JP2021062820A - Vehicle storage part structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle storage part structure which can secure dimensional accuracy of an opening of a glove box to reduce design restrictions and improve design flexibility.SOLUTION: In a vehicle storage part structure, an instrument panel is provided with an opening to which a base member 4 for attachment of a glove box body is attached and a glove box body 5 is attached to the opening. The base member has an upper side part 9a and a lower side part 9b. A hinge part 6 of the glove box body is rotatably attached to the lower side part of the base member. A striker 14 engaged by a lock part 15 of the glove box body is fixed to the upper side part of the base member. A reinforce member 13 is attached to the upper side part of the base member. The striker is attached to the reinforce member. One end part as seen in a vehicle width direction of the reinforce member sandwiches the base member with the instrument panel and is fixed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle storage structure relating to a base member that is attached to an instrument panel and has an opening to which a glove box body is attached.

In the conventional vehicle storage portion structure, it is known that the instrument panel or the component forming the instrument panel forms the opening of the glove box and the hinge mounting portion (see Patent Document 1).
Patent Document 1 discloses a structure in which a glove box is composed of a base member and a box body. The base member is a resin molded product incorporated into an opening provided at the lower part of the instrument panel, and may be composed of a part of the instrument panel depending on the type of the glove box. The glove box body is composed of an inner member and an outer member that serves as a design surface on the vehicle interior side.

The front surface of the base member is open, and a shaft portion formed below the open portion is provided. Further, assembling openings are provided on the left and right side walls of the base member, respectively. An opening / closing mechanism provided in the box body is individually assembled to both of these assembly openings.

The box body has a shape having a storage space with an open upper surface, and has a bearing portion below the storage space. When this bearing portion is supported by the shaft portion of the base member, the glove box main body can be assembled to the base member so that it can be rotated with the shaft portion as a fulcrum. By this rotation operation, the state of the glove box main body can be changed to a closed state housed inside the base member and an open state in which the storage space can be accessed outside the base member.
A lock knob is located on the design surface of the glove box body. By operating this lock knob, the lock that keeps the box body closed can be released.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-240241

Since the opening of the glove box is easily deformed, it is difficult to ensure dimensional accuracy, and there is a difference between the left and right sides of the gap between the glove box body and the opening, or the glove box comes into contact with peripheral parts due to vibration during running. There was room for improvement, such as the occurrence of contact noise.
Another problem is that the rigidity of the assembly opening is weak against the load applied to the opening / closing mechanism of the glove box.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle storage structure in which the dimensional accuracy of the opening of the glove box can be ensured, the design restrictions are reduced, and the degree of freedom in design is increased.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an opening in which a base member for attaching the glove box body is attached to an instrument panel attached to a steering support member provided in front of the vehicle, and is attached to the opening. In a vehicle storage structure in which a glove box main body is attached to the base member, the base member has an upper side portion and a lower side portion, and a hinge portion of the glove box main body is rotatably attached to the lower side portion. A striker locked to the lock portion of the glove box body is fixed to the upper side portion, a reinforcement member is attached to the upper side portion, and the striker is attached to the reinforcement member. One end of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction has a first extension portion extending upward or downward of the vehicle, the first extension portion is provided with a first connecting portion, and the first extension portion and the instrument panel are provided. It is fixed by sandwiching the base member with and.

According to the present invention, the instrument panel is provided with a base member, and the hinge mounting portion for mounting the hinge portion of the glove box body is provided on the base member which is a separate body from the instrument panel to have the hinge mounting portion. The part can be made smaller than the instrument panel. Therefore, the dimensional accuracy of the opening of the instrument panel for attaching the base member can be improved. In addition, since the opening of the instrument panel, which has relatively low rigidity, is easily deformed, it has the effect of improving the workability of assembling the base member by absorbing dimensional errors when attaching the base member. After the glove box is attached, the base member itself reinforces the opening of the instrument panel, so that the dimensional accuracy of the opening of the base member when the glove box body is attached can be improved. Since the reinforcement member is attached to the upper side portion of the base member and the striker is attached to the reinforcement member, the effect of improving the torsional rigidity of the base member itself can be obtained.
Further, since the striker can be reinforced with the reinforcement member, the effect of improving the rigidity of the striker with respect to the load when the glove box is closed can be obtained.

It is a front view which shows the instrument panel to which the storage part structure of the vehicle by this invention is applied. (A) is a front view of the vehicle interior side as seen from the rear side of the vehicle showing an embodiment of the vehicle storage portion structure assembled to the instrument panel, and FIG. 2 (b) is the storage of the vehicle of FIG. 2 (a). It is a front view which shows the part structure enlarged. (A) is a front view of the base member viewed from the rear side of the vehicle with the glove box body of FIG. 2 (b) removed, and FIG. 3 (b) is from the front side of the vehicle which is the back side of FIG. 3 (a). It is a rear view as seen. FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the vehicle storage structure of FIG. 2B as viewed from the diagonally front side of the vehicle. It is a perspective view of the glove box body and the base member attached to the vehicle body as seen from the lower front side of the vehicle body. It is a rear view of the glove box body and the base member attached to the vehicle body as seen from the center on the front side of the vehicle body. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. A modified example of the base member and the reinforcement in the vehicle storage structure according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown, (a) is a conceptual diagram viewed from the rear of the vehicle body, and (b) is a conceptual diagram viewed from the front side of the vehicle body. Is. It is a rear view which looked at the striker fixing hole provided in the base member from the front side of a vehicle which shows by removing the reinforcement. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIGS. 1 to 8, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel attached to the front portion of the vehicle interior of a vehicle (not shown) along the vehicle width direction, and the instrument panel 1 is provided on the front portion of the vehicle body over the vehicle width direction. It is supported by the steering support member 2. The instrument panel 1 is equipped with a steering wheel and instruments on the driver's seat side, and is equipped with a so-called storage portion such as a glove box 3 on the passenger's seat side. The storage portion of this vehicle is provided with a base member 4 attached to an opening 3A provided in the instrument panel 1 and a glove box 3 rotatably supported by the base member 4 (FIGS. 1 and 1). 2 (a) (b)).

As shown in FIG. 4, the glove box 3 is composed of a glove box main body 5 having a box shape in which the upper part of the vehicle is open, and a hinge portion 6 attached to the base member 4. As shown in FIG. 2B, the glove box main body 5 is provided with a handle portion 8 interlocking with the movement of the lock portion on the lid 7 constituting the design surface.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the base member 4 has a quadrangular frame portion 9 having an upper side portion 9a and a lower side portion 9b, and the glove box main body 5 is provided on the left and right sides of the lower side portion 9b. A pair of hinge mounting portions 10 serving as a shaft portion 10a for mounting the hinge portion 6 are provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the glove box main body 5 is rotatably supported by engaging the hinge portion 6 with the hinge mounting portion 10.

As shown in FIG. 5, the base member 4 is supported by the steering support member 2 via a pair of stays 11 attached to the front side of the vehicle body of the left and right side portions 9c of the frame portion 9. These pair of stays 11 are arm members formed in a curved shape. In these pair of stays 11, the upper end portion 11a is supported by the steering support member 2 by welding or the like, and the lower end portion 11b is screwed to the stay fixing portion 9d of the left and right side portions 9c on the front side of the vehicle body of the base member 4, respectively. It is screwed through 12 _1.

As shown in FIG. 3B, a strip-shaped reinforcement member 13 is attached to the upper side portion 9a of the base member 4 on the front side of the vehicle body along the vehicle width direction. The reinforcement member 13 has a first extension portion 13a bent downward at the right end when viewed from the front side of the vehicle body, and upward toward the left end when viewed from the front of the vehicle. It has a bent second extension 13b. _{The first connecting portion 13a 1 at} the lower end of the first extension portion 13a bent downward of the reinforcement member 13 is screwed to the side portion 9c of the base member 4 together with the instrument panel 1. _{The second connecting portion 13b 1 at} the tip of the second extending portion 13b bent upward of the reinforcement member 13 is screwed to the panel surface on the vehicle body front side of the instrument panel 1 and the tray. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, both ends of the U-shaped striker 14 are fixed to the intermediate portion of the portion of the reinforcement member 13 attached to the upper side portion 9a of the base member 4. Striker 14 is fit into the mounting hole in the flat end portions mounting piece 14a (not shown) is provided, (not shown) of the mounting hole mounting hole of the reinforcement member 13 by screws 12 ₂ It is screwed.

The glove box 3 is locked by engaging with the striker 14 via a lock portion 15 operated by a handle portion 8 provided on the lid 7 (see FIG. 4).

According to the above embodiment, since the base member 4 is provided separately from the instrument panel 1 and the hinge mounting portion 10 is provided on the base member 4, the hinge mounting portion 10 is separated from the instrument panel 1. The base member 4 having the hinge mounting portion 10 can be made smaller than the instrument panel 1, so that the dimensional accuracy can be improved.
Since the opening 3A of the instrument panel 1 is easily deformed, it is possible to improve the assembling workability of the base member 4 and the dimensional accuracy by absorbing the dimensional error when the base member 4 is attached. it can.
Further, by providing the reinforcement member 13 on the base member 4, the effect of improving the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be obtained, and further, the striker 14 is attached to the reinforcement member 13 to close the glove box 3. The effect of improving the rigidity of the striker 14 with respect to the load can be obtained.
Since the base member 4 is sandwiched and fixed between the first extension portion 13a bent downward of the reinforcement member 13 and the instrument panel 1, the effect of improving the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be obtained. The load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of suppressing the deformation of the striker.
Since the first extension portion 13a bent downward and the second extension portion 13b bent upward are separated in the vertical direction of the vehicle, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 is further improved. ..

9 (a) and 9 (b) are other embodiments of the present invention to which a long reinforcement member is attached.
9 (a) and 9 (b) show an extension portion 25 provided as the upper side portion 24a of the base member 24 in the vehicle width direction, and a long reinforcement member extending from the upper side portion 24a to the upper side portion 25a of the extension portion 25. 23 is provided. The striker 26 is provided on the long reinforcement member 23. In this case, an opening 27 in which, for example, an electronic device is provided is provided next to the glove box mounting opening 28.
According to the other embodiment described above, the load applied to the striker 26 can be distributed to the extension portion 25, so that the striker 26 can be prevented from being deformed.
Since the reinforcement member 23 is provided from the upper side portion 24a to the upper side portion 25a of the extension portion 25, it has an effect of reinforcing the opening 27 to which an electronic device or the like is attached.

10 and 11 are modified examples of the attachment portion of the striker, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 6 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description of the same parts will be omitted.
FIG. 10 shows the base member 34 viewed from the front side of the vehicle body, and the striker fixing holes 35 are provided in the pair of boss portions 36 in the central portion of the upper side portion 39a. The wall portion 37 on the lower side of the boss portion 36 is provided with a notch recess 37a through which the straight portion 38a of the U-shaped striker 38 passes. At the tip of the straight portion 38a of the striker 38, a piece portion 39 having an insertion hole 39a through which a screw is passed is provided. The striker 38 is fixed by passing a screw 40 through the insertion hole 39a of the piece 39 and screwing it into the striker fixing hole 35 of the boss portion 36. The reinforcement member 13 is sandwiched between the base member 34 and the striker 38 by screwing a screw 40 into the insertion hole 39a of one portion 39 of the striker 38. By providing the protrusion 34a on the base member 34, the protrusion 34a can be inserted into the hole 13c of the reinforcement member 13 to position the reinforcement member 13.

Since the striker 38 is fixed to the mounting surface 13d of the reinforcement member 13 facing the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the bending rigidity against the load applied to the striker 38 in the vehicle height direction when the glove box 3 is closed is improved, and the striker 38 is improved. Deformation can be prevented.
In addition to the lower storage portion 50 of the glove box 3 provided in the lower stage of the instrument panel 1, the vehicle storage portion includes the instrument panel as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 (a), 2 (b), and 11. The upper storage portion 51 and the middle storage portion 52 of the trays 51a and 52a are also provided on the upper side and the middle stage side of No. 1, respectively.

As described above, according to the present invention, the instrument panel 1 attached to the steering support member 2 is provided with an opening 3A to which the base member 4 for attaching the glove box main body 5 is attached, and is attached to the opening 3A. In the vehicle storage portion structure in which the glove box main body 5 is attached to the base member 4, the base member 4 has an upper side portion 9a and a lower side portion 9b, and the lower side portion 9b has a hinge portion of the glove box main body 5. A hinge mounting portion 10 to which the 6 is rotatably mounted is provided, and a striker 14 for locking the lock portion 15 of the glove box main body 5 is fixed to the upper side portion 9a.
By attaching the base member 4 to the instrument panel 1 and providing the hinge attachment portion 10 for attaching the hinge portion 6 of the glove box body 5 to the base member 4, the base member 4 having the hinge attachment portion 6 is provided on the instrument panel. By making it a separate body from 1, the parts can be made smaller than those of the instrument panel 1, so that the dimensional accuracy can be improved. Further, since the instrument panel 1 is easily deformed, the dimensional accuracy can be improved by absorbing the dimensional error when the base member 4 is attached.

Since the reinforcement member 13 is attached to the upper side portion 9a of the base member 4 and the striker 14 is attached to the reinforcement member 13, the effect of improving the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be obtained. By reinforcing the striker 14 with the reinforcement member 13, the effect of improving the rigidity of the striker 14 with respect to the load when the glove box 3 is closed can be obtained.

One end of the reinforcement member 13 in the vehicle width direction has extension portions 13a and 13b extending upward or downward of the vehicle, and the extension portions 13a and 13b are provided with connecting portions and the extension portions 13a and 13b and the instrument. The base member 4 is sandwiched and fixed to the ment panel 1. Therefore, since the base member 4 is sandwiched and fixed between the extension portion 13a bent downward and the instrument panel 1 of the reinforcement member 13, the effect of improving the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be obtained. The load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.
Since the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, it has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.

The other end of the reinforcement member 13 in the vehicle width direction has a second extension portion 13b that extends in the direction opposite to the extension portion in the vehicle vertical direction, and is connected to the second extension portion 13b (second connecting portion). ) Is provided and the second connecting portion is fixed to the instrument panel 1, so that the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1 to further increase the rigidity of the base member 4. Has the effect of improving.
Since the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, it has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.
The base member 4 has a stay fixing portion 9d fixed to a stay 11 extending from the steering support member 2, and the fixing portion of the second connecting portion to the instrument panel 1 is a hinge mounting portion when viewed from the rear. Since it is located between the 10 and the stay fixing portion 9d in the vehicle width direction, the load applied to the striker 14 can be distributed in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, it has the effect of preventing the striker 14 from being deformed.

In another embodiment of FIG. 9, the upper side portion 24a of the base member 24 has a width direction extension portion 25a extending in the vehicle width direction, and an electronic device or a storage portion is below the width direction extension portion 25a. Since the opening 27 for being provided is provided, the effect of reinforcing the opening 27 in which the electronic device or the like is provided can be obtained. Since the load applied to the striker 26 can be transmitted to the extension portion in the vehicle width direction, there is an effect of preventing the striker 26 from being deformed.

In another embodiment of FIG. 10, since the striker 38 is fixed to the mounting surface 13d of the reinforcement member 13 facing the vehicle front-rear direction, the vehicle height direction applied to the striker 38 when the glove box 3 is closed. The bending rigidity with respect to the load of the striker 38 is improved, and the striker 38 can be prevented from being deformed.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the shapes, sizes, and materials of the base member 4 and the reinforcement member 13 can be set as needed, and the striker. The shape and material of 14 can be arbitrarily set. It goes without saying that the technical scope of the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without changing the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Instrument panel 2 Steering support member 3 Glove box 3A Opening 4, 24, 34 Base member 5 Glove box body 6 Hinge part 7 Lid 8 Handle part 9 Frame part 9a Upper side part 9b Lower side part 9c Side part 9d Stay fixing part 10 Hinge mounting part 11 Stay 12 ₁ , 12 ₂ , 40 Screw 13 Reinforce member 13a First extension part 13a ₁ First connection part 13b Second extension part 13b ₁ Second connection part 13d Reinforce member 13 facing the vehicle front-rear direction Mounting surface 14, 26, 38 Striker 15 Lock part 24a, 25a Upper side part 27 Opening where electronic devices etc. are provided 28 Glove box mounting opening 50 Lower storage part 51 Upper storage part 52 Middle storage part 51a, 52a Tray

Claims (5)

The instrument panel attached to the steering support member provided at the front of the vehicle is provided with an opening for attaching the base member for attaching the glove box body, and the glove box body is attached to the base member attached to the opening. In the vehicle storage structure, the base member has an upper side portion and a lower side portion, and a hinge portion of the glove box main body is rotatably attached to the lower side portion and is engaged with a lock portion of the glove box main body. The striker to be stopped is fixed to the upper side portion, a reinforcement member is attached to the upper side portion, the striker is attached to the reinforcement member, and one end portion of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction. Has a first extension portion extending upward or downward of the vehicle, the first extension portion is provided with a first connecting portion, and the first extension portion and the instrument panel are fixed by sandwiching the base member. The storage structure of the vehicle, which is characterized by being present. The other end of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction has a second extension portion extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle in the direction opposite to that of the first extension portion, and the second extension portion is provided with a second connecting portion and said. The vehicle storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the second connecting portion is fixed to the instrument panel. The base member has a stay fixing portion fixed to a stay extending from the steering support member, and the second connecting portion is a hinge mounting portion of the base member and a stay fixing portion in the vehicle width direction in a rear view. The vehicle storage structure according to claim 1 or 2, which is located between them. The upper side portion of the base member has a width direction extension portion extending in the vehicle width direction, and an instrument panel opening for providing an electronic device or a storage portion is provided below the width direction extension portion. The vehicle storage structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The vehicle storage structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the striker is fixed to a mounting surface of the reinforcement member facing the vehicle front-rear direction.

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