JP4648090B2 - Automotive console box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a console box used in an automobile and having a tray inside.

Patent Document 1 discloses a console box of this type, which includes a tray separately from the under tray, and is configured so that the tray and the lid can be opened and closed independently, and the first storage portion and the second storage portion are formed in the tray. The configuration is disclosed.
Japanese Patent No. 2699616 (FIG. 1, column 4, lines 19 to 29, etc., under tray 4, tray 13, lid 21)

  However, in the configuration of Patent Document 1 described above, although the storage capacity is improved by having the tray, it is not sufficient to open the lid, and the accessory on the under tray cannot be accessed unless the tray is further opened. There was room for improvement from the viewpoint of workability.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to bring in and out small items to and from the storage space on the box body side (lower stage side) in an automobile console box having a tray and improved storage capacity. It is to provide a simple configuration that is easy.

Means and effects for solving the problems

  The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above. Next, means for solving the problems and the effects thereof will be described.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a box body having a storage space inside and having an opening, a lid capable of opening and closing the opening by rotating, and a tray installed above the bottom of the storage space The tray is configured to be rotatably connected to the lid, and guide bodies are provided on the left and right side walls of the tray. A guide surface for slidably mounting the guide body is provided on the inner walls on the left and right sides constituting the storage space of the box body , and the guide body is provided on the guide surface when the lid is rotated in the opening direction. An inclined part is provided that allows the user to climb while sliding. The guide body can be separated from the guide surface by rotating the tray with respect to the open lid. A console box for an automobile is provided in which the tray moves up and down in conjunction with opening and closing of the lid while maintaining its posture almost constant.

Accordingly, when the lid is opened, the tray is lifted while maintaining the posture. Therefore, it is possible to very easily insert and remove small items from the opening opening to the storage space bottom side when the lid is opened.
As a result, when the lid is opened, the guide body climbs the inclined portion of the guide surface and raises the tray, so that the above described loading / unloading operation can be facilitated with a simple configuration. Further, since the opening can be opened over almost the entire area by rotating the tray with respect to the lid, large small items can be easily put in and out of the bottom of the storage space.

  In the above-described console box for automobiles, the inclined portion of the guide surface is formed in an arc shape having substantially the same diameter as the locus drawn by the connection portion of the tray to the lid when the lid is opened and closed. It is preferable.

  Accordingly, the tray can be smoothly raised in conjunction with the opening operation of the lid, and the posture of the tray can be stabilized stably even during the opening operation.

  In the above-described console box for an automobile, the guide body is supported by an end wall formed at an end portion of the guide surface in a state where the lid closes the opening, whereby the posture of the tray is substantially horizontal. It is preferable to be in a posture.

  Thereby, when the lid is closed, it is possible to prevent the tray from being greatly inclined and small items on the tray from falling. Moreover, since it is a simple structure which supports a guide body with an end wall, manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The above-described automobile console box is preferably configured as follows. The guide body is configured as a protrusion provided on the left and right side walls of the tray. The guide surface is provided in a step portion provided on the inner wall on both the left and right sides constituting the storage space, corresponding to the convex portion.

  Thereby, with the simple structure by a convex part and a step part, taking in and out of an accessory can be made easy.

  In the automobile console box, it is preferable that the convex portion is formed integrally with the tray, and the stepped portion is formed on a member constituting the inner wall.

  Thereby, since it becomes unnecessary to provide a convex part and a step part as special parts, the number of parts can be reduced.

  In the automobile console box, it is preferable that the convex portion is provided at a lower portion of the tray.

  Thereby, in order to provide the stepped portion, it is possible to reduce the amount of extending or projecting the left and right inner walls of the storage space upward, or zero, so it is possible to realize a neat shape (appearance) of the side of the opening, It can be set as the structure which is excellent in design property.

  Next, embodiments of the invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the overall configuration of an automobile console box according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the open state.

  A console box 1 whose side sectional view is shown in FIG. 1 is arranged at the center of the floor of an automobile, and includes a box body 2, a lid (lid) 3, an internal tray (sub-tray, upper tray) 4, Are provided as main components.

  A hollow storage box 5 having an open top is fixed inside the box body 2, and a storage space 6 in which small items can be stored is formed in the storage box 5. An opening 7 is formed on the upper surface of the box body 2 so as to be aligned with the upper opening of the storage box 5 (the upper open portion of the storage space 6). The opening 7 is configured to be opened and closed by the lid 3 attached to the box body 2 via a hinge portion 8. Although not shown, for example, a torsion coil spring biasing spring for opening the lid 3 is disposed on the hinge portion 8.

  Specifically, an arm 9 is fixed to the lower surface of the end portion of the lid 3, and the tip of the arm 9 is rotatably supported around a hinge shaft 10 disposed at an appropriate position of the box body 2. ing. Further, a bracket 11 is fixed on the lower surface of the lid 3 at a position near the hinge shaft 10. The internal tray 4 is provided at the tip of the bracket 11 so as to be rotatable around the support shaft 12.

  The inner tray 4 is made of synthetic resin, and a shallow bottom tray portion 13 is recessed on the upper surface thereof so that small items can be stored in the tray portion 13. In the state where the lid 3 is closed as shown in FIG. 1, the inner tray 4 is almost entirely located inside the storage box 5 (inside the storage space 6) and at the bottom of the storage box 5 (in the storage space 6. It is located above the bottom. The support shaft 12 is an end portion of the inner tray 4 on the side close to the hinge shaft 10 and is disposed on the upper side.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 as a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1, a step portion 14 is formed in a shelf shape on the inner wall surfaces of the left and right side walls of the storage box 5. A guide surface 15 is provided on the upper surface. On the other hand, on both side walls of the inner tray 4, convex portions 16 as guide bodies are respectively provided on the lower portions on the free end side (the side far from the support shaft 12). The convex portion 16 is formed in a pin shape of a round bar having a diameter of about several millimeters and is integrally formed on the inner tray 4 in a convex shape. The convex portion 16 is placed on the step portion 14 and is slidable along the guide surface 15.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the guide surface 15 includes an arcuate inclined portion 17 that rises as it approaches the support shaft 12 of the inner tray 4. The guide surface 15 has an end wall 18 at an end thereof (an end far from the support shaft 12), and the convex portion 16 can be placed on the end wall 18. is doing.

  With the above configuration, the state in which the lid 3 closes the opening 7 is shown in FIG. 1, and in this state, the convex portion 16 is supported on the end wall 18 of the guide surface 15. Thus, the posture of the inner tray 4 is held in a substantially horizontal posture.

  When the lid 3 is rotated upward by the spring force of the urging spring from the state of FIG. 1, the internal tray 4 is pulled via the support shaft 12 by the bracket 11 of the rotating lid 3. On the other hand, the convex portion 16 of the inner tray 4 slides and climbs on the inclined portion 17 of the guide surface 15 of the step portion 14 as the inner tray 4 is pulled. The 16th side also rises. Therefore, the inner tray 4 can be lifted so as to draw an arc locus while maintaining its posture substantially constant during the opening and turning process of the lid 3.

  The state shown in FIG. 3 with the lid 3 opened is thus realized. In this state shown in FIG. 3, the internal tray 4 is slightly raised as compared with the closed state shown in FIG. become. Further, since the support shaft 12 of the internal tray 4 is disposed in the vicinity of the hinge shaft 10 but at a position different from the hinge shaft 10, the internal tray 4 is moved by the movement of the support shaft 12 along the locus P. 1 is pulled and moved toward the hinge shaft 10 rather than in the closed state of FIG. Accordingly, it is possible to easily put in and out small items through the front opening 19 to the bottom (particularly the back side) of the storage space 6. In addition, the inner tray 4 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow to the position of the chain line in FIG. 3 with respect to the lid 3 in the open state, whereby a frontage is formed over almost the entire opening 7 of the box body 2. The Rukoto. Therefore, a large object can be easily put in and out of the storage box 5, and when the object is put in and out of the storage box 5 without looking into the storage box 5, it is very convenient.

  The inclined portion 17 of the guide surface 15 is formed in an arc shape having substantially the same diameter as the locus P drawn by the support shaft 12 when the lid 3 is rotated around the hinge shaft 10. Accordingly, the internal tray 4 is smoothly raised in conjunction with the opening operation of the lid 3, and the posture of the internal tray 4 can be kept constant even during the opening operation.

  Note that when the lid 3 is closed, the convex portion 16 slides down the inclined portion 17 and the inner tray 4 is lowered while keeping its posture almost constant.

  As described above, the console box 1 of the present embodiment includes the box body 2 having the storage space 6 and the opening 7 therein, the lid 3 capable of opening and closing the opening 7 by rotating, and the storage. And an internal tray 4 installed above the bottom of the space 6. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the inner tray 4 moves up and down in conjunction with opening and closing of the lid 3 while maintaining its posture substantially constant.

  Accordingly, when the lid 3 is opened, the internal tray 4 can be lifted while maintaining its posture. In the opened state of the lid 3 (FIG. 3), small items from the opening 19 of the opening 7 to the bottom side of the storage space 6 can be realized. Can be made extremely easy to put in and out.

  In the present embodiment, the inner tray 4 is configured to be rotatably connected to the lid 3, and the inner tray 4 includes a convex portion 16. Further, a guide surface 15 on which the convex portion 16 is slidably mounted is provided on the box body 2 side member (the storage box 5 in this embodiment), and the lid 3 is opened on the guide surface 15 in the opening direction. An inclined portion 17 is provided that allows the convex portion 16 to climb while sliding. And it is comprised so that the convex part 16 and the guide surface 15 can be spaced apart by rotating the internal tray 4 as shown by the arrow of FIG. 3 with respect to the lid 3 of an open state.

  Therefore, when the lid 3 is opened, the convex portion 16 climbs the inclined portion 17 of the guide surface 15 and raises the internal tray 4, so that the above-described simple configuration for facilitating loading and unloading can be realized. Further, by rotating the inner tray 4 with respect to the lid 3 in the open state to the position of the chain line in FIG. 3, the opening 7 can be opened over almost the entire area, so that large small items can be easily stored. It can be taken in and out of the bottom of the space 6. .

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the inclined portion 17 of the guide surface 15 has a connecting portion (the support shaft 12) of the inner tray 4 to the lid 3 when the lid 3 is opened and closed in a side view. It is formed in an arc shape having substantially the same diameter as the locus P to be drawn.

  Accordingly, the internal tray 4 is smoothly raised (lowered in conjunction with the closing operation) in conjunction with the opening operation of the lid 3, and the posture of the internal tray 4 is stably maintained during the opening operation (closing operation). Can be made.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, when the lid 3 closes the opening 7, the convex portion 16 is supported by an end wall 18 formed at the end portion of the guide surface 15, thereby The posture of the tray 4 is almost horizontal.

  Therefore, when the lid 3 is closed, the internal tray 4 can be prevented from being greatly inclined and small items on the internal tray 4 are prevented from falling. Moreover, since it is the simple structure which supports the convex part 16 with the end wall 18, manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the convex portion 16 is provided on the left and right side walls of the inner tray 4, while the guide surface 15 is configured to correspond to the convex portion 16 on the inner wall (that is, the storage space 6). It is provided in a step portion 14 formed on the left and right inner walls of the storage box 5.

  Accordingly, with a simple configuration of the convex portion 16 and the step portion 14, it is possible to easily take in and out small items with respect to the bottom portion of the storage space 6.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the convex portion 16 is formed integrally with the inner tray 4, and the stepped portion 14 is formed integrally with a member (storage box 5) constituting the inner wall of the storage space 6.

  Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the convex part 16 and the step part 14 are provided as special parts.

  Further, in the console box 1 of the present embodiment, the convex portion 16 is provided at the lower portion of the internal tray 4.

  Accordingly, since the step portion 14 is provided, the left and right inner walls (the left and right wall portions of the storage box 5) of the storage space 6 can be extended or protruded upward, so that the amount of the opening 7 can be reduced. It can realize a neat shape and has excellent design.

  Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above embodiment can be modified as follows, for example.

The storage box 5 is configured as a separate member from the box body 2, but the storage box 5 may be formed integrally with the box body 2.

In the above embodiment, the convex portion 16 is formed integrally with the inner tray 4, but instead, for example, a metal pin protrudes from the inner tray 4 or a small roller is pivotally supported. Can be changed. Moreover, the shape of the convex part 16 is not restricted to a pin shape. However, if the pins are integrally formed as in the above-described embodiment, the number of parts can be reduced, and the simple shape has an advantage that the integral formation is easy.

In addition, the step portion 14 (guide surface 15) is formed integrally with the inner wall surfaces of both side walls of the storage box 5. However, for example, when the storage box 6 is formed integrally with the box body 2, the storage space 6 is formed. A step portion 14 (guide surface 15) can be formed on the inner wall surface of the box body 2 forming the above.

Further, another member may be fixed to the inner wall surface of the storage box 5 and the stepped portion 14 may be formed on the member. However, it is preferable to integrally form the stepped portion 14 because the number of parts and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

It is also possible to integrally form an arm-shaped member so as to protrude downward from the lower end of the inner tray 4 on the free end side, and to form the convex portion 16 at the lower end of the arm-shaped member. In this case, since the position of the stepped portion 14 can be further lowered, the amount of the left and right wall portions of the storage box 5 extending or projecting upward is further reduced to form the stepped portion 14. be able to.

1 is a side sectional view showing an overall configuration of a console box according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Side surface sectional drawing which shows the state which opened the lid from the state of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Car console box 2 Box body 3 Lid (lid)
4 Internal tray (tray)
5. Storage box (member on the box body side)
7 Opening 10 Hinge shaft 12 Support shaft (connection point to the lid of the inner tray)
14 Step portion 15 Guide surface 16 Convex portion 17 Inclined portion 18 End wall 19 Entrance P Trajectory drawn by the spindle

Claims (5)

An automobile console box comprising: a box body having a storage space therein and an opening; a lid capable of opening and closing the opening by rotating; and a tray installed above the bottom of the storage space. There,
The tray is configured to be pivotally connected to the lid, and includes guide bodies on the left and right side walls of the tray.
A guide surface for slidably mounting the guide body is provided on the inner walls on the left and right sides constituting the storage space of the box body, and the guide body is provided on the guide surface when the lid is rotated in the opening direction. It is equipped with an inclined part that allows you to climb while sliding,
The guide body is configured to be separated from the guide surface by rotating the tray with respect to the open lid.
In conjunction with opening and closing of the lid, the tray moves up and down while maintaining its posture almost constant ,
The guide body is configured as a convex portion provided on the left and right side walls of the tray,
The automobile console box is characterized in that the guide surface is provided in a step portion provided on the inner wall on both the left and right sides constituting the storage space, corresponding to the convex portion . The automobile console box according to claim 1 ,
The automobile console box, wherein the convex portion is integrally formed with the tray, and the step portion is formed on a member constituting the inner wall . The vehicle console box of claim 1 or claim 2, automotive console box said convex portion, characterized in that provided at the bottom of the tray. The automobile console box according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the inclined portion of the guide surface is substantially the same as a locus drawn by a connecting portion of the tray to the lid when the lid is opened and closed. An automobile console box characterized by being formed in an arc shape having the same diameter. The vehicle console box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, in the state in which the lid is closed the opening, the guide body supported on the end wall formed at the end portion of the guide surface Thus, the console box for an automobile is characterized in that the posture of the tray is substantially horizontal.

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