JP2021146815A - Storage device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve appearance of a storage device.SOLUTION: An overhead console comprises: a box 12 for partitioning a storage space 11 at inside; a lid 13 which is supported to the box 12 so as to be tilted freely; and a lock unit 14 supported by the lid 13. The box 12 has a box lower plate part 12b for partitioning a lower side of the storage space 11. On a rear end side of the box lower plate part 12b, a flange part 17 is provided. A lower end part 22 of the lid 13 in the closed state, is provided below the box lower plate part 12b. On the lower end part 22 of the lid 13, a lock device support part 24 for protruding forward from a front face 23 of the lid 13, is provided. The lock device 14 comprises: an operation part 32 and a claw part 34 capable of engaging to the flange part 17, and is supported to the lock device support part 24. The operation part 32 of the lock device 14 in the closed state is covered with an inner lower plate part 28 of the lid 13 from a lower side, and is not exposed to a lower side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle storage device.

Patent Document 1 describes an overhead console. An overhead console extends in the vehicle width direction above the windshield glass in the passenger compartment of a cab-over type truck. The overhead console includes a console body having an opening for communicating the storage portion with the passenger compartment, and a lid for closing the opening so that the opening can be opened. The lid has a lid body that opens and closes the opening, and a lid mounting portion that is attached to the lid body via an integral hinge to the upper edge of the opening. A rectangular through hole is formed in the center of the lower part of the lid body, and a locking means capable of holding the lid body in a state where the opening is closed is inserted into this through hole. A locking portion is formed near the tip of the movable piece protruding from the back surface of the lid body, and an operating portion is formed at the base end along the surface of the lid body.

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In the overhead console (storage device) described in Patent Document 1, since the operation unit to be operated when opening the lid is provided on the surface of the lid body, the surface side of the lid cannot be formed on a flat surface. , It may reduce the appearance of the storage device.

Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle storage device capable of improving the appearance.

In order to solve the above problems, the first aspect of the present invention is a vehicle storage device that is arranged above one side in a predetermined direction that intersects the vertical direction of the vehicle interior and is fixed to the vehicle body side. It is equipped with a bottom box-shaped box, a lid, and a locking device. The box has a box lower plate portion for partitioning the lower part of the storage space and a box-side locking portion, and the storage space is opened to the other side by the box opening on the other side in the predetermined direction. The lid is tiltably supported by the box and can be tilted between the closing position for closing the box opening from the other side and the opening position for opening the box opening. In the closed position, the lower end of the lid is located below the lower plate of the box. The lock device can release the lock-side locking portion that can be locked to the box-side locking portion and the locked state between the lock-side locking portion and the box-side locking portion by being operated from the above one side. The lid is provided on the above-mentioned one side surface of the lower end portion of the closed lid having an operation unit and the lid is arranged at the closed position, and the lid is locked by locking the lock side locking portion to the box side locking portion. It can be held in a closed state. The lid has a covering that extends from the lower end of the lid to one side and is located below the locking device in the closed state. The operating portion of the locking device is covered from below by the covering portion of the lid in the closed state.

In the above configuration, the lid closes the box opening of the box from the other side. Further, the lock device has an operation unit operated from the one side, and is provided on the one side surface of the lower end portion of the lid. That is, since the operating portion of the locking device for opening the lid is not provided on the other side surface (surface) side of the lid, the appearance is deteriorated due to the exposure of the operating portion of the locking device to the surface side of the lid. Can be prevented.

Further, since the covering portion of the lid is arranged below the locking device in the closed state, extends from the lower end portion of the lid to the above-mentioned one side, and covers the operating portion of the locking device from below, the operating portion of the locking device is in the closed state. Not exposed below the lid. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the lid from being deteriorated due to the exposure of the operating portion of the locking device downward.

Therefore, the appearance of the storage device can be improved.

A second aspect of the present invention is the vehicle storage device of the first aspect, wherein the covering portion of the lid extends upward from the lower end portion of the lid to the upper side of the lid in a closed state.

In the above configuration, the covering portion of the lid extends from the lower end portion of the lid to the upper side of the lid in the closed state, so that even when the lower end portion of the lid in the closed state is viewed from the lower one side, the lid It is possible to prevent the operating portion of the locking device from being exposed downward. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the operating portion of the lock device from being exposed when the storage device is viewed from the occupant side below the other side, and it is possible to improve the appearance of the storage device.

According to the present disclosure, the appearance of the storage device can be improved.

It is a rear view of the overhead console which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the overhead console on the right side of FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the IV part of FIG. FIG. 2 is an external view of FIG. 2 viewed from the V direction.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, FR indicates the front of the vehicle, UP indicates the upper side, and IN indicates the inner side in the vehicle width direction. Further, in the following description, the front-rear direction means the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and the left-right direction means the left-right direction in a state of facing the front of the vehicle.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the storage device according to the present embodiment is located in front of and above the passenger compartment 3 of the vehicle 1 (for example, a high roof type vehicle 1) (front-rear direction (predetermined direction intersecting the vertical direction)). It is applied to the overhead console (storage device) 10 arranged (above one side). In the present embodiment, a pair of left and right overhead consoles 10 are provided above the windshield 2. Since the left and right overhead consoles 10 are symmetrically provided on the left and right sides of the vehicle 1 and have substantially the same configuration, the right side will be described below, and the left side will be omitted.

Above the windshield 2 of the vehicle 1, a cover panel 4 extending rearward from the vicinity of the upper edge of the windshield 2 is provided. The cover panel 4 is arranged below the left and right overhead consoles 10 and intersects the vertical direction. The rear end of the cover panel 4 is provided with a notch 4a into which a finger can be inserted from below. The notch portion 4a of the cover panel 4 is formed in a notch shape from the rear end side to the front of the cover panel 4.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the overhead console 10 on the right side (hereinafter, simply referred to as “overhead console 10”) is tiltably supported by the box 12 for partitioning the storage space 11 inside and the box 12. A lid 13 and a locking device 14 supported by the lid 13 are provided. Unless otherwise specified, the directions relating to the lid 13 and the locking device 14 indicate the directions in a state in which the lid 13 closes the box opening 15 described later in the box 12 (hereinafter, referred to as “closed state”).

The box 12 is formed in the shape of a bottomed box that partitions the storage space 11 that is open to the rear (the other side in the predetermined direction). The box 12 includes a box bottom plate portion 12a for partitioning the front of the storage space 11, a box lower plate portion 12b for partitioning the lower part of the storage space 11, a box upper plate portion 12c for partitioning the upper part of the storage space 11, and a storage space. The left and right box side plate portions 12d that partition the left and right sides of 11 (the right box side plate portion 12d is shown in FIG. 3, and the left box side plate portion 12d is not shown) are integrally provided. .. The box bottom plate portion 12a is formed in a plate shape that intersects the front-rear direction. The box lower plate portion 12b, the box upper plate portion 12c, and the rear end edge portions of the left and right box side plate portions 12d partition the box opening 15 that opens the storage space 11 rearward. A lid support portion 16 that tiltably supports the lid 13 about a shaft CL extending in the vehicle width direction is provided at the rear end portion of the box upper plate portion 12c. The box lower plate portion 12b intersects the vertical direction above the cover panel 4 and is fixed to the cover panel 4. On the rear end side of the box lower plate portion 12b, a flange portion (box side locking portion) 17 extending downward along the rear end edge portion of the box lower plate portion 12b is provided. The flange portion 17 is arranged behind the front end edge 18 of the notch portion 4a of the cover panel 4. That is, a part of the area on the rear end side of the box lower plate portion 12b (in the present embodiment, the central portion of the rear end portion of the box lower plate portion 12b in the vehicle width direction) is above the notch portion 4a of the cover panel 4. Located in. A space 26 (hereinafter, referred to as "space 26 in the notch") opened downward by the notch 4a is partitioned below the box lower plate portion 12b and above the notch 4a of the cover panel 4. The notch inner space 26 is also opened rearward below the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b. The shaft CL does not mean a shaft as an object (for example, a shaft rod), but a shaft core which is a center of rotation.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the lid 13 is a plate-shaped member that opens and closes the box opening 15 of the box 12, and has an outer panel 19 on the rear side (vehicle compartment 3 side) and a front side (box 12). It has an inner panel 20 (on the side), and is formed by joining the outer panel 19 and the inner panel 20. The upper end portion of the lid 13 (in the present embodiment, the upper end portion of the inner panel 20) is tiltably supported by the lid support portion 16 of the box 12 about the shaft CL. The lid 13 has a closing position for closing the box opening 15 of the box 12 from the rear (position shown by a solid line in FIG. 3) and an opening position for opening the box opening 15 by moving the lower end side of the lid 13 rearward and upward (FIG. 3). It is possible to tilt about the axis CL with respect to (the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in 3). The lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 in the closed state is located below the box lower plate portion 12b (in the present embodiment, substantially the same height as the cover panel 4). The outer panel 19 is joined to the inner panel 20 so as to cover the entire area of the inner panel 20 from the rear. At the lower end of the outer panel 19, a curved portion 27 that curves forward toward the lower end of the inner panel 20 is provided. The curved portion 27 of the outer panel 19 covers a part (rear side) of the lower end portion 37 of the inner panel 20 from below. The rear surface 21 (surface 21 of the lid 13) of the outer panel 19 is formed in a flat shape.

In a part of the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 in the vehicle width direction (in the present embodiment, the central portion of the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 in the vehicle width direction), the front surface 23 of the inner panel 20 (front surface of the lid 13). A lock device support portion 24 that projects forward from (one side surface) 23) is provided. The lock device support portion 24 passes below the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b in the closed state, and is inserted from the rear into the rear portion of the notch portion inner space 26 above the notch portion 4a of the cover panel 4. The front portion of the closed portion internal space 26 (the region in front of the portion into which the lock device support portion 24 is inserted) is opened downward, and a finger can be inserted into the notch internal space 26 from below. The lock device support portion 24 has an inner lower plate portion (covering portion) 28 extending from the lower end of the inner panel 20 to the front and upper sides, and an inner upper plate portion 29 arranged at a position separated upward from the inner lower plate portion 28. Have. A locking device 14 is arranged between the inner lower plate portion 28 and the inner upper plate portion 29. The front end 30 of the inner lower plate portion 28 is located in front of the front end 31 of the inner upper plate portion 29. The inner upper plate portion 29 is formed with an upper opening 35 through which the claw portion 34 described later of the locking device 14 is inserted. Between the front end 30 of the inner lower plate portion 28 and the front end 31 of the inner upper plate portion 29, a front opening 33 in which the operation portion 32 described later of the locking device 14 is arranged is provided. The upper opening 35 opens rearward and upward, and the front opening 33 opens forward and upward. The front opening 33 communicates with the front portion of the notch inner space 26 in the closed state.

As shown in FIG. 4, the locking device 14 is a device capable of holding the lid 13 in a closed state, and is between the inner upper plate portion 29 and the inner lower plate portion 28 of the locking device support portion 24 of the lid 13. It is arranged and fixed to the inner panel 20 in a state of being supported by the lock device support portion 24. That is, the locking device 14 is provided on the front surface 23 of the lid 13. The lock device 14 includes an operation unit 32 that is operated when the lid 13 is moved from the closed position to the open position, and a claw portion (lock side locking portion) 34 that projects downward so as to be buried by the operation of the operation unit 32. Has. The claw portion 34 projects upward from the upper opening 35 of the inner upper plate portion 29 of the lock device support portion 24 in the closed state, is located in front of the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b of the box 12, and is located on the flange portion 17. Locked. That is, the lock device 14 regulates the rearward tilt of the lid 13 on the lower end portion 22 side by locking the claw portion 34 to the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b of the box 12, and closes the lid 13. It can be held in a state. The operation unit 32 projects forward and upward from the front opening 33 of the lock device support unit 24. The operation unit 32 is operated from the front (in this embodiment, the pressing operation is performed from the front to the rear), so that the claw portion 34 is moved downward from the upper opening 35 of the inner upper plate portion 29 (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4). Buried in (position). As a result, the locked state between the claw portion 34 and the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b of the box 12 is released, and the lid 13 can be tilted from the closed position to the open position. The front end 36 of the operation unit 32 is located behind the front end 30 of the inner lower plate portion 28 and in front of the front end 31 of the inner upper plate portion 29. The inner lower plate portion 28 of the lid 13 covers the operation portion 32 of the locking device 14 from below. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the operating portion 32 of the locked device 14 in the closed state is covered from below by the inner lower plate portion 28 of the lid 13 and is not exposed downward.

In the overhead console 10 configured as described above, the lid 13 closes the box opening 15 of the box 12 from behind. That is, the rear surface 21 of the lid 13 becomes the surface 21 of the lid 13 exposed to the vehicle interior 3 side. Further, the lock device 14 has an operation unit 32 operated from the front, and is provided on the front surface 23 of the lid 13. That is, since the operation unit 32 of the lock device 14 is not provided on the surface 21 side of the lid 13, the appearance of the overhead console 10 is deteriorated due to the exposure of the operation unit 32 of the lock device 14 to the surface 21 side of the lid 13. Can be prevented.

Further, since the operation unit 32 of the lock device 14 is not provided on the surface 21 side of the lid 13, the surface 21 of the lid 13 can be formed in a flat shape, and the appearance of the overhead console 10 can be improved. ..

Further, since the inner lower plate portion 28 of the lock device support portion 24 of the lid 13 covers the operation portion 32 of the lock device 14 from below, the operation portion 32 of the locked device 14 in the closed state is not exposed below the lid 13. (See FIG. 5). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the overhead console 10 from being deteriorated due to the exposure of the operation unit 32 of the locking device 14 downward of the lid 13.

Further, since the inner lower plate portion 28 of the locking device support portion 24 of the lid 13 extends forward and upward from the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 in the closed state, the lower end portion 22 of the closed lid 13 is viewed from the lower front side. Even in this case, it is possible to prevent the operation unit 32 of the locking device 14 from being exposed to the lower side of the lid 13. Therefore, it is possible to surely prevent the operation unit 32 of the lock device 14 from being exposed when the overhead console 10 is viewed from the rear lower occupant side, and the appearance of the overhead console 10 can be improved.

Further, since the inner lower plate portion 28 of the lock device support portion 24 of the lid 13 extends forward and upward from the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 in the closed state, when the overhead console 10 is viewed from the rear lower occupant side, the inner The lower plate portion 28 is covered with the outer panel 19 (curved portion 27 in the present embodiment) and is not exposed rearward and downward. In this way, when the overhead console 10 is viewed from the rear lower occupant side, not only the operation unit 32 of the lock device 14 but also the inner lower plate portion 28 of the lid 13 is not exposed to the occupant side. The appearance can be improved.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the appearance of the overhead console 10 can be improved.

In the present embodiment, the inner lower plate portion (covering portion) 28 of the lid 13 is extended forward and upward from the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13 is not limited to this. It may be a covering portion that extends at least forward from the lock device 14 and covers the operating portion 32 of the locking device 14 from below. For example, the inner lower plate portion 28 of the lid 13 may be extended substantially horizontally forward from the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13, or may be extended forward and downward from the lower end portion 22 of the lid 13.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lid 13 is composed of the outer panel 19 and the inner panel 20, but the present invention is not limited to this, as long as the lid 13 is such that the box opening 15 of the box 12 can be opened and closed. It may have the configuration of.

Further, in the present embodiment, the operation portion 32 of the lock device 14 is covered from below by the inner lower plate portion (cover portion) 28 of the lock device support portion 24 of the lid 13, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the curved portion 27 of the outer panel 19 may be extended forward so as to cover the operating portion 32 of the lock device 14 from below, and the curved portion 27 of the outer panel 19 may function as a covering portion.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lock device 14 is provided with the operation unit 32 for pressing from the front to the rear, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the operation unit 32 may be operated from the front. For example, the operation unit 32 may be operated by hooking a finger inserted into the notch inner space 26 from the front of the operation unit 32 to the upper side of the operation unit 32 and pulling the operation unit downward.

Further, in the present embodiment, a flange portion (box side locking portion) 17 is provided at the rear end edge portion of the box lower plate portion 12b of the box 12, and a claw portion (locking side locking portion) protruding upward from the locking device 14 is provided. ) 34 is provided, and the claw portion 34 of the lock device 14 is locked to the flange portion 17 of the box lower plate portion 12b, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the lock side locking portion is engaged with the box side locking portion. Other structures may be used as long as the closed state of the lid 13 can be maintained by stopping. For example, recesses (box-side locking portions) are provided on both sides of the lower rear end of the left and right box-side plate portions 12d of the box 12 in the vehicle width direction, and are supported by the lid 13 so as to be slidable in the vehicle width direction and are closed. The locking device 14 may be provided with a pin (locking portion on the locking side) to be locked in the recess, and the locking state between the pin and the recess may be released by operating the operating portion 32.

Further, in the present embodiment, a lid support portion 16 for tiltably supporting the lid 13 about a shaft CL extending in the vehicle width direction is provided at the rear end portion of the box upper plate portion 12c of the box 12, and the lower end of the lid 13 is provided. The side was tilted backward and upward, but it is not limited to this. For example, a lid support portion that tiltably supports the lid 13 about a shaft CL extending in the vertical direction is provided at the rear end portion of the box side plate portion 12d on one of the left and right sides, and the other left and right sides of the lid 13 are rearward. It may be tilted to one side.

Further, in the present embodiment, a pair of left and right overhead consoles (storage devices) 10 are provided above the front of the vehicle interior 3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and at least one overhead console 10 may be provided. ..

Although the present invention has been described above based on the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the contents of the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the present invention. That is, it goes without saying that all other embodiments, examples, operational techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are included in the category of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the storage device according to the present disclosure is applied to the overhead console 10 arranged in the front upper part of the vehicle compartment 3, but in the vehicle width direction (predetermined direction intersecting the vertical direction) of the vehicle compartment 3. It may be applied to a storage device arranged above one side.

Further, in the above embodiment, the storage device according to the present disclosure is applied to the high roof type vehicle 1, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The vehicle storage device according to the present disclosure can be widely applied to a vehicle having a storage device above the passenger compartment.

1: Vehicle 3: Vehicle compartment 10: Overhead console (storage device)
11: Storage space 12: Box 12b: Box lower plate portion 13: Lid 14: Locking device 15: Box opening 17: Flange portion (box side locking portion)
22: Lower end of lid 23: Front surface of lid (one side)
28: Inner lower plate part (covering part)
32: Operation unit 34: Claw unit (locking unit on the lock side)

Claims (2)

A vehicle storage device that is placed above one side of a predetermined direction that intersects the vertical direction of the passenger compartment and is fixed to the vehicle body side.
A bottomed box-shaped box having a box lower plate portion for partitioning the lower part of the storage space and a box-side locking portion, and opening the storage space to the other side by opening the box on the other side in the predetermined direction. ,
It is tiltably supported by the box and can be tilted between the closing position where the box opening is closed from the other side and the opening position where the box opening is opened. At the closing position, the lower end is below the box. The lid located below the board and
An operation that can release the lock-side locking portion that can be locked to the box-side locking portion and the locked state of the lock-side locking portion and the box-side locking portion by being operated from the one side. The lid is provided on the one side surface of the lower end portion of the lid in the closed state in which the lid is arranged at the closed position, and the lock side locking portion is locked to the box side locking portion. The lid is provided with a locking device capable of holding the lid in the closed state.
The lid has a covering portion that extends from the lower end portion of the lid to the one side and is arranged below the locking device in the closed state.
A vehicle storage device, wherein the operating portion of the locking device is covered from below by the covering portion of the lid in the closed state. The vehicle storage device according to claim 1.
A vehicle storage device, wherein the covering portion of the lid extends upward from the lower end portion of the lid to the one side in the closed state.

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