JPH0542672Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a console provided in an intermediate portion between the driver's seat and the passenger seat of an automobile.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Consoles in which a console box and a console body are integrally formed are known as consoles for automobiles. In this console, the upper surface of the lid of the console box is used as an armrest for a person sitting in the front seat.

Usually, the console box is configured to be able to change its position in the front-rear direction, and by moving it in accordance with the change in the front-rear seat position, the relative position of the console box with respect to the seated person can remain unchanged. It's becoming like that.
The first console box of this type was JP-A-62.
The one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 194955 is known.

[The problem that the idea attempts to solve]

By the way, the console box disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 194955/1988 is configured to be able to move back and forth while being guided by guide rails that extend forward from between a pair of left and right front seats. A slide block that fits into the guide rail is attached to the console box, and when this slide block slides while being fitted to the guide rail, the console box moves back and forth.

A large number of lock grooves recessed from the slide surface are arranged in parallel on the slide rail, and engagement pieces that engage with the lock grooves are attached to the console box. By engaging the engaging piece with the locking groove, movement of the console box is regulated and its position is set. The engaging piece is engaged with and released from the locking groove by operating a handle attached to the console box.

However, in the above configuration, first of all, if you try to adjust the position of the console box,
It is very troublesome to disengage the engagement piece by operating the handle and then move the console box, which has the drawback of poor operability.

Second, the means for locking and releasing the movement of the console box using the above-mentioned engaging piece is as follows:
Since it is constructed using a wire cable with one end connected to the engagement piece and the other end connected to the operating handle, its structure is extremely complex and has a large number of parts. ing.
Therefore, there have been problems in that the cost of parts increases and the number of assembly steps increases, leading to an increase in manufacturing costs.

This idea was made to solve these problems, and it is easy to use, has a small number of parts in manufacturing, and has a simple structure, but it is easy to move the console box back and forth and It is an object of the present invention to provide a console for an automobile that can reliably suppress movement at any position.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, this invention is an automobile console provided on the floor surface of the body, which includes a console body and a console box with a lid, and the console box and the console body are connected through a guide means. The guide means is composed of a guide rail provided longitudinally on the top surface of the console body and a guided member provided on the bottom surface of the console box, and the guided member is slidable on the guide rail. A sliding suppressing means is connected to the guide rail and the guided member to suppress the sliding of the guided member by pressing the guide rail and the guided member into contact with each other, and the sliding suppressing means is formed of a spring. It was configured so that

[Effect]

According to the above configuration, a force is applied to the console box in response to the slide adjustment of the front seat, which resists the frictional resistance force caused by the mutual pressing contact between the guide rail and the guided member. can be moved to the optimal position as an armrest. Once the position of the console box is set, the set position is stably held by the pressing contact.

In addition, the above-mentioned sliding suppression means may include a leaf spring provided between the guide rail and the guided member, or a wave washer for a connecting pin that connects the two slidably with elastic force acting on each other. It is possible to easily configure the structure with a small number of parts, and it is also possible to reduce the number of assembly steps.

〔Example〕

1 to 3, a pair of upper and lower guide rails 1a and 1b that fit into each other are used as guide means,
A first embodiment is shown in which the console box 2 is movably connected to the console body 3 by the guide rails 1a and 1b, and a sense of moderation can be obtained during the movement.

In FIG. 1, a tunnel 4 for accommodating a propeller shaft is formed in the center of the vehicle in the width direction so as to protrude into the interior of the vehicle. A console body 3 is attached to the front seat side of this tunnel 4 so as to cover the tunnel 4, and a console box 2 with a lid is disposed in a recess 31 formed on the upper surface of this console body 3. The top surface of the can be used as an armrest.

The recess 31 is formed to be long in the front-rear direction corresponding to the range of movement of the console box 2, and lower rails 11a and 11b are provided on the bottom surface of the recess 31 on both sides in the width direction over almost the entire length of the recess 31 in the front-rear direction. This lower rail 11a,
11b is attached to the console main body 3 with screws 111 (see FIG. 2).

On the bottom of the console box 2, there are upper rails 12 as guided members on both sides in the width direction.
a, 12b are attached with screws 121 (see Figure 2), and these upper rails 12a, 12b
lower rails 11a, 11b sandwiching the side surfaces from the top side of the lower rails 11a, 11b.
This results in a pair of upper and lower guide rails 1
a and 1b are configured. In this pair of upper and lower guide rails 1a, 1b, an upper rail 12
The lower surfaces of a, 12b and lower rails 11a, 11b
The upper surfaces of the upper rails 12a, 12b contact each other to restrict movement in the vertical direction, and the inner surfaces of the upper rails 12a, 12b and the outer surfaces of the lower rails 11a, 11b contact each other to restrict movement in the horizontal direction. 12
b is configured to be able to slide along lower rails 11a and 11b.

As shown in FIG. 3, a large number of engagement holes 112 are formed at regular intervals in the length direction of the guide rail 1b and the lower rail 11b on one side, and on the other hand, one end of the leaf spring 13 is formed on the lower surface of the upper rail 12b. is fixed, and the plate spring 13 is biased so that a bent portion 131 formed at the other end fits into the engagement hole 112. The plate spring 13 forms a sliding restraint means according to the present invention.

In the first embodiment having the above configuration, the bent portion 131 of the console box 2 is bent toward the lower rail 1 by the biasing force of the leaf spring 13, as shown in FIG.
1b, and between the upper and lower rails 11a and 12a, and 11b.
A stationary state is maintained due to the frictional resistance force exerted by the press contact between and 12b (the first
(See solid line in figure).

In order to change the position of the console box 2 forward or backward from this state, the console box 2 can be disengaged from the leaf spring 13 to the desired position forward or backward, and the frictional resistance force Just push and pull with great force. This allows console box 2
moves forward along the lower rails 11a, 11b, and the bent portion 131 of the leaf spring 31 engages the engagement hole 112.
It stops when it is inserted (see the one-dot chain line or the two-dot chain line in Figure 1).

During the movement operation in the fore-and-aft direction, the bent portion 1 of the leaf spring 13 moves as the upper rail 12b moves.
31 moves by fitting into or over the engagement hole 112, the operator can feel a sense of moderation, and thereby the position adjustment work of the console box 2 can be performed reliably.

4 and 5 show a second embodiment using a guide means different from that of the first embodiment. In FIGS. 4 and 5, grooves 32a are formed on both sides of the bottom of the recess 31a in the width direction.
This groove 3 is formed over almost the entire length of 1a.
An elongated hole 321a is formed through the bottom surface of 2a over almost the entire length.

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the console box 2a, four protrusions 21a as guided members having approximately the same width as the grooves 32a are formed to protrude downward at positions corresponding to the grooves 32a. The convex portion 21a is disposed within the concave portion 31a with the convex portion 21a fitted into the concave groove 32a.

A connecting pin 51a passing through the elongated hole 321a in the groove 32a from the lower surface side of the console main body 3a is screwed into the convex portion 21a.
1a connects the console box 2a and console main body 3a so that their movement in the vertical direction is restricted. A wave washer 52a is interposed between the head of the connecting pin 51a and the lower surface of the console main body 3a, whereby the console box 2a and the console main body 3a are connected with elastic force acting in the direction of mutual attraction. . The wave washer 52a applied to the communication pin 51a forms the sliding restraint means according to the present invention.

This connecting pin 51a is connected to the wave washer 52.
The console box 2a can be fixed in position by the frictional resistance generated between the convex portion 21a and the groove 32a with the convex portion 21a interposed therebetween, and when the operator pushes and pulls the console box 2a, the above friction is The convex portion 21a forms the concave groove 32 against the resistance force.
It is tightened so that it can slide inside a.

In the second embodiment having the above configuration, the console box 2a has the convex portion 21a fitted into the concave groove 32a as shown in FIG.
1a is connected to the wave washer 5 by the connecting pin 51a.
The console box 2a is placed in a state where it is attracted to the concave groove 32a side through the console box 2a.
is fixed in position by the frictional resistance between the convex portion 21a and the concave groove 32a (see the solid line in FIG. 4).

In order to change the position of the console box 2a forward or backward from this state, the console box 2a may be pushed or pulled to a desired position forward or backward with a force greater than the frictional resistance. As a result, the convex portion 21a of the console box 2a slides along the inside of the groove 32a, and the shaft pin 51a moves along the elongated hole 321a and stops (along with the dashed line in FIG. (See dot-dashed line).

After the movement, the console box 2a has a convex portion 21a formed by the tightening force of the connecting pin 51a.
The position is fixed again by the frictional resistance between the groove 32a and the groove 32a.

In this way, in the first and second embodiments, the position of the console box 2a in the longitudinal direction is changed in accordance with the slide adjustment of the front seat by the seated person.
The position of the lids 20, 20a can be moved and adjusted to the optimum position as an armrest. Moreover, the operation is easy, and the console boxes 2, 2a can be reliably fixed at desired positions in the longitudinal direction.

[Effect of idea]

According to the automobile console of this invention, by applying a force to the console box that resists the mutual pressing contact between the guide rail and the guided member in accordance with the sliding adjustment of the front seat, the console box can be moved. can be moved to the optimal position as an armrest. Once the position of the console box is set, the set position is stably held by the pressing contact.

Moreover, the above-mentioned sliding suppressing means may include providing a biasing means such as a leaf spring between the guide rail and the guided member,
It is possible to easily configure the structure by slidably connecting the two with a connecting means such as a connecting pin via a wave washer while applying elastic force to each other, and the number of parts can be reduced. , it is possible to reduce assembly man-hours,
This is effective in reducing manufacturing costs.

By configuring the console box to move in conjunction with the slide adjustment of the front seat, the console box can be automatically adjusted to an optimal position.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the first embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a view equivalent to Fig. 1 showing the second embodiment, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of Fig. 1. 2nd example
It is a figure equivalent figure. 1a, 1b... Guide rail, 2, 2a... Console box, 3, 3a... Console body,
13... Leaf spring, 21a... Convex portion, 32a... Concave groove, 51a... Connecting pin, 321a... Oblong hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A console for an automobile installed on the floor surface of the body, comprising a console main body and a console box with a lid, the console box and the console main body are connected to each other via a guide means, and the guide means is connected to the console main body. Consisting of a guide rail laid longitudinally on the top surface and a guided member provided on the bottom of the console box, the guided member is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the guide rail and guided member are connected to each other. A console for an automobile, characterized in that a sliding restraining means is provided for restraining the sliding of the guided member by pressing and abutting the guided members against each other, and the sliding restraining means is formed of a spring.