JPH0872620A - Fitting structure of glove box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable simple installation of a glove box so as to improve the fitting work efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A spacer 5 having a locking part 7 which is slid to be engaged with right and left positioning parts 2 provided on both sides of the lower part of the back of a glove box 1 and bearing part 8 engaged with a pin 4 projected on the side surface of the box 1 is installed on the glove box 1, and a spacer holding part 14 for receiving the spacer 5 when the glove box 1 is inserted in an opening part 12 and engaging with the upper and lower edges of the spacer is formed on the side wall 13 of the opening part 12 of an instrument panel 11. A vertical wall part 16 for regulating the insert position of the spacer 5 is formed in the inner part, an engaging hole 17 is formed on one of the bearing part 8 and the side wall 13, and a projecting part 18 which falls in the engaging hole 17 and engages therewith is formed on the other thereof.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a glove box which is openably and closably disposed on the passenger side of an instrument panel of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional glove box mounting structure, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-107358 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62 are used.
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 105035, while the hinge brackets are provided on both sides of the lower part of the rear surface of the glove box, the hinge brackets on the inner side of the opening of the instrument panel correspond to the hinge brackets on the glove box side. It is known that a hinge bracket is provided, and both hinge brackets are rotatably connected by a pin.

[0003]

When mounting a glove box, after inserting the glove box into the opening of the instrument panel, put a hand on the back side of the instrument panel and insert the glove box into the hinge bracket on the glove box side and the opening side. Since it has to be connected with the hinge bracket of No. 1 by a pin, it not only forces the worker to take an unreasonable posture, but also the work becomes blind work, resulting in poor workability.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the glove box can be installed by a so-called one-touch operation by simply inserting the glove box into the opening of the instrument panel, so that the installation workability can be improved, and there is no rattling, and the installation accuracy is high and the quality is further improved. A glove box mounting structure is provided.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the left and right positioning portions are formed on both sides of the lower rear surface of the glove box, and pins are provided on the side surfaces of the glove box in proximity to the left and right positioning portions. A spacer having a bearing that rotatably supports the pin and rotatably supports the pin and a locking portion that slidably engages the left and right positioning portions is attached to the glove box, while the glove box is attached to the opening. A spacer holding portion that receives the spacer when inserted and engages with the upper and lower edges of the spacer is formed on the side wall of the opening formed in the instrument panel, and the insertion position of the spacer is regulated at least at the back of the spacer holding portion. Forming a vertical wall portion, and an engaging hole is formed in either one of the bearing portion of the spacer and the side wall of the opening, and the other is slidably in contact with the side wall or the side surface of the bearing portion. A protrusion which fall engagement are then respectively formed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a locate pin is provided on one of the vertical wall portion and the spacer, and a locate hole that engages with the locate pin is formed on the other side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the left and right positioning portions are formed in a vertical groove shape, while the spacer is formed on the end wall and one side edge thereof so as to be engaged with the left and right positioning portions from the back side. The stopper portion and the bearing portion formed on the other side edge of the end wall are formed in a substantially U shape, and a notch portion for inserting a pin reaching a bearing hole penetrating the bearing portion is formed on the end edge of the bearing portion. It is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the spacer is made of a material having a self-lubricating property.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by inserting the glove box fitted with the spacer into the opening of the instrument panel toward the front, the spacer enters the spacer holding portion on the side wall of the opening and the insertion guide. And the spacer hits the vertical wall to regulate the insertion position,
The protrusion provided on one of the bearing portion and the side wall falls into and engages with the engagement hole provided on the other side, and the spacer is prevented from coming off the spacer holding portion and is firmly held.

Therefore, the glove box can be easily attached to the opening of the glove box by one-touch insertion, and the workability of attachment can be remarkably improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by the engagement of the locate pin and the locate hole, the mounting position of the spacer in the left-right direction and the vertical direction is determined, and the spacer is not displaced. It is possible to reliably maintain the engaged state of and to prevent rattling.

Therefore, the construction accuracy of the glove box can be improved, and the quality feeling can be further improved.

Also, the left and right side walls of the opening are connected by a glove box by the engagement of the locate pin and the locate hole, and the glove box serves as a reinforcement for restricting the bending deformation of the left and right side walls in the vehicle width direction. Functioning, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembly work steps by eliminating the dedicated reinforcement force that has been conventionally required, and to realize cost reduction and weight reduction.

According to the third aspect, when the spacer is mounted on the glove box, the engaging portion of the spacer is inserted into and engaged with the vertical groove-shaped left and right positioning portions on the rear surface of the glove box from the back side, and the bearing of the spacer is provided. By pressing the notch portion for inserting the bottle at the end edge against the pin on the side surface of the glove box and making it pass through, the pin and the bearing hole can be engaged and attached, and the engagement between the locking portion and the bearing portion can be achieved. Since the fitting direction is the same and the work is only inserting, the spacer can be mounted to the glove box with one touch, and the workability can be improved.

According to the fourth aspect, since the spacer is made of a material having self-lubricating property, the spacer can be smoothly inserted and attached to the glove box, and
Even when the spacer is attached to the spacer holding portion on the side wall of the opening, the spacer can be smoothly slid and attached without causing a catch, so that the work of attaching the glove box can be further facilitated. Needless to say, the glove box can be swung easily to improve the opening / closing operability of the glove box.

[0016]

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 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a glove box which is openably and closably mounted in an opening 12 formed on a passenger seat side of an instrument panel 11 which will be described later, and left and right positioning portions 2 are formed on both lower sides of a rear surface thereof. I am doing it.

In this embodiment, the left and right positioning portions 2 are formed in a vertical groove shape by forming a pair of protrusions 3 and 3 with a space corresponding to the plate thickness of a locking portion 7 of a spacer 5 described later. But
Depending on the case, the rear surface of the glove box 1 may be directly provided with a vertical groove.

A pin 4 is provided on the lower part of the side surface of the glove box 1 so as to be close to the left and right positioning portions 2.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a spacer to be mounted on the glove box 1, which is made of a material having a small friction coefficient and a self-lubricating property, such as polyacetal, nylon, polyethylene terephthalate, and Teflon.

The spacer 5 is composed of an end wall 6, a locking portion 7 integrally formed on one side edge thereof, and a bearing portion 8 integrally formed on the other side edge of the end wall 6 longer than the locking portion 7. It is formed in a U shape.

The edge of the engaging portion 7 and the edges of the projecting pieces 3 and 3 are formed in an arc shape in the vertical direction so that the respective edges do not catch when the glove box 1 rotates.

The bearing portion 8 is formed with a bearing hole 9 penetratingly rotatably engaged with the pin 4 provided on the side surface of the glove box 1, and has a notch for inserting a pin reaching the bearing hole 9 at the edge thereof. The part 10 is formed.

The notch 10 is formed to be narrower than the diameter of the pin 4, and when the pin 4 is pushed into the notch 10, the edge is elastically deformed and the pin 4 passes through and engages with the bearing hole 9. However, after the pin 4 is engaged, it cannot easily come out of the notch 10.

The spacer 5 inserts and engages the locking portion 7 with the left and right positioning portions 2 from the back side, and the pin 4 is passed through the notch portion 10 of the bearing portion 8 so that the pin 4 is in the bearing hole 9.
Is attached to the glove box 1 in advance.

The bearing hole 9 is formed to have a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the pin 4, but a relatively tight engagement with the pin 4 is obtained, and the spacer 5 is attached to the glove box 1 as described above.
When the sub-assembly is installed in the
Is designed so that the mounting position can be maintained without idling due to its own weight.

On the other hand, when the glove box 1 is inserted forward into the side wall 13 of the opening 12 of the instrument panel 11, the spacer 5 is received and engages with the upper and lower edges thereof. The spacer holding portion 14 is formed.

In this embodiment, step portions 15, 15 are formed on the side wall 13 so as to bulge inwardly of the opening portion 12, and these step portions 1 are formed.
Spacers 5 and 15 are configured as a spacer holding portion 14, and the upper and lower edges of the bearing portion 8 of the spacer 5 are locked by these step portions 15 and 15 to hold the spacer 5.

The inlet portion of the spacer holding portion 14 is a step portion 1.
The slope portions 15a, 15a are formed at the corners of the spacers 5, 15 to serve as insertion guides for the spacer 5 so that the spacer 5 can be easily inserted.

Further, the front end edge of the inner part of the side wall 13 is entirely formed by bending toward the inside of the opening 12, and when the glove box 1 is inserted, the end wall 6 of the spacer 5 is butted against the spacer. The vertical wall portion 16 regulates the insertion position of the member 5.

Further, a rectangular engaging hole 17 is formed in the side wall 13 in the region where the spacer holding portion 14 is formed, while the spacer 5 is provided on the side surface of the bearing portion 8 of the spacer 5. Slides into the side wall 13 when inserted into 14,
When the end wall 6 abuts on the vertical wall portion 16, a projection portion 18 is provided so as to just fall into and engage with the engagement hole 17.

The projection 18 is formed in a wedge shape in cross section so that it does not come into line contact with the side wall 13 and the sliding resistance does not increase, and the vertical dimension of the projection 18 is that of the locking hole 17. It is made slightly smaller than the vertical dimension so as to securely engage with the end portion of the locking hole 17 to prevent coming off.

Further, a locate pin 19 having a tapered tip is formed at a substantially central position of the vertical wall portion 16 in the region where the spacer holding portion 14 is formed, while the end wall 6 of the spacer 5 is provided with A locate hole 20 is formed to engage the locate pin 19.

According to the structure of the above-described embodiment, the glove box 1 in which the spacer 5 is inserted and engaged in advance by inserting the spacer 5 into the locking portion 7, the bearing portion 8 into the left and right positioning portions 2 and the pin 4, and the instrument panel 11 The bearing portion 8 of the spacer 5 enters the spacer holding portion 14 and is inserted and guided by being inserted into the opening 12 of the spacer 5 while the locate pin 19 locates the locate hole 20 of the end wall 6 of the spacer 5. Are engaged with each other, and the vertical and horizontal mounting positions of the spacer 5 are determined.

Then, when the glove box 1 is further pushed in and the end wall 6 of the spacer 5 abuts the vertical wall portion 16, the protrusion portion 18 that was in sliding contact with the side wall 13 until then.
Is inserted into the engagement hole 17 and engaged, and the spacer 5 is prevented from coming off, and the mounting of the glove box 1 in the opening 12 is completed.

Therefore, the glove box 1 has an opening 12
It can be easily installed by so-called one-touch operation by pushing it inward and inserting it, and it is possible to remarkably improve the installation work without forcing an operator to take an unreasonable posture.

Here, particularly in the present embodiment, the vertical wall portion 1
By engaging the locate pin 19 of No. 6 and the locate hole 20 of the end wall 6 of the spacer 5, the vertical and horizontal mounting positions of the spacer 5 are determined, so that the spacer 5 does not move at all. Protrusion 18 and engagement hole 17
It is possible to reliably maintain the engagement state with and there is no rattling, and it is possible to improve the construction accuracy of the glove box 1 and further improve the sense of quality.

Further, by the engagement of the locate pin 19 and the locate hole 20, the left and right side walls 13 of the opening 12,
The front end portion of 13 is connected by the glove box 1, and the glove box 1 functions as a reinforcement for restricting flexural deformation of the left and right side walls 13, 13 in the vehicle width direction.
It is possible to reduce the number of parts and the man-hours for assembling by eliminating the need for a dedicated reinforcement 21 which has been conventionally required as indicated by the chain line.

Further, the locking portion 7 of the spacer 5 is inserted into and engaged with the vertical groove-shaped left and right positioning portion 2 from the back side thereof to form the bearing portion 8.
The pin 4 is passed through the notch 10 at the edge thereof so that the bearing hole 9 is engaged with the pin 4, and the engaging portion 7 and the bearing portion 8 are inserted in the same mounting direction. Since the spacer 5 can be attached to the glove box 1 by this work, the spacer 5 can be attached to the glove box 1 with one touch, and the attaching work can be easily performed.

Since the spacer 5 has a self-lubricating property, the spacer 5 can be smoothly inserted and attached to the glove box 1, and the spacer 5 can be attached to the spacer holding portion of the side wall 13 of the opening 12. Even when the glove box 1 is held by being locked, the glove box 1 can be smoothly slid and locked without being caught, and the work of mounting the glove box 1 can be further improved, and the glove box 1 can be rotated. And the operability of opening and closing the glove box can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the engaging hole 17 is formed on the side wall 1.
2 and the protrusion 18 is formed on the side surface of the bearing portion 8. However, conversely, the engaging hole 17 may be formed on the bearing portion 8 and the protrusion portion 18 may be formed on the side surface of the side wall 12. Good.

Further, the locate pin 19 and the locate hole 20.
Regarding the formation positional relationship of the above, the locating pin 19 may be formed in the end wall 6 and the funnel hole 20 may be formed in the vertical wall portion 16 by reversing the above embodiment.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) By inserting the glove box equipped with the spacer forward into the opening of the instrument panel, the spacer enters the spacer holding portion on the side wall of the opening and is guided for insertion, and the spacer is placed on the vertical wall. The spacer is held by the spacer holding the spacer while the insertion position is regulated by hitting the portion, and the protrusion provided on one of the bearing portion of the spacer or the side wall of the opening falls into and engages with the engaging hole provided in the other. Since the glove box is firmly held by being prevented from coming off, the glove box can be easily mounted by inserting the glove box into the opening part with one touch, and the mounting workability can be remarkably improved. (2) Further, as described above, since the glove box can be attached by one-touch and the number of man-hours and part management man-hours can be reduced, the cost can be greatly reduced. (3) Further, since the pin of the glove box is pivotally supported by the bearing portion of the spacer and is rotatably attached to the spacer, it slightly affects the flexural deformation of both side walls of the opening in the vehicle width direction. The rotation operation of the glove box can be favorably maintained without being subjected to any damage. (4) By the mutual engagement of the locate pin provided on the end wall and the vertical wall portion with which the end wall abuts, and the funnel hole,
By configuring the mounting positions in the left-right direction and the up-down direction to eliminate the displacement movement, it is possible to reliably maintain the engagement state between the protrusion and the engagement hole and prevent rattling, and thus the glove box It is possible to improve the construction accuracy and further improve the sense of quality. (5) Further, the left and right side walls of the opening are connected by the glove box by the engagement of the locate pin and the locate hole, and the glove box functions as a reinforcement for restricting the bending deformation of the left and right side walls in the vehicle width direction. As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling work steps by eliminating the dedicated reinforce, which has been conventionally required, and to realize cost reduction and weight reduction. (6) The left and right positioning portions on the rear surface of the glove box are formed in a vertical groove shape, while the notch portion reaching the bearing hole is formed at the end edge of the bearing portion of the spacer to insert and lock the locking portion into the left and right positioning portions. By making the direction of insertion and engagement of the bearing portion to the pin the same, the spacer can be attached to the glove box with a single touch, and the attachment work can be further improved. (7) By forming the spacer with a material having self-lubricating property, the spacer can be smoothly inserted and attached to the glove box, and also when the spacer is fixedly held by the spacer holding portion on the side wall of the opening. It can be smoothly slid and engaged without being caught, and the work of attaching the glove box can be further improved. (8) Also, the pin of the glove box is pivotally supported, and
The spacer, whose locking part is slidably engaged with the left and right positioning parts on the rear surface of the glove box, is made of a material having self-lubricating property, so that the glove box can be swung easily to open and close the glove box. Operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of a glove box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the embodiment.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Glove Box 2 Left / Right Positioning Part 4 Pin 5 Spacer 7 Locking Piece 8 Bearing Part 11 Instrument Panel 12 Opening Part 13 Side Wall 14 Spacer Holding Part 16 Vertical Wall Part 17 Engagement Hole 18 Projection Part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A left / right positioning portion is formed on both sides of a lower rear portion of the glove box, and a pin is provided on a side surface of the glove box in proximity to the left / right positioning portion to rotatably support the pin. A spacer having a bearing portion and a locking portion that slidably engages with the left and right positioning portions is attached to the glove box, while the spacer is received at the upper and lower edges of the glove box when the glove box is inserted into the opening. A spacer holding portion to be engaged is formed on the side wall of the opening formed in the instrument panel, and a vertical wall portion for restricting the insertion position of the spacer is formed at least in the inner portion of the spacer holding portion, and the spacer bearing. And a side wall of the opening, an engaging hole is formed, and the other side is formed with a protrusion that slidably contacts the side wall or the side surface of the bearing part and that falls into and engages with the engaging hole. Glove box mounting structure characterized by 2. The mounting structure for a glove box according to claim 1, wherein a locate pin is provided on one of the vertical wall portion and the spacer, and a locate hole engaging with the locate pin is formed on the other side. 3. The left and right positioning portions are formed in the shape of vertical grooves, while the spacer is provided with an end wall, a locking portion formed on one side edge of the spacer for inserting and engaging the left and right positioning portions from the back side, and the end. It is formed in a substantially U shape with a bearing portion formed on the other side edge of the wall, and a notch portion for inserting a pin reaching a bearing hole penetratingly formed in the bearing portion is provided at an end edge of the bearing portion. The mounting structure for a glove box according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The glove box mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is formed of a material having a self-lubricating property.