JP3445486B2 - Cup holder - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cup holder mounted on an installation site such as an instrument panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a cup holder mounted on an instrument panel of an automobile, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the instrument panel is used as a case body a, and a tray b is pulled out into the case body a. While being freely accommodated, the cup A can be inserted into the cup holding holes c, c formed in the tray b, while the cup A can be inserted into the lower part of the tray b corresponding to each of the cup holding holes c, c in the folding direction X. Support member e via rotatable arm portion d
And a structure in which the support member e is lowered by its own weight when the tray b is pulled out during use to support the cup A inserted into the cup holding holes c of the tray b. is there.

In such a conventional cup holder, the switches f of various devices such as audio devices are arranged below the case body a, so that the cup holder is lowered to the bottom of the tray b when used. There is a problem that the support member e easily interferes with the operation of the switches f, and
Since the support member e is only lowered by its own weight,
There is a risk that it may flutter up and down due to vibration during traveling, and there is a problem that the cup A cannot be stably held.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, a vehicle cup holder having a structure disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-50039 (hereinafter referred to as prior art) has been proposed. .

According to the cup holder described in this prior art, as shown in FIG. 6, an instrument panel is used as a case body a, and a guide frame h is attached to the vehicle body side in the case body a via a bracket g. Due to
The tray b is retractably guided and stored, and the support member e having the cup holding hole c of the cup A formed on the upper portion of the tray b is arranged by the support mechanism i so that it can be erected / folded and rotated. Support member by pulling out and storing operation
It has a structure that allows the user to stand and fold it with one-touch operation.

Such a supporting mechanism i in the prior art
Includes a front support arm j and a rear support arm k that are pivotally supported on the tray b so that the support member e can be erected, folded, and rotatably supported. (Indicated by a solid arrow F in FIG. 6), the rear end of the rear pivot arm k is extended to a bracket g mounted on the vehicle body side through a guide pin l, and a guide groove n of a rising piece m is provided.
The rear pivot arm k is forcibly rotated in the standing direction (indicated by the solid arrow X in FIG. 6) by engaging with and sliding the rear support arm k before the standing rotation of the rear pivot arm k. The support arm e is kept upright by interlocking the pivot arm j.

On the other hand, when the tray b is moved in the storage direction (shown by the dotted arrow R in FIG. 6), the guide groove n of the rising piece m is formed.
The rear pivot arm k is forcibly folded and rotated in the direction opposite to the standing rotation direction (indicated by a dotted arrow Y in FIG. 6), and the rear pivot arm k is folded and rotated. The support member e is maintained in the folded state by interlocking j.

[0008]

However, in the above-described prior art, the rising piece m having the guide groove n extending to the bracket g assembled to the vehicle body is formed in the case body (instrument panel). ) A guide frame h for freely guiding and storing the tray b in a
Since it has to be provided on both outer side parts, the whole mechanism becomes complicated and large, which not only increases the cost but also the mounting work on the installation site such as the instrument panel of the automobile is troublesome. Become.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and aims at downsizing the entire mechanism and reducing the cost, and at the same time, making it possible to easily carry out the mounting work on the installation site. To provide.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a case main body having a box-like shape having an open front surface, and a notch formed with a rear portion of the guide portion as an opening portion while leaving a front upper portion of an inner surface thereof as a guide portion. A tray in which the cup is placed in the case body so that the cup can be placed on the upper surface of the case body; a support member which is arranged corresponding to above the tray and can hold the upper portion of the cup; And a supporting mechanism incorporated in the case main body for raising and returning from a folded state at the time of storage in association with the tray withdrawing operation, the supporting mechanism being a base end on the rear end side of the tray. A support arm portion that pivotally supports a portion and a front end portion of the lower portion on the front end side of the support member, and a base end portion of the support arm portion that projects toward the opposite end portion side and is used for pulling out the tray. The above A guide sliding portion which is slidably guided by a guide portion of the base body and erected on the tip end side of the support arm portion, and a base end portion of which is rotatably supported at a rear end of the support member rear end on the tray upper surface and a tip end thereof. A link member that pivotally supports the rear end of the support member in a longitudinal direction of the support member through a guide hole, and a spring that constantly biases the link member in the upright rotation direction. And a cup holder characterized by the above.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned structure, the supporting mechanism for raising and folding the support member by the tray retracting and storing operation is assembled in the case body for retractably storing the tray. Therefore, the entire mechanism can be downsized and the cost can be reduced.

Further, the guide sliding portion of the supporting arm portion is guided and slid by the guide portion provided on the upper inner surface of the case main body when the tray is pulled out, and is supported by the guide sliding portion of the guide sliding portion. The arm portion is erected upward, and the front end side of the support member can be erected and returned, and the link member is erected upward by the urging force of the spring.
As a result, the rear end side of the support member can be erected and restored.

On the other hand, when the tray is retracted, the guide sliding part of the support arm part is disengaged from the guide part of the case body to the open part, and the support arm part is folded and rotated to maintain the folded state of the front end side of the support member. At the same time, the link member is folded and rotated against the biasing force of the spring by contacting the upper side of the opening of the case body, and the folded state of the rear end side of the support member can be maintained.

Further, in the present invention, the guide hole is formed in a substantially L-shape by extending a locking portion, which extends forward when the link member is in the standing up state, to the tip end side of the guide hole provided in the link member. It is preferable that the support member is formed on the support member by locking the rear end of the support member to the locking portion of the guide hole when the link member is rotated upright. It is possible to surely support the force from without rattling.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an example in which the cup holder according to the present invention is mounted with an instrument panel P of an automobile as a portion to be installed. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a box-shaped case in the vehicle width direction. Shows the body.

The case body 1 has a front surface 1a which is open and a front upper portion near the opening 2 which is to be described later.
The guide sliding portion 15 of the support arm portion 0 of 0 is left as the guide portion 3 for guiding and sliding, and the rear upper portion thereof is formed as a notch to form the open portion 4, while the open portion 4 of the guide portion 3 is formed. The end edge 3a on the side is a drawing direction F of the tray 5 described later.
It has a form that is formed as a tapered surface that descends and slopes toward, and is removably assembled and fixed in the instrument panel P of the automobile.

A tray 5 is incorporated inside the case body 1 so that it can be pulled out and stored in a pulling direction F and a storing direction R, and the tray 5 has a cup A on its upper surface 5a.
Has a cup-shaped mounting portion 6, 6 that can be mounted thereon, and a support member 7 is disposed above the cup mounting portion 6 so as to be rotatable in a standing direction X by a support mechanism 10 described later. .

Here, the support member 7 is provided with cup holding holes 8 and 8 into which the cup A can be inserted so as to correspond to the cup mounting portions 6 and 6 of the upper surface 5a of the tray 5. The cup holding holes 8 and 8 can hold the upper portion of the cup A when the cup A is inserted and the upper surface 5a of the tray 5 is placed on the cup placing portions 6 and 6.

The support member 7 is guided and supported by a support mechanism 10 which is interlocked with the pulling-out operation of the tray 5 so as to stand up and return from the folded state at the time of storage, and the support mechanism 10 supports the case body. Built in 1.

The support mechanism 10 is provided with a support arm portion 11, and the base end portion 1 of the support arm portion 11 is provided.
The reference numeral 1a denotes a bracket 12 which is erected on the upper surface 5b on the rear end 5c side of the tray 5 and which has an upright direction X upward via a spindle 13.
1 is rotatably supported, and its tip 11b is pivotally supported on the lower portion of the support member 7 on the front end 7a side through a support shaft 14, and the base end 11a of the support arm 11 is also supported. On the side, a guide sliding portion 15 for vertically rotating the tip end portion 11b of the support arm portion 11 is provided on the side opposite to the tip end portion 11b.
It is projected toward the side.

That is, the support arm portion 11 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the tray 5 is pulled out in the pulling direction F, the guide sliding portion 15 is a guide which is an upper inner surface in front of the open portion 4 formed by forming a notch in the rear upper portion of the case body 1. By sliding the end edge 3a of the portion 3 along the guide portion 3, the end portion 3a is swung in the upward standing direction X1 with the support shaft 13 as a fulcrum. The front end 7a side of the support member 7 is directed toward the upright direction X and is returned.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the support arm portion 11 is moved from the drawn state of the tray 5 to the storage direction R.
The guide sliding portion 15 is moved to the guide portion 3 by the storing operation of
The guide slide state on one side is released by the notch opening portion 4 to rotate in the downward folding direction Y1 about the support shaft 13 as a fulcrum, whereby the front end 7a side of the support member 7 is provided. Is rotated in the folding direction Y so that the folding can be maintained in the case body 1.

Further, behind the rear end 7b of the support member 7 on the upper surface 5b of the tray 5, the base end portion 17a of the link member 17 is located above the supporting shaft 7 via the support shaft 16 and is in the upward standing direction X.
2, the link member 17 is provided with a guide hole 18 extending in the longitudinal direction toward the tip portion 17b side thereof. The guide hole 18 is provided with a guide hole 18 of the support member 7. The rear end 7b is guided and supported via the guide pin 19.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the engaging portion 1 that extends forward when the link member 17 is in the upright state is provided on the tip end 17b side of the guide hole 18 provided in the link member 17.
8a is extended so that the guide hole 18 forms a substantially L-shaped elongated hole, and the guide pin 19 is locked to the locking portion 18a when the link member 17 is rotated upright. As a result, the support member 7 can be reliably supported without rattling against the force from above.

In FIG. 1, 20 is the link member 17
The spring 20 is attached around an axis of a support shaft 16 that rotatably pivots, and the spring 20 always urges the link member 17 in the upright direction X2.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the link member 17 is pulled out in the pulling-out direction F of the tray 5 so that the opening upper side portion 2 of the opening portion 2 on the front surface of the case body 1 is opened.
When the contact state is released from a, the upward standing direction X is raised by the urging force of the spring 20 with the support shaft 16 as a fulcrum.
2 is elastically rotated toward 2, and by the standing rotation, the guide pin 19 supporting the rear end 7b of the support member 7 is guided and slid upward in the guide hole 18 to thereby slide the support member. The rear end 7b of the support member 7 can be returned to the standing direction X. The link member 17 allows the rear end 7b of the support member 7 to be returned to the standing position. It elastically operates so as to be linked and interlocked with the stand-up return operation on the front end 7a side.

At this time, the rear end 7b of the support member 7
The guide pin 19 for supporting the guide member 19 is guided and supported so as to be locked by the locking portion 18a of the guide hole 18, whereby the rear end 7 of the support member 7 in the upright returning state.
It enables stable holding on the b side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the link member 17 has a storage direction R when the tray 5 is pulled out.
During the storing operation, the support member 7 comes into contact with the opening upper side portion 2a of the case body 1 and rotates in the folding direction Y2 against the biasing force of the spring 20.
The rear end 7b side can be maintained in the folded state.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment as described above,
When the tray 5 is pulled out and stored, the support member 7 is erected.
Since the supporting mechanism 10 for the folding operation is assembled in the case body 1 that accommodates the tray 5 in a retractable manner, it is possible to reduce the size of the entire mechanism and reduce the cost.

Further, when the tray 5 is pulled out, the guide sliding portion 15 of the supporting arm portion 11 of the supporting mechanism 10 is guided and slid by the guide portion 3 provided on the upper portion of the inner surface of the case body 1. The support sliding movement of the guide sliding portion 15 causes the supporting arm portion 11 to rotate upright so that the front end 7a of the support member 7 can be returned to the upright state, and when the tray 5 is pulled out, the link member 17 springs. The urging force of 20 causes the urging force to rise and rotate upward, which allows the rear end 7b side of the support member 7 to be erected and restored.

On the other hand, when the tray 5 is accommodated, the guide sliding portion 15 of the support arm portion 11 is released from the guide portion 3 of the case main body 1 and is folded and rotated, so that the front end 7a of the support member 7 is rotated.
The folded state of the side can be maintained and the link member 1
7 is folded and rotated against the biasing force of the spring 20 by abutting on the opening upper side 2a of the case body 1, whereby the folded state on the rear end 7b side of the support member 7 can be maintained.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the instrument panel of the automobile has been described as an example of the installation site of the cup holder. However, the invention is not limited to this and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0034]

As is apparent from the above description, the cup holder according to the present invention exhibits various excellent effects as described below.

(I) According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention, the support mechanism for raising and folding the support member in the tray retracting and storing operation is provided in the case main body for retractably storing the tray. Since it is assembled, the support member can be erected and folded in a compact manner, which makes it possible to reduce the size and cost of the entire mechanism, and also to assemble the case body into the installation site. It can be done easily.

(II) According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention, the guide sliding portion of the support arm portion is guided and slid to the guide portion provided on the upper inner surface of the case main body when the tray is pulled out. Since the support arm portion is erected upward by the guide sliding of the guide sliding portion by the guide portion, the front end side of the support member can be erected and returned, and the link member is spring-loaded by the tray withdrawing operation. Since the urging force of the support member causes the support member to rotate upward, the rear end side of the support member can be erected and restored, and thus the support member can be erected and restored by one-touch operation of pulling out the tray when necessary.

(III) According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention, the guide sliding portion of the support arm portion is disengaged from the guide portion of the case body to the open portion during the tray storing operation, and the support arm portion is removed. Since the folding rotation is performed, the front end side of the support member can be maintained in the folded state, and the link member is rotated against the urging force of the spring by the contact with the upper side of the opening of the case body. , The rear end side of the support member can be maintained in the folded state, which allows
The support member can be folded by a one-touch operation in which the tray is pushed back into the case body and stored when not needed.

(IV) According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the link member is erected and rotated, the rear end of the support member is locked by the locking portion of the guide hole. It is possible to securely support the force from above without rattling, and it is possible to stably maintain the upright state of the support member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an embodiment for carrying out the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a stored state of the tray of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 case body 1a front 3 Guide section 4 Open section 5 trays 5a upper surface 5b upper surface 7 Support member 7a front end 7b rear end 10 Support mechanism 11 Support arm 11a base end 11b tip 15 Guide sliding part 17 Link member 17a Base end 17b tip 18 Guide hole 18a locking part 20 springs A cup

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A case main body having a box-like shape with an open front surface, and a notch formed with a rear part of the guide part as an open part while leaving an upper part of an inner surface of the front part thereof as a guide part, and the case main body is freely drawn A tray in which the cup can be placed on the upper surface of the tray, a support member arranged above the tray and capable of holding the upper portion of the cup, and the support member interlocked with the operation of pulling out the tray. And a support mechanism incorporated in the case main body for standing up and returning upward from the folded state at the time of storage, wherein the support mechanism pivotally supports the base end portion on the rear end side of the tray and the front end portion. A support arm portion that pivotally supports the lower portion of the front end side of the support member, and a base portion of the support arm portion that projects toward the side opposite to the front end portion, and that is extended to the guide portion of the case main body when the tray is pulled out. Plan A guide sliding portion that is slid to stand up and rotate on the tip end side of the support arm portion, a base end portion pivotally supported rearward of the support member rear end on the tray upper surface, and the support member rear end on the tip end portion. A cup holder comprising a link member pivotally supported so as to be guided in its own longitudinal direction through a guide hole, and a spring for constantly biasing the link member in a standing rotation direction. 2. A guide portion is provided with a substantially L-shaped elongated hole by extending a locking portion, which extends forward when the link member is standing up and returned, on the tip end side of the guide hole provided in the link member. The cup holder according to claim 1, characterized in that.