JPH07172244A - Glove box structure of automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a glove box having a cup holder that is capable of cooling or thermally insulating a cup without affecting the enhancement of the properties of the glove box for storage and arrangement of small articles and interior air-conditioning and heating effects. CONSTITUTION:A glove box 4, mounted in such a way as to be freely taken into and out of a storage portion 3 provided at the center console portion 2 of an instrument panel, has a cup storage portion 5 and box portions 6, 7 all of which are defined by partition walls 8, 9 and arranged in that order from in front, with a communicating opening 10 provided through the partition wall 8 and a vent hole 11 provided through the bottom wall of the cup storage portion 5. An inlet 1 2 and an outlet 13 for conditioned air introduced from a vent duct are formed in the respective portions of the upper and lower walls of the storage portion 3 corresponding to the cup storage portion 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile accessory box structure, and more particularly to an accessory box structure with a cup holder having cooling and heat retaining functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some automobiles include, for example, the actual Kaihei 1-17.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 5917, a cylindrical holder portion having a cup holder hole formed in a blowout port for air conditioning air in a vehicle compartment is mounted so as to be retractable and retractable, and the holder unit is pulled out from the blowout port to form a cup. It is known that a beverage container, a cup or the like (hereinafter simply referred to as a cup) is inserted and held in a holder hole so that the cup can be cooled or kept warm by the air-conditioning air blown from a blowout port.

In addition, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-46208, air for air conditioning is introduced into a glove box provided on the passenger side of the instrument panel so that the air is introduced into the glove box. There is also known a cup that can be cooled or kept warm with air for air conditioning.

[0004]

In the former structure, since the air outlet for the air conditioning air is closed by the cup held in the holder portion, the cooling and heating effect in the passenger compartment may be impaired, and the latter structure. In that case, since the cup is housed in the glove box, there is a possibility that the storage and arrangement of small items in the glove box may be impaired.

Therefore, the present invention provides an accessory box structure for an automobile, which can store and hold a cup without impairing the storability and arrangement of small items, and can cool or heat the cup. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] While a box storage section is formed laterally at an arbitrary location in a vehicle compartment, a small container box with an open top is provided with a cup storage section and a small storage section from a front side through a partition wall. In addition to being separated from each other, a communication port is formed in a partition wall between the cup storage part and the small article storage part so that the small product storage box can be stored and pulled out in the box storage part, and the box storage part The upper wall and the lower wall are formed at a portion corresponding to the cup housing portion with an inlet and an outlet for air conditioning air introduced from a vent duct arranged inside the instrument panel, and at the same time, of the cup housing portion. A ventilation hole communicating with the outlet is formed in the bottom wall.

[0007]

[Operation] The cup housing is divided on the front side of the accessory box, and the accessory compartment is formed behind it, so that the cup and the accessory can be stored separately. By pulling out the accessory box as a whole, there is no hindrance to the access of small articles, and there is no slight effect on the storability and the organization.

When the small container box is stored in the box storage part by accommodating the cup in the cup storage part, the air conditioning air introduced from the vent duct flows into the cup storage part from the inlet of the upper wall of the box storage part. Since the air flows out from the ventilation hole of the bottom wall of the cup housing to the outlet of the lower wall of the box housing, the cup housed in the cup housing can be cooled or kept warm.

When using the cup, if the accessory box is pulled out in a half-opened state to the position where the cup holder is exposed, the cup holder can be used as it is as a cup holder.

In this cup holder use state, the air for air conditioning flows into the small article compartment through the inlet, but flows into the cup compartment through the communication port provided in the partition between the cup compartment and the cup compartment. Since it blows through, the cup housed in the cup housing can be cooled or kept warm even when the cup holder is in use.

Moreover, since this air-conditioning air is introduced from the vent duct and does not block the air blowing from the vent outlet of the instrument panel, the cooling and heating effect in the passenger compartment is not impaired. Absent.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4, 1 is an instrument panel, 2 is a center console portion formed in a central portion of the instrument panel 1, and a box-shaped box storage portion 3 having an open rear portion is assembled to a lower side portion thereof. The box storage section 3 is arranged sideways.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a small-open storage box which is mounted in the box storage section 3 via a guide mechanism 17 so as to be retractable and retractable. The cup storage section 5 and the two small storage sections 6 and 7 are separated from the front side by a partition wall. It is separated by 8 and 9.

At a substantially central portion of a partition wall 8 which separates the cup accommodating portion 5 and the accessory storage portion 6, a communication port 10 which is horizontally long in the left-right direction.
In addition, a plurality of ventilation holes 11 communicating with an outlet 13 for air-conditioning air, which will be described later, are provided in the bottom wall of the cup housing 5 in a row in the front-rear and left-right directions.

On the other hand, on the upper wall and the lower wall of the box storage section 3, air-conditioning is introduced from a vent duct (not shown) arranged inside the instrument panel 1 at a portion corresponding to the cup storage section 5. An inflow port 12 and an outflow port 13 for use air are formed.

The inlet 12 is connected to a branch duct 14 branched from the vent duct, and the vent outlet 1 is formed in the instrument panel 1 through the vent duct.
A part of the air for air conditioning supplied to 6 is divided and introduced.

A guide duct 15 is connected to the outflow port 13 so that the air flowing out of the outflow port 13 is returned to the vent duct via the guide duct 15 or from an auxiliary air outlet (not shown) into the vehicle compartment. It is designed to blow out.

According to the above-described structure of the embodiment, the cup housing portion 5 is separated from the front side of the small article box 4 and is provided at the rear side thereof.
It is possible to separately store the cup C in the cup storage portion 5 and the small articles such as personal belongings of an occupant in the small storage portions 6 and 7 by separating the two small storage portions 6 and 7.

Therefore, by pulling out the accessory box 4 as a whole to the position where the accessory compartment 7 at the innermost portion is exposed, there is no hindrance to the access of the accessory, and the storage and organizing of the accessory are maintained. It does not even affect sex.

Further, if the small container box 4 is stored in the box storage portion 3 by accommodating the cup C in the cup accommodation portion 5, the air-conditioning air diverted from the vent duct (not shown) via the branch duct 14 is supplied to the box. Vent holes that flow into the cup housing part 5 from the inlet 12 of the upper wall of the storage part 3 and are not blocked by the bottom part of the cup C among the plurality of vent holes 11 in the bottom wall of the cup housing part 5. Since the gas flows from the outlet 11 to the outlet 13 and the guide duct 15 on the lower wall of the box storage unit 3, the cup C housed in the cup housing unit 5 can be cooled or kept warm by this air conditioning air.

When using a cup, the accessory box 4
If it is pulled out in a so-called half-opened state to the position where the cup housing portion 5 is exposed, the cup housing portion 5 can be used as it is as a cup holder.

In this cup holder use state, the air for air conditioning flows into the small article compartment 6 from the inflow port 12, but from the communication port 10 provided in the partition wall 8 between the cup container 5 and the cup container 5. Since it flows in and blows upward, the cup C accommodated in the cup accommodating portion 5 can be cooled or kept warm even when the cup holder is in use.

Moreover, as described above, this air conditioning air is diverted and introduced from the vent duct (not shown) through the branch duct 14 to block the air blowing from the vent outlet 16 of the instrument panel 1. Since it does not happen, it does not impair the cooling and heating effect inside the vehicle.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the center console section 2 of the instrument panel 1 has been illustrated, but in addition to this, the present invention can be applied to a small article storage section provided in the rear side section.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the accessory box can be accommodated by separating the cup and the accessory from each other by defining the cup accommodating portion on the front side and the accessory accommodating portion at the back. Therefore, there is no hindrance to the putting in and taking out of small items, and the storage and arrangement of the small items are not impaired.

Further, the cup is accommodated in the cup accommodating portion,
If the small box is stored in the box storage unit, the air conditioning air introduced from the vent duct will flow into the cup storage unit from the inlet of the upper wall of the box storage unit, and from the ventilation holes on the bottom wall of the box storage unit to the lower wall of the box storage unit. As it blows through the outlet, the contained cup can be actively cooled or kept warm.

Then, when the cup is used, the accessory box is half-opened to the position where the cup housing is exposed.
The cup housing part can be used as it is as a cup holder, and even in this usage state, the air conditioning air flowing from the inflow port into the small container part adjacent to the cup housing part flows into the cup housing part through the communication port of the partition wall. As it blows upward, the cooling or heat retention of the cup can be continued.

Moreover, the air for cooling the cup is introduced from the vent duct so as not to block the air blowing from the vent outlet of the instrument panel. It does not impair the heating and cooling effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 3 showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 1, showing a state of using the cup holder of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an accessory box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Instrument Panel 3 Box Storage 4 Small Box 5 Cup Storage 6,7 Small Storage 8,9 Partition 10 Communication Port 11 Ventilation Hole 12 Inlet 13 Outlet

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A box storage section is formed laterally at an arbitrary location in a vehicle compartment, and a cup storage section and a small article storage section are separated from a front side of a small article storage box having an open upper portion through a partition wall. A communication port is formed in a partition wall between the cup storage part and the small article storage part so that the small product storage box can be stored and pulled out in the box storage part, and the upper and lower walls of the box storage part can be arranged. An inlet and an outlet for air-conditioning air introduced from a vent duct arranged inside the instrument panel are formed at a portion of the wall corresponding to the cup housing portion, and the air flow is provided on the bottom wall of the cup housing portion. An automobile accessory case box structure characterized by forming a ventilation hole communicating with the outlet.