JP6375030B1 - In-vehicle container holder - Google Patents

Abstract

A container holder, which is a cup holder for holding a beverage container, can be positioned along an air-conditioning outlet provided in an instrument panel body, and the container holder is moved in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Thus, an in-vehicle container holder with improved convenience that can position the container holder closer to the driver's seat or the passenger seat is provided.
An in-vehicle container holder for holding a beverage container, which is fixed to an air-conditioning outlet provided in an instrument panel body of a vehicle, and an attachment part having a rotation axis, the rotation axis And an arm portion connected to the mounting portion in a state in which one end portion can be rotated about the rotation axis so that the air-conditioning outlet portion is parallel to the width direction of the air-conditioning outlet portion. A container holding body for containing a beverage container, and a pressing portion that crosses the arm portion so as to sandwich the arm portion and presses both sides of the arm portion. Comprises a pressing body connected to the mounting portion.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle container holder that is disposed in an air-conditioning outlet of an instrument panel of an automobile and holds a beverage container.

  A typical conventional vehicle-mounted container holder is described as a cup holder in Patent Document 1, for example. This cup holder has a recess for accommodating a beverage container such as a plastic bottle, and is arranged to be openable and closable on the dashboard via a hinge. The bottom surface of the recess is positioned on a substantially horizontal plane with the cup holder open, and can easily place and hold the beverage container.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-109763

  In the cup holder described in Patent Document 1, the beverage in the beverage container cooled to a temperature lower than the temperature in the vehicle interior absorbed heat in the vehicle interior or was warmed to a temperature higher than the temperature in the vehicle interior. The beverage in the beverage container may release heat in the vehicle cabin, and the beverage in the beverage container may become hot.

  According to another conventional technique, the beverage in the beverage container accommodated in the cup holder absorbs heat in the vehicle compartment, or the beverage in the beverage container accommodated in the cup holder releases heat in the vehicle compartment to produce the beverage. In order to reduce the warming, there is one that attaches a cup holder to the air-conditioning outlet provided in the instrument panel body.

  The air-conditioning outlet to which the cup holder is attached is not only one that opens in the horizontal direction but also one that opens in a direction inclined upward with respect to the horizontal direction, and varies depending on the vehicle. When the cup holder is mounted along an air conditioning outlet that opens in an upwardly inclined direction, the opening of the cup holder is tilted forward of the vehicle in the direction opposite to the driver or passenger side. There is a problem that it is difficult to accommodate the beverage container in the cup holder.

  Furthermore, when the driver or the like drinks the beverage container, the opening of the cup holder cannot be tilted toward the driver seat or the passenger seat, so that there is a problem that it is difficult to take out the beverage container and the convenience is poor. is there.

  It is an object of the present invention to position a container holder, which is a cup holder for holding a beverage container, along an air-conditioning outlet provided in the instrument panel main body, and further to attach the container holder to the front and rear of the vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-vehicle container holder with improved convenience in which the container holder can be positioned closer to the driver seat or the passenger seat by moving in the direction.

The present invention is an in-vehicle container holder that is fixed to an air-conditioning outlet provided in an instrument panel body of a vehicle and holds a beverage container,
An attachment portion having a rotation axis, the attachment portion being attached to the air-conditioning outlet so that the rotation axis is parallel to the width direction of the air-conditioning outlet;
An arm portion connected to the attachment portion in a state where one end portion is rotatable around the rotation axis;
A container holder for housing the beverage container, which is connected to the other end of the arm,
One end part is rotatably connected to the attachment part, and is a pressing body that presses the arm part,
A pressing part that crosses the arm part so as to sandwich the arm part and presses both sides of the arm part;
An in-vehicle container holder comprising a pressing body having an operation lever for operating the pressing portion.

  According to the present invention, the in-vehicle container holder can be disposed in the air-conditioning outlet of the instrument panel body. The driver and passengers sitting in the passenger seat are concerned with the direction in which the container holding body presses both sides of the arm part with the pressing part at the position along the air-conditioning blowing part and the air-conditioning blowing part opens. Instead, the container holder can be held at a position along the opening of the air-conditioning outlet. Thereby, cold air or hot air blown out from the air-conditioning outlet can be effectively sent to the beverage container accommodated in the container holder. The driver and passengers sitting in the passenger seat move the container holder in the front-rear direction of the vehicle to drink the beverage container, and position the container holder near the driver seat or the passenger seat. be able to.

  According to the present invention, the driver and the passenger sitting in the passenger seat can easily displace the pressing portion by operating the operation lever.

It is sectional drawing of the vehicle-mounted container holder 1 arrange | positioned at the blowing part 3 for air conditioning of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the vehicle-mounted container holder 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a component configuration of a clamping unit 16. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the components structure of the vehicle-mounted container holder 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a base portion 15 of the attachment portion 5. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state in which the drink container 4 was accommodated in the container holding body 9. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state in which the drink container 4 was accommodated in the container holding body 9. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state in which the drink container 4 was accommodated in the container holding body 9. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a pressing body 11. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pressing body 11 connected to a vertical frame 17. FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an in-vehicle container holder 1 disposed in an air-conditioning outlet 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the in-vehicle container holder 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a component configuration of the clamping portion 16 of the attachment portion 5. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a component configuration of the in-vehicle container holder 1. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the base portion 15 of the attachment portion 5. 6-8 is a schematic diagram which shows the state in which the drink container 4 was accommodated in the container holding body 9. FIG. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the pressing body 11. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the pressing body 11 is connected to the vertical frame 17.

  The in-vehicle container holder 1 of the present embodiment is fixed to an air-conditioning outlet 3 provided in an instrument panel body 2 of a vehicle and used to hold a beverage container 4. The in-vehicle container holder 1 has a horizontal rotation axis L, and an attachment portion 5 attached to the air-conditioning outlet 3 so that the rotation axis L is parallel to the width direction of the air-conditioning outlet 3. A pair of arm portions 8 having one end portions rotatably connected around the rotation axis L, and a container holding body 9 for housing the beverage container 4 connected to the other end portions of the pair of arm portions 8; One end portion is rotatably connected to the attachment portion 5, and includes a pressing body 11 that sandwiches one arm portion 8, intersects the arm portion 8, and presses both sides of the arm portion 8. The “driver's seat” refers to a driver's seat composed of a seat cushion and a seat back, and the “passenger seat” refers to a passenger's seat composed of a seat cushion and a seat back.

  The air-conditioning outlet 3 has a frame-shaped fixed frame 12, and lateral fins 6 formed integrally with the fixed frame 12 are provided inside the fixed frame 12. The horizontal fins 6 are composed of, for example, four horizontal fins 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d, and are arranged in the fixed frame 12 from top to bottom in this order.

  The attachment portion 5 has a base portion 15 and a clamping portion 16 disposed on the base portion 15. The base 15 includes a pair of vertical frames 17 formed by cutting an extruded shape member made of an aluminum alloy having a U-shaped cross section, a connecting plate 13 that connects the upper portions of the pair of vertical frames 17, and a pair of vertical frames. It has a connecting plate 19 that connects the lower part of the frame 17. The connecting plate 13 and the connecting plate 19 may be screwed to the pair of vertical frames 17 or may be bonded using an adhesive.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the sandwiching portion 16 is formed in a U-shaped cross section using, for example, an elastically deformable resin, and has two opposing wall portions 22 and a wall portion connecting the wall portions 22. 23. On the back surface 44 of the wall portion 23, two male screw portions 24 protruding from the back surface 44 are provided.

  The clamping part 16 is fixed to the horizontal fin 6a located in the uppermost part of the blowing part 3 for an air conditioning, for example. As for the clamping part 16, the horizontal fin 6a fits into the recessed part 20 of the clamping part 16, the opening side edge part 26 of the horizontal fin 6a contacts the wall part 23, and the horizontal fin 6a is vertically moved by the pair of wall parts 22. In the sandwiched state, the band is bound to the horizontal fin 6a by the binding band 21.

  After the pinching portion 16 is bound to the horizontal fins 6 a, the wing nut 25 is screwed into the male screw portion 24 inserted into the through hole 43 of the connecting plate 13, and is fixed to the connecting plate 13. Further, the connecting plate 19 is bound to the horizontal fin 6d using the binding band 21. The connecting plate 19 is bound to the horizontal fin 6d in a state where the connecting plate 19 is in contact with the opening side end portion 26 of the horizontal fin 6d.

  The binding band 21 is made of resin and can be bent by a human hand. By bending the binding band 21 into a U-shape in advance and inserting it into the air-conditioning outlet 3, the clamping portion 16 can be easily bound to the horizontal fin 6a, and the connecting plate 19 can be easily bound to the horizontal fin 6d. can do.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the sandwiching portion 16 has a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the sandwiching portion 16 bound to the horizontal fin 6 a by a binding band 21, and the binding band 21 is sandwiched between the sandwiching portion 16 and the connecting plate 13. In this state, since it is screwed to the connecting plate 13, it is possible to prevent the binding band 21 that binds the sandwiching portion 16 from moving carelessly.

  Thus, the vehicle-mounted container holder 1 can be easily attached to the horizontal fins 6 a and 6 d of the air-conditioning outlet 3. The in-vehicle container holder 1 is attached to the horizontal fins 6a and 6d, which are the farthest among the four horizontal fins 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d. Generation | occurrence | production of a shake and flapping can be suppressed and the vehicle-mounted container holder 1 can be reliably fixed to the blowing part 3 for air conditioning. Note that the material of the sandwiching portion 16 is not limited to an elastically deformable resin, and may be a metal such as an aluminum alloy.

  The clamping part 16 is not limited to the structure of sandwiching the horizontal fin 6. Although not shown in the figure, for example, it may be configured to have a fitting portion that is fitted in a compressed state in a gap between two adjacent horizontal fins 6. In this case, the fitting portion is bound to the adjacent two lateral fins 6 by the binding band 21. Further, the base portion 15 can be directly bound to the lateral fin 6 without providing the sandwiching portion 16 and the fitting portion.

  The fins sandwiched by the sandwiching section 16 are not limited to the lateral fins 6 integrally formed with the fixed frame 12 of the air-conditioning outlet section 3. In the case where the air-conditioning outlet 3 includes a vertical fin integrally formed with the fixed frame 12, the sandwiching portion 16 may be configured to hold the vertical fin.

  A through hole 27 is formed in the lower portion of the pair of vertical frames 17 constituting the base portion 15 on the rotation axis L parallel to the width direction of the air-conditioning blowout portion 3. A pin 28 is inserted into the through hole 27, and a pair of arm portions 8 described later are rotatably connected.

  The arm portion 8 can be formed using metal or resin. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the arm portion 8 can be formed by cutting an extruded shape member made of an aluminum alloy having a U-shaped cross section into a desired length. A through hole 29 is formed at one end of the arm portion 8. The arm portion 8 is fitted between two opposing wall portions 31 of the vertical frame 17, and the pin 28 is connected to the through hole 27 and the arm portion 8. It is inserted through the through-hole 29 and is connected so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis L of the mounting portion 5. A container holder 9 that accommodates the beverage container 4 is disposed at the other end of the pair of arms 8.

  The container holding body 9 may be integrally formed with the arm portion 8 at the other end portion of the pair of arm portions 8, or may be attached to the other end portion of the arm portion 8 as a separate structure from the arm portion 8. it can. Here, an example in which the container holder 9 is manufactured separately from the arm portion 8 will be described. The container holder 9 includes a substantially disc-shaped bottom wall 34, an inverted frustoconical outer peripheral wall 35 that rises above the bottom wall 34 from the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 34, and a ring provided on the upper peripheral edge of the outer peripheral wall 35. And a connecting member 38 that fixes the upper opening 37 to the arm portion 8. The bottom wall 34, the outer peripheral wall 35 and the upper opening 37 can be integrally formed using, for example, a resin, and the connecting member 38 can be manufactured using an extruded shape made of, for example, an aluminum alloy. The height H of the container holder 9 can be, for example, 100 mm, the inner diameter D1 of the upper opening 37 can be, for example, 72 mm, and the diameter D2 of the bottom surface 36 can be, for example, 60 mm.

  The resin constituting the outer peripheral wall 35 has a plate thickness of, for example, 1 mm or less and can be elastically deformed. The outer peripheral wall 35 is formed with an opening 41 that faces the air-conditioning outlet 3 in a state where the vehicle-mounted container holder 1 is attached to the air-conditioning outlet 3. The opening 41 is provided, for example, in a height range H1 from a position A1 rising 10 mm from the bottom surface 36 of the bottom wall 34 to a position A2 at the lower end of the upper opening 37. The height range H1 is, for example, 80 mm. The opening width W1 at the position A1 is, for example, 50 mm, and the opening width W2 at the position A2 is, for example, 65 mm.

  Since the opening 41 is provided, the air blown out from the air-conditioning outlet 3 can be taken into the inside of the container holder 9 from the opening 41 and sent to the beverage container 4 accommodated in the container holder 9. it can. The beverage container 4 is fed with air having a lower temperature than the beverage in the beverage container 4 to cool the beverage in the beverage container 4, or the beverage container 4 is fed with air at a higher temperature than the beverage in the beverage container 4 to drink the beverage container 4. The beverage can be warmed.

  A pair of guide plates 40 extending toward the air-conditioning outlet 3 can be provided on both sides of the opening 41. As the guide plate 40, for example, a resin flat plate can be used. One end of the guide plate 40 is bonded to the outer peripheral wall 35 or screwed to the outer peripheral wall 35 and fixed to the side of the opening 41. By providing the guide plate 40, the air blown out from the air-conditioning outlet 3 can be effectively guided to the beverage container 4.

  The pair of guide plates 40 may be parallel, or are arranged so that the distance between the pair of guide plates 40 increases from the opening 41 toward the air-conditioning blow-out unit 3. A wide range of air blown from 3 may be sent to the beverage container 4.

  When the guide plate 40 is screwed to the outer peripheral wall 35 using a wing nut, the wing nut 54 can be easily removed and the guide plate 40 can be rotated around the other screwing portion 55. it can. The guide plate 40 can be moved to a position away from the attachment portion 5 and the attachment portion 5 can be fixed to the lateral fin 6 in a state where a wide working space is secured around the attachment portion 5.

  The connecting member 38 can be formed using, for example, metal or resin. The connecting member 38 includes a flat base plate 46 attached to the upper opening 37, and a member 47 having a U-shaped cross section for fixing the other end of the arm 8 to the base plate 46. Yes. For example, the other end of the arm 8 is fixed to the member 47 by the rivet 49, and the base plate 46 is fixed to the upper opening 37 by the rivet 50.

  As shown in FIG. 6, if the beverage container 4a accommodated in the container holder 9 is a can coffee container or the like, the bottom portion 42 of the beverage container 4a abuts against the bottom surface 36 of the container holder 9, and the beverage container The peripheral edge of the bottom portion 42 of 4a is held in a state of being in contact with the peripheral edge portion 45 of the bottom surface 36 of the container holder 9.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the beverage container 4 b accommodated in the container holder 9 is a drawn aluminum can container or the like, and the outer diameter of the beverage container 4 b is larger than the inner diameter of the bottom surface 36 of the container holder 9. In the case of being large, the peripheral edge of the bottom 42 of the beverage container 4 presses the outer frustoconical outer peripheral wall 35 and elastically deforms so that the outer peripheral wall 35 is convex outward. The peripheral edge of the bottom portion 42 of the beverage container 4 is held with a gap between the bottom portion 42 of the beverage container 4 and the bottom surface 36 of the container holder 9 by the elastic force of the outer peripheral wall 35.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the beverage container 4c accommodated in the container holder 9 is a beverage container 4c having a larger outer diameter than the beverage container 4b, such as a plastic bottle, the periphery of the bottom 42 of the beverage container 4 The portion presses the inverted frustoconical outer peripheral wall 35, and a part of the periphery of the bottom 42 protrudes from the opening 41 toward the air-conditioning outlet 3. The beverage container 4c has a peripheral portion of the bottom portion 42 protruding toward the air-conditioning outlet 3, and the beverage container 4c is elastically applied to the beverage container 4 by the elastic force of the outer peripheral wall 35 with the upper opening of the beverage container 4c inclined toward the driver seat or the passenger seat. The bottom portion 42 of the container and the bottom surface 36 of the container holder 9 are held in a state having a gap.

  Thus, the container holder 9 can accommodate beverage containers 4b and 4c having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the bottom surface 36. In addition, the movement of the beverage container 4 in the radial direction perpendicular to the height H direction of the container holder 9 is regulated by the upper opening 37 of the container holder 9, whereby the beverage container 4 is restricted to the container holder 9. It is possible to suppress the exit from.

  The container holding body 9 has a circular bottom wall 34 and an outer peripheral wall 35 having an inverted truncated cone. However, the shape of the container holding body 9 is changed according to the shape of the beverage container. can do.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the pressing body 11 can be produced by processing an extruded shape made of an aluminum alloy having a U-shaped cross section, for example. The pressing body 11 has a pair of guide portions 10 which are formed in an elongated flat plate shape on one end side and are rotatably supported through the through holes 53 on the outer side of the wall portion 31 facing the vertical frame 17. The other end portion has a pair of pressing portions 14 that are formed so as to be narrower toward the other end portion side and sandwich and press opposite wall portions 51 of the arm portion 8. .

  The gap W5 between the inner surfaces of the pair of guide portions 10 is formed wider than the width W4 of the arm portion 8, and the arm portion 8 can rotate between the pair of guide portions 10. The width W6 on the other end side between the pressing portions 14 is formed to be narrower than the width W4 of the arm portion 8, and the arm portion 8 is pressed against the pressing portion 14 by the opposing wall portion 51 of the arm portion 8. Being held.

  The passenger sitting in the driver and passenger seat grips the container holding body 9 and moves the container holding body 9 to a position along the air-conditioning outlet 3, and then rotates the pressing body 11. The arm portion 8 is pressed by the pressing portion 14. The opposing wall portion 51 of the arm portion 8 is fixed in a state in which the rotation is prevented by the pressing force of the pressing portion 14. By holding the container holding body 9 at a position along the air-conditioning outlet 3, the cool air or the hot air from the air-conditioning outlet 3 can be effectively sent to the beverage container 4 accommodated in the container holder 9. it can. When the driver and the person sitting in the passenger seat drink the beverage in the beverage container 4, the container holder 9 is gripped and moved to an arbitrary position on the driver seat side or the passenger seat side. Thereafter, by rotating the pressing body 11 and pressing the arm portion 8 with the pressing portion 14, the container holding body 9 can be fixed at an arbitrary position on the driver seat side or the passenger seat side.

  When the pressing portion 14 presses the arm portion 8, the arm portion 8 can be held at a desired angular position, and the container holding body 9 can be set at a desired angular position. Thereby, the container holding body 9 can be held at positions along the blowing direction of various air-conditioning outlets 3.

  When the driver sitting in the driver's seat or the passenger sitting in the passenger seat drinks the beverage in the beverage container 4, the container holding body 9 can be held at an arbitrary angular position.

  The pressing body 11 has an operation lever 61 for rotating the pressing body 11 at the other end. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation lever 61 is attached to the inside of the pressing body 11 in the width direction via the mounting seat 63, so that the operation lever 61 can be easily attached to the pressing body 11. Further, when the driver operates the operation lever 61, the operation lever 61 can be prevented from coming into contact with the guide plate 40, and the operation lever 61 can be operated accurately and reliably.

  When the driver grips the grip portion 62 of the operation lever 61 and pushes up the operation lever 61 upward, the arm portion 8 comes into contact with the pressing body 11, and the arm portion 8 together with the pressing body 11 is the air-conditioning outlet 3. Rotate to approach. Since the container holder 9 rotates so as to approach the air-conditioning outlet 3, the beverage container 4 held by the container holder 9 can be positioned along the air-conditioner outlet 3. In this state, the operation lever 61 can be pushed up, the opposing wall portion 51 of the arm portion 8 can be pressed by the pressing portion 14, and the arm portion 8 can be fixed. The driver operates the operation lever 61 to rotate the pressing body 11 and can fix the arm portion 8 at an arbitrary rotation position of the arm portion 8, and the beverage accommodated in the container holding body 9. The container 4 can be fixed at an arbitrary position.

  As described above, the in-vehicle container holder 1 is an in-vehicle container holder 1 that is fixed to the air-conditioning outlet 3 provided in the instrument panel body 2 of the vehicle and holds the beverage container 4. It is the attachment part 5 which has the axis line L, Comprising: The attachment part 5 attached to the blowing part 3 for an air conditioning, and one end part are a rotation axis line so that the rotation axis L may become parallel to the width direction of the blowing part 3 for an air conditioning. An arm portion 8 connected to the attachment portion 5 in a state of being rotatable around L, a container holding body 9 for housing the beverage container 4 connected to the other end portion of the arm portion 8, and one end portion A pressing body 11 that is pivotally connected to the mounting portion 5 and presses the arm portion 8, and intersects the arm portion 8 so as to sandwich the arm portion 8 and presses both sides of the arm portion 8. A vehicle-mounted container holding device comprising: a pressing body 11 having an operation lever 61 for operating the pressing portion 14. 1.

  Thereby, the in-vehicle container holder 1 can be disposed in the air-conditioning outlet 3 of the instrument panel main body 2. The driver and the person sitting in the passenger seat press the both sides of the arm portion 8 with the pressing portions 14 at the position along the air-conditioning blowout portion 3 so that the container holding body 9 is air-conditioned. It can be held at a position along the blow-out portion 3. As a result, cold air or hot air blown from the air-conditioning outlet 3 can be sent to the beverage container 4 accommodated in the container holder 9. The driver and the person sitting in the passenger seat can move the container holding body 9 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and place it closer to the driver seat or the passenger seat when drinking the beverage in the beverage container 4. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle-mounted container holder 2 Instrument panel main body 3 Air-conditioning blow-out part 4 Beverage container 5 Mounting part 6 Horizontal fin 8 Arm part 9 Container holder 10 Guide part 11 Press body 12 Fixed frame 13, 19 Connecting plate 14 Press part 15 Base part 16 Clamping part 17 Vertical frame 20 Recess 21 Binding band 22, 23, 31, 51 Wall part 24 Male thread part 25, 54 Wing nut 26 Opening side end part 27, 29, 52, 53 Through hole 28, 30 Pins 34, 39 Bottom wall 35 Outer peripheral wall 36 Bottom surface 37 Top opening 38 Connecting member 40 Guide plate 41 Opening portion 42 Bottom portion 44 Back surface 45 Peripheral portion 46 Base plate 47 Member 49, 50 Rivet 55 Screwing portion 61 Operation lever 62 Grip portion 63 Mounting seat L Rotation axis

Claims (1)

An in-vehicle container holder that is fixed to an air-conditioning outlet provided in an instrument panel body of a vehicle and holds a beverage container,
An attachment portion having a rotation axis, the attachment portion being attached to the air-conditioning outlet so that the rotation axis is parallel to the width direction of the air-conditioning outlet;
An arm portion connected to the attachment portion in a state where one end portion is rotatable around the rotation axis;
A container holder for housing the beverage container, which is connected to the other end of the arm,
One end part is rotatably connected to the attachment part, and is a pressing body that presses the arm part,
A pressing part that crosses the arm part so as to sandwich the arm part and presses both sides of the arm part;
An in-vehicle container holder comprising: a pressing body having an operation lever for operating the pressing portion.