction is provided. When rotating in the area, the rotary damper is moved further away from the shaft than in the other rotation areas. That is, when the door is rotated in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the distance from the shaft to the rotary damper is increased and the damping force is larger than that in the other rotation areas. Increase.

Therefore, in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the rotation speed of the door is sufficiently lowered, and it is difficult for the door to hit the storage portion vigorously when the door is rotated to the closed position.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the damper moving mechanism is provided in the storage portion and stores the rotary damper, and the rotary damper is disposed on the shaft. A damper housing case that allows sliding in the radial direction, an engaging portion that is integrally formed with the rotary damper and that can be displaced in the radial direction, and provided on the door, the engaging portion being engaged In addition, the engagement portion is displaced in the radial direction by moving around the shaft as the door rotates with the shaft as a fulcrum, and the rotation is performed along the damper housing case. A gist is provided with a rail portion that slides the type damper.

  According to the above configuration, when the door urged by the urging member is rotated in the closing direction with the shaft as a fulcrum, the rail portion provided on the door moves around the shaft as the door rotates. Moving. The engaging portion engaged with the rail portion is displaced in the radial direction of the shaft with the movement of the rail portion. Along with the displacement of the engaging portion, the rotary damper is slid in the radial direction in the damper housing case. By such sliding, the rotary damper is moved toward the side closer to the shaft or moved away from the shaft.

  According to a third aspect of the invention, in the invention of the second aspect, the door is rotated in an opening direction from the closed position toward the open position against a biasing force of the biasing member. An initial rotation area of the rotation area is used as a braking restriction area, and a braking restriction mechanism is further provided for restricting the generation of braking force in the rotary damper when the door rotates in the braking restriction area. This is the gist.

  Here, even in the initial rotation region among the rotation regions in which the door stopped at the closed position is rotated in the opening direction, similarly to the case where the door is rotated in the rotation region immediately before the closed position described above. When a large damping force acts on the door, it is necessary to apply a large operation load to rotate the door in the opening direction, and the operability is degraded.

  In this regard, in the invention according to claim 3, the initial rotation region among the rotation regions in which the door is rotated in the opening direction from the closed position toward the open position against the urging force of the urging member. Is a braking restriction region. When the door rotates in this braking restriction region, the braking restriction mechanism restricts the generation of braking force by the rotary damper.

Therefore, due to this restriction, in the braking restriction region, the operation load necessary for rotating the door in the opening direction is reduced, and the operability is improved.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the third aspect, the brake limiting mechanism is mounted on the rotary damper and slides in the radial direction along the damper housing case. A damper cover that can be tilted with the pivot shaft of the rotary damper as a fulcrum in a damper housing case, and tilting the damper cover by tilting the damper cover in the same direction as the pivot direction of the pivot shaft; The gist of the present invention is to limit the generation of braking force by the rotary damper during the period.

  According to the above configuration, when the door rotates in a rotation area excluding the braking restriction area among the rotation areas where the door is rotated in the opening direction against the urging force of the urging member, the damper cover is It slides in the radial direction of the shaft along the damper housing case with the rotary damper. At this time, the damper cover does not tilt, the rotation shaft of the rotary damper rotates relative to the damper cover, and a braking force is generated.

  On the other hand, when the door rotates in the opening direction in the braking restriction region, the damper cover is displaced in the radial direction of the shaft along the damper housing case together with the rotation damper, and the rotation in the rotation damper is performed. Tilt in the same direction as the pivot direction of the shaft. In this case, the degree of relative rotation of the rotating shaft with respect to the damper cover is reduced, the braking force of the damper mechanism is reduced, and the effect of the invention of claim 3 can be obtained with certainty.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, the damper cover has a protrusion protruding outward in the radial direction of the rotation shaft, and the protrusion is separated from the rotation shaft. The damper housing case has a pair of guide wall portions extending in the radial direction of the shaft, and the damper cover has one of the two inclined surfaces. The gist of the present invention is that it slides in contact with the guide wall and tilts by switching the inclined surface that contacts the guide wall.

  According to the above configuration, when the door rotates in the rotation area excluding the braking restriction area among the rotation areas rotated in the opening direction against the urging force of the urging member, the damper cover The damper cover slides along the damper housing case in a state where one inclined surface of the protrusion is in contact with any of the guide wall portions. At this time, the rotation shaft of the rotary damper rotates relative to the damper cover, and a braking force is generated.

  On the other hand, when the door rotates in the braking restriction region, the damper cover is displaced along the damper housing case along the damper housing case together with the rotation damper, and the rotation shaft of the rotation damper rotates. Tilt in the same direction as the direction of movement. This tilting is stopped when the other inclined surface of the protrusion of the damper cover contacts the other guide wall. In this way, the inclined surface that contacts the guide wall is switched. During the period in which the damper cover is tilted, the degree of relative rotation of the rotary shaft relative to the damper cover in the rotary damper is reduced, and the braking force of the damper mechanism is reduced.

  According to the vehicular storage device of the present invention, it is possible to suppress a loud hitting sound caused by striking the storage portion when the door is rotated to the closed position.

The side sectional view showing signs that a door is rotated by the energizing force of a turnover spring in the storage device for vehicles in one embodiment which materialized the present invention. The fragmentary perspective view which shows the peripheral part of the damper mechanism in the storage apparatus for vehicles. The schematic side view which shows the state of a damper mechanism when a door is rotated to an open position in the storage apparatus for vehicles. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view showing a state of the damper mechanism when the door is slightly rotated in the closing direction from the open position in the vehicle storage device. The schematic side view which shows the state of a damper mechanism when a door is rotated to a closed position in the storage apparatus for vehicles. In the storage apparatus for vehicles, the schematic side view showing the state of the damper mechanism when the door is slightly rotated in the opening direction from the closed position. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of a brake limiting mechanism, (A) is a partial side view which expands and shows a part of FIG. 5, (B) is a partial side view which expands and shows a part of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, the forward direction of the vehicle is described as forward, and front, rear, upper, lower, left, and right are defined based on the forward direction.

  In the vehicle, an instrument panel 11 shown in FIG. 1 is arranged in front of the front seat in the passenger compartment. A vehicle storage device 12 for storing small items or the like is provided at a part of the instrument panel 11, in the present embodiment, at the upper part on the passenger seat side. The vehicle storage device 12 provided at this location may be referred to as an upper box.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle storage device 12 includes a storage portion 13 having a horizontally long box shape. The interior of the storage unit 13 is a storage space for small items. The storage portion 13 has an opening 14 that opens toward the rear of the vehicle, and is configured to allow small items to be taken in and out through the opening 14.

  The opening 14 is surrounded by a frame 15 provided around the opening 14. The left and right side portions of the frame portion 15 protrude outward in the vehicle width direction from the left and right side wall portions 16 of the storage portion 13. Arm insertion holes 17 are respectively provided on the left and right side portions of the frame portion 15, that is, on the upper portion of the portion that is distant from the opening portion 14 in the vehicle width direction (only one is shown in FIG. 2).

  As shown in at least one of FIGS. 2 and 5, a door 20 that opens and closes the opening 14 is attached to the storage portion 13. The door 20 includes an outer member 21 that occupies most of the door 20 and an inner member 22 that is attached to the outer member 21 from the front. The outer member 21 is a member mainly constituting the outer wall of the door 20, and the inner member 22 is a member constituting most of the inner wall of the door 20.

  A pair of arms 23 are extended from the upper part of the left and right side portions of the outer member 21 substantially forward. Each arm 23 is inserted into the arm insertion hole 17 of the storage portion 13 shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, illustration of each part of the side part of the storage part 13 such as the frame part 15 and the arm insertion hole 17 is omitted. The same applies to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. Each arm 23 is supported at the upper part of the arm insertion hole 17 by a shaft 24 (see FIG. 2) extending in the vehicle width direction so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction with respect to the upper end portion of the storage portion 13. By this rotation, each arm 23 enters or exits from the corresponding arm insertion hole 17.

  The door 20 supported by the storage portion 13 by the shaft 24 includes a closed position (see a solid line in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5) that closes the opening portion 14 and an open position that opens the opening portion 14 (two points in FIG. 1). It can be rotated between the chain line and FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a turnover spring 25 is provided as a biasing member between the side wall 16 on one side (for example, the right side) of the storage unit 13 and the arm 23 on the same side as the side wall 16. ing. The turnover spring 25 biases the door 20 in the closing direction toward the closed position and in the opening direction toward the open position, and changes the biasing direction while the door 20 rotates between the open position and the closed position. And a torsion coil spring. If the position of the door 20 when the urging direction changes is referred to as a change position, when the door 20 rotates between the change position and the closed position, the turnover spring 25 causes the door 20 to move in the closing direction. Energize. Further, when the door 20 rotates between the conversion position and the opening position, the turnover spring 25 biases the door 20 in the opening direction.

  As shown in at least one of FIGS. 2, 5, and 7 (A), between the other side wall part 16 (for example, the left side) of the storage part 13 and the arm 23 on the same side as the side wall part 16. In addition, a damper mechanism 30 is provided. The damper mechanism 30 is a mechanism that applies a braking force to the door 20 that is rotated by being urged by the turnover spring 25 to reduce the rotation speed.

  The damper mechanism 30 includes a rotary damper 31, a pinion gear 32, and a rack gear 33. In the present embodiment, an oil damper is used as the rotary damper 31. The rotary damper 31 includes a base 31A in which oil is enclosed, and a rotary shaft 34 that is rotatably supported by the base 31A, and brakes the rotation of the rotary shaft 34 by the viscous resistance of the oil. The pinion gear 32 is connected to the rotation shaft 34 of the rotary damper 31 so as to be integrally rotatable. The rack gear 33 is formed in an extension portion 23 </ b> A provided on the arm 23, and meshes with the pinion gear 32. In the damper mechanism 30 configured as described above, when the door 20 rotates about the shaft 24, the rack gear 33 moves around the shaft 24 along with the rotation. When the rack gear 33 moves, a force to rotate is transmitted to the pinion gear 32 meshed with the rack gear 33. However, the rotation of the pinion gear 32 is braked by the rotational resistance of the rotational shaft 34 in the rotational damper 31.

  Further, a damper that moves the rotary damper 31 and the pinion gear 32 of the damper mechanism 30 between the other side wall portion 16 (left side) of the storage portion 13 and the arm 23 on the same side as the side wall portion 16. A moving mechanism 40 is provided. When the damper moving mechanism 40 rotates in the rotation area immediately before the closed position among the rotation areas in which the door 20 biased by the turnover spring 25 rotates in the closing direction, the other rotation area This is a mechanism for moving the rotary damper 31 and the pinion gear 32 to the side away from the shaft 24 rather than when rotating at.

  The damper moving mechanism 40 includes a damper housing case 41, an engaging portion 46, and a rail portion 47. The damper housing case 41 is for housing the rotary damper 31 and for allowing the rotary damper 31 to slide in the radial direction of the shaft 24. It is provided outside in the width direction.

  The damper housing case 41 includes a rectangular frame portion 42 and a bottom portion 45 that closes the frame portion 42. The frame portion 42 includes a pair of front and rear guide wall portions 43 extending in the vertical direction below the shaft 24 and in parallel with each other. Accordingly, both guide wall portions 43 extend in the radial direction of the shaft 24. The bottom part 45 is constituted by a part of the side wall part 16 of the storage part 13.

The rotary damper 31 is housed in the damper housing case 41 and is movable in the vertical direction (direction approaching and separating from the shaft 24) along the both guide wall portions 43.
The engaging portion 46 has a columnar shape extending outward in the vehicle width direction, and can be displaced in the radial direction (vertical direction) together with the rotary damper 31.

  The rail portion 47 is an inner side surface in the vehicle width direction of the arm 23 and is formed by a groove portion provided between the shaft 24 and the rack gear 33, and the engagement portion 46 is engaged (engaged) with the rail portion 47. Entered). The rail portion 47 moves around the shaft 24 as the door 20 rotates about the shaft 24. The rail portion 47 that moves in this manner is substantially horizontal when the door 20 is in the open position shown in FIG. 3, and is in an inclined state that becomes higher toward the front side when the door 20 is in the closed position shown in FIG.

  Moreover, the distance from the axis | shaft 24 of each part of the rail part 47 is not uniform (constant), but is set as follows. With reference to FIG. 3 in which the rail portion 47 is substantially horizontal, the front end portion 47F (see FIG. 7A) of the rail portion 47 has a short arc shape with the shaft 24 as the center. In the front end portion 47F, the distance D from the shaft 24 is constant. When the engaging portion 46 moves along the front end portion 47F, the distance D from the shaft 24 is minimized.

  The portion 47R excluding the front end portion 47F of the rail portion 47 has an arc shape that curves in the same direction as the front end portion 47F, but the distance D (see FIG. 5) of the portion 47R from the shaft 24 is The rear side is larger. When the engaging portion 46 moves in the portion 47R, the distance D from the shaft 24 becomes larger than when the front end portion 47F is moved.

  The rack gear 33 is formed in a shape corresponding to the rail portion 47 so that the pinion gear 32 meshes with the rack gear 33 no matter where the engaging portion 46 is located on the rail portion 47. In other words, the rack gear 33 is formed at a location away from the rail portion 47 by a fixed distance at any location except for both ends thereof.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a braking restriction mechanism 50 that restricts the generation of braking force under a specific situation is provided for the rotary damper 31. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the initial rotation region among the rotation regions in which the door 20 is rotated in the opening direction from the closed position toward the open position against the urging force of the turnover spring 25. Is referred to as a braking restriction region. The braking restriction mechanism 50 is a mechanism that restricts the generation of a braking force in the rotational damper 31 when the door 20 rotates in this braking restriction region under the specific condition.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a part of the braking restriction mechanism 50 is configured by a damper cover 51 that is mounted on the base 31 </ b> A of the rotary damper 31 so as not to be relatively rotatable. The damper cover 51 is accommodated in the damper accommodating case 41 so as to be slidable in the radial direction of the shaft 24 (in this case, the vertical direction). In the damper cover 51, the above-described columnar engaging portion 46 is provided so as to protrude outward in the vehicle width direction on the same axis as the rotating shaft 34 of the rotating damper 31.

  Further, the damper cover 51 is provided with a pair of protrusions 52 that protrude in opposite directions (radially outward) about the rotation shaft 34 (engagement portion 46). Each protrusion 52 has a pair of inclined surfaces that approach as the distance from the engaging portion 46 increases. Both protrusions 52 can be tilted in the damper housing case 41 with the rotating shaft 34 (engaging portion 46) as a fulcrum. In order to distinguish the inclined surface for each protrusion 52, the inclined surface on the front side in the clockwise direction around the rotation shaft 34 (engaging portion 46) in FIG. The inclined surface is referred to as an “inclined surface 53B”. Both inclined surfaces 53A of both protrusions 52 are parallel to each other, and both inclined surfaces 53B are parallel to each other.

  Due to the tilt of the damper cover 51, one of the pair of inclined surfaces 53 </ b> A and 53 </ b> B for each protrusion 52 comes into contact with any one of the guide wall portions 43. The inclined surfaces 53 </ b> A and 53 </ b> B that contact the guide wall portion 43 are switched according to the tilting direction of the damper cover 51. The rotating damper 31 generates a braking force by rotating the rotating shaft 34 relative to the damper cover 51. In the present embodiment, the damper cover 51 is tilted from the state where one inclined surface 53A (53B) of each protrusion 52 is in contact with the guide wall portion 43, and the other inclined surface 53B (53A) is the guide wall. During the period until it comes into contact with the portion 43, the degree of relative rotation of the rotary damper 31 with respect to the rotary shaft 34 and the pinion gear 32 with respect to the damper cover 51 becomes small.

Next, the operation of the vehicle storage device 12 of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 show a state where the door 20 is stopped at the open position. In this state, the door 20 is urged to rotate in the opening direction (counterclockwise direction) by the turnover spring 25, and the opening 14 is greatly opened. The rail portion 47 and the rack gear 33 are in a substantially horizontal state. Below the shaft 24, the front end portion 47F of the rail portion 47 and the front end portion of the rack gear 33 are located. The engaging portion 46 is located at the small arc-shaped front end portion 47 </ b> F of the rail portion 47. In the damper housing case 41, the damper cover 51 is inclined so as to be positioned on the front side toward the upper side, and the inclined surface 53A of the upper protrusion 52 comes into contact with the front guide wall 43, and the lower protrusion. An inclined surface 53A of 52 is in contact with the guide wall portion 43 on the rear side.

  From this state, as shown in FIG. 4, when the door 20 is slightly rotated in the closing direction (clockwise direction) using the shaft 24 as a fulcrum, the rail portion 47 and the rack gear 33 are rotated clockwise around the shaft 24 accordingly. Move slightly in the direction. Along with the movement of the rack gear 33, a force is applied to the pinion gear 32 meshing with the rack gear 33 so as to rotate the pinion gear 32 in the clockwise direction. Further, with the movement of the rail portion 47, a force for tilting the damper cover 51 in the clockwise direction acts on the damper cover 51 through the engaging portion 46. The damper cover 51 tilts in the clockwise direction. The tilt is such that the inclined surface 53B of the upper protrusion 52 comes into contact with the rear guide wall 43, and the inclined surface 53B of the lower protrusion 52 is in front. It stops by contacting the guide wall 43.

  During the period in which the damper cover 51 is tilted as described above, the degree of relative rotation of the rotation shaft 34 and the pinion gear 32 with respect to the damper cover 51 and the base 31A is reduced, and the braking force of the damper mechanism 30 is reduced. Therefore, during this period, the door 20 is rotated exclusively against the urging force of the turnover spring 25.

  4, when the door 20 is further rotated in the closing direction (clockwise direction) with the shaft 24 as a fulcrum, the rack gear 33 is rotated around the shaft 24 in the clockwise direction (forward). Move towards. Through this moving rack gear 33, a force for rotating the pinion gear 32 in the clockwise direction is transmitted to the pinion gear 32 meshed with the rack gear 33. However, the rotation of the pinion gear 32 is braked when the rotation shaft 34 of the rotary damper 31 connected to the pinion gear 32 rotates relative to the damper cover 51 and the base 31A. Such a braking force of the damper mechanism 30 attenuates the rotation of the door 20.

  When the door 20 rotated in the closing direction exceeds the conversion position, the turnover spring 25 changes the biasing direction of the door 20 from the opening direction to the closing direction. When the door 20 is rotated toward the closed position between the switching position and the closed position, the rotation is biased by the turnover spring 25. Further, at this time, since the gravity direction of the door 20 is the same as the urging direction of the turnover spring 25, the momentum of the rotation of the door 20 toward the closed position increases.

  Here, the force (attenuating force) by which the rotary damper 31 of the damper mechanism 30 attenuates the rotation of the door 20 is the braking force generated by the damper mechanism 30 and the rotary damper 31 (the rotary shaft). 34) to the distance D (see FIG. 5).

  In the present embodiment, the damper moving mechanism 40 is provided, and the door 20 urged by the turnover spring 25 rotates in the rotation area immediately before the closing position among the rotation areas in which the door 20 rotates in the closing direction. When doing so, the rail portion 47 provided on the arm 23 moves forward around the shaft 24 as the door 20 rotates. The engaging portion 46 provided on the rotary damper 31 and engaged with the rail portion 47 is displaced outward (downward) in the radial direction of the shaft 24 as the rail portion 47 moves. The damper cover 51 mounted on the rotary damper 31 causes the inclined surface 53B of the upper protrusion 52 to contact the rear guide wall 43, and the inclined surface 53B of the lower protrusion 52 to the front guide. In the state of being in contact with the wall portion 43, the damper housing case 41 is slid in the radially outward direction (downward) with the rotary damper 31 and the pinion gear 32.

  By such sliding of the rotary damper 31, the rotary damper 31 is moved further away from the shaft 24 than when rotating in a rotation area other than the above. That is, when the door 20 rotates in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the distance D from the shaft 24 to the rotary damper 31 is larger than when the door 20 rotates in other rotation areas. , Damping force increases.

  Therefore, in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the rotation speed of the door 20 is sufficiently decelerated, and as shown in FIG. 5, the door 20 strikes the storage portion 13 vigorously when it is rotated to the closed position. It becomes difficult.

  By the way, even in the above-described braking restriction region, when a large damping force is applied to the door 20 by the damper mechanism 30 as in the case of rotation in the rotation region immediately before the closed position, the door 20 is rotated in the opening direction. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a large operation load, and the operability is lowered.

  In this respect, in the present embodiment, the door 20 is supported by the shaft 24 as a fulcrum as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7B from the state of FIGS. 5 and 7A where the door 20 is stopped at the closed position. Is slightly rotated in the opening direction (counterclockwise direction), the rail portion 47 and the rack gear 33 are moved counterclockwise around the shaft 24 accordingly. Along with the movement of the rack gear 33, a force is applied to the pinion gear 32 meshing with the rack gear 33 so as to rotate the pinion gear 32 counterclockwise. Further, with the movement of the rail portion 47, a force for tilting the damper cover 51 in the counterclockwise direction acts on the damper cover 51 through the engaging portion 46. This force causes the damper cover 51 to tilt counterclockwise with the base 31A. This tilting is caused by the inclined surface 53A of the upper protrusion 52 contacting the front guide wall 43 and the lower protrusion. The inclined surface 53A of the portion 52 stops when it contacts the guide wall portion 43 on the rear side.

  During the period in which the damper cover 51 is tilted as described above in the braking restriction region, the degree of relative rotation of the rotation shaft 34 and the pinion gear 32 with respect to the damper cover 51 and the base 31A is low (including the relative rotation stop). The braking force of the damper mechanism 30 is reduced. Thus, when the door 20 rotates in the opening direction against the urging force of the turnover spring 25 in the braking restriction region, the generation of the braking force by the rotary damper 31 is restricted.

  When the door 20 is further rotated in the opening direction (counterclockwise direction) with the shaft 24 as a fulcrum from the state of FIG. 6, the rack gear 33 moves rearward around the shaft 24 along with the rotation. . Through this moving rack gear 33, a force to rotate the pinion gear 32 counterclockwise is transmitted to the pinion gear 32 meshed with the rack gear 33. However, the rotation of the pinion gear 32 is braked by the rotary damper 31 connected to the pinion gear 32. Such a braking force of the damper mechanism 30 attenuates the rotation of the door 20.

  At this time, the rail portion 47 provided on the arm 23 moves around the shaft 24 in the counterclockwise direction as the door 20 rotates. An engaging portion 46 provided on the rotary damper 31 and engaged with the rail portion 47 is displaced inward (upward) in the radial direction of the shaft 24 as the rail portion 47 moves. The damper cover 51 mounted on the rotary damper 31 causes the inclined surface 53A of the upper protrusion 52 to contact the front guide wall 43, and the inclined surface 53A of the lower protrusion 52 to the rear guide. In the state of being in contact with the wall 43, the damper housing case 41 is slid in the radially outward direction (upward) with the rotary damper 31 and the pinion gear 32.

  When the door 20 rotated in the opening direction exceeds the conversion position, the turnover spring 25 changes the urging direction of the door 20 from the closing direction to the opening direction. When the door 20 is rotated toward the opening position between the switching position and the opening position, the rotation is biased by the turnover spring 25.

And if the door 20 is rotated to an open position, the storage apparatus 12 for vehicles will return to the state of FIG. 3 mentioned above.
According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.

  (1) The force (damping force) by which the rotary damper 31 of the damper mechanism 30 attenuates the rotation of the door 20 is the braking force generated by the damper mechanism 30 and the distance D from the shaft 24 to the rotary damper 31. Note that the damper moving mechanism 40 is provided. When the door 20 urged by the turnover spring 25 is rotated by the damper moving mechanism 40 in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the door 20 is rotated in the closing direction. The rotary damper 31 is moved further away from the shaft 24 than when rotating in the rotation region.

  For this reason, in the rotation area immediately before the closed position, the distance D from the shaft 24 to the rotary damper 31 is increased to increase the damping force, and the rotational speed of the door 20 is sufficiently decelerated to rotate to the closed position. When the door 20 is moved, it can be prevented that the door 20 strikes the storage unit 13 vigorously and makes a loud sound.

(2) The damper moving mechanism 40 includes a damper housing case 41, an engaging portion 46, and a rail portion 47.
Therefore, as the door 20 is pivoted in the closing direction with the shaft 24 as a fulcrum, the rail portion 47 is moved around the shaft 24 to displace the engaging portion 46 in the radial direction, thereby rotating the damper 31. Can be slid in the damper housing case 41, and the rotary damper 31 can be moved away from the shaft 24. Thus, the damper moving mechanism 40 can be established with the simple structure, and the effect (1) can be obtained with certainty.

  (3) A braking restriction mechanism 50 is provided that restricts the generation of braking force in the rotary damper 31 when the door 20 rotates in the opening direction against the urging force of the turnover spring 25 in the braking restriction region. Yes.

Therefore, in this braking restriction region, it is possible to reduce the operation load necessary for rotating the door 20 in the opening direction and improve the operability.
(4) A damper cover 51 that is housed in the damper housing case 41, slides in the radial direction along the damper housing case 41, and can tilt is mounted on the rotary damper 31.

  Therefore, by tilting the damper cover 51 in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotation shaft 34 and the pinion gear 32 of the rotary damper 31, the relative rotation of the rotation shaft 34 and the pinion gear 32 with respect to the damper cover 51 and the base 31A. The degree of movement can be reduced, and the generation of the braking force in the rotary damper 31 can be limited during the tilting period, so that the effect (3) can be reliably achieved.

  (5) The damper cover 51 is provided with a protrusion 52 having a pair of inclined surfaces 53A and 53B that approach each other as the distance from the engaging portion 46 increases. A part of the damper housing case 41 is constituted by a pair of guide wall portions 43 extending in the radial direction (vertical direction) of the shaft 24. The damper cover 51 is slid in a state where one of the inclined surfaces 53A and 53B is in contact with any one of the guide wall portions 43, and the inclined surfaces 53A and 53B that are in contact with the guide wall portion 43 are switched. The damper cover 51 is tilted.

  For this reason, when the door 20 rotates in the rotation region excluding the braking restriction region against the urging force in the closing direction by the turnover spring 25, both inclined surfaces 53A and 53B in the protrusion 52 of the damper cover 51 are provided. The damper cover 51 can be slid along the damper housing case 41 in a state where one of these is in contact with any one of the guide wall portions 43.

  Further, when the door 20 rotates in the braking restriction region, the door 20 rotates while displacing the damper cover 51 in the radial direction until the other of the inclined surfaces 53A and 53B of the protrusion 52 contacts another guide wall 43. The type damper 31 can be tilted in the same direction as the rotational direction.

  (6) A pair of projecting portions 52 having inclined surfaces 53A and 53B are provided, and projecting in opposite directions (outward in the radial direction of the rotating shaft 34) with the engaging portion 46 as a center. Both inclined surfaces 53A of both protrusions 52 are formed in parallel with each other, and both inclined surfaces 53B are formed in parallel with each other. Therefore, when the inclined surface 53A (53B) in one protrusion 52 comes into contact with one guide wall 43, the inclined surface 53A (53B) in the other protrusion 52 can come into contact with the other guide wall 43. The damper cover 51 can be slid in a stable state.

Note that the present invention can be embodied in another embodiment described below.
A spring different from the turnover spring may be used as the biasing member.
-You may change the rail part 47 into the form different from a groove part.

-You may omit one of a pair of protrusion 52 in which the inclined surfaces 53A and 53B were formed.
The damper cover 51 may be integrated with the base 31 </ b> A of the rotary damper 31. That is, the engaging portion 46 and the protrusion 52 formed with the inclined surfaces 53 </ b> A and 53 </ b> B may be formed on the base 31 </ b> A of the rotary damper 31.

  The vehicle storage device 12 may be configured such that the shaft 24 is provided at the lower end portion of the storage portion 13 and the opening portion 14 is opened by rotating the door 20 downward with the shaft 24 as a fulcrum. Good.

  -The storage apparatus 12 for vehicles of this invention may be applied to a grab box.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Storage part, 14 ... Opening part, 20 ... Door, 24 ... Shaft, 25 ... Turnover spring (biasing member), 30 ... Damper mechanism, 31 ... Rotary damper, 34 ... Rotary shaft, 40 ... Damper Movement mechanism, 41 ... damper housing case, 43 ... guide wall part, 46 ... engagement part, 47 ... rail part, 50 ... braking restriction mechanism, 51 ... damper cover, 52 ... projection, 53A, 53B ... inclined surface.

Claims (5)

A storage section provided in the vehicle and having an opening;
A door that is supported by a shaft with respect to the storage portion, and that can be rotated between a closed position for closing the opening and an open position for opening the opening;
A biasing member that biases the door in a closing direction toward the closed position;
A braking force is applied to the door, which is provided between the storage portion and the door, and is urged by the urging member to rotate in the closing direction by the rotational resistance of the rotational shaft of the rotational damper. A damper mechanism to
When the door urged by the urging member rotates in the rotation area immediately before the closed position among the rotation areas that rotate in the closing direction, the door rotates in the other rotation areas. A vehicle storage device comprising: a damper moving mechanism that moves the rotary damper to a side farther from the shaft than when rotating. The damper moving mechanism is
A damper housing case that is provided in the housing portion and accommodates the rotational damper and allows the rotational damper to slide in the radial direction of the shaft;
An engaging portion that can be displaced in the radial direction integrally with the rotary damper;
Provided on the door, the engaging portion is engaged, and the engaging portion is displaced in the radial direction by moving around the shaft as the door rotates with the shaft as a fulcrum. The vehicle storage device according to claim 1, further comprising: a rail portion that slides the rotary damper along the damper storage case. An initial rotation area among the rotation areas in which the door is rotated in the opening direction from the closed position toward the opening position against the urging force of the urging member is set as a braking restriction area, and the door The vehicle storage device according to claim 2, further comprising: a braking restriction mechanism that restricts generation of a braking force by the rotating damper when rotating in the braking restriction region. The braking restriction mechanism is mounted on the rotary damper, slides in the radial direction along the damper housing case, and uses the pivot shaft of the rotary damper as a fulcrum in the damper housing case. A damper cover that can be tilted, and tilting the damper cover in the same direction as the rotation direction of the rotation shaft to limit the generation of braking force in the rotation damper during the tilting period. The vehicle storage device according to claim 3. The damper cover has a protrusion that protrudes radially outward of the rotation shaft, and the protrusion has a pair of inclined surfaces that approach each other as the distance from the rotation shaft increases.
The damper housing case has a pair of guide wall portions extending in the radial direction of the shaft,
The damper cover slides in a state in which one of the inclined surfaces is in contact with any one of the guide wall portions, and tilts by switching the inclined surface in contact with the guide wall portion. The vehicle storage device according to claim 4.

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