JP6939213B2 - Vehicle article storage structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle article storage structure.

Patent Document 1 discloses a seat structure of an electric vehicle having an armrest on the side of the seat and having a drink holder arranged under the armrest. The open end face of this drink holder is set at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the sheet.

Here, in the seat structure of Patent Document 1, when the drink holder portion is applied to a vehicle having a very narrow vehicle width and the rear seat occupant gets on and off from the side door next to the front seat, the drink holder may have a beverage container or the like. If it is stored, it will be an obstacle for the rear seat occupants to get on and off.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-82881

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle article storage structure capable of suppressing an obstacle to getting on and off when an occupant gets on and off from a side door next to a front seat.

The vehicle article storage structure according to claim 1 includes a frame-shaped wall portion that stands in the vertical direction of the vehicle on the lower side of the vehicle from the gap between the front seat and the side door and the seat cushion of the front seat, and the wall. It is provided with a storage portion having a bottom wall which is connected to the lower end portion of the vehicle and is inclined so as to decrease in height toward the rear of the vehicle, and the wall portion extends in the vehicle width direction. The rear wall extends from the outer end of the rear wall in the vehicle width direction toward the front side of the vehicle, and the outer wall extends from the front end of the outer wall toward the front side of the vehicle and inward in the vehicle width direction. The slanted wall and the front wall extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the front end of the slanted wall are provided at least , and the pair of the storage portions are formed symmetrically in the vehicle width direction. The upper end of the rear wall of the vehicle is the front end of the footrest so that the height of the outer wall and the height of the side surface of the footrest of the rear seat occupant are continuously lowered toward the rear of the vehicle in a side view. It is connected to the part .

The vehicle article storage structure of claim 1 is applied to an article storage portion provided in the gap between the front seat and the side door. In this vehicle article storage structure, the height of the wall portion forming the storage portion is set to the lower side of the vehicle from the seat cushion of the front seat, so that the rear seat occupants can be stored when getting on and off from the side door next to the front seat. It's hard for the club to get in and out of the way. Further, by forming the inclined wall on the front side of the vehicle and on the outside in the vehicle width direction of the wall portion, the wall portion is less likely to be an obstacle to getting on and off when the front seat occupant gets on and off from the side door next to the front seat.

According to the present invention, when an occupant gets on and off from the side door next to the front seat, it is possible to suppress an obstacle to getting on and off.

It is a side view of the vehicle to which the article storage structure for a vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a top view around the front seat of the vehicle to which the article storage structure for a vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a perspective view of the article storage structure for a vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side sectional view which looked at the article storage structure for a vehicle which concerns on embodiment of this invention from the outside in the vehicle width direction. It is a perspective view of the article storage structure for a vehicle which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the vehicle article storage structure 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. In each figure, the arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, the arrow UP indicates the upper part of the vehicle, the arrow RH indicates the right side of the vehicle, and the arrow LH indicates the left side of the vehicle. Further, since the vehicle article storage structure is basically symmetrically configured, the left side of the vehicle will be illustrated and described.

The vehicle 12 to which the vehicle article storage structure 10 of the present embodiment is applied is a two-seater small vehicle having a driver's seat in the center in the vehicle width direction. As shown in FIG. 1, a front seat 14 on which the driver sits is provided in front of the vehicle, and a rear seat 16 in which the rear occupants sit is provided on the rear side of the front seat 14. There is. The front seat 14 includes a seat cushion 14A that supports the buttocks of the driver, a seat back 14B that supports the back, and a headrest 14C that can support the head. The seat back 14B of the present embodiment has a reclining function, and the angle of the back of the seated driver can be adjusted. Further, the seat back 14B is capable of leaning forward in front of the vehicle when the rear seat occupants get on and off.

The vehicle 12 of the present embodiment is a two-door type, and side door openings 34 for the driver and the rear seat occupants to get on and off are provided on both sides of the front seat 14 in the vehicle width direction. A door hinge (not shown) having an axis in the vertical direction of the vehicle is provided on the vehicle front side of the side door opening 34, and the vehicle front portion of the side door 18 is supported by the door hinge. That is, the side door 18 can be opened and closed in the vehicle width direction on the vehicle rear side with the door hinge provided on the vehicle front side as an axis.

Here, the vehicle 12 of the present embodiment is an electric small vehicle, and includes a battery box 36 in which a battery is housed on the lower side of the front seat 14 of the vehicle. The battery box 36 is provided at a position one step higher than the floor 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle 12 of the present embodiment is provided with a storage portion 20 composed of a vehicle article storage structure 10 in the gap between the front seat 14 and the left and right side doors 18, respectively. There is. The storage portion 20 of the present embodiment is provided so as to cover the upper portions of the brackets 50 and 52 for fixing the front seat 14 to the floor 30 (see FIG. 4). Here, the storage unit 20 is, for example, a space that can store a PET bottle P as a beverage container, and is formed symmetrically. In FIG. 2, the PET bottle P is stored in the storage portion 20 on the right side in the vehicle width direction. The storage portion 20 has a vehicle width direction within a range within the gap between the front seat 14 and the side door 18, and a vehicle front-rear direction within a range from the vehicle front end portion to the vehicle rear end portion of the seat cushion 14A. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the storage portion 20 has a vehicle vertical direction in the range from the floor 30 to the seat cushion 14A. Hereinafter, the structure of the front seats 14 will be described by taking as an example the storage portions 20 on the left side in the vehicle width direction among the storage portions 20 provided at both ends in the vehicle width direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the storage portion 20 forms a frame-shaped wall portion 22 erected in the vertical direction of the vehicle and a bottom of the storage portion 20 connected to the lower end portion of the wall portion 22 of the vehicle. The bottom wall 24 and the like are provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom wall 24 is inclined so that the height in the vertical direction of the vehicle decreases toward the rear of the vehicle. Specifically, the bottom wall 24 of the present embodiment is horizontal (substantially parallel to the floor 30) from the front end to the partition plate 26 described later, and is inclined so that the height decreases from the partition plate 26 toward the rear end. ing. The bottom wall 24 may be inclined at a constant angle from the front end to the rear end.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the wall portion 22 includes a rear wall 40 extending in the vehicle width direction and an outer wall 42 extending from the outer end portion of the rear wall 40 in the vehicle width direction toward the front side of the vehicle. A slanted wall 44 extending from the front end of the outer wall 42 toward the front side of the vehicle and inward in the width direction of the vehicle is provided. Further, the wall portion 22 includes a front wall 46 extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the vehicle front end portion of the inclined wall 44, and a vehicle width direction inner side of the rear wall 40 from the vehicle width direction inner end portion of the front wall 46. It is provided with an inner wall 48 extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle up to the end. Here, the inner wall 48 of the present embodiment is a part of the side wall 38 of the battery box 36.

Further, the storage portion 20 is formed with a partition plate 26 that connects the outer wall 42 and the inner wall 48 in the horizontal portion of the bottom wall 24 between the front wall 46 and the rear wall 40. A locking portion 26A lacking in a semicircle is formed at the center of the partition plate 26 in the vehicle width direction. The inner diameter of the locking portion 26A is sized so that the bottleneck of the PET bottle P can be accommodated when the PET bottle P is stored in the storage portion 20 (see FIG. 4).

Further, the rear wall 40 of the present embodiment is formed so that the upper end portion of the vehicle is continuous with the footrest 32 of the rear seat occupant. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the footrest 32 is a place where the shoe S is placed when the rear seat occupant sits on the rear seat 16 (see the alternate long and short dash line). A protruding portion 32A that protrudes upward with respect to the footrest 32 is formed at a portion of the footrest 32 that corresponds to the vehicle upper end of the rear wall 40. Further, the footrest 32 is inclined so that the height gradually decreases from the protruding portion 32A side toward the rear of the vehicle.

(summary)
The features and effects of the vehicle article storage structure 10 of the present embodiment are summarized below.

The first feature is that the storage portion 20 is provided in the gap between the front seat 14 and the side door 18 and on the lower side of the vehicle from the seat cushion 14A. According to the first feature, by utilizing the dead space beside the front seat 14 and suppressing the height, the storage unit 20 becomes an obstacle to getting on and off when the rear seat occupant gets on and off from the side door 18. Can be suppressed.

The merits of applying the vehicle article storage structure 10 as in the present embodiment to a two-seater small vehicle having a driver's seat in the center in the vehicle width direction are as follows. First of all, as a premise, in a two-seater small car, the space for storing a beverage container or the like is small in the first place. In addition, from the viewpoint of cost and weight, the side door may not be provided with a trim or a pocket. Therefore, by utilizing the dead space beside the front seat as in the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a storage space without narrowing the living space of the occupant. Further, since a part of the floor or the footrest can be used as a storage part, there is no need to add a new structure. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in cost and weight.

The second feature is that, as shown in FIG. 4, in the storage portion 20, in addition to the front wall 46, the partition plate 26 having the locking portion 26A is inclined so that the height becomes lower toward the rear of the vehicle. This is the point where the bottom wall 24 is provided. According to the second feature, when the PET bottle P is stored in the storage unit 20, even if the vehicle 12 is suddenly braked, the PET bottle P jumps out to the floor 30, that is, the driver's feet. Can be suppressed. Supplementally, when the PET bottle P is accelerated toward the front of the vehicle, the front wall 46 serves as a barrier, and the locking portion 26A locks the body portion of the PET bottle P. Further, since the bottom wall 24 is inclined so that the height becomes lower toward the rear of the vehicle, in other words, the height becomes higher toward the front of the vehicle, the PET bottle P is accelerated toward the front of the vehicle. When it occurs, the movement to the front of the vehicle is suppressed.

In the present embodiment, the bottom wall 24 is tilted to make it difficult to stand and store the PET bottle P. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the PET bottle P in the upright position from becoming an obstacle when the rear seat occupants get on and off. Further, the partition plate 26 of the present embodiment has a function of dividing the space of the storage unit 20 even when the PET bottle P is not stored in the storage unit 20.

The third feature is that the inclined wall 44 is provided on the wall portion 22 on the front side of the vehicle with respect to the partition plate 26 of the storage portion 20. As shown in FIG. 2, in a plan view, as a result of providing the inclined wall 44, the storage portion 20 has a shape in which the front side of the vehicle and the outer corner portion in the vehicle width direction are chamfered with respect to the rectangular box-shaped storage space. It is said that. As shown in the storage portion 20 on the right side in the vehicle width direction of FIG. 2, the portion where the inclined wall 44 is provided in the vehicle front-rear direction is a portion where the bottleneck of the PET bottle P is accommodated. Therefore, the inclined wall 44 does not hinder the storage of the PET bottle P. According to the third feature, by providing the inclined wall 44, it is possible to prevent the storage portion 20 (wall portion 22) from becoming an obstacle to getting on and off when the driver seated on the front seat 14 gets on and off. be able to.

The fourth feature is that a footrest 32 that inclines so as to decrease in height toward the rear of the vehicle and a protruding portion 32A that protrudes from the footrest 32 are continuously formed on the rear wall 40. According to the fourth feature, it is possible to prevent water adhering to the shoes S of the rear seat occupant from entering the storage portion 20 in rainy weather or the like. Further, the footrest 32 can be provided with a function of holding the feet of the rear seat occupants in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

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In the present embodiment, the partition plate 26 is formed integrally with the wall portion 22 and the bottom wall 24, but the partition plate 26 may be formed separately from the wall portion 22 and the bottom wall 24. That is, the partition plate 26 may be removably formed with respect to the storage portion 20. By making the partition plate 26 removable, various items can be stored in the storage unit 20 in addition to storing the PET bottle P.

As shown in FIG. 5, as another embodiment, a lid 28 having the upper end of the inner wall 48 as an axis may be set for the storage portion 20. By providing the lid 28, it is possible to prevent the inside of the storage portion 20 from being visually recognized from the outside of the vehicle 12. Then, theft can be suppressed by making it impossible to identify the item stored in the storage unit 20. The opening / closing shaft of the lid 28 is not limited to the upper end of the inner wall 48, and may be formed at the upper end of the outer wall 42, the rear wall 40, or the front wall 46.

10 Vehicle storage structure 14 Front seat 14A Seat cushion 18 Side door
20 Storage 22 Wall 24 Bottom wall 32 Footrest 40 Rear wall 42 Outer wall 44 Slanted wall 46 Front wall

Claims (1)

A frame-shaped wall portion that stands in the vertical direction of the vehicle on the lower side of the vehicle from the seat cushion of the front seat and the gap between the front seat and the side door.
It is provided with a storage portion having a bottom wall which is connected to the lower end portion of the wall portion of the vehicle and is inclined so that the height becomes lower toward the rear of the vehicle.
The wall part
The rear wall extending in the width direction of the vehicle and
An outer wall extending from the outer end of the rear wall in the vehicle width direction toward the front side of the vehicle,
A slanted wall extending from the front end of the outer wall toward the front side of the vehicle and inward in the width direction of the vehicle.
The front wall extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the front end of the vehicle on the inclined wall,
With at least,
The pair of the storage portions are formed symmetrically in the vehicle width direction, and the height of the outer wall and the height of the side surface of the footrest of the rear seat occupant are continuously lowered toward the rear of the vehicle in the side view. The vehicle upper end of the rear wall is connected to the front end of the footrest so as to be inclined.
Vehicle article storage structure.

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