JP5145250B2 - Vehicle storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle storage device in which an opening in a storage unit such as an accessory case provided in a vehicle is opened and closed by a swingable lid.

2. Description of the Related Art As a vehicular storage device, a storage device that stores an article, a lid that covers an opening of the storage, and an operation knob that opens the lid are known.
This type of vehicle storage device includes an operation knob provided on the lid itself and a device that directly presses the lid.

As such a vehicular storage device, a device that takes into account the amount by which the operation knob is pushed when the lid is opened is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2006-22482 A

The vehicle storage device of Patent Document 1 is provided for a vehicle in which an operation knob for opening the storage portion is provided so as to be freely pushed into the lid portion, and the operation knob is pushed from the unlocking start position to the unlocking position to open the lid portion. In the storage device, the unlocking start position is a position where the operation knob is pushed in a predetermined amount from the pushing start position.
That is, when the operation knob is inadvertently hit with an operation knob, the lid portion is prevented from being opened and closed unintentionally.

However, in the vehicle storage device, the unlocking start position is set to a position where the operation knob is pushed in a predetermined amount from the pushing start position, so that the feeling of the opening operation of the lid when intended may be impaired. was there.
Further, in the vehicle storage device, since the operation knob for opening the storage portion is provided in the lid portion, the play of the lid portion may be transmitted to the operation knob, and the operation of the operation knob may feel unstable. It was.

  The present invention can prevent unintentional opening and closing of the lid when the operation knob is inadvertently hit, and can improve the feeling of opening the lid when intended. It is an object to provide a storage device for a vehicle.

The invention according to claim 1 is an operation knob that moves the lock piece to the non-lock position in conjunction with the pressing operation, and is supported to be swingable about the hinge shaft, and is closed by the lock piece at a position separated from the hinge shaft. A storage device for a vehicle having a lid portion held in position and a substantially concave storage portion having an opening closed by the lid portion, the lid portion protruding further toward the vehicle compartment side than the operation knob And an extension part extending from the top part toward the vehicle interior end of the adjacent vehicle part outside the vehicle compartment , and the operation knob is a cover part or a storage part on the open end side of the cover part. The lock piece is pivotally supported by a knob shaft, and the lock piece is moved to the non-lock position by pressing the hinge shaft side of the lid from the knob shaft .

The invention according to claim 2 is configured by a panel in which the storage portion covers the surface and an opening is formed, and a recess that faces the opening of the panel from the back surface and stores the article, and the operation knob has the opening. It arrange | positions on a peripheral part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

The invention according to claim 3 is configured as a lock module in which the lock piece and the operation knob are integrated, and this lock module is supported by the peripheral portion of the opening, and the lock module is provided at the peripheral portion of the opening. Including a slit through which a part of the lock module can be inserted on the back surface side, a positioning pin for positioning the lock module on the back surface of the peripheral edge, and a fixing portion for fixing the lock module at the mounting position determined by the positioning pin. A part is assembled in a state of being inserted into the back side of the peripheral edge.

The present invention has the following effects.
In the invention according to claim 1, the vehicular storage device is supported so as to be swingable about the hinge shaft and separated from the hinge shaft, the operation knob moving the lock piece to the unlocked position in conjunction with the pressing operation. A lid portion held in a closed position by a locking piece at a position, and a substantially concave storage portion having an opening closed by the lid portion.
The lid portion includes a top portion that protrudes further toward the vehicle compartment than the operation knob, and an extending portion that extends outward from the top portion toward the vehicle interior end of the adjacent vehicle component. As a result, the operation knob is arranged in a region sandwiched between the top portion and the vehicle interior end of the vehicle part, so that the lid portion can be opened even when the lid portion is pushed from the vehicle compartment side by load input in the front-rear direction. Is prevented. As a result, it is possible to prevent unintentional opening and closing of the lid when an object accidentally hits the operating knob, and to improve the feeling of opening the lid when intended.

Further , the operation knob is pivotally supported by the knob shaft so as to be swingable to the lid portion or the storage portion on the open end side of the lid portion, and the lock piece is pressed by pressing the hinge shaft side of the lid portion from this knob shaft. Since it is configured to move to the non-locking position, in addition to the effect of claim 1, when there is a load input to the lid through the adjacent vehicle part, it is difficult to lead to movement of the locking piece in the release direction. Thereby, inadvertent opening of a cover part can be prevented reliably.

In the invention according to claim 2 , the storage portion is constituted by a panel that covers the surface and has an opening, and a recess that faces the opening of the panel from the back surface and stores the article, and the operation knob has the opening. Since it arrange | positions on a peripheral part, the peripheral part of opening can aim at the improvement of rigidity, and the deformation | transformation by the force received from a vehicle component is suppressed. Thereby, the careless opening | release of the further cover part can be prevented.

In the invention according to claim 3 , the lock piece and the operation knob are configured as an integrated lock module. Further, the lock module is supported on the peripheral edge of the opening.
A slit that allows a part of the lock module to be inserted into the back surface side at the periphery of the opening, a positioning pin that positions the lock module on the back surface of the periphery, and a fixing that fixes the lock module at the mounting position determined by the positioning pin Therefore, the rigidity of the peripheral edge of the opening can be improved, and the pressure resistance around the opening is improved.
Since a part of the lock module is assembled in a state of being inserted into the back surface side of the peripheral edge, positioning is made in the front and rear, left and right and up and down with respect to the opening, and the position of the peripheral edge of the opening and its adjacent members Accuracy is improved.

It is a perspective view which shows the compartment front of the vehicle which employ | adopted the storage apparatus for vehicles which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of part 2 of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 1. It is a front view of the storage device for vehicles concerning the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the storage apparatus for vehicles shown by FIG. It is a top view of the storage apparatus for vehicles shown by FIG. It is a side view of the storage apparatus for vehicles shown by FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view around the lock module mounting portion of the vehicle storage device shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a mounting state of the lock module illustrated in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the lock module shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the lock module shown in FIG. 5. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the storage apparatus for vehicles which concerns on this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the vehicle 10 includes a steering wheel 13 provided in front of a passenger compartment 12 for steering the vehicle 10, an instrument panel 14 provided in front of the steering wheel 13, and the instrument panel. 14 and a vehicle storage device 30 that stores articles (accessories).

The instrument panel 14 includes a switch module 21 that adjusts the setting mode and setting temperature of the air conditioner, the air outlets 22 and 23 that blow out air from the air conditioner, and a display unit that displays a room temperature, a set temperature of the air conditioner (not shown), and the like. 25, a vehicle meter 26 that displays the vehicle speed and the engine speed, and a display (monitor) 27 that displays navigation information, caution / warning information, and the like.
The vehicle 10 is a left-hand drive vehicle in which the steering 13 is provided on the left side of the passenger compartment 12.
The instrument panel 14 is a vehicle component adjacent to the vehicle storage device 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the vehicle storage device 30 includes a substantially concave storage portion 31 for storing articles (small items), and can swing on the storage portion 31 via a hinge shaft 32 (opening and closing). The lid 34 is installed on the peripheral portion 35 of the opening 33 of the storage portion 31 and allows the lid 34 to be opened, and the lid 34 is held in a closed state. And a damper mechanism 37 that smoothly opens the lid 34 when the lock module 36 allows the lid 34 to be opened.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the storage unit 31 includes a panel 41 that covers the surface and has an opening 33 formed therein, and a recess 42 that faces the opening 33 of the panel 41 from the back surface and stores articles. .

  The panel 41 has an opening 33 that allows the concave portion 42 that accommodates an article to be exposed from the back surface, a peripheral edge 35 that is formed around the opening 33 and increases the rigidity of the opening 33, and an upper corner of the peripheral edge 35. , A lock module mounting portion 44 for attaching the lock module 36, a cover portion 45 extending from the upper portion of the peripheral edge portion 35 and covering the upper portion of the concave portion 42, and a plurality of portions penetrating the hinge shaft 32. A panel side through portion 46 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the lock module mounting portion 44 includes a slit 51 through which a part of the lock module 36 can be inserted into the back surface 35 a side, and a positioning pin that positions the lock module 36 with the back surface 35 a of the peripheral edge portion 35. (Rocket pins) 52, 52 and fixing portions 53, 53 for fixing the lock module 36 at the mounting positions determined by these positioning pins 52, 52.

The recess 42 is provided with a plurality of recess-side through portions 56 that allow the hinge shaft 32 to pass therethrough, and as shown in FIG. 7, a damper mechanism 37 is provided on the side wall 57.
The lid portion 34 extends from the lid portion main body 61 toward the outside of the vehicle compartment 12 and extends toward the vehicle interior end 16 of the adjacent instrument panel 14. 62, a lid notch 63 provided at a corner of the extension 62 and facing the operation knob 85 of the lock module 36, and the lid body 61 and the extension 62 are formed in a horizontal direction. In addition, a top portion 64 that is convex toward the interior of the passenger compartment 12, a fitting portion 65 (see FIG. 12 (b)) that is provided on the back surface of the lid body 61 and into which the lock module 36 is fitted, and a lid The lid portion side through portions 66 and 66 that are formed in the lower portion of the back surface of the portion main body 61 and pass through the hinge shaft 32, and the lever portion 67 that is provided in the lower portion of the rear surface side of the lid portion main body 61 and meshes with the damper mechanism 37. It is formed.
As shown in FIG. 7, the lever portion 67 is formed with a lever portion side sector gear 69 that meshes with the damper mechanism 37 at the tip.

The damper mechanism 37 includes a recess-side fan-shaped gear 71 that is rotatably attached to the side wall 57 of the recess 42, and is engaged with the recess-side fan-shaped gear 71 that is fixed to the side wall 57 of the recess 42. The damper unit 72 meshes with the recess 69 and the recess-side torsion spring 73 provided between the recess-side sector gear 71 and the side wall 57 and biasing the lid 34 in the opening direction.
The damper unit 72 is an oil damper in which viscous oil is interposed. Thereby, the cover part 34 can be smoothly rotated.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the lock module 36 is mounted on the module base 81 attached to the lock module attachment portion 44, and is slidably provided on the module base 81. The lock module 36 is fitted on the fitting portion 65 of the lid portion 34. Then, a lock piece 82 for locking the lid portion 34, a compression spring 83 for urging the lock piece 82 in a locked state, and a module base 81 are swingably provided via a knob shaft 84. The operation knob 85 is returned to the unlocked state, and the knob side torsion spring 86 is provided between the operation knob 85 and the module base 81 and returns the operation knob 85 to the initial position.

The module base 81 is formed with a holder portion 87 that houses the lock piece 82, an attachment piece 88 that extends from the holder portion 87, and support portions 89 and 89 that are provided on the holder portion 87 and support the knob shaft 84. The
The attachment piece 88 is passed through the slit 51 of the lock module attachment portion 44, fitted to the positioning pins 52, 52, and fixed to the fixing portions 53, 53 with screws 54, 54. That is, the mounting piece 88 is formed with fitting holes 101 and 101 to be fitted to the positioning pins 52 and 52 and insertion holes 102 and 102 into which the screws 54 and 54 are inserted.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the lock piece 82 includes a lock portion 91 that locks or unlocks the lid portion 34, and a lock one-side cam that makes contact with the operation knob 85 and shifts the lock piece 82 to the unlocked state. The surface 92 includes a spring receiving surface 93 that receives the compression spring 83, and a rod portion 94 that extends from the spring receiving surface 93 and guides the lock piece 82.

The operation knob 85 is provided on the rear surface of the knob body 96 for manual operation, the operation piece 97 provided on the back surface of the knob body 96, and the back surface of the knob body 96. The knob shaft fitting portion 98 is provided and is fitted to the knob shaft 84.
The surface of the knob body 96 is formed in a shape along the extended portion 62 of the lid portion 34.
The operation piece 97 is formed with a knob-side cam surface 103 that contacts the lock-one side cam surface 92.

  The vehicle storage device 30 is supported by an operation knob 85 that moves the lock piece 82 to the unlocked position in conjunction with the pressing operation, and is swingably supported around the hinge shaft 32, and is locked at a position separated from the hinge shaft 32. The cover part 34 hold | maintained in the closed position by the piece 82, and the substantially recessed storage part 31 which has the opening 33 closed by this cover part 34 are provided.

  The lid portion 34 protrudes toward the vehicle compartment 12 side from the operation knob 85, and extends from the top portion 64 toward the outside of the vehicle compartment 12, and the vehicle of the adjacent instrument panel (vehicle component) 14. And an extending part 62 extending toward the indoor end 16.

  Accordingly, since the operation knob 85 is disposed in a region sandwiched between the top portion 64 and the vehicle interior end 16 of the vehicle component 14, even if the lid portion 34 is pushed from the vehicle compartment 12 side by the load input in the front-rear direction, the lid The part 34 is prevented from opening. As a result, it is possible to prevent unintentional opening and closing of the lid 34 when an object hits the operation knob 85 inadvertently, and to improve the feeling of opening the lid 34 when intended. Can do.

  The operation knob 85 is pivotally supported by a knob shaft 84 on the open end 68 side of the lid portion 34 so as to be swingable to the lid portion 34 or the storage portion 31. Since the lock piece 82 is configured to move to the unlocked position by pressing, the lock piece 82 is released when a load is input to the lid 34 via the adjacent instrument panel (vehicle component) 14. Difficult to lead to movement in the direction. Thereby, inadvertent opening of the cover part 34 can be prevented reliably.

  The storage unit 31 includes a panel 41 that covers the surface and has an opening 33 formed therein, and a recess 42 that faces the opening 33 of the panel 41 from the back surface and stores articles. Since it is disposed on the peripheral portion 35, the peripheral portion 35 of the opening 33 can be improved in rigidity, and deformation due to the force received from the vehicle component 14 is suppressed. Thereby, the careless opening | release of the cover part 34 can be prevented.

The lock piece 82 and the operation knob 85 are configured as an integrated lock module 36. Further, the lock module 36 is supported on the peripheral edge 35 of the opening 33.
A slit 51 through which a part of the lock module 36 can be inserted into the rear surface 35a side in the peripheral portion 35 of the opening 33, positioning pins 52, 52 for positioning the lock module 36 on the rear surface 35a of the peripheral portion 35, and a positioning pin 52 , 52 is provided with fixing portions 53, 53 for fixing the lock module 36 at the mounting position determined, so that the rigidity of the peripheral portion 35 of the opening 33 can be improved, and the pressure resistance around the opening 33 is improved. To do.
Since a part of the lock module 36 is assembled in a state of being inserted into the back surface 35 a side of the peripheral edge 35, the positioning is made to the opening 33 in the front-rear, left-right, and vertical directions, respectively. The positional accuracy with the adjacent member is improved.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the instrument panel surface on which the display (monitor) 27 is provided is S1, the lower surface of the instrument panel 14 is S2, and the lid body surface of the lid 34 which is a component of the vehicle storage device 30 Is set to S3, and the knob main body surface of the operation knob 85 (the extended portion surface of the lid portion 34) is S4, the operation knob 85 is disposed in the concave space 99 formed by the surfaces S1 to S4. Further, the knob main body surface S4 of the operation knob 85 is disposed substantially parallel to the instrument panel surface S1.

  Therefore, when an inadvertent input occurs on the operation knob 85 as indicated by the arrow A1, it can be received by the top portion 64 of the lid 34, and when an inadvertent input occurs on the operation knob 85 as indicated by the arrow A2. Can be received at the lower corner of the instrument panel 14. Thereby, when the operation knob 85 is inadvertently hit, the unintentional opening / closing of the lid 34 can be prevented, and the feeling of the opening operation of the lid 34 when intended is improved. Can do.

12A shows the vehicle storage device 30 with the lid 34 closed, and FIG. 12B shows the vehicle storage device 30 with the lid 34 open.
In the vehicle storage device 30, when the lid portion 34 is in the closed state, it is possible to prevent unintentional opening and closing of the lid portion 34, and when the lid portion 34 is in the open state, the opening 33 of the storage portion 31 is prevented. When the article is taken in and out, the recessed space 99 constituted by the surfaces S1 to S4 acts as a guide space for taking in and out the article.
Here, when it is set as the dimension H1 from the lower corner | angular part of the instrument panel 14 to the open end 68 of the cover part 34, the dimension H1 can be earned greatly and the improvement of the taking in / out property of articles | goods can be aimed at.

  In the vehicle storage device 30 according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the operation knob 85 is provided in the storage portion 31 on the open end 68 side of the lid portion 34, but is not limited thereto. It may be provided on the lid.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle storage device 30 according to the present invention is provided under the instrument panel 14 in front of the passenger compartment, but is not limited to this, and is not limited to this, and a door, seat, and tailgate on which an occupant gets on and off. Alternatively, it may be provided in a cargo room.

  The vehicle storage device 30 according to the present invention is suitable for use in passenger cars such as sedans and wagons.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle, 14 ... Vehicle parts (instrument panel), 30 ... Storage apparatus for vehicles, 31 ... Storage part, 32 ... Hinge shaft, 33 ... Opening, 34 ... Cover part, 35 ... Peripheral part, 35a ... Back surface, 36 ... Lock module, 41 ... Panel, 42 ... Recess, 51 ... Slit, 52 ... Positioning pin, 53 ... Fixed part, 62 ... Extension part, 64 ... Top part, 68 ... Open end, 82 ... Lock piece, 84 ... Knob shaft , 85: Operation knob.

Claims (3)

An operation knob that moves the lock piece to the unlocked position in conjunction with the pressing operation, and a lid that is swingably supported around the hinge shaft and is held in the closed position by the lock piece at a position separated from the hinge shaft. And a storage device for a vehicle including a substantially concave storage portion having an opening closed by the lid portion,
The lid portion includes a top portion that protrudes further toward the vehicle compartment than the operation knob, and an extension portion that extends outward from the top portion toward the vehicle interior edge of an adjacent vehicle component ,
The operation knob is pivotally supported by a knob shaft so as to be swingable to the lid portion or the storage portion on the open end side of the lid portion, and presses the hinge shaft side of the lid portion from the knob shaft. The vehicle storage device is configured to move the lock piece to an unlocked position .
Storage device. The storage portion is configured by a panel that covers the surface and in which the opening is formed, and a recess that stores the article, facing the opening of the panel from the back surface,
The operation knob housing device for a vehicle according to claim 1 Symbol mounting, characterized in that arranged on the periphery of the opening. The lock piece and the operation knob are configured as an integrated lock module, and the lock module is supported on the peripheral edge of the opening,
The peripheral portion of the opening includes a slit through which a part of the lock module can be inserted on the back surface side, a positioning pin that positions the lock module on the back surface of the peripheral portion, and an attachment position determined by the positioning pin. A fixing part for fixing the lock module;
Partially, the peripheral edge portion according to claim 1 or claim 2 Symbol placement of storage device for vehicles, characterized in that the assembling in a state of being inserted into the back side of the lock module.

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