JP2022078519A - Lid mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve the design and marketability of a front part inside a vehicle cabin.SOLUTION: A structure includes a tray 16 provided on an instrument panel 12 and having on a vehicle cabin 10 side an opening 14, through which an article to be stored is put in and the article is taken out and is provided for mounting a lid 22 on an outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16. In the structure, this lid 22 is mounted on the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 by its being slid toward a vehicle rear side from an outer side of the tray 16. On both sides of the lid 22 in a sliding direction, protrusions 46, 46 are respectively provided, which protrude upward and whose leading ends in the sliding direction become smaller in a vertical direction than rear ends thereof.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a lid mounting structure provided on an instrument panel and having an opening on the passenger compartment side for loading and unloading stored items, and a lid is mounted on the upper surface of the tray.

As a prior art, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a structure in which a lighting device is attached to the upper surface of the storage portion from an inner opening of the storage portion (tray) to illuminate the stored items stored in the storage portion via a lens. There is.

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However, in the mounting structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the lighting device is mounted on the upper surface of the storage section from the inner opening of the storage section, a step corresponding to the plate thickness of the lighting device is generated. For this reason, the appearance may be deteriorated due to the relationship with the design panel, and the design may be deteriorated. In addition, there is a risk of degrading the commercial value of the storage unit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lid mounting structure capable of improving the design and commerciality of the front portion on the vehicle interior side.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a structure provided in the instrument panel and provided with a storage portion having an opening for loading and unloading stored items on the vehicle interior side, and a lid is attached to the upper surface of the storage portion. The lid is characterized in that it is attached to the upper surface of the storage portion by sliding it from the outside of the storage portion toward the rear of the vehicle.

In the present invention, it is possible to obtain a lid mounting structure capable of improving the design and commerciality of the front portion on the vehicle interior side.

It is a perspective view of the front part of the vehicle interior as seen from the vehicle interior side of the tray to which the lid mounting structure according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the tray and lid shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the power plant room side. It is a front view of the lid shown in FIG. 2 as seen from the front side of the vehicle. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from above. It is a side view of the lid shown in FIG. 2 as seen from the right side in the vehicle width direction. It is a vertical sectional view along the VI-VI line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. It is a vertical sectional view along the line VIII-VIII of FIG. It is a vertical sectional view along the IX-IX line of FIG.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. In each figure, "front and back" indicates the vehicle front and rear direction, "left and right" indicates the vehicle width direction (left and right direction), and "up and down" indicates the vehicle vertical direction (vertical vertical direction).

As shown in FIG. 1, an instrument panel 12 extending along the vehicle width direction is arranged in front of the vehicle in the vehicle interior 10. Below the instrument panel 12 facing the front of the vehicle in the left front seat (not shown) in the passenger compartment 10, a tray (storage unit) having an opening 14 on the passenger compartment 10 side that allows storage and storage of stored items to be taken in and out. 16 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the outer upper surface (upper surface) 18 of the tray 16 is provided with a rectangular opening 20 having a rectangular shape in a plan view.

The rectangular opening 20 is closed by a lid 22 attached to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 (see FIG. 1). As will be described in detail later, the lid 22 is mounted on the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 from the outside of the tray 16 in front of the vehicle (on the side of the power plant room 24 in which an engine, a motor, etc. (not shown) is installed). It is attached by sliding it toward the rear (see FIG. 2).

A rib 26 having a U-shaped cross section is provided on the upper portion of the tray 16 located at the rear of the vehicle of the rectangular opening 20 (see FIGS. 7 and 2). The rib 26 sandwiches the sliding direction tip portion (vehicle rear end portion) of the lid 22 attached to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 in the vertical direction, and positions the lid 22 in the height direction (FIG. 2). reference).

As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 16 has a ceiling portion 28 having an outer upper surface 18 facing the power plant chamber 24, left and right side wall portions 30 and 30 continuous on both the left and right sides of the ceiling portion 28, and the inside of the vehicle interior 10. It is located in front of the vehicle on the back side of the tray 16 when viewed from the left front seat (not shown), and connects the vehicle front end of the ceiling 28 and the vehicle front end of the left and right side walls, respectively. It is configured to include 32. At the upper ends of the left and right centers of the front side wall portion 32 of the vehicle, a positioning protrusion 34 is provided which is made of a flat plate-shaped plate body and projects in the horizontal direction toward the front of the vehicle.

On both the left and right sides of the positioning protrusion 34, for example, a clip member 38 that protrudes toward the front of the vehicle is provided, and claws 42 for locking the locking portion 40 described later on the lid 22 are provided. The claw portion 42 is supported so as to be elastically deformable, and after being elastically deformed inward in the vehicle width direction by the pressing force of the locking portion 40 of the lid 22, it returns to the original position by the elastic force and hangs down as described later. The portion 44 is fixed to the tray 16 (see FIG. 8).

Above the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 to which the lid 22 is attached, a pair of left and right arm members 48, 48 for receiving the raised portions 46, 46 described later of the lid 22 are provided. Each arm member 48 has an arm 50 that projects toward the front of the vehicle from the back surface of the instrument panel 12 facing the power plant chamber 24 side. The lower portion of the arm 50 has a guide surface 52 that guides the raised portion 46 of the lid 22.

When the lid 22 is slid and attached toward the rear of the vehicle, the raised portion 46 of the lid 22 is sandwiched between the arm member 48 and the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16, and the arm 50 is in sliding contact with the upper surface of the raised portion 46. It is guided along the guide surface 52 of (see FIG. 6).

Each arm member 48 is a vehicle of the arm member 48 as compared with the vehicle rear end side of the arm member 48 so that the distance between the outer upper surface 18 (upper outer surface) of the tray 16 and the arm member 48 matches the raised portion 46. It is configured so that the distance between the front tips is large. In FIG. 9, the separation distance (D1) between the outer upper surface 18 (upper outer surface) of the tray 16 and the front end side of the arm member 48 on the vehicle front side is the outer upper surface 18 (upper outer surface) of the tray 16 and the vehicle rear end of the arm member 48. It is larger than the separation interval (D2) on the side (D1> D2).

A round-shaped portion 54 having a chamfered round shape is provided at the lower portion of the tip of the arm member 48 in front of the vehicle (see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the lid 22 includes a main body portion 56, a hanging portion 44, and a light source mounting portion 58. On both sides of the upper surface of the main body 56 in a direction orthogonal to the slide direction, a pair of left and right raised portions 46, 46 are raised upward and the tip in the slide direction is smaller in the vertical direction than the rear end. It is provided (see FIGS. 2 to 4). An inclined wall 60 having an inclined surface that descends from the vehicle front end of the raised portion 46 toward the vehicle rear end of the raised portion 46 is provided on the upper surface of each raised portion 46.

Further, in the middle portion of each raised portion 46, a support piece 62 projecting downward from the lower surface of the inclined wall 60 is provided (see FIGS. 2, 5, and 9). When the lid 22 is slid and attached to the tray 16, the lower end of the support piece 62 abuts on the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 to support the lid 22 and presses the raised portion 46 toward the arm member 48. The lid 22 is held between the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 and the arm member 48 (see FIG. 9).

Further, a round-shaped portion 64 having a chamfered round shape is provided on the upper portion of the tip of each raised portion 46 located at the rear end of the vehicle (see FIGS. 2 to 5 and 9). In the present embodiment, the round shape portions 54 and 64 are provided on both the lower tip of the arm member 48 and the upper tip of the raised portion located at the rear end of the vehicle, respectively, but at least one of them. May be good.

The hanging portion 44 is provided so as to hang down from the vehicle front end of the main body portion 56 along the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16. As shown in FIG. 2, notches 66 having a rectangular shape when viewed from the front of the vehicle are provided on both sides of the hanging portion 44 along the vehicle width direction. The left and right inner walls of the notch 66 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction are a pair of left and right claw portions 42 (clip members 38) protruding from the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16 when the lid 22 is slid toward the rear of the vehicle. ) Functions as a locking portion 40.

Further, the hanging portion 44 is provided with an opening 68 for receiving the positioning protrusion 34 of the tray 16. The opening 68 is formed in a horizontally long slit shape along the horizontal direction corresponding to the positioning protrusion 34 made of a horizontal plate body (see FIG. 2).

Further, on the upper surface of the main body 56 of the lid 22, for example, a light source mounting portion 58 for mounting a light source 57 (see FIG. 7) such as an LED (light emitting diode) is provided. The light source mounting portion 58 has a bulging portion 70 that bulges upward from the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16. At the center of the bulging portion 70, a mounting port 72 for mounting the light source 57 is provided.

The front of the vehicle to which the lid mounting structure according to the present embodiment is applied is basically configured as described above, and the effects thereof will be described next.

In the present embodiment, the lid 22 is attached to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 by sliding it from the outside of the tray 16 (power plant chamber 24 side) toward the rear of the vehicle. In other words, in the present embodiment, the lid 22 is not attached from the opening 14 on the vehicle interior side of the tray 16 as in the prior art, but the outer upper surface of the tray 16 is mounted from the power plant chamber 24 side in the opposite direction to the prior art. The lid 22 is slid and attached to the 18.

As a result, in the present embodiment, when viewed from the left front seat side, the step and the parting line between the inner upper surface of the tray 16 and the lid 22 are reduced, and the lid 22 can be visually attached to the tray 16. As a result, in the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain a lid mounting structure capable of improving the design and commerciality of the front portion on the vehicle interior side.

Further, in the present embodiment, on both sides of the lid 22 in the direction orthogonal to the slide direction, there are raised portions 46 that are raised upward and the tip in the slide direction is smaller in the vertical direction as compared with the rear end. It is provided. Further, in the present embodiment, a pair of left and right arm members 48 for receiving the raised portion 46 are provided above the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 to which the lid 22 is attached. The arm member 48 is located in front of the arm member 48 as compared with the distance between the rear end side of the arm member 48 so that the distance between the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 and the arm member 48 matches the raised portion 46. The separation interval on the tip side of the is large. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the distance between the outer upper surface 18 (upper outer surface) of the tray 16 and the front end side of the arm member 48 on the front end side of the vehicle (D1) is the outer upper surface 18 (upper outer surface) of the tray 16 and the arm. It is larger than the separation interval (D2) on the rear end side of the member 48 (D1> D2).

Thereby, in the present embodiment, the raised portion 46 of the lid 22 can be reliably guided between the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 and the arm member 48. Further, in the present embodiment, since the raised portion 46 of the lid 22 is sandwiched between the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 and the arm member 48, the lid 22 can be fixed to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 without rattling. can.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lower tip of the arm member 48 and the upper tip of the raised portion 46 have round-shaped portions 54 and 64 having a chamfered round shape, respectively.

Thereby, in the present embodiment, by providing the round shape portions 54 and 64, the lid 22 can be smoothly guided when sliding. The round shape portion may be at least one of the lower tip of the arm member 48 and the upper tip of the raised portion 46.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the lid 22 has a main body portion 56, and the tray 16 has a vehicle front end side wall portion 32. The lid 22 has a hanging portion 44 that hangs down from the main body portion 56 along the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16. When the lid 22 is slid toward the rear of the vehicle, the claw portion 42 of the clip member 38 projecting from the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16 to the front of the vehicle is locked to the hanging portion 44. A unit 40 is provided. In the present embodiment, the locking portion 40 is composed of left and right inner walls of the notch 66 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, which engage with the claw portion 42 of the clip member 38.

Thereby, in the present embodiment, the locking portion 40 of the hanging portion 44 is securely locked by the claw portion 42 of the clip member 38 projecting from the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16, and the lid 22 is easily locked. It can be attached to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16. Further, since the locking portion 40 of the lid 22 is locked by the claw portion 42 of the tray 16, the lid 22 is less likely to be disengaged from the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the vehicle front end side wall portion 32 of the tray 16 is provided with a positioning protrusion 34. The hanging portion 44 of the lid 22 is provided with an opening 68 for receiving the positioning protrusion 34.

In the present embodiment, by providing the positioning protrusion 34 and the opening 68 for receiving the positioning protrusion 34, the lid 22 can be easily attached to the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16 in a state of being accurately positioned.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the lid 22 is provided with a light source mounting portion 58 for mounting the light source 57. The light source mounting portion 58 has a bulging portion 70 that bulges upward from the outer upper surface 18 of the tray 16.

Thereby, in the present embodiment, the light source 57 can be hidden so as not to be seen from the inside of the vehicle interior 10, and the bulging portion 70 can be pressed to easily perform the slide mounting.

10 Car room 12 Instrument panel 14 Opening 16 Tray (storage)
18 Outer upper surface (upper surface of tray)
22 Lid 32 Front side wall of vehicle (side wall of storage)
34 Positioning protrusion 40 Locking part 42 Claw part 44 Hanging part 46 Raised part 48 Arm member 54, 64 Round shape part 56 (of lid) Main body part 57 Light source 58 Light source mounting part 68 Opening part 70 Protruding part D1 Tray Separation distance between the outer upper surface (upper outer surface) and the front end side of the arm member on the vehicle front D2 Tray outer upper surface (upper outer surface) and the separation distance on the vehicle rear end side of the arm member

Claims (6)

It has a structure provided on the instrument panel and has a storage section having an opening for loading and unloading stored items on the passenger compartment side, and a lid is attached to the upper surface of the storage section.
The lid mounting structure is characterized in that the lid is slid from the outside of the storage portion toward the rear of the vehicle with respect to the upper surface of the storage portion. In the lid mounting structure according to claim 1,
On both sides of the lid in the direction orthogonal to the slide direction, there are ridges that bulge upward and the tip in the slide direction becomes smaller in the vertical direction as compared with the rear end.
An arm member for receiving the raised portion is provided above the upper surface of the storage portion to which the lid is attached.
The arm member has a larger separation interval on the tip end side of the arm member than on the rear end side of the arm member so that the distance between the upper outer surface of the storage portion and the arm member matches the raised portion. A lid mounting structure characterized by being configured. In the lid mounting structure according to claim 2,
A lid mounting structure characterized in that at least one of the lower tip of the arm member and the upper tip of the raised portion has a chamfered round shape. In the lid mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
The lid has a main body and has a main body.
The storage portion has a side wall portion and has a side wall portion.
The lid has a droop that hangs from the body along the side wall of the storage.
When the lid is slid toward the rear of the vehicle, the hanging portion is provided with a locking portion for locking a claw portion protruding from the side wall portion of the storage portion. Lid mounting structure. In the lid mounting structure according to claim 4,
A positioning protrusion is provided on the side wall of the storage portion.
The lid mounting structure is characterized in that the hanging portion of the lid is provided with an opening for receiving the positioning protrusion. In the lid mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
The lid is provided with a light source mounting portion for mounting a light source.
The lid mounting structure is characterized in that the light source mounting portion bulges upward from the upper surface of the housing portion.

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