JPH07133685A - Door lock device for vehicle glove box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the management of parts by separating a rotor for releasing a ratchet from a knob for turning this rotor. CONSTITUTION:A knob manipulating assembly 15 is located in a knob casing 17, having a knob 25 being urged outward. An knob responding assembly 16 is arranged so as to release a ratchet 39 in accordance with a rotating position of a rotor 32 in a rotor lock 31 provided in a body 29. In this arrangement, the knob 25 is provided thereto with a chest part while the rotor is provided thereto with a protrusion 33, and accordingly, the turning locus of the protrusion 33 on the rotor 32 is located on the moving locus of the chest part of the knob 25 in such a condition that both assemblies are integrally incorporated with each other. Accordingly, the rotor 32 is rotated by manipulating the knob 25 so as to release the ratchet 39.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicular glove box door lock device in which a knob case having a knob and a body having a ratchet adapted to operate the knob are integrated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a door lock device for a glove box, as shown in FIG. 20, a pair of knobs 2 are provided on a knob case 1 in an outwardly biased state, and a rotor lock 3 and a ratchet 4 are preliminarily provided. It is delivered to the automobile manufacturing company in an integrated state. The reason is that the rotor of the rotor lock 3 is rotated in accordance with the linear movement of the knob 2 accompanying the pressing operation, and the ratchet 4 releases the locked state of the striker in response to the rotation of the rotor. This is because it is difficult to divide the knob 2 and the rotor lock 3 because of the configuration. In this case, the connecting structure between the knob 2 and the rotor lock 3 is as shown in FIG.
A stopper 5 is provided integrally with the locking arm 6 and the locking arm 6 of the knob 2 biased outward by a compression coil spring (not shown) is locked by the stopper 5.

By the way, in passenger cars, a plurality of colors are set for the knob 2 and the knob case 1 of the door lock device in order to correspond to the interior color. Therefore, there are different door lock devices having the same key number and the corresponding rotor lock 3 in different colors, and the parts management is extremely troublesome.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, a main assembly 8 in which a knob 2, a rotor lock 3 and a ratchet 4 are integrated in advance with a body 7 and a decorative cover 9 are separately delivered, and they are integrated in an assembly line. Some have been configured to do so.
In this case, the knob 2 is set only in black, and the makeup cover 9 is set in a plurality of colors. Therefore, since it can be commonly used as the main assembly 8 regardless of the color of the decorative cover 9, component management becomes easy.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional structure in which the assy 8 and the decorative cover 9 are integrated has a drawback in that the knob 2 and the decorative cover 9 have different colors and have a poor appearance.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a door lock device for a vehicle glove box capable of achieving good appearance while facilitating parts management.

[0007]

A door lock device for a vehicle glove box according to the present invention is provided with a knob case and a body which are attached to a door that opens and closes a storage part of the glove box in an integrated state, and is externally operated. A knob that moves from a non-operating position to an operating position in a linearly movable manner in the knob case, and a biasing means that biases the knob to the non-operating position is attached to the knob case, and the knob is the operating position. A rotor that rotates to a predetermined rotation position in response to movement to the body, and a ratchet that locks to a striker provided on the side of the storage portion with the door closed to the storage portion on the body. When the ratchet is locked at the striker, the ratchet is held at the locking position and the rotor is at the predetermined rotation position. Those provided movably releasing member for releasing the serial holding state to the locked position of the ratchet according to the rotation position of the rotor to the body.

[0008]

When the door is closed while the knob case and the body are integrated, the ratchet provided on the body is engaged with the striker provided on the storage portion side and is held at the engagement position by the release member.

When opening the storage portion of the glove box, the knob is pushed from the non-operating position to the operating position against the biasing means. Then, the rotor rotates to a predetermined rotation position according to the movement of the knob, and accordingly, the release member moves to release the holding state of the ratchet at the locking position. As a result, the door can be opened to open the storage part of the glove box.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows the front side of the passenger seat of an automobile. In FIG. 2, a glove box 11 is provided on the front side of the passenger seat. The glove box 11 is composed of a storage section 12 and a door 13, and the storage section 12 is closed by a door 13. A lower end portion of the door 13 is rotatably supported, and a door lock device 14 is attached to an upper portion thereof.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the door lock device 14. In FIG. 1, the door lock device 14 is configured by integrating a knob operation assembly 15 and a knob response assembly 16.

3 to 5 respectively show the front surface, the cross section and the rear surface of the knob case 17 which constitutes the knob operating assembly 15. As shown in FIG. 3 to 5, the decorative portion 1 having a hole 18 in the center of the front surface of the container-shaped knob case 17.
9 is bridged, and recessed operation space portions 20 are formed at portions located on both sides of the decorative portion 19, and the rear surface side of the decorative portion 19 is open.

A locking leg 21 is provided upright on the rear surface of the decorative portion 19, and a concave receiving portion 2 is formed on the side surface of the locking leg 21.
1a is formed. As shown in FIG. 5, a groove 22 is formed over a predetermined range on the back surface of the decorative portion 19.
On the back side of the makeup section 19, the wall surface 2 is formed so as to surround the space section.
3 is formed, and the end portion of the wall surface 23 is divided into three. Here, an engaging hole 23a is formed at both ends of the wall surface 23, and an engaging hole 23b is formed at an end located at the center. And
A mounting portion 24 having a mounting hole 24a is integrally formed on the back surface of the operation space portion 20.

6 to 8 show the front, cross section and back of the knob constituting the knob operating assembly 15, respectively.
6 to 8, a pair of arm portions 26 is formed on the knob 25, and a ridge portion 26a is formed on the front surface of the arm portion 26. Further, a concave receiving portion 25a is formed on the back surface of the knob 25.

9 to 11 show a front surface, a cross section and a rear surface of the knob operating assembly 15, respectively. These Figure 9
11 to 11, the knob 25 is arranged in the operation space portion 20 of the knob case 17. In this case, the knob 25 can be positioned in the operation space portion 20 by sliding outward from the space portion on the back surface of the makeup portion 19 of the knob case 17 while being brought into contact with the back surface of the makeup portion 19. Further, in the state where the knob 25 is attached to the knob case 17,
As shown in FIG. 12, the protruding portion 26a formed on the arm portion 26 of the knob 25 slidably enters the groove 22 formed on the back surface of the decorative portion 19 of the knob case 17. Further, a compression coil spring 27 as a biasing means is interposed between the receiving portion 21a of the locking leg 21 provided upright on the rear surface of the decorative portion 19 and the receiving portion 25a provided on the knob 25. Thus, the knob 25 projects from the rear surface of the makeup section 19 into the operation space section 20.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, since the protrusion 26a of the knob 25 is locked to the wall portion of the groove 22 of the decorative portion 19, further movement is restricted and the knob 26 is positioned at the non-operating position. It A cover 28 made of a metal plate is engaged with an engagement hole 23a formed in the wall surface 23 of the knob case 17, whereby the knob 25 and the compression coil spring 27 are prevented from coming off.

With the above structure, the knob 25 is located at the non-operating position which is projected in the operating space 20 in a biased state, and can be moved to the operating position where it is pushed back to the rear side of the decorative portion 19. It is provided.

13 to 15 show a knob response assembly 16
Of FIG. 13 to 15, the body 29 has a cylindrical portion 3
0 is integrally formed, and the rotor lock 31 is fixed to the cylindrical portion 30. The rotor lock 31 is rotatably provided with a rotor 32 having a key insertion portion 32a. In this case, the rotor 32 is provided so as to be positioned at the lock position, the unlock position, and the open position according to the rotation position as shown in FIG. 16, and is always rotated in the rotation range from the unlock position to the open position. It is possible. Further, the rotor 32 is provided so as to be rotatable in the rotation range from the open position to the lock position when the key is inserted in the key insertion portion 32a, and the key can be attached and detached at the unlock position and the lock position. ing.

On the front surface of the rotor 32, the key insertion portion 32
Protrusions 33 are provided so as to face a portion surrounding a, and the protrusions 33 are located at the upper and lower positions in the figure with the rotor 32 in the unlocked position. A pressing protrusion 34 is provided on the back surface of the rotor 32. Further, engaging protrusions 29a are formed on both side surfaces of the body 29, and mounting leg portions 35 having mounting holes 35a are formed on both sides.

On the other hand, a slide member 36, which is a release member, is mounted on the rear side of the body 29 so as to be linearly movable.
This is biased in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 15 by the compression coil spring 37. In this case, the slide member 36 is formed with a cutout portion 36a, and the cutout portion 3a is formed.
6a is locked by a pin 38 provided upright on the body 29. At this time, the slide member 36 is in contact with the pressing protrusion 34 provided on the back surface of the rotor 32, and in the contact state, the rotor 32 is positioned at the unlock position.

A ratchet 39 is rotatably supported on the rear side of the body 29. The ratchet 39 is a torsion spring 4.
By 0, the rotational force in the direction indicated by arrow B in FIG. 14 is given. The ratchet 39 has a pair of locking arms 39.
a and an engaging portion 39b, the engaging portion 39b is in contact with the surface of the sliding member 36 when the slide member 36 is engaged with the pin 38, and further rotation is restricted. The locking arms 39 a are located between the bifurcated locking arms 41 provided on the body 29.

Now, the knob operation assembly 15 and the knob response assembly 16 having the above construction are assembled to the door 13 of the glove box 11 as follows.

First, the body 29 of the knob response assembly 16
The engaging projection 29a provided on the above is engaged with the engaging hole 23b provided on the knob case 17 of the knob operating assembly 15 to integrate them. Then, with the knob operating assembly 15 and the knob response assembly 16 integrated in such a manner being installed in the recess of the door 13, the screw is inserted into the mounting hole 24a of the knob case 17 from the back side through the mounting hole 35a provided in the body 29. Stop. As a result, the knob operating assembly 15 and the knob response assembly 16 are assembled to the door 13 in a completely integrated state. Each such assy 1
In the integrated state of 5 and 16, the rotor 32 of the rotor lock 31
While facing the front from the hole 18 of the knob case 17, the rotation locus of the protrusion 33 of the rotor 32 is positioned on the movement locus of the arm portion 26 of the knob 25.

Here, the storage part 1 of the glove box 11
When the door 2 is closed by the door 13, the striker 42 provided in the housing 12 is locked between the locking arm 39a of the ratchet 39 and the locking arm 41 of the body 29 as shown in FIG. Has been done. From this closed state, the storage unit 12
In order to open the knob, both knobs 25 protruding from the operation space portion 20 of the knob case 17 are pressed. Then,
As shown in FIG. 17, the arm portion 26 of the knob 25 advances and presses the protrusion 33 of the rotor 32 located at the unlock position, so that the rotor 32 rotates accordingly. At this time, since the pressing protrusion 34 of the rotor 32 presses the slide member 36, the slide member 36 moves in the direction opposite to the arrow A direction against the biasing force of the compression coil spring 37.

When the knob 25 is located at the operation position where it is completely pressed, the notch 36a formed in the slide member 36 advances to the contact position of the locking portion 39b of the ratchet 39. As shown in FIG. 18, 39b will fall into the notch 36a. As a result, the ratchet 39 rotates in the direction of the arrow B shown in FIG. 19 to release the lock on the striker 42, so that the storage section 12 can be opened by opening the door 13. At this time, the slide member 36 engages with the locking portion 39b of the ratchet 39.
18 as shown in FIG.
Directional movement is restricted.

On the other hand, when the door 13 of the glove box 11 is closed, the locking arm portion 39a of the ratchet 39 is pressed by the striker 42 to rotate in the direction opposite to the arrow B direction shown in FIG. The locking portion 39b of the slide member 36 comes out of the movement trajectory of the slide member 36. Accordingly, the locking of the slide member 36 by the ratchet 39 is released, so that the arrow A shown in FIG.
It moves in the direction and is finally locked by the pin 38. As a result, the locking portion 39b of the ratchet 39 is locked by the slide member 36.
The rotation of the ratchet 39 in the direction of the arrow B is restricted by contacting the surface of the ratchet 39, so that the ratchet 39 is held at the locking position with respect to the striker 42. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the pressing protrusion 34 of the rotor 32 is pressed by the slide member 36, so that the rotor 32 rotates to the unlock position.

Incidentally, the rotor lock 3 is locked by using a key in a state where the storage portion 12 of the glove box 11 is closed by the door 13.
When the rotor 32 of No. 1 is rotated to the lock position, the protrusion 33 of the rotor 32 comes out of the movement trajectory of the arm 26 of the knob 25. Can no longer be opened. Further, it is needless to say that the locking state of the ratchet 39 with respect to the striker 42 can be released by rotating the rotor 32 to the open position by a key operation.

According to the above construction, the knob case 17
And a knob operating assembly 15 configured to linearly move the knob 25, and a knob responsive assembly 16 configured to open the ratchet 39 in response to the rotor 32 of the rotor lock 31 being in the open position. Since the ratchet 39 is opened by rotating the rotor 32 in response to the pressing operation on the knob 25 in a state in which both the assemblies 15 and 16 are integrated, the knob operation assembly 15 and the knob response assembly 16 are Can be configured separately. Therefore, unlike the conventional example in which the knob is integrated with the rotor lock, even if a plurality of colors are set for the knob 25 and the knob case 17, the knob response assembly 16 can be used in common. Therefore, parts management becomes easy. Also, the knob 25 and the knob case 17
Since the colors of and can be set to be the same, the appearance can be improved as compared with the conventional example in which the colors of the knob and the knob case may be different.

In the above embodiment, the knob operating assembly 15 and the knob responsive assembly 16 are completely integrated in a temporarily engaged state, and the knob 25 and the compression coil spring 27 attached to the knob case 17 are prevented from coming off. Since the cover 28 for achieving this is engaged with the engagement hole 23a of the knob case 17, the assembly is extremely easy.

In the above embodiment, the knob response assembly 16 is used.
Although the rotor lock 31 is provided in the above, the rotor lock 31 may be omitted and only the rotor may be provided.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the vehicle glove box door lock device of the present invention,
A knob case is provided in which the knob is linearly movable, and a body that is integrated with the knob case to rotate the rotor to open the ratchet by moving the knob is provided, and both are integrated to be assembled. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to achieve good appearance while facilitating parts management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a door lock device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the interior of the vehicle showing a state where the door lock device is attached.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the knob case.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a knob case.

[Figure 5] Rear view of the knob case

FIG. 6 is a front view of the knob.

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view of the knob.

FIG. 8: Rear view of knob

FIG. 9 is a front view of the knob operating assembly.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the knob operating assembly.

FIG. 11: Rear view of knob operating assembly

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the main part

FIG. 13 is a front view of the knob response assembly.

FIG. 14 is a vertical sectional side view of the knob response assembly.

FIG. 15: Rear view of knob response assembly

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a relationship between a rotor rotation position and a locked state of a rotor lock.

FIG. 17 is a front view of a rotor lock showing a pressing state by a knob.

FIG. 18 is a view corresponding to FIG. 15 showing the ratchet in an open state.

FIG. 19 is a view corresponding to FIG. 14 showing the ratchet in an open state.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a door lock device showing a conventional example.

FIG. 21 is a view showing a connecting structure between a rotor lock and a knob.

FIG. 22 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a different conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 is a glove box, 12 is a storage part, 13 is a door,
14 is a door lock device, 15 is a knob operation assembly, 16
Is a knob response assembly, 17 is a knob case, 25 is a knob,
27 is a compression coil spring (biasing means), 29 is a body, 31 is a rotor lock, 32 is a rotor, 36 is a slide member (release member), and 39 is a ratchet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A knob case and a body which are attached to a door that opens and closes a storage portion of a glove box in an integrated state, and a linearly movable knob case that is provided in the knob case from a non-operating position to an operating position. A knob that moves to a position, an urging unit that is attached to the knob case and urges the knob to the non-operation position, and a predetermined rotation position that is provided on the body when the knob moves to the operation position. A rotor that rotates, a ratchet that is provided on the body and that is locked to a striker that is provided on the side of the storage section when the door closes the storage section, and that is movable to the body according to the rotational position of the rotor. When the ratchet is locked to the striker, the ratchet is held at the locking position and the rotor is positioned at the predetermined rotation position. Can the door lock device for a vehicle glove box, characterized in that a release member for releasing the holding state to the locked position of the ratchet.