JP5276413B2 - Vehicle cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interior-member-integrated cup holder which has a few components, can be easily manufactured/assembled, and is easy to clean its cup storage part. <P>SOLUTION: The cup holder for the vehicle 10 is obtained by forming a concave part 11 in a door lining 1 so as to make its lower end a supporting surface 12 of a drinking cup 30, and by detachably mounting a holder body 20, in the door lining 1, which surrounds a side surface of the drinking cup 30 in cooperation with the concave part 11. The holder body 20 is made transparent or semi-transparent, and configured so as to abut on one side 12a of the supporting surface 12 on a vehicle interior side. The door lining 1 includes: a lateral engagement hole 6 of the concave part 11; a through-hole 8 with a predetermined interval below the concave part 11; and a locking claw 9 below the through-hole 8, respectively. The holder body 20 includes: a fitting claw 21 fitted with the lower end of the engagement hole 6 by inserting in the engagement hole 6 or sliding downward; and an engagement piece 22 inserted in the through-hole 8 and engaged by the engagement claw 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle cup holder formed integrally with an interior member.

  In recent years, automobiles equipped with cup holders for holding beverage cups, beverage cans, plastic bottles and the like have been increasing. There are various types of cup holders, such as a type that is integrally formed with an interior member such as a door lining, an instrument panel, and a center console, and a type that is foldable and can be accommodated in the interior member when not in use. The folding type has the advantage of not narrowing the passenger compartment space when not in use, but it is easily damaged by the occupant's body or baggage during use or by applying an inappropriate force during folding. Recently, cup holders with integrated interior members are also increasing, especially in small cars.

  For example, as a bottle holder for a beverage bottle formed integrally with a door lining, it is possible to naturally store and take out a beverage bottle without narrowing the cabin space, and a bottle is placed on the armrest portion of the door lining. When the holder is recessed, the bottle holder portion is arranged so that the center axis of the bottle holder portion is located closer to the vehicle compartment as the upper side is located, and the center axis above the bottle holder portion is located closer to the compartment than the door lining. There has been proposed a technique in which the angle is inclined (see Patent Document 1).

In addition, in the cup holder in which an opening is provided in the door lining, a cup-shaped finisher is fitted into the opening, and the finisher is attached to the door running by engaging the stop claw with the opening, the stop claw is prevented from being damaged. In order to improve the mounting workability, a rectangular cutout for positioning is formed at a part of the periphery of the opening, a reinforcing rib having a U-shaped cross section is integrally formed with the finisher, and the central portion of the wall of the reinforcing rib is formed. There has been proposed a technique in which a locking claw is protected by a reinforcing rib by pulling out to form a locking claw (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2005-335480 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-58503

  However, since the bottle holder of the cited document 1 is intended to accommodate a beverage bottle with a lid, there is no problem even if the bottle holder portion is provided with an inclination, but a beverage container without a lid such as a beverage can or a cup is accommodated. In order to spill, it is not suitable. In addition, since the bottle holder part has a cup shape, when a beverage spills into the bottle holder part, when a small thing falls, or when garbage accumulates, these are collected from the bottom part of the bottle holder part, It is not easy to clean the bottle boulder.

  Also, in the cup holder of the cited document 2, the finisher has a cup shape, and once the finisher is attached to the door lining with the engaging claw being engaged with the opening, it is difficult to remove the finisher. It is not easy to collect beverages and garbage collected inside and clean the bottom of the finisher.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and provides an interior member-integrated cup holder that has a small number of parts, can be easily manufactured / assembled, and can easily clean a cup housing portion. With the goal.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a vehicle cup holder (10) formed on an interior member (door lining 1), and a support surface (12) that supports the lower end of the beverage cup (30). And a holder body (20) which is detachably attached to the interior member (1) and surrounds the side surface of the beverage cup (30) in cooperation with the recess (11). It comprises so that it may be provided.

  According to this, the cup holder is formed only by the interior member and the holder main body, the number of defective items can be reduced, and the manufacture / assembly can be easily performed. Moreover, since the side surface of the cup holder is opened by removing the holder main body that forms a part of the wall surface that surrounds the side surface of the beverage cup, the inside of the cup holder can be easily cleaned.

According to another aspect of the present invention , in the vehicle cup holder (10) configured as described above, the holder body (20) is configured to be transparent or translucent.

  According to this, even when the cup holder is provided at a position where it is difficult to visually observe the inside of the cup holder when seated on the seat, such as the uppermost part of the door lining, the occupant passes through the holder body through the holder body. It can be easily observed, and its convenience is improved and maintenance is also facilitated.

According to another aspect of the present invention , in the vehicle cup holder (10) having the above-described configuration, the holder body (20) is in contact with the cabin side edge (12a) of the support surface (12). Configure.

  According to this, even when the beverage spills in the cup holder, the beverage is prevented from flowing out from the gap between the holder main body and the interior member, and the holder main body is removed after sucking the beverage at the bottom of the holder with a cloth or tissue paper. By removing, the beverage can be easily cleaned without leaking from the cup holder.

According to one aspect of the present invention , in the vehicle cup holder (10) having the above-described configuration, the interior member (1) is formed with a locking hole (6) on a side of the recess (11). The holder body (20) is provided with an engaging claw (21) that is inserted into the engaging hole (6) and slides downward to engage with the lower end edge of the engaging hole (6). Configure as follows.

  According to this, the holder main body is easily attached to the interior member by sliding downward and the engaging claw is engaged with the lower end edge of the locking hole, and sliding upward is engaged with the engaging claw. By releasing, it can be easily removed from the interior member.

According to another aspect of the present invention , in the vehicle cup holder (10) configured as described above , the interior member (1) is provided with a through hole (8) below the recess (11). In addition, a locking claw (9) is provided below the through-hole (8), and the holder body (20) is inserted into the through-hole (8) and is inserted by the locking claw (9). A locking piece (22) to be locked is provided at the lower end.

  According to this, when the locking piece is locked by the locking claw, the relative movement in the vertical direction between the holder main body and the interior member is restricted, and the locking claw is detached from the locking hole and the holder main body falls. It is prevented. Further, since the locking piece is inserted into the through hole, the appearance of the cup holder does not become complicated, and a clean design can be adopted.

According to another aspect of the present invention , in the vehicle cup holder (10) configured as described above , the locking claw (9) projects from the back surface (1r) of the interior member (1), and the holder body (20) is formed of an elastically deformable material, and is locked by the locking claw (9) by pressing the upper part of the portion provided with the locking piece (22) from the vehicle compartment side. Is configured to be released.

  According to this, when the upper part of the portion of the holder body where the locking piece is formed is pressed from the vehicle compartment side, the locking piece moves in the pressing direction along with the elastic deformation of the holder body, and the interior member The locking by the locking claw protruding on the back surface is released. Thereby, the holder main body can be easily removed. In addition, because it is possible to easily release the locking to the locking piece by pressing, it adopts a locking claw shape that prevents the locking to the locking piece from being easily released even if an upward force is applied to the holder body It is also possible to do.

  According to the present invention, there is provided an interior member-integrated cup holder that has a small number of parts, can be easily manufactured / assembled, and can easily clean a cup housing portion.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cup holder 10 according to the present invention applied to a rear door of an automobile will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description, in the case of showing the positional relationship and direction of each member, the vehicle interior side is the front or the surface, and the vehicle exterior (reciprocal with the vehicle interior) on the basis of the relationship between the door lining 1 (interior member) and the vehicle interior. Side) is referred to as the back surface or the back surface, and the front side of the vehicle and the rear side of the vehicle are referred to based on the traveling direction of the automobile.

  FIG. 1 shows a front view of an automotive door lining 1 provided with a cup holder 10. The door lining 1 is manufactured to be elastically deformable by injection molding using polypropylene (PP) resin mixed with fillers such as talc and calcium carbonate, and is installed on the vehicle side of a steel door panel. The door lining 1 is provided with an inner handle 2 for opening and closing the door, an armrest 3, a speaker 4 and the like at appropriate positions, and a cup holder 10 for holding a beverage cup 30 is integrally formed at an upper front portion of the vehicle. Yes.

  FIG. 2 shows a top view of the cup holder 10. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup holder 10 is constituted by a recess 11 formed in the door lining 1 and a holder body 20 having a generally plate shape that is detachably attached to the door lining 1. A cup-shaped storage space 15 that opens at the upper end surface 1 u of the lining 1 and stores at least the lower part of the beverage cup 30 is defined. The holder body 20 is manufactured to be elastically deformable by injection molding using polycarbonate (PC) resin, and is entirely transparent or translucent, and its surface 20s is connected to the surface 1s of the door lining 1 without unevenness. Installed to do.

  FIG. 3 shows a front view of the cup holder 10 with the holder body 20 removed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the recess 11 has a support surface 12 that supports the lower end of the beverage cup 30 and a wall surface 13 that surrounds a part of the side surface of the beverage cup 30. The support surface 12 extends substantially horizontally at the lower end of the recess 11 and has a rounded rectangular shape. The wall surface 13 has a U-shaped cross section that rises from three sides 12b on the vehicle outer side excluding one side 12a (vehicle chamber side edge) on the passenger compartment side of the support surface 12, and extends substantially vertically. .

  FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the holder main body 20 has a curved cross section that abuts against one side 12 a on the passenger compartment side of the support surface 12, and the back surface 20 r is connected to the wall surface 13 of the recess 11. Thus, the side surface of the beverage cup 30 is surrounded in cooperation with the wall surface 13 by contacting the door lining 1 and extending substantially vertically. As shown in FIG. 4, an opening 5 for taking in and out the beverage cup 30 is formed on the upper end surface of the door lining 1 by the upper end edge 20 u of the holder body 20 and the upper end edge 13 u of the wall surface 13 of the recess 11. The

  As shown in FIG. 3, a total of four pairs of upper and lower locking holes 6 are formed on the side of the recess 11 of the door lining 1, that is, on the front side and the rear side of the vehicle. These locking holes 6 are provided so as to penetrate the door lining 1. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a recessed portion 7 is formed below the recessed portion 11 of the door lining 1. A slit-like through-hole 8 that penetrates the door lining 1 in the vertical direction is formed in the lower end surface of the recessed portion 7 that extends substantially horizontally. The through hole 8 has a slit width larger than the thickness of the locking piece 22 described later.

  FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the holder body 20. The holder body 20 is provided with four engaging claws 21 projecting at positions aligned with the retaining holes 6 on the back surface 20r side, and latching pieces 22 that incline from the lower end toward the back surface 20r side and extend downward. It is installed. Each engaging claw 21 has the same shape, and includes a horizontal portion 21a that extends substantially perpendicular to the back surface of the holder body 20, and a vertical portion 21b that extends substantially vertically downward from the tip of the horizontal portion 21a. ing. The vertical portion 21b extends slightly inclined with respect to the back surface 20r of the holder body 20 so that the distance from the holder body 20 becomes shorter toward the upper side. Reinforcing ribs are formed on the horizontal portion 21a and the vertical portion 21b, respectively. Similarly, a reinforcing rib is formed at the base of the locking piece 22. A locked hole 23 provided in the form of a through hole is provided at the approximate center of the locking piece 22.

  FIG. 6 shows a rear view of the cup holder 10. Below the through hole 8 provided in the door lining 1, a plurality of plate-like locking claws 9 protruding from the back surface 1 r of the door lining 1 are provided. The locking claw 9 has substantially the same shape of a triangle, and the lower side of the two protruding sides extends substantially horizontally, that is, extends substantially perpendicular to the door lining 1, and the upper side is the door lining. 1 is inclined with respect to 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, when the holder main body 20 is attached to the door lining 1, each locking claw 21 is inserted into the corresponding locking hole 6 while the locking piece 22 is inserted into the through hole 8. By sliding the holder body 20 downward, the engaging claw 21 is engaged with the lower end edge of the engaging hole 6 and the engaging claw 9 is engaged with the lower end of the engaged hole 23. At this time, since the upper side of the locking claw 9 is inclined, the locking piece 22 is elastically bent and deformed in the protruding direction by the locking claw 9 when the holder body 20 is slid downward, When the locked hole 23 passes the protruding end of the locking claw 9, the locking piece 22 springs toward the door lining 1 and the lower edge of the locked hole 23 is locked to the locking claw 9. . Thereby, the upward movement of the holder main body 20 is restricted by the locking claw 9. Then, the horizontal movement of the holder main body 20 is restricted by the engaging claws 21, and the holder main body 20 and the door lining 1 are integrally held.

  Here, since the vertical portion 21 b is slightly inclined with respect to the back surface 20 r of the holder body 20, the holder body 20 comes into close contact with the door lining 1 when the holder body 20 is slid downward. ing. On the other hand, since the lower side of the locking claw 9 extends substantially perpendicular to the door lining 1, even if an upward force along the door lining 1 is applied to the holder body 20, the locking piece Since the locking by the locking claw 9 to 22 is not released, the holder body 20 is prevented from sliding upward and coming off.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the cup holder 10 according to the embodiment, and shows a IV-IV cross section in FIG. When removing the holder main body 20 from the door lining 1, first, the lower part of the holder main body 20 is pressed with a finger, as shown in FIG. Then, the holder main body 20 is elastically deformed at the lower part that is not restrained by the engaging claws 21. Thereby, since the locking piece 22 is pushed into the back surface 1r side of the door lining 1, the locking by the locking claw 9 with respect to the locked hole 23 is released. Here, the recessed portion 7 not contacting the holder main body 20 is provided below the recessed portion 11 in the door lining 1, and the through hole 8 is wider than the thickness of the locking piece 22 on the lower end surface of the recessed portion 7. The lower part of the holder main body 20 is easily deformed. When the holder body 20 is slid upward in this state, the engagement of the engagement claw 21 with the lower end edge of the locking hole 6 is released, and the holder body 20 can be easily detached from the door lining 1.

  Thus, since the support surface 12 is provided substantially horizontally, the cup holder 10 which concerns on embodiment is not only a drink bottle but a drink can, the drink cup 30, etc. hold | maintain a drink from a container. It has become difficult. And since the cup holder 10 is formed only from the recessed part 11 and the holder main body 20 which were formed in the door lining 1, the manufacture and assembly are easy. Moreover, since the holder main body 20 can be attached to and detached from the door lining 1, the inside of the cup holder 10 can be easily cleaned by removing the holder main body 20.

  On the other hand, the holder body 20 is detachable from the door lining 1, but when it is attached to the door lining 1, it comes into contact with one side 12 a of the support surface 12 on the passenger compartment side. Even if spills, the beverage is prevented from flowing out of the gap between the door lining 1 and the holder body 20.

  Moreover, although the cup holder 10 is provided in the uppermost part of the door lining 1, when the holder main body 20 is transparent or semi-transparent, an occupant can look into the cup holder 10 from above even when seated on a seat. The inside can be visually observed.

  Furthermore, the holder main body 20 is attached so as to be connected to the surface of the door lining 1 without unevenness, and the locking piece 22 is inserted into the through-hole 8, whereby the locking piece 22 and the locking claw 9 are The cup holder 10 is hidden behind the lining 1, and the appearance of the cup holder 10 is streamlined and neat.

  Although the description of the specific embodiment is finished as described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be widely modified. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the cup holder 10 is formed at the front upper portion of the door lining 1, but the cup holder 10 is formed at other positions in the door lining 1 such as the armrest 3, the center console, Of course, it is also possible to form the cup holder 10 on other interior members such as a ment panel and a seat back surface part. Further, the material and shape of the interior member and the holder body 20, the shape and quantity of the locking claw 9, the engaging claw 21, the through hole 8, and the locking piece 22 can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there.

Front view of door lining according to embodiment Top view of the cup holder according to the embodiment Front view of the cup holder with the holder body removed IV-IV sectional view in Fig. 1 The perspective view of the holder main body which concerns on embodiment Rear view of the cup holder according to the embodiment Action explanatory drawing of the cup holder concerning an embodiment

Explanation of symbols

1 Door lining (interior material)
1r Back surface 6 Locking hole 8 Through-hole 9 Locking claw 10 Cup holder 11 Recess 12 Support surface 12a One side on the vehicle compartment side (vehicle compartment side edge)
13 Wall surface 20 Holder body 21 Engaging claw 22 Locking piece 30 Beverage cup

Claims (5)

A recess formed in the interior member and provided with a support surface at the lower end for supporting the lower end of the beverage cup;
A holder body that is detachably attached to the interior member and surrounds the side surface of the beverage cup in cooperation with the recess,
The cup holder for a vehicle, wherein the holder main body abuts on an edge of the support surface on a vehicle compartment side . A recess formed in the interior member and provided with a support surface at the lower end for supporting the lower end of the beverage cup;
A holder body that is detachably attached to the interior member and surrounds the side surface of the beverage cup in cooperation with the recess,
The interior member is formed with a locking hole on the side of the recess,
A vehicular cup holder , wherein the holder main body is provided with a locking claw that is inserted into the locking hole and slides downward to engage with a lower end edge of the locking hole . The interior member is provided with a through hole below the recess, and a locking claw below the through hole.
The vehicle cup holder according to claim 2 , wherein a locking piece inserted into the through hole and locked by the locking claw is provided at a lower end of the holder body. . The locking claw is provided on the back surface of the interior member,
The holder body is made of an elastically deformable material, and the upper portion of the portion where the locking piece is provided is released from the vehicle compartment side to release the locking by the locking claw. The vehicle cup holder according to claim 3 , wherein the vehicle cup holder is a feature. The vehicle cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holder body is transparent or translucent.

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