JPH0235554Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a vehicle drawer device such as an ashtray device provided in a vehicle interior.

[Conventional technology]

Various drawer devices such as an ashtray device, a coin pocket, and a cup holder can be installed on a fixed member in the vehicle interior, such as an instrument panel. Among conventional vehicle drawer devices, those of the type in which items are taken in and out while being guided by guide rails have a structure as shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, for example. The figure shows an ashtray device for a vehicle, with reference numeral 1 indicating an outer case attached to a fixed member in a vehicle interior, and 2 indicating an ashtray box as a drawer that can be stored in the outer case 1. Rail-shaped engaging parts 3 are provided on both sides of the ashtray box 2 and extend in the direction in which the ashtray box 2 is taken in and taken out, and guide rails that slidably support the engaging parts 3 are provided on both inner surfaces of the outer case 1. 4 is provided. The guide rail 4 is provided with a leaf spring 5 to prevent backlash and provide sliding resistance. In addition,
6 is a protector provided in the ashtray box 2;
7 is a spring that biases the protector 6 upward;
Reference numeral 8 indicates a shaft that rotatably supports the protector 6 and also supports the spring 7.

In a vehicle drawer device having such a configuration,
As shown in FIG. 15, the ashtray box 2 is moved in and out of the outer case 1 in the direction A-B while the engaging portions 3 on both sides of the ashtray box are supported by the guide rails 4. When the ashtray box 2 is pulled out from the outer case 1, the ashtray box 2 is pulled out in the direction B until the engaging portion 3 comes off the guide rail 4.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

The vehicle drawer device having the above structure has the following problems.

As shown in FIG. 15, especially in the case of a drawer device attached to the instrument panel 9, the shift lever 10 may be located in front of the drawer 2 in the pullout direction. It is often not possible to leave a large space between the two. Therefore, the following problems arise in the conventional structure.

In FIG. 15, 11 is the drawer position of the drawer 2, 12 is the amount of drawer from the storage position to the drawer position, 13 is the attachment/detachment position where the drawer 2 is removed from the outer case 1, and 14 is the distance from the drawer position to the removal position. Reference numeral 15 indicates the amount of attachment and detachment of the guide rail 4 at the pull-out position.

First, in order to prevent play from occurring in the drawer 2 being pulled out at the drawer drawer position 11, a certain amount of holding amount 15 is required.
If 5 becomes large, the amount of desorption 14 will also inevitably become large, so within a limited space, the amount of retention 15 and the amount of desorption 1
In order to secure 4, the structure shown in the figure requires a drawer amount of 1.
The only option is to make 2 smaller. However, the withdrawal amount is 1
2 is small, a problem arises in that a sufficient opening area of the drawer 2 cannot be obtained with respect to the outer case 1, resulting in inconvenience in use.

On the other hand, in order to ensure a sufficient amount of drawer 12, it is necessary to reduce the amount 15 held by the guide rail 4, and if the amount 15 held is small, it may cause looseness when the object 2 is pulled out. .

In addition, as a method to keep the required holding amount small, as well as the required withdrawal amount and required removal amount, there is a method of reducing the length of the drawer 2 in the insertion and removal direction, but this method does not allow the drawer 2 to have a sufficient size ( volume, etc.)
This leads to the problem that it cannot be removed.

Conventionally, in order to solve the above problems, (a) the holding amount 15 by the guide rail 4 is reduced and the dimensional accuracy of this part is increased to prevent the occurrence of backlash.

(b) Secure the holding amount of 15 and unavoidably withdraw the amount of 1
(c) When removing the object 2, change the position of the shift lever 10 (for example, in the case of an automatic transmission, return from P range to N range) to forcibly free up space for removal. Measures were taken such as opening the box, (d) making the drawer 2 itself smaller, etc.

However, the problem with countermeasure (a) is that manufacturing costs will skyrocket in order to ensure dimensional accuracy sufficient to prevent looseness, and it is extremely difficult to achieve any level of precision in reality, and countermeasure (b) As mentioned above, there is the problem of inconvenience in using the drawer.Measure (c) makes it troublesome to pull out the drawer and it can only be done in limited cases.Countermeasure (d) solves the problem of the above-mentioned problem. However, there is a problem in that the volume of the drawer cannot be secured.

This invention focuses on the problems mentioned above, and makes it possible to ensure both the amount of drawers to be pulled out and the amount of drawers held by the guide rail, and at the same time, without interfering with the shift lever etc. in a limited space. The purpose is to provide a structure that allows drawers to be easily attached and removed from the outer case, and to satisfy all of the following requirements: securing an opening area when pulling out drawers, preventing looseness, easy operation of attaching and detaching drawers, and securing the volume of drawers. do.

[Means for solving problems]

The vehicle drawer device of the present invention that meets this purpose includes an outer case that is attached to a fixed member in the vehicle interior and is capable of storing drawers, and guide rails that are provided on both inner surfaces of the outer case and extend in the direction in which the drawers are taken in and taken out. A vehicular drawer device comprising: a drawer having an engaging portion that slidably engages with the guide rail and is supported by the outer case via the engagement;
The engaging portion of the drawer is composed of at least two engaging portions, a back engaging portion located on the back side in the pull-out direction of the drawer, and a front engaging portion located on the front side, and the back side is connected to the guide rail. A back side rail part that engages with the engaging part and a front side rail part that engages with the front side engaging part are respectively provided, and the back side rail part and the front side rail part are moved in the direction of pulling out the object from the outer case. In this case, the engagement between the back side engaging part and the back side rail part and the engagement between the front side engaging part and the front side rail part are released substantially simultaneously.

[Effect]

In such a pull-out device for a vehicle, the pull-out item is pulled out from the back side at the pull-out position by the engagement between the back side engaging part and the back side rail part and the engagement between the front side engaging part and the front side rail part. It is held on the guide rail at two different locations: on the front side and on the front side. Even if the holding amount of the drawer in the drawer insertion/removal direction in each holding part is small, since the drawer is supported at two points on the back side and the front side, the occurrence of backlash can be easily prevented with a relatively high degree of accuracy. Since the holding amount of each holding part is small, and the engagement between the engaging part and the rail part of both holding parts is released almost simultaneously, the object to be drawn out can be moved by a small amount in the drawing direction from its drawing position. It can be easily attached and detached from the outer case, and the amount of movement required for attachment and detachment is significantly less than that of conventional structures. When the amount of attachment and detachment is kept small, even within a limited space, a sufficient amount of objects can be pulled out while maintaining a sufficient size and volume of the objects.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 3 show a vehicle drawer device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which the present invention is applied to a vehicle ashtray device. In the figure, 21 indicates an instrument panel as a fixed member inside the vehicle interior. An outer case 23 is attached to the instrument panel 21 using screws 22 or the like. Outer case 2
Guide rails 24 are provided on both inner surfaces of the box 3, and the guide rails 24 extend in the direction in which an ashtray box 25 as a drawer is taken in and taken out. The ashtray box 25 is provided on both sides with engaging parts 26 that slidably engage with the guide rails 24. Through the engagement between the engaging parts 26 and the guide rails 24, the ashtray box 25 is opened. Outer case 2
Supported by 3.

The engaging portions 26 on both sides of the ashtray box include a back engaging portion 27 located on the back side and a front engaging portion 2 located on the front side when viewed in the pull-out direction X of the ashtray box 25.
It consists of 8 and. In this embodiment, the front side engaging part 28 is located above the back side engaging part 27, and the back side engaging part 27 is located higher than the front side engaging part 28.
It extends short in the direction of putting in and taking out the ashtray box.

The guide rail 24 on the inner surface of the outer case is configured as a rail that forms two grooves 29 and 30 in the vertical direction, and the upper groove part 29 is connected to the front engaging part 2.
The front rail part that engages with the ashtray box 8 and the lower groove part 30 form a back rail part that engages with the back engaging part 27, and each extends in the direction of putting in and taking out the ashtray box.

In FIG. 1, 31 is a shift lever located in front of the ashtray box 25, and a two-dot chain line 32 is a shift lever located in front of the ashtray box 25.
The drawer position of the ashtray box 25 is indicated by 33, and the position at which it is removed from the outer case 23. As shown in the figure, the front side engaging part 28 and the back side engaging part 27
up to the drawer position 32 of the ashtray box 25,
They are engaged with and held by the front rail section 29 and the rear rail section 30, respectively, but at the attachment/detachment position 33, both engagements are released at the same time. In other words, when the front side engaging part 28 comes off from the front side rail part 29, the groove forming the back side rail part 30 is moved downward at this part so that the back side engaging part 27 can also come off from the back side rail part 30. It is opened to This opening 3
4, as shown in FIG. 3, also serves as a guide path when attaching the rear side engaging part 27 to the rear side rail part 30, so in order to facilitate this guidance, guides 35, 36 are provided. is provided. The upper part of the guide 36 is configured as a locking part 36a that can lock the rear side engaging part 27. However, the parts indicated by diagonal lines in Figs. 2 and 3, that is, the guide 35,
The portion provided with 36 may not be provided.

In addition, 37 is a protector, and 38 is a protector 3.
A spring 39 urges the spring 7 upward, and a shaft 39 supports the spring 38 and rotatably supports the protector 37. Also, 40 is
The leaf spring 40 is a leaf spring installed in a recess 41 formed on the lower surface of the groove 29. The leaf spring 40 urges upward a tongue piece 42 that is integrally formed with the lower face of the groove 29 and extends above the recess 41. 42 is pressed against the lower surface of the front engaging part 28 to prevent rattling within the front rail part 29 of the front engaging part 28 and to provide sliding resistance. Furthermore, the protector 37
A protrusion 43 is provided on the upper surface of the ashtray box, and the protrusion 43 is adapted to be engaged with a engagement section 44 provided on the outer case 23 when the ashtray box is pulled out.

The operation of the embodiment device configured as described above will be explained.

4 to 6 show the storage position, drawer position, and attachment/detachment position of the ashtray box 25, respectively.
However, the illustrated apparatus is shown with the hatched portions of FIGS. 2 and 3 removed.

In the storage position in the outer case 23 shown in FIG.
The back side engaging part 27 is held by the back side rail part 30,
The front engaging portion 28 is held by the front rail portion 29 over its entire length, and is biased via a tongue piece 42 by a leaf spring 40 to absorb play. Therefore, the ashtray box 25 is held in the outer case 23 without play.

When the ashtray box 25 is pulled out a predetermined amount, the fifth
As shown in the figure, the protrusion 43 of the protector 37, which is biased upward, is engaged with the engagement section 44 of the outer case 23, and the movement of the ashtray box 25 is stopped. In this ashtray box drawer position, the rear part of the front engaging part 28 is held at the front part of the front rail part 29, and the back engaging part 27 is held at a position immediately before the opening 34 of the back rail part 30. Ru. The holding part of the front side engaging part 28 and the holding part of the back side engaging part 27 are quite apart from each other in the ashtray box insertion/removal direction, and the ashtray box 25 is supported at two points by both holding parts. Even if the holding amount of the ashtray box in the ashtray box insertion/removal direction in both holding parts is small, the ashtray box 25 does not move and is attached to the outer case 2.
Supported by 3. In other words, in this state, the same effect can be obtained as if the retention amount in the conventional structure shown in FIG. 15 was increased. Moreover, in this embodiment, the front engaging portion 28 is provided with a tongue piece 42 biased by a leaf spring 40.
Since it is held through the holder, rattling can be better prevented from occurring. In this state, it is used as an ashtray.

When removing the ashtray box 25 from the outer case 23, as shown in FIG.
7 is pushed down a little, the engagement between the protrusion 43 and the locking part 44 is released, and the ashtray box 25 is further pulled out. At this time, almost at the same time that the front side engagement part 28 comes off from the front side rail part 29, the back side engagement part 27
reaches the position of the opening 34 of the rear rail section 30,
The engagement between the back side engaging portion 27 and the back side rail portion 30 is substantially released. That is, ashtray box 25
can be easily removed from the outer case 23 by just moving it slightly downward. The required amount of movement of the ashtray box 25 from the drawer position shown in FIG. 5 to the removal position shown in FIG. Since it is small, only a small amount of movement is required, and the space required for attachment and detachment in the direction of the shift lever 31 is significantly smaller than in the conventional structure. Therefore, it becomes possible to increase the amount of drawout of the ashtray box 25 and to increase the size of the ashtray box 25 itself.

Second Embodiment Next, FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the guide rail 52 provided on the outer case 51 side is formed in an arc shape. As in the first embodiment, the guide rail 52 has an upper and lower two-stage configuration, and is composed of a front rail section 53 located on the upper side and a back side rail section 54 located on the lower side. A front engaging portion 56 that engages with the front rail portion 53 and extends in an arc shape is provided on the side surface of the ashtray box 55.
A short back side engaging portion 57 that engages with the back side rail portion 54 is provided.

In this way, even if the guide rail 52 is formed in an arc shape and the ashtray box 55 is moved in an arc shape in the loading/unloading direction, the operation is basically the same as that shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. The ashtray box 55 is prevented from rattling at the pulled out position by the two-point support of the front engaging part 56 and the back engaging part 57, and even a small amount of movement in the pulling direction from the pulled out position is prevented. The ashtray box 55 can be easily removed.

Other configurations and operations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 8 to 10. In this embodiment, the guide rail 62 provided on the inner surface of the outer case 61 is
It is configured in one step in the vertical direction. However, as shown in FIG. 10, the planar shape of the guide rail 62, especially the planar shape of the lower rail portion 64 of the groove 63, is
It is formed in a stepped shape with a rear rail portion 64a (the portion indicated by intersecting diagonal lines in FIG. 10) and a front rail portion 64b. These respective rail portions 64a, 6
4b, the engaging portion 66 provided on the side surface of the ashtray box 65 is also configured in a two-stage shape, including a back engaging portion 66a and a front engaging portion 66b.

Even in the embodiment device having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 10 showing the position of the drawer of the ashtray box 65, the rear engaging part 66a and the rear rail part 64a, and the front engaging part 66b and the front rail part 64b
A two-point support structure is achieved by the engagement of the ashtray box 65, and the ashtray box 65 can be easily removed from the outer case 61 by a slight movement in the pull-out direction from the pull-out position. Other configurations and operations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

Fourth Embodiment Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 show the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
An example is shown. In this embodiment, guide rails 72 provided on both sides of the outer case 71
The groove 73 is also configured in one step in the vertical direction, and is divided into a rear rail portion 74a and a front rail portion 74b, with an opening 7 opening downward between them.
5. And ashtray box 76
The engaging portion provided on the side surface is also divided into a back engaging portion 77a and a front engaging portion 77b on the same line, with a large gap between them.

Even in such an embodiment device, as shown in FIG. 11 showing the pulled-out position of the ashtray box 76, the rear engaging part 77a and the rear rail part 74a, and the front engaging part 77b and the front rail part Through the engagement of 74b at different positions, the ashtray box 76 is supported on the outer case 71 side with a sufficient holding amount and without play. Then, by a small amount of movement from this drawer position, the front side engaging part 77b is removed from the front side rail part 74b, and at the same time, the back side engaging part 74a is moved to the opening 75.
At this point, the ashtray box 76 can be easily removed.
Other configurations and operations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

Although the above embodiments have been described with respect to vehicle drawer devices, the present invention is not limited thereto, and can of course be applied to other vehicle drawer devices such as coin slots and cup holders.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, when using the vehicle pull-out device of the present invention, the pull-out item can be pulled out at two points at the pull-out position by the engagement between the back side engaging part and the back side rail part, and the front side engaging part and the front side rail part. In addition to ensuring a sufficient holding amount of the drawer, the above-mentioned engagement is released almost simultaneously so that the drawer can be easily removed from the outer case with a small amount of movement from the drawer position, so that the drawer can be held sufficiently. This prevents the looseness of the drawer and ensures a sufficient amount of drawer. At the same time, the amount of movement required for attaching and removing the drawer is kept to a small level, and the above-mentioned holding amount can be maintained even in a narrow space.
This provides the effect that the drawer can be easily attached and detached while ensuring the amount of drawer.

In addition, there is no need to deliberately reduce the size and volume of the drawer itself, and there is no need to operate a shift lever etc. when attaching and removing the drawer, and the convenience of use and operability of the drawer itself when attaching and detaching can be maintained. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a vehicle pull-out device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a guide rail portion of the device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 1 in a state where a gift is stored, FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view of a vehicle drawer device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a vehicle drawer device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a partial perspective view of a drawer of the device shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 10 is a partially transparent plan view of the device shown in FIG. 8, and FIG. 11 is a vehicle according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 12 is a partially transparent plan view of the device shown in FIG. 11, FIG. 13 is a partially exploded perspective view of a conventional vehicle drawer device, and FIG. 14 is a guide of the device shown in FIG. 13. A perspective view of the rail section, FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the operation of the device in FIG. 13,
It is. 21... Instrument panel as a fixed member, 23, 51, 61, 71... Outer case, 24, 52, 62, 72... Guide rail,
25, 55, 65, 76... Ashtray box as a drawer, 26... Engaging portion, 27, 57, 66
a, 77a... Back side engaging part, 28, 56, 66
b, 77b...front engaging portion, 29, 53, 64
b, 74b...front rail part, 30, 54, 64
a, 74a... Back rail portion, 31... Shift lever, 34, 75... Opening.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An outer case that is attached to a fixed member in the vehicle interior and can store drawers; a guide rail provided on both inner surfaces of the outer case and extending in the direction in which the drawer is taken in and taken out; and an engagement that slidably engages with the guide rail. and a drawer that is supported by the outer case through the engagement, wherein the engaging part of the drawer is located on the back side of the side surface of the drawer, which is located on the back side in the pullout direction of the drawer. It is composed of at least two engaging parts: an engaging part and a front engaging part located on the front side, and the guide rail is provided with a rear rail part that engages with the rear engaging part and a front engaging part located on the front side. A front rail portion that engages is provided, and the rear rail portion and the front rail portion are engaged with each other when the drawer is moved in the pulling direction from the outer case. and a vehicle drawer device, characterized in that the front engaging portion and the front rail portion are disposed so that engagement with each other is released substantially simultaneously.