JPH0520606Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field of the Present Invention> The present invention relates to a console box for an automobile having a lid that can be opened and closed and that partially slides.

<Prior Art> A console box is provided behind the shift lever between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of an automobile.

Conventionally, a console box with a lid that can be pulled forward by hand to provide an armrest for operating a shift lever has been put into practical use.

<Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention> However, this structure in which the lid of the console box is held in the hand and pulled out to the front has the following problems.

(b) While the driver is sitting in the driver's seat, use one hand to
The action of pulling out the lid on the side toward the front was unnatural and extremely difficult to perform. In particular, there was a problem in that it was difficult to pull out the lid while driving because the lid could not be seen.

(b) Furthermore, even if you tried to pull the console box forward by hand from the side, it was difficult to apply force directly to the front of the lid, which caused the inconvenience of the console box not being able to be pulled in the middle or causing abnormal noises.

<Means for solving the above problems> In order to solve the above problems, the automobile console box of the present invention includes: a container; a first lid body provided on the container so as to be openable and closable; a second lid that is slidably attached to the outer surface of the lid so that a portion of the lid can protrude to the side of the first lid; a biasing means for applying a biasing force to the second lid to cause the first lid to protrude laterally; and a biasing means for locking the second lid in a position where the second lid does not protrude from the first lid; a locking means provided on the first lid for releasing the lock; and a buffer means for slowing down the sliding speed of the second lid due to the urging force of the urging means. ing.

<Function> With this structure, the container is opened and closed by moving the first lid and the second lid as one unit while keeping them locked by the locking means.

If you operate the locking means and release the lock,
The second lid slides from the first lid by the biasing force of the biasing means, and a portion of the second lid protrudes to the side of the first lid.
Furthermore, this sliding movement is performed at a slow speed due to the buffering means.

<An embodiment of the present invention> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a console box installed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of an automobile. 2 is a storage room for the console box. In FIG. 1, the left side is the front side of the automobile.

A lid 3 for opening and closing the storage chamber 2 of the console box 1 includes a first lid body 10 and a second lid body 10 on the outside thereof.
and a lid body 20.

The first lid 10 is rotatable by a hinge 11 at the rear end 2a' of the peripheral edge 2a of the storage chamber 2 at the lower surface of the rear end so that the storage chamber 2 of the console box 1 can be opened and closed. installed on. The center portion 12 of the first lid body 10 bulges upward in order to increase the amount of storage in the storage chamber 2.
An inner recess 13 is formed.

A slide mechanism 30 is provided on the top surface of the first lid body 10.
The second lid body 20 is attached so that it can slide from the position shown by the solid line, which corresponds to the first lid body 10, to the position shown by the chain line, where a portion of the lid body 20 protrudes forward. .

The slide mechanism 30 consists of a lower rail 31 and an upper rail 51.

The lower rail 31 includes a horizontal portion 32, vertical portions 33, 33 bent vertically on both sides thereof, and mounting portions 34, 34 bent vertically in the horizontal direction from the vertical portions 33, 33. The mounting portions 34 are fixed to the first lid 10 on both sides of the central portion 12 with the horizontal portion 32 located on the upper surface of the central portion 12 of the first lid 10 .

Rail plates 35, 35 having an inverted L-shaped cross section are fixed to the outer surfaces of the vertical parts 33, 33.

This rail plate 35 is made of plastic, and as shown in FIG. 4, has a fitting protrusion 36 in the center in the longitudinal direction, and locking protrusions provided with notches 37a and 38a on both ends near both ends. Parts 37, 38
have.

The vertical portion 33 of the lower rail 31 has rail plates 3 at the center and near both ends in the longitudinal direction.
Fitting holes 39 and 4 for fitting the fitting protrusion 36 at the center of 5 and the locking protrusions 37 and 38 near both ends.
0.41. Then, the end side edges 40a and 41 of the fitting holes 40 and 41 at both ends of the vertical portion 33 are provided.
The distance between a is set to be the same as or slightly smaller than the distance between the notches 37a and 38a of the engaging protrusions 37 and 38 at both ends of the rail plate 35.

Therefore, the locking protrusion 37 at one end of the rail plate 35 is inserted into the fitting hole 40 at one end, and the notch 37 is inserted.
a to the end side edge 40a, and while bending the center outward, the locking protrusion 38 at the other end is inserted into the fitting hole 4 at the other end.
1, and while guiding the locking protrusion 36 into the fitting hole 39 by the restoring force of the rail plate 35, insert the notch 38 at one end of the rail plate into the fitting hole 41a.
a and the notch 37a at the other end of the rail plate is engaged and fixed in the fitting hole 40a.

Further, the fitting holes 40 and 41 at both ends are set so that there is a slight play in the lateral dimension in the engaged state compared to the locking protrusions 37 and 38. For this reason, even if the plastic rail plate 35 linearly expands in the longitudinal direction to a greater extent than the metal vertical portion 33 due to high temperatures such as in the interior of an automobile, or even if the plastic rail plate 35 contracts significantly due to low temperature, the rail plate 35 will be damaged. never be done.

The rail plate 35 also has thin elastic band portions 43, 43 formed by two slits 42, 42.
is provided. Pressing protrusions 44, 44 are provided in a protruding manner at the center of the outer surfaces of the elastic band parts 43, 43. Moreover, elastic thin parts 45, 45 are also provided on the horizontal part 35a at the upper end of the inverted L-shape of the rail plate 35, and pressing protrusions 46, 46 are protruded from the center of the lower surface thereof.

Furthermore, a plastic rack plate 47 is fixed to the upper surface of the horizontal portion 32 of the lower rail 31 in the longitudinal direction slightly to one side from the center. On both sides of the rack plate 47, there are racks 47a,
47b is provided. Further, the rack plate 47 is provided with a spring hook portion 48.

An upper rail 51 is slidably attached to the upper surface of the lower rail 31.

The upper rail 51 consists of a horizontal portion 52 wider than the horizontal portion 32 of the lower rail 31, and vertical portions 53, 53 bent vertically on both sides of the horizontal portion 52.
Then, a second lid body 20 is placed on the upper surface of this horizontal portion 52.
is fixed.

Inside the vertical parts 53, 53, the rail plates 3 of the vertical parts 33, 33 of the lower rail 31 are provided.
Guide plates 54, 54 for slidably engaging with 5, 35 are fixed.

This guide plate 54 is made of plastic and has four elastic clamping pieces 55, 55, 55, 55 and three locking claws 56, 56, 56 on the back side.

The vertical portion 53 of the upper rail 51 is provided with three fitting holes 57, 58, 59 into which the three locking claws 56, 56, 56 of the guide plate 54 fit.

Therefore, the guide plate 54 is inserted from the lower side of the vertical portion 53, and the elastic clamping pieces 55, 55, . . .
sandwiching the vertical portion 53 with the fitting holes 57, 58, 59.
The guide plate 54 is fixed to the vertical portion 53 by fitting the locking claws 56, 56, 56 into the vertical portions 53, respectively.

The lateral length of the center fitting hole 58 almost matches the lateral length of the center locking claw 56, and the lateral length of the fitting holes 57 and 59 at both ends is approximately equal to the lateral length of the center locking claw 56. It is set to be slightly larger than the horizontal length of the locking claws 56, 56.

Therefore, even if the plastic guide plate 54 linearly expands or contracts to a greater extent than the metal vertical portion 53 due to high or low temperatures, the guide plate 54 will not be damaged.

In this way, the vertical parts 33, 3 of the lower rail 31
Rail plates 35, 35 fixed to the outside of 3
Guide plates 54, 54 fixed to the inside of the upper rail 51 are fitted between the horizontal parts 35a, 35a and the mounting parts 34, 34 so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction. And the guide plate 54,
54 is the elastic band portion 4 of the rail plates 35, 35.
The rail plates 35, 3 are elastically pressed outward by the pressing protrusions 44, 44 of the rail plates 35, 3.
Elastic thin wall portions 45, 4 of the horizontal portions 35a, 35a of 5
The mounting parts 34, 3 are attached by the pressing protrusions 46, 46 of 5.
It is elastically pressed toward the 4th side. Therefore, the upper rail 51 can freely slide on the lower rail 31 without wobbling.

A rack plate 47 fixed to the upper surface of the lower rail 31 is provided on the horizontal portion 52 of the upper rail 51.
A notch 60 is provided in the longitudinal direction so that the upper rail 51 can protrude above the upper rail 51.

A bent attachment portion 61 is provided at one edge of the notch 60 in the width direction. Mounting part 61
An oil-type first damper 62 is fixed to the lower surface of the damper.

In the first damper 62, a disc 64 coated with grease on both sides is rotatably housed in a hollow cylindrical housing 63, and a shaft 65 of the disc 64 projects downward from the housing 63. A gear 66 fixed to this shaft 65 meshes with a rack 47a on one side of the rack plate 47.

Furthermore, a mounting plate 67 is fixed to the other side in the width direction of the notch 60a. A circular holder 69 having a second damper 68 similar to the damper 62 in the center is fixed to the upper surface of the mounting plate 67. This holder 69 is provided with a circular frame 70 partially cut out on the outside. A gear 71 fixed to the shaft 68 of the second damper 68 at the center is housed in the circular frame 70 so that a portion thereof is exposed through the notch 70a. The gear 71 meshes with a rack 47b on the other side of the rack plate 47.

Inside the gear 71, there is a circular mainspring housing part 7.
2, one end of the mainspring 73 is locked to the inner wall of the accommodating portion 72, and the other end is locked to the outer wall of the housing 68a of the second damper 68 in the center. Then, with the second lid 20 aligned with the first lid 10 as shown in FIG.
is wound up to the maximum extent, and the urging force for sliding the upper rail 51 forward is at its maximum.

Further, a spring hooking portion 74 is provided at the rear end of the notch 60 in the longitudinal direction of the horizontal portion 52 .

A tension spring 75 for biasing the upper rail 51 forward is attached between the spring catch part 48 of the rack plate 47 and the spring catch part 74 of the horizontal part 52. Therefore, the upper rail 51
is urged forward by both the mainspring 73 and the tension spring 75.

Furthermore, the longitudinal ends of the notch 60 and the longitudinal ends of the rack plate 47 come into contact with each other, thereby stopping the upper rail 51 from sliding forward and backward.

A second lid 20 is locked on the side of the first lid 10 in a matching state, and when pressed with a finger, the lock is released and the second lid 20 is moved forward.
A locking device 80 is provided which returns to the locked state when the 0 is pushed back again.

This locking device 80, for example,
The lock release button 17 protrudes outward from the hole 15 of the side wall 14 of 0 by a spring 16, and the upper end 19a is biased by the spring 18 so as to fit into the locking recess 21 of the second lid body 20. When the lock release button 17 is pressed with a finger in the locked state where the second lid body 20 is aligned with the first lid body 10, the tip 17 of the button 17 is pressed.
a presses the inclined hole 19b of the lock pin 19, the lock pin 19 moves downward, the upper end 19a comes off the locking recess 21 of the second lid 20, the lock is released, and the lid 10 moves forward. being pushed out. Then, when the second lid body 20 is pushed back to its original position, the tapered portion 2 of the second lid body 20
2, the upper end 19a of the lock pin 19 is pressed down and then fits into the locking recess 21 due to the spring 18, returning to the locked state.

<Operation of the above embodiment> Since the structure is as described above, the first and second lid bodies 10 and 20 are rotated together by the hinge 11 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 to open the storage chamber. 2 can be opened and closed.

To use it as an armrest, press the lock release button 17 with your finger to release the lock.
Due to the urging force of the mainspring 73 and the tension spring 75, the upper rail 51 (and the second lid body 20)
is urged to slide forward. and the first
Resistance is applied to this sliding by the damper 62 and the second damper 68, and the second lid 20 slides forward at a gentle speed, so that the rear end of the rack plate 47 touches the cut of the upper rail 51. It comes into contact with the rear end of the notch 60 and stops. Spring 73 and tension spring 75
Due to the biasing force, the state in which the second lid body 20 protrudes forward is maintained.

If the second lid body 20 is pushed back against this biasing force, it will be in the locked state again.

<Other Embodiments of the Present Invention> Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made in the configuration of each part. For example, only the mainspring 73 or only the tension spring 75 may be used as the means for biasing the second lid 20, and various other configurations of the locking device are also possible.

<Effects of the present invention> Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, (a) the second lid can be automatically pulled out with a single touch, and no force is required to pull it out, making the pulling operation extremely easy.

(b) Since the second lid body is pulled out as a buffer, there is no chance of it getting stuck or making any strange noises during the process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a perspective view showing a console box according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the lower rail 31, FIG. 4a is a plan view showing the rail plate, and FIG. Figure b is a front view, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the upper rail, Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the upper rail.
The figure is a perspective view showing the guide plate, Figure 7a is a perspective view of the lower rail and upper rail combined, Figure b is a sectional view taken along line bb in figure a, and Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the first damper. 9a is a perspective view showing the gear housing the mainspring, FIG. 9b is a perspective view showing the holder equipped with the second damper, FIG. is a cross-sectional view taken along line bb in figure a. 1...Console box, 2...Storage room, 3
...Lid, 10...First lid body, 17...Lock release button, 20...Second lid body, 30...Slide mechanism, 31...Lower rail, 35...Rail plate, 47...Rack Plate, 51...Top rail, 54...Guide plate, 62...First
damper, 66...gear, 68...second damper, 71...gear, 73...spring, 75...
...Tension spring, 80...Lock device.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A container, a first lid provided on the container so as to be openable and closable, and a portion on the outer surface of the first lid extending to the side of the first lid a second lid that is slidably attached so as to be able to protrude; and a biasing force that causes the second lid to protrude to the side of the first lid. and a lock provided on the first lid for locking the second lid in a position where it does not protrude from the first lid and releasing this lock by operation. A console box for an automobile, comprising: means for reducing the sliding speed of the second lid due to the urging force of the urging means.