JP5197313B2 - Vehicle storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device for a vehicle having a door body that can be rotated around a first axis and can be opened and closed, and that can be opened and closed around a second axis parallel to the first axis. About.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-245838 discloses a door main body (lid main body), arms (link bodies) arranged on both front and rear sides of the door main body, and a box (opening formation body) that is rotatably attached to the arm. A latch that can be moved in the front-rear direction on the door body and a rod that pushes and rotates the latch when the operating part (button part) is pressed, A vehicle storage device having a switching member.

However, the vehicular storage device disclosed in the above publication has the following problems.
Since the latch is pivotally attached to the arm, the weight of the arm is increased by the amount of the latch, and the operation when both the door body and the arm are rotated with respect to the box becomes difficult. In addition, since the latch is pivotally attached to the arm, the latch must be covered with the arm to prevent the latch from being seen, and the arm becomes larger and the weight of the arm itself becomes heavier. Operation becomes difficult.
JP 2007-245838 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular storage device capable of improving the operability when both the door body and the arm are rotated with respect to the box, as compared with the prior art.

The present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.
(1) a box having a storage unit;
The housing can be rotated about a first axis with respect to the box to open and close the opening of the storage unit and can be rotated about a second axis parallel to the first axis to store the storage unit. A door body capable of opening and closing the opening,
Arms disposed on both sides of the door body in the A direction which is the extending direction of the first and second shaft cores;
A first shaft that is disposed on the first axis and that connects one end of the door body in the B direction perpendicular to the A direction and one end of the arm in the B direction;
A second shaft disposed on the second axis and connecting the other end of the arm in the B direction and the box;
A latch that is provided in the box and is capable of entering and exiting an arm side through hole provided in the intermediate portion in the B direction of the arm through the box side through hole provided in the box;
A rod that is movably supported in the A direction on the door body, and is capable of entering and exiting an arm side through hole of the arm;
Have
(A) When the latch is inserted into the arm side through hole through the box side through hole and the rod is inserted into the arm side through hole, the door body is in a closed position, and the door The main body and the arm are not rotatable around the first and second axis,
(B) When the rod moves in a direction to be removed from the arm side through hole with respect to the door body and is removed from the arm side through hole, the door body is rotatable around the first axis.
(C) When the rod moves in a direction to increase the amount of the rod entering the arm side through hole with respect to the door body, and the latch is pushed out from the arm side through hole, the door body and the arm are both It can be rotated around the second axis.
Vehicle storage device.
(2) It further has a lock release mechanism that moves the rod in the direction A with respect to the door body,
The unlock mechanism includes a first operation unit disposed on one side in the B direction of the door body, a second operation unit disposed on the other side in the B direction of the door body, and the door body. A switch base provided with an inclined groove that is provided and disposed between the first operation portion and the second operation portion and into which a part of the rod enters;
When the switch base is moved with respect to the door body by pressing the first operation portion or the second operation portion, a part of the rod moves in the inclined groove, thereby the rod The vehicular storage device according to (1), wherein moves in the A direction with respect to the door body.
(3) Preventing the pressing operation of the first and second operation portions of the unlocking mechanism when the door body is rotated and opened around the first axis or the second axis. It further has a malfunction prevention mechanism,
The malfunction prevention mechanism includes a recess provided in a switch base of the lock release mechanism, and a stopper that is rotatably attached to the door body.
When the door body is in the closed position, the stopper hits the box and comes out of the recess so that the first and second operation portions of the unlocking mechanism can be pressed, and the door body is the first When the stopper is pivoted and opened around the shaft core or the second shaft core, the stopper moves away from the box and pivots with respect to the door body and enters the recess. The vehicle storage device according to (2), which prevents a pressing operation of the operation unit.

According to the vehicle storage device of (1) above, since the latch is provided in the box, the arm can be reduced in weight compared to the case where the latch is provided in the arm (conventional). Therefore, the operability when both the door body and the arm are rotated with respect to the box can be improved as compared with the case where the latch is provided on the arm (conventional).
According to the vehicle storage device of (2) above, the lock release mechanism includes the first operation unit, the second operation unit, and the switch base including the inclined groove into which a part of the rod enters. Therefore, the rod can be moved in the A direction with respect to the door body with a simple structure.
According to the vehicle storage device of (3) above, the first and second operation portions of the lock release mechanism when the door body is pivoted open around the first axis or the second axis. Therefore, when the door body is rotated and opened, the rod can be prevented from moving in the A direction with respect to the door body. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rod from colliding with the arm or the box when the opened door body is closed and the door body from being unable to be closed.

Below, the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example is demonstrated with reference to FIGS.
A vehicle storage device (hereinafter also simply referred to as a device) 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a console box device disposed on a console panel of a vehicle, for example. However, the device 10 is not limited to the console box device, and as long as it has a door body that can be opened from two directions such as left and right, the armrest device for vehicles, the accessory case for vehicles, the ashtray for vehicles. It may be a vehicle cup holder, a vehicle glove box device, or the like. Further, the location of the apparatus 10 is not limited to the console panel, but may be an instrument panel of a vehicle, a roof of a vehicle, or the other of the vehicle. Hereinafter, in the embodiment of the present invention, a case where the device 10 is a console box device will be described as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus 10 includes a box 20, a door body 30, an arm 40, a first shaft 50, a second shaft 60, a latch 70, and a rod as shown in FIG. 80, the lock release mechanism 90, and the malfunction prevention mechanism 100 as shown in FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the box 20 includes a storage portion 21 that is surrounded by four side walls on the front, rear, left, and right sides and opens upward.

The door body 30 is disposed on the upper side of the box 20 and opens and closes the storage unit 21 from above. As shown in FIG. 7, the door body 30 is provided with an inner member 31, an outer member 32 fixed to the inner member 31 on the upper side of the inner member 31, and a design of the door body 30 provided on the uppermost layer portion of the door body 30. And an epidermis 33 constituting the part.
As shown in FIG. 5, the door body 30 can rotate around the first axis P <b> 1 with respect to the box 20 to open and close the opening of the storage portion 21, and as shown in FIG. 6, the box 20 On the other hand, the opening of the storage portion 21 can be opened and closed by rotating around a second axis P2 parallel to the first axis P1. That is, the door body 30 can be rotated and opened in two directions with respect to the box 20.
Hereinafter, the extending direction (for example, the vehicle front-rear direction) of the first and second shaft cores P1, P2 is defined as the A direction, and the direction (for example, the vehicle left-right direction) orthogonal to the A direction in the horizontal plane is defined as the B direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one arm 40 is arranged on each side of the door body 30 in the A direction on the upper side of the box 20. The shape of the arm 40 is a shape in which the B direction is the longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the first shaft 50 is disposed on the first axis P <b> 1 and extends in the A direction. The first shaft 50 connects one end portion of the door body 30 in the B direction and one end portion of the arm 40 in the B direction. The first shaft 50 is rotatably connected to one end portion in the B direction of the door body 30 and one end portion in the B direction of the arm 40.

  The second shaft 60 is disposed on the second axis P2 and extends in the A direction. The second shaft 60 connects the other end portion of the arm 40 in the B direction and the upper end portion of the box 20 or the vicinity thereof. The second shaft 60 is rotatably connected to the other end of the arm 40 in the B direction and the upper end of the box 20 or the vicinity thereof.

As shown in FIG. 9, the latch 70 is provided at or near the upper end of the box 20. The latch 70 extends in the vertical direction, bends at the upper end, and extends a predetermined amount in the A direction. The latch 70 is rotatable in the A direction with respect to the box 20 around the rotation axis at the middle or lower end in the vertical direction of the latch 70. A portion (hereinafter referred to as a latch tip portion) 71 extending in the A direction at the upper end portion of the latch 70 is in the A direction with the arm 40 when the door body 30 is in a closed position where the door body 30 is not rotated with respect to the box 20. The box side through hole 22 provided at a position opposite to the arm 40 is inserted into the arm side through hole 41 provided in the B direction intermediate portion (B direction center portion) of the arm 40. The latch 70 is urged to rotate with respect to the box 20 by a latch urging spring (not shown). When the latch 70 is not pushed by the rod 80, the latch tip 71 is inserted through the box-side through hole 22 and the arm side. It enters the through hole 41.
The box-side through hole 22 penetrates the box 20 portion where the hole 22 is provided in the A direction, and the arm-side through hole 41 penetrates the arm 40 in the A direction.

The rod 80 is supported by the door body 30 so as to be movable in the A direction. As shown in FIG. 8, the rod 80 is supported so as to be rotatable in the A direction by using a total of two rod elements 81 arranged on one side and the other side in the A direction and a door body 30 using a stepped screw or the like. And a link 82 for synchronizing the two rod elements 81 in opposite directions. The two rod elements 81 are connected to the link 82 by fitting a boss 81 a provided integrally with each rod element of the two rod elements 81 into a long hole provided in the link 82. Since the rod 80 includes the two rod elements 81 and the link 82, when one of the two rod elements 81 moves in the door body 30 in the A direction, the other of the two rod elements 81 is the door in the A direction. When the inside of the main body 30 moves and one of the two rod elements 81 moves outside the door body 30 in the A direction, the other of the two rod elements 81 moves outside the door body 30 in the A direction.
As shown in FIG. 9, both end portions of the rod 80 in the A direction protrude from the door body 30 in the A direction and can enter and exit the arm side through holes 41 of the arm 40.

  The lock release mechanism 90 is a mechanism for moving the rod 80 in the A direction with respect to the door body 30 as shown in FIG. The unlocking mechanism 90 is provided on the door main body 30 with a first operating portion 91 disposed on one side in the B direction, a second operating portion 92 disposed on the other side in the B direction of the door main body 30, and the door main body 30. A switch base 93 provided between the first operating portion 91 and the second operating portion 92 and provided with an inclined groove 93a into which a part 83 of the rod 80 enters.

The first and second operation portions 91 and 92 are supported by the door body 30 so as to be capable of reciprocating linear movement only in the B direction.
The switch base 93 extends in the B direction, and is connected to the first operating portion 91 at one end in the extending direction and is connected to the second operating portion 92 at the other end in the extending direction.
The inclined groove 93a of the switch base 93 is formed to extend linearly on one side in the A direction and one side in the B direction.

  When the switch base 93 is moved in the B direction with respect to the door body 30 by pressing the first operation unit 91 or the second operation unit 92, a part 83 of the rod 80 moves in the inclined groove 93a. As a result, the rod 80 moves in the A direction with respect to the door body 30.

  A V-shaped cam groove 93b that opens in the A direction in a plan view when the door body 30 is in the closed position is provided at an intermediate portion in the extending direction of the switch base 93. The front-end V-shaped clip 110 that is movably provided in the A direction on the door body 30 and that matches the cam groove 93b is pressed against the cam groove 93b by a spring (not shown), whereby the first and second operating portions 91, The rod 80 and the unlocking mechanism 90 that are moved with respect to the door main body 30 by operating one of the members 92 can be returned to the positions before the movement (initial position, predetermined position). The cam groove 93b may be provided in the rod 80 instead of the intermediate portion in the extending direction of the switch base 93.

  The malfunction prevention mechanism 100 includes the first and second operation portions 91, 91 of the lock release mechanism 90 when the door body 30 is rotated and opened around the first axis P1 or the second axis P2. 92 is a mechanism for preventing the pressing operation of 92. As shown in FIG. 12, the malfunction prevention mechanism 100 includes a recess 101 provided on the lower surface of the switch base 93 of the lock release mechanism 90 and a stopper 102 that is rotatably attached to the door body 30.

  The recess 101 is provided only in a part of the extending direction of the switch base 93. The recess 101 has a position where the stopper 102 can enter from below when the first operating portion 91 is pressed and a position where the stopper 102 can enter from below when the second operating portion 92 is pressed. , Provided in only two places.

  The stopper 102 extends in the A direction, bends at one end in the A direction, and extends a predetermined amount downward. The other end in the A direction of the stopper 102 can enter the recess 101 from below. The stopper 102 can be rotated in the vertical direction with respect to the door body 30 around the rotation axis of the intermediate portion in the A direction of the stopper 102. A portion of the stopper 102 that extends downward at one end portion in the A direction (hereinafter referred to as a stopper tip portion) 102 a is inserted through a vertical through-hole 31 a provided in the inner member 31 of the door body 30, and extends from the door body 30. It can project downward. The stopper 102 is a direction in which the stopper tip 102a protrudes downward from the door body 30 with respect to the door body 30 by a stopper biasing spring (not shown) (the direction in which the other end in the A direction of the stopper 102 enters the recess 101). ).

When the door main body 30 is not rotated and is in the closed position, the stopper 102 rotates with respect to the door main body 30 and comes out of the recess 101 by the stopper tip 102 a being pressed against the upper surface of the box 20. Therefore, the switch base 93 of the lock release mechanism 90 can move in the B direction with respect to the door body 30. Therefore, the first and second operation portions 91 and 92 of the lock release mechanism 90 can be pressed.
When the door body 30 is rotated and opened around the first axis P1 or the second axis P2, the stopper 102 has a stopper biasing spring (not shown) because the stopper tip 102a is separated from the box 20. The urging force rotates relative to the door body 30 and enters the recess 101. Therefore, the switch base 93 of the lock release mechanism 90 cannot be moved with respect to the door body 30. Therefore, the pressing operation of the first and second operation portions 91 and 92 of the unlocking mechanism 90 is prevented.

Here, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
(A) As shown in FIG. 9, when the latch tip 71 of the latch 70 is inserted into the arm side through hole 41 through the box side through hole 22 and the rod 80 is inserted into the arm side through hole 41. The door main body 30 is in the closed position with respect to the box 20, and the door main body 30 and the arm 40 cannot rotate about the first and second shaft cores P1 and P2.

(B) As shown in FIG. 10, when the rod 80 moves in the direction of detaching from the arm side through-hole 41 with respect to the door body 30 (inside the door body 30) and detaches from the arm-side through hole 41, 30 can rotate around the first axis P1 (around the first shaft 50). Therefore, the door body 30 can be opened by rotating the door body 30 relative to the box 20 around the first axis P1. At this time, the latch tip 71 of the latch 70 is not pushed by the rod 80, so that it remains inserted through the box side through hole 22 and into the arm side through hole 41, and the second shaft 60 is connected to the box 20. Since the arm 40 is connected to the arm 40, the arm 40 cannot rotate with respect to the box 20.

(C) As shown in FIG. 11, the rod 80 moves toward the arm body through hole 41 with respect to the door main body 30 in a direction to increase the amount (outside the door main body 30), and the latch tip 71 of the latch 70. Is pushed out of the arm side through hole 41, the rod 80 enters the arm side through hole 41, and the first shaft 50 is connected to the door body 30 and the arm 40. And can rotate together (integrally and together) around the second axis P2 (around the second shaft 60). Therefore, the door body 30 can be opened by rotating both the door body 30 and the arm 40 relative to the box 20 around the second axis P2.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the embodiment of the present invention, since the latch 70 is provided in the box 20, the arm 40 can be reduced in weight compared to the case where the latch is provided in the arm (conventional). Therefore, the operability when both the door body 30 and the arm 40 are rotated with respect to the box 20 can be improved as compared with the case where the latch is provided on the arm (conventional).

  Since the unlocking mechanism 90 includes the first operation unit 91, the second operation unit 92, and the switch base 93 including the inclined groove 93a into which a part 83 of the rod 80 is inserted, the structure is simple. The rod 80 can be moved in the A direction with respect to the door body 30.

  When the door body 30 is rotated and opened around the first axis P1 or the second axis P2, the pressing operation of the first and second operation portions 91 and 92 of the lock release mechanism 90 is prevented. Since the malfunction prevention mechanism 100 is provided, the rod 80 can be prevented from moving in the A direction with respect to the door body 30 when the door body 30 is rotated and opened. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rod 80 from colliding with the arm 40 or the box 20 and closing the door body 30 when closing the opened door body 30.

  The box-side through hole 22 penetrates the box 20 portion where the hole 22 is provided in the A direction, and the arm-side through hole 41 penetrates the arm 40 in the A direction. That is, the box side through hole 22 and the arm side through hole 41 are through holes extending in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction. Therefore, when the door body 30 and the arm 40 are rotated with respect to the box 20 and are in the open position as compared with the case where the box side through hole 22 and the arm side through hole 41 are through holes extending in the vertical direction. Intrusion of foreign matter (dust, liquid, etc.) into the box 20 from the box side through hole 22 can be suppressed.

  When the latch tip 71 and the rod 80 enter the arm side through hole 41, the door main body 30 is made unrotatable. When the rod 80 comes out of the arm side through hole 41, the door main body 30 is moved to the first axis P1. When the rod 80 pushes the latch tip 71 from the arm side through hole 41, the door body 30 and the arm 40 can rotate about the second axis P2, so that the latch 70 enters. The hole and the hole into which the rod 80 is inserted are the same (one) arm side through hole 41. Therefore, in order to securely open and close the door body 30, it is only necessary to manage the position and dimensions of the arm side through hole 41, compared to the case where the hole into which the latch 70 enters and the hole into which the rod 80 enters are different. Management required for reliably opening and closing the door body 30 is facilitated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the latch tip 71 is pushed out from the arm side through hole 41 by the rod 80 and the door body 30 and the arm 40 are rotated around the second axis P2, the rod 80 is moved to the door body 30. Accordingly, the rod 80 moves away from the latch tip 71. Therefore, the latch 70 is rotated with respect to the box 20 by a latch biasing spring (not shown) and returns to the state before being pushed by the rod 80. As a result, the latch tip 71 protrudes from the box 20 into the movement trajectory of the arm 40, and when an object is taken in or out of the storage part 21 of the box 20 or when the door body 30 and the arm 40 are closed, the object or arm 40 Will interfere with the latch tip 71.
However, since the latch 70 is rotatable with respect to the box 20, even if an object or the arm 40 interferes with the latch, the latch 70 only rotates, so that there is almost no problem.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the case where the door main body 30 is manually rotated from the closed position to the open position is shown, but the illustration is omitted between the box 20 and the arm 40 and between the arm 40 and the door main body 30. The door body 30 may be able to be flipped up to the open position side by attaching the spring.

It is a perspective view when the door main body exists in a closed position of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a perspective view when the door main body of the vehicle storage device of the embodiment of the present invention is rotated around the first axis and opened. It is a perspective view when the door main body of the storage device for a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention is rotated around a second axis and opened. It is a schematic sectional drawing in the arm site | part in the state of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing in an arm part in the state of FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing in the arm site | part in the state of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the latch part of the storage apparatus for vehicles of an Example of this invention. It is a top view when the door main body exists in the closed position in the state which removed the outer member of the door main body of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. It is a partial expanded sectional view in a latch part when the door main body exists in a closed position of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example. 9 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view at a latch portion when the rod moves from the state shown in FIG. 9 in the direction of pulling out from the arm side through hole to the door main body and is pulled out from the arm side through hole. FIG. When the rod is moved from the state of FIG. 9 in the embodiment of the present invention in the direction of increasing the amount of the rod entering the arm side through hole with respect to the door body and the latch is pushed out from the arm side through hole, It is a partial expanded sectional view in a latch part. It is a fragmentary sectional view in the malfunction prevention mechanism site | part of the storage apparatus for vehicles of this invention Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle storage apparatus 20 Box 21 Storage part 22 Box side through-hole 30 Door main body 31 Inner member 31a Vertical direction through-hole 32 Outer member 33 Skin 40 Arm 41 Arm-side through-hole 50 First shaft 60 Second shaft 70 Latch 71 Latch tip 80 Rod 81 Rod element 81a Boss 82 Link 90 Lock release mechanism 91 First operation portion 92 Second operation portion 93 Switch base 93a Inclined groove 93b Cam groove 100 Malfunction prevention mechanism 101 Recess 102 Stopper 102a Stopper tip Part 110 Clip P1 First axis P2 Second axis

Claims (3)

A box with a storage section;
The housing can be rotated about a first axis with respect to the box to open and close the opening of the storage unit and can be rotated about a second axis parallel to the first axis to store the storage unit. A door body capable of opening and closing the opening,
Arms disposed on both sides of the door body in the A direction which is the extending direction of the first and second shaft cores;
A first shaft that is disposed on the first axis and that connects one end of the door body in the B direction perpendicular to the A direction and one end of the arm in the B direction;
A second shaft disposed on the second axis and connecting the other end of the arm in the B direction and the box;
A latch that is provided in the box and is capable of entering and exiting an arm side through hole provided in the intermediate portion in the B direction of the arm through the box side through hole provided in the box;
A rod that is movably supported in the A direction on the door body, and is capable of entering and exiting an arm side through hole of the arm;
Have
(A) When the latch is inserted into the arm side through hole through the box side through hole and the rod is inserted into the arm side through hole, the door body is in a closed position, and the door The main body and the arm are not rotatable around the first and second axis,
(B) When the rod moves in a direction to be removed from the arm side through hole with respect to the door body and is removed from the arm side through hole, the door body is rotatable around the first axis.
(C) When the rod moves in a direction to increase the amount of the rod entering the arm side through hole with respect to the door body, and the latch is pushed out from the arm side through hole, the door body and the arm are both It can be rotated around the second axis.
Vehicle storage device. A lock release mechanism for moving the rod in the direction A with respect to the door body;
The unlock mechanism includes a first operation unit disposed on one side in the B direction of the door body, a second operation unit disposed on the other side in the B direction of the door body, and the door body. A switch base provided with an inclined groove that is provided and disposed between the first operation portion and the second operation portion and into which a part of the rod enters;
When the switch base is moved with respect to the door body by pressing the first operation portion or the second operation portion, a part of the rod moves in the inclined groove, thereby the rod The vehicle storage device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle moves in the A direction with respect to the door body. Malfunction prevention that prevents the first and second operation portions of the unlocking mechanism from being pressed when the door body is pivoted open about the first axis or the second axis. A mechanism,
The malfunction prevention mechanism includes a recess provided in a switch base of the lock release mechanism, and a stopper that is rotatably attached to the door body.
When the door body is in the closed position, the stopper hits the box and comes out of the recess so that the first and second operation portions of the unlocking mechanism can be pressed, and the door body is the first When the stopper is pivoted and opened around the shaft core or the second shaft core, the stopper moves away from the box and pivots with respect to the door body and enters the recess. The vehicle storage device according to claim 2, wherein a pressing operation of the operation unit is prevented.

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