JP5666269B2 - Vehicle storage box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage box for a vehicle, such as a console box, which is disposed to store an object to be stored such as an accessory in a passenger compartment of a vehicle such as an automobile.

  A conventional vehicle storage box of this type is generally attached to a box main body for storing the objects to be stored, an opening for inserting the objects to be stored in the box main body, and opening and closing the opening. And a covered lid. The lid opening / closing means is configured such that the lid is pivotally attached to the box body via a hinge piece attached to one end of the lid, and the lid is rotated with respect to the box body around the hinge. The opening of the box body is configured to open and close.

  Such a conventional storage box for a vehicle is, for example, a box for shifting or aligning the lid with respect to the opening as the lid opening / closing means in order to improve operability related to manually opening and closing the lid. A slide mechanism for sliding the lid with respect to the main body and a turn mechanism for rotating the lid with respect to the box main body to move the lid away from or close to the opening are provided. The lid body is slid by the slide mechanism after being slid by the slide mechanism in the open position, and is slid by the slide mechanism after being rotated by the turn mechanism in the closed position. Further, the slide mechanism has a slide assisting tool for applying a biasing force to the lid body so as to slide the lid body to the closed position or the release position, and the turn mechanism rotates the lid body to the open position. Therefore, it has a turn assisting tool for applying a biasing force to the lid.

  Since the conventional vehicle storage box configured as described above is provided with an opening / closing device including a slide mechanism and a turn mechanism, the turning radius of the lid can be reduced. . Further, due to the urging force applied from the slide assisting tool, the lid body slides toward the closed position or the open position without requiring electric power. And the cover body rotates toward an open position, without requiring electric power by the urging | biasing force provided from a turn auxiliary tool (refer patent document 1).

  Further, in such a conventional storage box for a vehicle, lock arms having an inverted triangle shape are provided on both the left and right sides of the front end on the lower surface of the lid, and lock pins project on the outer surfaces of these lock arms. It is installed. In addition, lock holes are provided in the left and right side walls on the inner surface of the storage portion of the box body so as to have a positional relationship corresponding to the lock pins when the lid is in the closed position. Therefore, the conventional vehicular storage box has a restricting means for restricting the movement of the lid from the closed position by inserting the lock pin into the lock hole.

JP 2006-151293 A

  However, the restricting means in the conventional vehicle storage box described above is such that the lock arm projecting from the lock pin is projected on the lower surface of the lid, and the projection remains projecting downward even in the lid open position. Will end up. For this reason, the conventional storage box for vehicles not only prevents the lock arm from getting in and out of the storage part of the box body, but also prevents the storage object from being put in and out. Since the projections are present on the lid, the appearance of the whole structure is deteriorated even though the entire structure is given an aesthetic appearance.

  Therefore, in view of the above-described problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a lock provided on the lid so that the lid is held at a closed position with respect to the opening at the opening of the lid where the opening of the box body is opened. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage box for a vehicle configured such that the lock piece engaging portion provided on the box body side to be engaged with the piece or the lock piece does not become a protrusion.

The vehicle storage box according to the present invention, the box body and an opening provided in the box body, a lid provided on the box body to open and close the opening, the box body said lid respect, the opening is a vehicle storage box constituting and an opening and closing mechanism for moving between the opened open position and the opening is closed by the closed position, the opening and closing mechanism installation but a hinge means for rotating said lid relative to said box body, a lock piece which is installed on the cover side so as to lock the closed position of the opening of the lid, the box body is a lock piece engaging portion for holding the closed position of the lid with the locking piece is engaged by protruding to the housing side of the box body, further opening the lid from the closed position When to position , Accommodating the lid in the locking piece accommodating portion provided with the lock piece to the lid body while releasing the engagement state between the locking piece engaging portion of the lock piece by sliding relative to the box body lock piece and the operation mechanism, the locking piece sliding the locking piece engaging portion in response to rotation by the hinge means of the lid in the open position of the lid so as not to protrude from the housing part of the box body to And an engaging portion sliding mechanism.

The present invention having such a configuration, by engaging the locking piece in the said locking piece engaging portion projecting in the receiving portion side of the box body, along with holding the closed position of the lid, when from such state is rotated to the open position the lid, firstly, by the locking piece operating mechanism, said locking piece with respect to the locking piece engaging portion by sliding the lid relative to the box body with releasing the engagement state, the locking member is housed in the lock piece receiving portion provided on the lid and subsequently, in response to rotation of the lid by the hinge means, the locking Katakakarigo the parts slide mechanism, it is possible to make the locking piece engaging portion so as not to protrude retracted from the storage portion of the box body. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the improvement of appearance without impairing the design aesthetics of the overall configuration.

Moreover, this invention is comprised as an embodiment of the said invention by the finisher frame body which the said lock piece engaging part borders and perimeters the periphery of the said opening part.

In this configuration, by the locking piece engaging portion configured by the finisher frame, the it is possible to reduce the number of components constituting the storage box, it can contribute to miniaturization.

Further, the present invention is, as an embodiment of the invention, the hinge means, a hinge piece for supporting the lid body rotatably pivotally secured to the hinge axis and the hinge axis which is pivotally supported by the box body It is configured to have a, and the cam groove is engraved on the hinge piece, and, by providing a slide pin slidably fitted in the cam groove on the finisher frame side, of the hinge piece the sliding pin the cam groove by the rotation operation constitutes the locking piece engaging portion slide mechanism for sliding the locking piece engaging portion in response to sliding.

With this configuration, the parts the locking piece engaging portion slide mechanism, and the cam grooves which are engraved on the hinge piece, since it is constituted by said sliding pin provided on the finisher frame, a simple structure The score can also be reduced.

The present invention, as an embodiment of the invention, the locking KataOsamu volume portion, the said lid and lid locking piece cover portion formed by extending the hinge piece so as to face the inner surface of the body It is composed.

With this configuration, the locking KataOsamu capacity unit, because it is composed of said lid and said hinge piece the locking piece cover portion formed by extending a and the lid member and the locking piece cover portion will can be constructed by causing spaced opposed with a slight gap, not be significantly affected in the receiving space of the housing portion of the box body.

According to the present invention, in the open position of the lid, the closed position of the lid is maintained by engaging the lock piece with the lock piece engaging portion protruding to the storage portion side of the box body. When the lid is rotated from the state to the open position, first, the lock piece engaging mechanism is released from the lock piece engaging portion by sliding the lid with respect to the box body by the lock piece operating mechanism. At the same time, the lock piece is accommodated in a lock piece accommodating portion provided on the lid, and then the lock piece engaging portion is moved by the lock piece engaging portion slide mechanism according to the rotation of the lid by the hinge means. It can be prevented from being retracted and protruding from the storage portion. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the improvement of appearance without impairing the design aesthetics of the overall configuration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicular storage box that employs an embodiment according to the present invention, in which a front side of a vehicle is omitted and is simply drawn. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the box body in FIG. 1 in a state where a lid is in an open position. FIG. 3 is a perspective view depicting a relational configuration between a finisher frame body and a lid body that trims and trims the periphery of the opening of the box body in FIG. 2. It is sectional drawing in the AA of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the BB line of FIG. 3, and the obstruction | occlusion state of a cover body is drawn. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view illustrating the inside of a one-dot chain line frame in FIG. 5. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 3, in which a halfway stage in which the lid is slid and the lock piece is accommodated in the lock piece accommodation portion is depicted. It is sectional drawing in the BB line of FIG. 3, and has drawn the state which accommodated the lock piece in the lock piece accommodating part as a result of sliding the cover body. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 3, in which the lid is brought into a released state by a hinge mechanism, and a state in which the lock piece engaging portion formed by the finisher frame is retracted from the storage portion of the box body is depicted. Yes. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view illustrating the inside of a one-dot chain line frame in FIG. 9. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and drawn the lock piece used for the Example described in FIG. 1, a lock piece engaging part, and a lock base. It is principal part sectional drawing which described the modification of the Example which concerns on this invention shown in FIG.

  The vehicle storage box according to the present invention includes a lock piece provided on the lid body or the lock piece to hold the lid body in a closed position with respect to the opening portion at the opening position of the lid body where the opening portion of the box body is opened. The lock piece engaging portion provided on the box main body side to be engaged is configured not to be a protrusion.

  Next, an embodiment of a vehicle storage box according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the storage box 1 for vehicles which concerns on this invention is provided in the box main body 2 so that the opening part 3 provided in the box main body 2, the box main body 2, and the opening part 3 may be opened and closed. And the opening / closing mechanism 5 for moving the lid 4 between the open position where the opening 3 is opened with respect to the box body 2 and the closed position where the opening is closed. It is configured.

  The opening / closing mechanism 5 includes a hinge means 6 for rotating the lid body 4 with respect to the box body 2, and a locking piece installed on the lid body 4 side to maintain and lock the closed position of the opening 3 of the lid body 4. 7 and a lock piece engaging portion 9 that holds the closed position of the lid 4 by engaging the lock piece 7 by projecting toward the storage portion 8 side for storing the object to be stored in the box body 2. It is prepared and configured.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the lock piece 7 is pivotally supported by a pin 11 on a lock base 10 attached to the lid body 4, and is always connected to the lock piece engaging portion 9 by a spring 12. It is biased in the engagement direction. The lock piece engaging portion 9 is configured by projecting one side portion on the vehicle front side of the finisher frame 13 that trims and trims the upper peripheral edge of the opening portion 3 toward the storage portion 8 side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the hinge means 6 has hinge shafts 6a pivotally supported on both sides of the vehicle rear end portion of the box body 2, and one end side is pivotally supported on each hinge shaft 6a so as to be pivotally supported. And a hinge piece 6b. A cam groove 6c formed in an arc shape is formed in the hinge piece 6b, and the cam groove 6c is provided with a slide provided on the vehicle rear end side portion of the finisher frame 13 via a swing arm 13a. The pin 13b is slidably fitted. Then, the cam groove 6c, the arc portion R ₂ in the second half arc portion R ₁ and the opening operation of the opening operation the first half than the closed position of the lid 4 in its radius, have a relationship of R 1 _{<R 2} Configuration doing. With this configuration, the cam groove 6c only slides the sliding pin 13b in the first half of the opening operation of the lid body 4, but in the latter half of the opening operation, along with the sliding of the sliding pin 13b, the finisher frame 13 Is moved to the front side of the vehicle on the box body 2 so as to prevent the lock piece engaging portion 9 from protruding from the storage portion 8.

As is apparent from FIGS. 5, 7, and 8, the lid 4 is configured to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle with respect to the hinge piece 6 b that constitutes the hinge means 6. Therefore, the slide operation for the lid 4 of the hinge pieces 6b, the locking pieces 7, with the cover 4 is configured to be rotatable in the front and rear vehicle, the lid 4, the open process midway from 5 showing a closed state 7, the hinge piece 6b contacts the front end inclined surface portion 6d-1 of the lock piece cover portion 6d formed to extend to the vehicle front side, and resists the urging force of the spring 12 on the vehicle rear side. Lying on the slope. When the lid 4 is further slid from this point of time, the lock piece 7 is accommodated in a lock piece accommodating portion 14 formed so that the lid 4 and the lock piece cover 6d are spaced apart from each other. It is comprised so that it may not protrude from (state shown in FIG. 8). Therefore, the lock piece cover portion 6d of the lock piece 7 and the lid 4 constitute a lock piece operating mechanism. Further, the guide piece portion 6e extending to the vehicle rear side of the hinge piece 6b slides on the guide surface portion 15a of the hinge guide piece 15 provided on the box body 2 side to guide the turning operation of the hinge piece 6b. It is configured.

  Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 5, in a state where the lid 4 closes the opening 3, the lid 4 is located on the vehicle front side. Accordingly, the lock piece engaging portion 9 in the finisher frame 13 protrudes toward the storage portion 8 and engages with the lock piece 7 (refer to FIG. 6 for details). As a result, the closed position where the lid 4 closes the opening 3 in the box body 2 is maintained.

  In order to change from the closed position of the lid 4 to the open position where the opening is opened, first, the lid 4 is rearward of the hinge piece 6b (that is, the box body 2) in the vehicle rear direction (the arrow direction in FIG. 5). The lock piece 7 is brought into contact with the front end inclined surface portion 6d-1 of the lock piece cover portion 6d. As a result, the lock piece 7 lies down in an inclined state against the urging force of the spring 12. At this time, a part of the lock piece 7 is accommodated in the lock piece accommodating portion 14 (state shown in FIG. 7).

Further, when the lid 4 is slid rearward of the vehicle (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 7) with respect to the hinge piece 6b from this state, the lock piece 7 lies in a substantially horizontal state and enters the lock piece housing portion 14. The whole is accommodated and cannot be seen from the outside (state shown in FIG. 8).

  When the vehicle front end of the lid 4 is lifted upward from the state shown in FIG. 7, the lid 4 rotates together with the hinge piece 6b and reaches the open position of the lid 4 shown in FIG. (State shown in FIG. 9). At this time, the guide piece 6e of the hinge piece 6b is in a state of being separated from the guide surface portion 15a of the hinge guide piece 15. In the process of rotating the lid 4, the sliding pin 13 b only slides within R 1 of the cam groove 6 c in the first half, and does not slide the finisher frame 13. Reaches the inside of R2 of the cam groove 6c and slides, and the finisher frame 13 is slid forward of the vehicle, so that the lock piece engaging portion 9 is retracted from the storage portion 8 so as not to protrude (details). (See FIG. 10).

In the embodiment configured as described above, the closed position of the lid 4 is maintained by engaging the lock piece 7 with the lock piece engaging portion 9 protruding to the storage portion 8 side of the box body 2. At the same time, when the lid 4 is rotated from the state to the open position, first, the lid 4 is slid relative to the box body 2 with respect to the hinge piece 6b constituting the lock piece operating mechanism. The lock piece 7 is released from the engagement state with respect to the lock piece engaging portion 9, and the lock piece 7 is accommodated in the lock piece accommodating portion 14 provided on the lid 4, and subsequently the hinge piece constituting the hinge means The lock piece engaging portion 9 is not retracted from the housing portion 8 of the box body 2 and protrudes by the lock piece cover portion 6d constituting the lock piece engaging portion slide mechanism according to the rotation of the lid 4 by 6b. To do Kill. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the improvement of appearance without impairing the design aesthetics of the overall configuration.

  Moreover, in the structure of this Example, the lock piece engaging part 9 can reduce the number of parts which comprise the storage box 1, and contributes to size reduction by comprising by the finisher frame 13. it can.

  Moreover, in the structure which concerns on the said invention, since the lock piece engaging part slide mechanism is comprised by the cam groove 6c engraved in the hinge piece 6b, and the sliding pin 13b provided in the finisher frame 13, The number of parts can be reduced with a simple configuration.

In the configuration according to the invention, the locking KataOsamu capacity unit, because it is constituted by a locking piece cover portion formed by extending the cover 4 and the hinge piece, lid and locking piece cover portion 6d Can be configured to be opposed to each other with a slight gap, so that the storage space of the storage portion 8 of the box main body 2 can be hardly affected.

  FIG. 12 shows a modification of the lock piece engaging portion sliding mechanism. According to FIG. 12, the lock piece engaging portion slide mechanism is formed with a cam-like surface portion 6f in the hinge piece 6b of the hinge means 6 in place of the cam groove 6c in the above-described embodiment, and at the front and rear in the storage box 1 side. The abutment portion 13c, which is urged by an urging means such as an elastic body and the abutment portion 13c that is slidably mounted on the cam-like surface portion 6f, is changed to the sliding pin 13b in the above embodiment, It is configured by being formed on the finisher frame 13. Accordingly, the abutting portion 13c slides the cam-like surface portion 6f and moves the finisher frame 13 forward as the hinge piece 6b rotates by the opening movement of the lid body 4 (shown in FIG. 12). State).

  As described above, according to the present invention, the lock piece provided on the lid body or the lock piece provided in the lid body so as to maintain the closed position of the lid body with respect to the opening portion at the open position of the lid body where the opening portion of the box body is opened. The lock piece engaging portion provided on the box main body side to be engaged is configured not to be a protrusion. Therefore, it can be said that the present invention is suitable for a storage box for a vehicle such as a console box, which is disposed to store an object to be stored such as a small article in a passenger compartment of a vehicle such as an automobile.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage box 2 Box main body 3 Opening part 4 Lid (lock piece operation mechanism)
5 Opening and closing mechanism 6 Hinge means
6a Hinge shaft
6b Hinge piece (lock piece operation mechanism)
6c Cam groove (lock piece engagement part slide mechanism)
6d Lock piece cover part 7 Lock piece 8 Storage part 9 Lock piece engagement part 13 Finisher frame 13b Slide pin (lock piece engagement part slide mechanism)
14 lock KataOsamu contents section

Claims (4)

A box body, an opening provided in the box body, a lid provided in the box body so as to open and close the opening, and the opening is open to the box body. A vehicular storage box comprising an opening / closing mechanism for moving between the opened position and the closed position where the opening is closed,
The opening / closing mechanism includes hinge means for rotating the lid with respect to the box body, a lock piece installed on the lid body side to lock the closing position of the opening of the lid, and the box body A lock piece engaging portion that is installed on the side and protrudes toward the storage portion side of the box body to engage the lock piece and hold the closed position of the lid,
Further, when the lid body is moved from the closed position to the open position, the lid body is slid with respect to the box body to release the engagement state of the lock piece with the lock piece engaging portion. A lock piece operating mechanism for accommodating a lock piece in a lock piece accommodating portion provided in the lid, and the lock piece engaging portion in response to the rotation of the lid by the hinge means at the open position of the lid. vehicle storage box, characterized by being configured and a locking piece engaging portion slide mechanism for sliding so as not to protrude from the housing portion of the box body.
  2. The storage box for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lock piece engaging portion is configured by a finisher frame body that trims and trims the periphery of the opening.   The hinge means includes a hinge shaft that is pivotally supported by the box body, and a hinge piece that is pivotally attached to the hinge shaft and rotatably supports the lid, and the hinge piece has a cam groove. By providing the finisher frame with a slide pin that is engraved and is slidably fitted into the cam groove, the slide pin is moved in the cam groove by the rotation of the hinge piece. The vehicle storage box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lock piece engaging portion sliding mechanism is configured to slide the lock piece engaging portion in response to sliding. Said locking KataOsamu volume unit, in claim 3, characterized by being configured by said lid and said top locking piece cover portion formed by extending the hinge piece so as to face the inner surface of the The storage box for vehicles as described.

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