JP4214243B2 - Glove box opening / closing structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a glove box opening / closing structure for a passenger car or the like, and more particularly to a structure for regulating the opening / closing of a glove box by a side lock mechanism.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the instrument panel 50 is generally provided with a glove box 51, which is used as a relatively large container. Such a glove box 51 is normally closed, and when a knob 54 described later is rotated during use, the glove box 51 is unlocked and opened to the passenger seat side.

  As such an opening / closing structure of the glove box 51, as shown in FIG. 7, an operation knob 54 is rotatably attached to a recess 53 provided in the glove box 51, and is further connected to the instrument panel 50. The side lock mechanism to be combined, that is, the latch member 56 is configured to move freely by the operation of the operation knob 54. In such a glove box 51, on the side thereof, a latch member that can freely move is engaged with a hole formed in the side wall of the instrument panel, thereby restricting and closing the opening operation of the glove box, and the latch member is pulled out from the hole. Thus, the engaged state can be released and the glove box can be opened (see Patent Document 1).

As another locking mechanism, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a striker 60 is protruded from the inner surface of the glove box 51, and a latch structure is formed around the opening of the instrument panel 50 corresponding to the striker 60. 61, an operation button 62 for releasing the engagement state of the striker 60 by the latch structure 61 is disposed on the surface of the instrument panel 50, and the vertical movement of the operation button 62 is transmitted to the latch structure 61, so that the striker 60 A remote control cable 63 for releasing the engagement state is also known between the operation button 62 and the latch structure 61 (see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-13647 JP-A-5-338500

  However, in the conventional lock structure, a space for disposing the operation knob 54 must be provided in the glove box 51 when releasing the lock state. It must be formed to the extent that can enter. Therefore, the space in which the articles in the glove box can be accommodated is reduced by the area occupied by the recess.

In addition, providing the concave portion 53 for rotating the operation knob 54 on the surface of the glove box 51 impairs the degree of freedom of the design of the glove box 51 and causes poor appearance. End up.
Furthermore, since the lock structure as shown in Patent Document 2 requires the remote control cable 63, the manufacturing cost increases.

  In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a glove box opening / closing structure that has excellent usability and functionality with a simple configuration and has improved design flexibility around an instrument panel.

In order to achieve the above object, the glove box opening / closing structure of the present invention is an opening / closing structure that regulates the opening operation of the glove box arranged in the instrument panel by a side lock mechanism arranged in the glove box. A rotating body that controls the movement of the side lock mechanism from the side of the glove box, and a housing that accommodates the rotating body, the rotating body including a projecting piece standing on the rotating shaft, The instrument panel has an opening through which the piece protrudes, and the instrument panel is provided with operating means for rotating the rotating body by applying an external force to the protruding piece, and the rotating body is rotated by applying an external force to the protruding piece by the operating means. The side lock mechanism protrudes and retracts from a side hole formed in the portion.

  The operation means is preferably a button cover attached from the back surface to an attachment hole formed in the instrument panel, and a bulleting means for urging the button cover to protrude toward the outside of the instrument panel, It has.

In the glove box opening / closing structure of the present invention, a rotating body that moves and controls the side lock mechanism on the side surface of the glove box is provided in the glove box, and a projecting piece is provided on the rotating body to apply an external force to the projecting piece. It has a simple structure in which the operating means is installed on the instrument panel and does not require mediation of cables or the like, so that it can be attached to a vehicle that could not be adopted because of its high manufacturing cost.
This eliminates the conventional concave portion provided on the surface of the glove box, thereby simplifying the design of the glove box and improving the design. In addition, since the operating means can be set at an arbitrary position around the glove box, the design and design freedom around the glove box is improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the periphery of an instrument panel 4 to which a glove box opening / closing structure 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and a box-shaped glove box that is rotatably attached to the instrument panel 4. 2 is provided with a side lock mechanism 10 that restricts the opening and closing thereof.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the glove box 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The glove box 2 is provided with a side lock mechanism 10 for each hole 2b formed in both side walls 2a, 2a. The side lock mechanism is configured to control the movement of a rod-shaped latch member 11 (described later) so that the rod-shaped latch member 11 can be moved in and out, and an engagement hole 4a formed in the instrument panel 4 corresponding to the latch member 11 (FIG. 1). ) Is engaged with the latch member 11 so that the opening / closing operation of the glove box 2 is restricted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the glove box 2 includes a pair of latch members 11, 11, an elastic unit, in this example, a coiled spring 12, a rotating body 13, a pair of brackets 14, 14, and a pressing piece. 15 and a housing 16.

First, the side lock mechanism 10 will be described.
Each of the left and right latch members 11 constituting the side lock mechanism 10 is a rod-like member, and its tapered tip end portion 11a engages with an engagement hole 4a formed in the instrument panel 4 described above. On the other hand, the base end portion 11b of the left and right latch members 11 is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape, and a cam groove 11c is formed on the surface thereof. In addition, when the base end portions 11b of the left and right latch members 11 are overlapped, one cylindrical body is formed. Each of the left and right latch members 11 and 11 is formed with a square portion 11e formed of a cube at the boundary between the rod-shaped tip portion 11a and the semi-cylindrical base end portion 11b.

  In addition, a spring 12 whose ends are locked by projecting portions 11d and 11d provided so as to protrude from the inner peripheral surface of each base end portion 11b is disposed inside the cylindrical body. The spring 12 urges the left and right latch members 11, 11 in the direction of the engagement hole of the instrument panel 4, and is disposed so as to be extendable and contractable within the cylinder.

  Thus, the base end part 11b of each latch member 11 which latched the edge part of the spring 12 is supported by the rotary body 13 so that sliding is possible. The rotating body 13 serves as a rotating means, and is formed in a cylindrical shape having a size that allows the base end portions 11b and 11b to slide, and the left and right base end portions 11b are formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof. , 11b is provided with a pair of pins 13a (see FIG. 3 described later) that engage with the cam grooves 11c.

As described above, the rotating body 13 including the pair of latch members 11 and 11 and the spring 12 is rotatably supported by the glove box 2. Specifically, a pair of brackets 14, 14 are arranged side by side on the inner peripheral surface of the glove box 2, and the bases of the left and right latch members 11, 11 are arranged so that the rotating body 13 is installed between the brackets 14. In a state where the end portion 11 b is accommodated in the rotating body 13, the rectangular portion 11 e of each latch member 11 is fitted into the recess 14 a formed in the bracket 14. And the rotary body 13 is rotatably supported by the glove box 2 by attaching the pressing piece 15 on each bracket 14.
In addition, since the square part 11e is inserted in the recessed part 14a of the bracket 14, rotation of the left and right latch members 11 and 11 accompanying the rotation of the rotating body 13 is restricted.

The housing 16 is formed in a size and shape that can accommodate the pair of left and right latch members 11, 11, the rotating body 13, and the brackets 14, 14. A cutout side hole 16a is formed through which 11a is inserted. The housing 16 is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the glove box 2 so as to cover the latch members 11, 11 and the rotating body 13.
In FIG. 2, the bracket 14 is erected on the inner peripheral surface of the glove box 2, but may be erected on the housing 16.

  The configuration of the glove box 2 described above is the same as or similar to the configuration of the glove box having the open / close structure shown in Patent Document 1, but the glove box open / close structure 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as follows. This is different from the prior art.

  Here, FIG. 3 is an end view taken along line AA of FIG. As shown in this figure, in the glove box opening / closing structure 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the projecting piece 17 erected on the rotating body 13 projects out of the housing 16 from the opening 18 formed in the housing 16. The rotating body 13 rotates when an external force is applied to the projecting piece 17.

Further, an operating means 20 for rotating the projecting piece 17 is provided on the instrument panel 4 in the vicinity of the projecting piece 17.
As shown in FIG. 3, the operation means 20 includes an attachment hole 21 formed in the instrument panel 4, a cup-like member 22 attached to the back surface of the instrument panel 4 so as to surround the attachment hole 21, A protruding portion 24 a that passes through a hole 22 a formed in the bottom surface of the cup-shaped member 22 protrudes from the end surface, and a core member 24 accommodated in the cup-shaped member 22 and a button cover that covers the surface of the core member 24. 25, and a spring 26 that urges the core member 24 from the bottom surface of the cup-shaped member 22 toward the mounting hole 21, that is, urges the button cover 25 to protrude toward the outside of the instrument panel. ing.

  The peripheral edge of the button cover 25 is formed by bending outward in a bowl shape so that the button cover 25 is not pulled out of the mounting hole 21 by the urging force of the spring 26. Further, the core member 24 is provided with a thin wire 27 made of a hard material that communicates from the button cover contact surface of the core member 24 to the tip surface of the protrusion 24a (contact surface with the projecting piece 17).

The opening operation of the glove box opening / closing structure 1 of the present invention configured as described above will be described.
When the glove box 2 is closed as shown in FIG. 3, when the button cover 25 of the operating means 20 is pushed against the urging force of the spring 26, the tip of the protruding portion 24 a of the core member 24 is brought into contact with the protruding piece 17. In contact with each other, the projecting piece 17 rotates in the direction of the arrow α.

  Then, in conjunction with this, the rotating body 13 rotates, so that the pin 13a erected on the inner cylinder surface of the rotating body 13 moves along the corresponding groove edge of the cam groove 11c. As the pin 13a moves, the base end portions 11b and 11b of the left and right latch members 11 also move. That is, the left and right latch members 11 are forcibly retracted against the urging force of the spring 12 and moved in a direction in which the spring 12 is contracted.

  By such a forcible retraction of the left and right latch members 11, the tip end portions 11 a of the left and right latch members 11 are also retracted from the corresponding engagement holes of the instrument panel 4, so that the glove box 2 automatically reaches the open position. It is allowed to rotate.

  On the other hand, when the protruding portion 24a of the operation button 20 moves away from the protruding piece 17 with the rotation of the glove box 2, the pin 13a moves in the opposite direction in the cam groove 11c by the biasing force of the spring 12, and the left and right The tip 11a of each latch member 11 is again projected in the direction of the engagement hole by the biasing spring pressure of the spring 12, and at the same time, the rotating body 13 is also rotated in the opposite direction to return the projecting piece 17 to the original state position. It becomes.

  As described above, the glove box opening / closing structure 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can rotate the protruding piece 17 simply by pressing the button as the operation means 20, so that the latch member 11 can be unlocked with one touch. Is easy to operate.

  In addition, the glove box opening / closing structure 1 of the present invention is provided with a projecting piece 17 on the rotating body 13 in the present invention in a conventional side lock mechanism (a member for controlling the distal end portion 11a of the latch member 11), and the projecting piece 17 Since the opening / closing control of the glove box 2 can be realized simply by providing the operating means 20 for rotating the instrument panel 4 to the instrument panel 4, it can also be used for a vehicle type that could not be conventionally employed from the viewpoint of cost.

  Further, in the glove box opening / closing structure 1 of the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a recess 53 (see FIG. 7) for inserting a finger as in the prior art, so the area in the glove box is widened compared to the prior art. be able to.

  By the way, in the glove box opening / closing structure 1 exemplified in the above description, the case where the projecting piece 17 is provided on the rotating body 13 having a cylindrical shape is illustrated, but the present invention is applied only to such a configuration. Instead, the protrusion 17 can be easily applied as long as it is a glove box having a member that rotates to control the side lock mechanism.

  For example, the present invention can be applied to a box-shaped glove box 2 'configured as shown in FIG. A glove box 2 'shown in FIG. 4 includes a pair of latch members 31, 31, a pair of coiled springs 32, 32, a rotating body 33, a pair of brackets 34, 34, a double torsion spring 35, and a housing. 36.

  Here, each latch member 31 is formed in a tapered shape on the distal end side and in a cylindrical shape on the proximal end side. A spring 32 is accommodated in a cylinder on the proximal end side of the latch member 31. The spring 32 urges each latch member 31 toward an engagement hole (not shown) formed in the instrument panel. Yes. Further, a pin 31 a is projected from the cylindrical surface of the latch member 31.

  On the other hand, the rotating body 33 includes a gate-shaped base portion 33a, shaft portions 33b and 33b protruding from both side surfaces of the base portion 33a, and a cylindrical support portion 33c extending from each shaft portion 33b. Yes. A groove 33d for guiding and supporting the pin 31a of the latch member 31 is formed in the support portion 33c. The pin 31a is inserted into the groove 33d, and each latch member 31 is accommodated in the corresponding support portion 33c. Yes.

  In this way, the rotating body 33 including the pair of latch members 31 is urged so that each shaft portion 33b is inserted into a recess 34a formed in the bracket 34, and the base portion 33a is returned to a predetermined position by a double torsion spring 35. The bracket 34 is rotatably supported. A housing 36 is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the glove box 2 ′ so as to cover the latch members 31, 31, the rotating body 33 and the bracket 34. In addition, 2b in a figure is a hole and 36b is a notch-shaped side hole.

  When the present invention is applied to the glove box 2 ′, a projecting piece 37 is erected on the base portion 33 a of the rotating body 33, and an opening 36 a for projecting the projecting piece 37 from the housing 36 is provided in the housing 36. Is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the projecting piece 37 provided on the rotating body 33 is applied with an external force by the operating means 20 as shown in FIG. Is supposed to rotate.
As described above, the present invention can be easily applied if the projecting piece is provided on the rotating member used for controlling the side lock mechanism.

  As described above, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above description, an example in which the glove box itself is rotated and pulled out forward of the passenger seat and the above structure is applied to the inner peripheral surface on the front side of such a glove box body has been described. When the glove box door as a lid is fixedly attached to the dashboard and is rotated, the mechanism described above is applied to the door and the lock is released by the operation means 20 Of course you can. Furthermore, in the above configuration example, the spring 26 is shown as the bullet means of the operation means 20, but an elastic body such as rubber may be used instead.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the side lock mechanism can be attached to a vehicle that has not been able to be adopted because of the high manufacturing cost.

It is a perspective view which shows the periphery of the instrument panel to which the glove box opening / closing structure which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structural example of the glove box which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an AA line end view of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structural example of the glove box which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is an end view which shows the usage example of the glove box of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the periphery of the conventional instrument panel. FIG. 7 is an end view taken along line BB in FIG. 6. It is a perspective view which shows the periphery of the instrument panel of another conventional aspect. It is the CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glove box opening-and-closing structure 2, 2 'Glove box 2a, 2b Glove box side wall 2b Hole 4 Instrument panel 10 Side lock mechanism 11, 31 Latch member 11a Latch member tip 11b Latch member base 11c Cam groove 11d Convex part 11e Square part 12, 32 Spring 13, 33 Rotating body 13a Pin 14, 34 Bracket 14a Concave part 15 Pressing piece 16, 36 Housing 17 Protruding piece 18 Opening 20 Operating means 21 Mounting hole 22 Cup-shaped member 22a Hole 24 Core 24a Projection part of core material 25 Button cover 26 Spring 27 Thin wire 33a Base part 33b Shaft part 33c Support part 35 Double torsion spring

Claims (2)

In the opening and closing structure that regulates the opening operation of the glove box arranged in the instrument panel by the side lock mechanism arranged in the glove box,
The glove box has a rotator that controls the appearance of the side lock mechanism from the side of the glove box, and a housing that houses the rotator .
A projecting piece is erected on the rotating body,
An opening is formed in the housing so that the protruding piece protrudes,
The instrument panel is provided with operating means for rotating the rotating body by applying an external force to the protruding piece ,
The glove box opening / closing operation is characterized in that an external force is applied to the projecting piece by the operating means to rotate the rotating body to control the movement of the side lock mechanism from a side hole formed in a side portion of the housing. Construction. The operating means comprises a button cover attached from the back side to an attachment hole formed in the instrument panel, and a bulleting means for biasing the button cover so as to protrude toward the outside of the instrument panel. The glove box opening / closing structure according to claim 1, wherein: