JP6276308B2 - Glove box structure for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

  According to the present invention, a glove box having a hinge means at a lower portion and a locking means at an upper portion is housed inside an instrument panel and formed in the instrument panel and a closed position to be locked by the locking means. The present invention relates to a vehicle glove box structure that can swing around the hinge means between an open position drawn out to the vehicle compartment side through the opened opening.

  A pair of left and right upper cushion members are provided on the instrument panel so as to abut against the upper portion of the lid portion of the glove box pivotally supported by the instrument panel, and a lower cushion member is provided below the upper cushion member. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151867 discloses that the vibration and noise of the glove box are suppressed by the upper cushion member and the lower cushion member being in contact with the lid portion with the glove box closed.

JP 2010-30484 A

  By the way, when the lower part of the glove box is pivotally supported on the instrument panel by the hinge means and the upper part of the glove box is locked to the instrument panel by the locking means, there is some backlash in the hinge means and the locking means. Since this is unavoidable, vibrations and noise may occur in the hinge means and the locking means during traveling of the vehicle.

  For this reason, in the above-described conventional one, vibration and noise are prevented by providing cushion members on the upper part and the lower part. However, in the above-described conventional one, when the glove box is swung to the closed position, the upper cushion member and the lower cushion member are simultaneously pressed against the lid portion and compressed, so even if the vibration and noise of the glove box can be suppressed. At the same time, the upper cushion member and the lower cushion member that are compressed at the same time may suddenly generate a reaction force moment, giving the operator an uncomfortable feeling.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is intended to enhance the operation feeling when closing the glove box while effectively suppressing vibration and noise generated in the hinge means and the locking means of the glove box. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention described in claim 1, a glove box having a hinge means at a lower portion and a locking means at an upper portion is housed inside an instrument panel and is The vehicle glove box structure is swingable around the hinge means between a closed position locked by the means and an open position drawn to the vehicle compartment side through an opening formed in the instrument panel. The instrument panel is provided with urging means made of an elastic material that abuts the glove box in the closed position and urges the glove box in the opening direction, and the urging means is provided on the glove box. The upper urging means for urging the upper part and the lower urging means for urging the lower part, and when the glove box swings in the closing direction, the lower urging means Stage vehicle glove box structure characterized in that abuts against the glove box faster than the upper biasing means is proposed.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the number of the lower urging means is smaller than the number of the upper urging means. Is proposed.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the configuration of claim 1 or claim 2, the lower urging means includes a vehicle width direction inner portion and a vehicle width direction outer portion of the instrument panel. Among them, a glove box structure for a vehicle is proposed, which is provided only at an inner portion in the vehicle width direction.

  The upper cushion rubber 21 of the embodiment corresponds to the upper urging means or the urging means of the present invention, and the lower cushion rubber 22 of the embodiment corresponds to the lower urging means or the urging means of the present invention.

  According to the configuration of the first aspect, the glove box having the hinge means in the lower portion and the locking means in the upper portion is housed inside the instrument panel and locked by the locking means, and the instrument. It can be swung around the hinge means between an open position drawn to the vehicle compartment side through an opening formed in the panel. The instrument panel is provided with an urging means made of an elastic material that abuts the glove box in the closed position and urges the glove box in the opening direction, and the urging means is an upper part for urging the upper part of the glove box. Since it comprises the biasing means and the lower biasing means for biasing the lower part, the backlash of the locking means is suppressed by the upper biasing means, and the backlash of the hinge means is suppressed by the lower biasing means, so that the glove box Vibration and noise can be effectively prevented. Moreover, when the glove box swings in the closing direction, the reaction force moment generated by the compression of the lower biasing means close to the hinge means is the reaction force generated by the compression of the upper biasing means far from the hinge means. The lower biasing means, which is smaller than the force moment but generates only a small reaction force moment when closing the glove box, is brought into contact with the glove box earlier than the upper biasing means generating a large reaction force moment. The total reaction force moment received by the person can be increased gently to enhance the operation feeling.

  According to the configuration of the second aspect, since the number of the lower urging means is smaller than the number of the upper urging means, the reaction force moment is reduced by the lower urging means having a smaller number first contacting the glove box. The feeling of operation can be further increased by increasing the speed more gently.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lower urging means is provided only in the vehicle width direction inner portion of the instrument panel in the vehicle width direction inner portion and the vehicle width direction outer portion. Even if the vehicle width direction inner part having lower rigidity than the width direction outer part vibrates greatly, vibration and noise of the glove box can be effectively prevented by providing the lower biasing means on the vehicle width direction inner part. .

The perspective view of the compartment front part of a motor vehicle. FIG. 2 is a two-direction arrow view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 3. The graph which shows the relationship between the opening degree of a glove box, and the load of cushion rubber.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present specification, the front-rear direction, the left-right direction (vehicle width direction), and the up-down direction are defined with reference to an occupant seated in a driver seat.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a glove box 12 for storing small articles is provided at a position facing the front of the passenger seat in the instrument panel 11 of the right-hand drive automobile. The glove box 12 can swing between a closed position in which the glove box 12 is housed in the instrument panel 11 and an open position in which the glove box 12 is pulled out from the opening 11 a formed in the instrument panel 11 to the vehicle compartment side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the glove box 12 constitutes a box body 13 whose upper surface is open, and a rear surface (a surface facing the vehicle compartment side) of the box body 13, and the vehicle width direction from the box body 13. The lid part 14 with a large dimension is provided. A frame-like back cover 15 having an opening 15 a into which the box body 13 of the glove box 12 can be fitted is disposed inside the instrument panel 11, and the vehicle width direction below the lid portion 14 of the glove box 12 A pair of support shafts 16, 16 protruding from both ends engage with a pair of support holes 15 b, 15 b provided in the back cover 15, so that the lower portion of the glove box 12 is pivotally supported by the back cover 15. Is done. The support shafts 16 and 16 and the support holes 15b and 15b constitute the hinge means 17.

  A pair of left and right pin-like locking claws 18, 18 provided on the upper side of the opening 15 a of the back cover 15 and on both sides in the vehicle width direction are engaged with locking holes (not shown) of the lid portion 14, thereby Box 12 is locked in the closed position. When the lever 19 provided at the upper center of the lid portion 14 is pulled, the locking by the locking claws 18, 18 is released, and the glove box 12 can be opened. The locking claws 18, 18 and the locking hole constitute locking means 20. When the glove box 12 is in the closed position, the lid portion 14 of the glove box 12 is fitted into the opening 11 a of the instrument panel 11 and constitutes a part of the rear surface of the instrument panel 11.

  Upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 are provided on the rear surface of the back cover 15 so as to protrude rearward at positions corresponding to the left and right sides of the upper end of the opening 15a, and correspond to the right of the lower end of the opening 15a. The lower cushion rubber is provided at a position so as to protrude rearward. When the glove box 12 is in the closed position, the front surface of the lid portion 14 of the glove box 12 contacts the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 and the lower cushion rubber 22 and compresses them by a predetermined amount.

  There is a possibility that the glove box 12 may vibrate due to vibration transmitted from the road surface while the automobile is running, causing noise. That is, since the glove box 12 is connected to the back cover 15 via the hinge means 17 and the locking means 20, the glove box 12 vibrates with respect to the back cover 15 due to the backlash of the hinge means 17 and the locking means 20. May generate noise. However, according to the present embodiment, the upper cushion rubber 21 and 21 and the lower cushion rubber 22 provided on the back cover 15 and compressed by the lid portion 14 of the glove box 12 are intended to return to their original shapes. When the glove box 12 is urged rearward by force, the play in the hinge means 17 and the locking means 20 disappears, and vibration and noise of the glove box 12 are suppressed.

  In particular, the play in the locking means 20 provided in the upper part of the glove box 12 disappears due to the urging force of the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 arranged in the vicinity thereof, and the hinge means provided in the lower part of the glove box 12. Since the play in 17 disappears due to the urging force of the lower cushion rubber 22 disposed in the vicinity thereof, the vibration isolation effect of the glove box 12 is further improved.

  By the way, when the occupant pushes the lid portion 14 in the open position forward by hand, the lid portion 14 swings to the closed position while compressing the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 and the lower cushion rubber 22 at the final stage, In the closed position, the locking claws 18, 18 of the locking means 20 automatically engage with the locking holes, and the lid portion 14 is locked to the back cover 15. At this time, the occupant's hand receives a reaction force moment from the compressed upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 and the lower cushion rubber 22, but the reaction force moment changes abruptly as the glove box 12 swings toward the closed position. Then, the operation feeling becomes worse, and if the reaction moment increases slowly, the operation feeling becomes better.

  As apparent from FIG. 3, according to the present embodiment, the front surface of the lid portion 14 first comes into contact with the lower cushion rubber 22 in the final stage of the process of swinging the glove box 12 from the open position to the closed position. When compressed (see reference numeral 14 (A)) and the glove box 12 further swings, the front surface of the lid portion 14 comes into contact with the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 to compress (see reference numeral 14 (B)). .

  In FIG. 3, when the passenger's hand pushes the upper portion of the lid portion 14 forward as indicated by the arrow F to compress the lower cushion rubber 22 first, the hinge means is more than the distance R2 from the hinge means 17 to the lower cushion rubber 22. Since the distance R1 from 17 to the upper part of the lid part 14 is larger, the occupant can compress the lower cushion rubber 22 just by pressing the upper part of the lid part 14 with a relatively small force F by the action of the lever. The reaction force moment that the occupant's hand receives from the lid portion 14 is relatively small.

  Subsequently, the upper portion of the lid portion 14 compresses the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21. At this time, the distance R3 from the hinge means 17 to the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 is the distance R1 from the hinge means 17 to the upper portion of the lid portion 14. Therefore, the occupant cannot compress the upper cushion rubber 21 and 21 without pressing the upper portion of the lid portion 14 with a relatively large force. The reaction force moment received from 14 is relatively large.

  Therefore, as shown in the graph of FIG. 5, when the occupant pushes the lid portion 14 to close the glove box 12, when the front surface of the lid portion 14 comes into contact with the lower cushion rubber 22, the reaction force moment received by the occupant is When the front surface of the lid portion 14 abuts against the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21, the reaction force moment received by the occupant increases more rapidly than before. A broken line is a comparative example in which the lower cushion rubber 22 is not provided and only the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21 are provided. In this case, when the front surface of the lid portion 14 comes into contact with the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21, The reaction moment received by increases at a stretch. As described above, according to the present embodiment, by providing the lower cushion rubber 22 and the upper cushion rubbers 21 and 21, it is possible to slowly increase the pressing force required to close the glove box 12. The operational feeling is improved.

  Moreover, since the number of the lower cushion rubbers 22 is smaller than the number of the upper cushion rubbers 21, 21, the lower cushion rubber 22 having a smaller number contacts the lid portion 14 first, thereby increasing the reaction force moment more gently. The operation feeling can be further enhanced.

  In addition, the instrument panel 11 that is long in the vehicle width direction has vibration nodes at both ends in the vehicle width direction and a vibration belly at the center in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, the glove box is close to both ends in the vehicle width direction of the instrument panel 11. The amplitude of the outer end portion in the vehicle width direction of 12 is reduced, and the amplitude of the inner end portion in the vehicle width direction of the glove box 12 near the center portion in the vehicle width direction of the instrument panel 11 is increased. According to the present embodiment, the lower cushion rubber 22 is provided on the inner end side in the vehicle width direction of the glove box 12 where vibration is likely to occur, so that the vibration of the glove box 12 can be more effectively prevented. It becomes.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  For example, the biasing means of the present invention is not limited to the upper cushion rubber 21 and the lower cushion rubber 22 of the embodiment, and may be any elastic body other than rubber.

  Moreover, although the case where the glove box 12 was on the left side of the instrument panel 11 was described in the embodiment, the glove box 12 may be on the right side of the instrument panel 11.

11 instrument panel 11a opening 12 glove box 17 hinge means 20 locking means 21 upper cushion rubber (upper biasing means or biasing means)
22 Lower cushion rubber (lower urging means or urging means)

Claims (3)

A glove box (12) having a hinge means (17) at the bottom and a locking means (20) at the top is housed inside the instrument panel (11) and locked by the locking means (20). A vehicle glove that can swing around the hinge means (17) between a closed position and an open position that is drawn out toward the passenger compartment through an opening (11a) formed in the instrument panel (11). Box structure,
The instrument panel (11) has urging means (21, 22) made of an elastic material that abuts the glove box (12) in the closed position and urges the glove box (12) in the opening direction. The urging means (21, 22) includes an upper urging means (21) for urging the upper part of the glove box (12) and a lower urging means (22) for urging the lower part. When the glove box (12) swings in the closing direction, the lower urging means (22) contacts the glove box (12) earlier than the upper urging means (21). Glove box structure.   The vehicle glove box structure according to claim 1, wherein the number of the lower urging means (22) is smaller than the number of the upper urging means (21). The said lower biasing means (22) is provided only in the vehicle width direction inner side part among the vehicle width direction inner side parts and the vehicle width direction outer side parts of the said instrument panel (11), It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Or the glove box structure for vehicles of Claim 2.

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