JP3303490B2 - Car accessory box structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an accessory box structure for a motor vehicle, and more particularly to an accessory box structure with a cup holder having a cooling and heat retaining function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some automobiles include, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-17.
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 5917, a cylindrical holder part having a cup holder hole is housed in a vent of air-conditioning air in a vehicle cabin, and is attached so as to be able to be pulled out. There is known a device in which a beverage container, a cup, or the like (hereinafter, simply referred to as a cup) is inserted and held in a holder hole so that the cup can be cooled or kept warm by air-conditioning air blown from a blowout port.

In addition, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-46208, air for air conditioning is introduced into a glove box provided on the passenger side of an instrument panel, and the air is introduced into the glove box. There is also a known cup that can be cooled or kept warm by air for air conditioning.

[0004]

In the former structure, the air-conditioning air outlet is closed by the cup held in the holder, so that the cooling and heating effect in the passenger compartment may be impaired. In such a case, since the cup is housed in the glove box, there is a possibility that the storage and arrangement of small items in the glove box may be impaired.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an automobile accessory box structure that can hold a cup without impairing the storage and organization of small items and can cool or heat the cup.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems] According to claim 1, base
Gadget box with car outlet and gadget compartment
In the box structure, the tray formed with the cup holder is stored and pulled out at the bottom of the accessory box provided laterally at an arbitrary part in the vehicle interior, while the tray near the opening of the accessory box is In addition, an air blowing portion which communicates with a vent duct disposed inside the instrument panel and blows air for air conditioning toward the cup holder portion of the drawn-out tray is formed separately from the vent outlet .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the air blowing section includes an air direction guide that opens to the opening side of the accessory box and directs the blowing air to the cup holder section of the drawn tray. On both sides of the end of the tray, support the body of the cup held by the cup holder, and
A shutter is provided which fits into the opening of the wind direction guide when the tray is stored and closes the wind direction guide.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the tray is stored at the bottom of the accessory box so as to be freely pulled out, so that the accessory can be stored in any of the storage state of the tray and the use state in which the tray is pulled out. There is no hindrance to the movement of small items in and out of the storage box, and there is no minor effect on storage and organization.

Further, if the cup is held in the cup holder of the drawn tray, the cup can be cooled or kept warm by the air for air-conditioning blown out from the air blowing portion on the side wall of the accessory box. The air for air-conditioning is blown out from the air blowing portion on the side wall of the accessory box different from the vent outlet, and therefore does not affect the cooling / heating effect in the vehicle interior.

According to the second aspect, the air can be reliably directed and blown out to the cup holder by the wind direction guide, so that the cooling or heat retaining effect of the cup can be further enhanced and the tray can be removed when the cup is not used. By storing, the shutter part also serving as a cup support fits into the opening of the wind direction guide and closes the wind direction guide, so that the blowing of air from the wind direction guide is stopped and the amount of air blown from the vent outlet is stopped. Can be normalized to contribute to the improvement of the cooling / heating effect in the vehicle interior.

[0011]

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

1 to 4, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel, 2 denotes a center console portion formed at the center of the instrument panel 1, and a small box 3 having a rear portion opened at a lower portion thereof is incorporated therein. The accessory box 3 is arranged horizontally.

The accessory box 3 is formed to have a sufficient volume to accommodate accessories such as personal belongings of the occupant.
A tray storage section 5 is formed at the bottom thereof, and a lid 6 also serving as a bottom support section of a cup C described later is mounted on a lower edge of the opening 4 by a support shaft 7 so as to be freely opened and closed.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a tray which is housed in the tray storage unit 5 and is freely attached to the tray. The tray 8 has two cup holder holes 9 for inserting and holding the cup C as a cup holder.

The opening 4 in the side wall of the accessory box 3
, An air blowing unit 1 for blowing air for air conditioning toward the cup holder of the tray 8 pulled out, specifically, toward the cup C inserted and held in the cup holder hole 9.
0 is formed.

The air outlet 10 communicates via a branch duct 11 with a vent duct (not shown) provided inside the instrument panel 1 and is supplied from the vent duct to a vent outlet 14 for air conditioning. Air is branched duct 11
And is supplied to the air blowing unit 10.

In this embodiment, the air outlet 10 is opened to the opening 4 side of the accessory box 3 to direct the blown air toward the cup C inserted and held in the cup holder hole 9 of the tray 8 drawn out. A box-shaped wind direction guide 12 is formed.

On the other hand, on the corners on both sides of the rear end of the tray 8, the inner side edge is formed in an arc shape along the cup holder hole 9, and the body of the cup C inserted and held in the cup holder hole 9 is formed. And the wind direction guide 1 when the tray 8 is stored.
2, a shutter portion 13 is formed to close the wind direction guide 12.

The wind direction guide 12 includes a shutter 13
The shutter 13 is formed in the same planar shape as the shutter 13 so as to fit tightly.

According to the structure of the above embodiment, the tray 8 is stored in the tray storage section 5 formed at the bottom of the accessory box 3 so as to be able to be pulled out. Regardless of the use state in which the tray 8 is opened and the tray 8 is pulled out into the vehicle interior, there is no hindrance to taking in and out of the small items into and from the small item box 3, and the storage and organization of the small items are improved. It has no trivial effect.

When the cup C is used, the lid 6 is opened, the tray 8 is pulled out from the tray storage 5 into the vehicle compartment,
When the cup C is inserted and held in the cup holder hole 9, the bottom of the cup C is supported by the lid 6, and the body of the cup C is also supported by the shutter 13, and is securely held on the tray 8. be able to.

When the cup C is in use, air for air-conditioning is blown out from the air blowing portion 10 on the side wall of the accessory box 3 toward the cup C, so that the cup C can be cooled or kept warm. it can.

In particular, in the present embodiment, since the air direction guide 12 is formed in the air blowing section 10, the blown air can be directed to the cup C without fail.
Can further improve the cooling or heat retaining effect.

Here, as described above, the air blowing portion 12 is formed on the side wall of the accessory box 3 separately from the vent outlet 14 of the instrument panel 1, and blows out the air for air conditioning diverted from the vent duct. There is no element to block the air blown out from the vent outlet 14,
Therefore, it does not affect the cooling / heating effect in the vehicle interior.

On the other hand, when the cup C is not used, if the tray 8 is stored in the tray storage portion 5, no space is occupied in the vehicle interior, and the shutter portion 13 which also serves as a cup support for the tray 8 is provided with a wind direction guide. Fit into the 12 openings,
Since the wind direction guide 12 is closed, the blowing of air from the wind direction guide 12 is stopped, and the amount of air blown out from the vent outlet 14 is normalized, thereby contributing to an improvement in the cooling and heating effect of the vehicle interior.

In the above embodiment, the accessory box 3
Is incorporated in the lower portion of the center console portion 2, but the accessory box 3 itself may constitute the lower portion of the center console portion 2.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the center console portion 2 of the instrument panel 1 is exemplified. In addition to the glove box 15 provided on the passenger side of the instrument panel 1, a rear side portion is provided. The present invention can be applied to the accessory storage section.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the tray is disposed at the bottom of the accessory box so as to be freely drawn out, so that it is difficult to put small items into and out of the accessory box. There is no trivial effect on the storage and organization of small items.

If the tray is pulled out and the cup is held in the cup holder, the cup can be cooled or kept warm by the air for air-conditioning blown out from the air blowing portion on the side wall of the accessory box. The air outlet is provided separately from the vent outlet of the instrument panel, and does not block the air outlet from the vent outlet, so that the cooling / heating effect of the vehicle interior is not impaired.

In addition, by providing a wind direction guide to the air blowing portion and providing a shutter portion on the tray also serving as a cup support, the blowing air can be reliably directed to the cup to further enhance the cooling or heat retaining effect. Of course, the shutter part supports the cup body part so that the cup can be securely held, and when the tray is stored, the shutter part fits into the opening of the wind direction guide, closes the wind direction guide and closes from the wind direction guide. Can be stopped, so that the amount of air blown out from the vent outlet can be normalized, thereby contributing to the improvement of the cooling and heating effect in the vehicle interior.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an accessory box according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire structure of the embodiment.

3 is a horizontal sectional view of the accessory box shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument panel 3 Accessory box 4 Opening 8 Tray 9 Cup holder part 10 Air blowing part 12 Wind direction guide 13 Shutter part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 7/06 B60H 1/32 611 B60N 3/10

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic apparatus having a vent outlet and an accessory box.
In the accessory box structure of a car, a tray formed with a cup holder portion is stored and pulled out at the bottom of an accessory box provided laterally at an arbitrary position in the vehicle interior, and the opening of the accessory box is provided. the side wall in the vicinity, Instrumental contact instrument panel vent duct disposed on the inner side of, and the air blowing unit for blowing air for conditioning toward the cup holder portion of the drawer tray vent blown
A car accessory box structure formed separately from the exit . 2. The air blowing section has a wind direction guide that opens to the opening side of the accessory box and directs the blowing air to the cup holder section of the drawn-out tray. 2. A shutter for supporting a body portion of a cup held by a cup holder, and fitting a shutter into an opening of a wind direction guide when the tray is stored to close the wind direction guide. Car accessory box structure.