JP6963595B2 - Vehicle console structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle console structure.

Patent Document 1 describes, as a vehicle console structure provided with a wireless charger, a structure in which an air outlet is provided between the housing of the wireless charger and a support surface to prevent air from flowing out to prevent heating. Has been done.

German Patent No. 102016216900

In Patent Document 1, there is a risk that the liquid may enter the inside from the air outlet. In Patent Document 1, water immersion (damage to the wireless charger) of the substrate is prevented by ensuring a horizontal distance between the liquid entering from the air outlet and the substrate, but the substrate is covered depending on the amount of liquid entering. There is a risk of water. As an environment in which liquid can easily enter, for example, a wireless charger may be applied to a vehicle console.

In addition, the charging power has recently tended to increase with respect to the charging power widely used in conventional wireless chargers, and improvement in heat dissipation performance is required. Therefore, as in the prior art, there is an increasing possibility that an opening is provided in the wireless charger for the purpose of discharging heat, and the liquid infiltrates into the inside through the opening and the substrate is flooded. ..

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to prevent water from being received inside an electronic device arranged on a console.

In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention has a console structure for a vehicle, and the console unit and a non-contact charging unit capable of transmitting electric power to the device to be charged in a non-contact manner. The console portion is located behind the vehicle body with respect to the non-contact charging portion, the console portion has a partition portion with the non-contact charging portion, and the partition portion is provided with a protruding portion protruding forward of the vehicle body. The rear end of the non-contact charging portion is provided with an eaves-shaped portion extending toward the partition, and the protruding portion and the eaves-shaped portion of the non-contact charging portion are arranged so as to overlap each other when viewed from above the vehicle body. The console-shaped portion is provided so as to be located below the protruding portion in the vertical direction, and has a flat surface portion extending in the vehicle width direction at the rear end portion of the non-contact charging portion and a vehicle from the flat surface portion. and the groove extending in the width direction, that have a.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent water from being received inside an electronic device arranged on a console.

It is a perspective view (a), (b) explaining the structure of the vehicle console structure of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the central part in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle console structure of this embodiment. It is a perspective view (a), a plan view (b), a rear view (c), and a cross-sectional view (d) which show the outer shape of the wireless charger of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the wireless charger of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the water contact prevention structure of the wireless charger of this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the invention. Two or more of the features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. In addition, the same or similar configuration will be given the same reference number, and duplicated explanations will be omitted.

In the description of the present embodiment, the description of the directions such as "front", "front", "front side", "rear", "rear", and "rear side" indicates the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and "left" and "right". , "Side", "Side", etc. shall indicate the width direction of the vehicle.

1A and 1B are perspective views (a) and (b) for explaining the configuration of the vehicle console structure of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a central portion of the vehicle console structure of the present embodiment in the vehicle width direction. FIG. 3 is a perspective view (a), a plan view (b), a rear view (c), and a cross-sectional view (d) showing the outer shape of the wireless charger of the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the wireless charger of the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a water exposure prevention structure of the wireless charger of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle console structure of the present embodiment has a console unit 1 provided at the center in the vehicle interior in the vehicle width direction. The console unit 1 includes a front wall portion 2 on the front side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and left and right side wall portions 3 and 4 on both sides in the vehicle width direction, and a partition portion 5 spanned by the left and right side wall portions 3 and 4. A plurality of openings 6 and 7 divided by the above are formed. In the present embodiment, for example, the front opening 6 and the rear opening 7 divided by the partition 5 are formed.

A wireless charger 20 is arranged in the front opening 6. The wireless charger 20 has a plurality of (for example, four) mounting portions 21 on the left and right side surface portions, and these mounting portions 21 are provided with screws or the like on the back surfaces of the left and right side wall portions 6a and 6b of the front opening 6. It is fixed. As a result, the wireless charger 20 closes the front opening 6 of the console unit 1. Further, the wireless charger 20 is attached to the front opening 6 of the console unit 1 in a posture of inclining upward from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle. When the charged device 100 (see FIG. 2) is arranged on the upper surface 31 of the wireless charger 20 in a state where the wireless charger 20 is attached to the console unit 1, power is supplied to the charged device 100 in a non-contact manner. Can be transmitted, and the device to be charged 100 can charge a battery or the like with the electric power received from the wireless charger 20. The device to be charged 100 is a portable electronic device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal.
The console portion 8 is composed of left and right side wall portions 3, 4 and a partition portion 5 of the rear opening 7, and the partition portion 5 constitutes a front end portion of the console portion 8. In the console unit 1, two wireless chargers 20 and a console unit 8 are arranged in order from the front of the vehicle body. When the wireless charger 20 is attached to the console unit 1, the rear end portion 20a of the wireless charger 20 and the protruding portion 5a of the partition portion 5 of the console unit portion 7 protruding toward the vehicle body overlap with each other when viewed from above the vehicle body. The mating portion 12 (see FIG. 2) of the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 is provided with a water contact prevention structure, which will be described later. A transmission operating lever (shift lever and select lever), a parking brake operating lever (side lever), and the like are arranged in the rear opening 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the water exposure prevention structure of the present embodiment, a liquid such as water that infiltrates into the inside through the gap portion of the mating portion 12 of the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 penetrates into the inside of the wireless charger 20. The eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided. The eaves-shaped portion 40 has a planar shape extending toward the partition portion 5, and is provided so as to be located below the protruding portion 5a of the partition portion 5 in the vertical direction and overlap in the vehicle body front-rear direction. The eaves-shaped portion 40 allows at least the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d (see FIG. 3) of the wireless charger 20 in the vehicle width direction to allow the liquid that penetrates into the gap portion between the wireless charger 20 and the mating portion 12 of the partition portion 5 to enter. It has a function of guiding to either end side and discharging.

The wireless charger 20 sucks a fluid such as air from the outside by a fan (not shown) or the like in order to suppress a temperature rise due to heat generation of the device to be charged 100 or the wireless charger 20, and circulates it inside the device to discharge it. Cooling air passages 23 to 25 are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the wireless charger 20 has a hollow frame 30 that constitutes the outer shape. The frame body 30 has an upper surface portion 31, a lower surface portion 32, and four side surface portions 33a to 33d on the front, back, left, and right sides, and the heights of the side surface portions 33a to 33d with respect to the vertical and horizontal lengths of the upper surface portion 31 and the lower surface portion 32. It has a low box shape. Inside the frame 30, a main substrate 34, a coil bracket 35, a magnetic body 36, a coil 37, and the like are arranged.

Further, the cooling air passages 23 to 25 formed inside the frame 30 include an inflow port 23, a flow path 24, and an outflow port 25. The inflow port 23 opens downward at the front portion of the frame body 30. The flow path 24 is formed between the lower surface of the upper surface portion 31 of the frame body 30 and the upper surface of the holding member 38 that holds the internal parts of the frame body 30, and is a gap communicating between the inflow port 23 and the outflow port 25. Is forming. The outlet 25 opens rearward at the rear of the frame 30. The cooling air passages 23 to 25 flow air from the inflow port 23 at the front of the frame 30 to the outflow port 25 at the rear through the gap between the lower surface of the upper surface 31 of the frame 30 and the upper surface of the holding member 38. The temperature rise due to heat generation of the wireless charger 20 and the device to be charged 100 or the wireless charger 20 arranged on the wireless charger 20 is suppressed.

Since the cooling air passages 23 to 25 are provided in this way and the wireless charger 20 is attached to the front opening 6 of the console unit 1 in a posture in which the wireless charger 20 is inclined upward from the front of the vehicle to the rear of the vehicle, warm air can be introduced. The heat exhaust performance is improved because it faces the outlet 25 provided above.

Further, the upper surface portion 31 of the wireless charger 20 is inclined upward from the front of the vehicle body toward the rear of the vehicle body. This prevents the terminal from moving when the vehicle starts.

Further, at least one of the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d of the wireless charger 20 is adjacent to the left and right side wall portions 6a and 6b of the front opening 6 of the console unit 1 and is more than the upper surface portion 31 of the wireless charger 20. It stands above. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the device to be charged 100 and other articles arranged on the upper surface portion 31 of the wireless charger 20 from falling to either the left or right side. The heights of the left and right side wall portions 6a and 6b of the front opening 6 of the console unit 1 are not limited to those higher than the upper surface portion 31 of the wireless charger 20, and for example, any of the left and right side wall portions 6a and 6b. Or both may be configured to be as high or low as the top surface 31 of the wireless charger 20.

Further, the upper surface portion 31 of the wireless charger 20 can be used as a storage space for the device to be charged 100 and other articles.

Further, by inclining the wireless charger 20, a gap is easily formed in the mating portion 12 with the partition portion 5, and the outlet 25 is on the rear side of the vehicle body and is near the mating portion 12 with the partition portion 5. The possibility that liquid will infiltrate through the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 increases due to the provision of the eaves-shaped portion 40, but the inside of the wireless charger 20 is provided. Water exposure is prevented.

The front, rear, left and right side surface portions 33a to 33d include a front side front portion 33a in the vehicle front-rear direction, a rear side rear surface portion 33c, and left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d on both sides in the vehicle width direction. Mounting portions 21 are provided on the portions 33b and 33d.

The eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided so as to extend from the rear surface portion 33c (rear end portion 20a of the upper surface portion 31) of the frame body 30 to the rear of the vehicle body in the wireless charger 20. The eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided in a predetermined range in the rear surface portion 33c of the frame body 30 in the directions of the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d from the central portion in the vehicle width direction. The eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided directly above the outlet 25 in the cooling air passages 23 to 25, and even if liquid enters from the mating portion 12 of the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5, the inside of the device is provided from the outlet 25. It is discharged in the directions of the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d so as not to flow into.

As shown in FIG. 5, groove portions 41 are continuously formed on both sides of the eaves-shaped portion 40 in the vehicle width direction in the rear surface portion 33c (rear end portion 20a of the upper surface portion 31) of the frame body 30 of the wireless charger 20. Has been done. The groove portion 41 has an extension portion 42 that is inclined downward from the left and right both ends 40a of the eaves-shaped portion 40 and extends to both sides in the vehicle width direction, and further bends and continuously extends to the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d. By providing such a water exposure prevention structure, the liquid that has entered the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 is guided to the groove portions 41 on both sides through the eaves-shaped portion 40 and drained. Therefore, the liquid is prevented from entering the inside of the wireless charger 20.

Further, the liquid that has penetrated into the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 can be flowed away from the gap portion, and the risk of water damage to the wireless charger 20 can be further reduced. ..

According to the water exposure prevention structure of the present embodiment, the main board 34 and the coil 37, which are the electric circuits inside the wireless charger 20, are prevented from being exposed to water.

As shown in FIG. 5D, the eaves-shaped portion 40 has a convex shape protruding upward in the vertical direction, and descends from the convex top portion 40c toward the left and right side surface portions 33b and 33d of the wireless charger 20. The configuration may be inclined to a slope. With this configuration, the liquid that has penetrated into the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the wireless charger 20 and the partition portion 5 can be drained more effectively toward the groove portion 41.

[Summary of Embodiment]
<First aspect>
It is a vehicle console structure
Console part 8 and
A non-contact charging unit 20 capable of transmitting electric power to the device to be charged 100 in a non-contact manner is provided.
The console unit 8 is located behind the vehicle body with respect to the non-contact charging unit 20.
The console portion 8 has a partition portion 5 from the non-contact charging portion 20.
The partition portion 5 is provided with a protruding portion 5a projecting to the front of the vehicle body.
The rear end portion 20a of the non-contact charging portion 20 is provided with an eaves-shaped portion 40 extending toward the partition portion 5.
The protruding portion 5a and the eaves-shaped portion 40 of the non-contact charging portion 20 are arranged so as to overlap each other when viewed from above the vehicle body.
The eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided so as to be located below the protruding portion 5a in the vertical direction.

According to the first aspect, the liquid that infiltrates through the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the non-contact charging portion 20 and the partition portion 5 is prevented from entering the inside of the non-contact charging portion 20.

<Second aspect>
In the first aspect, the eaves-shaped portion 40 has a flat surface portion 40 extending in the vehicle width direction at the rear end portion 20a of the non-contact charging unit 20 and a groove portion 41 extending from the flat surface portion 40 in the vehicle width direction.

According to the second aspect, the liquid that has entered the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the non-contact charging portion 20 and the partition portion 5 is guided to the groove portions 41 on both sides through the eaves-shaped portion 40 and drained. The ingress of liquid into the non-contact charging unit 20 is prevented.

<Third aspect>
In the first or second aspect, the groove portion 41 extends to the side surface portions 33b and 33d of the non-contact charging portion 20 in the vehicle width direction.

According to the third aspect, the liquid that has penetrated into the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the non-contact charging portion 20 and the partition portion 5 can be flowed so as to be away from the gap portion, and the non-contact charging portion 20 is exposed to water. The fear can be further reduced.

<Fourth aspect>
In any one of the first to third aspects, the eaves-shaped portion 40 has a convex shape protruding upward in the vertical direction.
The convex top 40a is inclined downward toward the vehicle width direction of the non-contact charging unit 20.

According to the fourth aspect, the liquid that has penetrated into the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the non-contact charging portion 20 and the partition portion 5 can be drained more effectively toward the side surface portions 33b and 33d.

<Fifth aspect>
In any one of the first to fourth aspects, the non-contact charging unit 20 is arranged so as to incline upward from the front of the vehicle body toward the rear of the vehicle body.

According to the fifth aspect, the terminal is prevented from moving when the vehicle starts.

<Sixth aspect>
In any one of the first to fifth aspects, the non-contact charging unit 20 is adjacent to at least one of the side surface portions 33b and 33d in the vehicle width direction, and is above the upper surface portion 31 of the non-contact charging unit 20. It has erected side wall portions 6a and 6b.

According to the sixth aspect, it is possible to prevent the device to be charged 100 and other articles arranged on the upper surface portion 31 of the non-contact charging portion 20 from falling to either the left or right side.

Further, the upper surface portion 31 of the non-contact charging portion 20 can be used as a storage space for the device to be charged 100 and other articles.

<7th aspect>
In any one of the first to sixth aspects, the non-contact charging unit 20 is
Air inlet 23 and
Air outlet 25 and
It has a flow path 24 through which air flows from the inflow port 23 to the outflow port 25.
The outlet 25 is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body in the non-contact charging unit 20.

According to the seventh aspect, when the non-contact charging unit 20 is arranged so as to incline upward from the front of the vehicle body toward the rear of the vehicle body, warm air is discharged toward the outlet 25 provided above. Thermal performance is improved. Further, since the outlet 25 is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body, the risk of liquid entering through the gap portion of the mating portion 12 between the non-contact charging portion 20 and the partition portion 5 increases, but the eaves-shaped portion 40 is provided. This prevents water from being applied to the inside of the non-contact charging unit 20.

<8th aspect>
It is a vehicle console structure
Console part 8 and
A non-contact charging unit 20 capable of transmitting electric power to the device to be charged 100 in a non-contact manner is provided.
The non-contact charging unit 20
It has an air inlet 23, an air outlet 25, and a flow path 24 through which air can flow from the inlet 23 to the outlet 25.
The outlet 25 is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body in the non-contact charging unit 20.
Arranged so as to incline uphill from the front of the car body to the rear of the car body
The outlet 25 is located above the inlet 23 in the vertical direction.

According to the eighth aspect, since the non-contact charging unit 20 is arranged in such a posture that the non-contact charging unit 20 is inclined upward from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle, warm air is directed toward the outlet 25 provided above. The heat exhaust performance is improved.

1 ... Console unit 2 ... Front wall part 3, 4 ... Side wall part 5 ... Partition part 5a ... Protruding part 6 ... Front opening 6a, 6b ... Front side opening 6 ... Rear opening 8 ... Console part 12 ... Wireless The matching portion 20 of the charger 20 and the partition portion 5 ... Wireless charger (non-contact charging portion)
20a ... Rear end 21 ... Mounting 23-25 ... Cooling air passage 23 ... Inflow port 24 ... Flow path 25 ... Outlet 30 ... Frame 31 ... Top surface 32 ... Bottom surface 33a ... Front surface 33b, 33d ... Side surface 33c ... Rear surface portion 34 ... Main substrate 35 ... Coil bracket 36 ... Magnetic material 37 ... Coil 38 ... Holding member 40 ... Eaves-shaped portions 40a, 40b ... Left and right ends 40c of the eaves-shaped portion 40 ... Convex top 41 ... Grooves 42 ... Extension 100 ... Device to be charged

Claims (6)

It is a vehicle console structure
Console part and
It is equipped with a non-contact charging unit that can transmit power to the device to be charged in a non-contact manner.
The console unit is located behind the vehicle body with respect to the non-contact charging unit.
The console portion has a partition portion from the non-contact charging portion, and has a partition portion.
The partition is provided with a protrusion that protrudes forward of the vehicle body.
An eaves-shaped portion extending toward the partition portion is provided at the rear end portion of the non-contact charging portion.
The protruding portion and the eaves-shaped portion of the non-contact charging portion are arranged so as to overlap each other when viewed from above the vehicle body.
The eaves-shaped portion is provided so as to be located below the protruding portion in the vertical direction .
The non-contact with the flat portion extending in the vehicle width direction at the rear end of the charging unit, a vehicle console structure, characterized in Rukoto to have a, a groove extending in the vehicle width direction from the planar portion. The vehicle console structure according to claim 1 , wherein the groove portion extends to a side surface portion of the non-contact charging portion in the vehicle width direction. The eaves-shaped portion has a convex shape protruding upward in the vertical direction.
The vehicle console structure according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the non-contact charging portion is inclined downward from the top of the convex shape toward the vehicle width direction. The vehicle console structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the non-contact charging unit is arranged so as to incline upwardly from the front of the vehicle body to the rear of the vehicle body. Claims 1 to 4 include a side wall portion that is adjacent to at least one of the side surface portions of the non-contact charging portion in the vehicle width direction and is erected above the upper surface portion of the non-contact charging portion. The vehicle console structure according to any one of the above. The non-contact charging unit
Air inlet and
Air outlet and
It has a flow path through which air flows from the inlet to the outlet.
The vehicle console structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the outlet is provided on the rear side of the vehicle body in the non-contact charging unit.

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