JP2018140662A - Vehicle armrest device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle console armrest which achieves good tactile and appearance.SOLUTION: A vehicle armrest device has: (a) a fixing member provided with guide rails each having a straight part and a curve part; and (b) a slide door 30 which has a cushion 31 and multiple pins 35 attached to the cushion 31 and can be slid relative to the fixing member along the guide rails by the pins 35 being slidably supported by the guide rails. The cushion 31 includes: a cushion body 32 which may be elastically deformed; and a surface cover 33 which is formed separately from the cushion body 32 and attached to the cushion body 32. The cushion 31 is elastically deformed in a slide direction of the slide door 30 to enable the slide door 30 to slide relative to the fixing member along the guide rails.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle armrest device.

  Many conventional vehicle console boxes are provided with a console door, and the console door is often used as an armrest. Console door armrests have been increased in size to accommodate people of various sizes.

As shown in FIG. 10, a general console door has been opened and closed by rotating around a rotation axis center extending in the vehicle width direction in the vehicle front-rear direction of the console door 3 or in the vicinity thereof. With the increase in size of 3, the opening and closing of the door 3 has become difficult. As a method for opening and closing the console door without rotating, as shown in FIG. 11, there is a sliding method for opening and closing the console door 3 by sliding the console door 3 in the vehicle front-rear direction. When the door 3 pops out to the rear seat side and there is a person in the rear seat, it is difficult to open and close. Therefore, in order to easily open and close the door 3 even when there is a person in the rear seat, it is conceivable to deform (bend) the door 3 along the edge 2 a of the console box 2. However, in general, when the door 3 is bent, if the thickness 3c of the door 3 is thick, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 12, the circumferential length difference between the upper surface 3a and the lower surface 3b of the door 3 becomes large, and the door 3 has a large curvature. It becomes difficult to deform.

  As a technique for solving the circumferential difference problem, there are techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2. Patent document 1 makes the edge part of a door into a taper shape, and gives the force pulled downward (inner diameter side) at both ends when the door is bent, thereby crushing the cushion in the thickness direction of the door ( A technique for reducing the circumferential length difference by reducing the thickness is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for solving the problem of the difference in circumferential length by integrally forming the cushion portion and the skin portion with the same soft material.

However, the technique disclosed in the above patent document has the following problems.
(A) Patent Document 1
In order to make the door end tapered, a special door shape is required, and there is room for improvement in terms of improving the appearance of the door. In addition, because it is a technology that reduces the difference in circumference by crushing the door cushion in the door thickness direction, the technology for deforming the door cushion in the door sliding direction (the vehicle longitudinal direction, the direction orthogonal to the thickness) It is a different technology.
(B) Patent Document 2
Since the door cushion part and the skin part are integrally formed of the same material, the material of the skin part is restricted, and the tactile sensation and appearance are inferior compared to the type in which the skin part is separated and wound around the cushion part. Further, the pin does not enter the inside of the cushion and is attached to the lower surface of the cushion. For this reason, in order to bend the door, the cushion needs to extend over the entire region in the vertical direction in a cross-sectional view, and the amount of elongation of the upper surface portion of the cushion becomes large. As a result, the material is easy to sag and difficult to use for many years.

JP 2012-91706 A Special table 2013-533147 gazette

  An object of the present invention is to provide a console armrest for a vehicle that has good tactile sensation and good appearance.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) a fixing member provided with a guide rail having a straight portion and a curved portion;
A sliding door having a cushion and a plurality of pins attached to the cushion, the sliding door being slidably supported by the guide rail, and being slidable along the guide rail with respect to the fixing member;
Have
The cushion includes an elastically deformable cushion body, and a skin formed separately from the cushion body and attached to the cushion body,
The vehicle armrest device, wherein the sliding door is slidable along the guide rail with respect to the fixing member by elastically deforming the cushion in a sliding direction of the sliding door.
(2) The pin includes an entry portion that enters the guide rail at one end portion in the thickness direction of the slide door, and an end surface on the other end side at the other end portion is an intermediate portion in the thickness direction of the cushion. The vehicle armrest device according to (1), wherein the vehicle armrest device is attached to the cushion in a positioned state.
(3) The sliding door has a width direction orthogonal to the sliding direction and the thickness direction of the sliding door,
The vehicle armrest device according to (1) or (2), wherein an outer end of the cushion is located outside the pin in a width direction of the sliding door.
(4) In any one of (1) to (3), rigid members having higher rigidity than the cushion main body are provided at both ends of the cushion main body in the sliding direction of the sliding door. Vehicle armrest device.
(5) When the sliding door is in the linear portion of the guide rail, the distance between the surface of the cushion and the end surface on the other end side of the pin is two adjacent pins of the plurality of pins The vehicle armrest device according to (2), wherein the vehicle armrest device is greater than the distance between the two.

According to the vehicle armrest device (1), the following effects can be obtained.
Since the cushion is provided with an outer skin that is formed separately from the cushion main body and attached to the cushion main body, it is possible to prevent the material selection of the outer skin from being restricted unlike the case where the outer skin is integrally formed with the cushion main body. Therefore, the appearance and feel of the slide door can be improved.
In addition, the cushion is elastically deformed in the sliding direction of the sliding door because the cushion is elastically deformed in the sliding direction of the sliding door so that the sliding door can slide along the guide rail. It can be solved by expanding and contracting. Therefore, unlike the case where the cushion is squeezed in the direction (thickness direction) perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding door to eliminate the circumferential difference problem, a special cushion shape such as adding a tapered shape to the end of the cushion is unnecessary. become. Therefore, the appearance of the sliding door is good.

According to the vehicle armrest device of (2) above, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the pin is attached to the cushion with the other end portion and the end surface on the other end side located in the middle portion of the cushion in the thickness direction, the cushion is used when the sliding door is bent and passes through the curved portion of the guide rail. The inner diameter side, which is one end side in the thickness direction, is compressed, and the outer diameter side, which is the other end side in the thickness direction of the cushion, is extended. Therefore, compared with the case where it extends over the whole area of the cushion in the thickness direction, the amount of deformation of the cushion is small, and the occurrence of the sag of the cushion can be suppressed.

According to the vehicle armrest device of (3) above, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the outer edge of the cushion is outside the pin in the width direction of the sliding door, the pin can be seen and the user can touch the pin compared to when the outer edge of the cushion is inside the pin. . Moreover, the shape freedom degree of the width direction outer side edge part of a slide door becomes high.

According to the vehicle armrest device of (4) above, the following effects can be obtained.
Since the cushion body is provided with the rigid member, the skin can be easily attached to the cushion body, and the shape of the slide door can be easily formed.

According to the vehicle armrest device of (5) above, the following effects can be obtained.
Even if the end surface of the pin is located in the middle of the cushion in the thickness direction, the distance between the cushion surface and the end surface of the pin is larger than the distance between two adjacent pins. When a person puts his / her hand on the slide door or uses the slide door as an armrest, the user can be prevented from touching the pin. Therefore, a good tactile sensation of the sliding door can be obtained.

It is a perspective view of the armrest device for vehicles of the example of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the fixing member in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a perspective view of the sliding door in the armrest device for vehicles of the example of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the sliding door in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing of the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when it exists in a linear part of the sliding door in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a partial expanded sectional view when it exists in the linear part of the sliding door in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when a part of slide door in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example exists in a curved part. It is a partial expanded sectional view when it exists in a curve part of the slide door in the armrest apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a perspective view of the conventional console box apparatus for vehicles which has a general rotation type door. It is a perspective view of the console box apparatus for vehicles which has the conventional slide type door. It is a schematic diagram of the conventional door when the conventional door is bent.

  A vehicle armrest device (hereinafter also simply referred to as an armrest device) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, UP indicates the upper side (the vehicle upper side), and FR indicates the front side (the vehicle front side).

  The armrest device 10 is, for example, a console armrest device disposed on a floor between a driver seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle. As shown in FIG. 1, the armrest device 10 includes a fixing member 20 provided with a pair of guide rails 21 each having a straight portion 21 a and a curved portion 21 b, and a slide door 30 that can slide along the guide rail 21.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the fixing member 20 is fixed to the fixing member outer 20 a that is on the inner side of the fixing member outer 20 a and the fixing member outer 20 a that is on the outer side in the apparatus width direction that is the left-right direction of the vehicle. Member inner 20b.

The inside of the fixed member inner 20b is a storage space S for the console box. The guide rail 21 is provided at an edge including the upper edge of the fixing member 20, and more specifically, is provided along the edge including the upper edge of the fixing member inner 20b. As shown in FIG. 2, the straight portion 21a and the curved portion 21b of the guide rail 21 are provided with the straight portion 21a extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the curved portion 21b is rearward and downward from the rear end portion of the straight portion 21a. It extends while curving. Yet another linear portion 21a1 (21a) may be provided at the lower end of the curved portion 21b.

  The sliding door 30 can be opened and closed by sliding relative to the fixing member 20. The slide door 30 is slidable along the guide rail 21 having a straight portion 21a and a curved portion 21b. Therefore, when viewed from the side, the slide door 30 extends straight (including substantially straight) when positioned at the straight portion 21a, and is deformed (bent) when positioned at the curved portion 21b.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the slide door 30 includes a cushion 31 and a plurality of pins 35 attached to the cushion 31.

  The cushion 31 includes a cushion body 32 and a skin 33 that is formed separately from the cushion body 32 and is attached to the cushion body 32. The cushion body 32 is made of, for example, urethane foam resin, and can be elastically deformed (expanded / contracted) at least in the sliding direction of the sliding door 30. The thickness of the cushion body 32 is constant (including substantially constant) over the entire area (including almost the entire area) of the cushion body 32. The skin 33 is made of a member that can be elastically deformed together with the cushion body 32. The epidermis 33 is wound around the cushion body 32. The skin 33 is provided to improve the design and the touch of the slide door 30 while preventing the user from directly viewing and touching the cushion body 32 directly.

  Rigid members 34 having higher rigidity than the cushion main body 32 are provided at both ends of the cushion main body 32 in the sliding direction of the slide door 30, that is, front and rear end portions. The rigid member 34 is fixed to the front door outer 34a attached to the front end of the cushion body 32 (the front end when the slide door 30 is in the straight portion 21a), and the front door outer 34a below the front door outer 34a. The front door inner 34b, the rear door outer 34c attached to the rear end of the cushion body 32 (the rear end when the slide door 30 is in the straight portion 21a), and the rear door outer 34c fixed to the lower side of the rear door outer 34c. A rear door inner 34d. The rigid member 34 increases the rigidity of the front and rear end portions of the cushion body 32 that can be elastically deformed to facilitate the attachment (wrapping) operation of the skin 33 to the cushion body 32, and the slide door 30 can be easily shaped. To be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the outer end 31 c of the cushion 31 is outside the outer end 35 c of the pin 35 in the width direction of the slide door 30 (direction orthogonal to the sliding direction and thickness direction of the slide door 30). Thereby, the cushion 31 can cover the entire pin 35 from above (outside), and the pin 35 is suppressed from protruding outward in the width direction from the cushion 31.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of pins 35 are provided, and each pin 35 is provided independently of each other. However, the adjacent pins 35 may be connected via a connecting portion (not shown) that is elastically deformable in the thickness direction of the slide door 30. The plurality of pins 35 are arranged at equal intervals. The pin 35 is slidably supported on the guide rail 21, so that the slide door 30 slides along the guide rail 21.

As shown in FIG. 7, the pin 35 includes an entry portion 36 that enters the guide rail 21 at one end portion (a lower end portion when the slide door 30 is in the linear portion 21 a) 35 a in the thickness direction of the slide door 30. At the other end portion (upper end portion when the slide door 30 is in the straight portion 21a) 35b, the end surface 37 on the other end portion 35b side is attached to the cushion 31 in a state where it is located in the middle portion in the thickness direction of the cushion 31. .

One end 35 a of the pin 35 is outside the cushion 31. It is desirable that the cross-sectional shape of the entry portion 36 is a circle or an ellipse so as to be able to move smoothly while suppressing catching in the guide rail 21. If necessary, the rigid member 34 may be provided with the same shape as the entry portion 36 of the pin 35. In this case, the entry portion same shape portion 34 e (see FIG. 4) provided in the rigid member 34 also enters the guide rail 21.

As shown in FIG. 7, the other end 35 b of the pin 35 is located in the cushion main body 32 of the cushion 31 and is detachably attached to the cushion main body 32. The pin 35 is preferably attached to the cushion body 32 by insert molding the cushion body 32 in a state where the pin 35 is set on a molding die (not shown) of the cushion body 32. This is because the pin 35 can be attached to the cushion body 32 at the same time as the cushion body 32 is molded. For the same reason, the rigid member 34 is preferably attached to the cushion body 32 by insert molding of the cushion body 32.

However, when the rigid member 34 is attached to the cushion body 32, the cushion body 32 is insert-molded in a state where only the front door outer 34a and the rear door outer 34c of the rigid member 34 are set in a molding die (not shown) of the cushion body 32. May be. In this case, the front door inner 34b and the rear door inner 34d are attached after the insert molding of the cushion body 32, the skin 33 is wound around the cushion body 32, the front door outer 34a and the rear door outer 34c, and then the front door inner 34b is moved to the front. The door outer 34a is attached by claw fitting, screw tightening or the like, and the rear door inner 34d is attached to the rear door outer 34c by claw fitting, screw fastening or the like.

Since the end surface 37 on the other end portion 35b side of the pin 35 is located in the middle portion in the thickness direction of the cushion 31, the cushion 31 when the slide door 30 is in the straight portion 21a is a cushion below the end surface 37 of the pin 35. A lower portion 31 a and a cushion upper portion 31 b above the end surface 37 of the pin 35 are provided.

The distance d1 between the surface (upper surface) 31d of the cushion 31 and the end surface (upper surface) 37 on the other end 35b side of the pin 35 when the slide door 30 is in the linear portion 21a of the guide rail 21 is a plurality of pins The distance d2 between two adjacent pins 35, 35 is set to be larger than the distance d2.

  The sliding door 30 is bent at a curved portion 21b with respect to the fixed member 20 by the elastic deformation of the cushion 31 between two adjacent pins 35, 35 of the cushion 31 mainly in the sliding direction of the sliding door 30. However, it is possible to slide along the guide rail 21 (bending deformation).

By changing the distance d2 between the two adjacent pins 35, 35, the amount of bending deformation of the slide door 30 can be changed. The larger the distance d2, the larger the curvature can be. On the other hand, the smaller the distance d2, the smaller the curvature can be. For this reason, it is desirable that the distance d2 be large in order to increase the degree of freedom. However, as the distance d2 increases, the cushion 31 positioned between the adjacent pins 35 and 35 is more likely to be deformed when the user puts his arm or when the user presses the finger with his / her finger. The feeling of use (feel) is poor. Therefore, in order to obtain a good sense of use of the device 10, it is desirable that the distance d2 is 5 to 15 mm.

  Next, effects of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Since the cushion 31 includes a skin 33 that is formed separately from the cushion body 32 and is attached to the cushion body 32, unlike the case where the skin 33 is integrally formed with the cushion body 32, the material selection of the skin 33 is limited. Can be suppressed. Therefore, the appearance and feel of the slide door 30 can be improved.

Since the cushion 31 is elastically deformed in the sliding direction of the slide door 30, the slide door 30 can be slid along the guide rail 21, so that the cushion 31 slides on the slide door 30 due to the difference in the circumferential length of the cushion 31. It can be solved by elastically deforming (stretching) in the direction. Therefore, unlike the case where the cushion 31 is crushed in the direction (thickness direction) perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding door 30 to solve the problem of the circumferential length difference, a special cushion such as a taper shape is attached to the end of the cushion 31. The shape becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the appearance of the slide door 30 is good.

Since the pin 35 is attached to the cushion 31 with the other end 35b and the end surface 37 on the other end 35b side positioned at the intermediate portion in the thickness direction of the cushion 31, the slide door 30 is bent and the guide rail 21 is bent. 9, the inner diameter side (cushion lower portion 31 a) that is one end side in the thickness direction of the cushion 31 is compressed and the outer diameter side that is the other end side in the thickness direction of the cushion 31 (see FIG. 9). The cushion upper part 31b) is extended. Therefore, compared with the case where the cushion 31 is extended over the entire region in the thickness direction, the amount of deformation of the cushion 31 is small, and the occurrence of sag of the cushion 31 can be suppressed.

As shown in FIG. 5, since the outer end 31 c of the cushion 31 is located outside the outer end 35 c of the pin 35 in the width direction of the slide door 30, the outer end 31 c of the cushion 31 is located inside the outer end 31 c of the pin 35. Compared with a certain case, it can suppress that the pin 35 is seen or a user touches the pin 35. Moreover, the shape freedom degree of the width direction outer side edge part of the slide door 30 becomes high.

As shown in FIG. 6, since the rigid member 34 is provided on the cushion body 32, the skin 33 can be easily attached to the cushion body 32, and the shape of the slide door 30 can be easily formed.

As shown in FIG. 7, since the distance d1 between the surface 31d of the cushion 31 and the end face 37 of the pin 35 is larger than the distance d2 between the two adjacent pins 35, 35, the end face of the pin 35 Even when 37 is located in the middle portion of the cushion 31 in the thickness direction, the user touches the pin 35 when the user touches the slide door 30 or uses the slide door 30 as an armrest. Can be suppressed. Therefore, a good tactile sensation of the slide door 30 can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle armrest apparatus 20 Fixing member 20a Fixing member outer 20b Fixing member inner 21 Guide rail 21a Linear part 21b Curved part 30 Slide door 31 Cushion 31a Cushion lower part 31b Cushion upper part 31c Cushion outer end 31d Cushion surface 32 Cushion body 33 Skin 35 pin 35a pin one end 35b pin other end 35c pin outer end 36 entry 37 pin other end side end surface d1, d2 distance S accommodation space

Claims (5)

A fixing member provided with a guide rail having a straight portion and a curved portion;
A sliding door having a cushion and a plurality of pins attached to the cushion, the sliding door being slidably supported by the guide rail, and being slidable along the guide rail with respect to the fixing member;
Have
The cushion includes an elastically deformable cushion body, and a skin formed separately from the cushion body and attached to the cushion body,
An armrest device for a vehicle, wherein the cushion is elastically deformed in a sliding direction of the sliding door, so that the sliding door is slidable along the guide rail with respect to the fixing member.   The pin includes an entry portion that enters the guide rail at one end portion in the thickness direction of the slide door, and the end surface on the other end side is located at the intermediate portion in the thickness direction of the cushion at the other end portion. The armrest device for vehicles according to claim 1 attached to said cushion. The sliding door has a width direction orthogonal to the sliding direction and thickness direction of the sliding door,
The armrest device for vehicles according to claim 1 or 2 with which the outside end of said cushion exists outside said pin in the width direction of said sliding door.   The vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a rigid member having rigidity higher than that of the cushion main body is provided at both ends of the cushion main body in the sliding direction of the sliding door. Armrest device.   The distance between the surface of the cushion and the end face on the other end side of the pin when the sliding door is in the straight portion of the guide rail is the distance between two adjacent pins of the plurality of pins The armrest device for vehicles according to claim 2 made larger.

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