JP2017202748A - Glove box device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glove box device for a vehicle which can achieve at least one of the improvement of accommodation performance, the suppression of the abutment of a door on an occupant, and the weight reduction of the door compared with those in a conventional device.SOLUTION: A glove box device for a vehicle has: a panel lower 20 which is fixed to an instrument panel of the vehicle, and has an accommodation part 21 having two layers of an upper accommodation part 23 and a lower accommodation part 24; a box 30 which is supported to the panel lower 20 so as to be turntable between an accommodation position which is accommodated in the lower accommodation part 24 and a protruded position 30b which is protruded into a cabin; and a door 40 which is slidably supported to the box 30 between an upper position and a lower position 40b in a vertical direction, blocks both the upper and lower accommodation parts 23, 24 of the panel lower 20 when the box 30 exists in the accommodation position and in the upper position, and releases only the upper accommodation part 23 of the panel lower 20 when the box exists in the lower position 40b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle glove box device.

  Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2006-130990 discloses a glove box device in which a shelf plate is rotatably disposed in a box storage portion and the box storage portion can be divided into two upper and lower portions. In the above publication, the door includes an outer door and an inner door supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the outer door, and the inner door is slid downward and stored in the outer door. A glove box device that can be used is disclosed.

However, the conventional glove box device has the following problems.
(A) When the shelf board is not rotated and the storage section has one layer, the storage is piled up and is difficult to organize. For this reason, there is room for improvement in terms of improving storage.
(B) When the shelf is rotated to divide the storage part into two layers, the upper storage part is provided in the box, so if the box is rotated with the inner door slid downward, There is a risk that the stored items in the storage unit fall into the vehicle compartment. Therefore, there is room for improvement in terms of improving the storage performance of the upper storage section. In order to prevent the dropout, the box must be rotated without sliding the inner door downward, and the door may hit the occupant's foot.
(C) Since the configuration in which the inner door is slid downward and stored in the outer door is employed, it is difficult to reduce the thickness of the door and reduce the weight.

JP 2006-130990 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a glove box device for a vehicle that can achieve at least one of improved storage performance, can prevent a door from hitting an occupant, and can reduce the weight of the door. There is to do.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) A panel lower provided with two upper and lower storage portions of an upper storage portion and a lower storage portion, which is fixed to an instrument panel of a vehicle,
A box rotatably supported by the panel lower between a storage position stored in the lower storage portion and a protruding position protruding into the vehicle interior;
The box is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between an upper position and a lower position, and closes both the upper and lower storage portions of the panel lower when the box is in the storage position and in the upper position. A door that opens only the upper storage part of the panel lower when
A vehicle glove box device.
(2) a biasing mechanism that biases the door from the lower position toward the upper position with respect to the box;
A locking mechanism that locks the door at the lower position against the biasing force of the biasing mechanism;
Provided in the panel lower, and when the box is rotated to the storage position side from the state where the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the lower position, the lock mechanism is locked by the movement of the box. An unlocking mechanism to release,
The vehicle glove box device according to (1), further comprising:
(3) The lock mechanism includes a heart cam provided on one of the box and the door, and a lock pin provided on the other of the box and the door and detachable from the heart cam.
When the box is rotated to the storage position side from a state in which the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the lower position, the unlocking mechanism moves one of the heart cam and the lock pin with respect to the other. The vehicle glove box device according to (2), further comprising an inclined surface to be moved.

According to the vehicle glove box device of the above (1), the following effects can be obtained.
(A) Since the panel lower fixed to the instrument panel has two upper and lower storage parts, the upper storage part has a relatively high frequency of use, and the box stored in the lower storage part has a low frequency of use. It can be used properly such as a relatively low one, and the storage performance can be improved as compared with the case where the storage section is a single layer.
(B) Since the panel lower fixed to the instrument panel has two upper and lower storage portions (because the rotating upper box is not provided with two upper and lower storage portions), Even if it is a case where it rotates, it can suppress that the stored thing in an upper storage part falls out. For this reason, it is possible to improve the storage performance of the upper storage section.
(C) The box is supported by the panel lower so as to be rotatable between the retracted position and the protruding position, and the door is supported by the box so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between the upper position and the lower position. Therefore, by rotating the box with the door in the lower position, the amount of protrusion of the door into the passenger compartment can be suppressed, and the door can be prevented from hitting the occupant's foot.
(D) Furthermore, since the door is slidably supported by the box, the door itself slides up and down with respect to the box. Therefore, compared with the case where the door includes an inner door supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the outer door (conventional), the thickness of the door itself can be reduced and the weight can be reduced.

According to the vehicle glove box device of the above (2), the following effects can be obtained.
Since the urging mechanism and the lock mechanism are provided, the door can be locked at the lower position by the lock mechanism, and the door can be automatically moved to the upper position by the urging mechanism by releasing the lock. In addition, since the box has a lock release mechanism that unlocks the lock mechanism by the movement of the box when the box is rotated to the storage position side from the state where the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the lower position, the box in the protruding position The lock mechanism can be automatically unlocked by simply returning the to the storage position by hand. Therefore, the door can be automatically returned from the lower position to the upper position only by manually returning the box at the protruding position to the storage position, and usability (operability) can be improved.

According to the vehicle glove box device of the above (3), the following effects can be obtained.
Since the unlock mechanism includes an inclined surface that moves one of the heart cam and the lock pin relative to the other, the configuration of the unlock mechanism can be simplified.

It is a perspective view when a box is in a storing position and a door is in an upper position of a glove box device for vehicles of an example of the present invention. It is a perspective view when the box is in the retracted position and the door is in the lower position of the vehicle glove box device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view when the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the downward position of the vehicle glove box device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a principal part side view in the state of FIG. It is a principal part side view in the state of FIG. It is a principal part side view in the state of FIG. FIG. 5 is an operation diagram of the lock release mechanism when the box is moved from the retracted position to the protruding position with the door in the lower position in the vehicle glove box device of the embodiment of the present invention. It is an action | operation figure of the lock release mechanism in the glove box apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is an action | operation figure of the lock mechanism unlocked by the lock release mechanism in the glove box apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a disassembled perspective view of the lock mechanism except a heart cam, a box, and a door in the glove box device for vehicles of the example of the present invention.

  A vehicle glove box device (hereinafter also simply referred to as a device) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The device 10 is disposed in an instrument panel (hereinafter referred to as instrument panel) portion in front of the passenger seat of the vehicle. It is a glove box device. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus 10 includes a panel lower 20, a box 30, a door 40, an urging mechanism 50, a lock mechanism 60, and an unlock mechanism 70 as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9. Have

  The panel lower 20 is fixed to the instrument panel of the vehicle. However, the panel lower 20 may be formed integrally with the instrument panel. As shown in FIG. 4, the panel lower 20 has a storage portion 21 inside the panel lower 20. Further, the panel lower 20 includes a tray 22, and the storage unit 21 is divided into two upper and lower layers of the upper storage unit 23 and the lower storage unit 24 by the tray 22.

  The box 30 is supported by the panel lower 20 so as to be rotatable around a single axis P. The position of the axis P is unchanged regardless of the position of the box 30 relative to the panel lower 20. If the position of the shaft core P is not changed, the box 30 may be rotatable with respect to the panel lower 20 by a shaft (not shown) being rotatably supported by the bearing. It may be possible to rotate (slide) with respect to the panel lower 20 by being slidably supported by a guide rail extending in an arc shape (not shown). The box 30 is rotated to the storage position 30a (see FIGS. 4 and 5) in which the entirety or almost the whole is stored in the lower storage portion 24 of the panel lower 20 and the vehicle interior side (vehicle rear side and lower side) from the storage position 30a. The panel lower 20 is rotatably supported between the protruding position 30b (see FIG. 6) protruding into the vehicle compartment. Between the box 30 and the panel lower 20, a damper (not shown) that suppresses the rotational speed of the box 30 relative to the panel lower 20 may be provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the box 30 is stored in the storage position 30 a (using the lock lower 80 provided on one of the panel lower 20 and the box 30 and the lock upper 81 provided on the other of the panel lower 20 and the box 30. 4 and 5) and the protruding position 30b (see FIG. 6). The lock upper 81 is provided with a recess 81a into which the lock lower 80 is engaged (fitted) when the box 30 is in the retracted position 30a, and the lock lower 80 is engaged when the box 30 is in the protruding position 30b. A stopper wall portion 81b is provided. When the lock lower 80 is engaged with the recess 81 a, the box 30 is held at the storage position 30 a with respect to the panel lower 20. Further, the lock lower 80 is engaged with the stopper wall portion 81 b, whereby the box 30 is held at the protruding position 30 b with respect to the panel lower 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the box 30 includes a box housing portion 31 opened upward. When the box 30 is in the storage position 30a, it is impossible to put in or out the contents in the box housing portion 31, and when the box 30 is in the protruding position 30b, the things can be put into or out of the box housing portion 31.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the door 40 is supported by the box 30 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between an upper position 40a (see FIG. 1) and a lower position 40b (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the door 40 closes both the upper and lower storage portions 23 and 24 of the panel lower 20 when the box 30 is in the storage position 30a and the upper position 40a, and is shown in FIGS. Thus, when the box 30 is at the storage position 30a and at the lower position 40b, only the upper storage portion 23 of the panel lower 20 is opened (only the lower storage portion 24 is closed). The door 40 includes a door inner 41 and a door outer 42 that are fixed to each other. However, the door inner 41 and the door outer 42 may be integrated.

Since the door 40 is supported by the box 30 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, the door 40 may rub against the box 30 or the panel lower 20 to cause a problem of scratching and frictional force. In order to suppress the possibility of this problem, the door 40 may include a roller 43 that is rotatably attached to the door inner 41 or the door outer 42 as shown in FIGS.

  The urging mechanism 50 is a mechanism that constantly urges the door 40 against the box 30 from the lower position 40b to the upper position 40a. The biasing mechanism 50 includes a spring 51, a bezel 52 to which the spring 51 is attached, and a hook portion 53 to which a tip portion of the spring 51 is hooked.

The spring 51 is made of, for example, a Conston spring. However, the spring 51 may be a compression spring or a tension spring. Only one spring 51 may be provided, or a plurality of springs 51 may be provided. The spring 51 is held by a bezel 52 that is attached to the door 40, and a tip end portion is hooked on a hook portion 53 provided in the box 30. However, the bezel 52 may be attached to the box 30 and the hook portion 53 may be provided on the door 40.

The lock mechanism 60 is a mechanism that locks the door 40 at the lower position 40 b against the urging force of the urging mechanism 50. Only one lock mechanism 60 may be provided, or a plurality of lock mechanisms 60 may be provided. The lock mechanism 60 includes a heart cam 61 provided on one of the box 30 and the door 40, and a lock pin 62 provided on the other of the box 30 and the door 40 and detachable from the heart cam 61. In the embodiment of the present invention and the illustrated example, the case where the heart cam 61 is provided in the box 30 and the lock pin 62 is provided in the door 40 will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 10, the lock mechanism 60 further includes a cam base 63 that supports the lock pin 62 so that the reciprocating linear movement is possible, a shaft 65 that rotatably supports the cam base 63 using a pin 64, and a shaft 65. A cam base biasing spring 66 that biases the cam base 63 in a direction approaching the heart cam 61 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the heart cam 61 is disposed on the side surface of the box 30 and includes a recess 61 a to which the lock pin 62 can be engaged and disengaged. The heart cam 61 is disposed in a single plane, and the lock pin 62 engaged with the recess 61a extends from the heart cam 61 in a direction perpendicular to the plane in which the heart cam 61 is disposed (in the direction orthogonal to the plane of FIG. 4). By moving in the direction of leaving, it can be detached from the depression 61a.

As shown in FIG. 10, the shaft 65 is assembled with the cam base 63 assembled with the lock pin 62 while assembling the cam base urging spring 66 with the pin 64, and the stepped screw 67 is assembled with the hole 65 a of the shaft 65 and the side surface of the box 30. It is fixed to the door 40 by passing through the linearly extending rail 32 provided on the door 40 and fastening to the mounting portion 44 of the door 40. As a result, the lock mechanism 60 excluding the door 40 and the heart cam 61 can reciprocate linearly along the rail 32 with respect to the box 30. The rail 32 extends linearly in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the lock pin 62 moves (reciprocates linearly) with respect to the cam base 63.

As shown in FIG. 8, the unlocking mechanism 70 is provided on the panel lower 20, and the box 30 is lifted by hand to the storage position 30a side from the state where the box 30 is in the protruding position 30b and the door 40 is in the lower position 40b. This is a mechanism for releasing the lock of the lock mechanism 60 by the movement of the box 30 when rotating.

The lock release mechanism 70 includes a release pin 71 that is movably supported by the panel lower 20, and a release pin biasing spring 72 that biases the release pin 71 in a direction that protrudes toward the box 30. The release pin 71 includes a stopper portion 71a shown in FIG. 9 and an inclined surface 71b shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 9, the release pin 71 is urged and moved until the stopper portion 71 a comes into contact with the panel lower 20 by the urging force of the release pin urging spring 72. When the release pin 71 receives a force in a direction away from the stopper portion 71a, the release pin 71 moves in a direction away from the stopper portion 71a against the biasing force of the release pin biasing spring 72, and when the force is removed, the release pin 71 The urging force of the urging spring 72 returns until it comes into contact with the stopper portion 71a.

As shown in FIG. 7, the inclined surface 71 b includes a first inclined surface 71 b 1 to which the cam base 63 comes into contact with the panel lower 20 when the box 30 is moved from the storage position 30 a to the protruding position 30 b side with respect to the panel lower 20. As shown in FIG. 8, when the box 30 is moved with respect to the panel lower 20 from the projecting position 30b to the storage position 30a, a second inclined surface 71b2 with which the cam base 63 hits during the movement is provided. The first inclined surface 71b1 and the second inclined surface 71b2 are provided in parallel to each other.

Here, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(A) When the box 30 is in the storage position 30a and the door 40 is in the upper position 40a (FIG. 4)
The door 40 covers both the upper storage portion 23 and the lower storage portion 24 from the passenger compartment side. The lock pin 62 of the lock mechanism 60 is not engaged with the heart cam 61.

(B) When the door 40 is pushed down to the lower position 40b by hand against the biasing force of the spring 51 of the biasing mechanism 50 from the state of (A) (FIG. 5).
The door 40 opens the upper storage part 23 and covers only the lower storage part 24 from the vehicle compartment side. Therefore, a stored item can be taken in and out of the upper storage portion 23. The lock pin 62 of the lock mechanism 60 is engaged with the heart cam 61, and the door 40 is held at the lower position 40b.

(C) When the box 30 is moved from the state of (B) to the protruding position 30b, as shown in FIG. 7, the cam base 63 abuts and slides on the first inclined surface 71b1, and the action of the first inclined surface 71b1. Thus, the release pin 71 is pushed and moved by the cam base 63 in the direction of arrow D against the urging force of the release pin urging spring 72. Since the cam base 63 pushes the release pin 71 away, the cam base 63 does not move with respect to the heart cam 61 when the box 30 is moved from the storage position 30a to the protruding position 30b. Therefore, the lock pin 62 supported by the cam base 63 does not move with respect to the heart cam 61, and the lock pin 62 continues to engage with the heart cam 61.

(D) When the box 30 reaches the protruding position 30b (FIG. 6)
Since the door 40 opens both the upper storage portion 23 and the lower storage portion 24, and the box 30 is in the protruding position 30b, the stored items can be taken into and out of the box storage portion 31 as well as the upper storage portion 23. is there. The lock pin 62 of the lock mechanism 60 is engaged with the heart cam 61, and the door 40 is held at the lower position 40b. The cam base 63 and the release pin 71 are separated from each other, and the release pin 71 is in contact with the panel lower 20 by the biasing force of the release pin biasing spring 72.

(E) When the box 30 is moved from the state of (D) to the storage position 30a, the release pin 71 is released by the cam base 63 by the second inclined surface 71b2, as shown in FIGS. However, the stopper 71a is in contact with the panel lower 20 and the release pin 71 does not move. As a result, the cam base 63 is relatively pushed by the release pin 71 by the action of the second inclined surface 71 b and moves away from the heart cam 61 against the biasing force of the cam base biasing spring 66. Therefore, the lock pin 62 supported by the cam base 63 moves away from the heart cam 61, and the engagement with the heart cam 61 is released (the lock mechanism 60 is unlocked).
Since the lock mechanism 60 is automatically unlocked when the box 30 is moved to the storage position 30a, the door 40 is automatically moved from the lower position 40b to the upper position 40a when the box 30 is moved to the storage position 30a. It moves by the urging force of the urging mechanism 50 and returns to the state (A).

Next, effects of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(A) Since the panel lower 20 fixed to the instrument panel is provided with two upper and lower storage portions 23 and 24, the upper storage portion 23 is stored in the lower storage portion 24, which is relatively frequently used. The box 30 can be selectively used such as a relatively infrequently used item, and the storage property can be improved as compared with the case where the storage unit has one layer.
(B) Since the panel lower 20 fixed to the instrument panel is provided with upper and lower two-layer storage parts 23, 24 (because a structure in which upper and lower two-layer storage parts are provided in a rotating box is not employed. ), Even if the box 30 is rotated, it is possible to prevent the stored items in the upper storage portion 23 from dropping off. Therefore, the storage property of the upper storage part 23 can be improved.
(C) Further, the box 30 is rotatably supported by the panel lower 20 between the storage position 30a and the protruding position 30b, and the door 40 is interposed between the upper position 40a and the lower position 40b on the box 30. Since the box 30 is rotated in a state where the door 40 is in the lower position 40b, the amount of protrusion of the door 40 into the passenger compartment can be suppressed, and the door 40 is supported by the passenger's feet. Can be suppressed.
(D) Furthermore, since the door 40 is slidably supported by the box 30, the door 40 itself slides up and down with respect to the box 30. Therefore, compared with the case where the door 40 includes an inner door that is slidably supported in the vertical direction with respect to the outer door (conventional), the thickness of the door 40 itself can be reduced and the weight can be reduced.

Since the urging mechanism 50 and the lock mechanism 60 are provided, the door 40 can be locked to the lower position 40b by the lock mechanism 60, and the door 40 can be automatically moved to the upper position by the urging mechanism 50 by releasing the lock. . Further, when the box 30 is rotated to the storage position 30a side from the state in which the box 30 is in the protruding position 30b and the door 40 is in the lower position 40b, the lock release mechanism 70 that unlocks the lock mechanism 60 by the movement of the box 30. Therefore, the lock mechanism 60 can be automatically unlocked simply by manually returning the box 30 at the protruding position 30b to the storage position 30a. Therefore, the door 40 can be automatically returned from the lower position 40b to the upper position 40a simply by manually returning the box 30 at the protruding position 30b to the storage position 30a, and usability (operability) can be improved.

  Since the lock release mechanism 70 includes the inclined surface 71b2 that moves the lock pin 62 relative to the heart cam 61, the configuration of the lock release mechanism 70 can be simplified, which is advantageous in terms of cost. In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the inclined surface 71b2 moves the lock pin 62 relative to the heart cam 61 has been described, but the inclined surface 71b2 may move the heart cam 61 relative to the lock pin 62. Good.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, after the door 40 is manually pushed down from the upper position 40a to the lower position 40b, the box 30 is rotated together with the door 40 toward the protruding position 30b. The operation knob for operating the door 40 and the box 30 is not necessary. Therefore, it is advantageous in the design of the device 10.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle glove box apparatus 20 Panel lower 21 Storage part 22 Tray 23 Upper storage part 24 Lower storage part 30 Box 30a Storage position 30b Projection position 32 Rail 40 Door 40a Upper position 40b Lower position 41 Door inner 42 Door outer 50 Energizing mechanism 51 Spring 52 Bezel 53 Hook 60 Lock mechanism 61 Heart cam 62 Lock pin 63 Cam base 64 Pin 65 Shaft 66 Cam base biasing spring 67 Stepped screw 70 Unlock mechanism 71 Release pin 71a Stopper 71b Inclined surface 71b1 First inclined surface 71b2 First 2 inclined surface 72 release pin biasing spring 80 lock lower 81 lock upper 81a recess 81b stopper wall P shaft core

Claims (3)

A panel lower provided with two upper and lower storage portions of an upper storage portion and a lower storage portion provided fixed to an instrument panel of the vehicle;
A box rotatably supported by the panel lower between a storage position stored in the lower storage portion and a protruding position protruding into the vehicle interior;
The box is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between an upper position and a lower position, and closes both the upper and lower storage portions of the panel lower when the box is in the storage position and in the upper position. A door that opens only the upper storage part of the panel lower when
A vehicle glove box device. A biasing mechanism that biases the door from the lower position toward the upper position with respect to the box;
A locking mechanism that locks the door at the lower position against the biasing force of the biasing mechanism;
Provided in the panel lower, and when the box is rotated to the storage position side from the state where the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the lower position, the lock mechanism is locked by the movement of the box. An unlocking mechanism to release,
The vehicle glove box device according to claim 1, further comprising: The locking mechanism includes a heart cam provided on one of the box and the door, and a lock pin provided on the other of the box and the door and capable of being engaged and disengaged with the heart cam.
When the box is rotated to the storage position side from a state in which the box is in the protruding position and the door is in the lower position, the unlocking mechanism moves one of the heart cam and the lock pin with respect to the other. The vehicle glove box device according to claim 2, further comprising an inclined surface that is moved to release the lock of the lock mechanism.

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