JP4609292B2 - Vehicle storage box - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle storage box, such as a console box and cup holder disposed in the passenger compartment of a vehicle such as an automobile.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some vehicles such as automobiles are provided with a slide mechanism in a lid of a console box (vehicle storage box) or a cup holder.
For example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228688, for the thing that slides the lid of the console box, a spring or the like is used to assist the sliding movement of the lid in the closing direction and improve the operability of the console box. Some are provided with a biasing member.
JP 2002-337614 A

  By the way, the lid body moves under the urging force of the urging member, and the magnitude of the urging force of the urging member is determined by the characteristics of the urging member. Therefore, the moving speed of the lid for each console box varies due to individual differences during manufacture of the urging member, an assembly error between the box body and the lid, and the like.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object thereof is to reduce individual differences during manufacture of the biasing member and variations in the moving speed of the slide member for each product due to assembly errors. it is to provide a vehicle for the storage box that can.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a box body having a storage space, an open position where an opening of the storage space of the box body is opened, and a closed position where the opening is closed. between, biases to move the lid to be supported lifting so as to slidably move, and the cover body to at least either side of the open position and the closed position with respect to the support member and a biasing member, in the vehicle storage box having a biasing force changing means for changing the biasing force of the pre-Symbol biasing member, wherein the support member is a gear member connected to the lid body is disposed, said The urging member is disposed coaxially with the gear member, one end is locked to the support member and the other end is fixed to the gear member, and the urging force changing means is engaged with the support member. Locking of the end of the biased member stopped By changing the location, a vehicle storage box, characterized by changing the biasing force of the biasing member due to the sliding movement of the lid.

  According to this configuration, the urging force of the urging member that urges the lid by the urging force changing means can be changed. Therefore, it becomes possible for the operator to adjust the urging force of the urging member after the urging member is assembled to the box body and the lid, and individual differences during the production of the urging member, the box body and the lid The variation in the moving speed of the lid for each product due to the assembly error can be reduced.

Further , by changing the locking position of the end of the biasing member locked to the support member, the biasing member accommodated between the lid and the support member that slidably supports the lid The urging force can be easily adjusted.

Further, an invention according to claim 2, in the vehicle storage box according to claim 1, wherein the biasing force changing means is provided in the housing space side of the lid.
According to this configuration, the urging force changing means is disposed on the storage space side with respect to the box main body and the lid body, so that it is impossible to change the urging force of the urging member when the lid body is closed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the biasing force of the biasing member from being changed by mistake . Further, since the urging force changing means is disposed on the storage space side of the lid, the urging force changing means is exposed and the design of the vehicle storage box is impaired, or the operator (passenger) is caught. Problems can also be prevented.

Further, the invention according to claim 3, in the vehicle storage box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lid is to have a rack disposed along the sliding direction of the lid body, said rack Are coupled so as to engage with the gear member, and the urging member provided coaxially with the gear member accumulates the urging force based on the rotation of the gear member accompanying the sliding movement of the lid. Configured.

In this structure, the biasing member, the gear member and coaxially disposed, because it is configured to accumulate a biasing force based on the rotation of the gear member with the sliding movement of the lid, rotation of the gear member The center coincides with the center of the biasing member. Therefore, the urging member can be accommodated in the gear member , which can contribute to downsizing of the urging member portion and can contribute to widening the storage space.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle storage box according to any one of the first to third aspects, the lid is supported so that the support member is rotatable with respect to the box body. Has been.

  According to this configuration, since the lid body is rotatably supported with respect to the box body, the lid body can be separated from the box body, and the opening area of the opening can be increased.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide the individual differences and time of manufacture of the biasing member, the vehicle storage box capable of reducing the variation in the moving speed of the slide member of each product by the assembly error.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described. In the following description, the traveling direction of the vehicle will be described as the front. Unless otherwise specified, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the following description are the same as the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the vehicle traveling direction. Furthermore, the rotation or rotation direction is based on the case seen from the left side in the vehicle traveling direction.

  As shown to Fig.1 (a), the instrument panel 12 is provided in the front part on the floor panel 11 in the compartment of a motor vehicle. A console 13 is provided so as to extend rearward from the center of the instrument panel 12. A console box 14 is provided at the rear of the console 13. The console box 14 is arranged between a driver seat and a passenger seat (not shown), and is configured such that the operator operates in the seated state with a passenger seated in the driver seat or the passenger seat as an operator. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the console box 14 includes a box main body 15 having a substantially long rectangular box shape, and a lid body 16 disposed at an upper end portion of the box main body 15. As shown in FIG. 2, the box body 15 is internally provided with a storage portion 17 having a bottomed square box shape. The upper portion of the storage portion 17 is an opening 18 that opens at the upper end of the box body 15, and the storage space S is formed by arranging the opening 18 so that the lid body 16 covers the opening 18. The box body 15 is configured to be able to store an object to be stored such as an accessory in the storage space S through the opening 18 of the storage unit 17.

  Inverted triangular arms 20 are respectively fixed to the lower ends of the left and right side walls of the lid 16. A guide pin 21 protrudes from the lower end of these arms 20 on the outer surface. The guide pins 21 of the arms 20 are inserted into the guide grooves 30 provided in the left and right side walls of the storage portion 17 provided in the box body 15 so as to be slidable. The guide groove 30 has an arc shape so as to connect the slide guide portion 31 extending linearly in the front-rear direction, the turn guide portion 32 extending substantially linearly rearward and upward, and the slide guide portion 31 and the turn guide portion 32. And a free guide portion 33 extending in the direction.

  In addition, on the lower surface of the lid body 16, an accommodating portion 16 a formed in a square box shape opening downward is formed. A hinge member 40 as a support member is disposed in the accommodating portion 16a. The hinge member 40 includes a base panel 41 built in the lid body 16 and a pair of left and right shaft support legs 42 protruding from the bottom surface of the base panel 41.

  The base panel 41 is formed in a shallow dish shape, and on the outer side of the base panel 41, a pair of slide pins 41a are provided so as to be lined up one after the other. Slide grooves 16b are respectively provided in the inner surface of the lid 16 so as to extend in the front-rear direction so as to have a positional relationship corresponding to the slide pins 41a. The lid body 16 is slidably supported with respect to the hinge member 40 and the box body 15 by inserting the slide pins 41a of the base panel 41 into the slide grooves 16b of the lid body 16, respectively.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a connection gear 51 is provided on the upper surface of the base panel 41. The connecting gear 51 includes an annular recess 51a having a lower surface that is coaxially recessed. In addition, an annular convex portion 51b that protrudes in accordance with the annular concave portion 51a is formed at a substantially central portion of the upper surface of the connecting gear 51. A through hole 51c is formed substantially at the center of the annular protrusion 51b, and the connecting gear 51 is formed on the upper surface of the base panel 41, that is, the surface facing the lid 16 by a screw screw 52 that passes through the through hole 51c. It is rotatably supported.

  Here, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 9, a rack 16 c extending along the front-rear direction (that is, the sliding movement direction of the lid body 16) is fixed to the housing portion 16 a of the lid body 16 ( 2 to 7). The lid body 16 and the hinge member 40 are coupled so that the rack 16c and the coupling gear 51 are engaged with each other, and the coupling gear 51 rotates as the lid body 16 slides. The connecting gear 51 includes a cylindrical portion 51d having an outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the annular recess 51a. The cylindrical portion 51d is aligned with a convex portion 41b (see FIG. 8) protruding from the base panel 41. A torsion coil type spring 60 as a slide movement urging member is provided on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 51d.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the spring 60 is disposed coaxially with the cylindrical portion 51 d of the connection gear 51. The spring 60 includes a hook portion 61 provided on one end side of the spring 60 and fixed to the connection gear 51, and a base panel provided on the other end portion of the spring 60 and led out from the main body of the spring 60. The fixing part 62 fixed to 41 is provided. The hook portion 61 is accommodated in the annular recess 51a and is engaged with the engaging portion 51e formed in the annular recess 51a from the circumferential direction. The fixing portion 62 is accommodated in a slit 70 as an allowable portion formed in the front end portion 41 c of the base panel 41.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the slit 70 is formed in an arc shape coaxial with the connecting gear 51, and the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 is provided to allow movement within the range of the slit 70. ing. Further, a plurality (11 in this embodiment) of locking holes 71 (see FIG. 9) as locking portions are provided on the inner peripheral side of the slit 70 at equal intervals. The locking hole 71 is formed in a bowl shape that protrudes from the wall surface on the inner peripheral side of the slit 70 and has a tip portion extending in the circumferential direction. The spring 60 is locked to the inner wall of the locking hole 71 by inserting the fixing portion 62 into the locking hole 71. Therefore, the urging force is accumulated in the spring 60 based on the rotation of the connecting gear 51 accompanying the sliding movement of the lid body 16. Since a plurality of the locking holes 71 are provided at equal intervals along the slit 70, the biasing force (accumulation amount) of the spring 60 is changed by changing the position where the fixing portion 62 is locked. Be changed. Further, since the locking hole 71 is formed on the inner peripheral side of the slit 70, that is, the surface close to the spring 60, the spring 60 is wound up with the rotation of the connecting gear 51, and the spring 60 attempts to reduce the diameter. By doing so, the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 tends to be further pulled into the locking hole 71. Thereby, the fixing | fixed part 62 of the spring 60 can be latched reliably.

  Further, the slit 70 penetrates the base panel 41, and the distal end portion of the spring 60 is an operation portion 63 that protrudes from the lower surface of the base panel 41. Therefore, when the operator operates the operation portion 63, the position where the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 is locked can be changed, and the urging force that urges the connection gear 51 to rotate in the closing direction is provided. Can be changed. Since the operating portion 63 of the spring 60 is provided on the storage space S side of the lid body 16, it is not exposed when the lid body 16 is closed, and can be operated when the lid body 16 is opened.

  As the lid body 16 slides from the closed position to the open position, the connecting gear 51 rotates and elastic force is accumulated in the spring 60. Then, the elastic force accumulated in the spring 60 becomes an urging force that constantly urges the connecting gear 51 so that the lid 16 moves in the moving direction from the open position to the closed position. Slides in the closing direction. As shown in FIG. 9, two gear dampers 53 meshing with the connecting gear 51 are provided on the upper surface of the base panel 41. The gear dampers 53 prevent sudden movement only by the spring 60, and the lid 16 Is considered a gentle movement.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the pivot support leg 42 is formed to have a substantially T shape in a side view, and is pivotally attached to the box body 15 via a pivot shaft 42 a. Yes. The lid body 16 is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the box body 15 via a hinge member 40.

  Further, a coil spring 43 as a rotation urging member is attached to the shaft support leg 42 so as to surround the rotation shaft 42a. One end of the coil spring 43 is fixed to the shaft support leg 42, and the other end is fixed to the inner surface of the box body 15. The shaft support leg 42 is constantly urged by the elastic force of the coil spring 43 in the direction of rotating clockwise (in FIGS. 2 to 6) with respect to the box body 15. Accordingly, a biasing force is always applied by the coil spring 43 so that the lid body 16 is rotated upward, that is, to the open position.

  On the left and right sides of the front end on the lower surface of the lid body 16, lock arms 81 each having an inverted triangular shape are respectively projected. Lock pins 82 project from the outer surfaces of the lock arms 81. The lock pin 82 is configured to be able to appear and retract on the outer surface of the lock arm 81. In addition, lock holes (not shown) are provided on the left and right side walls on the inner surface of the storage portion 17 so as to have a positional relationship corresponding to the lock pin 82 when the lid body 16 is in the closed position. With the lock pin 82 protruding from the outer surface of the lock arm 81, the lock pin 82 is inserted into the lock hole, thereby restricting the movement of the lid 16 from the closed position.

  A push button 83 is attached to the front end surface of the lid body 16. The push button 83 is pushed toward the inside of the lid body 16 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), so that the lock pin 82 is immersed in the lock arm 81 and the movement of the lid body 16 from the closed position is restricted. Is released. When the movement restriction of the lid body 16 is canceled by the push button 83, the direction in which the push button 83 is pressed is backward, and is the same direction as the sliding movement direction when the lid body 16 is in the open position.

Next, the opening / closing operation of the console box 14 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lid body 16 is disposed at the closed position, and the opening body 18 is completely opened by moving the lid body 16 to the open position from the state where the opening section 18 is completely closed by the lid body 16. When the state is set, the vehicle occupant (operator) first presses the push button 83 to release the movement restriction of the lid body 16 by the lock pin 82. Then, the operator presses the lid body 16 backward to slide the lid body 16 backward relative to the box body 15 as shown in FIG. At this time, when the lid body 16 is moved with respect to the base panel 41, the connecting gear 51 that meshes with the rack 16 c fixed to the lid body 16 rotates, and an elastic force is accumulated in the spring 60.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the lid 16 is further slid and the guide pin 21 reaches the free guide portion 33, the lid 16 guided by the free guide portion 33 and the guide pin 21 slides its movement. It is gradually converted from movement to rotation. When the lid body 16 further moves and the guide pin 21 exceeds the center of the free guide portion 33, the restriction of the rotation of the lid body 16 by the slide guide portion 31 is released. As shown in FIG. 5, the lid body 16 is urged by the coil spring 43 and is automatically rotated upward while being guided by the turn guide portion 32 and the guide pin 21. Then, when the guide pin 21 reaches the rear end portion 32a of the turn guide portion 32, the lid body 16 that is rotated upward and separated from the opening portion 18 as shown in FIG. The opening 18 is located in an open position separated from the opening 18 and is completely open.

  When the lid body 16 is disposed in the open position and the opening 18 is completely opened, the lid body 16 is moved to the closed position so that the opening 18 is completely closed. The front end of the body 16 is gripped, and the lid body 16 is manually rotated downward against the urging force of the coil spring 43. At this time, the lid body 16 is guided by the turn guide portion 32 and the guide pin 21, approaches the opening portion 18, and is in a state where the elastic force by the spring 60 is accumulated. So that the urging force is given. After that, when the lid body 16 is further rotated and the guide pin 21 reaches the free guide portion 33, the lid body 16 guided by the free guide portion 33 and the guide pin 21 changes its movement from rotation to slide movement. Is converted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the guide pin 21 passes over the center of the free guide portion 33, the rotation of the lid body 16 is hindered by the slide guide portion 31, and the load felt by the operator by the biasing force of the coil spring 43 is reduced. Is done. When the operator who senses this change in load releases his / her hand from the lid 16, the lid 16 is urged by the spring 60 and is guided by the slide guide portion 31 and the guide pin 21 as shown in FIG. 3. Then, it automatically slides forward and reaches a fully closed state.

  At this time, the sliding resistance acting on the lid body 16 is different for each console box 14 due to an assembly error between the box body 15 and the lid body 16. In addition, since the upward biasing force by the torsion coil spring 43 is constantly applied to the lid body 16, the guide pin 21 is pressed against the upper surface of the slide guide portion 31, and accordingly, according to the biasing force by the coil spring 43. The sliding resistance acting on the lid 16 is different. Therefore, a difference occurs in the moving speed of the lid body 16 for each console box 14. As described above, the console box 14 according to the present embodiment can change the locking positions of the locking holes 71 and the fixing portions 62 of the springs 60 through the slits 70 by operating the operation unit 63. It has become. Therefore, it is possible to change the urging force by the spring 60 after the lid body 16 is assembled, and the movement speed of the lid body 16 can be adjusted, and variations in the movement speed of each product can be reduced.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be achieved.
(1) The urging force of the spring 60 that urges the lid body 16 can be changed by operating the operation portion 63 protruding from the lower surface of the base panel 41 to change the locking position of the fixing portion 62. Therefore, the operator can adjust the urging force of the spring 60 after the spring 60 is assembled to the box body 15 and the lid body 16, and individual differences in manufacturing the spring 60, the box body 15 and the lid body can be adjusted. The variation in the moving speed of the lid body 16 for each console box 14 due to an assembly error with respect to 16 can be reduced.

  (2) The slit 70 allows the movement of the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 to each locking hole 71 through the slit 70 by the operation of the operation portion 63. Therefore, it becomes possible to change the fixing position of the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 by operating the operation portion 63, and the housing is accommodated between the lid body 16 and the hinge member 40 that supports the lid body 16 so as to be slidable. The urging force of the spring 60 can be easily adjusted.

  (3) Since the slit 70 is disposed on the storage space S side with respect to the lid body 16, it is impossible to change the urging force of the spring 60 when the lid body 16 is closed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the biasing force of the spring 60 from being changed by apologizing. Moreover, since the operation part 63 is arrange | positioned in the storage space S of the cover body 16, the spring 60 is exposed and the design property of the console box 14 is impaired, or the operation part 63 is caught by the operator (passenger). Such a problem can also be prevented.

  (4) The spring 60 is provided coaxially with the connection gear 51 and is configured to accumulate an urging force based on the rotation of the connection gear 51 accompanying the sliding movement of the lid body 16. The center coincides with the center of the spring 60. Therefore, it becomes possible to accommodate the spring 60 in the connecting gear 51, which can contribute to reducing the size of the portion (accommodating portion 16 a) in which the spring 60 is accommodated and contributing to widening the accommodating space S. it can.

  (5) Since the lid body 16 is rotatably supported with respect to the box body 15, the lid body 16 can be separated from the box body 15 and the opening area of the opening 18 can be widened. . Since the lid body 16 is biased in the rotational direction by the coil spring 43, the sliding resistance generated between the guide pin 21 and the guide groove 30 when the lid body 16 slides, that is, the lid body. The moving speed of 16 is affected by the biasing force of the coil spring 43. As described above, the slit 70 is provided so that the urging force of the spring 60 can be changed, so that the urging force of the coil spring 43 that urges the lid 16 in the rotational direction is taken into consideration. The urging force of 60 can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce variations in the moving speed of the lid body 16 for each console box 14 caused by the lid body 16 being biased in the rotation direction by the coil spring 43.

In addition, you may change embodiment of this invention as follows.
In the above embodiment, the locking portion is the locking hole 71, but the locking portion may be any configuration that can be locked by the fixing portion 62, for example, a protrusion.

  In the above embodiment, the locking portion is formed integrally with the slit 70 as the locking hole 71, but the locking portion can be locked within the moving range of the fixing portion 62 of the spring 60 allowed by the slit 70. The engaging part may be provided in another position separated from the slit 70.

  In the above embodiment, the lid 16 of the console box 14 is configured to be attached to the hinge member 40 that is pivotably attached to the box body 15 so as to slide and rotate. The structure attached so that sliding movement with respect to the main body 15 may be sufficient.

  In the above embodiment, the spring 60 urges the lid body 16 to slide in the closing direction, but is not limited to such a mode. For example, the spring 60 slides the lid body 16 in the opening direction. It is also possible to adopt a configuration such as energizing. In other words, the direction in which the spring 60 or the coil spring 43 urges the lid 16 can be appropriately changed according to the purpose.

  In the above-described embodiment, the slide mechanism that slides the lid 16 of the console box 14 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this mode. For example, a cup holder that can be accommodated in an instrument panel or the like is accommodated. A slide mechanism that slides from the position (first position) to the protruding position (second position) can also be used.

(A) is a perspective view of a vehicle interior, (b) is a perspective view showing a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which obstruct | occluded the opening part with the console box of embodiment. The side simplified view which shows the state which a cover body slides in a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which the operation | movement of a cover body transfers to a rotation from a slide movement. The side simplified view which shows the state which a cover body rotates in a console box. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which opened the opening part with the console box of embodiment. The side surface simplification figure which shows the state which the operation | movement of a cover body transfers from rotation to a slide movement. Schematic of a part of the console box. The end view of a part of a console box.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS S ... Storage space, 14 ... Console box as to-be-mounted body and vehicle storage box, 15 ... Box body, 16 ... Lid as slide member, 16c ... Rack, 18 ... Opening, 40 ... Hinge as support member 43, a coil spring as a rotation urging means, 51, a connecting gear, 60, a spring as an urging member constituting a slide mechanism, 62, a fixing portion, 63, an operation portion, 70, a slide mechanism. A biasing force changing means and a slit as an allowable portion, 71... A locking hole as a locking portion.

Claims (4)

A box body having a storage space;
Between a closed position in which the opening and an open position in which the opening of the receiving space of the box body is opened is closed, the lid is supported lifting so as to slidable relative to the support member ,
An urging member that urges the lid to move to at least one of the open position and the closed position;
The vehicle storage box having a biasing force changing means for changing the biasing force of the pre-Symbol urging member,
The support member is provided with a gear member connected to the lid,
The biasing member is disposed coaxially with the gear member, one end is locked to the support member and the other end is fixed to the gear member,
The urging force changing means changes the urging force applied to the urging member accompanying the sliding movement of the lid by changing the locking position of the end of the urging member locked to the support member. A storage box for a vehicle. The vehicle storage box according to claim 1 ,
The vehicular storage box, wherein the biasing force changing means is provided on the storage space side of the lid. In the storage box for vehicles according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The lid may have a rack disposed along the sliding direction of the lid member,
The rack is connected to mesh with the gear member,
The vehicular storage box, wherein the biasing member provided coaxially with the gear member is configured to accumulate a biasing force based on rotation of the gear member as the lid body slides. . In the storage box for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
The vehicular storage box, wherein the cover member is supported so that the support member is rotatable with respect to the box body .

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