JP5031331B2 - Storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device.

Some storage devices open and close the opening with a sliding lid. In this type of storage device, a sliding groove is provided along the opening of the storage container, a shaft portion is projected from the end of the lid, and the shaft portion is slidably fitted into the sliding groove. There is something configured.
By the way, when the storage device is provided in a vehicle or the like, since vibration is applied to the storage device during traveling or the like, it is necessary to take measures to prevent the cover body from rattling due to vibration and generating abnormal noise.
For example, in Patent Document 1, the shaft portion of the lid body has a hollow structure, and the shaft portion is bent and fitted into the sliding groove of the storage container. Is prevented from rattling by being brought into pressure contact with the wall surface of the sliding groove.
JP 2003-90186 A

However, in the storage device that prevents rattling by using the bending of the shaft portion, the deformed shaft portion slides in the sliding groove, and thus the feeling when opening and closing the lid is poor.
Therefore, the present invention provides a storage device that can prevent backlash of the lid and has a good operation feeling.

The storage device according to the present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above problems.
The invention according to claim 1 is a hard resin inner wall surface (for example, implementation described later) facing the opening (for example, opening 11 in the embodiment described later) of the storage container (for example, box body 2 in the embodiment described later). The upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 in the example are provided with sliding grooves (for example, a sliding groove 14 in the embodiments described later), and a lid body (for example, described later) disposed to face the inner wall surface. A sliding piece (for example, a sliding piece 30 in an embodiment to be described later) protrudes from an end surface (for example, an upper and lower end surface 26 in an embodiment to be described later) of the shutter 20 in the embodiment. In a storage device (for example, console box 1 in an embodiment described later) that is slidably fitted into a groove and that opens and closes the opening with the lid by sliding the sliding piece with respect to the sliding groove. , The sliding groove has a bottom portion, and is formed on the end surface of the lid body with a soft resin, has a hollow arc shape, and protrudes in a direction approaching the inner wall surface of the storage container (for example, described later) A protrusion 40) according to the embodiment, the protrusion of the lid is brought into contact with the inner wall surface outside the sliding groove of the storage container, and the tip of the sliding piece of the lid and the Forming a gap with the bottom of the sliding groove ;
The sliding piece includes a shaft portion made of a hard resin (for example, a shaft portion 28 in an embodiment described later) and a ring portion made of a soft resin that surrounds the shaft portion in a circumferential direction (for example, an embodiment described later). It has a ring portion 29) in the example, and the ring portion slides in contact with the sliding groove .
By comprising in this way, a cover body can be opened and closed smoothly by sliding the sliding piece of a cover body in the sliding groove | channel of a storage container. Since the protrusion part of the cover body is in contact with the inner wall surface outside the sliding groove of the storage container, it is possible to prevent the cover body from vibrating with respect to the storage container. In addition, since the protruding portion is formed of a soft resin and has a hollow arc shape, when strong vibration occurs in a direction in which the inner wall surface of the storage container and the end surface of the lid face each other, the protruding portion Since the vibration can be absorbed by bending, the effect is particularly great.

Moreover , since the ring part which consists of soft resin contacts the sliding groove | channel of a storage container, the play of the direction orthogonal to the surface direction of a cover body can be prevented. In addition, chatter and chatter noise that occur when the hard members come into contact with each other can be prevented.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the protruding portion of the lid formed of a soft resin and having a hollow arc shape is in contact with the inner wall surface outside the opening of the storage container, the cover body is in contact with the storage container. Can be prevented, and as a result, rattling of the lid and generation of abnormal noise can be prevented.
In addition , it is possible to prevent backlash in a direction orthogonal to the surface direction of the lid, and it is possible to prevent the generation of abnormal noise due to backlash. In addition, chatter and chatter noise that occur when the hard members come into contact with each other can be prevented.

  Embodiments of a storage device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings of FIGS. Note that the storage device in this embodiment is an aspect of a console box installed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of the vehicle. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, “front-rear direction” corresponds to the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, “left-right direction” corresponds to the vehicle width direction, and “up-down direction” corresponds to the upper-lower direction of the vehicle body. .

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a console box 1 as a storage device has a storage space 3 inside a box body (storage container) 2, and a storage space 3 is formed on both sides of the box body 2. A continuous opening 11 is formed, and a shutter (lid body) 20 for opening and closing each opening 11 is attached.

Specifically, a guide frame 10 made of hard resin having a rectangular opening 11 that is long in the front-rear direction is fixed to both side portions 4 of the box body 2. Since the basic structure of the guide frame 10 and the shutter 20 is the same on the driver seat side and the passenger seat side, the guide frame 10 and the shutter 20 on the driver seat side will be described in the following description.
In the guide frame 10, sliding grooves 14 having a predetermined width and a predetermined depth extend in the front-rear direction on the upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 facing the opening 11.

The shutter 20 is disposed between the upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10 and is attached to be movable in the front-rear direction.
As shown in FIG. 4, a rigid body portion 21 having a predetermined width in the front-rear direction is formed at the front end portion of the shutter 20. The rigid body portion 21 is not bendable, and a finger hook portion 22 is recessed in the center of the side facing the vehicle compartment (that is, the side exposed to the vehicle compartment).

  The shutter 20 is configured such that a flexible portion 23 that can be bent is connected to the rear end of the rigid portion 21. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the flexible portion 23 is formed by alternately arranging a large number of cross-sectionally trapezoidal thick wall portions 24 and bendable thin wall portions 25 in the vertical direction. The long-side end portions of the thick portion 24 to be connected are connected by the thin portion 25. A short side (hereinafter referred to as a mountain portion) 24a of the thick portion 24 is disposed on the side facing the storage space 3, and a long side (hereinafter referred to as a collar portion) 24b and a thin portion 25 of the thick portion 24 are provided on the vehicle. Located on the side facing the chamber.

  Although not shown, in this console box 1, when the shutter 20 is pulled backward to open the opening 11, the flexible portion 23 is wound in an arc shape in the box body 2 behind the opening 11. Therefore, the flexible part 23 can be bent.

The shutter 20 is manufactured by a double injection method using two types of resins having different hardness as raw materials, and the side facing the storage space 3 is a hard resin layer 51 made of a hard resin (for example, ABS). The side facing the passenger compartment is a soft resin layer 52 made of a soft resin (for example, TPE).
That is, the peak portion 24 a of the thick portion 24 is formed by the hard resin layer 51, and the flange portion 24 b and the thin portion 25 of the thick portion 24 are formed by the soft resin layer 52.

  Further, in the upper end surface and the lower end surface (only the upper end surface is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and referred to as the upper and lower end surfaces when it is not necessary to distinguish between them) 26 of the flexible portion 23, the hard resin layer 51 is formed almost in the entire area. The hard resin layer 51 is covered with the soft resin layer 52, and the hard resin layer 51 is exposed in a part of the thick portion 24 on the mountain portion 24 a side.

  A cylindrical shaft portion (base material) 28 formed by projecting the hard resin layer 51 in the vertical direction is provided from the majority of the thick portion 24 on the upper and lower end surfaces 26, and further, A ring portion (covering material) 29 that surrounds the base portion (portion close to the upper and lower end surfaces 26) is formed integrally with the soft resin layer 52 that covers the upper and lower end surfaces 26. That is, the base portion of the shaft portion 28 made of the hard resin layer 51 is covered with the ring portion 29 made of the soft resin layer 52. The shaft portion 28 and the ring portion 29 constitute a sliding piece 30.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sliding piece 30 provided on the lower end surface 26 of the flexible portion 23 is fitted into the sliding groove 14 provided on the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10 described above. The outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 29 is brought into contact with the left and right inner wall surfaces of the sliding groove 14 so as to be slidable. Similarly, the sliding piece 30 provided on the upper end surface of the flexible portion 23 is also fitted into the sliding groove 14 provided on the upper inner wall surface 12 of the guide frame 10, and the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 29 is placed on the sliding groove 14. It is made slidable in contact with the left and right inner wall surfaces. In the state where the shutter 20 is attached to the guide frame 10, the dimensions of each part are set so that a gap of a predetermined dimension is generated between the tip of the shaft part 28 and the bottom part of the sliding groove 14.

  Although not described in detail, the front and rear end portions of the upper and lower end surfaces of the rigid body portion 21 are provided with sliding pieces 30 having the same configuration as the sliding piece 30 of the flexible portion 23, respectively. 21 slide pieces 30 are also slidably fitted in the slide grooves 14 of the upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10 (see FIG. 4).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the upper and lower end surfaces 26 of the flexible portion 23 are hollowed out toward the flange portion 24 b side of the thick portion 24 at a predetermined pitch so as to have a substantially arc shape (bridge shape). ) And a protruding portion 40 protruding in the vertical direction is formed. The protruding portion 40 is formed by the soft resin layer 52 and is formed continuously and integrally with the upper and lower end surfaces 26 of the flexible portion 23 and the ring portion 29 of the sliding piece 30.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the protruding portion 40 provided on the lower end surface 26 of the flexible portion 23 abuts the tip of the protruding portion 40 on the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10 with the surface outside the sliding groove 14. I am letting. Similarly, the projecting portion 40 provided on the upper end surface of the flexible portion 23 has its tip abutted on the surface outside the sliding groove 14 on the upper inner wall surface 12 of the guide frame 10. That is, the flexible portion 23 causes the protruding portion 40 on the upper end surface to abut on the upper inner wall surface 12 of the guide frame 10, and the protruding portion 40 on the lower end surface 26 contacts the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10. By doing so, the vertical movement with respect to the guide frame 10 is suppressed.

  Although not described in detail, the rear end portions of the upper and lower end surfaces of the rigid body portion 21 are also provided with a protrusion portion 40 having the same configuration as the protrusion portion 40 of the flexible portion 23, and the protrusion portion 40 of the rigid body portion 21. Are also brought into contact with the upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10 (see FIG. 4). Thereby, the vertical movement of the rigid portion 21 with respect to the guide frame 10 is suppressed.

  According to the console box 1 configured in this way, the shutter 20 includes the hard resin layer 51 on the storage space 3 side, so that it has excellent shape retention and does not deform even when a little force is applied. It does not come off the frame 10 or the like. In addition, since the shutter 20 is covered with the soft resin layer 52 on the side facing the passenger compartment, there is a soft feeling when the occupant comes into contact with the shutter 20, and the feel is good and the merchantability is improved.

  Further, in the flexible portion 23, since the protruding portions 40 of the upper and lower end surfaces 26 are in contact with the upper inner wall surface 12 and the lower inner wall surface 13 of the guide frame 10, the vibration is weak even if the vehicle body vibrates in the vertical direction. In the meantime, the flexible portion 23 can be prevented from moving up and down with respect to the guide frame 10. When the vertical vibration of the vehicle body becomes strong, the protrusion 40 is formed of the soft resin layer 52 and has a hollow arc shape (bridge shape). Since the vibration can be absorbed by bending, it is possible to prevent the flexible portion 23 from rattling and the generation of abnormal noise during vertical vibration of the vehicle body.

  The protruding portion 40 provided on the rigid body portion 21 also functions in the same manner as the protruding portion 40 of the flexible portion 23, and can prevent rattling of the rigid body portion 21 and occurrence of abnormal noise during vertical vibration of the vehicle body.

  Further, in the flexible portion 23, the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 29 of the sliding piece 30 is in contact with the left and right inner wall surfaces of the sliding groove 14 of the guide frame 10, so that even if the vehicle body vibrates in the left-right direction. The flexible portion 23 can be prevented from vibrating in the left-right direction with respect to the guide frame 10. As a result, it is possible to prevent the flexible portion 23 from rattling and the generation of abnormal noise during left-right vibration of the vehicle body.

Further, since the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 29 of the sliding piece 30 is in contact with the left and right inner wall surfaces of the sliding groove 14 of the guide frame 10, the flexible portion 23 is also used when the shutter 20 is opened and closed. There is no backlash in the left-right direction, and there is no collision sound due to backlash.
Moreover, since the ring portion 29 that contacts the sliding groove 14 of the guide frame 10 made of hard resin is formed of the soft resin layer 52, the sliding feeling when the shutter 20 is opened and closed is soft, and the hard members are The chatter and the chatter noise that occur when touching are not generated. Nevertheless, since the slide piece 23 includes the shaft portion 28 formed of the hard resin layer 51 inside the ring portion 29, the slide piece 23 has rigidity sufficient not to deteriorate the operation feeling. As a result, the operation feeling when the shutter 20 is opened and closed is extremely improved.

  The sliding piece 30 provided in the rigid body portion 21 also functions in the same manner as the sliding piece 30 of the flexible portion 23, and can prevent vibration, backlash and abnormal noise generation of the rigid body portion 21. The operation feeling can be improved.

[Other Examples]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.
For example, it is provided integrally with the lid protrusion in the embodiment described above, to form a protruding portion as a separate component, but it may also be bonded to the end face of the cover.

The lid of the embodiment is bendable, but it is not necessarily bendable, and may be a hard plate-like lid.
In addition, the lid body of the embodiment is arranged in a vertical posture, but the lid body may be arranged in any posture such as a horizontal posture or an inclined posture.
Although the storage device of the embodiment is a console box, the present invention is not limited to the console box, and a storage device provided in another part of the vehicle, such as a glove box installed below the instrument panel of the vehicle, Or it is applicable also to the storage apparatus installed other than a vehicle. Further, the storage container may be a recess that stores, for example, switches and the like in a fixed state, and the storage device may be used to hide the switches and the like with a lid when the lid that opens and closes the opening of the recess is closed. Good.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the console box which is one Example of the storage apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows the principal part in the said console box. It is an external appearance perspective view of the guide frame and shutter in the console box. It is a perspective view which expands and shows a part of guide frame and shutter in the said console box. It is the perspective view which looked at a part of the shutter from one side (vehicle compartment side). It is the perspective view which looked at a part of the shutter from the other side (inside the console box).

Explanation of symbols

1 Console box (storage device)
2 Box body (storage container)
11 Opening 12 Upper inner wall surface (inner wall surface)
13 Lower inner wall (inner wall)
14 Sliding groove 20 Shutter (lid)
26 Upper and lower end faces (end faces)
28 Shaft part 29 Ring part 30 Sliding piece 40 Projection part 51 Hard resin layer (hard resin)
52 Soft resin layer (soft resin)

Claims (1)

A sliding groove is provided in the inner wall surface made of a hard resin facing the opening of the storage container, and a sliding piece is projected from the end surface of the lid arranged to face the inner wall surface. In the storage device that slidably fits in the moving groove and opens and closes the opening with the lid by sliding the sliding piece with respect to the sliding groove,
The sliding groove has a bottom;
Provided on the end surface of the lid is a projecting portion that is formed of a soft resin and has a hollow arc shape and projects in a direction approaching the inner wall surface of the storage container;
The projecting portion of the lid is brought into contact with the inner wall surface outside the sliding groove of the storage container, and between the tip of the sliding piece of the lid and the bottom of the sliding groove. Forming a gap ,
The sliding piece has a shaft portion made of a hard resin and a ring portion made of a soft resin that surrounds the shaft portion in a circumferential direction, and the ring portion slides in contact with the sliding groove. A storage device characterized by that.

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