JPH0512267U - Vehicle cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The cup holding member is automatically expanded and folded to accommodate various types of cups, and it is possible to hold a plurality of cups at the same time. (EN) Provided is a cup holder for a vehicle which is as small as possible and has an extremely rational mechanism which eliminates influence on peripheral devices. A cup holder which is housed in a storage part 51 having an opening in the front part and which is attached so as to be freely drawn out through the opening part 52 of the storage part 51, wherein the cup holder main body is inserted into and taken out of the storage part 51. A movable base 1 slidable in a direction, and at least two link members 21 each having one end pivotally supported on at least one side of the movable base 1,
And a cup holding member 2 in which one link member 21 is rotatably connected between the link members, and the cup holding member 2 is always elastically biased in the developing direction.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a cup holder structure for holding and mounting various cups and bottles (hereinafter, simply referred to as cups) installed near a seat of a vehicle such as an automobile, and more specifically, to a cup holder structure by one-touch operation. The present invention relates to a cup holder structure which can be put in and taken out and deployed, and whose accommodation space is as small as possible to eliminate the influence on peripheral devices and which has an extremely rational mechanism.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As an improved cup holder structure of this type, for example, there is a structure disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-285445. According to this conventional technique, a movable base that is slidable on a fixed base in a pulling direction is provided, and a single ring-shaped cup holding member that can be folded in two at the distal end and the proximal end is developed on the movable base. The base is supported so that it can be folded, and a substantially L-shaped cup bottom support member is provided at the tip of the movable base so as to be rotatable downward.

When the cup is held in the cup holder, the knob attached to the tip of the L-shaped cup bottom support member is pulled, and the movable base is pulled out to the front, thereby holding the ring-shaped cup. The members are also pulled out from the storage unit together.

When the drawer is released and the knob attached to the tip of the cup bottom support member is released, the cup bottom support member pivots downward by its own weight and holds the folded cup. The members are exposed. Here, the cup holding member is developed on both left and right sides, and the cup is inserted into the holding member and placed on the cup bottom support member. When the cup holder is to be stored, the reverse operation to the above operation is performed, and the substantially L-shaped cup bottom support member is pushed forward to be stored in the storage portion.

[0005]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional technique, depending on the diameter of the cup, the diameter of the ring-shaped cup holding member is constant, so that it cannot be used in some cases.

Only one cup can be used.

A movable base is slidably mounted on a fixed base, and a cup holding member, which is a semicircular ring member, and an L-shaped cup bottom support member are attached to the movable member. Therefore, since the number of constituent members is large and it is difficult to be structurally compact, a large accommodation space is required.

Since the position of the cup holding member is fixed and its installation position cannot be changed or adjusted, peripheral devices are hidden behind the cup when the cup holder is used, and it is troublesome to use other devices. Or, it may cause problems such as being unusable.

Therefore, the installation location is limited, and it becomes impossible to effectively utilize a narrow space such as a vehicle interior.

In order to deploy the cup holding member, it is necessary to deploy the cup holding member individually, and it is necessary to perform the operation twice, which is complicated as an operation during driving, and is accompanied by a risk. There are many tasks to be done.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to accommodate the size of a cup, to hold a plurality of cups at the same time, and to provide a storage space therefor. The objective is to provide a cup holder that is as small as possible, at the same time the cup holding member is automatically expanded, and has a very rational mechanism that minimizes the influence on peripheral devices.

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a cup holder housed in a storage part having an opening at the front and attached so as to be able to be pulled out through the opening of the storage part. A movable base that is movable and at least two link members whose one ends are pivotally supported on at least one side of the movable base, and the link members that rotate between the two link members have one or more joints. A cup holder for a vehicle, characterized in that the cup holder is continuously connected as much as possible, and the cup holder is always elastically biased in the developing direction.

[0013]

[Action]

 The main body of the cup holder according to the present invention is removably housed in a housing space having a front opening formed in a mounting panel such as an instrument panel or a front console mounted on a vehicle such as a vehicle. A compression coil spring is interposed in the storage space, and the known lock mechanism is locked and released by pushing the front surface of the front wall of the movable base of the cup holder body, and the elastic force of the compression coil spring is used. Then, the main body of the cup holder is automatically pulled out and stored as follows.

When the cup holder body is stored in the storage space, pressing the front surface of the front wall portion of the movable base releases the lock mechanism, and the cup holder body is opened from the storage space by the elastic force of the compression coil spring. It is automatically pushed out to the department. At this time, the cup holding member accommodated in the accommodating space of the movable base in the folded state is constantly subjected to the elastic force in the developing direction by the coil spring and slides to the opening of the accommodating space as it is pushed out. It is gradually expanded while coming into contact, and when the entire cup holding member is exposed to the outside, it is completely expanded.

By inserting cups into a cup insertion space formed by the upper and lower horizontal wall portions of the movable base and the expanded cup holding member, arc-shaped recesses formed in the upper and lower horizontal wall portions and The cups are held by the arc-shaped holding surface formed on the link member.

When the cup holder is stored in the holder storage part, the cups are pulled out from the cup holding part, and the front surface of the movable base is simply pushed in, so that the rear link member of the cup holding member is opened by the opening edge of the storage part. When pressed, the cup holding member is automatically folded against the urging force of the coil spring and stored in the storage space together with the movable base.

[0017]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a representative embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a main body of a cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention, which comprises a movable base 1 and a cup holding member 2.

The movable base 1 has walls 12, 13 at the front and rear ends in the longitudinal direction of a rectangular vertical partition wall 11, and horizontal walls 14, 15 at the upper and lower ends. It has a substantially horizontal H shape. Therefore, in the portion surrounded by the respective wall portions 11 to 15, the accommodation space 16 of the cup holding member 2 is formed on the left and right sides with the vertical partition wall portion 11 interposed therebetween. Further, recessed portions 17 with which a part of the peripheral surface of the cup 3 abuts are formed at both left and right edges of rear portions of the upper and lower horizontal wall portions 14 and 15 in the withdrawing direction.

The cup holding member 2 is formed by linking link members 21 made of three slender plates through a rotating shaft 22. Both ends of the cup holding member 2 before and after sandwiching the recessed portion 17 of the movable base 1 are sandwiched. The upper and lower horizontal wall portions 14 and 15 are pivotally attached to each other. Therefore, the cup holding member 2 constitutes a closed link mechanism by using a part of the movable base 1 as a stationary node, and swings about an end portion separated by a predetermined length as a rotation center to enable expansion and folding, At the time of unfolding, the cup insertion space 3 is formed between the movable base 1 and each link member 21. Moreover, when folded, the entire link member 21 is housed in the housing space 16 of the movable base 1. The above-mentioned predetermined length is substantially equal to the length of the link member 21 whose one end is pivotally attached to the movable base 1 in this embodiment. Further, the opposing side edges of each link member 21 of the cup holding member 2 are cut out in an arc shape having a predetermined curvature, and the arc portion forms a holding surface 23 for holding the periphery of the cup.

A coil spring 4 that constantly urges the cup holding member 2 in the developing direction is attached to a pivotally connecting portion between the movable base 1 and the cup holding member 2.

In the present embodiment, the movable base 1 is composed of five wall portions 11 to 15, and the main body has a cross section of a substantially horizontal H shape, and a storage space for accommodating a pair of left and right cup holding members 2, respectively. Although 16 are formed on the left and right sides, it is possible to form the accommodation space 16 for accommodating the cup holding member 2 only on one of the left and right sides by making the cross-sectional shape of the main body U-shaped.

In this embodiment, three link members 21 are used as the cup holding member 2, but the number of the link members 21 is not limited, and for example, as shown in FIG. In some cases, the link mechanism may be configured by using the link member 21.

As shown in FIG. 2, the main body of the cup holder according to the present invention having the above-described structure has an opening on the front face formed on an attachment panel 5 such as an instrument panel or a front console mounted on a vehicle such as a vehicle. It is stored so that it can be put in and taken out in a storage space 51 having. In the illustrated example, a compression coil spring 6 is interposed in the storage space 51, a known lock mechanism is attached to the rear wall portion 12 of the movable base 1 and the storage space 51, and the front surface of the front wall portion 11 is pushed. Thus, the lock mechanism is locked and released, and the elastic force of the compression coil spring 6 is used to automatically pull out the main body of the cup holder.

With the main body of the cup holder stored in the storage space 51, pressing the front surface of the front wall portion 11 of the movable base 1 releases the lock mechanism, and the main body of the cup holder is compressed by a compression coil as shown in FIG. The elastic force of the spring 6 automatically pushes out from the storage space 51 of the mounting panel 4 to the opening. At this time, since the cup holding member 2 accommodated in the accommodation space 16 in the folded state is always subjected to the elastic force in the developing direction by the coil spring 4, the opening of the accommodation space 51 is opened as it is pushed out. The cup holding member 1 is gradually expanded while slidingly contacting the portion 52, and when the entire cup holding member 1 is exposed to the outside, the cup holding member 1 is in a completely expanded state as shown in FIG.

The cup 7 is inserted into the cup insertion space 3 formed by the upper and lower horizontal wall portions 14 and 15 of the movable base 1 and the cup holding member 2 which has been expanded, and the upper and lower horizontal walls are flattened as shown in FIG. It is held by an arcuate recess 17 formed on the walls 14 and 15 and an arcuate holding surface 23 formed on each link member 21.

When the cup holder is stored in the holder storing portion, the cup 7 is pulled out from the cup holding portion and the front surface of the movable base 1 is simply pushed in, so that the rear link member 21 of the cup holding member 2 is opened in the storage space 51. It is pressed by the portion 52 and is automatically folded and stored against the biasing force of the coil spring 4.

FIG. 5 shows a modified example in which the above-mentioned three or more link members 21 are continuously arranged to form the cup holding member 2, and six ring members having substantially the same length are provided. 21 are connected in series via a rotary shaft. According to this example, by appropriately rotating each ring member 21 to change the ring shape of the cup insertion space 3, for example, the cup held by the cup holding member 2 of the above embodiment as shown in FIG. The cup 7 having a smaller diameter than the diameter can be held, and the cups 7 having various diameters can be accommodated.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, one end of the link member 21 of the cup holding member 2 having the same structure as the above-mentioned embodiment is attached to the front wall portion 12 side of the movable base 1. One end of the first sub-link member 24 is rotatably attached to the other end of the first sub-link member 24 by commonly using the rotary shaft 22 'of the other end of the pivotally supported link member 21'. The second sub-link members 25 are rotatably connected to each other. The first and second sub-link members 24 and 25 have the same length and are set to be slightly shorter than the length of the link member 21 '. I try not to interfere. Further, a pin engaging portion 25 ′ is formed at the tip of the second sub link member 25. On the other hand, a plurality of pins 18 are provided on the upper surface of the lower horizontal wall portion 15 of the movable base 1 at predetermined intervals.

With this configuration, according to this embodiment, the first and second sub-link members 24 and 25 can be folded so as to overlap the link member 21 'as shown by the solid line in FIG. Moreover, as shown by the phantom line, it becomes possible to extend around the rotation shaft 22 'as a fulcrum, and the arbitrary pin 18 on the movable base 1 is formed at the tip of the second sub-link member 25. When engaged with the mating portion 25 ', another cup insertion space 7 is formed in addition to the cup insertion space 3 according to the above embodiment. The size of the cup insertion space 7 varies depending on the position of the engagement pin of the pin engagement portion 25 ', and as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to accommodate cups 7 having various diameters. ..

FIG. 8 shows a modified example of the cup holding member 2. The cup holding member 2 shown in FIG. 8 is composed of a four-node closing link mechanism and one pair of pair elements is placed in the accommodation space 16 of the movable base 1. It is rotatably supported by a vertically installed support shaft 8. Further, a fixed spring 19 is attached to the front surface of the rear wall portion 13 of the movable base 1, and the fixed spring 19 is fitted to the link portion of the cup holding member 2 facing the fixed spring 19 in a state shown by a virtual line B. 8 is formed, and when the cup holding member 2 is rotated about the support shaft 8 to the position of the imaginary line B in FIG. 8, the fixed spring 19 is fitted into the spring receiving groove 26 and The holding member 2 maintains the state shown by the virtual line B. On the other hand, a coil spring 4 is attached to each of the link members 21 and 21 pivotally supported by the support shaft 8 so as to urge the link members 21 and 21 in a direction in which they are constantly expanded.

Therefore, also in this modified example, when the cup holder is stored in the holder storage portion, after setting the cup holding member 2 to the position shown by the phantom line B in FIG. 8, simply push in the front surface of the movable base 1. Then, the rear link member 21 of the cup holding member 2 is pressed by the opening 52 of the storage space 51, and is automatically folded and stored against the biasing force of the coil spring 4. In addition, when the front surface of the front wall portion 11 of the movable base 1 is pushed in the storage space 51 in this way, the lock mechanism is released, and the body of the cup holder is attached to the mounting panel 4 by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 6. It is automatically pushed out from the storage space 51 to the opening 52. At this time, since the cup holding member 2 accommodated in the accommodation space 16 in the folded state is constantly subjected to the elastic force in the developing direction by the coil spring 4, the opening of the accommodation space 51 is opened as it is pushed out. The cup holding member 1 is gradually expanded while slidingly contacting the portion 52, and when the entire cup holding member 1 is exposed to the outside, the cup holding member 1 is automatically in a completely expanded state at a position indicated by a virtual line B in FIG.

As described above, the present invention can be variously modified and is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.

[0033]

[Effect of the device]

 As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the width of the space for storing the link member of the movable base is sufficient if it is slightly larger than the width of the link member. Therefore, even if a pair of left and right cup holding portions is provided. There is still room for space, and it is possible to effectively use a small space such as a vehicle. Moreover, since the cup holder according to the present invention automatically unfolds and folds the cup holding member when putting it in and out of the holder housing, it is possible to insert and hold the cup without any special operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a cup holder body of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal plan view showing a state where the cup holder body is housed in a mounting panel.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a cross section of a part of the cup holder body being pulled out of the mounting panel.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state when a cup holding member of the cup holder body is unfolded.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a modified example of the cup holding member of the cup holder body.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing another embodiment of the cup holder body of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing various uses of the cup holder body.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a modified example of the cup holder body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Movable Base 2 Cup Holding Member 3 Cup Insertion Space 4 Coil Spring 5 Mounting Panel 6 Compression Coil Spring 7 Cup 8 Spindle 11 Vertical Partition Wall 12 Front Wall 13 Rear Wall 14, 15 Horizontal Wall 16 (of Cup Holding) Storage space 17 Recessed fitting portion 18 Pin 19 Fixed spring 21,21 'Link member 22, 22' Rotating shaft 23 Holding surface 24, 25 Sub-link member 25 'Engagement portion 26 Fixed spring receiving groove 51 (of cup holder main body) Storage space 52 opening

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A storage unit having an opening at the front,
A cup holder attached so as to be freely drawn out through an opening of the storage portion, wherein a movable base slidable in the storage portion in a withdrawal direction and one end of which is pivotally supported at least on one side portion of the movable base. A cup holding member that has at least two link members and is rotatably connected between the two link members with one or more link members, and the cup holding member is always elastic in the developing direction. A cup holder for vehicles, which is characterized in that it is urged in a static manner.