JPH08310309A - Storage device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the assembling manhours and facilitate quality control and maintenance by forming a locking mechanism integrally with a damper mechanism, and performing sub-assembly. CONSTITUTION: A mounting arm 14a on one side of a turning lid 4 is locked to a turning ring 3a concentric with a damper fixing ring 3b. A damper is set to a boss 18 projected from the side wall 2a so that the damper can slide in the boss-axial direction together with the mounting arm 14a in assembly. Further, an oscillating cam 6 having a push-open and push-lock mechanism is pivoted on the tip of an arm 5 vertically hung down integrally with the fixing ring 3b, and energized in one direction by a spring 9. An operating piece having a roller engaged with the oscillating cam 6 is provided to be projected on a flange 3d of the turning ring 3a, and the fixing ring 3b is fixed integrally to the boss 18 with a screw 19. In a gap between the mounting arm 14b on the other side of the turning lid and a boss 21 of the other side wall 2b of a storage device body, both the mounting arm and the boss are integrally fixed and assembled through bushes 20, 30 with a screw 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage device for a vehicle in which a lid is opened upward with one touch and a means for locking the lid by pressing the lid is integrally formed with a damper for opening and closing the lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-65687, a locking means for locking a lid in a closed position, a mechanism for releasing the locking means when the lid is pushed from the closed position, and a lid. A vehicle accessory storage device having a spring for urging the body to an open position is known.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the biasing means and the locking means are separately assembled, the number of assembling steps is large, and the line assembling work requires skill and labor, and the locking means part is required. Has a problem that not only does it look bad because the latch-locking protrusions are visible on the surface when the lid is opened, but it is dangerous for the protrusions to hit your hands, and if a drink enters the latch, it may cause a malfunction. It was

[0004]

[Purpose] An object of the present invention is to integrate a damper mechanism and a lock mechanism to strengthen quality control and maintenance, and to reduce the number of man-hours for line assembly by sub-assembling.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a damper for a vehicle storage device in which a rotary lid of a storage box is biased in an opening direction to open and close by a push-open / push-lock mechanism. The mounting arm on one side of the rotating lid is concentrically locked to the rotating ring that is fitted and urged with a large frictional resistance with respect to the fixed ring, and the damper is attached to one side wall of the storage device body. A rocking cam that has a push-open / push-lock mechanism at the tip of the arm, which is set so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the boss with respect to the protruding boss when it is assembled with the above-mentioned mounting arm, and is vertically attached to the fixing ring of the damper. Is pivotally attached and urged in one direction by a spring, and an operating piece having a roller that engages with the swing cam is projectingly provided on the flange of the rotating ring, and the fixing ring is attached to the boss. In fixed together, characterized in that the as assembled and secured together both by the bushing is interposed in a gap between the boss of the other side wall of the mounting arm and the storage device main body of the rotating lid the other side with screws.

[0006]

[Function] When the rotating lid that is closed is pressed, the push-open / push-lock mechanism is unlocked, and when the hand is released, the lid is opened by the turning force of the damper. When the lid is pressed, the push-open / push-lock mechanism is locked.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 1 is a console box, 2 is a cup holder housing device, and an oil damper 3 is attached to one side wall 2a thereof. As shown in the sectional view of FIG. 8, the oil damper 3 is composed of a fixed ring 3b and a rotating ring 3a fitted concentrically with the fixed ring 3b. Grease is sealed in the joint portion of both rings and the coil spring 3c. Is interposed, the rotating ring 3a is configured to be able to rotate in the clockwise direction in a state where the rotating frictional resistance is large. As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting arm 14a on one side of the rotating lid 4 is provided with a pin 12 and a hole 15 on both sides so as to be concentrically locked to the flange 3d of the rotating ring 3a. Therefore, the rotary lid 4 is biased in the opening direction.
As shown in FIG. 9, the oil damper 3 is rotatable with respect to a boss 18 projecting from one side wall 2a of the housing body 2 together with the mounting arm 14a so that the oil damper 3 can slide in the axial direction of the boss when assembled. The width dimension of is set. An arm 5 is integrally hung on the fixing ring 3b of the oil damper 3, and a swing cam 6 having a push-open / push-lock mechanism described later is rotatably attached to the tip thereof by a disc 7 and a screw 8, and a spring. It is urged clockwise by 9 in FIG. Although the oil damper 3 is used as the damper in the above embodiment, the friction resistance may be enhanced by heat shrinkage of the synthetic resin without using oil.

Next, the assembly process will be described. 9 to 1
As shown in 0, the boss hole 17 of the fixing ring 3b of the oil damper 3 is slid from the outside to the boss 18 provided on the outside of the one side wall 2a of the cup holder accommodating device 2 and fitted and fixed with the screw 19. Since there is a gap between the boss 21 on the other side wall 2b of the cup holder housing 2 and the mounting arm 14b on the other side of the rotary lid 4, the bush 20 is inserted into this gap and the bush 20 is fitted onto the boss 21. Further, the bush 23 is inserted from the outside into the through hole 22 of the mounting arm 14b on the other side of the rotary lid 4, fitted into the recess 24 of the bush 20, and fixed integrally with the screw 25.

Next, the push-open / push-lock mechanism will be described with reference to FIGS. The swing cam 6 is also urged in the axial direction as shown in FIG.
The operating piece 11 has the roller 10 integrally, and the roller 10
Can contact the swing cam 6. The swing cam 6 is provided with a turning point 6a, a stopper portion 6b and a taper portion 6c. Then, when the rotary lid 4 is pressed in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 11, the swing cam 6 rotates counterclockwise, and when the turnover point 6a in FIG. 13 is exceeded, the swing cam 6 rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. In the direction, the roller 10 is locked and locked by the stopper portion 6b as shown in FIG. When the rotating lid is opened when the rotating lid is pressed, the roller 10 comes off the stopper portion 6b and reaches the taper portion 6c as shown in FIG. It is located above. By repeating the above operation, the push-open / push-lock operation is performed.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in the vehicle storage device in which the rotary lid of the storage box is biased in the opening direction and opened and closed by the push-open / push-lock mechanism, the frictional resistance against the fixing ring of the damper is large. The mounting arm on one side of the rotating lid is concentrically locked to the rotating ring that is fitted and urged in this state, and the damper is attached to the boss protruding from one side wall of the storage device body. It is set to be slidable in the boss axis direction when assembled with the arm, and a swing cam with a push-open / push-lock mechanism is pivotally attached to the end of the arm that is vertically attached to the fixing ring of the damper, and is unidirectionally connected by a spring. And an operating piece having a roller that engages with the rocking cam is projectingly provided on the flange of the rotating ring, and the fixing ring is integrally fixed to the boss with a screw. of Since the bush is interposed in the gap between the attached arm and the boss of the other side wall of the storage device main body and the both are integrally fixed with screws, the lock function is formed integrally with the damper. There is no need to assemble the structures separately into the storage device body, and the following effects are obtained. 1. Since it is easily assembled with screws and bushes in a state where it is sub-assembled to the vehicle storage device body, the number of assembly steps is reduced. 2. Quality control is possible as a single item (kit). 3. Maintenance is possible as a single item (kit). 4. No assembly mistakes (forgotten assembly parts) will occur. 5. Parts can be easily replaced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a console box according to the present invention when a lid is opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the appearance of FIG. 1 when the lid is opened.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the cup holder storage device of FIG. 1 taken out.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the appearance of FIG. 3 when the lid is opened.

5 is an external perspective view of the damper of FIG. 4 removed.

6 is an external perspective view of the operating piece of FIG. 5 when locked.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front sectional view of the rotary lid and the cup holder storage device before assembling.

10 is a front cross-sectional view of FIG. 9 after completion of assembly.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the lock mechanism of the present invention before being locked.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the rocking cam of FIG. 11, which has been pressed and rotated by a roller before locking.

FIG. 14 is a front view when the roller of FIG. 13 is further pressed and locked.

FIG. 15 is a front view when the roller of FIG. 14 is pressed downward to unlock.

16 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Console Box 2 Cup Holder Storage Device 2a One Sidewall 2b Other Sidewall 3 Oil Damper as a Damper 3a Rotating Ring 3b Fixed Ring 3c Coil Spring 3d Flange 4 Rotating Lid 5 Arm 6 Swing Cam 9 Spring 10 Roller 11 Actuating Piece 12 , 13 pins 14a Mounting arm on one side 14b Mounting arm on the other side 17 Boss hole of arm 18 Boss on one side wall of cup holder storing device 19 Screw 20 Bush 21 Boss 22 Through hole 23 Bush 24 Recess of bush 20 25 Screw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle storage device in which a rotary lid of a storage box is urged in an opening direction to open and close by a push-open / push-lock mechanism, which is fitted to a fixing ring of a damper in a state of large frictional resistance. The mounting arm on one side of the rotating lid is concentrically locked to the biased rotating ring, and the damper is attached to the boss protruding from one side wall of the storage device main body during assembly with the mounting arm. It is set to be slidable in the boss axial direction, and a swing cam having a push-open / push-lock mechanism is pivotally attached to the end of the arm that is vertically mounted on the fixing ring of the damper, and is biased in one direction by a spring. An operating piece having a roller that engages with the swing cam is projected on the flange of the rotating ring, the fixing ring is integrally fixed to the boss with a screw, and is housed with a mounting arm on the other side of the rotating lid. Dress A storage device for a vehicle in which a bush is interposed in the gap between the other side wall of the mounting main body and the both are integrally fixed with screws to be assembled.