JPH0622605Y2 - Vehicle storage device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a vehicle storage device such as a vehicle ashtray, and particularly for a vehicle provided with a drive source capable of automatically projecting the storage device. Regarding a storage device.

[Conventional technology]

A storage device for a vehicle in which a storage device is held in a retainer so as to be capable of protruding and the storage device can be automatically protruded via a drive member such as an inner case that is a member different from the storage device itself. It has been known. This type of conventional device
For example, it was constructed as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-199140).

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show a vehicle ashtray as a vehicle storage device. In the figure, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote an upper housing and a lower housing, and the upper housing 1 is fixed to the lower housing 2 with a screw 3 to form a box-shaped retainer. In the lower housing 2, an ashtray box 4 as a storage body,
An inner case 5 as a driving body is housed on the inner side of the ashtray box 4, and the inner case 5 is provided with a claw-shaped engaging portion 6 respectively.
And the respective engaging portions 7 on the side of the ashtray box 4 are removably engaged with the ashtray box 4, so that the ashtray box 4 can be housed integrally and moved in the protruding direction.

A spiral spring 8 as a drive source is fixed to the inner bottom surface of the lower housing 2 via a screw 9. One end of the spiral spring 8 is connected to the inner case 5, and the force of the spring 8 causes the inner case to rotate. 5, the ashtray box 4 can be automatically projected. When the inner case 5 is pushed into the housing together with the ashtray box 4 (Fig. 11), the engaging portion 10 provided on the back side of the inner case 5 is locked by the lock member 11 provided on the lower housing 2, The ashtray box 4 is held in the storage position. When the lock is released, the ashtray box 4 is pushed out together with the inner case 5 by the force of the spiral spring 8. At this time, the pop-out speed of the ashtray box 4 is controlled by the damper 13 provided on the lower surface of the inner case that meshes with the rack 12 provided on the inner bottom surface of the lower housing 2. In addition, the inner case 5 is
The structure is such that the stopper surfaces 14, 15 and 16 formed on the lower housing 2 are engaged with each other. Furthermore, the inner case 5
The rack 12 and the guide groove 17 prevent rattling at the time of movement, and the rattling of the ashtray box 4 is prevented by elastic projections 18 and 19 provided in the housing opening.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, in the above-mentioned device, since the drive device (spiral spring 8) and the box pop-out speed control device (damper 13 and rack 12) are provided on the inner bottom surface side of the housing, the space on the bottom surface portion is small. I have to make the ashtray box 4 shallower by that much,
There is a problem that the volume of the box is reduced. If the depth of the ashtray box 4 is increased to some extent to secure the volume, the height of the ashtray box 4 is also increased on the front side, but many devices are provided in, for example, an instrument panel of an automobile. Therefore, it is not preferable to increase the height and the area when viewed from the front, and the volume of the ashtray box 4 is eventually suppressed.

Further, also in the assembling, it is not necessary to install the spiral spring 8 between the lower housing 2 and the inner case 5 which relatively move, so that the assembling is troublesome. Since the stopper surfaces 14, 15, 16 of the inner case 5 are formed as vertical surfaces, the inner box 5 must be assembled from above in the X direction, which causes a problem of poor workability.

Furthermore, since the rattling prevention mechanism and the guide mechanism for the inner case 5 and the ashtray box 4 are separately provided, the structure is complicated, and the number of parts and the number of parts to be assembled are large, so that the assembling workability is improved. There is also the problem that the cost will worsen and the cost will increase.

In consideration of the above problems, the present invention maximizes the space on the lower surface side of the storage body to expand the volume of the storage body as compared with the conventional device, improves the assemblability, and stores it with a simple structure. It is an object of the present invention to prevent rattling of a body and a driving body.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

A vehicle storage device according to the present invention for this purpose includes a retainer fixed to a vehicle body, a storage body that can be inserted into and removed from the retainer, and a drive body provided on a rear side of the storage body. A pair of guide rails attached to the retainer, first projecting guide portions provided on both sides of the storage body and supported by the guide rails, and a pair of guide rails provided on both sides of the drive body. A second projecting guide portion supported by a rail, a connecting means for connecting the storage body and the drive body only in a direction in which the storage body is taken in and out, and a rack provided on the drive body and formed on the guide rail. Drive means for moving the storage body and the drive body in the direction of pulling them out of the retainer by meshing with the retainer.

[Action]

In such a vehicle storage device, since the drive source is provided in the drive unit on the back side of the storage unit, the drive mechanism is substantially unnecessary on the lower surface side of the storage unit, and the lower retainer is also unnecessary. Become. Therefore, the size of the container can be maximized in the downward direction, and the volume of the container box is greatly expanded as compared with the conventional device. Further, by eliminating the need for the lower retainer, it is possible to eliminate the troublesome work of assembling the drive source between the lower retainer and the storage body as in the conventional device, and improve the assembling property.

Since the first projecting guide portion of the storage body and the second projecting guide portion of the drive body are both supported by the guide rails attached to the retainer, there is no local rattling.
Rattling of the storage body and the drive body is suppressed as compared with the conventional device.

〔Example〕

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

1 to 7 show a vehicle ashtray as a vehicle storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a retainer which is fixed to the vehicle body side (not shown). The retainer 21 holds an ashtray box 22 as a storage body so that it can be taken in and out. Ashtray box 22
A drive body 23 that is detachably engaged with the ashtray box 22 and is movable integrally with the ashtray box 22 is provided on the inner side of the.

The drive unit 23 is provided with drive means 24. Drive means
24 is composed of a shaft 24a, a stopper 25, a drive spring 26, and a drive gear 27. The shaft 24a is composed of a hexagonal bar. The shaft 24a is rotatably supported by the driving body 23. The shaft 24a is inserted into a spring stopper 25 and a drive spring 26, which is a torsion spring.
At both ends of a, the drive gear 27
Is forcibly fitted. The drive spring 26
It functions as a drive source that moves the ashtray box 22 together with the drive body 23 in the pull-out direction.

Each gear 27 meshes with a rack 29 provided on the lower surface of a guide rail 28 fixed to the inner surface of the retainer 21. The ashtray box 22 and the driving body 23 are pushed out in the pulling direction by the rotational driving of the gear 27 by the driving spring 26. Conversely, when the ashtray box 22 is pushed in the retainer housing direction, the gear 27 meshes with the rack 29 and rolls along the rack 29, twisting the drive spring 26. One gear 27 includes a driver 23 and a screw 30.
The gear 32 of the damper 31 fixed via
The damper 31 can control the pop-out speed of the ashtray box 22.

A first projecting guide portion 61 is provided on both sides of the ashtray box 22, and the first projecting guide portion 61 is the ashtray box.
When 22 is housed in the retainer 21, it is slidably fitted to the inner surface side of the guide rail 28. On both sides of the driver 23, the second
Is provided, and the second projecting guide portion 62 is also slidably fitted to the guide rail 28.

The ashtray box 22 and the driving body 23 are connected by a connecting means 33. The connecting means 33 includes an engaging groove 34 and an engaging arm 35. The engagement groove 34 is formed in the rear portion of the side surface of the ashtray box 22. The engagement arm 35 is provided at the side front end of the driving body 23. At the front end of the engagement arm 35,
The engaging portion 35a is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, when the engaging portion 35a of the engaging arm 35 is fitted into the engaging groove 34, the ashtray box 22 and the driving body 23 are detachably connected. The ashtray box 22 and the driving body 23 can be integrally moved in the withdrawal direction in a connected state.

A claw portion 36 having an inclined surface is formed on the outer side of the engagement arm 35, and the inclined surface is configured to slide-contact with the inner surface of the locking portion 37 of the retainer 21 when the drive body 23 is incorporated into the retainer 21. Has become. A protector 38 for preventing the spread of fire is rotatably provided on the upper inside of the ashtray box 22, and the protector 38 is biased upward by a spring (not shown).

On the upper surface side of the retainer 21, a housing 39 for a light source for illumination in the ashtray box (not shown) and a seal member 40 (transparent glass or plastic) are provided.
A guide 41, which is a member for guiding the protector 38 and a stopper when the ashtray box 23 is pulled out, is provided on the lower surface side of the. The housing 39 and the guide 41 are fastened together with the upper wall of the retainer 21 by rivets 42.

A resin lock member 43 is supported on the lower surface side of the retainer 21 so as to be rotatable (swingable) around a pin 44.
A lock pin 45 is fixed to the swing end side of 43. A heart cam 46 is provided on the upper surface of the driver 23
Lock pin 45 is a heart cam when 23 is pushed into the storage side
The drive body 23 can be locked by engaging in the cam groove 46a of 46. A urethane seal 47 for self-extinguishing ashtray is fixed to the inner surface of the retainer 21.

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

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the ashtray box 22 is pulled out to the pull-out end, or a state in which the ashtray box 22 is engaged with the driving body 23 after the driving body 23 is incorporated into the retainer 21.

First, regarding the assembling of the driving body 23 into the retainer 21, as shown in FIG. 6, when the driving body 23 is pushed in along the retainer 21 in the assembling direction, the left and right engaging arms 35 of the driving body 23 are The claw portion 36 is in sliding contact with the inner surface of the locking portion 37 of the retainer 21, and at that time, the engaging arm 35 is elastically deformed inward. Then, when the pawl portion 36 passes the locking portion 37, the engaging arm 35 elastically restores to the outside, and the front end portion of the pawl portion 36 is locked by the locking portion 37 as viewed in the ashtray box withdrawing direction. . At this time, the drive gear 27 provided on the driving body 23 is
It meshes with rack 29 of 28. Next, when the ashtray box 22 is inserted along the guide rail 28 of the retainer 21, the engaging portions 35a of the left and right engaging arms 35 are brought into sliding contact with the side surface of the ashtray box 22,
The engagement arm 35 is elastically deformed outward. When it is further inserted, the engaging portion 35a of the engaging arm 35 is fitted into the engaging groove 34 on the side surface of the box as shown in FIG. 3, and the driving body 23 and the ashtray box 22 are connected as shown in FIG. To be done.

From the above condition, push in the ashtray box 22 and the gear 27
Engages with the rack 29 and rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2, the drive spring 26 is twisted, and a biasing force for pushing out the ashtray box is stored in the drive spring 26. Push it in further to lock 45 or heart cam 46.
When entering the cam groove 46a and releasing the hand, the driving body 23 and the ashtray box 22 connected to the driving body 23 are locked at the storage position in the retainer 21 by the action of the heart cam. That is, the storage state shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 is obtained.

When the ashtray box 22 is slightly pushed in from the above state, the locked state by the heart cam 46 is released, and the lock pin 45 comes out of the cam groove 46a. At this time, since the biasing force of the drive spring 26 acts, the gear 27 is rotationally driven in the counterclockwise direction, the gear 27 rolls toward the front side with respect to the rack 29, and at the same time, the drive body 23 and the ashtray box 22.
Is extruded. Since the gear 27 also meshes with the gear 32 of the damper 31, the pop-out speed of the ashtray box 22 is appropriately controlled by the damper 31.

When the ashtray box 22 reaches the position of the pull-out end, the state shown in FIG. 5 is again established, and the ashtray box 22 is directly locked by the guide 41, or the front end of the engaging arm 34 is engaged with the locking portion 37. By being stopped, the ashtray box 22 is held at the drawer end position.

Further, when the ashtray box 22 is pulled out while the protector 38 is pushed down, the claw portion 36 of the engaging arm 34 is caught by the locking portion 37, so that the driving body 23 is left inside the retainer 21, The engaging arm 34 is elastically deformed outward, the ashtray box 22 is separated from the driving body 23, and only the ashtray box 22 is taken out.

The first projecting guide portion 61 of the ashtray box 22 and the second projecting guide portion 62 of the driving body 23 are both fitted to the guide rail 28 in a state of being housed in the retainer, and both guide rails.
Sliding along 28, the occurrence of backlash against the retainer 21 is prevented. When attaching the ashtray box 22 removed from the retainer 21 to the retainer 21 again,
The guide part 61 of is inserted into the guide rail 28 and pushed in. The ashtray box 22 advances in the storage direction while the guide portion 61 slides in the guide rail 28. When it is pushed into the retainer 21 to some extent, the rear end of the ashtray box 22 comes into contact with the convex portion 36 of the engaging arm 34 formed in the driving body 23, and the driving body 23 also has its guide portion.
62 slides in the guide rail 28 in the storage direction to move in the storage direction. When the ashtray box 22 is further pushed in, the convex portions 36 of the engaging arms 34 of the driving body 23 engage with the engaging concave portions 33 on both side surfaces of the ashtray box 22 as described above, and the ashtray box 22 and the driving body 23 are separated from each other. The guide parts 61 and 62 are slid together in the guide rail 28, so that both are housed in the retainer 21.

In such an ashtray device for a vehicle, a series of drive mechanisms such as the spring 26 as a drive source is provided in the drive body 23 located at the back of the ashtray box 22, and the space on the lower surface side of the ashtray box 22 is exclusively used. Only available for the ashtray box 22, the volume of the ashtray box 22 is expanded.

Also, when assembling, the lower side retainer is no longer necessary, so there is no need to assemble parts in a narrow space,
Since the assembly of the driving body 23 is first assembled in the retainer 21 and the ashtray box 22 is pushed in later, the work is extremely easy. Further, since the driving body 23 can be assembled from the opening side of the retainer 21, that is, the taking-in / out side of the storage body 22, the assembling property is improved as compared with the conventional device shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. Further, since it is not necessary to form a claw or the like on the inner surface side of the driving body 23, the driving body 23 can be easily molded.

Further, a first projecting guide portion 61 provided on both side surfaces of the ashtray box 22 and a second projecting guide portion 62 provided on both side surfaces of the driving body 23 are both fitted and guided by the guide rail 28. Therefore, the backlash can be efficiently prevented with a simple structure.

Although the drive source and the damper are separately engaged with each other in the above-described embodiment, they may be integrated with each other. Further, the damper may mesh with the rack 29 instead of the gear 27. Further, the ashtray box 22 is linearly slid in and out. However, for example, the guide rail may be a rail extending in an arc shape when viewed from the side so that the ashtray box may be moved in and out in an arc shape.

Further, in the above embodiment, the torsion spring was used as the drive source in the drive means 24, but a constant load spring (Conston), a spring, etc. capable of producing a constant load can be used. The drive means 24 may be configured as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. In FIGS. 8 and 9, 51 is a constant load spring, and 52 and 53 are bushes around which the constant load spring 51 is wound.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the ashtray box 22 is pulled out. When the ashtray box 22 is pushed in from this state, the drive gear 27 rotates clockwise in FIG. 8 and the constant force spring 51 is wound around the bush 53 clockwise.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which the ashtray box 22 is pushed into the retainer 21 to the storage end, and the constant force spring wound around the bush 53.
The lock of 51 is unlocked by slightly pushing in the ashtray box 22, and after unlocking, it is automatically wound in the clockwise direction on the bush 52 side, and the ashtray box 22 is pushed out by the spring force exerted at this time. Further, the pop-out speed of the ashtray box 22 is controlled by the damper as in the above-mentioned embodiment.

In addition, although the above-mentioned embodiment explained the ashtray for vehicles,
The present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other vehicle storage device such as a coin box. Further, the invention can be applied to a vehicle storage device such as a slide-out type remote control device.

[Effect of device]

According to the vehicle storage device of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Since the drive body having the drive means is provided on the inner side of the storage body, it is not necessary to provide a drive mechanism on the lower side of the storage body, and the space on the lower side of the storage body can be used effectively. The volume of the storage body can be expanded.

(2) Since the lower retainer member is not required and it is not necessary to incorporate a drive mechanism etc. into a narrow space as in the conventional device, it is possible to improve the assemblability and also to simplify the structure. it can.

(3) Since the first projecting guide portion of the storage body and the second projecting guide portion of the drive body are both supported by the guide rails attached to the retainer, there is no local rattling. It is possible to suppress rattling of the storage body and the driving body more than the conventional device.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an exploded perspective view of the vehicle storage device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the device of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a side view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 when the container is opened, and FIG. 6 is a state of the apparatus of FIG. Fig. 7 is a partial bottom view, Fig. 7 is a partial bottom view showing how the device of Fig. 1 is assembled into a container, and Fig. 8 is a container of a vehicle container device according to another embodiment of the present invention when the container is opened. FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the device of FIG. 8 when the container is closed, FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional vehicle ashtray, and FIG. 11 is a schematic vertical cross-section of the device of FIG. The plan is. 21 …… Retainer 22 …… Ashtray box as storage 23 …… Drive unit 24 …… Drive means 28 …… Guide rail 29 …… Rack 33 …… Coupling means 61 …… First protruding guide section 62 …… Second protruding guide part

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A retainer fixed to the vehicle body side, a storage body that can be taken in and out of the retainer, a drive body provided on the back side of the storage body, and a pair of guide rails attached to the retainer. A first projecting guide portion provided on each side of the storage body and supported by the guide rail, and a second projecting guide portion provided on each side of the drive body and supported by the guide rail. -Shaped guide portion, a connecting means for connecting the storage body and the drive body only in the direction of inserting and removing the storage body, and a rack provided on the drive body and formed on the guide rail, whereby the storage body and A vehicle storage device, comprising: a drive unit that moves the drive body in a direction in which the drive body is pulled out from the retainer.