JPH08104179A - Locking structure for accommodation box for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the productivity by permitting the instantaneous installation by the insertion into an installation groove formed at a projecting supporting part, when a locking member is installed on the projecting supporting part, as for the locking structure of a cover body which is installed through a hinge member, on an accommodation box for a vehicle such as a console box. CONSTITUTION: When lock member 30 is installed on a projecting supporting part 21 at the front edge 18, if an insertion piece 31 is inserted into an installation groove 25 from the recessed part 20 side of a door, an engagement hook 40 turning-shifts, guided by an engagement piece 27. In the passing through the engagement piece 27, the engagement hook 40 is engaged with the engagement piece 27 through the elastic restoration, and the slip-off of the locking member 30 is prevented. Then, the door can be opened and closed by installing the rear wall on a console box through a hinge member. The door can be closed free from chattering by engaging the engagement piece 33 of the locking member 30 with the engagement part of the box, and the engagement is released by lifting up the lever piece 27 by inserting a finger from the recessed part 20 at the front edge 19, and the door can be opened.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lock structure for a storage box attached to a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a storage box attached to a vehicle of this type, for example, a console box 1 and a console box door 2 is made of a synthetic resin material by injection molding. As shown in FIGS. One end of 2 is attached to the box 1 by a hinge member (not shown) so as to be openable and closable,
A lock member 5 is attached to the rotating end side so as to be closed. To attach this lock member 5,
A tubular screw receiver 3 is vertically provided at a predetermined interval on the rotating end side of the door 2 as shown in FIG. 6, and a lock member 5 is attached to a lower end of the screw receiver 3 by a mounting screw 4. ing. As shown in FIG. 7, the lock member 5 is provided with a screw receiver 3
A mounting portion 6 having a mounting hole 7 to be mounted on and a lever portion 8 having flexibility in a bent shape from the mounting portion 6;
The lever portion 8 has a locking portion 1 formed on the box 1 side.
An engaging piece 9 having an engaging claw 10 that is engageably and disengageably engaged with a is formed, and a spring member 11 for urging the lever portion 8 toward the engaging side is attached to substantially the center of the attaching portion 6. ing. The lock member 5 formed in this way is attached to the mounting screw 4
Is attached to the screw receiver 3.

[0003]

However, since the conventional console box door 2 has a construction in which the lock member 5 is formed separately and is attached to the screw receiver 3, the number of steps required for the step of assembling the lock member 5 is reduced. In addition, there is a problem that the cost is increased, and that the diameter of the base portion of the screw receiver 3 becomes large, which causes a sink mark S on the front surface side of the door 2 at the same portion to impair the external appearance. 5 is mounted on the screw receiver 3 with the mounting screw 4 while being screwed by the mounting screw 4, the screw receiver 3 or the mounting hole 7 may be damaged. If it is too large, it will idle and the tightening will be poor. If the tightening is loose, there will be problems such as looseness in the lock and abnormal noise. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a lock structure for a vehicle storage box in which a lock member for the vehicle storage box can be attached to a predetermined inner edge side of a lid with one touch. It is intended to be provided.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a lid lock structure for opening and closing a vehicle storage box via a hinge member. A concave portion into which a finger can be inserted is formed on the front edge or the lower edge side of the side wall corresponding to the hinge member, and the inner side surface corresponding to the concave portion has a space portion opened downward by the left and right side plates and the rear plate. -Shaped support portion, and a locking piece that hangs down at a predetermined distance from the rear plate is provided in this space portion, and a mounting groove that opens on the concave side where the lock member is inserted on the opening side of the convex-shaped support portion Further, the lock member has an engaging piece that can be inserted into the mounting groove and a locking piece that is bent in a step shape and extends to the recess side and that engages with the locking part of the storage box on the lower surface side. A flexible lever piece is integrally formed, and a square shape is formed in the center of the insertion piece. For vehicles having a structure in which a flexible locking claw that extends through the hole of the hole and extends to the lever piece side and can be locked to the locking piece on the convex support part side is provided. It is a lock structure of the storage box.

[0005]

With the above configuration, the locking claw is engaged with the locking piece by inserting the insertion piece of the lock member into the mounting groove of the convex support portion, and the one-touch assembly can be performed to prevent the lockout. To be done.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a console box 1 with a console box door 15 (hereinafter simply referred to as a door) attached, and FIG. 2 is a door. Sectional view of the front edge 18 side of 15,
FIG. 3 also shows the lock member 3 with the front edge 18 side reversed.
0 is an exploded perspective view, and this door 15 is made by molding a synthetic resin material by a gas injection method, and is opened downward by a top plate 16, left and right side walls 17, a front edge 18 and a rear wall 19. The left and right side walls 17 are formed with a hollow portion (not shown) to have an extremely thick shape.

Further, a concave portion 20 into which a finger of a hand can be inserted is formed in a predetermined range of a lower edge on the front edge 18 side, and the front edge 18 has a substantially triangular shape in a hollow portion of the side wall 17. A hollow portion 18a that communicates is formed. Further, on the inner side surface of the front edge 18, a convex support portion 21 having a space portion 24 that opens downward is formed by the left and right side plates 22 and the rear plate 23, and the inside of the open end of the convex support portion 21 is formed. A mounting groove 25 into which an insertion piece 31 of a lock member 30 described later can be inserted is formed across the left and right side plates 22 and the rear plate 23, and a notch with a predetermined width is formed at the center of the lower end of the rear plate 23. Part 26
Are formed. Further, a locking piece 27 having a predetermined width is provided in the space 24 at a position spaced apart from the rear plate 23 by a predetermined distance.
And the lower end of the locking piece 27 is the upper edge 2 of the mounting groove 25.
It is provided on the same side as 5a.

Further, the lock member 30 is made of a synthetic resin material by injection molding and is partially cut away. The insert piece 31 to be inserted into the mounting groove 25 described above, and the insert piece 3
A flexible lever piece 32 is integrally formed and extends toward the recess 20 formed in the front edge 18 from one end edge of the lever 1 in a curved shape, and the lever piece 32 has a center on the lower surface side. A locking piece 33 having a locking claw 34 that locks with the locking portion 1a of the console box 1 is formed on the portion so as to project. Further, a substantially square hole 35 is provided in the center of the insertion piece 31, and a predetermined portion is provided toward the base of the locking piece 33 in the center of the side of the insertion piece 31 where the lever piece 32 is provided. The opening 36 has a width of. In addition, a slit-shaped insertion hole 38 for inserting a spring member 41 inserted and locked in the hole 35 is provided through one edge 37 of the hole 35 of the insertion piece 31, and the other edge 39 of the hole 35. A locking claw 40 having a substantially triangular shape and engaging with the locking piece 27 is formed at the edge of the locking claw 40. A spring member 41 having a cut-and-raised claw 42 is inserted into and locked in the insertion hole 38.
The other end is provided so as to abut the lever piece 32 and urge it toward the lower side in the drawing.

To attach the thus-formed lock member 30 to the convex support portion 21 of the front edge 18, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in (c), from the recess 20 side of the door 15 to the mounting groove 25
On the other hand, when the insertion piece 31 is inserted, the locking claw 40 is brought into contact with the end of the locking piece 27, and further, the locking claw 40 is guided by the locking piece 27 by being inserted. When the locking claw 40 is pivotally displaced around the mounting base and passes through the locking piece 27, the locking claw 40 is elastically restored and locked by the locking piece 27, and the lock member 30 is prevented from coming off.

The door 15 thus formed has a rear wall 19
Is attached to the console box 1 via a hinge member so that the box 1 can be opened and closed, and when the box 1 is closed, the locking piece 33 of the lock member 30 is locked by the locking portion 1 of the box 1.
It is locked by a and is closed without rattling, and by inserting a finger from the recess 20 of the front edge 18 and lifting the lever piece 27 upward, the locking between the locking piece 33 and the locking portion 1a is released. The box 1 can be opened.

As described above, the convex support portion 2 of the lock member 30 is provided.
The mounting groove 25 formed on the convex supporting portion 21
Since it can be attached very easily with one touch, the productivity can be improved. Therefore, the conventional assembling process using the mounting screw 4 can be eliminated, so that the number of parts (mounting screw) can be reduced, and the cost and the weight can be reduced. It is possible to eliminate breakage caused by the screw 4, looseness, damage due to over-tightening, etc.
Since the screw receiver 3 is eliminated, the occurrence of sink marks S at the time of molding the door 11 is eliminated and the quality can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the convex support portion 21 is provided on the side of the front edge 18 and the lock member 30 is attached thereto. However, the invention is not limited to this. It can also be applied to a side-opening structure that opens and closes. Further, in the above embodiment, the lever piece 32 is urged via the spring member 41, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, by selecting a resin material (polyacetal or the like), the spring member 41 is selected. Can be omitted. Further, although the console box 1 is illustrated in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to a vehicle storage box such as a glow box or a coin box.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the lock member can be attached to the convex support portion by inserting the lock member into the attachment groove formed in the convex support portion. Since it can be attached, productivity can be improved. Therefore, the conventional assembly process using the mounting screws can be eliminated, so that the number of parts (mounting screws) can be reduced, and the cost and weight can be reduced. Cracking due to
It is possible to eliminate breakage defects due to loosening, over-tightening, and the like, and since the screw receiver is eliminated, the occurrence of sink marks at the time of molding the lid body is eliminated and the quality can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a console box door is attached to a console box.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a front edge side of a console box door.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a lock member is disassembled in a state in which a front edge side is inverted.

4 (a), (b) and (c) are explanatory views of the attachment of the lock member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view in which a console box door is attached to a conventional console box.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a front edge side of a conventional console box door.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional lock member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Console Box 15 Console Box Door 17 Side Wall 18 Front Edge 20 Recess 21 Convex Support 24 Space Part 25 Mounting Groove 27 Locking Piece 30 Lock Member 31 Inserting Piece 32 Lever Piece 33 Locking Piece 35 Hole 39 Edge 40 Locking Claw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lock structure for a lid provided to open and close a vehicle storage box via a hinge member, wherein a finger is inserted into a front edge or a lower edge of a side wall corresponding to the hinge member of the lid. A possible recess is formed, and on the inner side surface corresponding to this recess, a convex support having a space opened downward by the left and right side plates and the rear plate is provided. By providing hanging pieces with a gap, a mounting groove is formed on the opening side of the convex support part to open on the concave side for inserting the lock member, and the lock member can be inserted into the mounting groove. A flexible lever piece having a locking piece that bends in a step shape and extends to the recess side and that engages with the locking part of the storage box on the lower surface side is integrally formed with the insertion piece. A substantially square hole is provided in the center, and the edge of the hole extends to one side of the lever. A lock structure for a storage box for a vehicle, in which a locking claw having flexibility capable of locking the locking piece on the convex support portion side is provided.