JP3199352B2 - Storage device in the passenger compartment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage device in a vehicle compartment, which is mounted on a ceiling or the like in a vehicle compartment and stores small items such as glasses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional storage device in a vehicle compartment is disclosed, for example, in the specification of an application related to U.S. Pat. No. 5,050,922. That is, an overhead console is provided on the ceiling of the automobile, and a storage room is formed in the overhead console. The storage chamber is opened and closed by a door body, a substantially V-shaped cam is formed on the door body, and a latch, which is a spring stopper, is provided on the storage chamber side. The latch is engaged with the notch of the cam, the door body is restrained at the closed position, and when the door is pushed upward again, the latch is released from the notch of the cam and the door can be opened.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional storage device in a vehicle cabin, for example, the vehicle body vibrates greatly while traveling on a rough road, and the door body and the storage room are largely opposed in the vertical direction. If it moves, the latch may come off from the notch portion of the cam, and the door body may open, causing small items to fall. The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an operation knob for releasing the restraint of the lid member is attached to the storage box side so that the lid member can be restrained even by a large vibration during traveling. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage device in a vehicle cabin in which a lid member is not opened without being released.

[0004]

[0005]

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is to provide a storage device in a vehicle room which is mounted on a ceiling or the like in a vehicle room and can store glasses. A storage box (10) fixed and capable of storing glasses, and the storage box (10)
A lid member (20) swingably supported between an open position where the entrance (11) of the storage box (10) is opened and a closed position where the door is closed, and the lid member (20) is non-swingably closed. And a lock mechanism (30) for restraining the lid member (20) in a position where the lid member (20) swings.
3) and the peripheral wall (13) of the storage box (10) corresponding to the swinging edge (23) is formed so as to be concave along the bridge of the glasses to be stored. The lock mechanism (30) is disposed so as to be accommodated in a space, and the lock mechanism (30) is provided with the lid member (2).
Lock groove (25) formed in the recessed portion of (0).
And a control knob (4) for unlocking the lid member (20).
0), and the striker (35) has a cam surface (3).
9), and the operating knob (40) applies an operating force when pushing the operating knob (40) upward to separate the striker (35) from the lock groove (25). 39) A storage device in a vehicle compartment having an operation shaft portion (42) for transmitting the operation shaft portion to the storage device.

[0007]

[0008]

[0009]

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. A swinging edge (23) of the lid member (20) and a storage box (1) corresponding to the swinging edge (23).
The peripheral wall (13) of (0) is formed so as to be recessed along the bridge of the glasses to be stored, and the lock mechanism (30) is disposed so as to be accommodated in the recessed space. There is no need to provide a special space for disposing the device 30), and the entire device can be reduced in size. A lock mechanism (30) is provided with a striker (35) that engages and disengages from a direction orthogonal to an opening direction of the lid member (20) in a lock groove formed in the recessed portion of the lid member (20). As described above, the vehicle body vibrates greatly, and the storage box (10) and the lid member (2)
0), the striker (35) is not affected by the relative movement in the vertical direction, the striker (35) maintains the engaged state, and the lid member (2)
0) is not released, so that the lid member (20) maintains the closed position, it is possible to prevent the entrance (11) of the storage box (10) from being opened carelessly, and the striker (35) can be removed. It can be stored in a recessed space,
The entire device can be made compact without requiring any special installation space. Further, even if the vehicle body vibrates greatly and a large relative vertical movement occurs between the storage box (10) and the lid member (20), a force for moving the striker (35) in the horizontal direction is not generated. (3
5) is not affected by the relative movement in the vertical direction, the striker (35) maintains the engaged state, and the entrance of the storage box (10) does not open carelessly. Lid member (2
When the operation knob (40) is pushed upward to open the (0), the operation force is transmitted from the operation shaft (42) of the operation knob (40) to the cam surface (39) of the striker (35), and the striker (35) is opened. ) Moves horizontally and separates from the lock groove,
The lock is released, and the lid member can be opened.

[0011]

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the present storage device is mounted on a ceiling or the like in a vehicle compartment, and is for storing glasses.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 6, the present storage device is configured such that a storage box 10 fixed to a ceiling and an opening position where an entrance 11 of the storage box 10 is opened and a closed position where the entrance 11 is closed. A lid member 20 is swingably supported by the storage box 10 and a lock mechanism 30 is provided to lock the lid member 20 to a closed position shown in FIG. The entrance 11 of the storage box 10 is opened downward, and the lid member 20 is supported by the side walls 12 on both sides of the storage box 10 via the pivot member 50. A coil spring 60 is wound around one pivot member 50, and the lid member 20 is urged in the opening direction by the coil spring 60. A sector gear 51 is formed integrally with the other pivot member 50. In the sector gear 51,
The braking gear 71 of the rotary oil damper mechanism 70 is engaged so as to exert a braking force when the lid member 20 opens and closes.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIGS. 4 to 6, an edge 23 of the lid member 20 on the front side of the swinging side is
A support wall 24 for supporting a lower portion of the frame in which the lens of the glasses to be housed is fitted is provided upright, and a recessed wall portion 24 is provided at the center of the support wall 24 so as to follow the bridge of the glasses.
a is formed. A lock groove 25 is formed in the recessed wall portion 24a.
Are formed. The wall 1 on the front side of the storage box 10
3 is formed along the support wall 24, and the wall portion 13 on the near side is formed.
A recessed wall portion 14 is also formed at the center portion along the recessed wall portion 24a. A seat surface portion 15 which is a substantially horizontal surface is extended from the recessed wall portion 14 to the near side. The lock mechanism 30 is disposed so as to be accommodated in a recess space formed by the recess walls 14 and 24a. The seat portion 15 serves as a support portion of the lock mechanism 30. A block portion 16 is formed integrally with the seat surface portion 15, and a guide hole 17 having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape is formed in the block portion 16 to be inserted in the front-rear direction. Also, the seat portion 1
In the lower surface of the block 5 and the block 16, insertion holes 18, 18a having a substantially rectangular cross-section are also formed. Further, guide grooves 19 are formed in the seat surface 15 at both sides of the block portion 16. The guide groove 19 is formed as an L-shaped groove, and has a rear end groove 19.
"a" is formed so as to be bent at a substantially right angle and extend outward. Further, the seat portion 15 includes a block portion 16.
The support wall 19b of the coil spring 32 is formed on the front side of
A support projection 19c is formed on the support wall 19b so as to fit inside the coil inner diameter of the coil spring 32.

A lock mechanism 30 is provided in the lock groove 25.
It has a striker 35 that is disengaged from a direction (front-back direction) perpendicular to the opening direction of the lid member 20. FIG.
21. As shown in FIG. 21, the striker 35 is
7, a support groove 36 is formed at the base end of the striker 35, into which the coil outer diameter of the coil spring 32 sandwiched between the striker 35 and the support wall 19b is fitted. . A protrusion 37 extending in the front-rear direction is formed on the lower surface of the striker 35, and a guide groove 17 a for guiding the protrusion 37 is formed on the bottom surface of the guide hole 17. The striker 35 is provided with a through hole 38 penetrating in the up-down direction, and a cam surface 39 inclined downward toward the near side is formed on a near side wall surface of the through hole 38. The lock mechanism 30 includes an operation knob 40 for releasing the restraint of the lid member 20. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 18, the operation knob 40 includes a push button unit 41,
The insertion shafts 18, 18 a and the operation shaft 42 inserted into the through hole 38 are formed integrally. The front surface of the operation shaft portion 42 comes into contact with the cam surface 39, and moves the striker 35 in a direction away from the lock groove 25 (a front direction) against the urging force of the coil spring 32, Lid member 20
Is formed on the inclined surface 43 for releasing the constraint. Operation shaft 42
Guided portions 44 that are guided through the guide grooves 19 are formed integrally on both sides of the guide groove 19. Guided part 4
4 is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section in conformity with the guide groove 19, and a stopper projection 45 is formed at the tip end thereof to be engaged with the groove edge of the guide groove 19. Cut grooves 46 are provided on both sides of the retaining projection 45 of the guided portion 44 so that the retaining projection 45 is easily bent.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. The storage box 10 is mounted on the ceiling in the vehicle compartment with the entrance 11 facing downward. To attach the lock mechanism 30 to the storage box 10, first, the guide hole 17 of the storage box 10 is used.
At this time, striker 35 is inserted.
The coil spring 32 is sandwiched between the support and the support wall 19b.

Next, the operation shaft portion 42 of the operation knob 40 is passed through the insertion hole 18a of the block portion 16 and is passed through the through hole 38 of the striker 35. Further, the operation shaft portion 42 of the operation knob 40 is passed through the insertion hole 18 of the seat surface portion 15. Thereby, the retaining projection 45 of the guided portion 44 of the operation knob 40 bends against the restoring force and is inserted into the guide groove 19, and is further inserted, whereby the retaining projection 45 is restored and the guide groove 19 is restored. It becomes resiliently locked to the groove edge. Thereby, the lock mechanism 30 and its operation knob 40 can be easily mounted on the seat surface 15 of the storage box 10 at one time.

The seating surface 15 of the storage box 10 is formed in a space recessed by the recessed wall 14 of the storage box 10, that is, the recessed wall 14 of the storage box 10 and the lid member 20. The lock mechanism 30 and the operation knob 40 can be disposed so as to fit in the space recessed by the recessed wall portion 24a, and there is no need to provide a special space for disposing the lock mechanism 30 and the operation knob 40, and the entire apparatus Can be reduced in size. When the vehicle body vibrates greatly and a large relative movement occurs between the storage box 10 and the lid member 20 in the vertical direction, the operation knob 40 itself is small and lightweight, so that the influence of the vibration of the vehicle body due to its inertia is small, and It does not move up and down due to the vibration of. That is, the operation knob 40 maintains the state of being pushed back downward through the striker 35 by the restoring force of the coil spring 32, and the striker 35 is
The lid member 20 is maintained in the closed position shown in FIG. 1 and the vehicle body vibrates greatly, unless the lid member 20 is released from the restriction unless the operation knob 40 is operated to release the restriction while maintaining the engagement state with the operation knob 40. In some cases, the entrance of the storage box 10 does not open carelessly.

Further, in order to separate the striker 35 from the lock groove 25, a force for moving the lock groove 25 in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the opening direction of the lid member 20 is required, and the vehicle body vibrates greatly, Even if a large relative movement occurs between the storage box 10 and the lid member 20 in the vertical direction,
Since the force for moving the striker 35 in the horizontal direction is not generated, the striker 35 is not affected by the relative movement in the vertical direction, the striker 35 maintains the engaged state, and the operation knob 40 is also released from the restraint release operation. Unless the lid member 20 keeps the closed position, the storage box 1
The doorway of 0 never opens. To open the lid member 20, the operation knob 40 is pushed upward against the urging force of the coil spring 32. Thereby, the striker 35 moves toward the front side against the urging force of the coil spring 32, and the striker 35 separates from the lock groove 25, as shown in FIG.
The lid member 20 can be opened. When the lid member 20 can be opened, the lid member 20 swings to the open position by the urging force of the coil spring 60 wound around the pivot member 50, the entrance 11 is opened, and glasses can be taken in and out.

When the lid member 20 swings to the open position, the sector gear 51 integrally formed with the pivot member 50 is engaged with the braking gear 71 of the rotary oil damper mechanism 70, so that the lid member 20 suddenly moves. Will not open, will open at a moderate speed. When the lid member 20 is closed from the open position, the striker 35 is pushed back against the urging force of the coil spring 32 because the groove wall of the lock groove 25 of the lid member 20 is inclined. Further lid member 2
When the striker 35 and the lock groove 25 correspond to each other, the lock groove 25 is
With the urging force of the above, it protrudes to the rear side of the recessed wall portion 24a, engages with the lock groove 25, and can restrict the lid member 20 to the closed position. In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a storage device for glasses is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a storage device for small items such as a wallet and a card case.

Although the storage device is shown as being provided on the ceiling, it may be mounted on a console provided on the floor. At that time, the storage box 10 is attached with the entrance 11 facing upward.

[0022]

According to the storage device in the vehicle compartment according to the present invention, the operation knob for releasing the restraint of the lid member is mounted on the storage box side, and the restraint of the lid member is not released even by a large vibration during traveling. Thus, the lid member is prevented from being opened carelessly, and the present invention can be applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle that is forced to travel on a rough road.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 5;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the storage device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the storage device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the storage box showing one embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a plan view of an operation knob according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the operation knob showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a side view of an operation knob showing one embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a sectional view taken along line XV-XV in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along line XVI-XVI of FIG.

17 is a sectional view taken along line XVII-XVII in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a bottom view of the operation knob showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a sectional view of a main part of a striker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the striker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a front view of a striker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Storage box 11 ... Doorway 13 ... Front wall part 14 ... Recessed wall part 15 ... Seat surface part 16 ... Block part 17 ... Guide hole 18 ... Insertion hole 19 ... Guide groove 20 ... Lid member 23 ... Front end Edge 24 ... Support wall 24a ... Recessed wall 25 ... Lock groove 30 ... Lock mechanism 32 ... Coil spring 35 ... Striker 36 ... Support groove 37 ... Protrusion ridge 38 ... Through hole 39 ... Cam surface 40 ... Operation knob 41 ... Press Button part 42 ... Operation shaft part 43 ... Slope surface 44 ... Guided part 45 ... Retaining projection 46 ... Cut groove 50 ... Pivot member 51 ... Sector gear 60 ... Coil spring 70 ... Oil damper mechanism 71 ... Brake gear

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Akihiro Hara 3316 Miyayama, Samukawa-cho, Koza-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Sakaigawa Head Office Plant (72) Inventor Haruyuki Umemura 51-Iwai-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Kato Hatsujo Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A 62-106852 (JP, U) JP-A 60-184960 (JP, U) JP 7-8095 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int) .Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 11/00 B60R 7/04 A45C 11/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage device in a vehicle interior mounted on a ceiling or the like in a vehicle interior and capable of storing glasses, comprising: a storage box fixed to the ceiling or the like and capable of storing glasses; A lid member swingably supported between an open position where the entrance is opened and a closed position where the door is closed, and a lock mechanism for restraining the lid member at the closed position so that the lid member cannot swing. The edge of the moving side and the peripheral wall of the storage box corresponding to the edge of the swinging side are formed so as to be recessed along the bridge of the glasses to be stored, and the locking mechanism is provided in the recessed space. The lock mechanism is configured to disengage the lock member formed in the recessed part of the lid member from a horizontal direction from a horizontal direction, and to release the constraint of the lid member. An operation knob, wherein the striker has a cam surface, and the operation knob transmits an operation force when the operation knob is pushed upward to release the striker from the lock groove to the cam surface. A storage device in a vehicle interior having an operation shaft portion.