JP3481369B2 - Grab box for vehicle - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bin-type glove box mounted on the passenger side of an instrument panel of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bottle type glove box 2 of this type has an instrument panel 1 as shown in FIG.
The glove box 2 is to be mounted in an opening recess W formed on the front side of the passenger seat side, and the glove box 2 is integrally formed inside the lid 3 and the lid 3 that closes the opening of the opening recess W. A storage unit 4 is provided and is formed in a box shape that opens upward. A hinge pin 5 is attached to the bottom side of the left and right side portions of the glove box 2 formed in this way, and is pivotally attached to the side of the opening recess W via the hinge pin 5 so as to be rotatable. A lock member 6 is provided at a predetermined position on the inner upper side.
Is detachably provided to the striker 7 attached to the opening recess W. However, since the opening of the glove box is limited in this configuration, there is a problem that it is difficult to take out stored items on the back side of the box, and as a device for solving this, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 59-25699 is disclosed. is there.

The glove box 10 disclosed in this publication
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 10, the left and right support members 11 are
The support member 11 is attached to the opening concave portion W by means of the first link 13 rotatably attached to the opening concave portion W side by the pin 12, and rotatable to the other end of the first link 13 by the pin 14. The second link 15 connected to
The second link 15 is pivotally connected to the glove box 10 via a hinge pin 16 at its tip end. Further, stopper pins 17 are provided at predetermined positions on the left and right side plates of the glove box 10,
Further, on the side of the opening recess W, there is formed a groove portion 18 having a shape shown in the figure which slidably engages with the stopper pin 17 to rotate and guide the glove box 10 in the front-rear direction. The box 10 is at the position C stored in the opening recess W, and the stopper pin 17 is at the position c at the depth end of the groove portion 18. When operated in the opening direction from the stored state C, the hinge pin 16 of the support member 11 in the folded state is centered. As a result, the glove box 10 is rotated downward and held at the intermediate position D, and the stopper pin 17 comes to the position d of the groove portion 18. The rotating operation from the position C to the position D is similar to the operation of the glove box 2 described above. Then, by further pulling out from this position D, the first link 13 and the second link 15 of the support member 11 are expanded and expanded, the club box 10 is held at the position E in front of the position D, and the stopper pin 17 is provided with the groove portion. The glove box 10 is held at the position e at the front end of the glove box 18, and in this state, the stored items on the back side of the glove box 10 can be easily taken out. The storage of the grab box 10 is performed by the reverse operation of the above.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional glove boxes 2 and 10 are configured to rotate about the hinge pins 5 and 16, the stored items are moved by this rotating operation. There is a problem that the stored items become messed up and sound is generated, and the stored items become messy and damaged, and there is a problem that when the glove box 10 is pulled out toward the front, it hits the foot of the occupant. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in which the glove box is held in a substantially horizontal state without being rotated, and the glove box is moved in parallel and stored / pulled out to store the stored items. An object of the present invention is to provide a glove box for a vehicle that can be taken out easily.

[0005]

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention relates to a glove box which is attached to an opening recess of an instrument panel of a vehicle so as to be retractable and retractable. Are connected and held by left and right holding mechanisms, and the holding mechanism is attached to the opening concave side, has a guide groove on the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle on the upper side, and has a pin hole at the lower end of the arm piece on the lower side. A set plate, a support arm having one end pivotally attached to a pin hole of the set plate via a support shaft and the other end pinned to a predetermined position on the upper side of the opening side of the glove box, and a predetermined support arm. A first suspension arm having a guide pin at one end with a guide pin slidably engaged with the guide groove of the set plate, and one end at the guide pin. It consists of a second suspension arm that is pivotally attached and has the other end pinned to a predetermined position on the depth side of the glove box, and the glove box moves substantially parallel to the guide groove through this holding mechanism. Since it can be stored and pulled out, the glove box is prevented from rotating, and the box is held in a substantially horizontal state and moved in parallel along the guide groove, so stored items cannot move or fall over. Since there is no sound, there is no sound and the inside of the box becomes cluttered. Also, in the second invention, the guide groove on the upper side of the set plate is formed toward the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle, and the pin hole is positioned on the depth side from the depth edge of the guide groove via the arm piece. With the configuration in which the support arm is pivotally mounted, the glove box can be moved in parallel along the guide groove and obliquely downward on the opening side. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the set plate has a guide groove on the upper side thereof formed toward the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle, and the pin hole is located closer to the opening side than the opening side edge of the guide groove via the arm piece. With the configuration in which the support arm is positioned and pivotally mounted, the glove box can be translated in parallel with the guide groove toward the front side on the opening side.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a club box 2 formed in the same manner as the conventional one, in which an opening recess W of an instrument panel 1 is formed.
The lid 4 is integrally attached to the inner side surface of the lid body 3 and is formed integrally with a storage portion 4 including left and right side plates 4a and a depth plate 4b. The storage portion 4 is interposed between the left and right side plates 4a and the opening recess W. It is provided so that it can be held at two positions, a storage position A shown in FIG. 1 and a drawing position B shown in FIG.

The holding mechanism 21 is provided symmetrically, and the holding mechanism 21 includes a set plate 22, a support arm 27, a first suspending arm 30 and a second suspending arm 33 which are attached to the opening recess W side. It is composed of
The set plate 22 includes an elongated arm piece 23 and a support plate 24 formed on the upper end of the arm piece 23 in a substantially triangular shape.
Are integrally formed with each other, and a guide groove 25 of a predetermined length is formed at a predetermined inclination angle toward the outside of the opening recess W on the side of the inclined edge 24a formed on the support plate 24 at a predetermined inclination angle ( In this example, the guide groove 25 is illustrated along the inclined edge 24a), and the support arm 27 is provided at the lower end of the arm piece 23.
A pin hole 26 that pivotally connects the two is penetratingly provided. The set plate 22 formed in this manner is attached to the left and right predetermined positions of the opening recess W, and the arm piece 2 is attached.
The third pin hole 26 is located on the lower depth side of the depth end edge 25a of the guide groove 25.

Further, the support arm 27 is formed to have a predetermined length, and an integral or separate support shaft 28 is fixed to one end thereof, and the arm piece 23 of the set plate 22 is attached via the support shaft 28. Is rotatably and pivotally connected to the pin hole 26 formed on the side plate 4a, and the other end of the support arm 27 is integrally or separately provided on the side plate 4a at a predetermined position on the upper side near the lid 3 of the side plate 4a. It is pivotally connected via a pin 29 of.

Further, one end of a first suspension arm 30 having a predetermined length is pivotally attached via a pin 31 to a predetermined position closer to the pin 29 side from the center of the support arm 27, and the first suspension arm 30 is also provided. A guide pin 32 is integrally or separately provided at the other end of the holding arm 30, and the guide pin 32 is slidably engaged with the guide groove 25 of the set plate 22. Further, one end of a second suspension arm 33 having a predetermined length is pivotally attached to the guide pin 32, and the second suspension arm 33 is
The other end of the glove box 2 is pivotally connected to a predetermined position on the depth side of the side plate 4a by a pin 34, and the glove box 2 is positioned via the support arm 27, the first suspension arm 30, and the second suspension arm 33 at the positions of the pins 29, 34. Is held in.

The glove box 2 is opened in the state shown in FIG. 1 by locking the lock member 6 provided on the lid body 3 of the glove box 2 formed in this way to the striker 7 of the open recess W. The guide pin 32 is held in the storage position A of the guide groove 25 in this state.
5a, the first suspension arm 30 is held at a predetermined angle α with respect to the center of the guide groove 25.

The left and right holding mechanisms 21 thus configured
In order to pull out the glove box 2 locked to the storage position A by being connected to the support arm 27, first, the open lever 6a of the lock member 6 is operated to release the engagement with the striker 7 and pull out toward the front side. Is pivoted downward about a support shaft 28, and the guide pin 32 on the other end of the first suspension arm 30 pivotally attached to the support arm 27 slides downward along the guide groove 25 of the set plate 22. The second suspension arm 33 pivotally attached to the guide pin 32.
Is lowered while the glove box 2 is pivotally held by the pin 34, and the glove box 2 is pulled out in a slanting downward parallel movement state while maintaining a substantially horizontal state without rotating. Then, the guide pin 32 and the guide groove 25
3 is held at the drawing-out position B shown in FIG. 3 while being in contact with the opening-side end edge 25b of the glove box 2 at the drawing-out position B. When the glove box 2 is stored, it is locked in the storage position A by pushing it up in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG.

Thus, the glove box 2 is stored and
In the holding mechanism 21 for pulling out, as shown in FIG.
A guide groove 25 is provided on the upper end side of the set plate 22 toward the outside of the opening at a predetermined inclination angle.
The lower end of the arm piece 23 on the lower side of 2 is provided with a pin hole 26 at a position on the depth side of the depth end edge 25a of the guide groove 25, and one end of the pin hole 26 is located on the front side of the glove box 2. The other end of the support arm 27 attached to the pin 29 is the support shaft 2
8 is pivotally connected to each other, one end of the first suspension arm 30 at a predetermined position of the support arm 27 is attached to the pin 31, and the other end of the first suspension arm is guided via the guide pin 32. Since the other end of the second suspension arm 33 pivotally attached to the guide pin 32 is slidably engaged with the groove 25, and the pin 34 is attached to a predetermined position on the depth side of the glove box 2,
When the grab box 2 is pulled out, the support arm 27 is rotated about the support shaft 28, and the guide pin 32 of the first suspension arm 30 linked to the support arm 27 and the pin 31 is inserted into the guide groove 25. The glove box 2 is moved along the center line a of the guide groove 25 while being supported by the pins 29 and 34.
Since 0 is translated along the guide groove 25 while maintaining a predetermined angle α, the glove box 2 is prevented from rotating, and the box 2 is substantially horizontal and the center line a of the guide groove 25 is kept. Since the object is moved in parallel in a slanting downward direction, the stored items are not moved or fallen down, so that it is possible to eliminate the noise and the clutter in the box. Further, as compared with the conventional configuration of rotating and opening, since the movement is performed in parallel, the opening range can be widened despite narrowing the pull-out range, and the foot of the seated occupant is not hit. . The opening amount of the glove box 2 can be changed by changing the length of the guide groove 25.

Next, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show another modification of the glove box. In the above embodiment, the glove box 2 is pulled out downward, in contrast to this embodiment. The grab box 41 is configured to be drawn out in the lateral direction (front direction). The glove box 41 includes a lid 42 and a box-shaped storage portion 4 that opens upward.
3, a holding mechanism 45 for the box 41 is provided on the left and right of the opening recess W for storing the glove box 41.

The holding mechanism 45 is symmetrically provided like the above-mentioned holding mechanism 21, and the holding mechanism 45 has a set plate 46, a supporting arm 51, a first suspending arm 54, and a mounting plate 46 mounted on the opening recess W side. Second suspension arm 5
It is composed of 7 and 7. The set plate 46 comprises a support plate 47 and an arm piece 48. The support plate 47 is formed in a substantially deformed quadrangular shape, and has a predetermined length on the upper edge 47a side that is inclined downward toward the opening side at a predetermined angle. Guide groove 49 is formed, and an arm piece 48 having a predetermined length at a predetermined angle toward the opening is formed on the lower edge side of the support plate 47.
A pin hole 50 for pivotally mounting the support arm 51 is provided at the end of the pin 8. Set plate 4 formed in this way
6 is attached to the corresponding left and right predetermined positions of the opening recess W, and the pin hole 50 of the arm piece 48 is located on the opening side below the opening-side end edge 49a of the guide groove 49.

Further, the support arm 51 is formed to have a predetermined length, and an integral or separate supporting shaft 52 is fixed to one end of the supporting arm 51, and the arm piece 48 of the set plate 46 is mounted via the supporting shaft 52. Is pivotally connected to a pin hole 50 formed on the side plate 43a, and the other end of the support arm 51 is integrally or separately formed on the side plate 43a at a predetermined upper position close to the lid 42 of the side plate 43a. It is pivotally connected via a pin 53 of the.

Further, one end of a first suspension arm 54 having a predetermined length is pivotally attached via a pin 55 to a predetermined position closer to the pin 53 side from the center of the support arm 51, and the first suspension arm 54 is also provided. A guide pin 56 is integrally or separately provided at the other end of the holding arm 54, and the guide pin 56 is slidably engaged with a guide groove 49 of the set plate 46. Further, one end of a second suspension arm 57 having a predetermined length is pivotally attached to the guide pin 56, and the second suspension arm 57 is
The other end of the grab box 41 is pivotally connected to a predetermined position on the lower side of the side plate 43a by a pin 58.
It is held at the positions of the pins 55 and 58 via the first suspension arm 54 and the second suspension arm 57.

The glove box 41 formed in this way
As shown in FIG. 6, the guide pin 56
Is located at the depth edge 49b of the guide groove 49, and the first suspension arm 54 has a predetermined angle β with respect to the center of the guide groove 49.
Held in.

As described above, since the glove box 41 is connected and held by the left and right holding mechanisms 45,
When pulling out the grab box 41, the support arm 51
Is rotated about the support shaft 52, and the guide pin 56 of the first suspension arm 54, which is connected to the support arm 51 via the pin 55, is moved along the guide groove 49. Is moved forward along the center line b of the guide groove 49 while being supported by the pins 53 and 58, and the first suspension arm 54 is parallel while maintaining a predetermined angle β along the guide groove 49. Since the grab box 41 is prevented from rotating because it is moved, the glove box 41 is kept substantially horizontal and the center line b of the guide groove 49 is kept.
Since it is moved in parallel along the storage box, the stored items do not move or fall down, which eliminates the occurrence of noise and clutter in the box. The holding mechanism 45 can be applied to other boxes for small items and the like.

The glove boxes 2 and 41 are provided with a slight rotation, but as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the second suspension arms 33 and 57 have a predetermined length on the pins 34 and 58 side. It is possible to eliminate this rotation by forming the slide grooves 35 and 59 of the groove.

[0020]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the glove box is prevented from rotating,
Since the glove box is moved in a slanting downward or forward direction in a substantially horizontal state, the stored items do not move or fall down, which eliminates the occurrence of noise and clutter in the box.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a glove box is stored in an opening concave portion.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a holding mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state where a glove box is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one side of the glove box.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the operation of the holding mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the glove box stored and held by a holding mechanism of another aspect.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which the glove box is also pulled out.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a conventional glove box.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of another conventional glove box.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2,41 grab box 21,45 holding mechanism 22,46 set plate 23,48 Arm pieces 25,49 Guide groove 25a, 49b depth edge 25b, 49a Open side edge 26,50 pin hole 27,51 Support arm 28,52 spindle 30,54 First suspension arm 32,56 guide pin 33,57 Second suspension arm 29, 31, 34, 53, 55, 58 pins W opening recess

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (56) References 61-150245 (JP, U) 58-60-178251 (JP, U) JP 59-25699 (JP, B1) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 7/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A glove box which is attached to an opening concave portion of an instrument panel of a vehicle so as to be retractable and retractable. The glove box is connected and held by a left and right holding mechanism, and the holding mechanism is attached to the opening concave portion side and an upper portion. Side, a set plate having a guide groove on the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle, and a pin hole at the lower end of the arm piece on the lower side, and one end of which is pivotally attached to the pin hole of the set plate via a spindle. A support arm having the other end pinned to a predetermined position on the upper side of the opening side of the glove box, and one end pinned to a predetermined position of the support arm, and the other end sliding into the guide groove of the set plate. A first suspension arm having a guide pin engageable with it, and a first suspension arm having one end pivotally attached to the guide pin and the other end pinned to a predetermined position on the depth side of the glove box. A glove box for a vehicle, comprising two suspension arms, wherein the glove box is configured to be capable of storing and withdrawing by substantially parallel movement along the guide groove via the holding mechanism. 2. The set plate has a guide groove on an upper side thereof formed toward the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle, and the pin hole is supported by being positioned on a depth side of a depth end edge of the guide groove via an arm piece. 2. The glove box for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the arm is pivotally mounted. 3. The set plate has a guide groove on the upper side thereof formed toward the opening side at a predetermined inclination angle, and the pin hole is located on the opening side with respect to the opening side end edge of the guide groove via the arm piece. The glove box for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the support arm is pivotally mounted.