JP3486009B2 - Glove 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 vehicle glove box, and more particularly to a vehicle glove box capable of partitioning an inner space into a plurality of spaces.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such a glove box is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-30200 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-39.
It is already known from the publication No. 315, etc.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the partition member for partitioning the inside of the glove box is made detachable, so that the inside of the glove box is divided into a plurality of sections and the inside of the glove box has a single section. It is inconvenient because the partition member that has been pulled out must be stored in another place because it is switched between the space and the state. In addition, it is difficult for the conventional device described above to accommodate a relatively large vertically long object such as a plastic bottle.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to divide the interior into a plurality of compartments by a partition plate that does not require a particular storage space, and to make it more versatile. It is intended to provide a glove box for a vehicle.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an upper bottom wall extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a front-rear direction of the vehicle at least behind a rear end of the upper bottom wall. A glove box for a vehicle , in which an instrument panel is provided with a storage recess having a lower bottom wall that is disposed below the upper bottom wall and that has a portion that extends in a direction.
Open at the scan, a partition plate capable of partitioning the accommodating recess in the upper chamber and the lower chamber, and a partition position covering the upper side of the lower bottom wall is behind the rear end of the upper bottom wall, above the lower part bottom wall as it allows moving between the non-partitioning position is supported on the instrument panel, the installation torque instrument panel
Is a closed position that closes at least the rear opening of the lower chamber
And make it almost horizontal and almost continuous with the rear end of the lower bottom wall
And between the open position that opens the rear end opening of the lower chamber
A lid member is attached to enable movement, and the partition plate
Abut in the partition position and the lid member abuts in the closed position
Common stopper for both partition plate and lid member
Is provided over both side walls of the storage recess .

The invention according to claim 2 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, the lower bottom wall is formed substantially horizontally.

[0007] According to a third aspect, the claim 1 or <br/> in addition to the configuration of the invention wherein the partition plate includes a non-partitioning position housed in the upper bottom wall, an upper The instrument panel is supported by the instrument panel so that it can slide back and forth between the partition position that is pulled out rearward from the bottom wall, and the rear end of the partition plate moves the stored items on the upper bottom wall backward. Is provided so as to project above the upper bottom wall at a non-partitioning position of the partition plate.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vehicle interior, and FIG. 2 is FIG.
2-2 line sectional view, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a simplified use state when the partition plate is in the non-partitioning position with the lid member closed, and FIG. 4 is the partition plate with the lid member closed. 6 is a side view showing a simplified use state when the partition plate is in the partition position, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing a simplified use state when the partition plate is in the partition position with the lid member opened.
FIG. 6 is a side view showing, in a simplified manner, a usage state different from that in FIG. 5 when the partition plate is at the partition position with the lid member opened.

First, in FIG. 1, an instrument panel 3 made of synthetic resin is provided in a front portion of a passenger compartment 1 of a passenger vehicle.
The instrument panel 3 is provided with various instruments and the like on the driver's seat 5 side on which the driver who steers the steering wheel 4 is seated, and the instrument panel 3 on the passenger seat 6 side is provided with the present invention. The glove box 7 according to the above is provided.

Referring also to FIG. 2, in the glove box 7, a storage recess 8 is provided in the instrument panel 3, and a partition plate 9 that can partition the storage recess 8 into upper and lower parts and a part of the storage recess 8. Member 1 capable of closing
0 is provided on the instrument panel 3.

The storage recess 8 is provided with a pair of side walls 11 facing each other at intervals along the width direction of the vehicle (direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2), and a ceiling wall 12 provided between the side walls 11. , Upper front end wall 13, upper bottom wall 14, lower front end wall 1
5 and the lower bottom wall 16. Thus, the upper bottom wall 1 formed in a substantially horizontal flat surface along the front-rear direction of the vehicle
Numeral 4 is arranged near the front part between the vertical middle parts of both side walls 11, and the upper front end wall 13 is continuously connected to the front end of the upper bottom wall 14 at a substantially right angle and rises upward, and the ceiling wall 12
Extends rearward from the upper end of the upper front end wall 13 to a position corresponding to the front of the rear end of the upper bottom wall 14. Further, the lower front end wall 15 is connected to the rear end of the upper bottom wall 14 at a substantially right angle and extends downward, and the lower bottom wall 16 formed on the substantially horizontal flat surface is the lower front end wall 15. Extends from the lower end to the rear side. That is, the lower bottom wall 16 is the upper bottom wall 1
4 extends rearward of the rear end of the vehicle 4 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and is disposed below the upper bottom wall 14, and the storage recess 8 opens at least the rear side of the rear end of the upper bottom wall 14. It is formed in the shape to obtain.

The partition plate 9 is formed in the shape of a rectangular flat plate, the upper bottom wall 14 is provided with a guide hole 17 for slidably storing the partition plate 9, and the rear end of the upper bottom wall 14 is provided. Guide grooves 18 for guiding both side ends of the partition plate 9 are provided on the both side walls 11 on the rear side with respect to each other. Thus, the partition plate 9 is rearward along the guide groove 18 from the non-partitioned position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2) housed in the guide hole 17 of the upper bottom wall 14 and the guide groove 17. The instrument panel 3 can be slid back and forth between the partition position pulled out to (the position shown by the chain line in FIG. 2).
The partition plate 9 that is supported at the partition position at the partition position.
As a result, the inside of the storage recess 8 is divided into an upper chamber 8a and a lower chamber 8b. Moreover, when the partition plate 9 is in the non-partitioning position, the restricting protrusion 9a protruding upward from the upper bottom wall 14 is provided in the rear end of the partition plate 9 in a substantially L shape, and the partitioning plate 9 is provided at the partitioning position. A stopper 19 that contacts the rear end of the plate 9 and restricts the rearward movement of the partition plate 9 has side walls 1
It is provided over one interval.

The lid member 10 has a closed position for closing the rear end opening of the lower chamber 8b (position shown by a chain line in FIG. 2) and an open position for opening the rear end opening of the lower chamber 8b (solid line in FIG. 2). (A position shown by) and a pair of hinges 2
It is attached to the instrument panel 3 by means of 0 and 20. In order to keep the lid member 10 in the open position on the instrument panel 3 in a substantially horizontal posture that is substantially continuous with the rear end of the lower bottom wall 16. A stopper surface 21 that contacts the lid member 10 is provided.

By the way, the lid member 10 abuts on the stopper 19 in the closed position, and the lid member 10 is elastically engageable with the pair of engaging recesses 22, 22 provided on the upper surface of the stopper 19. Protrusions 23, 23 are provided on the lid member 10, and the closed position of the lid member 10 is held by engaging the engaging protrusions 23, 23 with the locking recesses 22, 22, respectively.

The partition member 9 may be provided with a circular hole 24, and one or a plurality of circular holding recesses 25 are formed on the surface of the lid member 10 which is the upper surface at the open position.
May be provided.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the glove box 7, the partition plate 9 is moved between the non-partition position and the partition position, and
By rotating the lid member 10 between the closed position and the open position, it is possible to use it for multiple purposes.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the partition plate 9
When the lid member 10 is in the closed position and the lid member 10 is in the closed position, since the upper portion of the lower bottom wall 16 is open, a comparatively small object 28 to be stored on the upper bottom wall 14. It is possible to store a relatively large vertically long object 29 such as a PET bottle on the lower bottom wall 16 and to store it in the storage recess 8 while the lower bottom wall 16 is substantially horizontal and flat. Since it is a surface, it is possible to stably support the vertically long object 29. Further, since the stopper 19 for contacting the lid member 10 at the closed position is provided between the both side walls 11 of the storage recess 8, even if the lid member 10 is opened, the vertically long object 2
It is possible to prevent the vertically long object 29 from falling down by sandwiching 9 between the restriction projection 9a of the partition plate 9 and the stopper 19.

At the rear end of the partition plate 9 in the non-partitioning position, there is provided a restricting projection 9a projecting upward from the upper bottom wall 14, and the restricting projection 9a causes an object on the upper bottom wall 14 to be covered. It is possible to prevent the stored items 28 from moving from the upper bottom wall 14 to the rear side, and to store the stored items 28 in the upper bottom wall 1.
4 can be stably held.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the partition plate 9 is pulled out from the upper bottom wall 14 to the partition position, the storage recess 8 is formed.
The inside can be divided into an upper chamber 8a and a lower chamber 8b, and a relatively large object 30 to be laid over the upper bottom wall 14 and the partition plate 9 is stored in the upper chamber 8a, and a relatively small storage space. The object 31 can be stored in the lower chamber 8b. At this time, by placing the lid member 10 in the closed position, it is possible to make the lower chamber 8b invisible to the outside, and it is possible to store an object or the like that is not visible to others in the lower chamber 8b. it can. Further, the lid member 10 is shown in FIG.
When the open position is set as shown in FIG. 5, a relatively large object 31 to be laid over the lower bottom wall 16 and the lid member 10 can be stored in the lower chamber 8b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, by mounting the cup holder 32 in the hole 24 of the partition plate 9 located at the partition position, the partition plate 9 can be used as a tray for placing a canned beverage 33 such as canned juice. It is also possible to use it as a tray by placing the cup 34 or the like on the holding concave portion 25 of the lid member 10 which is in a substantially horizontal posture at the open position.

FIG. 7 shows a reference example. In this glove box 7 ', a storage recess 8 is provided in the instrument panel 3, and a partition plate 9 and storage for partitioning the storage recess 8 into upper and lower parts. The instrument panel 3 is provided with a lid member 10 ′ capable of closing a part of the recess 8. A pair of vertically extending stoppers 19 'are provided on both side walls 11 of the storage recess 8, and the partition plate 9 is attached to each of the stoppers 19'.
Abut in its partition position and the lid member 10 'abuts in its closed position. Moreover, locking stoppers 22 'are provided at the upper ends of both stoppers 19', and the lid member 10 'is provided with a pair of engaging projections 23' capable of elastically engaging with the locking recesses 22 '. is Ru.

As a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, a closed position (position shown by a chain line) for closing the rear end opening of the lower chamber 8b and a rear end opening of the lower chamber 8b are opened. A holding recess 34 is formed on one surface of a lid member 10 ″ attached to the instrument panel 3 by a pair of hinges 20 and 20 so as to be rotatable between an open position (a position indicated by a solid line).
The plate-shaped tray 33 provided with may be detachably attached by fitting or the like in a posture in which both sides of the tray 33 are upward. Thus, the lid member 1 in the open position
The upper surface of the tray 33 is set so as to be substantially flush with the lower bottom wall 16 in a state of being attached to 0 ″, and by doing so, the stored object is stably provided between the lower bottom wall 16 and the tray 33. It is also possible to place the canned beverage in the holding recess 34.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. It is possible to do.

For example, the lower bottom wall 16 may be arranged so that at least a part thereof is located rearward of the rear end of the upper bottom wall 14, and is configured to close the open end of the upper chamber 8a. It is also possible.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the vehicle has the upper bottom wall extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and the portion extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle at least behind the rear end of the upper bottom wall. accommodating recess having a lower bottom wall disposed below the upper bottom wall is provided on an instrument panel, a partition plate capable of partitioning the accommodating recess in the upper chamber and the lower chamber, the rear end of the upper bottom wall a partition position covering the upper side of the lower bottom wall is behind the, because it is supported on the instrument panel as a possible operation at between the non-partitioning position for opening the upper of the lower part bottom wall, from the instrument panel By moving the partition plate without removing the partition plate, it is possible to partition the storage recess and release the partition state, and further, it is possible to open the upper part of the lower bottom wall. It is also possible to house more elongated product, it is possible to further diversify the housing aspects of the accommodated article. The instrument panel has a closed position for closing at least the rear end opening of the lower chamber and an open position for opening the rear end opening of at least the lower chamber so as to be substantially horizontal and substantially continuous to the rear end of the lower bottom wall. Since the lid member is attached so that the lid member can be operated between the lid member and the container, an object which is not seen by others can be stored in the lower chamber, and the lid member can be used as a tray when the lid member is opened. . It
In addition, a common stopper for both the partition plate and the lid member
This stopper is installed between both side walls of the storage recess.
Against the partition plate at the partition position and the lid member
Can be abutted in the closed position, and the lid member
Even if it is opened, the vertically long object supported on the lower bottom wall
And place it between the rear end of the partition plate and the stopper.
Stable support of the vertically long object because it can be prevented from falling
Can be made.

According to the invention of claim 2 , in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 1 , since the lower bottom wall is formed substantially horizontally, the object to be stored can be stably placed on the lower bottom wall. You can

Further, according to the invention of claim 3 , claim 1
Alternatively , in addition to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, the partition plate can slide back and forth between a non-partition position housed in the upper bottom wall and a partition position pulled rearward from the upper bottom wall. The partition panel is supported, and at the rear end of the partition plate, there is a restricting projection that restricts the rearward movement of the stored objects on the upper bottom wall at a position not partitioning the partition plate and above the upper bottom wall. Since it is provided so as to project, the regulation protrusion prevents the stored object placed on the upper bottom wall or the partition plate from moving to the rear side of the partition plate, so that the stored object can be stably stored. It will be possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vehicle interior of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a simplified usage state when the partition plate is in the non-partitioning position with the lid member closed.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a simplified state of use when the partition plate is in the partition position with the lid member closed.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a simplified usage state when the partition plate is at the partition position with the lid member opened.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing, in a simplified manner, a use state different from that in FIG. 5 when the partition plate is at the partition position with the lid member opened.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 1 of a reference example.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a second embodiment corresponding to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... Instrument panel 7, 7 '... Glove box 8 ... Storage recess 8a ... Upper chamber 8b ... Lower chamber 9 ... Partition plate 9a ... Restricting projections 10, 10 ′, 10 ″ ... Lid member 11 ... Side wall 14 ... Upper bottom wall 16 ... Lower bottom wall 19 ... Stopper

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References 62-26248 (JP, U) actual 61-131336 (JP, U) actual 59-172041 (JP, U) actual 58- 4440 (JP, U) Actual Kohei 3-30200 (JP, Y2) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 7/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An upper bottom wall (1) extending in the front-rear direction of a vehicle.
4), and a storage having a lower bottom wall (16) disposed below the upper bottom wall (14) and having a portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction at least behind the rear end of the upper bottom wall (14). recesses (8) are thus provided for the instrument panel (3), in a glove box for a vehicle, the housing recess (8) in the upper chamber (8a) and a lower chamber (8
The partition plate (9) that can be partitioned into b) is the upper bottom wall (14).
Instrument panel as possible to move between the partition position covering the upper side of the lower bottom wall (16) at the rear side of the rear end, a non-partitioning position for opening the upper lower Busokokabe (16) of (3) is supported, the instrument panel (3), at least a lower chamber
(8b) close to the closing position for closing the rear end opening, and substantially horizontally
And is almost continuous with the rear end of the lower bottom wall (14)
Between the open position where the rear end opening of the lower chamber (8b) is opened
A cover member (10, 10 ', 10 ") that can be moved by
Is attached, the partition plate (9) abuts at the partition position, and the lid member
(10, 10 ', 10 ") abut in said closed position,
Partition plate (9) and lid member (10, 10 ', 10 ")
A common stopper (19) for the
A glove box for a vehicle, which is provided between both side walls (11) of the vehicle. 2. The glove box for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lower bottom wall (16) is formed substantially horizontally. 3. The partition plate (9) slides back and forth between a non-partitioning position housed in the upper bottom wall (14) and a partitioning position pulled rearward from the upper bottom wall (14). Is supported by an instrument panel (3), and at the rear end of the partition plate (9), a restriction projection (9a) for restricting the backward movement of the stored items on the upper bottom wall (14). but it is characterized in that it is provided to protrude above the upper bottom wall in a non-partitioning position of the partition plate (9) (14), and claim 1
Is a glove box for vehicles according to 2 .