JP7356645B2 - Vehicle storage structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle storage structure that includes a base member that is a separate component that is attached to an instrument panel and has an opening to which a glove box body is attached.

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional vehicle storage structure, a glove box opening and a hinge mounting portion are formed using an instrument panel or a component forming the instrument panel (see Patent Document 1).
Patent Document 1 discloses a structure in which a glove box is constituted by a base member and a box body. The base member is a resin molded product that is assembled into an opening provided at the bottom of the instrument panel, and may be a part of the instrument panel depending on the type of glove box. The glove box main body is composed of an inner member and an outer member that serves as a decorative surface on the inside of the vehicle.

The base member has an open front surface and a shaft portion formed at the bottom of the open portion. Moreover, assembly openings are provided in the left and right side walls of the base member, respectively. Opening and closing mechanisms provided in the box body are individually assembled into both of these assembly openings.

The box body has a storage space with an open top surface, and a bearing portion is provided at the bottom of the box body. By supporting this bearing portion on the shaft portion of the base member, the glove box main body is assembled to the base member such that it can be rotated about the shaft portion as a fulcrum. By this rotational operation, the state of the glove box main body can be changed between a closed state in which the glove box body is housed inside the base member and an open state in which the storage space can be accessed outside the base member.
Further, a lock knob is located on the design surface of the glove box body. By operating this lock knob, it is possible to release the lock that keeps the box body closed.

JP2014-240241A

Because the opening of the glove box is easily deformed, it is difficult to ensure dimensional accuracy, resulting in differences in the clearance between the glove box body and the opening, and vibrations during driving may cause the glove box to come into contact with surrounding parts. There was room for improvement, such as contact noise caused by contact.
Another problem was that the assembly opening had weak rigidity against the load applied to the opening/closing mechanism of the glove box.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a storage part structure for a vehicle that can ensure dimensional accuracy of the opening of a glove box, reduce design constraints, and increase the degree of freedom in design.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an instrument panel attached to a steering support member provided at the front of a vehicle with an opening to which a base member for attaching a glove box body is attached, and the instrument panel is provided with an opening to which a base member for attaching a glove box body is attached. In the vehicle storage structure in which a glove box body is attached to the base member, the base member has an upper side portion and a lower side portion, and a hinge portion of the glove box body is rotatably attached to the lower side portion. and a striker that is locked to a lock portion of the glove box main body is fixed to the upper side, a reinforcement member is attached to the upper side, and the striker is attached to the reinforcement member, One end portion of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction has a first extension portion extending upwardly or downwardly of the vehicle, and the first extension portion is provided with a first connecting portion, and the first extension portion and the instrument panel are connected to each other. and are fixed with the base member sandwiched therebetween.

According to the present invention, the instrument panel is provided with a base member, and the hinge mounting portion for attaching the hinge portion of the glove box body is provided on the base member that is separate from the instrument panel, so that the hinge mounting portion is provided. The parts can be made smaller compared to the instrument panel. Therefore, the dimensional accuracy of the opening of the instrument panel for attaching the base member can be improved. In addition, since the opening of the instrument panel, which has relatively low rigidity, is easily deformed, it has the effect of improving the workability of assembling the base member by absorbing dimensional errors when attaching the base member. After installation, the base member itself reinforces the opening of the instrument panel, thereby increasing the dimensional accuracy of the opening of the base member when attaching the glove box body. Since a reinforcement member is attached to the upper side of the base member and the striker is attached to the reinforcement member, the torsional rigidity of the base member itself can be improved.
Moreover, since the striker can be reinforced with a reinforcement member, the effect of improving the rigidity of the striker against the load when the glove box is closed can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an instrument panel to which the vehicle storage structure according to the present invention is applied. (a) is a front view of the vehicle compartment structure assembled into the instrument panel as seen from the rear side of the vehicle inside the vehicle, and FIG. 2(b) is the vehicle storage section shown in FIG. 2(a). FIG. (a) is a front view of the base member seen from the rear side of the vehicle with the glove box body removed in Figure 2(b), and Figure 3(b) is a front view of the base member seen from the rear side of the vehicle in Figure 3(a). It is a rear view. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the storage structure of the vehicle shown in FIG. 2(b) as viewed diagonally from the front side of the vehicle. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the glove box main body and base member attached to the vehicle body, viewed from below on the front side of the vehicle body. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the glove box main body and the base member attached to the vehicle body, viewed from the center of the front side of the vehicle body. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 6. FIG. Modifications of the base member and reinforcement in the vehicle storage structure according to another embodiment of the present invention are shown, in which (a) is a conceptual diagram as seen from the rear of the vehicle body, and (b) is a conceptual diagram as seen from the front side of the vehicle body. It is. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the striker fixing hole provided in the base member, seen from the front side of the vehicle, with the reinforcement removed. 3 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 2. FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
In FIGS. 1 to 8, reference numeral 1 denotes an instrument panel that is installed along the vehicle width direction in the front part of the cabin of a vehicle (not shown); this instrument panel 1 is installed in the front part of the vehicle body across the vehicle width direction It is supported by the steering support member 2. The instrument panel 1 is equipped with a steering wheel and instruments on the driver's seat side, and a so-called storage section such as a glove box 3 on the passenger's seat side. In the storage section of this vehicle, a base member 4 is attached to an opening 3A provided in an instrument panel 1, and a glove box 3 is rotatably supported on this base member 4 (Figs. 2(a)(b)).

As shown in FIG. 4, the glove box 3 includes a box-shaped glove box main body 5 that is open at the top of the vehicle, and a hinge portion 6 that is attached to the base member 4. As shown in FIG. 2(b), the glove box main body 5 is provided with a handle portion 8 on a lid 7 constituting a design surface that moves in conjunction with the movement of the lock portion.

As shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b), the base member 4 has a rectangular frame 9 having an upper side 9a and a lower side 9b. A pair of hinge attachment portions 10 are provided, each serving as a shaft portion 10a to which the hinge portion 6 is attached. As shown in FIG. 4, the glove box main body 5 is rotatably supported by engaging the hinge portion 6 with the hinge mounting portion 10. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the base member 4 is supported by the steering support member 2 via a pair of stays 11 attached to the front side of the vehicle body on the left and right sides 9c of the frame portion 9. These pair of stays 11 are arm members formed in a curved manner. These pair of stays 11 have their upper ends 11a supported by welding or the like on the steering support member 2, and their lower ends 11b screwed into the stay fixing parts 9d of the left and right sides 9c of the base member 4 on the front side of the vehicle body. It is screwed through ₁₂₁ .

As shown in FIG. 3(b), a belt-shaped reinforcement member 13 is attached to the upper side portion 9a of the base member 4 on the front side of the vehicle body along the vehicle width direction. This reinforcement member 13 has a first extension part 13a bent downward at the right end when viewed from the front of the vehicle, and a first extension 13a bent downward at the left end when viewed from the front of the vehicle. It has a bent second extension part 13b. The first connecting portion 13a ₁ at the lower end of the first extension portion 13a bent downward of the reinforcement member 13 is screwed together with the instrument panel 1 to the side portion 9c of the base member 4. A second connecting portion 13b1 at the end of the second extension portion 13b bent upward of the reinforcement member ₁₃ is screwed to the panel surface of the instrument panel 1 on the front side of the vehicle body and the tray. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, both ends of a U-shaped striker 14 are fixed to an intermediate portion of the reinforcement member 13 attached to the upper side 9a of the base member 4. As shown in FIGS. The striker 14 has mounting holes (not shown) provided in the flat end mounting pieces 14a, and the mounting holes are aligned with the mounting holes (not shown) of the reinforcement member 13, and the screws 12 ₂ are screwed into the striker 14. It is screwed on.

The glove box 3 is locked by engaging with the striker 14 via a locking part 15 operated by a handle part 8 provided on the lid 7 (see FIG. 4).

According to the above embodiment, the base member 4 is provided separately on the instrument panel 1, and the hinge mounting portion 10 is provided on the base member 4. Therefore, the hinge mounting portion 10 may be provided separately from the instrument panel 1. Since the base member 4 having the hinge mounting portion 10 can be made smaller than the instrument panel 1, dimensional accuracy can be improved.
Since the opening 3A of the instrument panel 1 is easily deformed, when installing the base member 4, it is possible to improve both the ease of assembling the base member 4 and the dimensional accuracy by absorbing dimensional errors. can.
Furthermore, by providing the reinforcement member 13 on the base member 4, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be improved, and by attaching the striker 14 to the reinforcement member 13, the glove box 3 can be closed. The effect of improving the rigidity of the striker 14 against the actual load can be obtained.
Since the base member 4 is sandwiched and fixed between the downwardly bent first extension portion 13a of the reinforcement member 13 and the instrument panel 1, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be improved. , the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of suppressing deformation of the striker.
Since the first extension part 13a bent downward and the second extension part 13b bent upward are separated from each other in the vehicle vertical direction, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 is further improved. .

FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b) show another embodiment of the present invention in which a long reinforcement member is attached.
9(a) and 9(b), an extension part 25 is provided in the vehicle width direction as the upper side part 24a of the base member 24, and a long reinforcement member extends from this upper side part 24a to the upper side part 25a of the extension part 25. 23 is provided. A striker 26 is provided on this elongated reinforcement member 23. In this case, an opening 27 is provided next to the glove box mounting opening 28 in which, for example, an electronic device or the like is installed.
According to the other embodiments described above, the load applied to the striker 26 can be distributed to the extension portion 25, so that deformation of the striker 26 can be prevented.
Since the reinforcement member 23 is provided from the upper side portion 24a to the upper side portion 25a of the extension portion 25, it has the effect of reinforcing the opening portion 27 to which an electronic device or the like is attached.

10 and 11 show modified examples of the striker mounting portion, and the same parts as those in FIGS. 1 to 6 are given the same reference numerals, and the description of the same parts will be omitted.
FIG. 10 shows the base member 34 as seen from the front side of the vehicle body, and a striker fixing hole 35 is provided in a pair of boss portions 36 at the center of the upper side portion 39a. The lower wall portion 37 of the boss portion 36 is provided with a notch recess 37a through which the straight portion 38a of the U-shaped striker 38 is passed. At the end of the straight portion 38a of the striker 38, a piece 39 is provided that has an insertion hole 39a through which a screw is passed. The striker 38 is fixed by passing a screw 40 through the insertion hole 39a of the piece 39 and screwing it into the striker fixing hole 35 of the boss section 36. The reinforcement member 13 is held between the base member 34 and the striker 38 by screwing a screw 40 into the insertion hole 39a of the piece 39 of the striker 38. Note that by providing the protrusion 34a on the base member 34, the reinforcement member 13 can be positioned by inserting the protrusion 34a into the hole 13c of the reinforcement member 13.

Since the striker 38 is fixed to the mounting surface 13d of the reinforcement member 13 facing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the bending rigidity against the load applied to the striker 38 in the vehicle height direction when the glove box 3 is closed is improved, and the striker 38 deformation can be prevented.
In addition to the lower storage area 50 of the glove box 3 provided at the lower level of the instrument panel 1, the storage areas of the vehicle include the lower storage area 50 of the glove box 3 provided at the lower level of the instrument panel 1. An upper storage section 51 and a middle storage section 52 for trays 51a and 52a are also provided on the upper and middle sides of the tray 1, respectively.

As described above, according to the present invention, the instrument panel 1 attached to the steering support member 2 is provided with the opening 3A to which the base member 4 for attaching the glove box body 5 is attached. In the vehicle storage structure in which the glove box body 5 is attached to the base member 4, the base member 4 has an upper side portion 9a and a lower side portion 9b, and the lower side portion 9b has a hinge portion of the glove box body 5. 6 is rotatably attached to the hinge mounting portion 10, and a striker 14 for locking the lock portion 15 of the glove box main body 5 is fixed to the upper side portion 9a.
By attaching the base member 4 to the instrument panel 1 and providing the hinge attachment part 10 for attaching the hinge part 6 of the glove box body 5 to the base member 4, the base member 4 having the hinge attachment part 6 can be attached to the instrument panel. By making it separate from the instrument panel 1, the component can be made smaller than the instrument panel 1, so dimensional accuracy can be improved. Furthermore, since the instrument panel 1 is easily deformed, dimensional accuracy can be improved by absorbing dimensional errors when attaching the base member 4.

Since the reinforcement member 13 is attached to the upper side 9a of the base member 4, and the striker 14 is attached to the reinforcement member 13, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be improved. By reinforcing the striker 14 with the reinforcement member 13, the effect of improving the rigidity of the striker 14 against the load when the glove box 3 is closed can be obtained.

One end of the reinforcement member 13 in the vehicle width direction has extensions 13a, 13b extending upwardly or downwardly of the vehicle, and a connecting part is provided on the extensions 13a, 13b, and the extensions 13a, 13b are connected to the instrument. The base member 4 is fixed to the main body panel 1 with the base member 4 interposed therebetween. Therefore, since the base member 4 is sandwiched and fixed between the downwardly bent extension 13a of the reinforcement member 13 and the instrument panel 1, the torsional rigidity of the base member 4 itself can be improved. , the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.
The load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.

The other end portion of the reinforcement member 13 in the vehicle width direction has a second extension portion 13b that extends in the opposite direction to the extension portion in the vehicle vertical direction, and a connection portion (second connection portion) is provided to the second extension portion 13b. ), and since the second connecting portion is fixed to the instrument panel 1, the load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, thereby further increasing the rigidity of the base member 4. It has an improving effect.
The load when the glove box 3 is closed is also transmitted to the instrument panel 1, which has the effect of further improving the rigidity of the base member 4.
The base member 4 has a stay fixing portion 9d that is fixed to the stay 11 extending from the steering support member 2, and the fixing portion of the second connecting portion to the instrument panel 1 is the hinge attachment portion when viewed from the rear. 10 and the stay fixing portion 9d in the vehicle width direction, the load applied to the striker 14 can be dispersed in the vehicle width direction. Therefore, it has the effect of preventing deformation of the striker 14.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the upper side portion 24a of the base member 24 has a widthwise extension portion 25a extending in the vehicle width direction, and below the widthwise extension portion 25a, electronic equipment and a storage section are placed. Since the opening 27 is provided, the effect of reinforcing the opening 27 in which an electronic device or the like is installed can be obtained. Since the load applied to the striker 26 can also be transmitted to the vehicle width direction extension, there is an effect of preventing deformation of the striker 26.

In the other embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the striker 38 is fixed to the mounting surface 13d of the reinforcement member 13 facing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, so that when the glove box 3 is closed, the striker 38 is applied in the vehicle height direction. The bending rigidity against the load is improved, and deformation of the striker 38 can be prevented.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the shape, size, and material of the base member 4 and the reinforcement member 13 can be set as necessary, and the striker The shape and material of 14 can also be set arbitrarily. It goes without saying that the present invention may be modified and implemented as appropriate without changing the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Instrument panel 2 Steering support member 3 Glove box 3A Opening 4, 24, 34 Base member 5 Glove box body 6 Hinge portion 7 Lid 8 Handle portion 9 Frame portion 9a Upper side portion 9b Lower side portion 9c Side portion 9d Stay fixing portion 10 Hinge attachment part 11 Stay 12 ₁ , 12 ₂ , 40 Screw 13 Reinforcement member 13a First extension part 13a ₁ First connection part 13b Second extension part 13b ₁ Second connection part 13d Reinforcement member 13 facing the vehicle longitudinal direction Mounting surface 14, 26, 38 Striker 15 Lock part 24a, 25a Upper part 27 Opening where electronic devices etc. are provided 28 Glove box mounting opening 50 Lower storage section 51 Upper storage section 52 Middle storage section 51a, 52a Tray

Claims (5)

An instrument panel attached to a steering support member provided at the front of the vehicle is provided with an opening to which a base member for attaching a glove box body is attached, and the glove box body is attached to the base member attached to the opening. In the vehicle storage structure, the base member has an upper side portion and a lower side portion, and a hinge portion of the glove box body is rotatably attached to the lower side portion, and is engaged with a lock portion of the glove box body. A striker to be stopped is fixed to the upper side, a reinforcement member is attached to the upper side, the striker is attached to the reinforcement member, and one end of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction is attached to the reinforcement member. has a first extension extending upwardly or downwardly of the vehicle, a first connecting part is provided in the first extension, and the first extension and the instrument panel are fixed to each other with the base member interposed therebetween. A vehicle storage structure characterized by: The other end of the reinforcement member in the vehicle width direction has a second extension that extends in the opposite direction to the first extension in the vehicle vertical direction, and the second extension is provided with a second connection part and The vehicle storage structure according to claim 1, wherein the second connecting portion is fixed to the instrument panel. The base member has a stay fixing part that is fixed to the stay extending from the steering support member, and the second connecting part is located between the hinge attachment part of the base member and the stay fixing part in the vehicle width direction when viewed from the rear. The vehicle storage structure according to claim 2 , which is located between. The upper side portion of the base member has a widthwise extension extending in the vehicle width direction, and an instrument panel opening for installing electronic equipment and a storage section is provided below the widthwise extension. The vehicle storage structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The vehicle storage structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the striker is fixed to a mounting surface of the reinforcement member facing in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.