JP3971757B2 - Vehicle storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device such as a cup holder or an accessory case provided in a vehicle.

  As shown in FIG. 10, a conventional vehicle storage device includes a storage body body 2 having a storage portion 2a, and a design member 3 that constitutes a part of an interior member of the vehicle and has an opening 3a of the storage portion 2a. And a door 4 that is pivotable to a closed position that closes the opening 3a and an open position that pivots upward from the closed position to open the opening 3a.

However, the conventional storage device has the following problems.
Since the door 4 opens upward, a gap (opening gap) S is generated between the door 4 and the design member 3 in the closed position, which is very unpleasant. The gap S is generated at the front, rear, left and right of the door 4 in the closed position.
JP-A-9-249059

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that when the door is in the closed position, an opening gap is generated between the door and the design surface of the design member.
An object of the present invention is to provide a storage device for a vehicle that can prevent an opening gap from being generated between a door in a closed position and a design member.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) The main body of the storage body,
A design member that forms part of an interior member of the vehicle and has an opening;
A door that is disposed on the back side of the design member and closes the opening of the design member in contact with the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the design member when in the closed position;
A first arm rotatably connected to the housing body;
A second arm pivotably coupled to the first arm and the door;
A first arm biasing spring that biases the first arm with respect to the housing body;
A biasing member that pivotally biases the second arm with respect to the first arm;
I have a,
The storage body has a first guide groove and a second guide groove, and the door has a first guide projection entering the first guide groove and a second guide groove entering the second guide groove. Has a guide protrusion ,
It said second guide groove includes a curved portion, and a extending portion extending in a direction approaching the design member continuous with the curved portion, car dual storage apparatus that Yusuke.

In the vehicle storage device of (1), the door can open and close the opening of the design member from the back side of the design member, and the door is pressed against the peripheral edge of the opening of the design member from the back side of the design member. Therefore, the gap (opening gap) between the door in the closed position and the design member can be eliminated.
Further, when the door is opened and closed , the door can be moved along the guide groove.
In addition, since the second guide groove has a curved portion and an extending portion, the second guide protrusion is positioned at the extending portion of the second guide groove when the door is positioned in the closed position and the vicinity thereof. Thus, the door can be moved to the open position side after the door that is in the closed position and in contact with the back surface of the design member is separated from the design member. As a result, when the door is opened and closed, it is possible to prevent the door and the design member from interfering with each other and the sliding sound between the door and the design member to be generated.

  The vehicle storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention is, for example, a vehicle cup holder device disposed on a console body that is an interior member of a vehicle. However, the vehicle storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the vehicle cup holder, and may be, for example, a vehicle accessory device, a vehicle ashtray device, or the like (in the illustrated example, the present invention). The case where the storage apparatus for vehicles of an Example is a cup holder for vehicles is shown). Further, the location of the vehicle storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the console body, but may be an instrument panel or the like which is an interior member of the vehicle. Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention, a case in which the vehicle storage device is a vehicle cup holder device arranged in the console body will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle storage device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a storage body main body 20, a design member 30 that constitutes a part of an interior member of the vehicle and is formed with an opening 30 a, and the opening 30 a is designed. A door 40 that can be opened and closed from the back side of the member 30 and is pivotally connected to the housing body 20 and a door 40 that closes the opening 30a by being pressed against the peripheral edge of the opening 30a from the back side of the design member 30. Arm 50, second arm 60 rotatably connected to first arm 50 and door 40, and biasing member that biases second arm 60 against first arm 50. 70.

The container body 20 is fixed to the console body. The container body 20 is located below the design member 30. The container body 20 includes a retainer 21 and a tray 22.
The retainer 21 has a two-part configuration of left and right retainers. The retainer 21 is formed by matching the left and right retainers to the left and right. However, the retainer 21 may have a one-part configuration. As shown in FIG. 4, the retainer 21 is formed with a first guide groove 21a and a second guide groove 21b.
The first guide groove 21a extends linearly or substantially linearly in the front-rear direction.

The second guide groove 21b has a curved portion 21c and an extending portion 21d.
The curved portion 21c extends downward as the distance from the first guide groove 21a increases. The curved portion 21c may extend on one or a plurality of curvature curves, or may extend on a combined line of the curves and straight lines.
The extending part 21d continues to the end of the bending part 21c on the first guide groove 21a side. The extending portion 21d extends linearly or substantially linearly from the curved portion 21c in a direction approaching the opening 30a of the design member 30. The front end (upper end) of the extending portion 21d in the extending direction is located at the same or substantially the same vertical position as the first guide groove 21a.
As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 22 has a storage portion 22 a that can store at least the lower end of the cups. The tray 22 is fixedly attached to the tray attaching portion 21 e of the retainer 21 with screws 23.

The design member 30 includes a main body portion 31, a decorating member 32, and a cushion material 33 (see FIG. 8). However, the decorating member 32 and the cushion member 33 are not essential constituent requirements.
The main body 31 is fixed and attached by a retainer 21 and a screw 34. The main body 31 is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface of the surrounding console body.
The decoration member 32 is provided to improve the appearance of the vehicle storage device 10. When the decorating member 32 is provided, as shown in FIG. 8, the inside of the decorating member 32 becomes an opening 30a, and when the decorating member 32 is not provided, as shown in FIG. 31a becomes the opening 30a.
The cushion material 33 is provided to reduce the hitting sound with the door 40. The cushion material 33 is made of, for example, rubber or nonwoven fabric.

The door 40 is disposed on the back side (lower side) of the design member 30. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the door 40 includes a plate-like portion 41 and a protruding portion 42 that protrudes forward and backward from the plate-like portion 41.
The plate-like portion 41 cannot be bent at the intermediate portion. The shape of the plate-like portion 41 is a disc shape. However, the shape of the plate-like portion 41 may be a quadrangle. The area of the surface (upper surface) of the plate-like portion 41 is larger than the area of the opening 30a.
The protruding portion 42 may be formed integrally with the plate-like portion 41, or may be formed separately from the plate-like portion 41 and fixedly attached to the plate-like portion 41. The protrusion 42 is provided with a first guide protrusion 42 a that enters the first guide groove 21 a of the retainer 21 and a second guide protrusion 42 b that enters the second guide groove 21 b of the retainer 21.

The first arm 50 is rotatably connected to the retainer 21 at one end and is rotatably connected to the second arm 60 at the other end. One end of the first arm 50 is rotatably connected to the retainer 21 by inserting a protrusion 51 into a hole 21 f provided in the retainer 21. The first arm 50 is urged to rotate with respect to the retainer 21 by a first arm urging spring 52. The first arm biasing spring 52 biases the first arm 50 in a direction in which a connecting portion with the second arm 60 approaches the opening 30a (in a direction in which the door 40 is closed).
As shown in FIG. 3, the first arm 50 is provided with a lock pin 53 that can be engaged with and disengaged from a heart cam (not shown) provided in the retainer 21. The lock pin 53 engages with the heart cam when the door 40 is in the open position.

  The second arm 60 is rotatably connected to the first arm 51 at one end and is rotatably connected to the door 40 at the other end. As shown in FIG. 2, one end of the second arm 52 is rotatably connected to the first arm 50 by inserting a protrusion 61 into a hole 54 provided in the first arm 50. . The other end of the second arm 60 is rotatably connected to the door 40 by inserting a protrusion 62 into a hole 43 provided on the back surface of the door 40.

  The biasing member 70 is made of, for example, a coil spring. The biasing member 70 rotates the second arm 60 with respect to the first arm 50 in a direction in which the angle (A in FIG. 3) formed by the first arm 50 and the second arm 60 becomes large. Energize.

Here, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(A) When the door 40 is in the closed position (see FIG. 4)
The first guide protrusion 42a of the door 40 is located at the end of the first guide groove 21a opposite to the second guide groove 21b side. The second guide protrusion 42b of the door 40 is located at the upper end portion of the extending portion 21d of the second guide groove 21b. On the upper surface of the door 40, the first arm 50 is pivotally biased by the first arm biasing spring 52, and the second arm 60 is pivotally biased by the biasing member 70 relative to the first arm 50. Therefore, it is pressed against the back surface (lower surface) of the peripheral edge of the opening 30a.

(B) When the door 40 is opened (see FIGS. 5 and 6)
When the door 40 in the closed position is pushed down by hand, the second guide protrusion 42b moves downward in the extending portion 21d of the second guide groove 21b. After the second guide protrusion 42b reaches the lower end of the extending portion 21d, the door 40 is pushed along the first guide groove 21a and the curved portion 21c by pushing the door 40 toward the second guide groove 21b. Open.

(C) When the door 40 is in the open position (see FIG. 7)
The first guide protrusion 42a is located at the end of the first groove 21a on the second guide groove 21b side. The second guide protrusion 42b is located in the vicinity of the end of the curved portion 21c of the second groove 21b opposite to the side continuous with the extending portion 21d. The lock pin 53 is engaged with a heart cam (not shown).

(D) When closing the door 40 By further pushing the door 40 to the closing side, the engagement between the lock pin 53 and the heart cam is released. When the engagement between the lock pin 53 and the heart cam is released, the door 40 has the first and second guide protrusions 42a and 42b formed by the first arm biasing spring 52 and the biasing force of the biasing member 70. By moving along the second grooves 21a and 21b, the second groove 21a and 21b are moved to the closed position. At this time, a damper 80 and a gear 81 that meshes with the damper 80 may be provided to give a high-class feeling to the closing movement of the door 40.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The door 40 can open and close the opening 30a from the back side of the design member 30, and closes the opening 30a by being pressed against the peripheral portion of the opening 30a from the back side of the design member 30, so that the door 40 and the design in the closed position are closed. A gap (opening gap) between the member 30 and the member 30 can be eliminated.

Since the second guide groove 21b has a curved portion 21c and an extending portion 21d, and the second guide protrusion 42b is positioned at the extending portion 21d when the door 40 is positioned in the vicinity of the closed position, the second guide groove 21b is closed. The door 40 can be moved to the open position side after the door 40 that is in position and in contact with the back surface of the design member 30 is separated from the design member 30. As a result, when the door 40 is opened and closed, interference between the door 40 and the design member 30 or generation of sliding sound between the door 40 and the design member 30 can be prevented.
When the decorating member 32 is provided, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower end of the decorating member 32 is located below the upper surface of the door 40 in the closed position, but the door 40 in the closed position is removed from the design member 30. Since the door 40 is moved to the open position side after being separated downward, the door 40 can be prevented from hitting the design member 30 when the door 40 is opened.

It is a perspective view of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a disassembled perspective view of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a perspective view which shows the door and the 1st, 2nd arm of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when a door exists in a closed position of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when the door in a closed position is pushed down of the storage apparatus for vehicles of an Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the middle of operation | movement when moving the door in a closed position to the open position side of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when a door exists in an open position of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the door in a closed position, and its vicinity when the decorating member is provided of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the door in a closed position, and its vicinity when the decorating member is not provided of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is sectional drawing when a door exists in a closed position of the conventional storage apparatus for vehicles.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle storage apparatus 20 Storage body main body 21 Retainer 21a 1st guide groove 21b 2nd guide groove 21c Curved part 21d of 2nd guide groove 22 Extension part of 2nd guide groove 22 Tray 22a Storage part 30 Design member 30a Opening 31 Main body portion 32 of design member Decorating member 33 Cushion material 40 Door 41 Plate-like portion 42 Projection portion 42a First guide projection 42b Second guide projection 50 First arm 60 Second arm 70 Energizing member

Claims (1)

The storage body,
A design member that forms part of an interior member of the vehicle and has an opening;
A door that is disposed on the back side of the design member and closes the opening of the design member in contact with the back surface of the peripheral edge of the opening of the design member when in the closed position;
A first arm rotatably connected to the housing body;
A second arm pivotably coupled to the first arm and the door;
A first arm biasing spring that biases the first arm with respect to the housing body;
A biasing member that pivotally biases the second arm with respect to the first arm;
I have a,
The storage body has a first guide groove and a second guide groove, and the door has a first guide projection entering the first guide groove and a second guide groove entering the second guide groove. Has a guide protrusion ,
It said second guide groove includes a curved portion, and a extending portion extending in a direction approaching the design member continuous with the curved portion, car dual storage apparatus that Yusuke.

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