JP2776148B2 - Glove box locking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a locking device for a glove box which is openably and closably mounted on an instrument panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A glove box locking device provided on an instrument panel of an automobile includes a glove at a center side of the instrument panel as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. Sho 62-19367. There is known an operation knob provided with an operation knob for unlatching a latch mechanism of a box, so that the operation knob can be easily operated to open a glove box even from a driver's seat side.

[0003]

Since the operation knob is easily visible on the instrument panel surface, there is a risk of unauthorized unlocking, and there is a slight problem in anti-theft property.

Therefore, the present invention can easily unlatch the latch mechanism of the glove box even from the driver's seat side, and furthermore, the push button for performing the unlatch operation is not conspicuous, so that unauthorized unlocking of the glove box can be avoided. It is intended to provide a glove box locking device capable of improving the antitheft property.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a latch mechanism for locking the glove box is provided at a position away from the glove box arrangement portion of the instrument panel toward the center of the instrument panel. An opener that is unlatched by a push operation via a remote control cable is provided, and the opener is fixed to the instrument panel with the opening end faces substantially flush with each other and fixed to the instrument panel. A push button with a cylinder lock that is inserted and arranged to be immersed, is urged in the protruding direction by a spring, and restricts and permits push operation by operating a key plate, and is arranged on the back of the push button body One end is connected to the push button and the other end is remote By connecting the cement roll cable,
A lever that transmits the push operation of the push button to the remote control cable as a traction force in the unlatching direction of the latch mechanism; a closed position that is overlapped and arranged on the end surface of the push button to hide the cylinder lock; and an open position that exposes the cylinder lock. And a button cover rotatably mounted on the button.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the button cover is provided with a push lock mechanism that permits the push operation of the push button in the closed position and restricts the push operation of the push button in the open position.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an adjuster for adjusting the connection position of the remote control cable is provided at the other end of the lever disposed on the back of the push button body.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the push button of the opener can be easily pushed by reaching even from the driver's seat side, and the glove box can be opened by the unlatch operation of the latch mechanism. it can. In addition, by keeping the button cover on the end face of the push button in the closed position, the key hole of the key cylinder is not noticeable at all, and the antitheft property can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the button cover is opened and the key cylinder is locked off by operating the key plate, the push button cannot be pushed with the button cover open, so that the anti-theft property is improved. Further, the height can be increased, and breakage of the button cover can be avoided.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if there is an assembly error between the position where the latch mechanism is disposed and the position where the opener is disposed, this error is adjusted by adjusting the connection position of the remote control cable using the adjuster. By absorbing, the remote control cable can be set with the appropriate tension.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel, and a glove box 2 is provided on the front passenger seat side so as to be freely opened and closed.

A striker 3 is fixedly mounted on the back surface of the glove box 2 at a substantially central portion of the upper free end, and the striker 3 is located at a position corresponding to the striker 3 around the opening 4 of the instrument panel 1. A latch mechanism 5 for disengagement is provided.

The push operation of the push button 8 is performed at a position away from the glove box 2 arrangement portion of the instrument panel 1 toward the center of the instrument panel 1, for example, at the console section 6 surface at the center of the instrument panel 1. And an opener 7 for unlatching the latch mechanism 5 via a remote control cable 9 is provided.

FIG. 2 shows a latch mechanism 5. Reference numeral 10 denotes a latch base fixed to the periphery of the opening 4 and a box-shaped latch holder 11 on one side and an end of an outer tube 9A of the remote control cable 9. Is fixed to the cable bracket 12 and fixed to the left and right.

The latch 13 which engages with and disengages from the striker 3
A support shaft 14 protruding from the latch 13 is rotatably supported on both side walls of the latch holder portion 11, and a rotational force in an unlatching direction is urged by a spring 15 mounted on the support shaft 14. In addition, a cam portion 16 that engages with an upper edge portion of the lock bar 17 is cut out at the periphery of the latch 13 near the pivot portion as shown in FIGS.

The lock bar 17 is slidably disposed through both side walls of the latch holder portion 11, and has an inner cable 9B of the remote control cable 9 at one end thereof.
While the ends are connected, a spring 19 is elastically mounted between the protruding edge portion 18 at the other end and the latch holder portion 11 so as to bias the inner cable 9 in a pulling direction.

The upper edge of the lock bar 17 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, the sliding movement of the lock bar 17 by pulling the inner cable 9 causes the cam portion 1 of the latch 13 to move.
6 is depressed to allow its unlatched rotation,
A notch 20 is formed to engage with the side surface of the latch 13.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the latch 13 is in the unlatched state, one side edge of the notch 20 is engaged with the side surface of the latch 13 by the spring force of the spring 19. When the glove box 2 is closed, the striker 3 enters the opening 13 a of the latch 13, and the latch 13 rotates against the spring force of the spring 15,
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the cam portion 16 is disengaged from the notch portion 20, the engagement between the side edge of the notch portion 20 and the side surface of the latch 13 is released, and the lock bar 17 is moved by the spring force of the spring 19, as shown in FIG. In the direction a, the cam portion 16 is engaged with the upper edge of the lock bar 17 by the spring force of the spring 15 to lock the striker 3 in a biting state.

When the inner cable 9B is pulled, the lock bar 17 is slid in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 5 against the spring force of the spring 19, and the notch 20 is moved to the position of the latch 13. The cam portion 16 falls into the notch portion 20 and the engagement with the upper edge of the lock bar 17 is released, and the latch 13 is returned to the original unlatched state shown in FIGS. I have.

FIG. 3 shows the opener 7, which includes a push button body 21 fixed to the instrument panel 1, a push button 8 which is disposed inside the opening 22 of the push button body 21 and is inserted and retractable. It has a lever 23 for transmitting the push operation force of the push button 8 to the remote control cable 9, a button cover 24 provided on the end face of the push button 8 by overlapping.

The push button body 21 has a mounting flange 25. The mounting flange 25 is fixed to a boss 26 protruding from the back surface of the instrument panel 1 by fixing a screw 27 (see FIG. 13). Are arranged substantially flush with one face of the instrument panel.

A lever bracket 28 and a cable bracket 29 are projected from the rear surface of the push button body 21, and a central portion of the L-shaped lever 23 is pivotally supported on the lever bracket 28 by a pin 30.

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 18, the push button 8 is urged in a projecting direction by a spring 31 elastically mounted between the back surface and the inner bottom surface of the opening 22.
The arm 32 protruding from the rear surface penetrates through the rear surface of the push button body 21 and is connected to a pin 33 at one end of the lever 23. The end surface of the lever 23 comes into contact with the rear surface of the push button body 21 to prevent it from coming off. It is supposed to be.

A cylinder lock 34 is embedded in the center of the push button 8, and a key plate (not shown) is inserted into a key hole 35 on an end face of the cylinder lock 34 to lock the cylinder lock 34 in the lock position. (LOCK), the stopper 36 at the tip of the cylinder lock 34 is moved to the position shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the push operation of the push button 8 is restricted by facing the protrusion 37 on the inner bottom surface of the opening 22 and the cylinder lock 34 is turned to the open position (OPEN),
The stopper 36 is displaced from the projection 37 as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, and allows the push button 8 to be pushed.

At both ends of the outer tube 9 A of the remote control cable 9, L-shaped hooks 38 fixed by clamping are provided, and these hooks 38 are connected to the cable bracket 12 of the latch mechanism 5 and the cable bracket of the push button body 21. Insertion opening 39 provided in 29
While the other end of the inner cable 9B is connected to one end of the lock bar 17 of the latch mechanism 5 and the other end of the inner cable 9B is connected to the other end of the lever 23. It is transmitted as a pulling force of the inner cable 9B via the lever 23, and the latch mechanism 5 is operated to unlatch.

At the other end of the lever 23, a connection position of the control cable 9, specifically, the inner cable 9
By providing an adjuster 40 for adjusting the connection position of B, even if an error occurs in the arrangement position of the latch mechanism 5 and the arrangement position of the opener 7, the adjuster 40 adjusts the connection position of the inner cable 9B. This error is absorbed so that the inner cable 9B can be set with an appropriate tension.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the adjuster 40 has a U-shaped holder 41 integrally formed with the other end of the lever 23, and is fixedly engaged with the holder 41 to anchor the end of the inner cable 9B. And a locking plate 42.

The inner peripheral surface of the holder 41 has a plurality of locking grooves 4.
3 are arranged at an appropriate pitch, and locking hooks 44 are integrally formed on both upper side edges.

The locking plate 42 is formed to have a size to be engaged with the locking groove 43, and a hook 45 for anchoring the end of the inner cable 9B is provided on one side thereof.
A locking bridge 46 that engages with the locking hooks 44, 44 on both side edges of the upper edge of the holder 41 is provided on the upper edge so as to integrally protrude therefrom, and the locking plate 42 is securely engaged with and fixed to the holder 41. The connection position of the inner cable 9B with the lever 23 can be adjusted by changing the engagement position between the locking plate 42 and the locking groove 43 of the holder 41.

On the other hand, the push button 8 is rotatably mounted on the end face of the cylinder lock 34 in a closed position for covering the end face of the cylinder lock 34 and an open position for exposing the end face of the cylinder lock 34. A button cover 24 is provided.

The button cover 24 is provided with a push button 8
Is formed in the same shape and size as the end surface of the push button 8, and is rotatably mounted on a corner on the upper side of the end surface of the push button 8 by a pin 47. "LOCK", "OPE"
A viewing window 48 for seeing through the position indicating character "N" is formed.

Further, the button cover 24 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 18 to 18, a push lock mechanism 50 is provided which allows the push operation of the push button 8 in the closed position and restricts the push operation of the push button in the open position.

In this embodiment, a pin 47 protruding from the back surface of the button cover 24 is arranged to penetrate from the end face of the push button 8 into a groove 8a formed on the outer periphery of the center of the body of the push button 8, and this pin A cam plate 51 is fixed to the end of the push button body 21, and a stopper groove edge 52 is formed on the inner surface of the opening 22 of the push button body 21 so that the cam plate 51 engages and disengages. A push lock mechanism 50 is constituted by 52.

The cam plate 51 is fixed so as to be detached from the stopper groove edge 52 when the button cover 24 is at the closed position, and to engage with the stopper groove edge 52 when the button cover 24 is at the open position.

In this embodiment, the cam plate 51 and the groove 8a are provided to prevent the button cover 24 from floating.
Between the button cover 24 and the spring 53.
Is pressed toward the end surface of the push button 8.

According to the structure of the above embodiment, when the glove box 2 is closed, the striker 3 enters the opening 13a of the latch 13 to rotate the latch 13 and
The third cam portion 16 is engaged with the upper edge portion of the lock bar 17, and the striker 3 is locked in a state of being bitten into the opening 13a.

When the glove box 2 is opened, first, the button cover 24 of the opener 7 is rotated to the open position, and the end face of the push button 8 and thus the cylinder lock 34 are opened.
Then, a key plate (not shown) is inserted into the key hole 35 on the end face of the cylinder lock 34, and the cylinder lock 34 is turned to the open position (OPEN).

As a result, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the stopper 36 at the tip of the cylinder lock 34 faces the projection 37 on the inner bottom of the opening 22 of the push button body 21 shown in FIGS. Although it is shifted from the projection 37, the push button 8 can be pushed.
In this state, since the cam plate 51 of the button cover 24 is engaged with the stopper groove edge 52, the push operation of the push button 8 is prevented, and the damage of the button cover 24 is avoided.

Therefore, after the cylinder lock 34 is set to the open position by operating the key plate, the button cover 24 is once returned to the original closed position as shown in FIGS.
The cam plate 51 is removed from the stopper groove edge 52 to allow the push button 8 to be pushed, and in this state, the push button 8 is pushed together with the button cover 24.

By the push operation of the push button 8, the lever 23 is pushed by the arm portion 32 and pivots to pull the inner cable 9 B of the remote control cable 9.

The pulling of the inner cable 9B causes the lock bar 17 of the latch mechanism 5 to move in the direction of the arrow b in FIG.
The cam portion 16 of the lock bar 17 falls into the notch portion 17 of the lock bar 17, and the latch 13 is unlatched by the spring force of the spring 15, releasing the engagement with the striker 3 and opening the glove box 2. I do.

Since the opener 7 is disposed on the console section 6 in the center of the instrument panel 1 as described above, the opener 7 can be easily accessed from the driver's seat side, and the glove box opening operation of the driver can be performed. It can be done easily.

Since the conventional cylinder lock and other openers are not provided on the glove box 2, they are not noticeable, and the openers 7 are arranged on the console section 6, and the component arrangement structure of the instrument panel 1. Since the location of the opener 7 cannot be easily known unless the occupant is familiar with the operation, unauthorized operation of the opener 7 can be avoided and the antitheft property can be improved.

In particular, since the push button 8 of the opener 7 is arranged substantially flush with the instrument panel 1 and is concealed by the button cover 24,
At first glance, the location of the push button 8 is difficult to understand, and the antitheft property can be further enhanced.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the opener is disposed at the center of the instrument panel away from the glove box mounting portion of the instrument panel, the opener can be easily mounted even from the driver's seat side. The push button body that houses the push button of the opener is arranged almost flush with the instrument panel, so that the push button can be easily operated by the driver. The amount of protrusion from the instrument panel surface is reduced,
Even if the push button is on the instrument panel surface, it is not very noticeable, and the push button has a button cover so that the back of the cylinder lock can be hidden, so at first glance the location of the opener Because it is difficult to understand, the unauthorized operation of the opener can be avoided and the antitheft property can be improved. In particular, since the push button has a cylinder lock and cannot be pushed unless the key plate is used to lock it off, the anti-theft property can be further improved.

Further, a push lock mechanism is provided on the button cover to prevent the push button from being pushed even when the cylinder lock is locked off with the button cover open, thereby further improving the antitheft effect. The height can be increased and the button cover can be prevented from being damaged.

Further, by providing an adjuster for adjusting the connection position of the remote control cable to the lever for transmitting the push operation of the push button to the remote control cable, even if an error occurs in the arrangement position of the latch mechanism and the opener. The adjuster can absorb this error and set the remote control cable with an appropriate tension, thereby avoiding malfunction of the opener and the latch mechanism.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the latch mechanism and the striker of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the opener of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a lock bar of the latch mechanism.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a latch and a lock bar in a latch state.

FIG. 6 is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a latch and a lock bar in an unlatched state.

FIG. 8 is a view taken in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a lever.

FIG. 10 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow C in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a side view of a locking plate of the adjuster.

FIG. 12 is a view as seen in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is an explanatory sectional view of an opener.

FIG. 14 is a view taken in the direction of arrow E in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is an explanatory sectional view of the opener when the cylinder lock is locked off.

FIG. 16 is a view as seen from the direction of arrow F in FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is an explanatory sectional view of the opener with the button cover in an open position.

18 is a view as viewed in the direction of the arrow G in FIG. 17;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Instrument panel 2 ... Glove box 5 ... Latch mechanism 7 ... Opener 8 ... Push button 9 ... Remote control cable 21 ... Push button body 22 ... Opening of push button body 23 ... Lever 24 ... Button cover 31 ... Spring 34 ... Cylinder lock 40 ... Adjuster 50 ... Push lock mechanism

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-194067 (JP, A) JP-A-2-153180 (JP, A) JP-A-6-146683 (JP, A) 45256 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 63-171250 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B60R 7/06 E05B 65/12 E05B 65/19

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A latch mechanism for locking a glove box at a position away from the glove box arrangement portion of the instrument panel toward the center of the instrument panel is unlatched by a push operation of a push button via a remote control cable. An opener is provided. The opener is provided with a push button body fixed to the instrument panel so that the opening end faces are substantially flush with each other. Biased in the direction, and
A push button equipped with a cylinder lock that restrains and permits push operation by operating the key plate, and is arranged on the back of the push button body. One end is connected to the push button, and the other end is connected to the remote control cable. A lever that transmits the push operation of the push button to the remote control cable as a pulling force in the direction of the unlatch operation of the latch mechanism; and a closed position where the end face of the push button is overlapped and arranged to conceal the end face of the cylinder lock and the cylinder lock. A lock device for a glove box, comprising: a button cover rotatably mounted at an open position where an end face is exposed. 2. The glove according to claim 1, wherein the button cover has a push lock mechanism that allows the push operation of the push button in the closed position and restricts the push operation of the push button in the open position. Box locking device. 3. The glove box locking device according to claim 1, wherein an adjuster for adjusting a connection position of the remote control cable is provided at the other end of the lever.