JPH10258671A - Storage device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect a member low in fire resistance above a storage box from heat of a cigaret end, etc., by moving a movable part extending along between left and right fixed parts and supported by the left and right fixed parts free to move in the outlet and inlet directions. SOLUTION: A click 48 is engaged with an engagement part 36d of a movable part 36 and the movable part 36 is drawn out in a car room with a storage box on a middle position where the storage box 40 is drawn out. Additionally, when the storage box 40 is drawn out in the car room, a protruded part 36c of the movable part 36 is engaged with a stopper 12c of an installation part, and drawing out of the movable part 36 to the inside of the car room is prevented. As drawing quantity of the movable part 36 is smaller than drawing quantity of the storage box 40, the whole of an opening part of the storage box 40 is never covered with the movable part 36, and it is possible to dump a cigaret end inside the storage box from the opening part. Heat of a kindling coal of the cigaret end dumped in the storage box 40 is blocked by the movable part 36 made of metal as a part of the movable part 36 is positioned above the storage box 40, and it is possible to protect a cluster panel 10 poor in fire resistance from the kindling coal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a storage device for a vehicle such as an ashtray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A storage device such as an ashtray is arranged on an instrument panel of an automobile or a lower portion thereof. FIG.
1 shows an example of a conventional ashtray which is a storage device attached to a vehicle such as an automobile. The storage device 1 includes a metal retainer 2 fixed to an interior component of a vehicle, and a storage box 4 that is movably supported in the retainer 2 and is movably supported in the insertion / removal direction. A metal protector 6 urged upward by a spring 5 is rotatably attached to the storage box 4. When the storage box 4 is stored in the retainer 2, the upper part of the storage box 4 is covered by the retainer 2, so that the cluster panel 7 located above the retainer 2 is protected from heat caused by the kind of butts in the storage box 4. Is done. When the storage box 4 is pulled out of the retainer 2 into the vehicle interior, the cluster panel 7 is located above the protector 6.
And the cluster panel 7 is protected from heat.

[0003]

The conventional ashtray 1 requires the retainer 2 and the protector 6 made of a metal material in order to protect the cluster panel 7 which is poor in heat resistance. It is desired to reduce parts. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage device for a vehicle in which metal parts are reduced.

[0004]

The present invention to achieve the above object is as follows. (1) A retainer having left and right fixed portions, a movable portion extending across the left and right fixed portions and movably supported by the left and right fixed portions in the insertion and removal direction, and the insertion and removal direction below the movable portion. And a storage box movably supported by the fixed portion. (2) The storage box is provided with a claw, and the movable portion is provided with an engagement portion that engages with the claw only in the storage box withdrawal direction at a position where the storage box is withdrawn. The storage device for a vehicle according to (1).

[0005] In the vehicle storage device of the above (1), the movable portion of the storage box and the retainer is movable in and out of the fixed portion of the retainer. When the storage box is stored, the upper part of the storage box is the retainer. When the storage box is pulled out, the movable part of the retainer is moved in the direction in which the storage box is pulled out, so that the part above the storage box that was covered with the protector in the conventional storage device is retained. Even if there is heat of fire such as butts inside the storage box, the members at the position above the storage box that are easily affected by the heat of the fire in the storage box are protected from the heat. it can. Therefore, when the storage box is pulled out, the movable part of the retainer performs the same function as the conventional protector, so that it is not necessary to provide the storage box with a protector.
Metal parts can be reduced. In the vehicle storage device of (2), the claw of the storage box and the engaging portion of the movable portion engage with each other at a position where the storage box is being pulled out, so that the movable portion is pulled out only by the operation of pulling out the storage box.

[0006]

1 to 6 show a storage device applicable to any of the embodiments of the present invention, FIGS. 7 and 8 show a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A second embodiment of the present invention is shown, and FIGS. 10 to 13 show a vehicle storage device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the drawings, parts common to all embodiments of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout all embodiments of the present invention. In the following description, the vehicle storage device of the present invention,
An example in which the present invention is applied to an ashtray attached to an automobile will be described.

First, the configuration of components common to all embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to, for example, FIGS. FIG. 2 shows a cluster panel 10 to which the storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached. Cluster panel 10
Is mounted on a center cluster located below the instrument panel of the vehicle. The cluster panel 10
It is made of polypropylene, is formed by injection molding, and has openings 10a and 10b for mounting a heater control device, an audio device, and the like. At the lower part of the cluster panel 10, a mounting portion 1 extending toward the front of the vehicle is provided.
2 are provided. In the illustrated example, the attachment portion 12 is excellent in productivity because it is integrally formed with the cluster panel 10, but may be formed separately. The inside of the attachment portion 12 is a space portion 12a for disposing a storage device described later. A plurality of mounting holes 12b are provided on both side walls of the mounting portion 12 at intervals in the horizontal direction. A stopper 12c having a projection projecting downward is provided on an upper wall portion of the mounting portion 12. The stopper 12c has a free end and can be elastically displaced vertically.

[0008] A storage device 20 is arranged inside the mounting portion 12. The storage device 20 includes a retainer 30 and a storage box 4.
Consists of zero. The retainer 30 includes left and right fixed portions 32 (based on a state in which the driver's seat is viewed from the front) and a movable portion 36. FIG. 1 shows only the left fixing portion 32, but the left fixing portion 32 and the right fixing portion 32.
Is symmetric. Each fixing part 32 includes a rail 32a,
It has a plurality of engaging claws 32b, guide portions 32c, protrusions 32d, spring storage portions 32e, sliding plates 32f, and leaf springs 32g. The rail 32a has a U-shaped cross section and extends in the horizontal direction. The rail 32a supports the storage box 40 so as to be movable in and out of the storage box. The engaging claw 32b is connected to the rail 32a.
Are formed at intervals in the horizontal direction. The fixing portion 32 is provided with the engaging claw 32b.
By being engaged with b, it is fixed to the mounting portion 12 of the cluster panel 10. The guide part 32c is a rail 32a.
And extends horizontally. The guide portion 32c has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, and the movable portion 36
Is guided in and out. The protrusion 32d is provided at the rear end of the guide portion 32c, and regulates excessive movement of the movable portion 36 rearward. The spring accommodating portion 32e is a concave portion formed on the lower surface side of the rail 32a.
Is stored. The upper part of the spring storage part 32e is covered with a sliding plate 32f movable in the vertical direction. The leaf spring 32g urges a guide 40a of the storage box 40 described later upward through the sliding plate 32f.

The movable section 36 is made of a metal plate. The movable section 36 extends between the left and right fixed sections 32. The left and right ends 36 a of the movable part 36 are fixed to the fixed part 32.
Is bent in accordance with the cross-sectional shape of the guide portion 32c. Further, the rear portion may be bent downward.
The left and right ends 36a of the movable portion 36 are slidably fitted in the respective guides 32c. Thereby, the movable portion 36
Are movably supported by the guide portions 32c of the left and right fixed portions 32 in the insertion and removal directions. A hole 36b is formed at the center in the left-right direction of the movable portion 36. A lens 37 is fitted in the hole 36b. Immediately above the lens 37, a bulb case 38 in which a lamp (not shown) is stored is provided. On the upper surface of the movable portion 36, a convex portion 36c that can be engaged with the stopper 12c of the mounting portion 12 is provided. The convex portion 36c can be engaged only in the pull-out direction of the stopper 12c and the movable portion 36. On the lower surface of the movable portion 36, an engagement portion 36d protruding downward is provided. Engagement part 36d
Can be engaged with a claw 48 of the storage box 40 described later.

The storage box 40 is provided between the right and left fixing portions 32.
And it is arranged below the movable part 36. Storage box 40
Is used as an ashtray in the illustrated example, but can also be used as a coin box, accessory case, or the like. Storage box 40
Is open upward. Guides 40 a extending in the horizontal direction are provided on both side walls of the storage box 40. The guide 40a is slidably fitted on the rail 32a of the fixed portion 32. As a result, the storage box 40 is
a is movably supported in the insertion / removal direction. Storage box 40
A door 42 is attached to the front surface of the device by, for example, screws 41. A spring holding portion 44 is formed on the inner surface of the back wall of the storage box 40. Spring holding part 4
4, one end of a substantially L-shaped leaf spring 46 is held. The other end of the leaf spring 46 has a movable portion 36
A claw 48 that can be engaged with the engaging portion 36d is attached. The claw 48 is urged upward by the leaf spring 46. The engaging portion 36d engages with the claw 48 only in the drawing direction of the storage box 40 at a position where the storage box 40 is being drawn. The claw 48 is fixed to the leaf spring 46 by, for example, fitting a projection 48 a on the lower surface side into a hole 46 a formed in the leaf spring 46.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the storage box 40 is pushed into the fixing part on the retainer 30 side (the fixing part 3 of the retainer 30 attached to the cluster panel).
2 shows a state where the storage box is stored on the second side. When putting butts in the storage box 40, the user puts his / her finger on the door 42 from the state shown in FIG. Storage box 40
Guide 40a is urged upward by the leaf spring 32g on the fixed portion 32 side, so that when the storage box 40 is pulled out, an appropriate sliding resistance due to the contact between the guide 40a and the rail 32a can be obtained. , A suitable operation feeling is obtained. In this state, the movable section 36 remains stationary with respect to the fixed section 32.

In the middle position where the storage box 40 is pulled out,
The pawl 48 engages with the engaging portion 36d of the movable portion 36, and the movable portion 3
6 is pulled out together with the storage box 40 into the vehicle interior. further,
When the storage box 40 is pulled out into the vehicle compartment, as shown in FIG.
The convex portion 36c of the movable portion 36 is
c, and the movable portion 36 is prevented from being pulled out into the vehicle compartment. Here, since the claw 48 and the engaging portion 36d have already been engaged, the engagement of the convex portion 36c and the stopper 12c prevents the storage box 40 from being pulled out excessively into the vehicle compartment. Since the amount of withdrawal of the movable part 36 is smaller than the amount of withdrawal of the storage box 40, all of the openings of the storage box 40
6, but can be discarded into the storage box 40 from the opening between the inner surface of the door 42 and the tip of the movable portion 36. If the cigarette butt with the fire is discarded in the storage box 40 with the storage box 40 pulled out, the heat of the fire may damage the cluster panel 10 located above the storage box 40. Is storage box 4
Since it is located above zero, the heat of the fire is cut off by the movable part 36 made of metal, and the cluster panel 10 having poor fire resistance is protected from the heat of the fire. In the state where the storage box 40 is pulled out, the movable portion 36 exhibits the same function as the conventional protector, so that it is not necessary to provide the conventional protector, and the number of metal parts can be reduced.

When the storage box 40 drawn into the passenger compartment is pushed into the fixed portion side of the retainer 30 (inside the cluster panel 10 to which the fixed portion 32 is attached), the engaging portion 36d of the claw 48 and the movable portion 36 is released. You. Further, when the storage box 40 is pushed in, the tip of the movable portion 36 comes into contact with the inner surface of the door 42,
Alternatively, when the rear part of the movable part 36 is bent, the back wall of the storage box 40 engages with the rear part of the movable part 36, so that the movable part 36 and the storage box 40
And the engagement between the protrusion 36c and the stopper 12c of the mounting portion 12 is released. In addition, storage box 4
As the pushing amount of the retainer 30 toward the fixed portion increases, as shown in FIG.
d, and the movable part 36 and the storage box 40 are prevented from being pushed excessively. In this state, since the movable part 36 is located above the storage box 40, even if a butts with a fire is stored in the storage box 40, the heat of the fire is cut off by the movable part 36 and the storage box 40 The upper cluster panel 10 is protected from the heat of the fire. The storage box 40
During storage, almost the entire opening is covered by the movable portion 36, so that outside air does not easily enter the storage box 40,
You can extinguish a tobacco that you forgot to extinguish. Further, the storage device according to the embodiment of the present invention is excellent in productivity because it is not necessary to fix the storage device to the cluster panel 10 with screws or the like, but only to assemble it.

Next, a configuration specific to each embodiment of the present invention,
The operation will be described. In the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, an elastic member 50 made of resin is provided on the upper surface side of the guide portion 32c of the fixed portion 32. The movable portion 36 is urged upward by the elastic member 50. The inner surface of the left and right ends of the movable portion 36 is provided with an elastic member 50.
And the lower surface of the guide portion 32c is in close contact with the urging force of the guide portion 32c, and the sealing property of the sliding surface B between the movable portion 36 and the guide portion 32c is enhanced. Guide 40a of storage box 40
The rail 3 of the fixed portion 32 by the urging force of the leaf spring 32g.
2a, the rail 32a and the guide 40
The sealing property of the sliding surface C between the first and second members a is also improved. Therefore, it is difficult for outside air to enter the storage box 40, and the fire extinguishing ability of the butts can be improved. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, if one end portion 36j and the other end portion 36k of the movable portion 36 are in close contact with the storage box 40, the sealing property between the movable portion 36 and the storage box 40 can be improved. And the fire extinguisher of the butts can be further enhanced.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of convex portions 32h projecting upward are formed on the guide portion 32c of the fixing portion 32. Convex part 32h
Are arranged at intervals in the loading / unloading direction, and guide the movable portion 36 in the loading / unloading direction. Each convex portion 32h,
It has a hollow structure by a long hole 32i formed below the upper surface of the convex portion 32h, and is elastically deformable in the vertical direction. Since the convex portion 32h can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction, the inner surface guide portion 32c at the left-right end of the movable portion 36 without using the elastic member 50 as shown in the first embodiment.
And the sealing property between the movable portion 36 and the guide portion 32c can be improved. In addition,
If the movable portion 36 is pushed up using the urging force of the plate spring 46 to which the claw 48 is attached, the movable portion 36
Can be brought into close contact with the lower surface of the guide 32c, and the elastic member 50 and the hollow convex portion 32h become unnecessary.

In a third embodiment of the present invention, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 13, the spring holding portion 44 is
0 is formed at the left end of the inner surface of the back wall. The L-shaped leaf spring 46, one end of which is held by the spring holding portion 44, has a hook portion 46 b that engages with a hook portion 48 c formed on the claw 48. The claw 48 is formed with a mounting hole 48b for mounting the plate spring 46. When the leaf spring 46 is inserted into the spring holding portion 44, the claw 48 is assembled so that the front side is located above the side wall of the storage box 40. In addition, storage box 4
A support 40b on a bar is erected at a position facing the claw 48 on the bottom surface of the zero. When discarding the butts in the storage box 40, push the tip of the claw 48 downward (in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 13) until it engages with the support 40b.
The storage box 40 can be removed from the fixed portion of the retainer 30 by releasing the engagement between the claw 48 and the engagement portion 36d of the movable plate 36 and pulling the storage box 40 toward the vehicle interior. In addition, the support 40b prevents the leaf spring 46 from being permanently deformed and damaged. When the storage box 40 is turned upside down and the butts are discarded, the claw 4
Since only the portion 8 is covered, and the upper part of the storage box 40 is not covered over a wider range than the conventional protector, the butts and the like can be easily discarded. When the claw 48 is formed at the left end of the inner surface of the back wall of the storage box 40, in the case of a right-hand drive vehicle, the claw 48 is pulled down with the thumb while pulling out the storage box 40 with the left hand, and Box 40
It is easy to operate because it can be removed. In the case of a left-hand drive vehicle, the spring holding portion 44 may be formed at the right end of the inner surface of the inner wall of the storage box 40. The spring holding portion 44 may be formed at both left and right ends of the inner surface of the inner wall of the storage box 40 so as to be compatible with both left and right steering wheels.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a retainer having a left and right fixed portion and a movable portion extending between the left and right fixed portions and movably supported by the left and right fixed portions in the insertion and removal directions. A storage box that is supported by the fixed part movably in the insertion / removal direction below the movable part, and the movable part is moved by moving the movable part regardless of whether the storage box is in the storage state or the drawer state. In addition, a member with low fire resistance above the storage box can be protected from heat such as butts in the storage box. Therefore, the movable part of the retainer exhibits the same function as the conventional protector when the storage box is pulled out,
There is no need to provide a metal protector in the storage box, and the number of metal parts can be reduced. According to the vehicle storage device of the second aspect, the storage box is provided with the claw, and the movable portion is provided with the engagement portion that engages only with the claw in the storage box withdrawal direction at the storage box withdrawal position. The movable part can be pulled out only by pulling out the storage box.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cluster panel to which the vehicle storage device of FIG. 1 is attached.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the vehicle storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the storage box shown in FIG. 1 when it is pulled out.

5 is a sectional view of the storage box of FIG. 1 when stored.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vehicle storage device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the storage device for a vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a vehicle storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a storage box of a vehicle storage device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a vehicle storage device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle storage device according to the third embodiment of the present invention when the storage box is pulled out.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing an example of a conventional vehicle storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cluster panel 20 Vehicle storage device 30 Retainer 32 Fixed part 36 Movable part 36c Engaging part 40 Storage box 48 Claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A retainer having left and right fixed portions, a movable portion extending between the left and right fixed portions and movably supported by the left and right fixed portions in a direction of insertion and removal, and a retainer below the movable portion. A storage device for a vehicle, comprising: a storage box movably supported by the fixed portion in a loading / unloading direction. 2. A claw is provided in the storage box,
The storage device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the movable portion is provided with an engagement portion that engages with the claw only in the storage box withdrawal direction at a position where the storage box is withdrawn.