JPH061179A - Cup holder device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cup holder device for a vehicle which is of a simple structure and in which a container can be held securely in accordance with its size. CONSTITUTION:A first holder member 28 is integrally installed at an aperture side end part 37 of each holder base 29 at a position apart from an inner side end part 39 of the holder base 29 by a length D, and the holder base 29 is horizontally moved to a usage position. At a timing when the first holder member 28 is protruded toward a passager room R, the first holder member 28 is offset at an outer position where it will not interfere with a shift lever, etc. By changing a position of a development angle changing switch 64 in an in/out direction X, a development angle of a second holder member 30 at the usage position can be changed, thereby a container C can be held securely in accordance with its size.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle cup holder device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vehicle cup holder device is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-109740).

The center console 1 is provided with a shift lever 2, and a recess 3 for accommodating small articles is provided in front of the shift lever 2. Further, the front side of the center console 1 is a rising portion 4, and on the surface of the rising portion 4 on the vehicle compartment (passenger compartment) R side, a small container 5, a cup holder device 6, and an ashtray 7 are arranged in this order from the top. It is equipped. The cup holder device 6 includes a storage portion 9 formed in the rising portion 4 with the opening 8 facing the vehicle compartment R side, and an upward U-shaped cross section stored in the storage portion 9 so as to be slidable back and forth. Holder base 10 and a base end portion 11 of the holder base 10.
It is mainly composed of a pair of left and right holder main bodies 11 which are attached so as to be opened to the right and left around the center a and to be rotatable. The peripheral edge of each base end portion 11a of each holder main body 11 has gear teeth meshed with each other, and each holder main body 11 is opened to the left and right sides at the same angle.
Further, a spring 12 for urging each holder body 11 outward is provided between the one holder body 11 and the holder base 10. As described above, since the base end portions 11a are in the meshed state, the urging force of the spring 12 extends to the other holder body 11 as well.

A front flange 13 is formed at the tip of the holder body 11 in consideration of appearance when not in use. That is, when not in use, the front flange 13 covers the opening 8 of the housing 9 when the holder body 11 is housed in the housing 9.

When the holder base 10 is pulled out toward the front passenger compartment R side during use, both holder bodies 11 expand to the left and right due to the urging force of the spring 12 to form a V shape when viewed from above. The receiving portion 14 at the tip of 11 is the storage portion 9
Are located on the outer sides of the openings 8. Then, a container C such as a can is placed on the receiving portion 14 and used as a cup holder. Thus, when each holder body 11 is viewed from above, V
The reason why it is expanded in a letter shape and an empty space is secured between both holder main bodies 11 is to avoid interference with the shift lever 2 and to enable use of the ashtray 7 directly below the cup holder device 6. This is because.

[0006]

However, in the conventional cup holder device 6 as described above, the holder body 11 must be extended to the left and right sides at the same time as it is pulled out to the use position, and the cup lever device 6 and the shift lever 2 cannot be opened. Since there is a risk of causing interference problems, the structure of the gear toothed base end 11a and the spring 12 for expanding the holder body 11 to the left and right is indispensable, and the overall structure of the device itself becomes complicated. I have to do it.

Moreover, the holder base 1 of the holder body 11
Since the base end portion 11a, which is the base portion for 0, serves as a rotation fulcrum, the attachment strength of both holder main bodies 11 to the holder base 10 is low, and the holding of the container C may become unstable.

Further, since the diameter of the receiving portion 14 is determined, the container C having a size matching the diameter of the receiving portion 14 can be surely held, but the container C whose size does not match the receiving portion 14 is held. In that case, the container C becomes unstable due to rattling in the receiving portion 14.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional technique, and provides a vehicle cup holder device having a simple structure and capable of surely holding according to the size of a container. Is.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle cup holder device according to the present invention is fixed to a vehicle with its opening facing the occupant compartment and has a front curve on its upper surface. A case in which a pair of left and right guide slots having a portion are formed, and a pair of left and right holder bases provided inside the case in a state of being horizontally movable from a storage position at the back of the case to a use position on the case opening side, In the use position, a first curved edge that protrudes from the case opening toward the passenger compartment and supports a part of the side surface of the container is formed at the outer end, and is separated from the inner end of the holder base at the opening end of each holder base. A first holder piece integrally attached to each of the positions, a holder base or a rotation fulcrum set on the first holder piece so as to be horizontally rotatable, and movably engaged in the guide elongated hole. It has a guide pin, and the second is an inner end for supporting the sides of the container in cooperation with the first curved edge
A curved edge is formed, and in the use position, the guide pin moves inward along the front curved portion of the long guide hole, so that the guide pin expands outward from the case opening. (1) A second holder piece which is vertically overlapped with the holder piece, and a front curved portion of the guide elongated hole which is positionably provided in the inner and outer directions, and contacts a guide pin which moves inward along the front curved portion. The second
An expansion angle changeover switch for changing the expansion angle of the holder piece in the use position, a first urging means for constantly urging the holder base in the storage position toward the case opening, and the first urging means.
It is composed of a lock means for blocking the horizontal movement of the holder base toward the case opening side with a stronger force than the biasing means and for releasing the blocking by the releasing means.

Here, the "vehicle" may be an automobile, a railway vehicle, a ship, an airplane or the like. The term "fixed to the vehicle" refers to the case where the vehicle is fixed to the vehicle itself (the vehicle body if it is a car), and the equipment (instrument panel, seat, etc.) assembled to the vehicle. When fixed, it means both. Also, "horizontal"
Does not mean that levelness is strictly required,
It is sufficient if the level is such that the container can be held without hindrance.
Furthermore, "container" means a broad concept including cans, bottles, cups, and other containers.

[0012]

According to the vehicle cup holder device of the present invention,
Since the first holder piece is integrally attached to each holder base at a position separated from the inner end of the holder base at the opening-side end of the holder base, the holder base is horizontally moved to the use position, The first holder piece has already been offset to the outer position where it cannot interfere with the shift lever or the like when the piece is projected toward the passenger compartment. In other words, even if both the left and right first holder pieces are projected toward the passenger compartment, an empty space corresponding to the separated length is always secured between the both first holder pieces. , It is not necessary to open the holder piece to the left and right sides and rotate it at the same time as when pulling out the holder piece to the use position as in the conventional case. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to provide the meshing mechanism by the gear teeth and the spring mechanism as an essential structure, and the structure is simplified.

Further, by changing the position of the expansion angle changeover switch in the inner and outer directions, the second position in the use position can be improved.
Since the expansion angle of the holder piece can be changed,
Reliable holding according to the size of the container is possible.

Further, since the second holder piece is provided in a horizontally rotatable state on the first holder piece or the holder base which has been horizontally moved to the use position, the first holder piece is projected toward the passenger compartment. After this, the second holder piece can be opened to the outside, and the side surfaces of the container can be supported by the curved edges of the first holder piece and the second holder piece. It is preferable that the second holder piece automatically expands to the outside when the holder base is pulled out, but it is not always necessary to expand the second holder piece to the outside simultaneously with the drawing. Also, the first
Since the first holder piece of the second holder piece is integrally fixed to the holder base, the attachment strength to the holder base is high and the container can be stably held.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, X is “inward / outward”
Will be described as the left-right direction and Y as the front-back direction.

1 to 8 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 15 denotes a case, which is not shown, but is horizontally mounted in the rising portion of the center console of the automobile as in the conventional example. A pair of left and right openings 16 is formed on the front surface of the case 15, and a flange 17 is formed around the opening 16 in a state of projecting vertically and horizontally. The upper side of the case 15 has an open structure in which only the upper surface portion 18 is left on the front side and the left and right sides thereof, and the upper surface portion 18 is formed with symmetrical long guide holes 19. The elongated guide holes 19 are linear along the front-rear direction at the left and right outer positions of the upper surface portion 18, but are curved inward on the front side thereof. Further, on the upper surface portion 18 of the case 15, a pin 21 is provided in the vicinity of the outermost end portion of the front curved portion 20 of the elongated guide hole 19.

On the upper flange 17 of the left and right openings 16,
Horizontally long slit openings 61 are formed at positions corresponding to the front curved portions 20 of the elongated guide holes 19, respectively. Further, the flange 1 provided with this slit opening 61
A pair of left and right fine holes 62 are formed in the upper surface portion 18 between the guide hole 7 and the guide elongated hole 19, and both ends of the spring stopper 63 are inserted and attached to the fine holes 62. The spring stopper 63 is bent in a wavy shape,
It has two high protrusions 63a and 63c on both left and right sides and one low protrusion 63b formed between them.

On the other hand, a slide bar 65 of a spread angle changeover switch 64 is inserted from the front side into the slit opening 61 formed in the flange 17. The lower surface of the slide bar 65 has a curved cross-sectional shape, and the high protrusions 63a and 63c of the spring stopper 63 are provided.
And the low protrusion 63b are elastically engaged with each other. That is, by sliding the spread angle changeover switch 64 in the left-right direction, the slide bar 65 is provided with two lock positions, an outer side and an inner side. When the slide bar 65 moves to another lock position, it pushes the low protrusion 63b downward to get over the slide bar 65, so that there is a sense of moderation in operation, and reliable operation can be performed. still,
The slide bar 65 has a length such that the slide bar 65 can come into contact with a guide pin 44, which will be described later, that moves along the front curved portion 20 of the elongated guide hole 19 at an outer lock position. The slide bar 65 does not contact the guide pin 44 at the inner lock position, but the guide pin 44 contacts the outermost end of the front curved portion 20.

A rack 22 having gear teeth at the left and right ends is attached to the center of the bottom of the case 15. Further, behind the bottom surface portion, a hook body 23 is provided with its tip vertically raised. The central portion of the hook body 23 is sandwiched between the rear end portion 22a of the rack 22 and the protrusion 24, a rubber stand 25 is provided below both end portions, and the upper side of both end portions is a case. It is pressed down by a claw portion 26 formed integrally with the bottom surface portion of 15. Furthermore,
The side surface of the case 15 has a guide protrusion 27 along the front-rear direction.
Is also provided (see FIG. 3).

The left and right openings 16 of the case 15
Inside, a holder base 29 with a first holder piece 28 and a second holder piece 30 are provided so as to be horizontally movable in the front-rear direction. Since the shapes and structures of the holder base 29 and the holder pieces 28, 30 provided in the left and right openings 16 are bilaterally symmetrical, only the left side structure will be described below as a representative. The reference numerals of the respective parts in FIG. 1 are attached only to the structure on the left side as much as possible.

At the center of the rear end of the holder base 29,
A winding roller 31 is provided. This winding roller 31
A rear end portion of the mainspring spring 32, which is a "first urging means" having a front end portion fixed to a front position of the upper surface portion 18, is connected to the rear end portion of the mainspring spring 32. It can be wound up from the club. Since the mainspring spring 32 has an elastic force that allows it to be wound, the holder base 29 is pushed into the back of the case 15,
When the mainspring spring 32 is extended, a forward biasing force resulting from the elastic restoring force of the mainspring spring 32 acts on the holder base 29.

At the outer side of the winding roller 31, there is formed a stopper 33 whose rear three sides are surrounded by notches.
The stopper 33 projects upward and is configured to abut and engage with the front end of the upper surface portion 18 of the case 15 when horizontally moving toward the opening 16.

On the lower surface of the holder base 29 further outside of the stopper 33, there is a heart cam 34 having a heart-shaped groove. The tip of the hook body 23 is inserted into the heart cam 34 when the holder base 29 is pushed inward. When the holder base 29 is first pushed in, the tip of the hook body 23 has a heart cam 34
After wrapping around from the rear end to the outside, it enters the pocket part corresponding to the bottom of the front V-shaped part. The state in which the tip is in this pocket portion is the locked state at the storage position, and the forward horizontal movement of the holder base 29 is restricted. Then, when the holder base 29 is pushed again, the tip of the hook body 23 comes out of the pocket, goes around the inside of the heart cam 34, then comes out from the rear end, and the locked state is released.

The reason why the tip of the hook body 23 wraps around the inside of the heart cam 34 only in such a predetermined direction is that the engraving depth of the heart cam 34 is changed. That is, at the rear end of the heart cam 34, the outside is carved deeper than the inside, and in the front pocket, the inside part is deeper than the outside part. Also, heart cam 34
In the outer part, the depth is initially deeper but gradually becomes shallower toward the front side, and in the inner part, the vicinity of the first pocket is deeper but gradually becomes shallower toward the rear side. Therefore, when the front end of the hook body 23 tries to enter the heart cam 34 from the rear end portion, it always wraps around to the outside portion, and when it comes out of the pocket portion, it always wraps around to the inside portion. Therefore, when the holder base 29 is first pushed in, it is locked, and when it is pushed next, the locked state is released. In other words, the heart cam 34 and the tip of the hook body 23 that moves along the heart cam 34 constitute a so-called push-push type "locking device" that also serves as a releasing device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the inner portion of the holder base 29 is in a state of being wrapped around downward, and the damper 35 is fixed to this portion. The damper 35 is provided around the periphery thereof with gear teeth that rotate with a constant resistance force slightly smaller than the biasing force of the mainspring 32, and these gear teeth are engaged with the gear teeth of the rack 22. ing.
Therefore, a certain resistance force is applied to the horizontal movement of the holder base 29 by the damper 35. On the other hand, on the outer side of the holder base 29, a concave portion 36 that slidably engages with the guide convex portion 27 of the case 15 is formed. Therefore, the holder base 29 has a storage position on the back side of the case 15 and a use position on the opening 16 side in a state where the recess 36 and the damper 35 are engaged with the corresponding guide protrusions 27 and the rack 22. The space between them can be moved back and forth horizontally.

The front side portion of the holder base 29 is one step lower, and the front end portion (opening side end portion) 37 is integrally provided with a first holder piece 28 projecting from the opening 16 toward the vehicle compartment R side in the use position. It is formed on. A first curved edge 38 that supports a part of the side surface of the container C is formed on the outside of the first holder piece 28. Further, the first holder piece 28 is formed at a position separated from the inner end portion 39 of the holder base 29 by a certain length D. Furthermore, on the upper surface of the first holder piece 28, near the rear end of the first curved edge 38,
A pin 40 as a "rotational fulcrum" is provided in a protruding manner.

On the other hand, the second holder piece 30 is horizontally rotatably attached to the pin 40. This second holder piece 3
The front end of 0 is provided with a front flange 41 for covering the opening 16 during storage and for pushing operation.
At the inner end of the second holder piece 30, a second curved edge 42 for supporting the side surface of the container C in cooperation with the first curved edge 38 is provided.
Are formed. In addition, the second of the second holder piece 30
A hole 43 into which the pin 40 is inserted is formed near the rear end of the curved edge 42, and the rear end is engaged with a guide long hole 19 formed in the upper surface 18 of the case 15. The guide pin 44 is projected.

The tip of the guide pin 44 protruding upward from the elongated guide hole 19 and the upper surface 1 of the case 15
A spring 45 as a "second biasing means" is applied between the pin 21 and the pin 21 protruding from the guide 8, and the guide pin 44 at the rear end of the second holder piece 30 is connected to the guide slot 1.
It always urges forward in position 9.

The upper end of the guide pin 44, which moves along the front curved portion 20 of the elongated guide hole 19, can freely come into contact with the slide bar 65 of the above-described spread angle changing switch 64.
The position of the slide bar 65 determines the position of the guide pin 44. A detailed description of the guide pin 44 and the slide bar 65 will be given later.

Further, on the lower surface of the front side portion of the holder base 29 which is one step lower, a pair of left and right mounting pieces 46 with holes are provided.
Is formed downward. The base pin 48 of the bottom support piece 47 is rotatably inserted into the hole of the mounting piece 46. The bottom support piece 47 is tilted downward by its own weight at the position where the holder base 29 is used, and the horizontal receiving surface portion 49 at the front end can support the bottom surface of the container C. Since the second holder piece 30 spreads outward and holds the container C substantially outside the opening 16 of the case 15, the receiving surface 49 of the bottom support piece 47 is bent outward in an L shape. The corner portion 49a is set so as to be positioned at the center of the bottom portion of the container C that is just held.

Next, a method of using the cup holder device according to this embodiment will be described. When not in use, the holder base 29 is locked in the storage position inside the case 15, as shown in the right half of FIG. This locked state is maintained by the engagement of the heart cam 34 and the tip of the hook body 23. In this stored state, the guide pin 44 of the second holder piece 30 is located at the rear end of the guide elongated hole 19, and
The holder piece 30 itself is in a state of overlapping on the first holder piece 28.

In the next use, the expansion angle changeover switch 64 is first slid in advance according to the size of the container to be held. That is, 350c
In the case of the can container C ₂ of c, the expansion angle changeover switch 64 is slid inward so that the slide bar 65 is inserted between the inner high protrusion 63c and the central low protrusion 63b (see FIG. 7). ). On the other hand, in the case of a can container C ₁ of 250 cc, on the contrary, the expansion angle changeover switch 64 is slid outward so that the slide bar 65 is inserted between the outer high protrusion 63a and the central low protrusion 63b. (See FIG. 8). In this embodiment, first, a case of a can container C ₂ of 350 cc will be described.

When using, first of all, the second
The front flange 41 of the holder piece 30 is pushed. Then, the holder base 29 is slightly pushed into the back side of the case 15, so that the tip of the hook body 23 is disengaged from the pocket portion of the heart cam 34, and the locked state between the heart cam 34 and the tip of the hook body 23 is released. Then, the mainspring spring 32, which was forcibly stretched in the stored state, is wound around the take-up roller 31 in an attempt to return to the wound state, so that the holder base 29 exerts a biasing force due to the restoring force of the mainspring spring 32. Thus, it starts to move horizontally toward the opening 16 side. At this time, since the gear teeth of the damper 35 fixed to the holder base 29 mesh with the gear teeth of the rack 22, the strong restoring force of the mainspring 32 is appropriately reduced by the resistance force of the damper 35, and the front flange Even if the hand is released immediately after pressing 41, the holder base 29 itself slowly moves horizontally at a constant speed.

The horizontal movement of the holder base 29 to the front side is
The stopper 33 formed on the upper surface of the holder base 29 stops when it comes into contact with and engages with the front end of the upper surface portion 18 of the case 15. When the holder base 29 horizontally moves to the use position on the side of the opening 16 as described above, the first holder piece 28 is in a state of protruding toward the vehicle compartment R side and the bottom support piece 47.
Falls down to the optimum tilt angle due to its own weight. The bottom support piece 47 contacts the lower side of the opening 16 at an intermediate position, and further downward tilt is restricted.

The second holder piece 30 is also the holder base 2.
Along with the movement of 9 forward, it automatically expands outward. That is, in this embodiment, in order to hold the can container C _{2 of} 350 cc, the expansion angle changeover switch 64 is previously set.
Since it is slid inward, this guide pin 44
Enters into the front curved portion 20 of the elongated guide hole 19 and reaches the extreme end portion thereof without contacting the slide bar 65 of the spread angle changing switch 64. This guide pin 4
The movement of 4 is the spring 4 which is bridged between the pin 21 and
Smoothly done at 5. When the guide pin 44 moves to the extreme end of the front curved portion 20, the main portion of the second holder piece 30 is rotated to the position protruding outward from the opening 16 conversely with the pin 40 serving as the pivot point as the center. Move. Even in the state where the second holder piece 30 is expanded outward, the outer end of the second holder piece 30 is pressed against the side end of the opening 16 by the urging force of the spring 45. To be prevented.

When the second holder piece 30 is rotated to the outermost position in this way, the second curved edge 42 of the second holder piece 30 and the first curved edge 38 of the first holder piece 28 are substantially circular. Since they are opposed to each other in the state of forming the container, the can container C _{2 of} 350 cc is put between the first curved edge 38 and the second curved edge 42, and the bottom portion of the can container C _{2 is received} by the receiving surface portion 4 of the bottom support piece 47.
By placing the container C on the container 9, the container C can be held perfectly (see FIG. 5). In this embodiment, since the first holder piece 28 is integrally formed with the holder base 29, the attachment strength of the first holder piece 28 to the holder base 29 is very high, and as a result, the container C ₂ is stable. It becomes possible to hold.

As described above, even when the container C ₂ is held, the first holder piece 28 is formed at a position separated (offset) by the length D from the inner end portion 39 of the holder base 29. An empty space having a length equivalent to twice the length D is always formed between the left and right first holder pieces 28, and there is no risk of interference with the shift lever or the like. It is also possible to use an ashtray (not shown) normally provided in the position. Therefore, it is not necessary to forcibly expand the first holder piece 28 outward simultaneously with horizontal movement as in the conventional case, and the structure becomes very simple.

When the can container C _{1 of} 250 cc is to be held next, the expansion angle changeover switch 64 is slid outward in advance, and the slide bar 65 is engaged with the outer lock position of the spring stopper 63. Keep it. When the slide bar 65 is engaged with the outer lock position of the spring stopper 63, the tip of the slide bar 65 is located outside the outermost end of the front curved portion 20.
Then, after such a state, when the holder base 29 is horizontally moved to the use position side like the can container C _{2 of} 350 cc, the guide pin 44 moves the guide elongated hole along with the horizontal movement of the holder base 29. Front curved portion 2 of 19
Although entering the 0 side, the guide pin 44 contacts the slide bar 65 in the outer lock position before reaching the end of the front curved portion 20. Therefore, the second holder piece 3
The outward expansion angle of 0 is narrower than that of the can container C ₂ of 350 cc, and the second curved edge 42 and the first curved edge 38 are
Are just separated by a distance corresponding to the diameter of the can container C ₁ of 250 cc. Therefore, these curved edges 38, 4
The holding is completed by putting a 250 cc can container C ₁ between the two from the upper side and placing the bottom portion thereof on the receiving surface portion 49 of the bottom support piece 47.

In the above description, the pair of holder bases 29 that can be moved separately to the left and right has been taken as an example. However, the left and right holder bases 29 are integrated into the left and right, and the opening side of the integrated holder base 29 is illustrated. Left and right pair of first holder pieces 2 at the ends
8 may be provided in a state of being separated in the left-right direction.

In the above embodiment, the bottom support piece 47 is used.
Although an example in which the bottom supporting piece 47 is provided is shown, the first holder piece 28 and the second holder piece 28
It is possible to hold the holder piece 39 alone.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the case 15 and the holder base 29 which are straight in the horizontal direction are also shown as an example, but the whole shape of the case 15 is curved in the front-rear direction. Is also good.

[0042]

The vehicle cup holder device according to the present invention has the contents described above, and the first holder piece is separated from the inner end of the holder base at the opening side end of each holder base. Since the holder base is horizontally moved to the use position and the first holder piece is projected toward the passenger compartment,
The first holder piece has already been offset to an outer position where it cannot interfere with the shift lever or the like. In other words, by simply projecting both the left and right first holder pieces toward the passenger compartment, an empty space is always ensured between the left and right first holder pieces. Since it is not necessary to forcibly expand outwards at the same time as the drawing operation, the structure is very simple.

Further, by changing the position of the expansion angle changeover switch in the inner and outer directions, the second position at the use position can be improved.
Since the spread angle of the holder piece can be changed, it is possible to securely hold the holder piece according to the size of the container.

Further, since the second holder piece is provided in a horizontally rotatable state on the first holder piece or the holder base which has been horizontally moved to the use position, the first holder piece is projected toward the passenger compartment. After this, the second holder piece can be opened to the outside, and the side surfaces of the container can be supported by the curved edges of the first holder piece and the second holder piece. Of the holder pieces, the first holder piece is integrally fixed to the holder base, so that the attachment strength to the holder base is high and the container can be stably held.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a holder base, first and second holder pieces and the like.

3 is a sectional view taken along the line SA-SA in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side view seen from the DA direction in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state of holding a 350 cc can container.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state of holding a can container of 250 cc.

7 is a sectional view taken along the line SB-SB in FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line SC-SC in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a stored state of a conventional cup holder device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a conventional cup holder device.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 15 case 16 opening 23 hook body (locking means) 28 first holder piece 29 holder base 30 second holder piece 32 mainspring (first biasing means) 34 heart cam (locking means) 37 front end (opening) Side end) 38 First curved edge 39 Inner end of holder base 40 Pin (rotation fulcrum) 42 Second curved edge 45 Spring (second urging means) 50 Leaf spring (first urging means) 55 Second Holder piece 64 Expanding angle change switch C container C ₁ 250 cc can container C ₂ 350 cc can container

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A case, which is fixed to a vehicle in a state where the opening faces the inside of the passenger compartment and has a pair of left and right guide elongated holes having front curved portions formed on the upper surface, and a case opening from a storage position at the back of the case. A pair of left and right holder bases respectively provided in the case in a state of being horizontally movable to the side use position, and protruding from the case opening to the passenger compartment side at the use position and supporting a part of the side surface of the container at the outer end. A first curved edge is formed and is integrally attached to a position separated from an inner end of the holder base at an opening side end of each holder base.
The holder piece has a guide pin horizontally rotatably attached to a rotation fulcrum set on the holder base or the first holder piece, and movably engaged in the guide elongated hole, and has an inner end. Forms a second curved edge that cooperates with the first curved edge to support the side surface of the container. In the use position, the guide pin moves inward along the front curved portion of the guide slot to open the case. The second holder piece, which is in a state of being expanded further outward than the first holder piece and is vertically overlapped with the first holder piece inside the case opening at the storage position, and the front curved portion of the guide slot can be positioned inward and outward. An expansion angle changeover switch, which is provided and contacts the guide pin that moves inward along the front curved portion to change the expansion angle of the second holder piece in the use position, and the holder base in the retracted position is constantly closed. A first biasing means for biasing the opening toward the opening, and a lock for blocking horizontal movement of the holder base toward the case opening with a stronger force than the first biasing means and releasing the blocking by the releasing means. A cup holder device for a vehicle, characterized by comprising: 2. The vehicle cup holder device according to claim 1, further comprising second urging means for urging the second holder piece in a direction of expanding the second holder piece to the outside of the case opening. 3. The vehicle cup holder device according to claim 1, wherein a bottom support piece that can be tilted downward at a use position is provided on a lower surface portion of the holder base. 4. The holder base is integrated left and right, and
The pair of left and right holder pieces are provided at the opening-side end of the integrated holder base in a state of being separated in the left-right direction.
The described vehicle cup holder device.