JP2021098393A - Installation structure of aromatic device - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent an essential oil from spilling directly onto an occupant and prevent the essential oil from being suctioned into a suction port of an air conditioner.SOLUTION: An installation structure of an aromatic device includes: an instrument panel 2 provided on a front surface of a passenger compartment; a lower console 3 which partitions a driver seat side foot space from a front passenger seat foot space below the instrument panel 2; a movable space 6 provided between the lower console 3 and a driver seat 4 and a front passenger seat 5; and an aromatic device housed in a rear part of the lower console 3. The aromatic device 1 includes a discharge port 20 which opens to the rear surface side of the lower console 3 and can discharge a flavoring agent to the rear side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an installation structure of an fragrance device.

Conventionally, as a structure for storing an air freshener in a vehicle, there has been one shown in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2. Patent Document 1 discloses that a plant-derived essential oil (essential oil) is used as an air freshener for the interior of a vehicle, and that a container containing the essential oil is installed at an air outlet of an air conditioner via a fixture. Patent Document 2 discloses that an fragrance cassette is arranged in a console box main body arranged on a floor between a driver's seat and a passenger seat, and an fragrance agent is diffused by a fan separate from the air conditioner.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-166046 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-270746

In the configuration of Patent Document 1, since the direction of the air flow of the air conditioner can be freely set by the occupant, there is a possibility that the essential oil directly adheres to the occupant depending on the direction of the air flow of the air conditioner. In the configuration of Patent Document 2, when the essential oil is used as the fragrance, the essential oil flows from the console box toward the instrument panel side. Generally, the air intake for the air conditioner is often provided behind the glove box (under the dashboard) of the instrument panel, so the essential oil that has been washed away is sucked in from the air intake and smells in the air conditioner filter. There was a risk that it would get soaked.

From this point of view, it is an object of the present invention to provide an installation structure of an fragrance device that can prevent the essential oil from directly hitting the occupant and prevent the essential oil from being sucked into the intake port of the air conditioner.

The present invention for achieving the above object includes an instrument panel provided on the front surface of the passenger compartment, a lower console that separates the driver's seat side foot space and the passenger seat side foot space below the instrument panel, and the above. It is an installation structure of an fragrance device including a movable space provided between the lower console and the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and an fragrance device housed in the rear part of the lower console. The fragrance device is characterized by having an opening on the rear surface side of the lower console and a discharge port capable of discharging the fragrance rearward.

According to the installation structure of the fragrance device of the present invention, since the fragrance device is provided on the lower console below the instrument panel, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from being directly applied to the vicinity of the occupant's face. In addition, by using the space between the lower console and the front seats to discharge the essential oil from the lower console toward the rear, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from being sucked from the air conditioner intake port under the instrument panel. Furthermore, the fragrance device can be operated while seated from either the driver's seat or the passenger seat.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from directly hitting the occupant and prevent the essential oil from being sucked into the intake port of the air conditioner.

It is a front view which showed the installation structure of the fragrance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which showed the installation structure of the fragrance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a perspective view showing an open state of the fragrance device, and (b) is a perspective view showing a housed state of the fragrance device. It is a front perspective view which showed the air freshener storage part of the fragrance apparatus. It is a perspective view which showed the essential oil container.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. The same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted. When explaining the direction, the explanation will be based on the front, back, left, right, up and down as seen from the driver. Further, the front view of the present embodiment refers to a view that the driver can see while looking forward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the installation structure of the fragrance device of the present invention includes an instrument panel 2, a lower console 3, a movable space 6 provided between a driver's seat and a passenger seat, and a movable space 6. It is equipped with an fragrance device 1. That is, the fragrance device 1 is installed in the front seat walk-through vehicle provided with the instrument panel 2, the lower console 3, and the space 6 movable between the driver's seat 4 and the passenger seat 5.

The instrument panel 2 and the lower console 3 are provided on the front surface of the vehicle interior and face the driver's seat 4 and the passenger seat 5. The lower console 3 partitions the driver's seat side foot space and the passenger seat side foot space below the instrument panel 2. The space 6 is a space between the instrument panel 2 and the lower console 3 and the driver's seat 4 and the passenger seat 5, and is a walk-through space for the occupant to move between the driver's seat 4 and the passenger seat 5. Is. A rear protrusion 7 is provided at the center of the instrument panel 2 in the vehicle width direction. The rear protrusion 7 is a part of the rear surface of the instrument panel 2 and is a portion projecting rearward from the rear surface of the lower console 3. A shift lever 8 is provided on the upper surface of the rear protrusion 7. Below the instrument panel 2, an air conditioner outlet 9 for blowing out the conditioned air of the air conditioner toward at least one of the driver's seat side foot space and the passenger seat side foot space is provided. In the present embodiment, the driver's seat 4 and the passenger seat 5 are composed of bench seats that are connected to each other without being separated in the vehicle width direction.

The fragrance device 1 is a device that discharges the fragrance toward the inside of the vehicle, and includes a discharge means that obliquely discharges the fragrance toward the rear upper part of the vehicle. As the fragrance, in this embodiment, for example, an essential oil obtained by extracting a fragrance component from a plant component or the like is used. The fragrance device 1 stores the essential oil container 10 containing the essential oil. As shown in FIG. 5, the essential oil container 10 includes a container main body portion 11 and a lid portion 12. The container body 11 has a bottomed tubular shape, and essential oils are stored inside. The lid portion 12 is a lid that covers the upper opening of the container main body portion 11, and is detachably attached to the upper end portion of the container main body portion 11. On the upper surface of the lid portion 12, a discharge portion 13 for blowing out the essential oil is provided. The discharge unit 13 is configured to blow out the essential oil diagonally upward from the upper end of the essential oil container 10. In the present embodiment, the release unit 13 serves as a release means. The discharge means is not limited to the discharge portion 13 of the lid portion 12, and for example, the ceiling surface of the recess 25 above the insertion hole 24 of the essential oil container 10 is formed into a duct shape that guides the air flow diagonally upward. It may be a structure to be used.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fragrance device 1 is housed in the rear part of the lower console 3. The rear surface of the fragrance device 1 is flush with the rear surface of the lower console 3. The fragrance device 1 is provided with a discharge port 20 that opens to the rear surface side of the lower console 3 and can discharge essential oils rearward. The fragrance device 1 is provided below the rear protrusion 7 of the instrument panel 2. The fragrance device 1 is arranged at a position lower than the seat surface of the driver's seat 4 or the passenger seat 5.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fragrance device 1 includes a housing portion 21 and a movable portion 22. The housing portion 21 is a portion to be inserted into a recess formed in the rear portion of the lower console 3. The housing portion 21 is made of resin and has a box shape with an open rear surface. The housing portion 21 includes an upper surface portion 23a, side surface portions 23b, 23b, a bottom surface portion (not shown), and a front surface portion (not shown). Electric wires and connectors connected to the wiring of the vehicle are provided on the front surface. Inside the housing portion 21, a discharge means for discharging the essential oil from the stored essential oil container 10 is provided. As the release means, for example, a means for urging the inside of the essential oil container 10 to release the essential oil, a means for heating the essential oil container 10 to release the essential oil, and the like are appropriately selected.

The movable portion 22 is inserted inside the housing portion 21 and is a portion capable of tilting back and forth with respect to the housing portion 21. The movable portion 22 is housed inside the housing portion 21 (see FIG. 3B) and is in an open state in which the upper portion of the movable portion 22 projects rearward from the housing portion 21 (FIG. 3). (See (a)) and can be displaced. An insertion hole 24 into which the essential oil container 10 is inserted is provided in the upper part of the movable portion 22. The discharge portion 13 of the essential oil container 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 24 so as to face rearward. A plurality of insertion holes 24 (two in the present embodiment) are provided, and the insertion holes 24 are arranged side by side at intervals along the vehicle width direction. The insertion hole 24 is formed at the upper end of the movable portion 22. The upper end of the movable portion 22 is arranged below the upper surface portion 23a of the housing portion 21 with a predetermined distance, and a recess 25 is provided between the upper end of the movable portion 22 and the upper surface portion 23a of the housing portion 21. It is formed. The recess 25 is opened rearward, and the rear end portion of the recess 25 is opened rearward when the movable portion 22 is housed in the housing portion 21. Then, the lid portion 12 of the essential oil container 10 inserted into the insertion hole 24 is located in the recess 25. Then, the rear end surface of the recess 25 becomes the discharge port 20. The outlet 20 is arranged behind the air conditioner outlet 9 provided below the instrument panel 2. The discharge port 20 is located in the vicinity of the flow of the conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner outlet 9. The recess 25 has a height dimension that allows the essential oil to be discharged diagonally upward from the essential oil container 10 inserted into the insertion hole 24, and a width dimension that allows the two insertion holes 24 to be arranged.

A switch 26 is provided on the rear surface of the movable portion 22 to switch the fragrance device 1 on and off and to select which of the insertion holes 24 the essential oil container 10 is to release the essential oil. The switch 26 is connected to the emission means, and the emission means is sequentially turned on / off and selected by the signal from the switch 26. Specifically, from the off state, pressing the switch 26 once turns on the first releasing means, pressing the switch 26 again turns on the second releasing means, and then once more. When the switch 26 is pressed, the release means is turned off. The housing portion 21 or the movable portion 22 is provided with an indicator lamp (not shown) that indicates whether the essential oil is discharged from the essential oil container 10 inserted into which insertion hole 24. A plurality of indicator lamps (two in this embodiment) are provided, and are arranged at positions corresponding to the respective insertion holes 24. The switch 26 and the indicator lamp are connected, and the indicator lamp corresponding to the selected insertion hole 24 is lit.

A rotating shaft 27 extending in the horizontal direction is provided below the housing portion 21 and the movable portion 22. The rotating shaft 27 is hung between the housing portion 21 and the movable portion 22, and serves as a center when the movable portion 22 is tilted. That is, the lower portion of the movable portion 22 is rotatably supported, and the upper portion of the movable portion 22 protrudes rearward from the housing portion 21. The upper portion of the movable portion 22 projects to a position where the insertion hole 24 is exposed to the outside of the housing portion 21.

When using the fragrance device 1 having the above configuration, first, different types of essential oils are stored in the container main body 11 of the two essential oil containers 10, and the lid 12 is attached. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the movable portion 22 is pulled backward to expose the insertion holes 24, 24, 24, and the essential oil container 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 24. At this time, the essential oil container 10 is installed so that the discharge portion 13 of the essential oil container 10 faces rearward. A guide groove or the like may be provided on the insertion hole 24 or the outer peripheral surface of the essential oil container 10 to regulate the orientation of the essential oil container 10 in the circumferential direction. After that, the movable portion 22 is housed in the housing portion 21. Then, the essential oil container 10 to be used is selected by the switch 26, and the essential oil is discharged from the discharge port 20 toward the rear upper part.

According to the fragrance device 1 according to the present embodiment, since it is provided on the lower console 3 below the instrument panel 2, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from being directly applied to the vicinity of the occupant's face. Further, by using the walk-through space 6 between the lower console 3 and the front seats to discharge the essential oil from the rear surface to the rear of the lower console 3, the essential oil is directly below the instrument panel 2. I can't spray it. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from being sucked from the air conditioner intake port provided under the instrument panel 2. Further, since the fragrance device 1 is arranged on the rear surface of the lower console 3 in the center in the vehicle width direction, the fragrance device can be operated while seated from either the driver's seat 4 or the passenger seat 5.

Since the fragrance device 1 is provided below the rear protrusion 7 of the instrument panel 2, it is possible to prevent or suppress the light incident through the windshield from directly hitting the fragrance device 1. This makes it possible to prevent the essential oil in the essential oil container 10 of the fragrance device 1 from being deteriorated by ultraviolet rays or an increase in temperature.

Further, the fragrance device 1 includes a housing portion 21 and a movable portion 22, and the movable portion 22 is provided with an insertion hole 24. Therefore, when the movable portion 22 is opened, the insertion hole 24 is moved upward. It becomes visible from. Therefore, the essential oil container 10 can be easily attached and detached while the occupant is sitting in the driver's seat 4 or the passenger seat 5. Further, since the movable portion 22 moves to the rear of the rear surface of the lower console 3, it becomes closer to the occupant and the detachability is improved. Further, in the present embodiment, since the rotating shaft 27 is provided at the lower part of the housing portion 21 and the movable portion 22, the insertion hole 24 is inclined toward the occupant. Therefore, the visibility of the insertion hole 24 is further improved, and the essential oil container 10 can be more easily attached and detached. Further, even if the rear protrusion 7 of the instrument panel 2 is located above the fragrance device 1 as in the present embodiment, it can be visually recognized from a position avoiding the rear protrusion 7 and can be attached / detached.

Since a plurality of insertion holes 24 are arranged in parallel along the vehicle width direction, a plurality of essential oil containers 10 can be visually recognized side by side. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the types and insertion positions of a plurality of essential oils. Further, since the pull-out amount (tilt amount) of the movable portion 22 is only one of the essential oil container 10, the moving space of the movable portion 22 can be reduced, and the installation space of the fragrance device 1 can be made compact.

Since the fragrance device 1 is arranged at a position lower than the seat surface of the driver's seat 4 or the passenger seat 5, the light incident from the glass on the side surface of the vehicle is blocked by the seat cushion. Therefore, it is possible to prevent or suppress the light from the side directly hitting the fragrance device 1. As a result, it is possible to prevent the essential oil in the essential oil container 10 from being deteriorated by ultraviolet rays or an increase in temperature.

Since the essential oil container 10 discharges the essential oil diagonally toward the rear upper part, it is possible to prevent the essential oil from directly hitting the seat cushions of the driver's seat 4 and the passenger's seat 5.

Since the discharge port 20 is arranged behind the air conditioner outlet 9 provided below the instrument panel 2 and is located near the flow of the conditioned air blown out from the air conditioner outlet 9, the discharge port 20 is located. The essential oil released from the air conditioner is carried by the air flow of the air conditioner and is flushed to the upper part of the vehicle and the rear seat side.

Although the fragrance device 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be appropriately modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the fragrance device 1 is installed in the front seat walk-through vehicle is given as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. The fragrance device can be installed even if the vehicle does not have a weak-through space, as long as the vehicle has a space that can be installed between the lower console and the driver's seat and the passenger seat.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the movable portion 22 is configured such that the lower portion is rotatably supported and only the upper portion of the movable portion 22 protrudes from the housing portion 21, but the present invention is not limited to this. .. As a drawer-like configuration in which the entire movable portion can be moved back and forth, both the upper portion and the lower portion of the movable portion may be made to appear and disappear from the housing.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, different types of essential oils are stored in the plurality of essential oil containers 10, but the same type of essential oils may be stored. In this case, since the amount of essential oil stored can be increased, the usage time of the fragrance device can be extended.

Further, in the above embodiment, the fragrance device 1 is provided with two insertion holes 24 for accommodating the essential oil container 10, but the number of insertion holes 24 is not limited to this. The number of insertion holes 24 may be singular or even larger.

Further, in the above embodiment, the essential oil is used as the fragrance, but the present invention is not limited to the essential oil. For example, it may be sesame oil or the like formed by dissolving essential oil in fat or oil. The fragrance also includes a fragrance produced by chemical synthesis. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the liquid air freshener is released toward the inside of the vehicle, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the gas air freshener volatilized from the cartridge impregnated with oil or synthetic fragrance is released into the vehicle. May be good.

1 Fragrance device 2 Instrument panel 3 Lower console 4 Driver's seat 5 Passenger seat 6 Space (walk-through space)
7 Rear protrusion 9 Air conditioner outlet 10 Essential oil container 11 Container body 12 Lid 13 Discharge 20 Discharge port 21 Main body 22 Movable part 24 Insert hole 27 Rotating shaft

Claims (8)

The instrument panel on the front of the passenger compartment and
A lower console that separates the driver's side foot space and the passenger side foot space below the instrument panel,
A movable space provided between the lower console and the driver's seat and passenger's seat,
The fragrance device housed in the rear part of the lower console is provided.
The fragrance device installation structure is characterized by having an opening on the rear surface side of the lower console and a discharge port capable of discharging the fragrance rearward. The instrument panel comprises a rear protrusion that projects rearward from the rear surface of the lower console.
The installation structure of the fragrance device according to claim 1, wherein the fragrance device is provided below the rear protrusion. The fragrance device includes a housing portion constituting an outer frame and a movable portion capable of tilting backward with respect to the housing portion.
The movable portion can be displaced between a housed state in which the movable portion is housed inside the housing portion and an open state in which the upper portion of the movable portion projects rearward from the housing portion.
The installation structure of the fragrance device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an insertion hole into which a container containing the fragrance is inserted is provided in an upper portion of the movable portion. A rotating shaft extending in the vehicle width direction is provided at the lower portion of the movable portion and the housing portion.
The installation structure of the fragrance device according to claim 3, wherein the movable portion tilts about the rotation axis. The installation structure of the fragrance device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein a plurality of the insertion holes are arranged in parallel along the vehicle width direction. The installation structure of the fragrance device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the fragrance device is arranged at a position lower than the seat surface of the driver's seat or the passenger seat. The installation structure of the fragrance device according to claim 6, wherein the fragrance device includes a release means for discharging the fragrance agent obliquely toward the rear upper part. Below the instrument panel, an air conditioner outlet is provided to blow out the conditioned air of the air conditioner toward at least one of the driver's seat side foot space and the passenger seat side foot space.
The installation structure of an fragrance device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the outlet is arranged behind the air conditioner outlet.

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