JP6081223B2 - Vehicle console box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle console box, and more particularly to a vehicle console box in which functional parts such as a cup holder and a tray are detachably attached to a console body.

As this type of console box, for example, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is already known. This technology includes a console body and a plurality of types of functional parts (a cup holder, a tray, and the like) that are detachably attached to the console body. By selectively assembling these functional parts to the console body, it is possible to finish the console box that meets the user's needs.
As a means for assembling the functional part to the console main body so as to be detachable, a configuration using a lock concave part provided in the console main body and a lock pin provided in the functional part so as to fit into the lock concave part is common. By assembling the functional parts to the console body, the lock pin is fitted into the lock recess (locked state), and when removing the functional part, the lock release lever is operated to remove the lock pin from the lock recess.

JP 2011-230626 A

  The lock release lever that is operated when removing the functional component from the console body is provided so as to protrude at a location where the functional component is easy to operate. For this reason, a protrusion will exist in the design surface of a console box, and design property will be impaired.

  The present invention is intended to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for a lock release lever or the like provided so as to protrude from the functional parts, and to improve the design of the console box.

The present invention is for achieving the above object, and is configured as follows.
The vehicle console box with the functional components to be assembled removably to the console body, a locking recess provided on the inside of the opening of the console main body, provided in the base portion of the functional part , lock the lock member can be held in a state of assembling the functional parts to the console body by fitted to the locking recess, a locking position in which the locking member is fitted into the locking recess disengaged from the locking recess between the release position, to be capable of sliding due to the axis about rotation and axial movement of a support shaft which supports the locking member to the base portion of the functional components, with respect to the locking member, the locking member under the lock member but a spring for applying a biasing force to be held in the locking position, in the base portion of the functional part Disposed, and a stopper that moves up and down by an inertial force based on the vertical vibration of the functional component is subjected.
Configuration More operation to lift the functional components assembled to the console body upward, so that the locking member is slid while being rotated against the urging force of the spring into the unlocked position from the locked position Has been. The stopper is set to restrict the lock member from sliding from the locked position to the unlocked position by moving with an inertial force when the functional component receives vertical vibration. .

  In the present invention, the lock member operates from the locked position to the unlocked position in conjunction with the operation of removing the functional component from the console main body. When removing the functional component from the console main body, for example, only lifting the functional component The lock of the lock member is released. As a result, a lock release lever or the like provided in a fashion protruding from the base portion of the functional component for unlocking is not required, and the design of the console box can be improved.

  In addition, when the functional component receives vertical vibrations caused by running of the vehicle, the functional component pops out of the console body due to vibration by restricting the lock member from moving from the locked position to the unlocked position with a stopper. Can be prevented.

The external appearance perspective view showing the console box for vehicles. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a functional component in the first embodiment. The side view which expanded and represented some functional components in Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a part of the lock member in the first embodiment. Sectional drawing showing the other part of the locking member in Embodiment 1. FIG. Sectional drawing showing the other part of the locking member in Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the movement of the lock member in the first embodiment in association with FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a functional component according to Embodiment 2. Sectional drawing showing a part of locking member in Embodiment 2. FIG. Sectional drawing which represented the movement of the locking member in Embodiment 2 corresponding to FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The console box shown in FIG. 1 is a center console box provided on the floor between the driver's seat and the passenger seat in the vehicle compartment, and can be customized by the user. When customizing this console box, functional parts such as the tray 18 and the cup holder 20 are assembled to the upper surface opening of the console body 10 so as to be detachable.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the console body 10 includes an inner console 12 and an outer console 14, and a lock recess 16 is formed in the inner console 12 at a location near the upper surface opening of the console body 10. Has been. The lock recess 16 is set in a groove shape continuous in the front-rear direction on both the left and right sides of the console body 10.

  A functional component that is detachably assembled to the console body 10 will be described with reference to a cup holder 20 as an example. The cup holder 20 includes a storage portion 22 for containing a beverage cup or can and a rectangular base portion 24 projecting outward from the outer periphery of the opening of the storage portion 22 (FIG. 2). The base portion 24 is a portion for assembling the cup holder 20 to the console main body 10, and the width of the base portion 24 in the left-right direction is set to a size that fits in the upper surface opening of the console main body 10.

Lock members 26 are individually incorporated between the support walls 24a located on the front and rear sides of the open portions on the left and right sides of the base portion 24, respectively. However, only the left lock member 26 is shown in the drawing. The lock member 26 includes a main body 26 a that fits between the front and rear support walls 24 a, and a pair of lock pins 26 b that protrude from near the front and rear ends of the main body 26 a and fit into the lock recess 16 of the console main body 10. The lower side of the lock pins 26b near the tip is a slope 26f (FIGS. 3 and 4).
Support shafts 26c are provided on both front and rear side surfaces of the main body 26a of the lock member 26, respectively. These support shafts 26c are loosely inserted into the support holes 24b that are long in the left-right direction and are opened in the support walls 24a before and after the base portion 24 (FIG. 3). That is, the lock member 26 is supported by the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20 so as to be capable of rotating around the axis of the support shaft 26c and sliding in the left-right direction along the support hole 24b.

On the inner surface of the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20, retainer portions 24 c that support the push pins 30 are provided at two locations corresponding to both lock pins 26 b of the lock member 26 (FIG. 4). The push pin 30 is assembled so as to be movable in the left-right direction with respect to the retainer portion 24c. Further, the push pin 30 urges the main body 26a of the lock member 26 in the left direction in FIG. 4 by the elastic force of the spring 32 (compression spring) assembled between the inner wall of the retainer portion 24c.
Due to the urging force of the spring 32, the lock member 26 is held at a slide position where both lock pins 26 b are fitted in the lock recess 16 of the console body 10. Then, the lock member 26 slides rightward in FIG. 4 against this urging force, so that both lock pins 26 b are detached from the lock recess 16.

A spring 28 (torsion spring) is assembled on the support shaft 26c of the lock member 26 (FIG. 5). The spring 28 urges the lock member 26 counterclockwise in FIG. 5 around the axis of the support shaft 26c. Due to the urging force of the spring 28, the lock member 26 is held at the rotation position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 5, that is, at the rotation position where both lock pins 26 b are fitted in the lock recess 16 of the console body 10. When the lock member 26 rotates against the urging force of the spring 28 to the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 5, both the lock pins 26 b are detached from the lock recess 16.
In addition, in order for the lock member 26 to rotate between the position shown by the solid line and the position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, the above-described slide of the lock member 26 is required. This will be specifically described later.

Thus, in the first embodiment, in both the sliding and rotating operations of the lock member 26, both lock pins 26b are fitted into the lock recess 16 or both lock pins 26b are detached from the lock recess 16. Therefore, the “lock position of the lock member” and the “lock release position of the lock member” in the present invention are obtained based on both the sliding and rotating operations of the lock member 26.
On the other hand, in the second embodiment to be described later, the “lock position of the lock member” and the “lock release position of the lock member” in the present invention are obtained on the basis of only the sliding operation of the lock member 26. Yes.

A holder portion 24d that supports the stopper 34 is provided at a substantially intermediate portion of the cup holder 20 in the front-rear direction of the base portion 24 (FIG. 6). The stopper 34 is an inertial mass body arranged below the lock member 26, and has a position indicated by a solid line and a position indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. 6 by an inertial force based on vertical vibration received by the cup holder 20. You can move between. A spring 36 (tension spring) built in between the stopper 34 and the inner wall of the holder portion 24d urges the stopper 34 to always be pulled back to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.
When the stopper 34 moves to the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 6 due to inertial force, the locking member 26 can be restricted from sliding in the right direction in FIG. 4.

Next, the attachment / detachment of the cup holder 20 with respect to the console body 10 will be described.
First, in order to assemble the cup holder 20 to the console body 10, the cup holder 20 is assembled into the upper opening of the console body 10 from above. As a result, the inclined surface 26f of the lock pin 26b of the lock member 26 contacts the tapered surface of the opening edge of the console body 10 (inner console 12), and the lock member 26 receives the elastic force of the spring 32 receiving the urging force in the sliding direction. It is pushed in the direction against it. As a result, the lock member 26 once slides in the direction of retreating from the open surface of the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20. When the lock pin 26 b reaches the lock recess 16 of the console body 10, the lock member 26 returns to the original position again by the biasing force of the spring 32, and the lock pin 26 b is brought into the lock position where the lock pin 26 b fits into the lock recess 16. Is retained (FIG. 4).
As a result, the cup holder 20 is assembled to the console body 10.

When removing the cup holder 20 from the console body 10, a force is applied to lift the cup holder 20 upward from the assembled state of FIG. As a result of this operation, a rotational force with the support shaft 26c as a fulcrum is applied to the lock member 26, and the lock member 26 resists the urging force of the spring 28 and moves from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. Rotate to. As a result, the lock member 26 enters an unlocked state in which the lock pin 26b is removed from the lock recess 16 as shown in FIG. 7, and the cup holder 20 can be detached from the console body 10.
When the lock member 26 rotates from the locked position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 to the unlocked position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, the lock member 26 attaches the spring 32 to the right in the drawing simultaneously with this rotation. Slide against the power. That is, the lock is substantially released when the lock member 26 that has received the rotational force slides.

When the cup holder 20 is lifted in response to vertical vibrations while the vehicle is running, the lock member 26 may rotate to the unlock position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. Under such circumstances, before the cup holder 20 is lifted, the stopper 34 is moved to the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 6 by the inertial force based on the vibration. The mass of the stopper 34 or the elasticity of the spring 36 is set so that the stopper 34 moves at such timing.
When the stopper 34 moves to the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 6, the locking member 26 is restricted from sliding to the right in the drawing, and as a result, the locking member 26 cannot be rotated. Retained. Therefore, the cup holder 20 can be prevented from jumping out of the console body 10 due to vertical vibration.

Embodiment 2
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In these drawings, members that are considered to have the same or equivalent configuration as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment, and redundant description will be omitted.
As shown in FIG. 8, the lock member 26 according to the second embodiment also includes a pair of lock pins 26b protruding from the vicinity of both front and rear ends of the main body 26a. Further, support shafts 26 c provided on both side surfaces of the main body 26 a are supported by support holes 24 b that are long in the left-right direction and are opened in the support wall 24 a of the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20. However, the lock member 26 of the second embodiment can slide in the left-right direction along the support hole 24b with respect to the base portion 24, but cannot rotate around the axis of the support shaft 26c. .

In the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20 according to the second embodiment, hole lids 40 are provided on both the left and right sides. These hole lids 40 are supported on the base portion 24 by a support shaft 42 so as to be rotatable about an axis (FIGS. 9 and 10). A spring 44 (torsion spring) is assembled on the shaft of the support shaft 42. Due to the elastic force of the spring 44, the hole lid 40 is held at the return position (position flush with the upper surface of the base portion 24) shown in FIG.
In the second embodiment, the same push mechanism (not shown) as that of the push pin 30 and the spring 32 of the first embodiment is provided on the inner surface of the base portion 24 of the cup holder 20, and the lock member 26 is slid on the slide member 26. Is biased in the direction of holding in the lock position.

  The operation of assembling the cup holder 20 of the second embodiment to the console body 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment. That is, by incorporating the cup holder 20 into the opening on the upper surface of the console body 10, the lock member 26 is once slid in the retracting direction, and then returned to the original position again by the urging force of the push mechanism. The main body 10 is held at the lock position fitted in the lock recess 16 of the main body 10.

  When removing the cup holder 20 from the console body 10, a fingertip is inserted while pressing the hole lid 40 of the base portion 24 in order to grasp the cup holder 20. As a result, the hole lid 40 rotates around the axis of the support shaft 42, and the hole lid 40 comes into contact with the inclined surface 26 e provided on the main body 26 a of the lock member 26 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 10. Further, when the hole lid 40 rotates, the lock member 26 is pushed and slides to the unlock position as indicated by the phantom line in FIG. In this state, the cup holder 20 is lifted and removed from the console body 10.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the lock member 26 is not unlocked unless the hole lid 40 is operated. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the cup holder 20 is subject to vertical vibrations and jumps out of the console body 10. The stopper 34 provided to prevent this can be eliminated.
In the second embodiment, the switching between the lock position and the unlock position is performed only by sliding the lock member 26 as described above.

10 Console body 16 Lock recess 18 Tray 20 Cup holder (functional part)
26 Lock member 30 Push pin 32 Spring 34 Stopper 40 Hole lid

Claims (1)

A vehicle console box having functional parts that are detachably assembled to the console body,
A locking recess provided on the inner side of the opening of the console main body, provided in the base portion of the functional components, be kept in a state of assembling the functional parts to the console body by fitted to the locking recess a lock member capable, the between the locking member and the locking position fits into the locking recess and unlocking position disengaged from said locking recess to allow sliding by the movement of rotation and the axis of the axial center, the lock a support shaft member supported on the base portion of the functional components, with respect to the locking member, a spring for applying a biasing force to the lock member is held in the locked position, the base portion of the functional part And a stopper that moves up and down by an inertial force based on vertical vibrations received by the functional component. ,
Configuration More operation to lift the functional components assembled to the console body upward, so that the locking member is slid while being rotated against the urging force of the spring into the unlocked position from the locked position The stopper is set to restrict the lock member from sliding from the locked position to the unlocked position by moving with the inertial force when the functional component receives vertical vibration. and it has a console box for the vehicle.

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