JP4149342B2 - Underfloor storage for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular underfloor storage, and particularly to a vehicular underfloor storage provided with a rotary tray.

As an underfloor storage for a vehicle, for example, there is one in which a trunk room of a spare tire is formed on a floor panel between front and rear seats, and an opening of the trunk room is opened and closed by a floor lid provided on the floor panel. According to such a vehicle underfloor storage, since the floor lid that opens and closes the opening of the trunk room is arranged between the front seat and the rear seat, the spare tire can be taken in and out without tilting the seat, There is an advantage that the spare tire can be easily taken in and out (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-105746

  By the way, in recent years, as vehicles are used for various purposes, there is a tendency that user-friendliness is also required in the underfloor storage for vehicles according to the needs of users. In other words, it is not a fixed use method for specific packages as described above, but it is possible to store various items and to select various storage modes according to the user's needs. It has come to be.

  Therefore, the present inventor has filed an earlier application for an under-floor storage for a vehicle that is easy to use, can store large luggage and is easy to clean (Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-29454). This vehicle underfloor storage is provided with a floor lid that forms a recess in the floor from the bottom to the rear of the seats arranged on the left and right, and a rotary tray is provided in the recess to close the recess so that the recess can be opened and closed. It is constituted by.

  However, since the vehicle underfloor storage described above is mainly intended for loading and unloading of luggage for the rear seat occupant, the floor lid for the seat occupant is configured to open and close on the rear side of the left and right seats. For this reason, the opening and closing of the floor lid is restricted by the left and right sheets, and as a result, there is room for further improvement in terms of improving the usability when the articles are put in and out of the rotary tray. In addition, since the floor lid is configured to open and close on the rear side of the left and right seats, it is difficult for the passengers of the left and right seats to open and close the floor lid and try to put in and out articles on the rotary tray. This also left room for further improvement in terms of improved usability. Furthermore, if the floor lid is configured to open and close behind the left and right seats, the floor lid cannot be opened or closed by the load when the rear side of the left and right seats is used as a luggage space and the luggage is placed. For this reason, there was room for further improvement in terms of improving usability.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an underfloor storage for a vehicle that can further improve usability.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a floor (for example, floor F in the embodiment) extending from the lower side to the rear side of the sheets (for example, the first row sheet 2 in the embodiment) spaced apart from each other on the left and right. A recess (for example, the recess 11 in the embodiment) is formed in the floor, and a rotary tray (for example, the rotary tray 12 in the embodiment) is provided in the recess, and the floor lid (for example, in the embodiment) is closed so that the recess can be opened and closed. A vehicle underfloor storage provided with a floor lid 26), wherein the floor lid is provided so that the recess can be opened and closed in a space between the seats (for example, the space 2A in the embodiment). It is said.

  The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the floor lid extends forward from a rocking center (for example, the support shaft 28 in the embodiment) in a state where the recess is closed. On the other hand, the recess is opened by swinging upward with respect to the swing center.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the floor lid that closes the recessed portion formed in the floor from the lower side to the rear side of the seat that is spaced apart from the left and right is capable of opening and closing the recessed portion in the space between the seats. Therefore, the opening / closing of the floor lid is not restricted by the seat. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the usability when the articles are taken in and out of the rotary tray in the recess. Similarly, since the floor lid is provided so that the recess can be opened and closed in the space between the sheets, the passenger on the seat above the recess opens and closes the floor lid and puts articles in and out of the rotary tray. However, it is easy to put in and out, and the usability can be further improved from this point. Further, similarly, since the floor lid is provided so as to be able to open and close the recess in the space between the seats, even if the luggage is placed using the rear side of the left and right seats as a luggage space, Since the articles can be taken in and out of the rotating tray without being opened and closed, the usability can be further improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the floor lid extends forward from the swing center with the recess closed, and opens the recess by swinging upward with respect to the swing center. Since the concave portion is opened by swinging so as to move upward, the occupant sitting facing the seat on the upper side of the concave portion opens and closes the floor lid and puts the article in and out of the rotary tray. This can be further improved.

An underfloor storage for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example to which the vehicle underfloor storage of this embodiment is applied, and shows a two-box type vehicle 1 having front and rear three-row seats.

  In this vehicle 1, a first row seat 2, a second row seat 3, and a third row seat 4 are arranged on the floor F from the front to the rear, and the first row seat 2 and the second row seat 3 are arranged. The left and right are respectively arranged in a pair so that the third row seat 4 is a so-called bench seat. The third row seat 4 may be replaced with a seat having the same configuration as the second row seat 3, and may be applied to a front and rear two row seat vehicle in which the third row seat is not disposed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the space 2A between the first row seats 2 and 2 that are separated from each other left and right is not disposed on the floor F, and is a passage through which an occupant can move back and forth.

  On the floor F at the positions of the left and right first-row seats 2 and 2, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a recess 11 is formed that is recessed downward. Specifically, the recess 11 is a floor extending from the vertically lower side to the rear side of the mutually adjacent side portions of the rear portions of the seat cushions 2c, 2c, which are seat portions of the first row seats 2, 2 spaced apart from each other on the left and right. It is formed in F and spreads to a position between the first row sheets 2 and 2.

  The recess 11 houses a rotary tray 12 having an upper opening. The rotary tray 12 has a circular shape in plan view, and is supported by the concave portion 11 by a rotary shaft 13 provided at the center position thereof, and horizontally rotates in the concave portion 11 around the rotary shaft 13.

  A cross member 18 having a closed cross-sectional structure for supporting the slide rails 17 of the first row seats 2 and 2 with the front cross member 15 is provided in the vehicle opening direction at the intermediate position in the front-rear direction in the upper opening 16 of the recess 11 described above. It is arranged to cross. A shielding plate 19 is joined to the periphery of the cross member 18 and the recess 11. The shielding plate 19 has a rear shielding part 20 and a pair of front shielding parts 21 extending forward from both sides of the rear shielding part 20 in the vehicle width direction. It is joined to the rear edge of the recess 11 over the entire length in the width direction and extends forward while being joined to the left and right side edges of the recess 11 and joined to the upper surface of the cross member 18. With this shielding plate 19, the upper opening 16 is entirely covered with the rear side of the cross member 18.

  Further, the front shielding portions 21 on both sides of the shielding plate 19 in the vehicle width direction extend forward from the both sides of the rear shielding portion 20 in the vehicle width direction while being joined to the left and right edges of the recess 11 respectively. The upper opening 16 is joined to the front edge portion, and the front opening portion 16 is covered only on both sides in the vehicle width direction with respect to the cross member 18. The shielding plate 19 constitutes a part of the floor F.

  An opening 23 is formed by the front shielding part 21 on both sides in the vehicle width direction, the front edge of the recess 11 and the rear shielding part 20, and the opening 23 is formed in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle body front-rear direction. Are arranged in the range of the space 2A between the left and right first row sheets 2 and 2. Then, articles are put into and out of the rotary tray 12 in the recess 11 through the opening 23. The opening 23 opens only the front portion of the rotary tray 12 and the middle portion in the vehicle width direction, and as a result, the front portion of the rotary tray 12 and the vehicle width direction through the opening portion 23. Articles are taken in and out of the intermediate part. Then, by rotating the rotary tray 12, each storage position in the rotary tray 12 is moved to the front part and the intermediate portion in the vehicle width direction, whereby articles are put into and out of each storage position of the rotary tray 12. Note that a floor carpet (not shown) is laid on the floor F leaving the opening 23.

  A floor lid 26 that closes the opening 23 of the recess 11 so as to be openable and closable is attached to the shielding plate 19 in a swingable manner. The floor lid 26 is swingably supported by the shielding plate 19 by a pair of hinge brackets 27 provided at one end thereof, and is a hinge bracket that is the center of swinging in a state in which the opening 23 of the recess 11 is closed. The opening 23 of the recess 11 is opened by swinging upward with respect to the support shaft 28 about the support shaft 28 of the hinge bracket 27 that is the swing center.

  Here, the floor lid 26 can completely close the opening 23, and is placed on the edge on the opening 23 side of the shielding plate 19 constituting the peripheral edge of the opening 23 in the closed state. Similarly to the opening 23, the floor lid 26 is disposed only within the space 2A between the left and right first row seats 2 and 2 in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle body longitudinal direction. That is, the floor lid 26 swings up and down in the space 2 </ b> A between the left and right first row seats 2 and 2 when opening and closing the opening 23.

  On the opposite side of the floor lid 26 with respect to the hinge bracket 27, an opening / closing lock mechanism 31 that engages with the engaging portion 30 shown in FIG. The open / close lock mechanism 31 releases the engagement with the engaging portion 30 by operating the open / close handle 32 shown in FIG. 2 provided on the surface side of the floor lid 26 so that the floor lid 26 can swing. On the other hand, when the floor lid 26 is swung in the closing direction, the floor lid 26 is automatically engaged with the engaging portion 30 and locked in the closed state.

  Here, although not shown, the rotary tray 12 has the rotary tray 12 in a non-rotatable state when the floor lid 26 is in a closed state, and in conjunction with the opening operation of the floor lid 26. A rotation lock mechanism is provided that allows 12 to rotate. This rotation lock mechanism locks the rotary tray 12 in a non-rotatable state, but the lock is automatically released when a rotational force of a predetermined value or more is applied to the rotary tray 12.

  The concave portion 11, the rotary tray 12, the cross member 18, the shielding plate 19, and the floor lid 26 described above constitute the vehicle underfloor storage 33 according to this embodiment.

  According to the vehicle underfloor storage 33 of the present embodiment having such a configuration, the concave portion 11 formed in the floor F can be opened and closed from the lower side to the rear side of the first row seats 2 and 2 that are spaced apart from each other on the left and right. The floor lid 26 is closed so that the opening 23 of the recessed portion 11 can be opened and closed only in the space 2A between the first row sheets 2 and 2, so that the swing for opening and closing the floor lid 26 is recessed. 11 is not limited by the first row sheets 2 and 2 above 11. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the usability when the articles are taken in and out of the rotary tray 12 in the recess 11.

  Similarly, since the floor lid 26 is provided so that the opening 23 of the recess 11 can be opened and closed only in the space 2A between the first row sheets 2 and 2, the first row sheet 2 above the recess 11 is provided. Even when the second occupant opens and closes the floor lid 26 and puts articles in and out of the rotary tray 12, it is easy to put in and out, and the usability can be further improved from this point.

  Further, similarly, the floor lid 26 is provided so that the opening 23 of the recess 11 can be opened and closed only in the space 2A between the first row sheets 2 and 2, so that the rear of the left and right first row seats 2 and 2 is provided. Even when the side is used as a luggage space and the luggage is placed, the floor lid 26 cannot be opened and closed by the luggage, and articles can be taken in and out of the rotary tray 12, and the usability can be further improved. For example, by storing or removing the second row seat and the third row seat, the rear sides of the first row seats 2 and 2 are all used as cargo space, and as shown by the two-dot chain lines in FIGS. Even when the large luggage 35 is stored in the full space, the floor lid 26 is provided so that the recess 11 can be opened and closed only in the space 2A between the first-row seats 2 and 2, so that the floor lid 26 is There is no possibility that the luggage 35 can be opened and closed, and articles can be taken in and out of the rotary tray 12.

  In addition, the floor lid 26 extends forward from the support shaft 28 of the hinge bracket 27, which is the center of swinging, with the opening 23 of the recess 11 closed, and swings upward with respect to the support shaft 28. In order to open the recess 11 by swinging so as to move the front side upward, the occupant sitting facing forward with the first row seats 2, 2 above the recess 11 Usability in the case of opening and closing the door 26 and putting articles in and out of the rotary tray 12 can be further improved.

It is a see-through | perspective side view which shows the vehicle with which the underfloor storage for vehicles of one Embodiment of this invention was applied. It is a top view which shows the underfloor storage for vehicles of one Embodiment of this invention, and its periphery structure. It is a sectional side view showing the underfloor storage for vehicles of one embodiment of the present invention, and its peripheral composition.

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2 First row sheet (sheet)
2A space 11 recess 12 rotary tray 26 floor lid 28 support shaft (swing center)
33 Vehicle under floor storage F Floor

Claims (2)

A vehicle floor storage comprising a recess formed in the floor from the lower side to the rear side of a seat spaced apart on the left and right, a rotary tray provided in the recess, and a floor lid for closing the recess so as to be opened and closed A warehouse,
The underfloor storage for a vehicle, wherein the floor lid is provided so as to be able to open and close the recess in a space between the seats. 2. The floor lid extends forward from a swing center in a state where the recess is closed, and opens the recess by swinging upward with respect to the swing center. Under-floor storage for vehicles.

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